THE BEE: : OMAHA, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1919. GOVERNMENT TO PROBE GRANT OF LAND IN MEXICO Report of Sale of Former American Concession to Japs Causes Alarm in Washington. Washington. March 31. The American embassy at Mexico City was instructed today to make in "fiuiries concerning the report that the Mexican government has grant ed agricultural concessions to Japan in Lower California and to report the facts as quickly as possible. The land, upwards of 1,000,000 acres below the California border, was granted by the then President "Dress-up the Home" Spring is the most logical aa well as the best time for one to "Dress-up" the home. Bowen's Guaranteed Quality Furniture, opens for you the way. Every Room can bo beautified with a touch of refinement by a piece of Bowen Furniture. Guaranteed Quality Values To many these would be empty, words. 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Enclosed find 19 cents (to cover postage and packing), for Trial Pack age of Brownatone. ....Light to Medium Brown or ....Dark Brown to Black. Mark with X shade wanted and mail with your full name and address. CUAtMTUD ?" TltJT GRAY HAIR Diaz to the California and Mexican Land company of Los Angeles, of which Oeneral Harrison Orey (Jtis of Los Angeles, was the leading figure. It was desert land with nothing growing on it but sage brush, cactus and chaparrel. The soil, however, was rich, in places i0 feet deep, formed by le posits for generations by the Colo rado river. It produced nothing tor Mexico and the expense of putting waters on the land was so great that no one in Mexico would undertake it. The American company spent more than $1,000,000 in irrigation wofk before the tract was produc tive. When Diaz was deposed and the revolutionary period began the American settlers were driven from the land by revolutionists. Live stock was stolen and several settlers were killed. For two years the land was uncared for and then the com pany found that Japanese settlers were willing to take up farms and cultivate them. 1 he Japanese were protected by the Mexicans, whatever party of revolutionists were in pow er in that section. Short-time leases are said to have been granted to Japanese farmers, but the American owners refused to sell any of the land to the Japanese or to grant long-term leases. Acting Secretary of State Phil lips said today that the Los An geles company proposed about two years ago to grant a Japanese cor poration long-term leases on a large portion, if not all, of the tract. At that- time the company still was unable to maintain American set tlers there, but when the State de partment objected to the proposed leases the company dropped its ne gotiations with the Japanese. Will Not Make Lease. Los Angeles, Cal.. March 31. The owners of' the " California-Mexico Land and Cattle company's proper ty in lower California still adhere to a declaration made, to .the State de partment in 1917 that they "will not under any circumstances make any lease of any kind, to Japanese where colonization is"probable tintil we are first authoritatively informed that such art arrangement .will be entire ly agreeable to the government of our own country." This was an nounced here .- today by Harry Chandler, president of the company. Charles Humbert on Trial. . Paris, March 31. Senator Charles Humbert, with the ribbon of the le gion of honor in his buttonhole, was brought before a court-martial today to be tried on charges of having had commerce with the enemy. 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On the first clear day during the first week in May or as soon there after as the fog belt which now en velops the Newfoundland 7 coast shows signs of clearing, the navy will undertake the flight over the At lantic ocean, the Navy department announced. Dtirinsr trials at Rockawav last week, one of the flying boats got off the water with 26,000 pounds gross load, as against the 22,000 at one time thought the limit. This means that the craft can and probably will carry sufficient gasoline to cross from Newfoundland to the Irish coast without alighting for fuel. the United Mates weather bureau is gathering information from the North Atlantic and from these data charts are being made for the guid ance of the navigators. Reports are being received daily from United States naval vessels. No Newspapermen on Trip. It is known definitely that none of the flying boats to undertake the trip will carry newspapermen or corre spondents. The crews of five men to each boat will consist of pilots. mechanicians and aerographers. Ono of the crew will also be a wire less operator. I he navy has sacrificed everything possible for weight and it was a question whether the chief pho tographer of the department should form a member of the party. The de cision finally was made in the nega tive. Instead, four hand cameras will be included in the equipment of be hrst boat and the members of the crew are taking instruction in pho tography. Very little food will be carried. The necessity for this will be re moved by the use of mother ships. The naval aviation service has de veloped a special type of sea-going vessel adapted to the care and re pair of flying boats. It is this type which probably will be spread over the Atlantic. Destroyers, such as that dispatched a few days ago to Newfoundland with supplies for the flight, also will form links in the safety line. First Interested in 1914. The Navy department first be came interested officially in Febru ary, 1914,- when Glenn H. Curtiss. originator of the water type of fly ing machine, brought Commander (then lieutenant) John C... Porto to the United States to pilot Rodman Wanamaker's flying boat "America" over the sea. Commander John H. Towers was called into conference. He and Porto exchanged ideas which have since been developed both here and abroad; then Porto returned to England. Dunng the construction of tbe Jerious Increase in Number Coal Minesers on Strike; 30,000 Out Cologne, Ma.ch 31. (By Asso ciated Press.) Reports from Essen and neighboring towns shows a se rious increase in the number of strikers among the coal miners. To day 30,000 men are out. In Witten and Dortmund, Westphalia and Isewhere meetings were held at which terms, including the with drawal of the government troops, 25 per cent increase in pay, addi tional bonuses and a six-hour day, were demanded. The strike fever also is spreading to other fields; for instance, the Prussian-Hessian railway, 6,000 em ployes of which adopted a resolu tion threatening to ceaise work on all lines unless all their demands were conceded by April 10. Aurora Bank Asks for Court Ruling on Taxes on Liberty Bonds Held Lincoln,' March 31. The United States supreme court will be asked within the next few days to enter tain jurisdiction of the controversy beween the First National Bank of Aurora, Neb., and the tax collectors of Hamilton county over the ques tion whether liberty bonds can e even indirectly taxed. The Hamil ton district court decided they could not, but was overruled by the Ne braska supreme court. U. o. Dis trict Attorney Allen today received instructions to hasten an appeal to the high court at Washington. Robbers Who Held Up Des Moines Bank Got $43,000, Says Report By a Staff Correspondent Des Moines, Ia., March 31. Rob bers who looted the Iowa State bank last Tuesday obtained $43,000 in cash and securities instead of $20,000;jas first believed, according to a report just made by James MacDonald, chief of detectives. , Loot was listed as follows: Cash, $23,000; Liberty bonds, $13,000; Des Moines Water company bonds, $5,000; war savings stamps, $2,000. Many Drowned When a Scaffold Collapses During Boat Launching Bristol, Penn., March 31. Ten to 40 persons were drowned today when a scaffold at the Merchant Ship Building company's yard here collapsed during the launching of a freighter. Tw) bodies have been re covered. 1 About 150 persons, including workmen and spectators, were on the scaffold, and many of them thrown into the Delaware . river, v.hen the structure went down. ,' To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablets.) It stops the Cough and Head ache and works oft the Cold. E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. SOe. ' Flight to Take Newspapermen and Photog' "America" Commander Towers was detailed to the Curtiss plant at Hammondsport, N. Y., and it was largely as the result of his close ob servation and aeronautical studies that the navy, in co-operation with Glenn H. Curtiss, was able some years later to produce the N. C. tvoe which is to be used in the coming attempt. lowers -as to have ac companied Porto on the venture five years ago, but did not start when it was seen that the "America" had small chance of succeeding For some four years there is no trace in navy records of official ac tivity with regard to the Atlantic flight. Then the great war came on, and with it, the remarkable develop ment of aerial navigation, first among the allied and central powers, then in our own country. In October, 1918, after our early experiences in the conflict had demonstrated that aircraft would become a major means of transpor tation, a naval officer, on his own initiative, prepared a comprehensive review of all attempts at long dis tance flying over the water. This report was laid before Secretary Daniels and was approved. It stat ed positively the author's belief that the Atlantic flight could be accom plished the following year (1919) with the material already developed. The preparation of this report coin cides with the first successful flights of the N C-l. The result of this review was ap parent February 6, this year, when Commander lowers was detailed to a new work classified as the trans atlantic section of the navy. A few days later details which are now be ing carrred out were approved. More day after day, along the Lone Island coast, the N. C. boats are being tried out. The N. C. type was developed and four airships were ordered,, the fourth now nearing completion. The maiden flight of N. C. 1 was made October 4, 1918, when, beginning with a load of 16,200 pounds, tne ship got off the water in 36 seconds As soon as two and three were com pleted, they were put through tests which demonstrated that it was pos sible for them to take off with 23,000 pounds. This was regarded as re markable, inasmuch as the craf: were designated for fighting and not for weitrht carrying. Ihe limit is now s t at 26,000 pounds. The signing of the armistice ended the usefulness of the N. C. boats for submarine chasing and the navy immediately set about developing them into practical long-distance commerce carriers. The Atlantic flight is generally regarded as the laboratory for a specilic demonstra tion that international aerial nav.- gation is a fact. Reserve Officers Are j Told of Reduction in Permanent Army Washington, March 31. War army officers who are applying foi commissions in the permanent es tablishment were warned in a war department circular today that be cause of lack of legislation they should consider carefully Ltfore placing themselves in that classifi cation Applications for reclassifica tion with a view to discharge when the services of the officer can be spared will be considered. It is pointed out that a general reduction in grade of temporary if ficers upon entering the permanent establishment appears probable, ann that regulations governing the gra".e to which officers are to be appoint ed and their relative rank cannot be formulated until legislation authoriz ing appointments is enacted. The instructions provide thai where officers have already filed application for commissions in the regular establishment but row find it necessary to ask for discharge owing to delay in action upon their applications, such applications wii.' be retained and considered vh.:r. the time comes. There are now no vacancies in the authorized commissioned trength of the regular army and the depart ment urges temporary officers to re frain from forwarding with their ip plicatios letters of endorsement which can have no value and in no way expedite their appointment. Omaha Woman Marries the Sweetheart of Her Youth Binghamton, N. Y., March 31. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. Stella Brown of Omaha and Chief of Po lice Charles E. Gridley of Waverly, N. Y., were married at high noon Thursday at the home of the bride's brother-in-law, thus culminating a boy and girl romance that began 36 years ago. The sweetheart of his boyhood was Stella Smith in the little village of Orwell. There came a misunderstanding and she married, going to Omaha to make her home. Gridley had been a widower for several years and her husband had died some time before. She has closed her business affairs in Oma ha and will ma' e her home in Wav erly. Postmaster Fanning at Meeting in Washington Washington, D. C. March 31. Postmaster Charles E. Fanning, of Omaha, is in Washington, together with postmasters of the leading cit ies of the country, postal inspectors and superintendents of delivery, called to discuss ways and means to increase the efficiency ot the pos tal service. The conference has been authorized by First Assistant Postmaster-General John C. Coombs, who expects nearly 200 postal offi cials to be present during the meet ing this week. Expedite Appeals . Washington, March 31. Upon the. government's motion the supreme court today agreed td expedite con sideration of appeals taken by Daniel O'Connell and five other men convicted in San Francisco of vio lating the espionage act and fixed October 13, next, for hearing arguments- U. S. SOLDIERS HOIST RED FLAG IN ARMY CAMP Wilson's Picture is Hissed by Soldiers Carrying Banner of Revolt at Camp Ellington. MOUSton. lex.. March 31 isn cial.) Demonstrations in support of v.v.i.,onv,c iui iiiiiueuiaie aiscnarge from the air service by soldiers at ninngton neid reached a crux re cently when at a Y. M. C A. meet ing one man arose, grasped a red flag and cried, "Alt you bolsheviki iouow me, alter saying which he led a parade through the cadet Sr. racks and around the field, according io a communication trom a so riier at tne camp, confirmed in effect b col. o. c. Brant, commanding of ficer. Questioned regarding the truth of statements in the petition, Colonel Brant admitted they were lareelv true. Asks Aid from Press. uext of the communication fol lows in part: "I ain writine this to acquaint the press of this locality wiin conditions at Ellington held in the belief that some publicity will cause a betterment of these condi tions. "A majority of the men at this post enlisted for the duration of the war with an earnest desire to go to France, but never got there. Everv one of these men now desires to go to nis nome and to civil employ ment. Some of them have mothers and wives dependent upon them for support. "In order to get a discharge from this field a man must first write to his people at home for a number of affidavits to support his claim for discharge. (He did not need affi davits to get in here.) When the af fidavits reach him he must go to his organization commander and get an application for discharge written up. He attaches this application to his affidavits. His application for dis charge then goes to the officer for whom he works. If this officer wants him to get a discharge he signs a release from duty for him. If this officer does not want him to get a discharge ' he signs a statement that he can not be spared. It does not matter whether a man has a dozen starving persons dependent upon him, if the -officer for whom he works does not wish him to get a discharge, he can not get it After the officer for whom he works signs his release from duty his application tor d.scharge goes to the personnel office, where it is held for trom 10 to 0 days and fin It's a Starved Skin That Gets Dry and Rough that gives you lines and wrinkles before you know it. CREME ELCAYA isthe ideal treatment for your skin during the day. It is non-greasy just a harmless cream that the hungry skin absorbs. Follow this simple formula "A little CREME ELCAYA rubbed gently into Ihe skin: then if too need eolor, very little food rone spread care fully over Ihe eheeke before tbe creem ie quite dry; end Iter the! the film oi fece powder over ell." ELCAYA is a delightful, non-gieasy, dis appearing toilet cream that make the skin like velvet Your dealer ha ELCA YA and has sold it for yean. Ask him. Jamet C. 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"The enliAted men of this field can not understand why they should oe held in the air service through any such subterfuge as this. , "It has now been more than four months since the 'armistice was signed and still there is no sien of a discharge for the enlisted men of Ellington field who have done their duty and are now being advised that they can not be spared. "Do vou blame these men for gathering in the Enlisted Men's club and the Y. M. C. A.'s and mak ing demonstrations against such hiKh-handed methods as those being employed here? At one of these meetings one man jumped up, grab bed a red nag and cried. 'All you bolsheviki follow me.' He led a oarade through the cadet barracks and around the field. The next day he was called before the colonel and threatened with all kinds of sentences in federal prison for this action. At every gathering in the above mentioned places cries of 'bolsheviki,'. 'kill the cadets,' may be heard, and when President Wilson's picture is shown on the moving pic ture screen it is greeted with hisses and cat calls instead of applause. Some sort of demonstration breaks out at nearly every gathering of en listed men for recreation. "It is impossible for me to sign this letter, as my signature no doubt would cause my immediate arrest." Did Not Press Matter. Colonel Brant said he did not threaten the soldier with "all kinds of sentences in the federal peniten tiary," as alleged. WESTERN TfRffv?E Bee Building, dfill . . . iSli , , lBlilt March 3, 1919. Nebraska Binds: Auto Co., Lincoln, Neb, Gentlemen: We are in receipt of your inquiry" regarding the service rendered our Company by tile two-ton GMG trucks purchased during the last two sea sons. Our purchases, as you know, cover one of these trucks in the spring of 1917. It is equipped with steel dump body controlled by a Woods' Hy draulic Hoist. This truck was used under severe conditions all during the construction season of that year in Woodbury County, Iowa. The only repairs we had during that season was a new fan belt. In the spring of 1918 we purchased two mcfre trucks of the same design and capacity. One of them was used in Lincoln and Union Counties, South Dakota, together with the other truck pur chased the former season. To my definite knowl edge there were no repairs of any great importance on either truck. We are entirely satisfied with the service giv en us by these trucks, and their performances will be a large factor in determining our future pur chases. You are at liberty to refer any Company con templating the purchasing of trucks to us, and should they desire to communicate direct with us, if they will address their inquiry to this office it will receive prompt and courteous attention. Yours very truly, WESTERN BRH)GE & CONSTRUCTION CO. moot OOUOLAS 3S I rag,ii.MwOn0)a.lL ttftnit,t I OMAHA 7 . 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Wreckage at this depth barred the way of the helmet men, but air conditions are good and the ventilating fan is work ing, ii is iearea, nowever, mat tne men caught in this part of the mine were killed instantly by the explo sion or died soon after, from after damp. Rousing Send-Off Given Sims on Leaving for U. S. London, March 31. Vice Admiral William S. Sims, who commanded the American naval forces in the war zone, was given a rousing send off at naval headquarters this morn ing, when he said farewell as he was about to leave for the United States. The streets about the headquarters were packed with soldiers of all na tionalities, while the . entire head quarters staff turned out for the oe & COrrTfJCTlON CO., OMAHA, NEB, Admiral Sims -Wl sail from steamer Mai iithainnton on th aula tonight. cii it are CaDts. Richardi companying H. Leieh. Du !v VV. Knox and Joel R. P, Pring c. Commanders Fair field and Join V. Babcock and Lieu tenant Comnuuder Edwards. . 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