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4 LAsKER EXPLAINS PLANS.
Father Of Reorganization Scheme
A Tells of Split.


4 Tells of Split.
Chicago, Nov. "a. D. Lasker.
father of the Lasker plan, gave out
the following statement:
"The five American club owners
were given. until 4:so o'clock to meet
with us, as per resolutions adopted
October IS. and put the Lasker plan
into being. 80
"They failed to come and we or
ganfzed twelve club league with
the eleven clubs which signed. a
twelfth club will be established, but
no minor territory will be invaded.
1--WE proceeded with the election of
a chairman of the new board OF con-
troll. Judge Landis was unanimous
ly chosen. A committee has waited
upon. him and he has taken the mat
ter under advisement. The salary
will be $50. 900 year. His term will
be for seven years. His contract
will be guaranteed by the club own
ers.
Pending the acceptance of Judge
Lands, which we hope will be forth
coming, we did not elect the second
member of the board and we held the
third place open intending that the
minor leagues, which are meeting at
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Financiers Meeting in Chi
cago to Form $50, 600, 900
Pool.
Ian TO PREVENT
FORCED SELLING
Banking Corporation Will Make Loans
to Farmers Whose Credit Ha. Been
withdrawn and Who Face Neces.
sity Of Marketing immature Stock
Eastern Banks Asked to Sub.
scribe to Fund.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Chicago, Nov. 9.-Bankers of Chi
cago and other cities are meeting here
today to complete arrangements for
the formation of $50 900 900 bank
ing pool for the purpose of assisting
in the financing of the live stock in
dustry.
New York, Boston and st. Louis
banks will be invited to take part in
the arrangements, it was announced.
It is proposed to form corporation
with a nominal capital which will be
subscribed on prorata basis by the
participating banks. These banks will
agree to furnish definite maximum
sum to the corporation for loaning
purposes.
The corporation, It was said, will
conf1ne its operations to the extern
sion Of credit to live stock producers
whose loans have been called by the
banks and who. as a consequence, are
threatened with the alternative Of
marketing immature stock.
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ident will refer to the election is not

ident will refer to the election is not
known.
With the message out OF the way
there will remain little for the presi-
dent to do except to meet executive
affairs as they present themselves,
supervise the routine of his office,
and prepare it for xhis successor.
During the week he plans to receive
the new ministers from Costa Rica,
Guatemala and the Dominican re-
public.
The president is giving consider
able thought to his future home. He
and Mrs. Wilson. it is said, have
reached no final decision, further
than that their home after March
will be in Washington or envIrons.
Each day on their motor rides they
devote some time to looking over
available residences which have been
called to their attention The presi-
dent is said to have his eye on sew
eral- old estates in the Georgetown
section.
The president. his friends say, will
write history of the world war, and
has been devoting some time to prep
aration for this task.
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Sleuths Upearth
Clearing House
For Stolen Bonds
BY Associated Press.


st. Paul. Nov. 9.-Posing as pur-
chasers Of stolen bonds, United
States secret service agents today
unearthed what they say is a clear
ing house for stolen bonds and thru
which they charge more than s4oO.-
600 worth Of bonds have passed.
Clyde A. Smith, and Mrs. Gin
Bearse, both Of Minneapolis, are sn
the county Jail here. When s.
was arrested at Rochester, Nip
yesterday $4,000 worth Of -
bonds were in his possess' ,oN ss
service agents say.
Mrs. Bearse was ar ~ at the
same time in her Mb = .s home.
Frank w. Somer, G. \ the Min
nesota section of s eret service,
made the arrest, che assistance
OF several operative called in from
Chicago and Spokane.
A secret agent, posing as a thief.
went to Rochester with Smith, at the
agents suggestion, to make a loan,
| oA'AtAS SAO VAS,VVV III JULIUS dS SGCurl-
ty. Smith was arrested as he was
putting thru the deal at a Rochester
bank. which had been 'let in" on the
scheme.
In the Bearse home In Minneapolis
secret agents found hidden $30, 1000 in
bonds, which they said a check
showed were stolen from the Nassau
Minnesota) State Bank, the Sully
Jasper County, Iowa. State Bank,
the Rockham (South Dakota) Farm
ers State Bank, and other banks in
North Dakota and Wisconsin,;
Smith and Mrs. Bearse had an Of
flee IN a Minneapolis office building,
operating ostensively as q detective
agency. A registered liberty bond
which had been stolen came to Som
er's attention six weeks ago and
started the investigation. The secret
agents say Smith confessed.
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OFFICER OUT or LUCK
Ct the $4,000 in War, Now Many Un-
employed, Others laborers.

SJ Associated Press.
Berlin, Nov. 9.-Many of the "a. 900
former German officers discharged
since the signing of the arrr,istice
have Joined the great army of. UNI
employed in Germany, few have
gone to work at hand labor and oth-
ers are trying to make small pen
sions pay for the expensive neces-
saries OF mere existence.
OFFICERS belonging tb old. ariSko-
cratic, once wealthy families are in
no better situation than their COM
rades who relied for a living upon
their army pay. They have long since
disposed bf most OF their personal
property and 1t is not uncommon to
see one of them, suppressing his
pride, and offering to some foreigner
family heirloom for enough money
to pay a grocery bill.
Those wh6 are doing hard labor
must work half day for the price
of pound OF meat and all day for a
pound of butter. A number of them
have been unable to buy civilian
clothes and are working in uniforms
thin and frayed by much wear.
The wives and sisters of some of
these men have gone into shops
where they earn $50 marks a month,
ia sum which a guest at any one of
the international hotels frequently
pays for a single meal. The widow of
colonel who was killed at the front
is supporting four children on a PEN
sion Of less than 700 marks month.
Former soldiers, and particularly
the wounded whose pensions are in
adequate to supply them with food,
have been hardhit. Day and night
they may be seen standing on the
streets with cap in hand, begging, or
selling matches. They still wear their
uniforms. or parts Of uniforms, and
some Of them, to incite pity, exhibit
their wounds.
A party sof Americans walking
down Inter den Linden one night
saw former soldier stagger and fall
to the pavement. unconscious. City
physicians who examined him said he
kad tainted from hunger Later it
was learned that, too proud to ask
aims, he had gone for days without
food.
When purse of few marks was
collected for him he accepted it and
thanked the donors.
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PAGE ONE

|. eicSFdPT1IC lSe"Ss
Minor Leagues Reject Lasker Plan.
Will Not Follow Baseball Rebellion
Russian Reds Sneaking Into q. S.
Bankers Will Assist Farmers.
Prices Tumbling.
PAGES TWO, THREE AND FIVE.
Iowa News: .
Gompers Can't Deliver Labor Vote
Attorney Charles r. Clark Dead. I
Fate of Farming up to Tenants.
Teachers Q. K. Building Schene.
PAGE FOUR. y
Sports News and Story: 4
Major Leagues Split.
The Substitute Millionaire.
! Fair Taxation Harding's Program.
PAGE SIX.
Editorial:
! Cheap Money Coming.
| It Will Take Time.
| TTis Criminal Education.
PAGES SEVEN. EIGHT. NINE,
TEN AND ELEVEN
City News:
| To List Women For Jury Duty
Must Serve on Juries Next Year.
! Delinquent Tax List of Good Size
/ Prize List Out For Swine Show.
/ Lieut. Eben D. HOWE Awarded
/ Navy Cross.
PAGE TWELVE
/ Markets and General:
Wheat Tends Lower
] Hog Prices Continue Downward.
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Y. 8. WATCHING BIG THREE.
ls Studying Tripartite Aareemen,
and May File Protest.

ls Studying Tripartite Agreement
and May File Protest.
By Associated Press.
Washington. Nov. 9.-The Ameri-
can government, it was said today at
the state department, is giving care
full study to the tripartite countries
agreement between Great Britain.
France and Italy, in which those
countries undertake to support each
other In maintaining "their spheres
of influence" In Turkey.
Whether there Is ground for a for
NAL protest by the United States has
not Yet been determined, officials said.
The treaty between the three coun-
tries. which was signed at Sevres
last Aug. 10. was officially referred
as "secret" one and it was stated
that copy Of it had not Officially"
been transmitted to the American
government.
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To Affect U. S. Price..

Chicago, Nov. 9.-The drop of the
price of gasolene in Great Britain
was attributed today to weakened
market caused by the entry of Rus
sian products into the English oil
market by officials of the Standard
Oil Company here.
The entry Of Russian oils, which
have had no outlet for months, into
the European market was charac-
terized as "just the beginning" of
price decreases and probably the
forerunner of curtailment In the
shipment of American oil abroad.
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WILSON'S LAST MESSAGE.
President Preparing Farewell +
Congress-SiIsnt on Vote.

Washington Nov. 9.-"President
Wilson now that the solemn referen-
dunn" on the leagae Of nations has
been decided overwhelmingly against
him. has settled stoically down to
prepare his last message to congress,
and to set the White House in order
for Warren G. Harding, who will be-
come the twenty ninth president on
March 1.
Fears Of many Of Wilson's friends
that the election result would seri-
ously affect his health We're un-
warranted, according to those who
have seen him daily. They say that
the president has improved little in
the last few days. Altho bitterly dis
appointed. they say that he has
manifested no evidence Of collapse,
and has uttered no word of bitter
ness
John W. Wilson Of Pennsylvania, a
cousin of the president. spent two
days at the White House following
the election. He said the president
accepted defeat philosophically, and
gave evidence Of relief now that the
strain of the referendum was over.
Secretary Tumulty. commenting on
the result, said the president was "a
good loser
The immediate task confronting
the president is a. message to con-
gress. which convenes next month.
It is not at all likely that he will
be able to deliver it in person. He
began work on the document yester-
day, and is expected to complete ii
within ten days or two weeks.
There is much speculation as to
the character of the message. It is
understood that t viii be compare :
lively short, and will touch domestic
questions. Necessarily there will be
included in it matters relating to war
readjustments, but whether the pres
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MINOR LEAGUES TO TURN DOWN LASKER plan
Horse Trained to
Peddle Illicit
Booze Unguided
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Fort Smith, Ark, Nov. "a mare
trained for bootlegging was confis-
Gated in southeastern lie F4ore coun-
ty, Oklahoma. Sunday by John I.
Tfsdale, federal prohibition enforce
mentment officer, with headquarters
here. A still of 100 gallon capacity
was seized in the same raid.
Mr.. Tisdale said the horse carried
the whisky in saddle bags without
q rider from the still to rendezvous,
where the purchaser Of the liquor re-
lieved the animal of it's load.
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Today's News Index
Tho Weather.

Sun rises Nov. at 6:36, sets at 4:E2.
Iowa-Fair tonight and Wednes-a
day; much colder tonight, with a.
cold wave; colder in east portion
Wednesday; strong northwest winds.
diminishing.
Range Of temperature at MarshaAl-
town: Monday, 81 and 40; Sunday. 4S
and SS; Nov. s, 1919. Is and Il. At Z
this morning. 40; yesterday, 40. Rain
fall, .1S of an inch.
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LEGISLATORS ON TOUR.

Newly Elected Arkansas Officials TO
Visit Iowa Agricultural School.
BY Associated Press.
Fort Smith, Ark, Nov. "a spe-
cial train carrying 153 members of
the next Arkansas legislature will
leave Little Rock. Nov. 16 for tour
Of the agricultural schools of Mis-
souri,, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan and
Wisconsin, It was learned here today.
Improvement in the ties agricultural
schools is the. object of the trip.
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of Frederick A. Wallis. immigration

OF Frederick A. Wallis, immigration
commissioner.
Skepticism on the part Of the hotel
men that the chef, e. T. MCGOWAN,
could concoct q repast Tor that SUR
and still claim profit is said to have
prompted the invitation aud also the
acceptance.
Edward M. Tierney. chairman OF
the exposition committee. today
recommended that hostelries cut the
price of bridal sweets both in order
10 encourage matrimony and as a
part OF the general price cutting pro-
gram"
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Kansas City, shall have the right. II
they so desire, to elect him.
"A committee will be appointed
later to draft an agreement for the
operation Of the clubs. This COM
rnittee will meet with a committee OF
the minors. The chairman will be
the chairman OF the new board OF
control.
"The split which has developed hs :
tween eleven clubs on one side and
five on the other came when the ma
jority. which have gone into the
twelve-club league, insisted all inter
league affairs be voted on by clubs
and not by league. The minority
wanted all questions voted on by
leagues.
1--WE realize that the time for
words had ended, So we acted def
nitely and for good.''
Johnson and his forces will not
step down and out. They are MAX
ing plans for q new American
League. They still have Cleveland,
Washington, Detroit Philadelphia
and st. Louis. Chicago also will be
represented. It was reported yester-
day Johnson already has made ar
rangements to place club on the
West Side, where the Cubs became
famous.
Backed by, Millions.
The new twelve-club league is
backed by millions of dollars. Will
liam Wrigley, j. Ogden Armour and
A. D. Lasker are behind the Cubs
Col. Jacob Rupert, New York mil
honaire. is the principal owner Of the
New York Yankees. Comiskey, own
er-of the White sox, is a moneyed
man and one of the biggest men in
baseball. The National League clubs
are all backed by men Of means.
Clark Griffith Of the Washington
American League club was the only
one of the Johnson forces who would
meet with the eight National and
three American League clubs. He
did not enter the meeting as q for
NAL representative Of the Johnson
forces.
Previous to yesterdays action
members OF the "solid five" had de-
clared the three American League
clubs would not be able to take thei,
players into the new league main.
tanning the players on a club belong.
ed to the league under contracts pre-
viously made.
This factor, they said, would give
the five remaining American League
clubs additional strength and enable
them to proceed with organization OF
a new American League. Individual
club owners said they would flight
to the last court" before allowing any
player to be taken over by the new
league.
Griffith Defiant.
Griffith refused to give an inch
After a heated discussion, in which
he told the meeting he and his as
sociates were a majority of the
American League and would operate
without Chicago, New York or Bos-
ton, he left the meeting.
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Cold Waue Will
Couer Central
West Tonight
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington. Nov s.-Cold wave
warnings for Iowa, Illinois, Missouri,
Wisconsin and other central-west
states were issued today by the
weather bureau. Much colder weather
tomorrow thruout the eastern states
also was forecast. The cold wave is
following disturbance of marked in
tensity, which was central this morn
ing over Lake Huron.
Storm warning are displayed at all
points on the Great Lakes.
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Will Have Nothing tq Do
With Rebels Headed by
Judge Landis.
OPPOSED BY HICKEY,
FULTZ AND TEARNEY
Minors Claim They Can Conduct
Their Own Affairs Without Civilian
Dictation As Planned by Reorsan-
lied National League OF Twelve
cIub'-Min9rs Have Plans For
Shakeup and SuppIantins Secretary
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Kansas City, Nov. 9.-War, to a
finish was declared here today by
President 3. 3. Johnson, Of the
American League, and his FIVE
Aioyal" club owners in the fight
against the form alton Of a new
twelve-clu ub league.
President johnson declared that
clubs would be- established in
Chicago, Boston arid New York
next season to take the places Of
the clubs which joined the revo-
lutionary movement to reorganize
baseball.
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~ Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Kansas City. Nov. s.-War clouds
dark and forbidding. faced the pro-
ponents Of the Lasker plan for base
ball reorganization when the presi-
dents and club owners of the twenty
one minor leagues Of the nation met
i III convention here today to vote on
the proposed civilian tribunal as the
supreme governing body Of organized q
baseball.
When the committee OF three ap-
pointed bs the new twelve-cldb Ma
Ational Lea que, organized yesterday in
Chicago, arrived here toppresent the
Lasker, plan for the consideration OF
4 the minor leaguers, indications We're
/ that it would be Overwhelmingly de-
feated. The minor league leaders de-
clared themselves capable of settling
their own disputes and conducting
their own affairs.
Thomas j. Hickey. president Of the
American Association; David l.
Fultz, head Of the international
League, and A. r., Tearney. presi-
dent Of the Western and I. I. /
Leagues, all recognized leaders In
minor league affairs, We're unanimous
in expressing their disapproval Of the
Lasker plan.
Minors Plan Shakeup.
With revolutionary movement
sweeping thru the major leagues. the
minor leagues themselves started
campaign involving shake-up with
in their own organization.
The campaign involved the removal
Of John III. Farrell, Of Auburn. N. =.
wlb has been secretary and treas
urer Of the association since its for
nation twenty years ago. and the
election Of M. III. Sexton. OF ROCK
Island, Ill.,-a his successor.
Sexton for score. of years has been
dominant factor in minor league
affairs. He formerly was presiden,
of the I. /. I. League and for several
wears has been president of the Ma
/. tional Association of Minor Leagues
an honorary office carrying no SAL
: ary. His supporters claim to have
enough votes to insure his election
: It is planned to vote him salary OF
$500 and move minor league head
quarters from Auburn to Chicago.
Evening times-Republican., 1920-11-09
U. S. Cruiser Aground.
sy Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. a.-The pro-
teeted cruiser Cleveland, attached TO
the newly organized squadron on
DUTY in Latin American waters is
aground in the harbor at Cartagena.
Columbia, the navy department was
advised today.
Evening times-Republican., 1920-11-09
Raw Sugar SIumps.

BY Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 9.-Raw sugar
dropped to 6A cents a pound, new
low price for the season, in the sugar
market here today. The price re-
fleets heavy slack in demand and is
loss of more than II cents from
the highest Of the seasons quota
tions last May. Trading was dull.
Evening times-Republican., 1920-11-09
ELECTION FRAUD PROBE ON
New York State to Clean up Alleged
Irregularities at Polls.

VF09UtarRIe$ az FU'fS'
BY Associated Press.
New York. Nov. 9.-District Attor-
ney Edward Swami ordered laid be-
fore the grand jury today al alleged
election FRAUDS reported since the
election 81 week ago.
Among these We're the findings OF
twenty-six ballots marked for demo-
craticzcandidates in sewer near one
polling place and the report by Mrs.
Nora Stanton Barney, an election
official. that republican ballots cast
in the Thirteenth election district OF
the First assembly. district were de-
clared void by other officials over
her protest.
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Milk Prices Decline.

BY Associated Press.
st. Louis, Nov. 9.-The retail price
Of milk in st. Louis will be<reduced
from II to 16 cents quart Thurs
day. officials of local dairying COM
panies announced today. The reduc-
tion. it was explained, follows a re-
duction from $3.50 to s3.1O a hun
dred pounds made by southern
Illinois producers in the November
wholesale price.
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WARLIkE MOVEMENT.
Orders Issued to Recruit Second Di.
vision to Full Strength.

vision to Full Strength.
BY Associated Press.
Washington. Nov. photographic
orders were sent today to the re-
crlliting service to recruit the Second
division to full strength immediate
ly No explanation of the order was
given in the official announcement.
1t was explained at the war de-
partment that under the provisions OF
the national defense act one division
Of the army must be kept at full
strength and that the second division
had been selected by the general
staff as the unit to be maintained al
full strength.
Evening times-Republican., 1920-11-09
HARDING ENJOYING
THE SIMPLE LIFE
President-Elect Spending Mornings
With Rod and Reel and Afternoons
on Golf Links-Looks Physically
Fit-Texas Governor Extends
Coutesies.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Point Isabel, Tex. Nov. e.-Out-
wardly as carefree as the happiest
member Of the little community of fish
ermen who are his neighbors here,
President Elect Harding began today
a vacation that he hopes will make up
in full measure his loss Of rest and
recreation during the campaign.
A fishing expedition and a game of
golf were the compass of his plans
for his first days outing. The fore
noon he set for test of skill with
the rod and reel. For the afternoon
he had golf game at the Browns
vile Country Club, twenty miles
away. rho same combination is ex-
pected to occupy him during most Of
the days Of his stay here.
The appearance Of the president
elect was anything but that of man
worn out by the care Of national
campaign. He looked robust and Wig
orous and told the villagers that he
had. come here more because he liked
the seclusiony and the outdoor life
than because he was in need of rest.
For his cruises along the coast Mr..
Harding will use a launch placed at
his disposal by Governor Hobbey, of
Texas. He plans to take several ex-
tended pleasure trips in the craft
during his stay here and also may
take an automobile trip late this
week up the Rio Grande valley. Nov.
1S has been selected as the date Of
departure Of the president elect and
his party from New Orleans for a
voyage to Panama. Mr.. Harding
must be back in time for speech in
Virginia Dec. 5.
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AGED IOWA WOMAN
KILLED BY FALL
Body Of Mis-. Mary osIey, rs, OF
Grundy Center. an Inmate Of a
Sanatorium in Illinois, Found al
Edge Of Rock Rivs-Supposed to
Have Stumbled Down Bank.

By Associated Press.
Rockford. ILL.,, Nov. s.--The body of
Miss Mary oxley, IS, Of Gruudy Cen
ter, Iowa, was found at the edge of
Rock River early today near sana-
torium, at which she had been a pa
tient for two years.
Authorities believe Miss Oxley
stumbled down a steep bank while
walking around the sanatorium
grounds last evening and was killed
by the fall.
Evening times-Republican., 1920-11-09
sEARLE WILL CONTESTED.
Nephew Of Late Recluse Starts Fight
Against Bequests Made.

tSNSo''o$ DS00VSeo Wp00Ss
BY Associated Press.
Boston, Nov. 9.-The supreme court
has been appealed to in the contest
Tor the $3o,00o,0o0 estate OF Edward
#. Searles, wealthy recluse of Meth
uan and New York. Counsel for the
will by which Arthur r. Walker, Of
New York, was left the bulk OF the
estate, have appealed to the higher
court from the decree Of the Essex
county probate court which allowed
as issues for trial by jury charges
of Albert v. Searles. Boston artist
and nephew of the testator, that the
will was obtained by fraud and un-
due influence and that the recluse
was Of unsound mind when it was
made. Albert V. Searles was given
$25O,00O under the will with the stip-
ulation that he would forfeit all
claim If he attempted to contest the
instrument.