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Show MEWS. r WEDNESD AY3IA 16 -- PAGES I. Counter-Propos- to Allies al Will Stress Germanys Contractual Right to In- -. sist on Treaty Drawn in Accord With Terms Proposed When Negotiations To Cease Hostilities Wore Closed Protest Against Peace of Violence Rather Than of RigbC' Hawker Tells How Storms Hit Plane And Winds Drove It Out of Course LONDON, Tuesday. May 27. (By the . Associated Press). Describing weather conditions and how his airplane ran Into strong northeasterly winds, Harry O. Hawker said to a representative of The Pally. Mall: jThe weather was no hindrance and we should have made the flight but for the trouble occasioned by the water boiling in our . cooling system. We could have got through the worst of th weather te a couple of hours. ' The wireless wca cot a great suc' cess," Lieut. Com. MacKensie Grieve said. On starting we found the spark ceiwKj. " very feeble and only a small amperImmediately following a failure age obtainable. ewtng I the 'under'A. of the Germans to algn the treaty, sized propeller used to drive it. 1 sent ' Gcrmaby, wlU be giren II hours and out messages every half-hou- r think they should have been heard if notice of the termination of the never had any ship had been near, bnt was armistice. On the expiration of to lot reply. My chief object this period. the British, French-an- d any still w were in th? . air. know them Americans wUl ad ranee Into Daring th last few hours when the engine was throttled down, the speed Simultaneously, the Germany. to of tha machine was Insufficient blockade will be enforced as and no drive equipment Ughtly a possible. spark could bo generated but I sent 8. O. 8. signals every IS minutes on German ih pac It i eipctftd an off chance of the spark operating. counterits Prom a navigating point of view delegation trill present at I placed no reliance on the wireless proposals to the terms of peace other than as a means of asking the .Versailles todai'. The tVrrnan rep'y position ! such ship a we might ,, been has completed, pass. The ships had previously been wireless Paris from St. Johns to and Berlin asked by Dispatches from' make known their positions if , they indicate that the Germans will base saw us by day or if we fired very their proposals on tha claim that they lights by night. A a we saw no vessel, to ' of Allie no offer the tie light was fired. , One vessel has accepted seen a light, but the conclude peace on the basis, of Presi- reported having on board may have describde irt Wilson If points, and other observers ed the red glow of the exhaust., , , , assertions by Allied reprenenfcatlves Guided by the Stars.' of one be not would that the peace preferred- to navigate chiefly "We violence, It is said that the Germans by celestial observations and my por as I worked It out by the stars will, claim to have ousted the old Im-- v sition was virtually correct. I found, when for substituted and perialistic regime picked up. I used a cloud horizon Init a democratc government and will stead of a sea horizon as the sea was ameleloration for .this reason ask for hardly visible any of the time we were the air. During the first four hours of the price they must pay for peace. in we passed over fog after There are report which seem to re- banka. leaving The clouds below were like a of on the .the a part flect disposition sea. giving a perfect horizon. I bad Allies not to "parley long if the Ger- only to judge our distance above them and take the sub as on a sea horizon. mans actually refuse to sign the Abont 7 o'clock. Greenwich time. I , terms. An Amsterdam dispatch states saw the sea for a few seconds that the Belgian frontier has been through a hole In the fog or clond closed and it ia further reported that bank. I obtained some Idea of- - the Belgian machine by noting the general mobilisation ofas the . soon as it is drift of the army will be ordered breaking waves through the drift indefinitely known the Germans will dicator. We were then at a height of not sign the, treaty.. 4,000 feet and climbing, the drift be' Allied commanders along the Rhine ing 10 degrees to the right of our where the British are are reported course, which I had already allowed to have held conference relative to for on starting, owing to the northaction if the Germans decline to con- east wind that was blowing. clude peace on the Allied terms. , "Up to 10:1 o'clock we steered to make a true east course, not mageast. During that period I took netic Hun Counter Proposals sights evtry hour. At 0:10 I made out that we were 400 miles from St. BERLIN. . Tuesday. May2T. (By We then altered our course The Associated Press) Germany's Johns. to north Mg tri counter pfopoai To thi tentii of tne in the which we should ships, trackqf to her plenipetetf treaty presented Just have CDerd that time. The real lie include .IbsUteuda. were Wilyat -- broken poientiarles up and following points, according to an un- made sights ,iln possible until about official summary available today: 18 when 1 managed to get the pole Germany offer to disarm all of he. star down to a (flat piece of cloud and battleships, on condition that a part was surprised to find we were about of her mercantile fleet be restored, to ISO miles south of the course. We Imber, 7. mediately altered our course a little to She proposes that there be no terri- the northward to counteract this drift, of but from a further eight obtained half torial changes without consultation an hour later. I find we were still the populations affected. The evasion of Upper Silesia and the settling southward and. realizing that must rr Strong northerly claims to East Prussia, West Prussia! and Mem el are emphatically rejected.- I have been toblowing, made, a decided work-com- e the northward beand .alteration It to stipulated that Danzig shall th machine up to latitude S9 de- a free port and the river Vistula grees north and into the track fot- neutralized. lowed by ships.. Occupied territory to to be evacuated within six month If the league of nations to estab- HIGH HONORS FOR lished with Germany as a member, Germany shall continue to administer, BRITISH AIRMEN her colonies in accordance with the AWARDED BY KING principles of the league as Its t 7e- - LONDON, Tuesday, May (British Wireiess Service.) The Allied blockade council at Paris has completed all anraasywnu iy lor putting the blockade of -again in fore In taw Geeman delegate refuse to aign.the. peace treaty, while complete plana-. hare been worked out for the fuUcut cooperation between the mil tuiry and economic force which will be employed. In race of ne-- . Ger-gaajt- - t- s s . . . , .. 5 ate -S- 19 -- CITY- ALT-LAKE -., -- S"" - . Germany offers to pay '29.090.000,-90- 0 marks In gold by the year 1928 a indemnity and to make annual payments from 1921 onward to a total not In exceaa of 100.000.000.000 mark I gold. It was expected today that the counter proposals would be officially mad known on Wednesday. EXRUN, Tuesday. May 27 (By Frees.) The- German counter proposals to the term of the - (Continued on page two.) o- d 'Saved Lives of Four Hun-dred White Women and Senator From Arkansas UpChildren Seaplanes and holds Covenant as LogiBreak Siege. ;: cal and Compatible With Destroyers " r American Ideals. , NEW TORE. May 28 The story of hew a handful of American. British and French officers at the head of 108 native troops, fought off for three days the attacks of 1,104 Egyptian insurrectionists and saved the lives of 409 whit women and children wad told by Prof. Roy Allgood of Birmingham. Ala., who arrived here yesterday from, Assoia, Egypt. A band of Senyusai Arab advanced on the town and the allied officers defense and- - dequickly, organized 58. The WASHINGTON. May league of nations was supported aa a logical and practical organism, entirely consistent with the American. Constitution. by Senator Robinson.- - Democrat of Arkansas, in a speech today la the senate. Opponent of the league, .;' the senator charged, are making a eampaignof misrepresentation setting up flimsy objections that th propoThe sal violates American traditions. covenant, he asserted, in no wsy Impaired national sovereignty or subverts American international principles. "It is onr agent, not oar master." he declared. Replying directly., to ths Constitutional objections raised by Senator Sherman of Illinois and other league opponents, the Arkansas senator said the earns objections applied with equal force to many treaties entered Into by the nation which -had been found r beneficial "The United States has already entered into many trestle pledging. Itself not to engage In war against certain nations until the expiration of a definite period. continued the senator, and It has also agreed by treaty to settle many disputes by arbitration. Notwithstanding Congress still has power to declare war. "The declaration that article Id authorizes the executive council to involve the world in war in its execution is absurd. The language of the article is in case of any such aggrefcsfam or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression,. the executive council shall advise upon the means by which the obligations shall be fulfilled.'. It is perfectly clear that th executive council can compel no action under this article. "T)1 use of th word advise defeats such a construction." Declaring Republican opponents of the league were attempting to make the Are ty a partisan issue, Mr. Robinson charged Republican - Senate Leader -lodge with ridiculous Inconsis- feated the first assault. Attack after attack was made with franticui 'fury. The ammunition of the besieged ran short and the situation was desperate when British seaplanes from Alexandria succeeded in dropping supplies. At the end of the third day gunboats with resetting troops mad their way up the Nile, drove off the attackers and relieved th garrison. , THOUSAND PER DAY PETROGRADS DEATH RATE REPORTS SHOW WASHINGTON. a .V w Official day. .. Suffrage Gains in Texas. F DALLAS," Texas, May 5 8 Election returns, late last night and today overcame a lead of more than 3.990 in favor of the womans suffrage amendment and gave a majority of more than 8,009 against the amendment, Th coant came chiefly from south Texas counties and there are St counties from - which no word has yet been received.- Prohibition seem to have -r carried. -- tency. May 28. health reports in Petrograd show that the death rote in that city now ex ceeds 1009 daily, according to Swedish press report received today at the In the food rauonn even for workers have been made and it to estimated that no worker to able to live even in a modest way on less than (44 ruble i. , Worlds Giampion Stowaway Comes Into Port For - NEW YORK. May 28 officers and 80S men of Bringing 14 the Twentieth engineers the steamship Santa Paula arrived today from .Bordeaux. 'The Bant Paula brought the army champion stowaway in the person of fourteen --year-old Michael Gilhooiey, MIchaefarrtved here for the on the transport Agamemnon shortly after, demobilization began, waa deported by the immigration authorities, reappeared two months later on th transport Black Arrow, was ro-- d sported and now makes his third appearance. On the two previous occasions he wore a soldier's uniform, bnt this time he tried to better hia luck dressed as a sailor. Th boy says that his mother waa a Belgian and bis father, who come from Cork, died in 1819. When war broke out he waa living with his mother at Charlevoix, ; Belgiu m, and aays that a German aeroplane dropped a bomb on hu home, killing his mother and burying him in' the ruins from which he was dugout several hours later. Michael ia able to play six wind instruments and was a member of the band of the 809th infantry during. the voyage The troop com mapder on board the transport was Maj. F- - K. Kellogg. of Utica, N. Y.. who to also commander of the Sixth battalion of the Twentieth engineer. The Third battalion was under the command of Maj, H. W. Sanborn of Hiasoula, Mont. Many of the men of the Sixth battalion who arrived today were survivor of tha Tuscaiii which waa torpedoed off the north coast of Ireland, Feb. S. 1918. Ninety of the battalion lost their live on that occasion. The Twentieth on gineere is the largest regiment in thej American army with a total of 59,00 men, all lumberjacks, sawmill maj and foresters. The unit waa assembled but in Washington state, recruited from lumber districts all over the country. - 1 Honors and Compliments efforts of th committee separate in th chairmanships failed Showered on Navy Flyers ate party alignment and the Republicans finally put through their WASHINGTON. ed - vote by solid Mtfcr I. Democrat on senate : today Repeatto force sen- slate of committee assignments including Senators Pen rose. Pennsylvania, and Warren. Wyoming, a heads of the finance and appropriations committees, respectively. The vote on the Republican committee assignments was 48 to 42, and was . reached after three hour of sharp contest between Republicans and Democrats, the latter failing to secure separate voles on chairmen. After the Republican committee slates were approved, th Democratic minority assignments also were' adopted. May 2S The natal seaplane NC-- 4 will leave Msboa for Plymouth oo the last leg of the transcontinental flight WASHINGTON. early tomorrow morning, weather permitting, according to a dto- -' patch received at the navy do- -. ' partment today from Lienh-Go- raaader Albert C. Read,- commanded of the plane. LONDON, May 28. The crew of the American seaplane NC-- 4 which made the first transatlantic aerial pannage, landing at Lisbon last eveplr.g from the Azores, has been decorated with the Grand Cross of tle Order of the Tower and Sword, says a message to the Wireless Prims from Lisbon. The was presented by the Portuguese foreign minister. WASHINGTON. May 58. Plans of the Republican . leaders of the house of expenditures of for investigation the war department took . definite form today when Representative Graham of Illinois prepared a reeolutfon providing for appointment of m ape-ricommittee of IS members to conduct such an Inquiry. Immediate consideration will be naked. al WASHINGTON, May 58 dee-orati- on Consid- eration of legislation providing for the return of the telegraph and telephone systems to private ownership will be taken up tomorrow by the interstate commerce committee- - Chairman Cummins said today that the committee planned to expedite the The Order of the Tower and Bword was founded in 1808 in Brazil by the regent who afterward became King John VI of Portugal as a revival of the Order of th Sword founded by Alfonso V in 1 459. It was again remodeled in 1832. It to a general order of military and civil merit and has five tni yet new. - -- -- SIXTY-NINTH YEAR 10 Winnipeg Strikers Try To Qbtain Sympathetic Strikes in Other Cities WINNIPEG. Man.. May 28 Ef- forts of leaders of the v general strike movement In Winnipeg to enlist sympathy from unions in other title waa the outstanding development jn the local situation this morning. Ernest Robinson, secretary of trades and labor council, said that communications have been received from unions throughout Canada and at .ieagt one important union in Great Britain. Third Time Federal government officials who have denounced th strike leaders as revolutionists said they were not alarmed at th efforts to obtain sympathetic support. They pointed out that ten day ago the strike forces' newspaper here officially announced that the Calgary strike would be general. At the council meeting Monday night a labor representative said the Calgary walkout, ,wa general. Press dispatches yesterday and today directly contradict this. The new postoffice force which replaced the striking rierks ws increased .today. Railway service to and from Winnipeg ia normal, the question of Immediate resuming street car service in Winnipeg will be determined at a meeting to .be held late today. - COAST HURLEY- - Reinstatement of Contract . Secured . by Delegation From Western States in Conference With Ship ping Board Today. " WASHINGTON, Slap 28 Reinstatement of contracts with Pacific Coast shipyards- - which my have- been .... unjustly treated in the cancellation of orders for steel ships since th signing of the armistice was promised by Chairman Hurley of the shipping, board at a conference- - today with west coast shipbuilders and senators and representatives from California, Washington and Oregon. The builders told the shipping bourd that they bad not been fairly treated and Mr. Huriey conceded that injustices probably some individual had resulted-fro- m the suspension of , contract Harrison Robinson of Ban Francis- eo, spokesman for tbe builders, said had 1,748,924 tons of steel vessels been built by the 18- Pacific coast yards between Aug. 3, Ut, and May . IS. 1919, or S3 per cent of the total production in the United State dur- mg that Ume(, When it came to left be the yards with 1 59.099 tons of contract. cancelling 788,040, whereas on NEW HAVEN. Conn. May 28 Th the Atlantia coast. 2.289,409 ton were being built. Pacific coast costa, riot which kept this city in an uproar he said, were $199 a ton. while at Hog moat, of las) night Was attributed to- Island had. averaged 8284 per ton on first 17 ship day by Mayor Fitzgerald to Bolshevik th "Well-nothe cost at Hog elements whieb had taken advantage Island until 2Sknow or 39 have been of a minor clash between discharged delivered.". Chairman ships Hurley inter- - t service men and Yale undergraduate, rupted hint, I think, your costa are high.. caused by unconfirmed reports that a little Mr. Robinson rejoined that the Yale men had hissed the 10!d regi- government was furnishing the plant ment band. at Hog Island and had to provide for aa well which the Pacific Throughout tha night the college other costa builders were taking care f authorities had complete .control over coast themselves. the student keeping them within the Senator Chamberlain of Oregon to know why th hoard waa dormlforie. who figured in coetinuing to build at Hog Island and Those student as were caught upon Mr, Huriey responded that it waa be- fights the yard waa on its hands. th atreets by the mob while returning from theatres or dance Although th polic .were vigilant LUXEMBURG WILL they could not for an hour proven clash SEND DELEGATION they fathom the reasons for the semblance of organized Rampant Reds Are 75" Held Responsible For Rioting Last Night at College , - ' : -- nor-coul- attack, TO PEACE PARLEY ' The police reports .showed five young men hurt, two by bullets, none seriously, and about a dozen detained pending Inquiry. Considerable window glass in Yale buildings was broaen is blue. and a few store windows were shattered. Many citizens were either NEW YORK May 5. Vice Admiral knocked down or roughly jostled. Albert Cleaves, commanding the cru leSeveral reports were, that black er and the transport Jprce of.jtJje At- tod-,(pv y ed',was8fqnnfldent that he had been can naval forces in Europe, th follow- hit with a loaded club. There apmen ing cablegram: peared to be few . , "Lieut. Commander A. C. JFtead. IT. among the disturbers. The cruiser K N commanding NC-- 4: The students council today in a and transport force congratulates you statement expressing admiration of and your crew on your great achieve- Yale men for th men who served ment which has added another bril- under tbe colors, and especially the liant page to the history of the navy. I02d men, ex pressed .the opinion that W remember that your first flight was neither service men nor student-werfrom the flagship Seattle. outbreak. responsible for CLEAVES, It was believed that other elements (Signed) "Vic AdmiraL planned and controlled the affair. The Seattle is the flagship of Admiral Cleaves. wreath and words signifying merit, valor and loyalty. 'A laurel wreath connects the points of the star and at the top is a tower in gold. The ribbon LUXEMBURG. Tuesday. May 27 btate Reuter today read ia the chamber of deputies a letter from President Wilson inviting a Luxemburg delegation to come to Paris. Hs said the government was ready to leave tonight for Paris to tell tht Secy, of main autonomous and to conclude an economic union with France or Belgium or if that was found impossible to open negotiations with those twe countries to learn their conditions. He added that the government was also- asked that Luxemburg be admitted to the league of nation According to a Paris telegram, the delWednes-day egation will be received on - ast-night - NEW YORK. May 23 The Manufacturers' Aircraft association today sent the following cable message , to COMPOSITE SHIP IS Cabinet in Session. WASHINGTON. May 27. Secy. Glass presided at the first meeting of the cabinet since early m April. Ail members were present. Lieut. Commander Read: E - "Congratulate you and your gallant BURLESON SUGGESTS crew on the eucceasfui completion of The th first transatlantic flight. legislation. honor you have won in tit NC-- 4 to all WASHINGTON. 28 classes. the greater because it inspires Ameri- completion of the May 1914 Rapid buildnavy's five The a . pointed star in ca, where the airplane had its birth, Denver Bank Taken badge is white on the center of which to im- to redouble her effort to lead the ing program waa urged by tbe general board today In a communication Over by Commissioner posed a sword surrounded by a laurel world in civil aerial transport." . presented to the house naval commitTEL AND TEL LINES DENVER, May 28 Th City Bank tee by Secretary Daniel The board and Trust company at 17th and Ararecommended that only Might changes pahoe streets, waa taken over today by be made in the plans of the capital Grant McFerson, state banking comWASHINGTON: May 28. Postmasas originally drawn. ships who ordered the institution missioner. The boards communication showed ter General Burleson In a letter today , dosed pending investigation. that the idea of building a com posit to Chairman Sims of the house comThe bank's deposit, according to Its BT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ship to take the place of battleships merce committee declared that th last statement at the dose of busiand battle cruisers had been abanness May 12. 1819. were tl.07S.408. 46. e doned for present situation with respect to the being at least. W. J. Galligan,' former state treasurer and other Baltic ports and these carPrincipal changes in the six battle tejegraph and telephone systems reof Colorado and former fuel adminisin authorized go could be delivered In Petrograd cruisers 1914: quired the determination at this time trator for Colorado, to president- within seven day Their delivery, recommended by the board of a broad government policy rather 27 - to Premier COPENHAGEN, May v will orhowever, would await joint, the give addl- Airman Flies Into ' Paderewski of Poland baa arranged der from the Allied power; and tional protection at ships he ci if - i thun the. Immediate; retum of th a. ac- theme- are not as jret forthcoming, of speed. Secretary Daniels iold the Tinea to their owners as provided for in with- - Maearyk-c- f Yosemite Park ponding the outcome of event in committee the board was unable to the resolution Introduced by Chaircording to a dispatch from Prague, Russia. thR house post of- -, say hoa oiuch sp.cd aomd e sacri- man Steenerson .. ofMr. let- Burleson committee. YOSEMITE. Cat. May 27 The find that the Teechen question, which ha ficed to gain --this end. The ships lice waa in reply to one from Mr. Sima ter were designed for 38 knots spee- dairplane flight Into Yosemite valley caused much difficulty between Po- Protest Polish Offensive ; memrelative to the statement sent to was accomplished today by First Lieut. land and a, shall be setbers of Congress by Clarence H, Mac- James Stephen Krult flight command- tled by a Polish-Csec- h commission WASHINGTON, 8 May LOXDOX. May 27 Tbe American kay. president of the Postal Telegraer at Mather field, flying from Merced. which wUl sit at Cracow. and BrittoN min lexers at Warsaw Rear, Admiral--- ;: McKean. acting ph-Cable company, who referred to , Cat Rising to an altitude of 11,004 chief of .' told the 'operationf immediate passage of the Steenerson have protested against th Polish of- committee that ll feet. Lieut. Krull Completed the ' not less than first offered to reduce the America Come is and resolution to fensive in east Galicia, according to, flight into the heart of the Sierra May advices to the Eiehange Telegraph class battleships with a total com- telegraph rates for his company 20 Nevada mountains in one hour and The plement, of 20.88 men .would he kept per "cent postmaster general five minutes. He plana a return flight of Copenhagen. PARIS, May 28 The name of th from Vienna by in commission aa a peace time force, j said a casual examination of. tele-H- e ... to Merced tomorrow,, Duke at Devonshire and Gen. Jan said the personnel of a ship couid! graph operation "disclosed that this not be decreased without decreasing company. In- 1918 carried only 814.- Christian Untutt are among those now Albert MaCome Here 920.894 out of a total of 880.000.009 th vessels efficiency. mentioned aa possible appointee as (The of the telegraph business and that' d PARIS. Jd ay 28 (By British ambassador to Washington. the saving to the public "which Mr., Press). Ktng Albert of Bel- VICTORY asserts he can accomplish by BONDS ON jlackay German-Italia-n Relations gium to expected to visit Washington SO cent reduction, would necesto attend the initial meeting of tbe NEW YORK EXCHANGE asarily per be limited to 83.000,090 annunext October. " of nations, league Im27. MILAN, Tuesday. May ally instead of 812.000.000." " "In the situation now presented. mense quantities of German products NEW . YORK, 27. Vlctorv May it would seem Mr. Burleson, bond were sold for the first time on wrote Chiasno Wrestling With Italy warehouse at in stored are be a matter of public concern of NEW YORK. May 28 President LONDON. May 29 Harry Hawker between Italy and -frontier on :r the PARIS. May 28 The conncil of 8180.000. 8100.009 and 8(0.099 bringand Lieut. Com. MacKenxie , Grieve, Carranza will present to th Mexican mzance. that the present high oper- tt Is proposed by four who reached here yesterday from congress no general amnesty biU Switzerland, and of the peace conference Is making 899.99 per 8100. renew her to atfng expenses have made jt imposImmediately Germany Thurso, Scotland, after being rescued whose passage to determined effort a a effect ing sible to operate these properue at might open the doors commercial relation with Italy, ;ao8 settlement of the Italian in when their airplane in tothe pre-wTo turn the-- ' charge which they were attempting to cross for extensive agitation through return cording to Ulysses Byawrst of th day. Andre Tardieu of question Peru. in Diiorder the French commerce. some of chamber State properties hack without, making the Atlantic alighted near the Danish of exiles, according to announcement United framed a baa formula delegation adjustment would enable-- the compasteamer Mary, were received by Ktng here by the. National Association for which U understood to follow generLIMA.' Peru. May 27 Disorder nies to resume their operation on a George at Buckingham Palace today. th Protection of American Righto In Rations For Petrograd proally tbe lines of a compromise marked out the outbreak of a general basis comparatively equal to that in King George bestowed on Hawker Mexico. posed by Col. E. M. House of the strike here today, mobs attacking th which the government took them-wouand Grifev the insignia of the air Exile will be permitted to American mission considwhich wss offices of several large firms with affect their financial standing PARIS. May 2$. The Allied counfore cross. They are the first actual th country only after they have ered las week. stones. were and Troops now ha gendarmes materially and in some cases. In my , eight recipient of this order. Col. House, Capt, Tardieu strict aloofness from Mexican cil on food supplies and called out and are now In control. At opinion, disastrously, and would cause Th emu to a new honor which Ia proved political affairs during their residence ship loaded with pork products and Premier Orlando were present at the noon there still was some shooting in not only the investors, vut Use as bile bestowed for "devotion to duty.". - rtf .. f flour at HeUHngfor. Hango. Danzig council meetlqe this forenoon. abroad, tt was stated. International News Brevities , the-tim- - Caecho-SIovaki- . ' Czecho-Slovaki- 84,-m- . rl i UTAH Held Six Thousand Arabs For Three Day Attack The League of Nations -- 28-13- Heroic-Hundre- Wilsons Third Term Candidacy Reel With President CHICAGO. May Wilsons candidacy for a third term will be determined largely by the fate of the league of nations In the opinion of Homer 8. Cummings. chairman of the Democratic National committee, who came to Chicago today to preside at a two days session of that body. While 1 have no information . regarding President Wilson-,- .In, tenlions about becoming a candidate for a third term,. I believe that the question largely rests on- the fate of the league of nations,- said Chairman Cummings. 1f th league of nations should by any chance be defeated, and this to my mind is- unthinkable, the pressure brought to bear on th president to run again would be very great and I feel certain that be would be reelected. If the league of nations ia successful I do not think the pressure would be nearly as great, In the absence of definite word from President Wilson on the sub- -, ject there was little gossip of candidates among the party leaders. The. names most frequently mentioned were William G. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, and A. Mitchell Palmer; United States attorney general, who will address the committee tomorrow night. Y- - Todays News Today. The evening paper jam the Beam while It la yi - - mmn gujje Asao-date- f jr; , vi mid-oce- td re-ent-er ''., -- ff |