"Black Jack" Given Medal Won in 1913 Campaign Washington, Sept. 14.
General John J. Pershing, Com mander-in-Chief of the Americar Expeditionary Force in the Gi War. yesterday celebrated his 3 birthday with vings regarding the future of Democracy.
Close associates said the General known affectionately by thousands of former members of the AET. a: "Black Jack," was worried over European events, "He keenly feels the situation confronting the British people and the remainder of the world," a close friend of General Pershing said.
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt sonally awarded the General with the distinguished Service Cross for an act "of extraordinary heroism in action agarist the hostile, fanatic: Moros at Mount Bagsak, Jolo, the Philippines, June 15, 191; According to the citation, at that time General Pershing umed command of an assaulting line and enabled "the prompt capture of the hostile stronghold."
Industrial Mobilization Washington, Sept. 14. The Senate sent the Burke-Wads-orth Conscription Bill back to joint conference with the House of Representatives yesterday by a vote of 37 to 33.
The bill was returned to conference after a des ponents of the mei dock in which opsure, which would affect 16,000,000 American men tween the ages of 21 and 3 that the revised industria vision nullified Government's right to commandeer recalcitrant manufacturers' plants, Immediately following the Senate's action, the conferees met and restored the original Smith Amendment to the conscription bill empowering ihe President without any restrictions to ake over plants refusing defence contracts at a "just rental."
The Senate adopted the Neely notion instructing the confer accept (he House provisions the Government's power mandeer plants whose owner: *o enter into national defence controcets.
The House-Senate conference was recessed until 11 am. today, thus thwarting efforts of Government leaders to complete action on the The veteran soldier, who has seen campaigns in Mexico, Cuba and France, in addition to the Philippines. declined to accept the medal when it was voted by Congress in 1922. He holds one other American award of the Distinguished Service medal and 29 foreign awards.—United Press. bill last night.
Erlier, Senator Richard B. Russell, Democrat of Georgia, opposed the industrial amendment and Senator Robert M. La Follette, Wisconsin Progressive, at'"eked the excess profits amortization measures, delaying action on the conscription bill.—
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