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SENATE PROBE Of
AIRPLANE DELAY
GETS UNDER WAY
Comes, as Culmination of
Charge That German Spies
in Curtiss Plant Have
Been Responsible.
' (Br Associated Press.)
Washington, March 29. Investiga
tion into delay in the airplane pro
gram wai begun by the senate mili
tary committee today behind closed
doors, after several days of discussion
in the senate which culminated in the
assertion by Senator Overman of
North Carolina that part of the trouble
was due to German spies in the Cur
tis plant, which has extensive gov
ernment contracts.
Members of the committee were
pledged to secrecy and Chairman
Chamberlain announced that no state-.
ment would be issued until the in
quiry had been completed.
Major . General George 0. Squier,
chief signal officer, and Colonel Deeds,
of the aviation branch- were the first
witnesses called. They remained with
the committee nearly four hours. The
committee plans to hear tomorrow
Major General Franklin cell, who has
just returned from a visit: to the
American front in France. Later Com
mander Briggs of the British royal
flying corps, Colonel Wetdon of the
American signal corps and Howard
Coffin of the aircraft board will be
called.
Sample Is Shown.
Senator Overman said although he
would make no charge against any
one employe of the Curtiss concern,
there were spies there and were he
scretary of war he would commandeer
the plant and put in new employes.
I A metallic brace used in the con
struction of airplane frames from
, which a piece of metal had been re
moved and lead inserted so as to
weaken it j;as exhibited by the sen
itor as a sample of spies' work.
The first machine1 tested at the
plant fell, he said, and an investigation
showed that this tampering had been
the cause. A delay of two months
followed .while government inspectors
went over every airplane part in order
toNreplace parts which spies had
iveakcncd. '
FIGHT FOE GOOD
GERMAN PEACE
. VONHINDENBURG
Amsterdam, March 29. Chancellor
von Herding has telegraphed to Field
Marshal von Hindenburg expression
"sincere admiration for the splendid
deeds of our army" and saying hi
found lively satisfaction because of
the decorations conferred upon the
field marshal and General von Luden
dorff by the emperor,
"The entire German nation," the
- message addedrejoices with me, It
looks with well founded confidence to
yoV excellency, knowing that if Von
Hindenburg ana Von Ludendorff lead
victory' is a necessity"
Replying, Field Marshal von Hin
denburg telegraphed:
"The army will not relax until, with
God' help, it has won for the home
land the good victory which it needs,
as the foundation for a future based
upon a strong German peace."
Forty Austrian Divisions
v Prepare to Strike. Italy
Washington, March 29. Forty new
Austrian divisions have been dis
tributed along 'the Italian front the
Italian embassy was advised today by
cable from Rome and this activity
has convinced Italian military men
that the battle in France will not pre
vent an offensive against Italy. .
This view also is shared by the al
lied leaders, the cable said, and conse
quently not a single man of the
Franco-British forces in Italy has
een withdrawn to reinforce the
trmies withstanding the great Ger
nan attack. . ,
Fear That Germans Will Win
; Drives Kansan to Suicide
Smi Ceuter, Kan., March 29.
(Special Telegram.) Driven insane
through fear that the German army
would win, Steve Wagner, farmer,
loutheast of this city, kiiiad himself
:his morning. He first attempted to
rain himself with a hammer, then put
t rifle ball through his body. Though
orn in Germany, Wagner hated the
kaiser and was a strong allied sup
porter. .'Forty-Fifth Airman
. ' Killed at Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas, March 29.
Robert Daniel Garwood, a cadet of
:he royal flying corps at Benbrook, an
English aviation camp near here, was
killed at noon today when his air
lane fell while he was doing a tail
spin. )
He was the son of W. T. Garwood
jf Canaserga, N. Y. This was the
forty-fifth fatal accident to aviators
aere since the aviation camp was
rstablished last October.
3IoomfieId Mayor Addresses
; Club Meeting at Deshler
Deshler, March 29. (Specials
Mayor W.-fi. Harm of Bloomfield
iddressed a large audience in Desh
ler Tuesday night. At the close of
he meeting a resolution was adopted
:hat this community was back of
President Wilson and would give him
:ery encouragement possible to help
,in the war. The meeting was under
the auspices of the Commercial club.
The county vcunntissioners were pres
ent with road overseers of the com
munity and talks were given on-good
roads. - ' v " :
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Fierce Air Fighting Marks
I Progress of Foe Offensive
London. March 29. The continu
ance of fierce air fighting in the bat
tle area U shown by the; report of
aerial operations issued tonight which
sayvthat on Wednesday 24 German
machines were, brought down in air
fighting and seven were driven "out
of control. Nineteen British oa
chines are missing; . -
French Chasseurs Sho'w U. S. Marines
Manifold Tricks of Modern Warfare
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french chasseurs instructing
anglements.
FRENCHREEim BEFORE FOE
PRESENT SAD SIGHT; WORKOF
RECONSTRUCTION IS RUINED
(By Associated Press.)
British Army Headquarters in France, March 29. The French ref
ugees of the better class, of those who are departing from the zones of
actual operations, are coming out clad in all their finery, which repre
sents the styles of four or five ears ago. .
Then there are sturdy peasants with wooden shoes and clumsily
constructed clothes, riding in vehicles drawn by horses or donkeys or
in carts pushed byNnen, an4 some are even in wheel barrows. Upon
these queer transports are stacked strange assortments of personal be-
kThere is deep pathos in all this, but none struck the correspondent
more forcibly than the appearance of a tiny girl who trudged in her
wooden shoei along a hard, dusty road her eyes fastened anxiously
upon a dirty rag doll perched precariously at the top of household ef
fects which were being pushed along by an old man.
CHILD'S FEET ACHE.
This child was perhaps representative of all the refugees she was
coming away with her most cherished possession, her doll and was
prepared to guard it at all cost; her aching feet were as nothing as long
as the doll was safe. N , ,
These refugees are from the towns within the Sommeattlenela
and adjoining it. All these villages have been emptied of their inhabi
tants. Some of the places, stripped of their population once before dur
ing the battle of the Somme in 1916. had gradually filled up again during
the peaceful days of British occupation. -The shell shattered fields had
once more been put to the plough and when the correspondent only re
cently toured the old region he found hundreds of acres of land under
cultivation, and affairs m many hamlets were proceeding almost as
though there were no war. ;
PEACEFUL VALLEY RUINED.
It seems unbelievable that these pleasant little valleys and wooded
areas are again in possession of the enemy.
Where it was possible everything which might have been of use to
the Germans has been removed with the refugees. In particular, large
numbers of cattj frave been taken away by the owners, who patiently
drove the beasts on ahead of them along the weary roads.
While it is a sad spectacle, these people moving away with their
new household possessions and ttjeir dogs and their cattle, there are
few tears or hysterical outbreaks among the refugees, most of whom
are of the peasant class. They know they must go and they seem to
be trusting implicitly in the British.
IOWA DEMOCRATS
PICK STATE TICKET
Porter to Head List for Gov
ernor; Decide Not to Oppose
Kenyon for Senator; Send
Greetings tp Wilson.
(From t Staff Corrtapondcnt.)
Des Moines, March 29. (Special
Telegram.) Ray Files of Fort Dodge,
an attorney- may be a candidate for
congress in the Tenth district on the
democratic ticket against Congress
man Frank P. Woods. Files made a
speech here at the democratic con
ference today, declaring that all op-
osmon io ine aaminisirauoir inusi
e wiped out, no matter whether it
was gumshoe politics from Missouri
or pompadour treason from Wiscon
sin.
The state ticket, as finally deter
mined on at the conference, follows:
Governr, Claude R. Porter of Cen-
terville; lieutenant governor, Frank
B. Whitaker of Van Buren, county;
secretary of state, J. C. Murtagh of
VVaterloo; auditor of state- D. E.
Kirby of Woodbury county; treasurer
of state, John Jamison, Fayette
county; attorney general. Joe J. My
ers, Carroll; superintendent of
schools, 11. C. Blackmeyer, Wapello
county; railway commissioners,
Georee W. Koontz of Tohnson countv
and Joseph Beh of Shelby county.
Ihis list is subject to the June pri
mary. , .The conference decided not to place
a candidate in opposition to the re
election of United States5enator W.
S. Kenyon, republican, but recom
mended that a full concessional
ticket enter the field wkh the cam
paign directed particularly against
congressmen alleged not " to have
given the president full support in his
war -program.
A resolution of "greetings and con-
gratulations on the conduct of the
war" was directed to President. Wil
son and Secretaries Baker and Dan
iels. s
Republicans Bring Suit
To Get Harris on Ticket
Fremont, Neb., March 29. (Special
Telegram.) Mandamus proceedings
to compel City Ckik George Basler
to place his name on the city ticket
for the short term for council have
been brought m district court by
Charles W. Harris, republican candu
date in the third ward. Harris was
nominated to filTa vacancy caused by
the resignation of Fred Stewart who
refused to make the race. Harris in
tht petition clainn that Basler re
fused to permit the change to be
made. '
The democrats in their answer al
lege that the republicans are endeav
oring to switch candidates so that
their strong candidates will be pitted
against the supposedly weaker of the
two democratic candidates. The dem
ocrats allege that the time limit for
making the change has expired. The
city clerk is charged with fraud by
the rejator.
THE tfJE:
our rparines in France in the art
FORMER U. P. MAN
TO HELP M'ADOO
RUN RAILROADS
Washington, March 29. Benjamin
L. Winchell former director of 'traffic
of the Union Pacific system and
James L. Stewart, storage expert of
the council of National Defense to
day were designated by Director
General McAdoo to represent the
railroad administration in carrying
out the plan of Chairman Hurley of
the shipping board for a general sur
vey of American ports, preliminary
to modernizing coal and loading
facilities. v
Balloon School Privates
- yVill Train at Columbus
Washington, March 29. (Special
Telegram.) Privates, first class, Carl
D. Berry, Paul Morrison Hatfield,
James N. Bird, Ralph John Simon.
Kenneth Craddock Sears, Frank
Joseph Boyle, James B. Jordan, Her
bert John Bornholdt, Andrew Ross
Harris, Ernest Pitken Simmons, Ron
ald D. P. Bleau, Asa Schoemaker
Bloomer, Angier H. Foster, Louis
Eugene Hiatt, Philip R. Frank, George
Hoagland McLafferty, Rolla Hugh
Wybrant, Louis Charles Irwin, Ethean
Allan Bridgeman, James Miller Sta
van, John F. O'Neil, Leon Hosea
White, Clark Wayne Thornton, Lov
ing Howes Hall, Stanley Dolch, Lin
coln G. Brown and William Sinclair
Jack, aviation section, signal enlisted
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Telephone Tyler 3400
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UA1AHA, SATUKDAX JVlAitUtl SV, WIS.
of erecting barbed wire en-
reserve corps army balloon school,
Fort Omaha, will be sent to the school
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university, Columbus, 0.,- on tem
porary 'duty.
TyV
V Check Safeguard.
A chedltftoolt cover provided with a pro.
tectlva device which makes It impossible
(or a man to raise a check, has been placed
on the market. Various amounts up to
11,000 are stamped on the check near the
row of perforations , where It Is detached
from the stub. The protector Is permanently
attached to the leather cover of tho cheok
book and It can be quickly adjusted for any
of the three columns of figures. A sliding
straight edge la.'TOOved either up or Sown
to the correct figure. The protector Is
pressed fast and the check torn from Its
stub. Popular Science Monthly.
If its? Slit te Sr lilt er
The Palace CBothing Co. Is Now Display! n
Wonderful Stock of Easter Attire.
Sparkling with freshness and newness, replete in selection and assortments, The Palace welcomes you to its grand Easter
Exhibit. Style, correct and new, is the keynote of this fashion show, but close beside it are the ever-present ideals of The
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NIFTY EASTER SUITS
Men, you can see how it)
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handsome, stylish, carefully
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any model, that suits you best, at
REFINED SPRING MODELS
Eegardless of what you pay, you can't get bet'ter
style and fit than these Suits offer you. And the
superb quality all-wool fabrics,' together with the
refined tailoring, will appeal
men looking for good Clothes
economical price
HIGH QUALITY SUITS
lagnificent springtime fashions for smart dressers,
dazzling varieties of rich patterns, and a high grade
of custom quality tailoring leaves,
nothing to be desired. Suits of un
surpassed quality, unequaled values
Men's
Easter Furnishings
Men's Silk Fiber ' Skirts Light
ground, in neat combination
stripes in Roman colorings, made
with soft turnback cuffs, in all
aizes, at 83.00
Men's Madras 1 Shirts Excellent
Suality, soft turnback cuffs, won
erful assortments and colorings,
aties 14 to 17, at 81.50
Men's Shirts In all new patterns
and colorings, both soft and stiff
cuffs, sizes 14 to 17. worth $100,
at 65
Men's JifTT Spring; Kerkwfar In
a large shape, beautiful patterns
tnd colorings, $1.00 value, to
morrow, at 754
Men's Silk Neckwear In large,
open-end shape, beautiful pat
terns, 75c and 5Uc values, tomor
row, at 394
Men's Shoes
An Entirely new line of Spring
'Styles swell blacks or tans-
some with fiber soles or elnth'l
tops. Narrow English, nobby
button or blucher styles all
Goodyear welter
$395
NEW "SPRING MODELS
are here In great . display
styles to suit the most fastidious
or more conservative. Values .
that are truly superb
$2 95 to $4 95
Pershing's
Casualty List,
Washington, March 29. Today's
list of casualties among the American
expeditionary forces shows one man
killed in action, four missing in action,
one dead fro)p wounds, one killed by
accident, 16 oied of disease, one
severely wounded and 29 slightly
wounded.
The list follows:
Killed inaction:
PRIVATE PATRICK ROGERS.
Died of accident:
CIVILIAN ARTHUR DAVEN
PORT. Died of wounds:
CORPORAL WILLIAM F. EL
WOOD. Wounded severely:
PRIVATE TOUFIK J. MAA
TOOK. . '
Died of disease:
SECOND LIEUTENANT GER
ALD L. EBENER, pneumonia-.
SERGEANT FREDERICK L.OU
IS ADKINS, tuberculosis.
SERGEANT SAM J. C. HARPLE,
anthr'ax.
MECHANIC LEE A. DUNN,
pneumonia.
Privates
EARNEST HICKERSON, pneu
monia. ROBERT S. ALL6N, pneumonia.
CATO BARBER, pneumonia.
JOHN W. BUTLER, pneumonia.
RICHARD J. CRAIG, pneumonia.
FRANK L. EVENS, tuberculosis.
GILBERT O. EVANS, measles.
JOHN QZONE GETGEN, pneu
monia. . ,
JOSEPH D. LAMBERT, pneu
monia. CAPUS L. LEGGETT, pneumonia.
MIKE STANDING WATER,
pneumonia.
JOHN WHETSTONE, pneu
monia. Wounded slightly: FIRST LIEU
TENANTS JOHN T. KIBLER,
JAMES V. WARE; Second LIEU
TENANT BENJAMIN H. GARD
NER; SERGEANT MAJOR JOHN
M. NEUMES; SERGEANT FRANK
P. PARIS; CORPOALS ELMER E.
ELDREDGE: JAMES B. LAFFIN;
PRIVATES WALTER R. RAMSEY.
JOHN C. BLEIGHT, WILLIE
BRANAM, WALTER B. BRANT,
ELEXANDER R. CARSON. DAN
pays to come to The
that you can select a
w UV4VVV U
$1
tailored
to all
at an
Men's Extra Pants
With the entry of spring and
new clothes be sure you add an
( extra pair of trousers.
Worsteds, Cissimeres, Blue
Serge and Flannel Trous
ers, as well as hundreds in
other materials,
we offer tomorrbw at prices far
less than they are regularly sold
at
$1.48, $1:98, $248,
S2.9S, $3.48, S4.4S
and $5.48
The Palace Is far in front in
Men's Merchandise its prices
are made for our trade's benefit.
LET US SEE YOU AT THEX
STORE TOMORROW
$j goo
$22
ft CIOTHINO COMPANY M
Jj CORjffi ts DOUGLAS M
i ' - r i-r ii i i I, . . i .I J I .it - "PTy
IEL CULLINARE, LEO J. DOEY,
CARL COLLIER, ROSCOE M.
COOK, DUNCAN A. FLARO,
JOHN M. FLEMING, SYLVESTER
GREEN, HUGH J. McGUIGAN,
GEORGE T. MALONE, CIFERNO
ROCKEY, FREDERICK E. SLA
TON. ABE STEINBERG, CHAR
LES H. STEVER. RAYMOND
THOMPSON, JOHN VOTTA,
GEORGE A. WALLACE, WIL
LIAM L. ZIMMERMAN.
Missing in action: SERGEANT
MACK TRENT, PRIVATES ASH
GORN HOLM, THEREN PARKS,
LORTON W. REGISTER. .
LOOK FOR EARLY
ADJUSTMENT OF
BIG K. C. STRIKE
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Washington, March 29. Adjust
ment of the strike at Kansas City
within a few hours is hoped for by
the Department of Labor.
Hugh L. Kerwin, commissioner of
conciliation, announced today that
Luther Steward, immigration in
spector at Kansas City, and ex-Congressman
P. J. Gill, federal concili
ators, had reported favorable progress
and expected an early adjustment.
Fullerton Oversubscribes
War Saving Stamp Quota
Fullerton, March 29. (Special.)
From figures given out by E. B. Pen
ney, county chairman, subscriptions
for War Savings stamps total $360,
180, with one school district not in
cluded. The county's quota was $188,
000. Genoa, with a quota of $31,000,
subscribed $60,000. Belgrade, with an
allotment of $18,000, subscribed
$36,000.
Food for Holland.
Walhington, March 29. Formal as
surances were given to the Dutch
rhinister today by Chairman Mc
Cormick of the war trade board that
two Dutch ships would be permitted
to come to the United States and take
back to Holland cargoes of foodstuffs
without the vesselsNeing taken over
by the United States government
when they reach this country.
Loss of production for the first two
weeks of March is ascribed to strikes
on the Pacific coast, lack of fuel and
closing down of mills at Niagara falls !
SMART FASHION SUITS
These Palace Suits at $15 are something outof the
ordinary, because they're designed and made espe
cially for us. Newest
shades for Spring are
Your choice for
EXCLUSIVE SPRING STYLES
Compare the quality, tailoring and style, of these
Suits and convince yourself that The Palace offers
you matchless n money-saving Clothing values.
Smart styles, superb tailoring and a gt
service think what the price means $ m 1 SuU
VERY FINEST SPRING SUITS
Men who are accustomed tq. wearing the very best
in Clothes will be surprised to see what The Palace
offers in these finest quality Suits. The price is
absolutely remarkable
gant style, -luxurious
hand-tailoring of these.
Boys' Clothing
of the
Durable Makes
MOTHERS BUY THESE
BOYS' SUITS at
2.75 and $3.75
Economical mothers are ureed to
quickly, if they would profit by this sale
of Boys' Suits. When they're gone, no
such values will be possible again. All are
the popular Norfolk models. Sizes 6 to 17
years. Suits that can't be duplicated now
under $4 and $5. On Safe Saturday
2.75 and $3.75
Stetson Hats
Wear a Hat that's known
for it's quality a hat that
will keep its shape such a
Hat is the Stetson. Tomor
row we selJii P"f4
them for...P,.OU
JULIUS ORKIN'S
GREATESTNJRCHASE
More Than 800 Beautiful
Easter Blouses, Actually
Worth to $10.00, Offered
in a Great One-Day Sale
Saturday, at $5.00.
This is truly an Easter surprise tot
the women of Omaha an opportun
ity too big to be gauged by ordinary
merchandise events. Very fortunate
purchases secured us several hundred
strikingly beautiful Blouses at a
startling concession in price. These
being augmented by many hundreds
of better Blouses from our regular
stoek. Beautiful beaded and embroid
ered creations dozens of new and
novel collar effects. Georgette Crepe,
Crepe de Chine and Pussy Willow
Taffetas are the most favored ma
terials. Amongst the hosts of new
spring colors shown are cherry,
American Beauty, peach, eoral, beige,
sand, grey, white, flesh, sky, tur
quoise, black, navy, Nile, maize, etc.
-When such values are afforded
surely no Omaha woman need der.y
herself a new Easter Blouse.
These Blouses when sold at regu-
haP prices would prove unusual val-
ues indeed, but for tomorrow, with
:
cut in half, they are without doubt
the most important Blouse Value in
all Omaha.
Come , early Saturday. The ad
vantage is all yours.
JULIUS ORKIN,
v 1508-10 Douglas St
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VICTOR WHITE COAL CO.,
1214 Farnam. Tel. Douglas 9.
Its
models and . 19
here shown. $ i Efl&UU
for the elc- ZJ pa
fabric and $ 100
Suits. .. :. .
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FumlsSisiigs
Boy's Shirt Waists, 50c A
Sells everywhere for 75c. These
Waists are in-all The new colon
and are wonderful values.
Boys' Caps, 50c 7
Here, boys, is your chance. You
all want a cap this spring and
these 50c caps are regular 75c
values.
BOYS' SEOES
Be sure the little fellow has new
shoes for Easter. Th'je shoe
values are the best in the city-
$2.19, 3.25, ?S.4S
fin UsS