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"8EhJ. The Omaha Daily- Bee
Vol. xlvii no. 26i.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1918-12 PAGES.
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BIRKNER TARRED
AND FEATHERED BY
FELLOW PRISONERS
Convicts in New Mexico Penitentiary Hoot and Maltreat
Nebraska Army Officer Who Was Arrested at
Camp Cody for Alleged Disloyalty and
Held in Default of Bail.
"
(By Associated Press.)
Santa Fe, N. M., April 17 Four hundred convicts in the
state penitentary this afternoon tarred and feathered and led
around with a rope about his neck Major John M. Birkner, of
Camp Cody, Deming, N. M., held in the penitentary as a federal
prisoner in default of $5,000 bail. He is charged with violation
of the espionage act.
Major Birkner, who was born in Nuremberg, Germany, but
who had been in the American military forces for more than
30 years, was arrested last Friday at Camp Cody, where he
was an officer in the 127th field artillery. His home is in Lin
coln, Neb.
, LET OUT FOR EXERCISE.
Major Birkner was allowed out in
the prison yard for exercise with the
convicts. The warden knew nothing
of what was going on until he heard
loud cheering and rushed out in the
yard to find Birkner stripped and
V covered with tar and feathers. The
prisoners with loud hoots were lead-
- ing him about the yard by a rope
tround his neck.
v, Assistant Superintendent Dugan
rescued him. The prisoners, evident
ly m accordance with a pre-arranged
plot, had obtained the feathers from
their pillows, but where the tar came
from is a mystery.
Birkner is alleged to have made
disloyal uttrances such as vYou can t
beat the Dutch," and "The Germans
will sink American transports as fast
as ' they are sent over." Birkner
claimed the charges were made in
spite by subordinate officers whom he
had disciplined.
';Birkiier Loyal, Wife AmfQfu&tt
Lincoln. Neb.K April 17. Major
John M. Birkner, who was tarred and
feathered by convicts ai mc
Mexico state prison today, was prom
' inent in the Nebraska national guard
for more than 30 years. At one tune
he acted as assistant adjant general
Major Birkner's wife, who resides
in Lincoln, said today that she recent
ly received a letter from the major
in which were statements that he
was loyal. She declined, however, to
make the letter public.
Fairbury Man Is Mobbed;
Applauds in Wrong Place
Trompt action "on the part of a
government secret service man and a
city detective undoubtedly saved K.
H. Barnes, Fairbury, from the hands
of an infuriated crowd last ngbt
Barnes fitting in the balcoriy of the
1 Sun theater applauded at the presen
tation of the kaiser's picture in one ot
the 'scenes of "An Alien Enemy.
"We'll dine in Paris, have wine in
London and spend a night with Uncle
Sam," when shown in the course of
the picture is alleged to have brought
forth loud applause from Barnes. The
patrons of the movie house as one
started far. the affender and he was
thrown bodily down the stairway.
He was immediately arrested and
taken to the police station.
. Barnes alleges that he is loyal and
has been called in the next draft. He
explains his action by saying that he
misinterpreted the picture. He was
charged with being drunk.
The Weather
Nebraska Rain Thursday, colder
in west and south portions': Friday
fair and cool; fresh to strong -shifting
winds.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
Hour. wb-
5 a. m
6 a. in 47
7 a. m 4
8 a. m 44
9 a. m 46
10 a. m 49
11 a. m 62
12 m 5.".
I p. in S I
2 p. in 61
3 p. m 5S
1 p. in a 46
S p. m 58
ti p. m. . . 67
7 p. Hi 64
8 p. ni 4
, ComparatiTe Local Record.
, 1918. 1917. 1916. 1915.
Highest yesterday .. 59 78 65 82
Lowest yesterday .. 44 47 43 66
, Mean temperaUire .. 62 62 54 69
Precipitation 02 T .0 .00
Temperature and precipitation departures
From the norma):
N'ormal temperature St
Excels for thd day 1
Total excess since March 1 354
Normal precipitation 10 inch
Deficiency for the day 08 inch
Total rainfall since March 1 1.21 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 1.71 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1917.. .S5 inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 19(6. .2.24 inches
Reports From Stations at 1 P. SI.
Station and Stats Temp. High- Rain
of Weather. 7 p. m.
Cheyenne, part cloudy.. 38
est
42
62
58
62
i:2
IG
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53
5
40
fall,
.00
.32
Davenport, cloudy 44
Denver, part cloudy.... 48
Oes Moines, cloudy 64
Dodge City, clear 60
." Zander, cloudy 30
"forth Platte, cloudy... 00
3inha, cloudy 34
, ?ucblo, cloudy 50
.Rapid Clty,iBnow....'T. 3S
Chicago, rain.
48
Santa Fe. cloudjr..
Sheridan, snow. .
60 51
34 . 42
Sioux City, cloudy 50 54
Valentine, rain 38 44
ill
T" Indicates trace of precipitation
I A. WELSH, Mcteorolb.ut.
HITCHCOCK FAILS
IN LOYALTY TEST,
IIKPAIRf IIT A IIIA i
fflUULMMTd
White House Opposes Promo
tion of Nebraska Senatorto
Chairman of Foreign Re
lations Committee.
By C. W. GILBERT.
(Washington Correspondent N. T. Tribune.)
Washington, April 17. (Special
Telegram.) The prospective succes
sion tf , Senate!-. Hitehcack - ii the
chairmanship of the senate commit
tee 6n foreign relations raises the
loyalty question which the democrats
have promised to make the issue of
the coming national campaign.
Senator Hitchcock does not pass
one of .the tests proposed by Presi
dent Wilson in his letter to Mr.
Davies.
The senator introduced an embargo
resolution forbidding the exports of
goods of all kinds to belligerent na
tions. Unless the administration
makes a fight on Mr. Hitchcock, how
can it raise the issue it proposes to
raise in the coming election?
The administration has another rea
son why it would incline to make a
tight on the ranking democratic mem
ber of the foreign relations commit
tee, a much more potent reason than
Mr. Hitchcock's course before this
country entered the war. And that is
Mr. Hitchcock's courage and inde
pendence. He does not obey orders.
Seeks His Defeat.
If he should be chosen, the chair
manship of two of the most important
committees would be in the-hands of
the two most independent democrats
in the body military affairs, of which
Mr. Chamberlain is chairman, and for
eign relations, of which Mr. Hitchcock
would be chairman.
The administration would unques
tionably like to defeat Mr. Hitch
cock, but to defeat him in favor of
any other democrat is practically im
possible, so strong a hold has the
rule if promotion by seniorifyupon
the senators. This situation has
given rise to the report the admin
istration would take a radical step
and urge the election of Senator
Lodge, the ranking republican, as
ciiairman ot tne committee ot toreign
relations.
Mr. Lodge passes all tests. He was
one of the original war men. If
(Continued, on Page Two, Colnmn One.)
SEVENTEEN N. Y.
CITIES VOTE DRY;
- 16 REMAIN WET
Albany, X. Y., April 17. Returns
received up to a late hour tonight
from 33 of the 39 cities holding local
option elections show that 17 cities
voted against the saloon and 16 in
favor of licensing the sale of intoxi
cants. The cities voting dry were: Auburn,
Batavia, Binghamton. Canandaiagua,
Corning, Cortland, Elmira, Fulton,
Gloversville, hforncll. Ithaca, James
town, Johnstown, Middletown, Nor
wich, Salamana and Watertown.
Those voting to license the sale of
liquor were: Amsterdam, Beacon,
Glen Falls, Kingston, Mount Vernon,
New Rochelle, Newburg, Little Falls,
Lockport, Ogdensburg, Olean, Port
Jervis, Rome, Syracuse, Schenectady
and Tonawanda.
The vote was the largest ever cast
in any of the municipalities, due
imieiiy to inc laci mat u was "lie nrst
election in which the enfranchisement
women of the state had been given an
opportunity to exercise the suffrage
and the first time any voters in the
cities had had a chance to exprels
their views on the liquor question.
In cities voting "dry" the sale of
liquor must cease October 1 next
Old People and Little Folk of Flanders
Flee from" Homes in Despair as German
Blight Spreads Across Their Fair Land
Countryside Peaceful Under
Guard of British Soldiers
Until Week Ago Trans
formed Into Living Hell.
(By Associated IreM.)
With the British Armv in France.
j April 17. It is difficult for one in the
British war zone to adjust himself to
the new conditions here. It all seems
like a horrid dream this spreading
German blight across the cultivated
plains of Flanders, with their ancient,
picturesque villages.
It is but little more than a week
since one was free to motor quietly
along highways leading through
Merville, Bailleul and a score of other
nearby places which never lost their
charm. Then peaceful farm lands lay
freshly turned ready for the spring
crops.
DEATH SEEMED REMOTE.
The battle lines were not far to the
eastward, but death and destruction
seemed remote with walls of khaki
clad men guarding the land. Little
lads stood at attention-by the road
side and saluted as the motors passed
and old men and women beamed wel
come with the doors of their cottages
open.
Within a few days all this has been
changed. The plague of war has de-
GERMAN DRIVE FAILURE,
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-ALiV-IVAMnK T)fCl APR
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No Objectives Attained, De'
fending Armies Intact and
Attacking Legion Reduced
by Casualties.
(By Associated Press.)
With the French Army it. i' ranee,
April 17.While the cannon continue
to roar along the; battle, UoeJJiere. ha
for some days been a virtual cessation
of infantry combats, especially on the
French part of the front.
Despite their terrific losses and the
exhaustion of many of their divisions,
it is considered probable that the Ger
man staff is merely pausing to gather
force for another effort and will try
to go yet farther in the hope of even
tually breaking through.
Wait in Confidence.
Any sucli effort is awaited confi
dently by the allies, whose command
ers kt certain that it will meet a
similar lack of sufcCss.
The correspondent has been able
to glean 'he prevalent views ot tne
allied side as to the situation. Almost
without exception it is thought the
present battle will have a decisive in
fluence on the result of the war, but it
would be an error to regard it as the
last battle. There has been a cam
paign on the German side to proclaim
that this immense ettort woum result
in the allies demanding peace, but
they had not counted on the tenacity
of either the allied armies or nations.
No Objectives Attained.
As far as it has gone, the German
offensivelmay be looked on'as a fail
ure, sipce none of its Objectives have
been attained and the allied armies
are still intact, while the Germans,
owing to the diminution of their forces
through casualties, are in an inferior
position to that which they occupied
before the battle began.
The only result they can show is
the recapture of a large tract of coun
try they themselves devastated, wJiere
thev may be compelled to ditf them
selves in. They are engaged in doing
this in some part of their new front,
but under continual harrying by the
allied cannon which' are most active
dav and night. The Germans may de
cide, or be allowed, to remain there
until all is in favor of the allies, who
are awaiting constant increase of their
strength through the arrival of Ameri
can contingents. .
Announcements of the accelerations
of their departure from the other
side of the Atlantic are received with
enthusiasm by all the other allied
armies in the field. They may, it is
nomted out. be called noon to play an
important part in the final phases ot
the struggle and no greater mistake
could ' c made than to allow the be
lief to spread in America that the bat
tle now in progress is a final one. On
the contrary, every influential allied
authority expresses he opinion that
America should not only continue but
augment her efforts both from a mili
tarly and industriat viewpoint, be
cause it is absolute essential to face
all possible eventualities and meet a
further gigantic blow from the enemy,
who is still strong.
Lincoln's Telescope to
Be Used by V, S. Navy
Honolulu, T. H., April 17. From
the far distant Marquesas islands,
in the heart of the South seas, a
telescope formerly owned by
President Lincoln in the days of
the civil war is being sent to
Washington for the "eyes-of-the-navy
movement."
Colonel J. W. Jones, Honolulu,
who is collecting eyes" in Ha
waii, has received word that an
aged American resident of the
South sea group is forwarding the
telescope and a gold watch given
to him-by Mr. Lincoln. Both are
engraved with the martyred presi
dent's name.
scended on the countryside. Now one
meets his civilian friends the little
folk of the age from many hamlets
making their way sadly back along
the broad highway leading westward
from the tide of invasion which is
driving them from all they hold dear.
HUNDREDS OF HOMES BURNED
By day grim, gray smoke from
burning hamlets and from myraid
belching guns marks the zone along
which are struggling the splendid
British soldiers in their efforts to
block further inroads of the Hun. By
night the skyline is sometimes a lurid
blaze, as consuming flames leap, up
from a hundred homes and great can
non vomit volcanic fire. It is a living
hell. It is a part of heretofore un
touched Flanders going the way of
the devastated regions of the Somme,
and so the gentle peasant folk stand
and look or wander on. As they go
they cannot comprehend it. Its awful
ness has numbed their brains.
The correspondent found a little
family group crouching beneath huge
British howitzers held in reserve.
Their eyes were fastened on the
mounting columns of smoke which
rose from the village whence they
came. There were no tears and no
words, but the expression on their
faces was like that of one just con
demned to die.
Many of the refugees know only in
British Line Stronger Now
Than It Has Been Since
Armies First Settled Down
to Trench Warfare. -
By ARTHUR S. DRAPER.
(Special Telefram to New York Tribune and
uinana, not.)
London. Aoril 17.--The situation on
the northern battle front causes ex
ceeding anxiety, nut mere is conn-
dence the future will become increas
ingly bright.
Looking at the battle trom a uroaa
viewpoint, the Hntisli line running
northeast trom north ot Hainan to
Ypres is much stronger than it has
been since the armies settled down to
trench warfare more than three years
a8- " .
To prevent misunderstanding, J
must add that the Germans still hold
the initiative, that they -are fighting
for a finish, that the battle is likely to
continue desperately for some days
before the allies are out ot the woods.
Stronger Line Taken.
On the other hand, the British have
shown a readiness to adjust them
selves to the military exigencies with
out regard to the moral effect.
After holding the Ypres salient lor
sentimental reasons since the spring
of 1915, the British attacked July 31,
last, and continued the campaign until
November: Atrainst tremendous ob
stacles and at a heavy cost Haig's men
obtained a fairly strong hold on Pass-
chendaelc ridge. It was a campaign
which many times was on the eve of a
great victory, only to be balked the
ne.: day.
Now the British have fallen back
to a position easier to defend and
easier to supply from the Poperinghc
region.
Territory counts not at all now; po
sition means everything. The British
have a shorter front and can now de
fend the channel ports with increased
hope of success.
Retirement Orderly.
Their retirement was conducted in
order and skillfully, and the German
claims in this region must be real in
the light of the facts stated above.
The tired, battered, lion-hearted
British defenders have not sacrificed
themselves in vain, for they have
served as a wall against which the
Germans slowly but surely are ex
hausting themselves.
Ludendorff has abandoned the tac
tics of 1914, which called for a good
deal of energy in crossing the Vser,
and has adopted the plan of 1915. The
blood-soaked country of Flinders is'
being drenched afresh and the British,
with the French, arc now making a
stand along a line stronger than that
which they held in 1915.
The famous General Bernhardi, wj8
prides himself on his resourcefuJ;j)fss
and adaptability to circumstan'' :'2 has
been slowed down the last days.
MISSING COLl JR
SAFE, SAYS' WIFE
OF COMMANDER
Norfolk, Va., April 17. Mrs. Wor
ley, wife of Lieutenant Commander
George Wichman Worley, commander
of the missing naval collier Cyclops,
came to a local newspaper office to
night and declared that the mystery
surrounding the disappearance of the
ship and its passengers y crew will
be cleared within the next 24 hours.
In one statement' Mrs. Worley i'i
quoted as saying the Cyclops was
safe in a South Anireican port and an
official announcement regarding the
vessel would be made shortly.
Navy officials, it was announced to
day, had become convinced that the
missing collier was destroyed or cap
tured bv the enemv.
a general way whither they go thty
are following the lead of military
storm. A few cherished belongings
are all they carry with them and they
cling to these desperately as their last
remaining possessions.
Hundreds of Flemish homes have
been shorn of their protectors, who
have been called to the French colors
and for these this has been a time of
double terror. Some of the peasants,
indeed, cling to their cottages amidst
the crashing ,of the shells until the
British soldiers led them away. Some
have died by their own hearths be
cause they could not be removed.
MANY LEFT IN HOMES.
Many people must'-have refused to
be dragged from the homes which
thev had been keeping so patiently.
awaiting the return of husband m
brothers from the war. homes in
which there were bedridaejj invalids,
whom their friends had no means of
removing without help from the sol
diers. Sometimes there is no way of sav
ing valuables of bulk in towns which
come first under the fire of the Ger
man troops. Relics and treasures,
representing the savings of years, have
been abandoned to the flames and
plunderers. Many things have been
deliberately destroyed by their own
ers in order that the Germans might
not get them.
SAY TREASURER
ENDRES TURNED
DOWN BANDMEN
Union Pacific Leader Declares
Officiai Refused to Release
Clerk for Liberty Loan
Drive.
v
-Joseph St. Lucas, IrtdeT of the
Union Pacific hand, accompanied by
Joseph Sesto, Fred EJias and Bert
Polley, yesterday complained that
County and City Treasurer Endres
refused to release Frank Elias, clerk,
who was wanted as drummer for the
band in a Liberty bond drive over
the Union Pacific to Cheyenne.
"We told Mr. Endres that the
Union Pacific had arranged the drive
from Omaha to Cheyenne and that
we. would start early Thursday
morning and that wc needed Elias as
drummer. We also told him' that
Elias would be away only for the
remainder of the week. Endres told
us h could not spare Elias and he
added that one of his clerks was ill.
Wc took the position that inasmuch
as this was a Liberty bond drive, we
thought he might have stretched a
point. We were hard up for a drum
mer." Mr. St. Lucas said.
Corroborate Statements.
Sesto, Fred Elias and Polley cor
roborated the statements of St.
Lucas.
These men sought the influence of
Acting Mayor Butler and City Solici
tor Fleharty. but stated that even
those efforts did not succeed.
"I put the proposition up to Otto
Bauman, deputy treasurer, and urged
that Elias be released, but received
little encouragement, Bauman said
he would take the case up with
Endres, but I have not heard from
them yet," stated, the acting mayor.
Bandmen Wrought Up.
ThcNnembers of the band were
wrought up over the refusal of the
treasure to let his clerk off for a few
day for a patriotic drive.
Mr, Endres said: "1 told the men
when tljey called that I had only
two men In the special tax department
and that one of them was sick. 1
Would like to have helped them out,
but did not see how I could spare
Elias at this time. We helped out
with several men with the exemption
board work and want to do what we
can, but sometimes it is impossible
to do these things."
Peace Movement Again
Developing in Austria
London, April 17. The Cologne
Gazette, according to a dispatch from
Copenhagen to the Exchange Tele
graph company, prints a report that
a stftmg peace movement is develop
ing in Austro-Hungarian circles in
consequence of the resignation of
Count Czefnin, the Austro-Hungarian
foreign minister. Many influential
Austrian politicians, the dispatch
adds, hold that the removal of Count
Czernin affords an opportunity for
peace tugctiatious which had been
impossible, while the count was min
ister for foreign affairs.
Fifteen British Ships
U-Boat Toll Past Week
London, April 17. The losses to British shipping by mine or sub
marine in the past week totalled 15, according to the admiralty report
tonight. Eleven of the merchantmen sunk, were 1,600 tons or over and
four under that tonnage. One fishing vessel also was sunk.
Twelve vessels were unsuccessfully attacked. The arrivals number
ed 2,211: sailings 2,456. 1
In the previous week only si:; British merchantmen were sunk by
mine or submarine, four of them of more than 1,600 tons.
IT "
RESULT OF GREAT
LYS RIVER BATTLE
HANGS IN BALANCE
British in Powerful Counter Attack Retake Meteren and
Part of Wy tschaete, But Retire Again Under Heavy
4 Fire ; Germans Claim Capture of Two Posi
tions North of Ypre.
(By Associated Press. (
Out of the chaos of the tremendous battle along the Lya
river south and southwest of Ypre, the thunder of which may
be heard 40 or 50 miles away, there have come during the past
day reports which are encouraging to the allied powers.
The British not only have held all the ground which they"
were defending Tuesday, but have struck back so powerfully
that Meteren and part of Wytsc!'-cte were retaken and held for
a time. Only after heavy atta:.:s did the British retire again
from the villages. s : 1
OMAHA OVER THE
TOP ON THIRD
LIBERTY LOAN
Announcement of Total Sub
scriptions to Be Made To
day, But the Work Is
Not to Stop.
"The Liberty loan drive will not
stop when the quota is reached," says
T. C. Byrne, chairman of the state
committee. "We will continue the
work until evcryerson, in. Omaha
who' can afford to buy a bond lias
been reached. We lost sight of our
quota before we began. It is not the
amount of money we are after, but a
wide distribution of the bonds. Per
sonally I expect to see the total sub
scription go to $8,000,000 or $9,
000,000. In its Liberty loan drive today,
Omaha is going over the top with its
subscription and the'fact vill be an
nounced at noon, when a meeting will
be held at the Chamber of Commerce.
Solicitors Are Invited.
The Chamber of Commerce meeting
will be presided over by Mr. Byrne,
flanked by W.'E. Rhoades, chairman
of the citv committee, and Franklin
Mann, chairman qf the city sales or
ganization. In close attendance win
be E. F. Folda and O. T. Eastman,
secretary smd treasurer, respectively,
of the state committee, and scores of
other prominent 'citizens who have
been giving their time to the cause.
More than "1.000 of the men
solicitors in the campaign have been
invited to attend and the dining room
of the chamber will be taxed to its
capacity. The first detailed report of
the progress of the various teams will
1 . made.
Woodmen Subscription Comes.
The cucst of honor will be W. A.
Fraser of the Woodmen of the
World, whose subscription will put
the tank over the line. By special
dispensation the guest has been given
permission to be tardy because he
will be busy on the street in engineer
ing the Woodmen celebration at the
tank.
The size of the Woodmen subscrip
tion wijl be kept secret until the cere
monies at the tank, following which
Mr. Eraser will hurry to the Chamber
of Commerce to announce it per
sonally to his fellow members there.
It will be the largest subscription
so far made in the Omaha campaign,
and perhaps in the Missouri valley.
Are? - .
Q , GERMANS GAIN GROUND.
The most disturbing news has' been
a report from Berlin that Poelcapelle
and Langemarck. north of Ypres,
have been taken by the Germans and
the the admission from London that
the British have retired from certain
of their lines in the Ypres salient. The '
retirement here was expected for the
advance of the Germans at Nenvt
Eglise and Bailleul left the positions
in front of Ypres open to a flank at-,
tack. ';. .
It is officially stated, that the re
tirement was orderly and It is prob.
able that it will have more of a aenti. '
jnental than a strategic, effect Just
now tar the British lines have been
withdrawn is not known. It may be,
however, that the German claim o
taking Poelcapelle and Langemarck .
was the result of the British retire
ment.
GROWS IN INTENSITY. .
The battle now in its ninth day has
deepened in intensity at many points
along theettrv4-front frCM- Messtnes r-r-ridge
to Meteren. There have been- r
reports that the Germans have occu-
fiied the village 6fSt Eloi, which lies,
ess than three miles south of Ypres, -,
but these have not been tonfirmed.lt .
also was said that they have taken po- '
sitions on the south slope of Mount '
Kemmel, about two and a half miles
ivorth of Wulverghem. This also has
not been confirmed. . .
Onfall the rest of the front froinV
Messmes ridge south westward the
Germans have flung themselves'
against the granite wall of the British
defense. Official and semi-official dis
patches have told of the frightful
losses inflicted on the attacking
masses of troops by the British rifle
and machine, gun fire.
On the southern side of the salient
there have been engagements of some
magnitude, especially east of Robecq,
five miles northwest of s Bethunc,
where the Germans were caught by'
the British artillery fire and pattered.
Teutons Beaten in Front otArras. ,
"The line in front of (rras hat
again been the scene of fighting.
Here the British took the offensive
and drove the Germans out of Brit
ish trenches which had been carried
by the enemy.
In' Picardy there have been lively
artillery engagements between tJ.ic
Somme and Oise rivers, but only pa
'trol encounters are reported officially.
Farther south qnly raidingoperationj
have been going on.,
The Turks announce tnat they have
taken the city of Batum, on the east
ern shore of the Black sea. They
report strenuqus fighting before the
Russian defenders of the city were
driven out. -
The Macedonian front has again
become active. Greek and British
troops have advanced and driven the
Teutonic allies from seven towns
along the Struma river, on the eastern
end of the line. French forces also
have been active in this theater of the
war.
Mayo. Held on $200,000 Bond .
For Failure to Pay Alimony,
New York, April 17. Virginius St.'
Julian Mayo, a wealthy manufacturer, ,
formerly of New Haven, Conn., was
arrested here today in default of pay-
i ment of a $100,0(30 court judgment re
cently obtained against - him 'fur
breach of promise by Wiliielmfna ,
Meyer. - '
For many years she resided with
Mayo as his Vife at New Have.
In March, 1915, Miss Lillian Cook,
his stenographer, committed suicide
in that city. Publication of the pic
tures of Mayo and Miss Cook led to
disclosures that Mayo maintained a
family in Brooklyn Lois Waterbor?
and their children and that in 18S.'G
he married Florence Weeks,' who
lived at Scranton, Pa., with their
children, and who has obtained a
divorce.
Mavo today was released under .
$200,000 bail and fe prohibited from
leaving King's county.
Aviation Instructor Injured
When Airplane Falls in Spur
Houston, Tex., April 17. Earl R.
SouthcQ of Binghamton, N. Y.. civ-
iliau instructor at Ellington field, -was ..
seriously injured and an aviation
cadet slightly hurt at the aviation '
camp here today, when their airplane
-fell about 100 feet in a spin. Instructor'
Southee is in the. field hospital, ).;;t
his injuries may not prove fatal, phjv
sicians said .- v. .
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