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Labor Leader and Educator WilsOn'S $
 Choice for I. e. C

Washington, April 30. Two nsS interstate commerce commissioners were nominated today by PresidGnt| Wilson. A third has been selectedS and his name will be sent to the seAx ate as soon as he consents to serv1s
 James Jones Ford, professor o4 politics at Princeton university, aud James Duncan, of Quincy, Mass.s vice-president of the American FedS| eration of Labor, were the commis4| sioners named today.
 Mir. Ford was nominated to sue.I ceed Commissioner J. s. Harlan, and his term would expire December 31, 1925. NIT
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The closing exercises of the San Taylor school were held on the schoo campus on West Thirteenth las night, and a crowd of about 800 peo pie looked on while the children wen1 through an elaborate pageant witt scenes which represented episodes 1T American history from the earliest days to the present.
 The scenes which marked the pa. geant seemed literal pictures taker from the pages of the nations his. tory There were Indians, sober faced pilgrims, chubby Dutch traders English courters, and coming fur ther down in American history, sol diers, sailors and Red Cross nurses American participat tion in the great war.
 The first episode represented an and the woods which were represent ed by living flowers, was a riot of gorgeous color. Grasshoppers were represented by little boys in green tights while grouped about the trees were daisies, poppies and roses while bees and butterflies lowered about Little Miss Josephine Parker, dressed in green and white revresented the spirit of the woods. The first, sec end and third grades were repre- scented in the first episode.
 The second episode was introduc- ed by herald. Raymond Vining, who was dressed after the Shakes pearian period. In this episode the Indians came and made fire and danced about it and smoked their peace pipe Their trade for Manhat- tan island with the Dutch settlers, and the making of the treaty was shown. In this episode alwso was shown the English courtiers at a court dance, and also colonial dance.
 Founder of City Represented.
 Types of pioneers were shown, and one of these was represented to be Joseph Boone He was shown with his tent pitched on the bluff of the Arkansas river. "The Arkansas Trav- eler" was played during this scene, and it was made more realistic by the presence of relics in the scene, one of which was an old gun actu- ally fired by Daniel Boone. A Town Song was sung in thos scene. With the end of this episode and the de- parture of the pioneers, the herald quilted his post. and Alma Warning ton announced the numbers. A lapse of years is indicated between the
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AMUlNDSEN AGAIN T0 SEEK 10 EXPL. ORE
 POLAR SEA AREAS
Norwegian Will Set Out Again After Stay at
 Nome

London, May 1.-Ronald Amundser the Norwegian arctic explorer, has not abandoned his expedition, but af. ter his impending visit to Nome Alasko, expects to enter the ice pack around Wrangel Island, off the North ern coast of Eastern Siberia, and thence drift across the polar sea says a dispatach to the London Times from Christiana.
 A message from the Maud some. where in the Arctic, the first receiv- ed from the explorer since he began his tour of exploration, begins with the departure of the Maud from the vicinity of Cape Chelyuskin, says the Times. It came by Anadir and home The message was undated and prob ably was written about Christmas time.
 "We left our winter place." says Amundsen's message, September 12 1919, after having mined and forced our way through 2,50O yards of un- broken ice from two to three yards thick. We were detained the next day by heavy pack ice at St. Samuel's Islands, but got through on the four. teenth day, as the ice lay close to St. Peters Islands and did not assist any in our passage outside.
 "We had to force our way through an unknown strait between the isl ands and the mainland, where the newly formed ice offered consider able resistance. We succeeded after vigorous battle in penetrating this intricate and shallow passage, show ing in some places no more than one and one-half feet of water under our keel.
 Much ice was found in the Norden- skiold, but it offered small hindrance to our advance. We passed through the strait of 1aptec separating the inner Siberian islands from the main land, on the 17th. The sea to the east of the islands seemed free from ice, and we shaped our course from Jeanette Island, but were stopped the next morning by an impenetrable pack on parellel 73.
 "We made fast to the edge to com mence our drift, but found shortly afterward by close examination that the ice pack was in drift toward the south at the. rate of 1 1-2 knots an hour. This would not pay, so we cast loose from the ice after very careful inspection, which left us no hope whatsoever of penetrating it, and shaped our course to the south east, following the ice.
 "It was a bitter pill to swallow, but we decided to search for winter quarters somewhere along the coast.
 Meet. Native Tribe.
 "The only fit place was Choan Bay Con the north coast of eastern Siberia south of Wrangell Island) The nights were pitch dark, the sea raising heavy and enormous ice flows were in the middle of our course. From time to time brilliant aurora borealis would appear and light us out of many intricate situations.
 "A northwest gale had been blow ing at this time and the result was that the ice pack reached our winter quarters just little ahead of us and shut us out. We had no choice as the ice came closer aand closer to
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[ennOnites Plant Colony in the
 Mississippi Valley

Winnipeg, April 3O.--Mennonite ohles of Manitoba and Saskatche-
 plan to leave Canada for the iteo States to establish one great ony y Tn the Mississippi valley. ac- aihg to today's Winnipeg Trib- firing of the fight to retain spe-
 privileges in conducting their oois and fearing that public opin- VIII eventually wrest from them 1T exemption from military ser
 m time of war, orthodox men, 'te church colonies in Manitoba oaskatchewan plan to leave this 4thmelNand 4h establish a great colony 'ae Mississippi valley" the Trib- o. lore than 5000 persons would be 'Ei.ed, 'i. Is or IA prairie towns prac- " depopulated, temporarily / at ,sa ., and improved land holdings, ea at more than $1O,OOO, ,OO0 'ld bring, it is said.
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BITTER DEBATE 0A PEACE REs0LuTIM
 IS PREDIcTI
By Party Vote Senate C&
 mittee Reports Knox Y
 Substitute
STRAIGHT OUT REPEAL s
 OF WAR MEASURE
Would Request President to Esta fish Friendly Relations With Germany and Aus
 tria

Washington, April BOA ioi1 resolution proposing repeal of res2 lutions by congress declaring
 state of war with Germany and AU trla- Hungary was reported out d day by the senate foreign relatio3 committee by strict party vote.
 Introduced by Senator Knox. r publican, of Pennsylvania as a su stitute for the republican resoluti@ recently passed by the house, st1 measure was formally presented the senate late in the day by Send tor Lodge, the republican leader, wifi the announcement by Senator Kn9 that he would open debate on it Wed nesday.
 Leaders of both parties predicte several weeks of discussion with lii tie prospect for action until near th time set for a recess for nations conventions. In some quarters tn opinion was expressed that Presiden Wilson. in the midst of the debat, might return the treaty of Versatile to the senate.
 Virtually solid democratic oppC sition to the substitute was predict ed by leaders of the party. Sens tor McCumber, republican, membe of the foreign relations committed who did not attend the meeting, sai he and probably other republican would oppose it. The vote on th Knox resolution was to 4.
 Senator Shields, democrat, of Ten nessee also was absent.
 Republicans said it was designe, to meet objections raised in tn house that resolution declaring thl war ended would be unconstitutiona and beyond the power of congress.
 Straight out repeal of the war reso lutions is the principal object of th Knox substitute, which would reque6 the president to establish lfriendIl diplomatic and commercial relationl with Germany and with "the govern ments and people of Austria am Hungary. .5s a. s},.s
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INVESTIGATE ACCEPTANCEs.

New York, April 30.-Pursuant to it's policy of reducing unnecessary credits, the federal reserve board, it was learned today, is making ex- haustive investigation of bank ac- ceptances through through the coun- try.
 The board has sent to banks and dealers in this form of accommoda- tions questionaire comprising two score of queries relating to the dis count market.
 On the street it was the belief that the governors of the central bank considered that the privilege of is suing bank acceptances is being over done and that conditions call for more careful scrutiny of the policy of deflation is to be successful. '
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Los Angeles, Cal. April 3O.--Mur. der, not bigamy, will. be the charge against James R. Huirt, who last night admitted, according to the district attorney, that he had killed two wives, contributed to the deaths of two more and had married at least 20.
 Huirt, under the name of Waite, Andrew Watson, will be indicted i Monday for the murder of Nina Lee Deloney, according to W. c. Doran chief deputy district attorney, after a conference with Watson's attorney
 Watson will then appear in court and plead guilty and in considera- tion of his plea and the saving to the state, the district attorney will ask for a sentence of life imprison- ment against him instead of the death penalty, Doran announced.
 The murder charge, according to the district attorneys office. will be based on the alleged confession of Huirt that he killed Nina Lee De- loney, one of his "wives" in Los An geles county, and afterwards conceal ed her body in the mountains of Im- perial county, to which he carried it wrapped in blankets in his automo- bile. After Huirt had finished his statement to the district attorney, deputy sheriffs and other investigat- OTIS left for the place where Huirt said he had hidden Mrs. Deloney's body. The trip will require two days, but enough evidence, even without the finding of the body of Mrs. Deloney, or the admission of the alleged confession is already available to support a murder charge. the officers said.
 The murder charge will be brought Walter Andrew Watson, it was said. because the defendant told the off cers they said, that he did not know ouently known as Watson, because which preceded the alleged murder, was solemnized under that name; and because it was the name most used by the man in Los Angeles county. Watson's statement will be pre- sented to him for his signature.
 Anvil Hit Him.
 Watson, in his statement, said he believed he was native of Tennes- SCSS tHcaC IC was AdIocu III dH OIpHdu asylum until about 10 years old, then he lived with family named Harp CT and remained with them until he moved to Pittsburg, Kan, about five years later.
 While employed in a blacksmith shop an anvil fell on his head, he said, knocking him unconscious. He went to work on a nearby farm and two years later began to drift over the country.
 The statement relates that Watson was first married in Canada "during the war" He told the officers he had been married so often since that he could not remember names, places nor dates.
 A strong guard was established over the man today to prevent any further attempts at suicide. He is in prison ward of the county hos pital.
 He married ."12 or 15 women, prob- ably more," the officers quoted Huirt as saying. A desire to kill obsessed him four years ago. Huirt was alleg- ed to have said, and women were his especial victims. There was no di-
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Senator Gore Would
 DemOcratiZe War

Oklahoma City, Okla., April 30.- In an address here tonight in which he defended his war record, Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma said he hoped for the day when the peo- pie would have an advisory vote on measures of war and peace. He de- clared this would be the best way to prevent war and to "democratize war"
 He explained the army re-organiza- tion bill and declared he did not vote for it and "never would vote for a measure like that even tho five thou sand presidents desired it." He ex- pressed the hope that universal com pulsory military service had been defeated forever.
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Washington, April 3O.-The fight against a sales tax to raise part oi |the 100000 needed for pro- posed soldier relief legislation was started in the republican conference tonight by Representative Little of Kansas, proposing elimina tion of this levy and the substitution of a tax on big incomes. A vote on his proposal |Eas delayed by protracted discus lions.
 Representative Johnson of South Dakota, leader of the insurgents, said fhat republicans had signed a peti- fion declaring in favor of the legis- 'ation, but announcing that they Fould not support the sales tax. While the insurgents were in the minority, Representative Mondlel, the floor leader, was prepared to &sk the conference to pledge the tupport of the entire republican pembership to the bill as framed by he republican members of the ways nd means committee. His motion to ind the republicans had not been Presented at late hearing.
 Five Plans Fer Relief.
 The bill, completed today by the epublicans, proposes five plans of plder relief and similar number f schemes for raising the revenue.
 Adjusted pay at SIPS for each Ry's service in excess of the days etween April 5, 1917, and January
 1920.
 Extension of vocational training at .75 for each days attendance on a purse of instruction declared suit ple by the federal board for voca- onal education.
 Purchase or improvement of the ty or suburban homes with com ensation at the rate of $1.75 for
 ch days service.
 Issuance of paid-up insurance at
 e rate of $1.75 for each days ser- ce. Such insurance will be payable genty years after issued or in case
 death. Loans could be obtained
 any time after two years.
 establishment of national vet an's settlement board" composed of
 e secretary of the interior and
 ur members to be appointed by the
 resident at least three of whom
 all be former service men, which
 Il be authorized to make loans to
 rvlce men not exceeding SLIGO for
 reclamation and development of rm lands. N.
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DANIELS PUTS TO SEA.

Newport News, Va, April 30.-Sec- retary Daniels put to sea from Hamp to Roads today on the destroyer Goldsborough to board the super dreadnought Pennsylvania, flagship of the Atlantic fleet, on which he will go to New York. On. arrival there tomorrow he will review Ad- miral Wilson's command, which is re- turning from the annual winter ma neuvering in the West Indies.
 The secretary was to meet the fleet on Southern drill grounds off the Virginia capes. As this was to be the first time naval secretary had visited the fleet at sea, somewhat unusual ceremony had been arranged.
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GET PERMIT FOR CHURCH.

A permit for the erection of tn new Methodist church on West SixtA avenue was issued yesterday by Ctr Engineer J. H. Guest to Contracto4 E. w. Jenkins of Little Rock. Tho permit provides that three-storX building of brick and stone will IT erected to cost $1O0,000.
 Another permit has been issued to Haynes Gregory for the construeti6h of frame residence at 40T Martin Place, to cost $3,000. The buildlnG will be constructed by Contractor s c. Burnam. ss
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END YARD WALKOUT.

Buffalo, N. Y., April 30.-Federal Attorney Stephen T. Lockwood late today sent message to Washington asking authorization of the depart ment of justice for injunction pro ceedings to end the walkout of yardmen which today paralyzed the yards of all railroads entering Buf- falo. MT. Lockwood said that if the attorney general sanctions the move he will ask for injunctions to com pei the railroads to re-instate the men in their old positions.
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lays Reserve Bank Aids NOn-Essentials 1 Against Cattlemen

Kansas City, Mo-, April 30.-De- ring the federal reserve banking (ard for the Tenth district has de loans to non-essential indus es" until funds are not available cattle raisers, the board of direc- Fs of the Kansas Live Stock Associ- on, With the presidents of the Kan
 City. Wichita, Kansas, and St. Peph, Missouri, livestock exchang- meetings here late today adopted 9 addressed to the governr of the Perai reseserve banking board a folution urging that funds imme- teiy be provided to extend loans cattle raisers.
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S3,000,000 GIFT TO INTER CHURCH WORK
 IS ANONYMOUS ONE

+ New York, April 3o.-An + anonymous gift of $3,000,O00 to 4 the United Financial campaign + of the lnter-church world move + ment was announced at cam
 + paign headquarters here today + with the statement that S1O0,-
 s 100000 of the S336,777,572 * sought had been pledged. The s' campaign does not close until
 t next week and more than 1OO,- x 900 churches in various states * are yet to be heard from.
 + The $3,000,000 gift to the + United fund was made to the :s new world movement campaign * CTS of the northern Baptists, # making a total of S9,000,OO0 in + the last three days to the Bap- +tists in individual million dollar + lar pledges.
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sso,ooo FIRE.

St. Louis, April 30.-Fire caused by sparks from an open blast furnace destroyed the plant of the Graves Foundry Manufacturing company here tonight. The loss is estimated at S8O .O0O and is parly covered by in surance, according to officials of the company.
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SPAIN TO PREVENT HER DIPLOMATS FROM
 WEDDING IN OFFICE

 + Madrid. April 29-Spanish + diplomats are forbidden to mar + ry without royal permission by s decree published today in the + Official Gazette. If this order # is disregarded the offending + person will be suspended from 't' office and his wife excluded + from diplomatic privilege.
 i The object of the decree is to 4' prevent diplomats marrying wo- +f men without means or who pos
 T' sesS undesirable characters. * Similar rules are supplied in the s case of naval and military off 'i cers and noblemen.
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Wife Sues Former
 Congressman for Separation, Alimony

Tulsa, Okla. April 30.-Mrs. Ruby Ridgeway- Mcclure, wife of Former Congressman Bird s. Mcclure oi Oklahoma today filed petition in district court here asking, division of their property and permanent ali mony, but does not ask for divorce She alleges "the wrongful, unlawful and immoral actions and conduct of the defendant" caused them to sep arate in October, 1919.
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I title of Kansas Starts Fight for Tax on Big In-
 comes
FIVE RELIEF PLANS PROPOSED IN BILL
Raising of Nearly Two Billions Ad- ditional Revenue Problem Provoking Long Debate
? FAIL TO ACT.

t Washington, April 30.--After t a four-hour wrangle, house re-
 t publicans late tonight abandon F ed plans for passing the soldier
 F relief legislation next Monday
 t and adjourned their party con- t ference at midnight without set t ting a date for action.
 t Wide differences of opinion
 F developed in the conference, the s opposition centering principally
 E against a sales tax to raise part t of the $1,800,000,000 needed for s carrying out provisions of the F bill. Representative Mondell, t the floor leader, announced
 F that another party conference t would be held late next week, s the exact date to be fixed by F Representative Towner, Iowa, t conference chairman.
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Nitti Asks Great
 Britain for Loan

London. April 30.-Premier Nitti of Italy in memorandum to David Lloyd George, the British prime min ister detailed Italy's economic needs, especially for corn, and asked Great Britain for credit loan of 25,O0O,- 900 pounds sterling to ppurchase goods in England, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Rome. The dispatch added that MT. Lloyd George promised to reply to the request from London.
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CHRISTIAN MEET ENDS.

Raleigh, N. C., April 3O KhX twenty-fourth biennial session of tk1 Southern Christian convention
 journed late today after appointin< committees of five to select pern6 nent headquarters. Raleigh 8E Norfolk, Va, are the only coAteS&s ants. Ss sS s|s
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RAISE PULLMAN RATES.

Washington, April 30 0Increaaf Pullman rates amounting to 20 cent will go into effect tomofx The interstate commerce commiq&5 announced today that after iiiven ti0n of protests it had 1Q< against suspension Of the ineFe
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MURDER IS CHARGE i. PLACED AGAINST THE MAN or MANY WIVES Huirt Admits Murdering Two. Causing Two Other
 Deaths WEDDED MANY TIMES: CAN'T REMEMBER ALL Insane Desire to Kill Women Pos- sessed Him, He Says-Never
 Had Any Desire to Kill
 Children or Men
x x X + + + X + X 4 FAIL TO FIND BODY.

+ Los Angeles. Cal, April 30. * Officers checking up the alleged
 + confession of Walter Andrew + Watson, alias James R. Huirt, + in which he was pictured as + modern Blue Beard, have fail +ed to find the body of Nina Lee + Deloney, one of the women + Watson is alleged to have mar * ried, and slain, at the spot in 't San Diego county, indicated by + Watson.
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CONCEDE JAP DEMANDS.

| Tokio. April 30.-The war office
 announces the imminent signature of Ia Russo-Japanese agreement which Twill concede virtually alF the Japa- lnese demands.
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EMPHASIZES REACH NEW YORK

New York, April 3O.-First units of the Atlantic fleet which is moving up the coast from winter training grounds at Guantanamo, Cuba, to anchor in New York waters for two weeks, reached here today.
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The New York herald., 1920-12-06
GREECE KEPT IN DARK
ON ALLIED OPINION
Newspapers Silent on Stand
Toword VenizeIos.

Special cable TO THE NEW York EERaID.
Copyright. 1920, by THE NEw York HERALD.
ROME, Dec 5.--The Greek newspapers
just arrived make it clear that the new
Greek Government Is preventing the
publication of the British and French
opinion of the Greek elections that dis
credited Venizelos. Greece Is thus be-
ing kept in the dark as II was by the
Lambros Government after the overturn
OF December 1. 1916.
Allied circles here welcome Count
Sforzas support OF the steps taken
against Constantine by the British and
French at the conference of Premiers
in London. welcoming this as sign that
Italy has definitely abandoned the pro-
Constantine policy of Count Bosdari. the
italian Minister at Athens during the
war. The Epocu opportunely reminds
Constantine's italian admirers that Con-
stantine's treachery was circumvented
in December of 1916 by the Italian
brigade of Gen. Petitti. who tells in an
interview how he hindered Constantine
from attacking the Allies at Verria.
The Epocd likewise publishes kilograms
from the supplementary Greek White
Book showing Constantine's and his
wifcs intrigues with the Kaiser.