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The Omaha Daily Bee THE WEATHER Cloudy VOL. XLVI NO. 282. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1917. KJSa.r.n. single copy two cents. FRENCH TROOPS SMASH ATTACKS OF CROWN PRINCE; BRITISH AND GERMANS IN DEA TH GRIP ATB ULLECOUR T :el Y DEFENDED HINDENB UR G LINE FOR KEY OF DESPER OMAHA PLANS TO AID STATE WIDE FOOD MOVEMENT Asst. Secretary Carl Vrooman and Chancellor Avery Among Speakers; School Children Urged to Assist. v Problems of food production, trans portation and conservation were dis cussed Saturday at a meeting of (lie Nebraska Conservation and Welfare commission at the Rome hotel. The meeting was called to arrange the program for the convention to be hcldin the Auditorium, Slay 22 to 25. Carl Vrooman, United States as sistant secretary of agriculture, tele graphed that he will be here the open ing night, Tuesday. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, has been invited, but may not be able to come. Chan cellor Avery of the state university, Governor Neville and Mayor Dahl- nian will speak that evening. Co-ordinatcfhieetings for men and for women will be held Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, programs for which are not complete. Friday morning will be the closing session at which it is planned to call together the school children and teach them the necessity of their aid in increas ing food production this summer. 'Children's Training Camp. One speaker suggested a training camp for children intending to work on the farms. Chairman 0. G. Smith pointed out that the best training camp is right on the farm, "1 will take the pink faced, soft handed boy and make him contented on the farm," he said. "And I will ahow him the best way to do the work to yield the greatest results. Well-to-do parents should encourage their sons to go to the farms. Moth ers also should send their daughters out to help with farm work." Conservation of farm machinery, relief for freight congestion by using motive power of some competing pas senger trains to pull freight, financ ing farmers to buy wneat for next fall's sowing, will be some of the otherj problems discussed. Steinhart Is Chairman. J. W. Steinhart of Nebraska City was appointed chairman of the ex hibit committee. The following were present: O. G. Smith, Kearney;' E. R. Danielson, Lincoln; T. P. Reynolds, Omaha; J. W. Shorthill, York; C. I. Filley, Lin coln; Charles Gaddes, Lincoln; Cliff Croolss, FairbuTy; Miss Alice Loom is. Lincoln; G. E. Condra, Lincoln; Mayor Dahlman, Omana; Charles C'raff, Bancroft; Emerson Furcell, Broken Bow; H. Jacob-orger, Oma ha; F. I. Ringer, Lincoln; E. V. Par rish, Omaha; F. J. Odell. Omaha; J. A. Ollis, Ord; B. I. McArdle, Omaha; State Superintendent of Schools Clemmons; Ballard Dunn, Omaha; W. B. Tagg, Omaha; J. W. Steinhart, Mebraska City; Mrs. J. M. Paul, St. lJaul; Mrs. F. H. Cole, Omaha; W. F. Baxter, Omaha, Frank Quick, Lincoln. Nmety-Nine-Year Lease 1 On Fortieth and Farnam Lot Porter & Shotwell have closed o'n a nuieiy-ninc-year Iea.e of Highland Terrace, owned by Lola Vincent, at southwest corner of Fortieth and Far nam streets. The tract has a frontage of 1.13 feet i n Farnam street and the same on Harney street. ' It is an nounced that the Beaton Realty com pany, lessee, intends to make sub stantial improvements. The lease carries an option of purchase. This is the farthest point west on Farnam street that a lease of this kind has been made. Exposure Kills More ul U.'S. U-Boat Victims Than Shells Washington, May 12. To reduce submarine risk, American steam ves sels entering the war zone were or dered to carry enough lifeboats to ac commodate every person aboard and 1 i fcrafts for 25 per cent. Reports show only two Americans aboard torpedoed ships have lost their lives by gunfire or torpedo explosions and all others were drrvned or died of exposure. The Weather Nebraska Ooudy. Temperatures atOmaha Yesterday, Hour. Deit. k (li J TJ a. m 47 Vld " 8 a. m 63 vnCL31 . a. m fi -tM tr?r -TV 1ft n m fifl 12 m !.!.".". ti6 1 p. ni K7 2 S: S:::::::::::: ?! p. m 70 7 p. in 69 Comparative Loral Temperature. 1D17. 1916. 19ir. IBM. Tlltht yentpniny. ..70 f. th 60 Tannest yesterday . ... 47 47 17 41 Mjiii tftup'rature.,. tit Ci3 HI :1 I'retlpttattuit DO 1.13 .00 .(H) T'-mitcraiur" nnil yrrrlpltatlrm departure from tli'i minimi at Omaha ji'Hlcrday: Normal ti.'nipTHture 62 i.rfiifmy f-T thf .(ny,. 4 Total deficiency since March 1 116 Normal precipitation f, 1 turn IirflcU-ncy for the day 16 Inch Tutu! rainfall whico March 1.... 6. 'iZ Inches KxrcHj- plni " March 1 IT Inch hi'fieli'iicy for cor. period, 19HS. 3 . Jn trulim 'Mtfkiciicy for cor.perlod, 191 & 3.S7tnchei Hollweg Will Make His Speech Upon War Aims Next Tuesday Amsterdam (Via London), May 12. Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg will deliver his speech in the Reichstag on Germany's war aims on Tuesday next, according to semi-official advices from Ber lin today. Berlin (Vis Amsterdam and London), May 13. Dr. von Beth-mann-Hollweg. the German im perial chancellor, left Berlin last night for Vienna to confer with the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister. CARRY CASKETS OF DEAD TOTS BY ' MOTHER'S BED Two Children Burned to Death in Kerosene Explosion Are Buried Together Sun day Afternoon. Kosie Orlando, aged 7 years, and her sister, Annie, aged 5 years, were buried yesterday afternoon from their cottage home at 2225 Pacific street, where they were burned to death Saturday. , The second child, Annie, died Sun day morning. More than 150 neighbors and rela tives of the little girls made up the funeral- cortege that followed the twin white caskets from their late home to St. Philoinena's church, to St. Joseph's hospital and then the Holy Sepulchcr cemetery. Mrs. Carmeiia Orlando, mother of the twoc hildren, who was badly burned in a heroic effort to save the little tots, was not able to attend the funeral. The bodies of Rosie and Annie were borne by the pallbearers through the mother's room in the hospital. Mrs. Orlando wept hysteri cally at the sfght of her babies. Joseph Orlando, father of the girls, attended the funerU swathed in band ages. His hands, had been burned severely in an effort to save his yife. He is still nursing two broken ribs as the result of a runaway accident on the South Side two weeks ago. Rev. J. W. Stenson, pastor of St. Philomena's church, spoke for forty minutes during the requiem services held there. There was not a dry eye in the church when he concluded. Kaiser Still Employes American Dentist to Attend to His Teeth Copenhagen, May 13. Emperor William recognizes no state of war with the United States so far as his personal comfort is concerned. He lias summoned his American dentist, Arthur Newton Davis of Piqua, O., to visit him at great headquarters this week and attend to the necessary re pairs to the imperial teeth. ' The war in general has proved toothache to be no respecter of per sons and international relations and throughout the long months of ten sion between Germany and the United States the imperial and royal family and the highest officials of the state have continued to patronize their re spective American dentists. Each new crisis was marked by an almost ludicrous rush of members of the royal families, foreign office officials and other dignitaries to get their teeth attended to before the possible departure of the Americans. Some of the most rabid vituperators of the United States have been mild doves in American dental chairs. The emperor's personal view of the relations with the United States ap parently is the official interpretation of his government, which in a com munication regarding the continuance of the Belgian relief works, speaks not of war, but of the "abandonment of neutrality by the United States. Along the same lines is a declaration m the Reichstag committee hy Major eneral rriednch, who said there was no intention to,, in tern Americans. -Nine Red Oak Boys Join National Guard Red Oak, la., May 11 (Special.) Four recruits have joined Company M withi lithe last week, and the of ficers and privates nqw total 108 in number. The newly recruited men are Roscoe Crawford of Emerson, Llovd lohnson of Atlantic. Robert H. Reed and Lester L. Roof of Red Oak. Five Red Oak boys have volun tccrcd their services in the commis sary department. of the Iowa National Guard and will go to Dcs Moines as soon as the call comes to serve under Captain Ray Logan, a former Red Oak boy. They are DeVere Horton, Tom Kirby, Altis Clements, Harry Shaffer and Byron Schwinn. Bugler Lewis B. Fisher, who served with Company M on the Mexican border, went to Omaha this week and eotistcd in the hospital corps of the regular army. He was sent from there to Denver, Colo. Five Russian Officers Lose Lives During Flight Petrograd. May 13. (Via London.) "Five Russian officers and one priv ate lost their lives yesterday when a big Russian airplane, in which they were flying, fell to the ground at Monastir. northeast of Stanislau in Galica from a height of 9,000 feet, says an official statement today. AUTilPrfG' GANG BUSY HERE ON LARGE SCALE Band Robs Fifty Cars of tires, Wheels and Other Accesso ries on Streets and in Garages in Month. An organized gang of automobile accessory thieves have stripped cars of thousands of dollars' worth of tires, inner tubes and other equipment in the last month. The work of the gang reached its climax last week, when twenty thefts aggregating approximately $1,500 were reported by automobile owners to the police. Fifty thefts have taken place in a month. , While the gang apparently seems to be confining its work to cars that have been parked on downtown streets, many automobile owners re port that their garages have been broken into and their cars completely stripped. The method employed by the thieves, police say, is to carry jacks and pry up the wheels so that the tires can be removed. Cars Stripped on Streets. That the thieves do not stop here is shown from the fact that many owners have reported that even their carburetors, clocks and steering gears have been removed in broad daylight on principal downtown streets. The commonest thefts, according to police records, are tires, wheels and tools. One of the theories of the police Is that the same gang formerly stole its automobiles instead of stripping them, but because of the plan recent ly adooted for tracing stolen ma chines have found it more practicable to strip them, tins theory, police say, is borne out by the fact that many cars reported stolen are found abandoned in a short time, stripped of all accessories and equipment. So far police have been unable to find any trace of the stolen goods, de spite strenuous etforts made. It is believed that it is being sent out of the cits'. ' - i- y., Taken From High-Priced Cars. Reports at central station show that the thefts are principally from high- priced touring cars. the following twenty persons nave reported losses from their cars the last week: R. S. Hart, 1743 Park ave nue; Dr. F. M. Halm, 3027 Farnam street; Harry Kubby, 2119 California street; Dr. Z. D. Clark, 310 Ramge block; Edward Bradley, 636 Paxton block; R. W. Daniels, 229 Graham avenue, Council Bluffs; G. E. Scates, 2026 Farnam street; George Aucrback, 110 North Fifteenth street; George GifTord, 625 South Twenty-ninth street; Mrs. E. K. Wallace, Fairacrcs; Mr. Strahl, Benson; Joseph Peterson, 2406 Leavenworth; Mrs. T. F. Stroud, 5100 Florence boulevard; A. S. Bill ings, 437 South Thirty-eighflr street; S. I. Good, 324 North Thirty-fifth street; Walter Gowin, 1114 Douglas street, and Louis Frohardt, 2862 New port avenue. U. S. Plea Saves Russian Government From Radicals Paris, May 12. A Havas dispatch from Milan today saysf "The Petrograd correspondent of the Corriere Dc La Sera wires that a secret dispatch read at the historic night conference between the mem bers of the Russian provisional gov ernment and the workmen and sol diers came from the American gov ernment and dealt with the conditions required by the American government for the granting of a loan. ' "The reading of this dispatch, says the correspondent, decided the repre sentatives of the workmen's and sol diers' committee to accept the views of the provisional government." Three Omaha Wanderers Return Home to Stay Wander as far as they will from youth's romping ground, the ties of home are rarely severed by Omaha's sons and daughters. Dr. J. Frederick Langdon, a son of Omaha and grad uate of Creighton medical school, put off the return trip three whole years, and then surendered. In 1914 Dr. Langdon joined the surgical staff of St. Ann's hospital at Butte, Mont. Later his mother and sister joined him and made their home in the copper city. Next month the family will return to Omaha to stay. Inventor Admits He Has Solved U-Boat Menace San Francisco, May 13. Leon F. Douglass, millionaire grapho phone inventor, of San Rafael, admitted today that he had dis covered a mechanical device which he believed would solve the sub marine problem. Douglass' home and laboratory on the outskirts of San Rafael have been placed under guard. Whether the invention is the one referred to a few days ago by the chairman of the Naval Advia- , ory board in Washington is not known. Speaking of his invention, Douglass said: "A practical means has been found to overcome the U-boat. I have turned the patent over to the Navy department. I have nothing more to do with it. It is simplicity itself; something anybody could have thought of." GERMANY TO ANNOUNCE NEW TERMS OF PEACE TUESDAY Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg to give Ger many' war aims in the Reichstag. T SENATE PUTS BAN ON USE OF GRAIN FOR INTOXICANTS Upper House Votes , to Bar Manufacture of Liquor From Cereals After Defeating Cen sor Clause of Spy Bill. Washington, May 13. The senate last night apporved, 38 to 3J, an am endment to the administration espion age bill forbidding during the war the use ofccrcals or grain in the manu facture of intoxicating Hcuor. By a vote of 39 to .18 the senate also threw out of the hill the administra tion's press censorship section, as was done in the house. This action is ex pected to throw the censorship fight into conference, where influence can be brought to bear more directly. What will be the outcome no senator would predict with confidence to night. The senate previously voted down. 47 to 25, a proposal to forbid sale of intoxicants during the war. Kffectivc September 1, the amend ment is calculated to confine sale and consumption t" whisky and other Krain linuurs already in stock and to wines, brandies or other drinks that I depend upon other materials for their I main constituents. v . Another opportunity to vote upon il will be offered when the senate takes ! the bill with the amendment from the committee of the whole, but oppon ents of the prohibitory provision are not confident that they will be able to overturn today's action. Estimates during the debate were that at least $2,0011,0(10 in annual in ternal revenue would be lost if the amendment stands. Fairbury Patriots Hold Big Demonstration in City Fairbury, Neb., May 12. (Special Telegram.) Fairbury had a great patriotic demonstration in the opera house, directed and planned by Father J. .1. Carey of this city. A patriotic ad dress was given by John llcasly, for mer state senator from this district. Mrs. C. II. Lutz RirVe a tableau eij titled "Goddess of Liberty." A play entitled "Nine Ninety-Nine" was also staged and this was followed hy a tableau with a junior drill by members of the Ked Cross. Boy Scouts, under direction of Clif ford Harhoritch', Rave a performance. John lliggins, Jack Fitton and John tlartigan, dressed in colonial costume, gave various drills. C. II. Coyle, formerly of Omaha, led the singing. The local orchestra took part. Colby Elected Chairman Of Gage, Defense League Ifeatrice, Neb., May 13. (Special Telegram.) Residents of Beatrice and Gage county held a patriotic meeting Saturday and organized a county defense league to act in con junction with the state council. Oncral I.. W. Colby was elected rhairman: H. E. Sarkctt. vice chair man; J. C. Fmery, secretary; V. K. Jubnson, treasurer. Cnmniiltees fmni the cily and cuunly were named to assist in the work. THREE MEN HURT IN MORTORCYCLE SPEEDWAY RACE Pedersen in Hospital, Suffering From Injuries That Are Likely to Prove Fatal Clarke Painfully Injured. One man in the hospital dying, two hurt and half a dozen motorcycles sent to the junk heap were the thrills for the small crowd that witnessed the card provided by the Omaha Motor cycle club yesterday afternoon at the Speedway. The ten-mile' events were replete, with thrills, but in the twenty-iive-mile race on the half-mile dirt track, Carl Pedersen, 3511 Center street, coming out ot the stretch (urn, rode over Clarke, who had spilled and was hidden in a cloud of dust. Clarke was painfully hurt. Pedersen received a compound fracture of his left collar bone, a smashed hip and internal in juries. Ik' was taken to inunanuel hospital, where late in the evening it was reported he was resting easily and had a fair chance for recovery, ihounh it is nrobablc that he will he crippled for lite. "Hirdie" L11U was thrown from his machine and slightly injured. One Race on Board Track. Kxcept for one ten-mile event, all the other feature of the program were run off. The half-mite proved too small for fast lime, the riders be ing compelled to slow down for the turns, or skid the rear wheels. Most of the riders preferred the risk lo the delay and in taking ihe skid half a dozen spilled, and most of them wrecked their machines and were out of the race. In the big event lrrcd Kruger, Omaha, spilled on the twenty first lap and junked bis wheel, but was unhurt. The one-mile motorwbeel proved of interest, though the time was alow. Stimmarir: 6nf-ml!e inntnrwtiPi'I rare on flirt: Hft Ilnynotilp. flrt; .luck Ffttn. neorfl; J-irk UflvttnlflK. third (nil of Omaliii). Tlino, Silii. Klv-mtln free-for-all on dirt: I'JiCKlealnn, Unr-nln, fJ pt ; IUt1t, Unrntn ( llurlry i uc-und; Clarke, Otnahu (Trior), tliinl. Tlmr, (1:32. TVn-inilw frfe-ftir-nll on tltrt: MikI'M (Hnrlpvl. firl : IMxoil i Hurl-! , ''rrtii'l; I'larlut (Thori. third. Tlnu 11:12'. l-uljs was hurt wh-'iv lio spilled in litl racf. Ten-tnllM mulch Mu'f on IxHirdrj. for inn I'hhiHH of two or more r IhidnrH : A. l,lly. Wm-oln (llarlosl. firt; min Knimr, Omiiliu (Hurley), nccond: "lUnlk" hunt," Omaha (Indlitn). third. Tim p. 7:20 J-5. Tw.nlv-flp-mll- frr-f-f'tr-iill on dirt: Topi Dixon. Lin'-ohi (Hurley), rirnt ; Pun tff..r. hlti'-oln fllarloy). Bucond; l.utz, Omaha 1 In dian). Ihird. Tlnv, :il:14. Carroll Belden Will Go With Troops as Y. M. C. A. Worker Carroll R. IScMen of the Tlionip-son-Belilen company, is ricicrniinrd to lo his bit for the nation in tin war. He was unable to qualify for Fort Snelling, or otlicr military serv ice, because of serious tooth trouble anil a grave operation recently. So be has applied to become a war worker with the troops at the front, under auspices of the Vount? Men's Christian association. He volunteered for such work through General Secretary K. F. Ocnison of the local association. Young Helden is married and holds an important and highly ipccinlid merchandising position. FIERY GAULS CRUSH VIOLENT RUSH AGAINST TRENCHES NORTH OF RHEIMS; BATTLE NEAR ARRAS RAGES FIERCELY Teutons Launch Fresh Men Against Nivelle's Lines on Champagne Front and South of Craonne Only to See Them Melt Away Before Gunfire of the Enemy. HEAVY LOSSES RESULT British War Office Declares Heavy Fighting Constant Near Bullecourt and Capture of Prisoners North of River Scarpe. GERMANS" ADMIT THAT Paris, May 13. Troops commanded by the German crown prince this morning launched several violent .attacks against the French lines on the Champagne front north of Rheims, on the plateau south of Craonne and in the region of Maisons De Champagne. The official statement this afternoon says all the German attacks were smashed by the French artillery and rifle fire, the Teutons suffering severe losses. FIGHT NEAR BULLECOURT. London, May 13. The battle of Bullecourt, on the southern end of the Arras front, where heavy fighting has been raging for the last week, and one of the most desperately defended sections of the famous Hindenburg line, is still going on, according to the official statement issued today by the British war office, , . . i EBERLY AT HEAD OF COMPANIES AT FORTJNELLING Nebraska Officer Commands Those Provisional Organiza' tlons Already Formed in Officers' Reserve Camp. Minneapolis, Minn., May U. (Spe cial Telegram.) TNnenty-five hundred men. of the northwest, hand-pickrfd and cross-examined as to their va riotts attributes, will begin training at Fort Snelling Tuesday for a share ot the work of officering the first real national army ever raised in the United Stales. Selection of 44.1 applicants whose names have not been published pre viously was announced yesterday.. Nearly 1 ,01)0 men have already re ported, have been examined physical ly, assigned to companies aim oar rarks and equipped with uniforms. More than 1,800 have been notified to annear. in addition to reserve corps officers and engineers designat ed from Washington, ami the unai task of picking out the last few who will be' ordered to the camp will be completed today, according to Cap lain Charles 11. Mason, camp ad jutant. George A. Klicrly of Santon. Neb., is commanding the provisional com panies already organized at the camp. Many of them will assist the regular armv officers in imtriietion work. Tiic following Nebraskaus have been placed on the approved list: Colonel George A. I'.berley. Stan ton; Major Joseph A. Slorch. Fuller ton; Second Lieutenant Karl C. Krown. 1'apillion; Second Lieutenant Donald I. Ilurke, Omaha; John F. Mead, Omaha; A. L. riurnham, Stanton: F. C. Westcrvelt, Lincoln; J. N. Allison, W. A. Urcckeiiridgc. II. II. Stuart, M. Miller, II. M. Hund ley, jr., and T. S. McShanc, Omaha; Y. II. Case, North Platte; R. U. 'ag-( ner, Lincoln; C. W. Dressier. liea trice; F. M. Getlys, Arnold; V. L. McMullmi. Lincoln: J. H. Taylor, I'ni vcrsity Place; C. K. Kline. Lincoln; E. P. Watkins, Lincoln; V. M. Fol son, Lincoln; G. A. Lotbrop. Blair;. G. Oldham, Kearney; V. C. Yasey, Lincoln. Judge Stewart Referee In Ure-Hall Controversy Lincoln, May U. (Special Tele gram.) Judge V. E. Stewart of Lin coln has been, appointed referee by the supreme court in the suit started by Slate Treasurer Hall against cx Xounty Treasurer 'William Cre of Douglas county to collect penalties due because of the failure of the lat ter to remit to the slate monthly col lections belonging to the "state. Morris Co. Will Aid Its Men Buy Liberty Bonds Chicago, May 12. Morris & Co. today authorized the purchase of $750,000 in liberty bonds and announced a plan whereunder its 25,000 employes may purchase bonds on easy payments. St. Louis, May 12. Plans to subscribe for $80,000,000 of the liberty loan were inaugurated at a meeting of ten of the presidents of the eighteen clearing houses in Federal Reserve District No. 8 (St. Louis) here today. The slogan to be used in sub scription work will be "a war bond in every home." OF REPEATED BLOWS FOE "SCORES SUCCESSES Bombardment ot zeebrugge. An official statement issued this evening by the britisli admiralty, says : "A very heavy bombardment of the important area at Zecbrugge was successfully carried out Saturday morning by our forces. "The royal naval air service rendered valuable co-operation and over fifteen aerial combats occurred in which four enemy machines were destroyed and five others were driven down out of control. "Two of our machines failed to re turn. Oue of these descended in Dutch territory and Vas interned." Destructive Fire On Port Rotterdam. Ma'y 1.1. The naval at tack yesterday on the German sub marine base at Zecbrugge, on the Bel gian coast, was the most destructive yet made hy British warships. Two submarine sheds were blown up. Sixty-three persons were killed and upwards of 10' others were taken to hospitals. Germnas Say Attacks Fait. Derlin. May 13 (Via Londou). The great British attack launched yester day against the German positions on the Arras battle front, says the offi cial statement issued today by the German army headquarters stair, has broken down. At Rocux the British were success ful in forcing their way through the German lines. At all other places they were re pulsed after hand to hand . fighting. buttering the heaviest losses. lighting for possession of Uullc- court again broke out today. Dr. Jessup Installed Head of Iowa University Iowa City. la., May 13. (Special.) Waller Albert Jessup was inaugur ated president of the L'niversity of Iowa yesterday afternooiy. President D. D. Murray of the State Board of Education presided at the exercises which were held in the armory. The principal-address was made by Presi dent William Lowe Bryan of Indiana university. The new executive was presented by President Emeritus Thomas Huston Mc Bride. The ceremonies which began Fri day afternoon with an educational symposium at the natural science au ditorium concluded this evening with a recepfion at the Triangle club. Prominent educators from many of the leading universities and colleges of the I'nited Slates were in attend ance. The l'niversity of Nebraska was represented by Regent Frank Louis Hallcr, who is a member of the class of 18K3. Oilier N'ehraskans present were President Francis X. McMonauiv of Creighton university and Rev. Lewis Franklin Townsend of Nebraska Wcsleyau university. Druggist Fitch Loses His Appeal cn Prohibition Law I), li. Fitch, druggist, fined $100 in police court for violation of the pro hibition law, lost his appeal to the district court, when Judge Estelle sustained the lower court's verdict. Judge Estelle declared the stale legis lature acted within its rights in pass ing the prohibition law in making bis decision, when attorneys M. O. Cun ningham. Frank Weaver and F. W, Filch for Fitch, questioned this pre rogative. The attorneys say they will take the case lo the supreme court. Sentence will be imposed Monday morning. Gompers Urges Labor to Protest New Postal Rates Washington, May 12. Samuel Gom pers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, appealed to organ ized labor tonight to protest against the proposed increase in second-class postal rates and other provisions of I he w ar revenue bill.