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PART ONE
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VOL. XVLII NO. 281.
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GUTZOMORGLUM FACES GRAVE
AGENT OF PRESIDENT '
IN AIRCRAFT INQUIRY
BROUGHT UNDER FIRE
Investigator Who Accused Officials of Corruption
; Alleged to Have Sought to Capitalize His Friendship
With Wilson and Become Silent Partner in
Private Airplane Company.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 10. Sensational sworn statements, let
ters and telegrams from the files of the army intelligence serv
tee were read into the senate record today to show that Gutzon
Borglura, while holding a personal commission from President
Wilson to inquire into the government's aviation program, was
negotiating secretly for the formation of a private airplane
company t take war contracts and oapitalize his friendship
' with the president.
The sculptor, who has been the chief critic of aircraft pro
duction officials, is represented as seeking for himself a position
as silent partner in the proposed new corporation, his sole asset
in the tranaction to be ''his personal friendship with President
Wilson, whom, he stated, he could do anything with."
BRITON IMPLICATED. O !
With Borglum was associated, ac
cording to the documents, Hugo C.
Gibson, an employe of the British
ministry of munitions of war in the
United States, located in New York,
who was to share in the deal.
A formal statement by Kenyon W.
Mix of the Dodge Manufacturing
company of Indiana, setting forth a
detailed" account of .his negotiations
with the two mentis among the pa
pers put into the 'congressional rec
ord. They were presented by Senator
Thomas of Colorado, a member of
the senate military committee, who
has been particularly active in con
nection with aircraft agitation.
v HALT CALLED, BY WILSON.
The Mix statement shows that gov-
:' ernment officials, including Vice Pres
ident Marshall and Howard E. Cof
fin, former head of the aircraft boartl,
have had most of the information dis
closed today since last January. There
j ' is no indication, however, that it
reached President Wilson himself at
that time or that the president knew
of its existence until several weeks
ago, when he called, a halt upon the
. sculptor's investigations in his name.
All of the documents submitted bv
Senator Thomas,' as well as much
other data from the War department,
have beer, placed in the hands of As
sistant Attorney General Frierson,
. who has just started the inquiry or-
. dered by the president" into charges,
of graft, disloyalty and incompetence
in the government aircraft. These
charges, referred to first in capitol
cloakroom gossip and finally on the
- floor of the senate, have been at-
. tributed largely to assertions of "Bor
glum.
Charges Filed by Borglum.
With the Mix statement there was
filed a copy of a formal statement, ac
cusing Borglum made to the military
' intelligence sectiqn of the army gen
eral staff late in January by Henry
Harrison Suplee, Mix's, consulting en-
" gineej- and who participated in many
v sof the conferences on the subject of
the proposed corporation With Bor
glum and Gibson described by his
chief. The latter says he became sus-
.picious when he visited Borglum in
vtContlnned on Page Two, Column Two.)
The Weather
For Nebraska: Mostly cloudy Sat
urday, probably showers in southwest
portion; warmer in north portion;
Sunday fair and warmer.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Hour. VegJ
42
41
40
42
44
46
48
60
62
55
67
69
61
60
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66
Comparative Local Record.
1918. 1917. 1916. 1915.
highest yesterday .. 61 67 78 84
lowest-yesterday ... 8 6J
Mean temperature .. 60 5S 66 69
Precipitation T T .00 .00
Temperature and precipitation departures
rom the normal: ,
Normal temperature SI
Deficiency for, .the day 11
Total excess since March 1,- 1917 S.46
Normal precipitation 14 Inch
Deficiency for the day .3 4 inch
Precipitation since March 1 ... .1.. 84 Inches
Deflclnecy since March 1, 1918.. 3.84 Inches
Excess eor. period 1917 64 inch
Deficiency for-tor.- period 1916. .3.50 -inches
Reports From htatfons at
7 P. SI.
High- Rain
'Station and State Temp,
of Weather. 7 p. m.
Chcyenr-', snow 34
Davenport, clear 62
Denver, cloudy 44
Des Moines, cloudy ...... 60
T)0(le City., elear 60
Lander, cloudy 34
'North Platte, pt. cloudy.. 66
est.
42
62
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fall.
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58
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Omaha, pt. cloudy 59
Pueblo, tloudy 4S 52
Raoid City, cloudy W 4.1
Fait Laite. cloudy 4 50
Finta Fo. rleor 64 . M
fe-iil.m, cloudy 42 42
Fioux City, tlo'.idy , 52 i
YUl-nt'n?. cln-M" 41 SO
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U. A. VVELBU, Aleteorolo,
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8 p. m
BULK OF GERMAN
RESERVES IN REAR
OF SOMME FRONT
British Leaders Exoect Ene
my's Main Effort to Be Made
South of Present Fight
- ing Zone.
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(By .iMsoclutcd Press.)
London, May '10. "The bulk of the
German reserve is still in the rear of
the Sbmme front and it must be as
sumed the enemy's big, main effort
will be in that direction," said a rep
resentative of General Radcliffe, chief
director of -military operations at the
war office, in summing up the week's
war developments today. "It is equally
certain that he will not discontinue
h!s attacks in Flanders."
In the period between March 21,
when the German offensive was. be
gun, and April 25, the losses of the
French were only one-fourth to one
fiith those of the British. General
Radcliffe's representative added. Since
April 25, he said, there has been no rea
son to believe the losses of the
French have been any heavier than
those of the British. (The losses of
the British since March'21 were esti
mated at nearly 250,000).
This information was given out in
refutation of German propag;aidist as
sertion that the French have beenn
bearing the brunt of the battle.
GEKMANY PLANS .
MAKING RUSSIA
GERMAN COLONY
London, May 10. Dispatches from
Moscow say the newspapers there
pubhsh. statements that an ultimatum
was recently handed to the council
of the people's commissaries by the
German ambassador, Count von Mir
bach, which demands the immediate
execution of measures making Russia
virtually a German colony.
The main points of the ultimatum
were the settlement of the prisoner
question, complete cessation of arm
ing troops and the disbandment of
units recently formed for the occu
pation of Moscow and other cities
of great Russia.
Wealthy Dakotan Convicted
Of Violating Espionage Act
Aberdeen, S. D., May 10. The jury
in the trial of Edwin S. Reitz, a
wealthy retired farmer of Aberdeen,
charged with violation of espionage
act, returned a verdict of guilty in the
United States district court here to
night. Reitz was charged specifically
with seditious utterances and attempts
to obstruct the draft.
Chicago Court Holds Speeders
For Examination as to Sanity
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, May 10. "Nutty," said
Judge La Buy solemnly in his court
todav.
"Oh, no," expostulated M. Thill,
a salesman arrested for speeding.
"Any one who drives an automo
bile 40 miles an hour in Chicago
streets is crazy," insisted the judge.
itT.l.. t . . .1. . i . , ,
T i ikc nun to me psycnopamic nos
. .oi pital and have Dr. Hicksoii exant
JJ'jinC'his head," concluded the judge,
;00j turning to a policeman.
oo. The next victim was Romam Evon-
'SHTfiey- 1,3(1 driven at the rate of
' j J.l miles.
sisl. ' Nutty," repeated the court with
"GOOD NIGHT" TO
KAISER WHEN U. S.
AT WAR IN FORCE
Colonel F. A. Grant Epitomizes
Situation at Elks' Patriotic
Meeting Before Enthusi
astic Company.
"We are not in the fight yet. .When
we get there, Good Night 1"
In the foregoing words, Col. F. A.
Grant told an audience gathered at
Elks' hall last night his opinion of
the war outlook and the fate of the
kaiser.
Speeches were made by Col. J. B.
Banister and Col. A. F. Pickering,
their hearers being roused to a high
degree of patriotic enthusiasm.
just before the speaking in the
lodge room the first gold star was
added "to the Elks' service flag for
Sergeant Kenneth Hatch, who died
recently in a southern cantonment.
The Elks' service flag now carries 147
stars and the one for Sergeant Hatch
occupies a conspicuous position in the
center of the banner.
fighting For Our Homes.
It was "Military Night" at Elks'
hall. Officers, from Fort Crook and
Fort Omaha were guests of Omaha
Elks as was the 41st infantry band
from Fort Crook.
Colonel Banister presided and in his
introductory address besought his
hearers to waken to the needs of the
country and to a realization of what
the country faces.
'We are fighting for civilization,
for the life of the world, for our wo
manhood and our homes. We are
fighting the greatest military machine
ever put in existence, the cruel, das
tardly, brutal Hun machine. And we
will destroy it if it takes 20 years,"
said the colonel.
Colonel Pickering, commanding of
ficer at Fort Crook, like the presid
ing officer, recently lost son who
was fighting for the flag. ' in
' Wey Surprise-, Germans," "V
"Our men are up against it, and
up against it hard," declared Colonel
Pickering, "just the same -as England
and France have been up against it
for several years. Our men on -the
front now are .facing the troops of
GeneraLMackensen, one of the great
est German ' generals.
"I lake off my hat to General Mack
ensen, as a 'military man, but that's
all. And when the German offensive
is launched against the American sec
tor of the line General Mackensen
and hij -men will find something they
don't expect. We are more prepared
than the, Gertnans know and we'll
surprise them.
"If this;war ends inside of three
years I will be pleasantly surprised.
This country is due for a serious
drain during the next few years and
we will have to make sacrifices that
we haven't even dreamed of yet.
"I want to congratulate this sec
tion of the country on its big-heart
ed, open-hearted and free giving,
i Question of Principle.
Colonel Grant, after explaining that
he never talked and did not know
how, summed up the whole situation,
when he declared that the key to the
whole situation was contained re
cently in a paragraph 'in a London
paper which declared that the war
could not be decided on anything ex
cept a question of principle.
"We have made too many sacri
fices, too many laid down their lives
now, to allow us to quit until the
German government is whipped and
the people subjugated," he said.
John McCreary sang "When We
Put an Irish Kaiser in the Palace
Over There," and after more band
selections and a short address bv
if . ir.i .i J
Major Maner, tne entire party par
took of refreshments served by the
members of the lodge.
Earl Curzon Says British
Troops May Have to Fall Back
London, May 10. Speaking to the
Primrose league today, Earl Curzon,
government leader in the House of
Lords and members of the British
war council, said that grave times
were ahead and that the British sol
diers might have to give ground.
Encouragement was to be found,
however, he said, in the unity of com
mand, in America's effort and in the
resolute indomitable spirit of the Brit
ish people.
out a smile. "Take him to Dr. Hick
son. Judge La Buy later explained that
he would continue the experiment
with persons brought into the sped
ers' court. ,
. "If these people don't realize that
scores are killed every year by their
recklessness there must be something
wrong with them," he said. "If Dr.
Hickson thinks they are in their right
minds I'll have to return to the fining
system, but I'll make the penalty so
high they'll, hesitate before they
shove her into high again,"
KING GEORGE
GREETS EACH
V. S. SOLDIER
London, May 10. King
George, is sending the follow
ing message of welcome to each
officer and man of the Ameri
can forces passing through
England:
"Soldiers of the United
States: The people of the Brit
ish Isles welcome you on your
way to take your stand beside
the armies of the many nations
now fighting in the old world
the great battle for human free
dom. "The allies will gain new
heart and spirit in your com-.
Sany. I wish I could shake
ands with each one of you and
bid you God speeoNm your mis
sion." The American troops who
will parade in London tomor
row will march over a route
three miles long.
MARKED SLUMP
SHOWN IN APRIL
SHIPPING LOSSES
Total Allied and Neutral Ton
nage Sunk 381,631, Com
pared With 634,685 Same
Month Previous Year.
Washington, May 10. Oflicial
French statistics on the submarine
warfare received here in a dispatch
from France today show that the total
losses of the allied and neutral ships,
including accidents at sea, were ap
proximately only one-half as great
during April this year as in April,
1917.
In April last year 634,685 gross tons
were lost," while this April's figures
are 381,631. Subnurine attacks now
are more costly to the enemy, the dis
patch points out, owing to the fact
that the attacks are chiefly made with
torped6es instead of gunfire as was
the case before merchant ships were
adequately and efficiently armed.
Attention alsfc i called to the fact
that each time :ithei Germans have
made an offensive on land they have
made a corresponding1 effort with
their submarines. Thus, during the
second half of March, the number
and activities of submarines increased.
The first half of April marked a very
distinct lessening, , attributed to the
counter efforts of the allies.
ACE DOWNS-HUNS '
IN UNPARALLELED
AERIAL EXPLOIT
Paris, May v,10. Six; Perman air
planes were brought down yesterday
by Sub-Lieutenant Rene .Fonck, the
war office announces. '
"Yesterday Lieutenant Fdtick
brought down six German biplanes
in the course of twd patrols," says the
statement.
"He downed the first two in 10 sec
onds, the third five minutes later and
the other three in the course of the
second patrol." - t
Lieutenant Fonck's achievement of
yesterday has never been equaled. He
is the greatest French air battler since
the death of Captain Guynemer.
POLISH-FRENCH
OFFICIALS WILL
COME TO OMAHA
The Polish-French official commis
sion, now making a tour of the United
States will be in Omaha next Tues
day and plans are being made for the
entertainment of the visitors. The
commission is headed by General J.
Kozlowski, who with Prince Stanis
laus Poniatowski, another member of
the party, have been singally honored
by the French government for dis
tinguished services performed during
the war.
It is expected that the members of
the commission will be entertained at
luncheon at one of the clubs.
Mediators Appointed
In Telegraphers' Trouble
Washington, May 10. Former
President Taft and Frank P. Walsh,
joint chairmen of the war labor board,
vere instructed by the board today
to mediate between the Western
Uiiion and Postal Telegraph com
panies and the operators who are
being discharged because of their
affiliation with the Commercial Tele
graphers' union.
Aviator Lost in Flight
Over Island of Hawaji
Honolulu, May 10. Anxiety is felt
for the safety of Major Harold Clark,
who started today on an inter-island
trip by airplane. He was heard, but
not seen in flying over the island of
Hawaii, and his motor was skipping.
The elevation is 5,500 feet and the
country moutaiuous, ,
CHARGEbrave tars sink
CHILD KILLED
UNDER WHEELS
OF TROLLEY CAR
Five-Year-Old Mary Atkins
Crushed as Stumbles in
Path of Sherman Ave
nue Motor.
Mary Atkins, 5 years old, laughter
of William A. Atkins, 2202 Sherman
avenue, was run over and killed by a
southbound Sherman avenue street
car at Sixteenth and Burdette streets
Frida'" night. The accident occurred
directly in fremt of the Atkins home.
Madeline Lyons, 7 years old, 2209
Sherman avenue, who had been play
ing with the little Atkins girl, escaped.
Both girls were crossing the street
toward the Atkins home. . A north
hound street car obstructed their view.
The Atkins girl stumbled directly in
front of the southbound car and the
front trucks ran over her chest before
Henry J. Martens, motorman, 711
South Sixteenth street, could apply
the brakes. Martens was nearly over
come with grief and excitement at the
sight of the victim.
Dr. Landgraf, who was called, said
t!o girl died instantly.
The girl's mother is seriously ill in
St Joseph's hospital and will not be
notified of her daughter's death until
later.
Mr. Atkins, the father, had kissed
hi? little daughter goodbye but a few
minutes before she was killed, as he
left the home to visit his wife at the
hospital. Two' brothers and two
sisters survive.
PARALYSIS IN"
TEXTILE PLANTS,
ASSERTJ5TEUT0N
Amsterdam, May 10. Herr Kraet-
zig. a socialist' member or tne
Reichstag, asserted in Wednesday's
Achate on the appropriations for the
imperial economic demand that four
fifths of the textile industries of Ger
many were completely paralyzed and
that the position of the idle textile
workers was rapidly growing
desperate.
He demanded that ' adequate pro
vision be made for them so as to keep
skilled textile workers in readiness for
tesumption of the industries after the
war.
At present, he, said, they were being
compelled to" accept menial employ
ment from the authorities at starva
tion wages.
State Press Executives '
Here to Arrange Program
Members of the executive commit
tee of the Nebraska' Press associa
tion were in Omaha yesterday to
complete arrangements for the state
meeting to be held here June 20 to
22. Among those here were George
B. Cass. Ravenna; A. W. Ladd,
Albion; Clark Perkins, Aurora; A. D.
Scott, Edgar; J. V. O'Furay, Hart
ington; George Caswell, field secre
tary of the Iowa Press association;
Will Israel, Havelock.
G. A. R. Officers Arrange for
Encampment at Portland, Ore.
Portland, Ore., May 10. Orlando
A. Somers of Kokomo, Ind., commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of
the Republic, his adjutant general,
Robert W. McBride, and Quarter
master General Stowitz, were here to
day to arrange for the annual encamp
ment of the veterans, which will be
held in Portland this year, August 18
to 25. ;
Mass Meeting of Jews
v Called for Sunday Night
In the Swedish Auditorium at 8
o clock Sunday nightJews of Omaha
will hold a mass meeting SundayrTo
celebrate the British declaration in
favor of a Jewish State in Palestine.
The meeting will be addressed by
JT L. Malamuth, Jewish wrjfer and
lecturer.
Arizona Probe Ends.
Tucson, Ariz., May 10. The federal
grani jury which convened Monday
and which has been investigating the
deportation of 1,186 copper mine
workers from Bisbee. Ariz., last July,
completed its investigation today, but
th report of its findings will not be
made public until warrants have been
served.
Americans Assist
Troops
(Br AMoeUtcd Pre.)
With the American Army in France,
May 10. The American artillery par
ticipated and the American infantry
lent some assistance in a successful
French raid in the Apremont forest,
northwest of Toul, at dawn today.
The American batteries, acting with
the French artillerists, in a heavy
two-hour bombardment, were shown
ered with gas shells by the Germans.
: Slightly to the east of the section
raided by American patrols created a
diversion. One patrol entered Apre
mont village, which was found to be
OLD WARSHIP IN
0 ST END CHANNEL
. ' , '
German Submarine Operations Seriously Hampered,
According to Official Statement By British Ad
miralty; Germans Claim Hulk Lies Outside
Navigation'Route; French Make Gain.
(By Associated Press.)
German submarine operations from the harbor of Oatend,
Belgium, have been seriously hampered for a time, if not ren
dered impossible, by a daring raid made upon the harbor by
the British Friday morning.
An official statement issued by the British admiralty says
the channel leading out of the inner harbor has been completely
blocked by the hulk of the old cruiser Vindictive, which was .
maneuvered into position under heavy fire and then, sunk by
bombs. '
It appears, however, that there is some doubt that the en
tire channel is blocked, one report saying that the vessel lies at
an angle and does not absolutely interrupt the use of the fair
way. '
.0 DERIDED BY BERLIN.
NINETEEN DEAD,
STORM'S TOLL IN
IOWAANDILLINOIS
Injured in Two States Number
150; Property Loss Esti
mated at $1,000,000; Half
Of Calmar Destroyed.
Chicago,' May 10.--Ninetecn deaths,
12 in Iowa and seven in Illinois
and a' property loss . estimated at
more than $1,000,000 was the total
taken by yesterday's tornado, which
swept through Iowa and Illinois. Ap
proximately J50 persons were more
or less seriously injured.
The tornado, which was felt more
in Iowa than in Illinois, played havoc
with telegraph and telephone com
munication and performed many un
usual freaks.
Iowa Death List Twelve;
Des Moines, May 10. Apparently
reliable freports from the tornoda
stricken district of northeast Iowa to
night increased the death list from
yesterday's storm to 12.
Additional dead ate:
E. G. McMichael, Republic; Farr
Bigelow, Republic; Alice Burgeson,
Calmar; George Bergsdorm, Calmar;
Mrs. Peter Anderson, Calmar.
Dead previously reported, whose
deaths were verified tonight are:
Theodore Kreiger, jr., Albert Smith.
and Mrs. Thomas Dodd, New Hamp
ton ;Peter Anderson and Mrs. P. O.
Sandager, Calmar; Roy Husband and
Mrs. A. G. Carpenter, near , Nashua.
Property damage in the storm dis
trict will be not far from the $1,000,-
000 mark.
Calmar, Winneshiek county, appar
ently suffered the heaviest property
loss. It was said a large part of the
north,4ialf of the town, whose popu
lation is about 1,000, was practically
leveled, with a loss estimated at
$300,000.
New Hungarian Cabinet
Formed by Dr. Wekerle
Budapest, May 10. A new Hungar
ian cabinet has been formed with Dr.
Alexander Wekerele as premier and
ministr of the interior.
Premier Wekerele has stated that
the government intends to introduce
small amendments to suffrage pro
posals, based on compromise, that
will make the acceptance of the pro
posals possible.
The extension of the suffrage will
be carried out forthwith and the gov
ernment will maintain its social and
economic program and its plan of
army reforms.
Italy Sends Army of
250,000 Men to France
Washington, May 10. Italy's con
tribution to the reserve army General
Foch is building up behind the lines
in France for supreme emergency uses
numbers nearly 250,000 men, official
dispatches today say, and the force
is being strengthened steadily.
French
in Successful Raid
deserted. This provoked a German
barrage while the men were return
ing. Another patrol cut the enemy's
first system of barbed wire and was
engaged on the second entanglement
10 yards from the trendies, when it
was' attacked by 15 Germans, using
rifles, bombs and pistols. The Amer
icans fought for 15 binutes and re
tired without suffering casualties, on
the approach of' enemy reinforce
ments. On the Luneville sector quiet prevailed.
The German official statement con- -cerning
the raid says the attempt was
a failure and that the hulk of the old
cruiser lies outside of the navigation
channel. This report may ba com-
fiared to the one issued on the day
ollowing the raid on Zeebrugjrej
which claimed that no damage was
done to the mole or the harbor there,
Subsequent events have proved that 1
the damage done by the raid on April
23, was of a serious nature.
It is pointed out that the obstruc
tion in the channel at Ostend will
tend eventually to close the harbor
through the action of the tide and the
rapid silting up. i '..'v; , i, . s
VAST MINE FIELD PLANTED.
If Ostend and ' 2eebruggit are re
moved as ports from which the Ger
man U-boatj "jnay be operated ,tht,
Carmans. apparently will be com-,
pelled, to witWraw thcir'submersibles
to their home ports. In this connec
tion it is interesting to note that a
week ago it, was announced that the
greatest mine field known to naval
operations had , been planted in the
North sea to combat the submarines.
It was officially staged that the area
of this mine t held would be 121,78.2
square miles and that tit would be
completed by May IS.
Some months ago Admiral Jellicoe
of the British navy announced that '
the submarine menace would be met ,
by August 1, and it is possible that
he had the blocking , of ; the harbors
of Zeebrugge and Ostend. and the
laying of an immense mine field in
mind when he made his statement..'
' French Take Grivesnes Park.
While the naval arm of the entente. I
nations was busy on . the Belgian ;
coast, the military forces were en- '
gaged in local fighting in the Ypres ;
and some sectors.' The French made ;
a notable advance at Grivesnes, where ;
they took the park of the town which i
had been in German 'hands for three ;
weeks' . J
Along the front to the north there"
were scattering engagements, notably
at Aveluy 'wood, north of Albert,
where the contending armies' are
striving for strategic ground. 'There
were also small operations in the '
Kemmel hill front, v southwest of
Ypres. . . ; ,.-.'
There has been the usual local en
gagements between, patrols on the
Italian and lacedoniair-fronts,, but
nothing approaching a general en
gagement has been fought, '? . ; .
Pope Benedict h?s set aside Junt :
29 as a ilay to be observed in the
Catholic churches of the world as a .
day for prayers that peace may be"
restored to the world.
Deserter . From Pershing's . ''
Army Condemned to ; Death
Washington, May 10. The case of
a soldier in the American expedi
tionary forces, condemned to death
for deserting in the face of the enemy,
was sent to President Wilson 4pday
f final action; .
The president recently commuted ;
the death sentences of-two soldiers
for sleeping at their posts and of two
others who disobeyed orders.
Chaplain Franz C Feinler, who'was
srnt back from France by Genera
Pershing and afterwards was sta- ;
tinned in Hawaii, has been sentenced
to a long term ofimprisonment on
charges of disloyalty. His case was
received for review. .-
Italy Dependent Upon . . J
; America for Supplies
. Washington, May 10. In protesting
to the. shipping board today against'
any further reduction of the number '
of ships plying between America and .
Italy. F. Quattronne, Italian high
commissioner, declared such reduction
would threaten the ltaliin people and '
fieir army with starvation, v -. ,
Four Firemen Killed When
Wagon Strikes Street Car ;'
Van Couvcr, B. C. May 10. Four :
city firemen were killed and one in-.,
jtired here late today,-wheu a hose
v.agui, traveling at a high rate of
speed while responding to 1 a fire, ;
struck a street car. Six passenger! J
aboard th street car were uninjurcj