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Takinu No Chances.

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WASHINGTON, July 25-Troops
brought here to check race rioting will
remain over Saturday at least, district
officials said today.
While Washington has been quiet
for the last two nights, police are
taking no chances against new out.
break that might get beyond control
Of their limited force.
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1lre President Goes East.

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LOS ANGELES, Calf, July 25 =
President F. A. Senberling, Of the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber company,
left Los Angeles today for Chicago to
take up adjustment of damage claims
arising from the recent crash of his
company's dirigible through the roof
of the Illinois Trust and Savings
bank building, killing dozen persons.
Seiberling has been here on business.
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FOREST FIRES
NEAR VILLAGES
Blazes in Wisconsin Tim !
Close to Summer Resorts e
and Tracts Of Dry Z
Woods. g
@
DEPENDING ON WIN :
One Town Saved by Bucket Brigades
When Breeze Carried the
Flames Into
Streets.
DEPENDING ON WIN

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
STURGEON BAY. Wis, July 25--
People within a radius of forty miles
Of this city prayed today that no wind
arise. A breeze would mean destruc-
ton of number Of summer resorts
and extensive tracts Of dry forests.
The village Of Ephram, thirty miles
north, was saved by fire bucket bri-
gades yesterday. Much valuable tim
ber was destroyed.
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White Army Inspected by Off
GERS with View to Co.
operation.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
VIENNA, July %, delayed start
of the allied offensive agains- the Hun
earian red army appeared imminent
today. A number of allied officers
inspected the Hungarian white army
at Szegedin with a view to co-opera,
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WARNING to Mexicans.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., July 25.-
eff you are a Mexican, leave this city
by Sunday night" signed Gang"
This warning was written on several
buildings here last night.
Mexicans in considerable numbers
are employed in local packing houses.
County Attorney Heinke has started
an Investigation
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Rebuff at White House.

!
speeches on his return.
Rebuff at White House.
! WASHINGTON, July 25.-Develop-
ments In the peace treaty fight today
indicated President Wilson is aban-
doning his conciliatory attitude to-
ward congress.
The resolution which Senator Lodge
offered yesterday in the senate asking
Wilson to produce the British French
! American defensive agreement met
with rebuff at the white house to-
j day--although 1t has not yet been
voted on by the senate. 1t was stated
| at the white house that Wilson would
not take this document to the capitol
until he returns from his speaking
tour probably six weeks hence.
Little doubt was expressed here
that the president will make speak
ing tour. For time it looked as II
this would be permitted to drop. but
preparations are being made for a
start within a fortnight. Abandon
ment of this offensive into the home
states of his opponents in the senate
was rumored when the new concilia-
tory attitude toward congress became
manifest.
The principal speech in the senate
today was by Pittman, Nevada, who
upholds Wilson and the treaty.
Significance was attached to the
fact that Senator Spencer, one OF
those called to the white house today
was one Of the first senators to learn
of Taft's proposals for reservations to
the league Of nations. It was consid-
cred likely the president would dis
cuss Taft's proposals with him.
Possibility Admitted.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-Admit-
ting the possibility that the senate
may adort reservations to the peace
treaty, Senator Pittman, Nevada, in
a. speech to the senate today declared
the treaty's fate rests in the hands
of those demanding interpretations
and explanations.
Pittman's speech is the first admis.
sion by an administration senator
that the demand for reservations has
any real strength.
"If reservations may be made that
we have a right to feel certain will be
accepted by all the other nations
without involving reopening of the
whole matter Of peace negotiations,
in my opinion such reservations will
be approved by two-thirds of the SEN
ate" said Pittr1an.
"The fate of the league of nations
does not rest with those senators who
would destroy or emasculate the COW
enant, but with those who favor the
league, but who now have in mind
ratification with interpretative reser-
vations. The senators have nearly
all indicated they would not do any
thing knowingly that would result in
destruction of the league of nations.
They are moved by no such desires.
They are urged simply by fear lest
some misunderstanding should arise
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Arrives at Augusta.

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AUGUSTA, Maine, July 25.-Lieut.
Col. r. S. Hartz and his crew Of four
men landed here at LOS p. m. today,
completing the second leg of their
journey around the boundaries of the
United States in a Martin bombing
plane.
The plane left Mineola N. Y, at
S:25 this morning and after an un-
eventful flight, landed here without
q mishap.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-25
some Short and Snappy Items
Which Make News Wire
y Sparkle.

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so.., Lev ElAAND. July 25.-Henry
rpei, NY proud owner of youthful apple
H.. i invited some friends over while
N Ne, snook down some fruit. The ap-
Nv sa dropped and with them little
O, Looking for Trouble.
|oso LEY s,. ELAND, July 25.-The Chi
|ie1 Jump disaster kept Joseph True.
|Ha ang ,uoklng nervously into the air.
|si,. HI entered a street car. Crash! He
n dA'eo. An electric bulb had explod
Nrr,, sathe After Bathing.
|bath.." York, July 25.-Persons who
|sfts.sat s at Coney often need bath
~ sard. The governor, however.
sea asksd to stop throwing Of
- -
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tBy L. G. Martin, United Press Staff
CORRESPONDENT

Correspondent
! WASHINGTON, July 25.-While
| senate administration leaders today
declared William Howard Tafts sug-
gestion of reservations will have no
effect on the treaty fight, senators ad-
yocating reservations said the former
presidents attitude will convince the
country as nothing else could of the
absolute need for reservations.
The administration fight, Senator
Hitchcock said today, remains just as
It has been-a fight for unqualified en-
dorsement Of every word or the treaty
and the league of nations.
Arguments against reservations
were to be made today in speech by
Senator Pittman, Nevada.
While the Taft move continued
today to hold senatorial interest there
was also much discussion Of the
new clash between the republican
senators and President Wilson over
his failure to submit the special
French treaty and to answer three
senate resolutions asking for informa-
ton on the peace treaty.
The foreign relations committee
continued reading the treaty. The
reading will be finished. at the pres.
ent rate, early next week.
Preparing for Trip.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-President
Wilson plans to present the Anglo
French-American defensive agreement
to the senate after he has finished
his speaking tour for the league OF
nations, 1t was stated at the white
house today
The president is preparing an ad-
dress to be delivered when the pact
is presented, it was said.
Senator Lodge at the end OF hot
senate debate yesterday offered a
resolution demanding that the treaty
be given the senate at once. If com
patible with public interest" Other
senators charged that the president
violated one Of the French treaty pro-
visions when he did not present 1t at
the same time as the peace teraty.
The president today resumed con-
ferences with republican senators in
viting Spencer, of Missouri, and War
rem OF Wyoming, to the white house.
Spencer is understood to be one OF
the first senators to receive the Taft
letter recommending reservations 10
the league covenant.
If was said, to senate requests for in
formation about peace negotiations
1t is necessary for him to locate
papers requested in large mass OF
material he brought back with him
from France The date Of the presi-
dents projected trip is still uncer-
tain. although indications at present
are that he will not start before
August tenth. 1t may be sooner IL
conferences with senators are cut
short.
Plans for reviewing the new Pacific
fleet have not been altered.
On West Coast August IS.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-President
Wilson, according to callers today,
said he will probably be in San Fran
cisco August Is. while the new Pa
cific fleet is there.
The date of the presidents depar-
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TABLOIDS
FROM FAR AND NEAR

coal tar refuse into the rivers, where
it floats to the beaches.
,
Adopted at Forty-one.
I NEW YORK, July 25.-Captain Max
WardelI, Al, was adopted by Mrs.
Grace A. Duff, with whom he has
been making his home for ten years.
He has twelve year old daughter.
Jail is Empty.
CLINTON, H., July 25.-Wanted, a
prisoner. Since July 1, when war
time prohibition became effective not
even drunk has graced the city bas-
tile with his presence.
Grandma Runs Away.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 25.-E. j.
Addt wants the police to help him
keep his grandmother from running
away. She wanted to go to the coun-
try and when objections were offered
made the trip any way.
Riot Bomb Invented.
NEW YORK, July 25.-Frank A. Gil
crest has invented bomb which he
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-25
Cannot Exist Much Lonqer.

WASHINGTON, July 25-Lack Of
funds and the high cost of operation,
is creating the possibility that some
railway lines may not be able to con-
tinue in existence much longer, James
d. Mortimer, president of the North
American company and the Milwaukee
Electric Railway and Light company
told the federal electric railways COM
mission.
Mortimer criticised the Wisconsin
railroad commission, charging that 1t
had been dilatory in handling petit
tions of his companies and that in
some instances several years
elapsed before decisions were rem
dered on petitions filed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-25
lakes Seat in CONGRESS.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 25.-Con-
gressman- Oscar e. Keller will
leave tonight for Washington to take
his seat, In tha house
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-25
Congress Asked for Large Ap-
preparation to Battle Epi-
demic Next Winter if
it Comes.
HALF MILLION DEATHS
American Medical Association Figures
Show Flu Was Five Times
az Deadly as
War.

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WASHINGTON, July 25.-Congress
should Immediately appropriate
81, 500 900 for fighting influenza, re-
currences of which, medical author1-
ties say, are probable, Representative
Fess, of Ohio, was to tell the house
today.
Fess and Senator Harding. of Ohio,
have introduced measures embody1ng
the recommendations Fess made to-
day. -oo 900
"The last epidemic caused 5O0,OoO
deaths and a total economic loss OF
nearly $4,0O0,000, according to fig
ures complied by the American Med
ical association" Fess said.
"The all-important thing now is to
find a cure. This will require ex-
pensive research, and propose that
the money shall be expended under
the direction Of the public health
service.
"There is general belief in the
medical world that the second and
third years will show frightful after
effects unless specific remedies can
be found. But the appalling loss of
100000 lives-five times our loss in
the war-with assurance that the
plague will appear again, is enough
to arouse us to immediate action.
'It is generally believed that sue
cess will follow the efforts Of the
medical world in its fight against the
epidemic just as in the cases of yell
low fever, typhus, diphtheria and
other maladies."
Fess read to the house letter
from Otto P. Gier, secretary of the
American Medical association, which
stated that mortality was forty per
cent above the normal death rate in
the years after the previous influ-
enza epidemics.
Medical authorities, Gier admitted,
are still baffled over the origin and
cause of the disease, and he stated
that the possibility of the discovery
of any real anti-toxin for influenza
is wholly dependent upon the discov'
cry of the actual germ causing the
disease"
Studied by Scientists.
CHICAGO, July 25.-"The influ-
enza outbreak Of 1918 amounted to
an epidemic" DR.. George H. Sim
mons, of the American Medical asso.
citation, said here today "As such
it is being studied by scientists all
over the world. Much has been ac-
complished and eventually the cure
may be hoped for
DR.. Simmons approved the meas
ures introduced in congress appro
priating S1,5OO,000 to combat the
scourge.
Work thus far has been both Or
ganized and individual" he said. "The
discoveries of individual scientists
have been given to the world, and
gradually knowledge Of the disease
grows. Research workers now are
not so much interested in the method
of treatment as in determining the
cause. Find that and the cure will
follow. Right now no one knows
where the disease originated"
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pilot is in Chicago now, the state
ment said, and he is not scheduled
to depart for the east until tomor.
row.
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First In History.

NEW YORK, July 25.-The first
aviators' strike In history was under
way here today.
A score of aerial mail pilots, fol
lowing rejection of their demands
for immediate restoration of two OF
their number, discharged by the post
office department, failed to report for
work at Belmont Park, l.. l.
Postal authorities at the aviation
field denied admittance to newspaper
men and refused all information con.
cerning the departments plans for
meeting the situation.
The striking pilots expressed belief
that their comrades at Cleveland
Chicago and Bellefonte, Pa, would
join them. They did not believe the
postoffice authorities would attempt
to employ strike breakers.
The type Of planes furnished them
constituted one of the chief griev-
ances of the strikers. They said the
machines were too speedy for safe
landings and that they lacked neces:
sary safety appliances.
With a better type Of plane, the
pilots contended, many Of the recent
accidents to mail carriers would have
been averted. Fully a score of acci-
dents, resulting in the death Of two
pilots and damage to ten machines,
they attributed to being forced to fly
in bad weather with a faulty ma
chine.
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Aviator Instantly Killed.

WINNIPEG, Man, July 25-Lieut.
w. R. Cross and Mrs. s. P. Kerr were
instantly killed and Lieut.. S. P. Kerr
suffered what may prove fatal injuries,
when the plane in which Pilot Kerr
and party was making trip from
Winnipeg to Brandon, crashed down
just north of here late yesterday.
The bodies of the two victims were
mangled. and were buried beneath the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-25
Thirty Minutes Behind.

Thirty Minutes Behind.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-The
postal aviator flying from Washing
ton to New York left Washington
about eleven o'lock today, thirty
minutes behind schedule, postoffice
officials announced.
officials also said the plane from
Chicago to Cleveland would leave on
time
The department was awaiting def
mite word from Mineola before ad-
mitting that the air mail could not
be brought to Washington.
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Senate Administration Leaders Say Situation
Remains as Before, With Taft Sugges-
ton Having No Effect.
PRESIDENT TALKING TO REPUBLICANS
Two More Called to White House While MIR.
Wilson Makes Plans for His Proposed
s~---.- Speaking Trip.

ture from Washin gton is still uncer-
tain, and it is not known whether
he will leave In time to speak on the
way to the coast or will make
speeches on his return.
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lOontinAed On page "a
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Grandma Runs Away.
Plot Bomb Invented.

NEW YORK, July 25.-Frank A. Gil
crest has invented bomb which he
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On West Coast August IS.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-President
Wilson, according to callers today,
said he will probably be in San Fran
cisco August Is, while the new Pa
cific fleet is there.
The date of the presidents depar-
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The Telegraph Service of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu.
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our own leased wire.
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Fair and Warmer. Local temp.
Z p. M, 94; z a. NJ, 70
Evening star., 1919-03-13
Chairman Cummings Severity.

Chairman Cummings of the demo
cratic national committee, in discuss
ing the plan for league of nations
submitted to this country by the Presi-
dent. says:
sThe plain people understood it.
Only learned senators are confused
about it. Let us leave TO them the
uneongenial task of picking flaws and
finding minor objections. 1t is sorry
business, fit only for narrow minds and
men without heart or vision
This is infelicitons. Or. using a
homely, everyday phrase, at won't do"
1t does not consist" with the facts.
If the plain people understand the
plan of the league as submitted, why
are they so curious on the subject
They are crowding all halls where the
plan is being discussed. Evidently
information is desired by the rank
and file of voters; and speakers are
rewarded for supplying it.
Men of the grade of Mr.. Taft, DR..
Lowell and Senator Hitchcock employ
NO tone of pity or patronage toward
the opponents Of the Presidents propo.
sition. They do not regard them as
"men Of narrow minds, engaged in a
sorry business On the contrary, they
5eeognize them as within their rights
in challenging what they do not ap-
prove. DR.. Lowell has respectfully in
vftsd Senator Lodge to joint debate.
Mr.. Taft, in the press, respectfully ex-
amines Senator Knors protest against
the plan Of the league. Respectfully.
Of eourse, because when Mr.. Taft was
President Mr.. Knox was Secretary Of
6lAta. Would Mr.. Taft have invited
iNUwSsfaaxss~1a mind, uithout heart
Evening star., 1919-03-13
Street Car Rules Revision.

On the I'd of April q public hearing
will be held at the District building on
the revision of order No. 81, issued
July 9, 1913, shortly after the creation
of the Public Utilities Commission,
providing general regulations for the
operation and equipment of street
railway ears. Nearly six years have
passed since that order was issued and
conditions have changed radically. A
great war has been fought in which
the United States has participated and
Washington has been crowded as never
before in its history. The street car
service has been overtaxed and has
proved utterly inadequate. The
equipment that was supposedly good
in 1913 has been shown by expert.
ence to be both insufficient and un-
satisfactory. The rules that applied
then have become obsolete. Through
expert sdviee routes hsye been changed
Evening star., 1919-03-13
No Reason for Gloom.

Frank A. Vanderlip, in Paris, de-
through the failure of industry to re-
vive following the closing of hostil-
ties. Everything, he says, waits upon
the question of indemnities, and the
chances Of any indemnities at all di-
minish with every day of delay. In
stead of the "peace without victory"
which was declared possible short
time before the end of the fighting, he
says, there is victory without peace.
Probably the situation is not as des-
perate as Mr.. Vanderlip fears, There
has been some delay, it is true, but the
delay has been inevitable, and, in
terms of assurance of future stability,
O good investment of time. The tur-
moils now in evidence are not beyond
control. Much has been accomplished
to the end of stabilizing economic con-
ditions. Some disposition prevails to
wait to see what resources the war
stricken countries may depend upon
in the final adjustment, what compen-
sations will be made for the devasta-
tions caused by the conflict. But none
of the lately warning nations is merely
marking time, unless it is Russia.
Real progress has been made toward
peace. The Paris conference, faced by
a huge task, has definitely advanced
toward a decision. The end has
undoubtedly been hastened by the
agreement. which appears to have been
made within week, to separate the
league of nations plan from the peace
treaty itself, in order to permit an
early conclusion of the terms of set
tlement.
The war rent the. world and unset
tied every activity Of peace. It de-
stroyed much material and many lives.
1t was cataclysm. If within six
months after the firing of the final
shots of the main conflict there is a
peace treaty wonderful record viii
have been made. Meanwhile there has
been less of disturbance in the lands
lately at war than was to have been
expected. Demobilization has pro-
gressed smoothly. Unemployment has
not reached a dangerous stage. There
is plenty of work for everybody in the
cleaning up after the war.
Whenever the voice of despair is
raised let us counter with an express
sion of the deepest gratitude that the
decision in the war was not otherwise,
that the victory was won by our side
and not by the enemy. The world is
infinitely better of today than it would
have been had the German often sive
year ago succeeded, as it very near
ly did.
Evening star., 1919-03-13
0ne-Way Streets.

The Safety First Association urges
the establishment of certain one-way
streets in the downtown part Of the
city. Some such rule is necessary to
lessen the list of accidents and to pro-
mote the movement of traffic. With
the parking of ears on both sides of
the street the space for moving vehicles
is narrowly reduced and with two
streams moving in opposition not only
are collisions between vehicles fire.
auent, but pedestrians are in danger
unduly. The one-way rule lessons the
danger to both vehicles and pedes-
trians. 1t involves a slight addition
to the running time of machines, but
that is of small moment compared with
the increase Of safety. The one-way
street is necessity in present condi-
tions in downtown Washington.
Evening star., 1919-03-13

or vision,n into his cabinet and kept
him there four years.
The word avision" is being greatly
everworked these days. In some quar-
ters, men, In Office or out, who insist
on keeping their feet on the ground
are characterized as without "vision." !"
To have "vision" one must view and
appraise things from above, while cir
cling around the sun, moor and stars.
The business in hand in Paris is tre-
mendously important, and some of it
SO new in quality and suggestion it is
a bit staggering. But there is not a
single feature of it which does not re-
quire a practical assessment by prac-
teal men if the world is to be perma-
nently benefited by the outcome of the