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... r RIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS QF NEWS- WOMAN TO DIRECT -FAR-GO POLICE FORCE. Fargo, N. D, April 18. Mrs. F. D. Wilder today was elected com missioner of police. She will have complete direction i of the depart ment ' . . Mrs. Wilder has been prominent in suffrage and W. C. T. U. circles. -WOMEN CREATE "SCENE" ' IN MOUSE OF COMMONS .. London, April IS. (By The Asso ciated Press.) There was an un usual scene in the house pf commons tonight. During a discussion of a labor motion of pensions two-women in the "ttrengers gallery began shouting: , "You art murderers. You have not settled the last war. You are t leading" the people and workers to another war," ''--. ' . They 'were immediately hustled out by attendants. Then a third woman, slowly arose and exclaimed: - "We want the soviet." 1 This woman left quietly ;vhen re quested by attendants. , "HOP-OFF" IN FLIGHT V . ACROSS OCEAN DELAYED." St. Johns; NV F., April IS. Un favorable weather conditions again held up today the attempt of Har ry G. Hawker, Australian aviator,' to make the firsKflight across the Atlantic, and gave his rival, Cap tain Frederick P. Raynham, the British flyer, virtually an even ' chance to "hop-off" at the same ; time. It was learned tonight that plans . :, for the flight of large Handley- Page plane from Harbor Grace also . are being made. U. SA. CASUALTY LIST INCREASED TO 274,860. Washington, April 15. Revised army casualty .records made public . today ihow 274,860 major casualties. - an increase of 1755 over the total - announced a week ago. One of the striking features, of the record is a i reduction of 337 in the number of missing, brought about largely by the identification of dead and the re turn of prisoners. U. S. NAVAL LEADERS ' HONORED BY FRANCE. , , Paris, 'April . 15. (Havas.) A number of American naval officers are mentioned for promotion and nomination in the Legion of Honor, in an official statement issued today. Admiral Benson is promoted to re , ccive the Grand Cross of the legion, while Admiral Mayo and Rear Ad mirals "Sims and Wilson are ad vanced to the grade pf grand ofli , cer. , Rear Admirals Gleaves, Usher, Long, Griffin, Welles, Taylor and liarle became commanders. GIVES FORTUNE TO FOUND FREE LODGING HOUSE. ' Port Chester, N. Y.. April 15. Former Sheriff James S. Merritt of Westchester county said to have given thousands of dollars- to I the . "down and out"vturing his public '.career, left approximately $75,000 to erect and operate a free lodging house for "indigent transients," ac "coxding to the terms of his will, fnade public here today. The house is intended as ajnemorial to Mer- ; ritt's mother, CONTEST MRS LESLIE'S BEQUEST. TO SUFFRAGISTS. New York, April 15. A contest of the 'will of Mrs. Frank Leslie, leaving the bulk of her estate to the woman suffrage cause, was begun today by ' Althea, the Baroness Sal- . , vador, a Dutch subject residing in Paris. - Attorneys for the baroness ob tained from- the surrogate a citation making Mrs. Carrie H. Wrenn of Cranford, N. J., niece and next of kin of Mrs. Leslie, a party to the proceedings; .?.;,. . The baroness alleges that the Leslie will made in 1914 and already probated, a. proceeding which she seeks to overturn,1 was drawn when Mrs. Leslie was of unsound mind "and.under undue influence exerted. .upon the testator by Mrs. Carrie Cnapman Catt, named as trustee of the suffrage fund, and William Nel son Cromwell and Louis H. Cramer. Executors of the -will and trustees of the estate. MEMORIAL TREES SET IN CENTRAL PARK., , New York, April IS. Six Ameri . can elm trees were planted in Cen 1 tral Park today as a memorial to the city's heroic dead of the army, navy and marine corps. The plan received the commendation . pf Charles L. Pack, president, of the American Forestry association, who announced that the scheme was be ing carried out throughout the coun- try andxhad met with a hearty re sponse. 275.QOO TROOPS RETURN FROM EUROPE IN APRIL. ,, Taris. April IS. (By The Asso ciated Press.) American troops to ' the number of 275,000 are returning to the United States from Europe this month, sNewton D. Baker, sec retary of war, said today on his ar rival in Paris from Brest. In May, he added, the . number will fall to 250,000. because of lack of trans potts, but in June the number probably will rise to 300,000, which will be maintained as the monthly rate until all of the 1,400,000 men still here are returned. The secretary said that if , any agreement should be reached "by which American troops would par ticipate in the defense of the Rhine v indefinitely, undoubtedly the only soldiers used would, be those wfio volunteered for such service. Mr. Baker expects to go to Cobleni and the former fighting front with Gen eral Pershing ,nd to return to the .United States within 10 days. CALIFORNIA NOW PREPARED FOR DAWN OF PROHIBITION Sacramento, April 15. Gov. Wil liam D. Stephens signed today the Harris prohibition amendment bill " that defines liquid containing more than one-half of 1 per cent by . volume of alcohol as intoxicating. The bill is intended to provide ma chinery for the , enforcement in Cal ifornia of national prohibition when it becomes effective. A provision : in the bill makes it- invalid if na tional prohibition should not become effective. ID) ii 1 1 BACK THE VOL. 48 NO. 25ft. LEGION IS Temporary Officers Selected by One Thousand Men Who Fought to Overthrow Au tocracy During the War. , One thousand men of the army, navy and marine corps attended the Auditorium last night to take part in the temporary organization of the Douglas county branch of the American Legion, which is to' be affiliated with a national organiza tion of similar name. Colonel. J. M. Banister presided. The reorganized Sixth . Nebraska band enlivened the occasion. Mayor Smith addressed the men, and nominations ' were made for tem porary officers." Another meeting will be called soon, when delegates will be nafrfed to attend a,state meet ing. The state meeting will select delegates to represent Nebraska at a national caucus to be held in St. Louis, May 8-10. , To Chose Officers, i- Nominating lists will be mailed to those who signed registration cards lastnight and others who are eligi ble, but who ,did not attend, may obtain registration cards until next Saturday at the office of Election Commissioner" Moorhead, court house. Mr. Moorhead will receive and tabulate the ballots -for tem porary officers. , Jt was understood that the or ganization will be temporary until such time as constitution and by laws shall have been adopted ac cording to the usual procedure. List of Nominees. . " 'The "following nominations ;ere made: for temporary officers: " President Hugh Robertson, Al lan A. Tukey, R, J. , Madden, Major E. C. Henry, Charles F. .Baumgard, T. J. McGuire, Emmet Hannon, Major John G. Maher and Carl Pe terson. . ' " Vice President R.' B. Howell, P. T. McAvay, Ralph Coad and Jack McCarthy. Secretary-T reasnrer J. T. Kearns, jr., T. J. McGuire, H. F. Elsasser, John Shannon, Vern Moore and George Howling. Executive Committee, 21, to be Elected Ted Metcalfe, Frank Mc Nichols, Robert J. Webb, John Kil martin, Tohn W. Rilia, Hird Stry ker, R." J. Madden, E. E. Kiplinger, Glen Osborne, Jack McCarthy, Ma jor E. L. Bridges. Emmet Hannon, J. T. Kearns, jr., J. U. Morty, Lieu tenant March, John Shannon, E. Killingsworth, John Laderchew, Hugh Birmingham, T. J. McGuite, Hugh Robertson, , Samuel Cotner, George C. Mathews, Harry Ny gaard, John Walsli, Walter Byrne, C. J. Arnold, Ole Olsen, Herbert Rousey, John B. Parks, Jesse Rass ford, George Sugarman, Paul Hayes, Allan A. Tukey, Paul Hol liday, George Insler, Victor E. Hol quist, Ted.Landale, Col. J. M. Ban ister, Ensign Moss, Earl.'W. Por ter, B. J. Smithrow, J.. C. Travis, William Heatherington. Major A. C. Stokes and Major EC. Henry. Colonel Banister was nominated for temporary president, but he in sisted that his name be stricken in favor of some member of the na tional army. Started in France. Lieutenant Tukey explained that the organization had been started in France by Lieut. 'Col. Theodore Roosevelt, jr., who is back of the nat'onal organization. He explained that a national caucus had been called for St. Louis May 8-10, and that the plan was to have state rep resentation on the basis of two dele gates for each congressional district. ""It is proposed to make the or- (ContlaiMd oa Far Two, Column Three.) General Menoher Sees No Reason to Change Court-Martial System . Washington, ApriK 15. The pres ent system of military justice needs no radical alteration, in the opinion of Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher, commander of the Forty-second (Rainbow) division throughout its active service during the war; -Appearing today, before the .com mittee of the " American Bar asso ciation which is' conducting an in quiry,; - General Mcncher. said 'that with some elaboration of regulations to make the system more easily un derstandable to officers serving only for a war emergency, he saw no ne cessity of changing court-martial practice and procedure. "I do not recall," he said, "that in this controversy it has ever been claimed that any innocent man was found guilty." v Col. CharleD. Herron, who com manded the Three Hundred Thir teenth field artillery and later was chief of staff of the Seventy-eighth division, also told the committee that the present military system was ade quate, but that its success depended jpou the intelligence of the officers. AMERICAN ORGANIZED IN OMAHA AGAIN THE OLD Eataraa aa acaaa-alaaa natter May 2. ISM. Osaka P. O. a4r act at Mara S. IS79. Two Army Balloons From , . Fort Omaha Tonight Go On Record Tree' Flight C I man -i ' - I ii With Provisions Sufficient for Two to Three . Days, , Army Officers With Immense Gas Bags Will Take to the Air, Seeking High Levels, After Which They Will Sail Off Into Space. . ' . Two 35,000 cubic feet capacity free balloons, carrying two army officers each and provided with food enough to last two or three days, will leave Fort Omaha tonight -at 6:30 o'clock , It will be the first flight of its kind in the history of ballooning, in that the big gas bags will" be taken to levels of 5,000 and 10,000 feet, respectively, and kept there throughout' the flights. Plenty of ballast will be taken in the baskets of both balloons The scientific importance of the flights will be to test the value of weather maps at the higher eleva tions and to make observations, through the use of meteorological instruments, that can be referred to in making future flights. To Travel Thousand Miles. The balloons, at least one of them, may make 1,000 miles before descending. , v Leaflets, telling of the nature of the trip, arid requesting those who find them to wire, at government expense, immediately, the location of the balloons, will be dropped when passing over large towns and cities. - One balloon, inflated to the full .TvflTIO-fnnt ranaritv will rarrv 'Lieut. Col'Jacob W. S. Wuest, commanding officer at Forjt Oma ha, and Lieut. Ralph Reynolds. . This balloon will be taken to a level of 5,000 feet, which the of ficers will attempt to maintain throughout th flight. It ris ex pected Colonel Wuest's balloon will remain in the air from 36 to 48 hours. Go to High Level. The second balloon, ' carrying Capt. F. W. Goodale and Lieuten ant Messinger, will be inflated, with only 30,000' cubic feet of gas,;. al though thei,capacity'vill "be- 35,000 feet. This is because of the, high level that will "be ? maintained throughout the flight 10,000 feet Captain Goodale's balloon will be taken straight to 10,000-feet above PICK OFFICERS SAVE GOVERNOR BY CONVENTION Delegates to the Gathering Elected by Primary and Party Meeting. Chooses' Rest of Ticket. Lincoln, April 15. (Special Tele gram.) The senate, in night ses sion tonight, passed the primary law which provides for the elec tion of delegates to a state conven tion for the purpose of nominating all elective state officers below gov ernor of the state. The bill carried by a vote of 18 toll. Italian Societies Present Medal as Honor to L. j. Piatti . Four leading Omaha Italian so cieties gathered last night in the Swedish auditorium, Sixteenth and Chicago streets, to commemorate the fifty-sixth birthday of Louis J. Piatti, former assistant county at torney, and to thank him fof his tireless efforts to support their or ganizations, v A program.of music and speeches was followed by the presentation of a gold medal to Mr. Piatti. The four societies participating in the meeting were the ennsto- 'pher Columbus society, the Cenisio Etna society, the Giovanni Ameglia society, and the Italian Benevolent society. Memorial Day Committee, s Selected by Grand Army H. V. Askwith has been elected chairman of the annual Memorial day committee, at a joint meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic and its auxiliaries. Mrs. Charles G. Everson is secretary and S. W. Simpson, treasurer. W. H. Green will be speaker at the memorial services in the auditorium May 30. The committee will meet Mon day night in Memorial hallcourt house, until plans are complete for the annual services . and decorating of soldier graves. Plans were made at the Monday meeting for a reception to the state cojnmander, Judge J. H. Hoaglandf North Platte, who comes May 24. Mitchell Citizens Vote to Finance Municipal Band Mitchell, S.D.. April 15. The proposition of financing a municipal band was carried bv a vote of 263 to 131 in the election today. There were no lues tor city othces FAVORITE, ADELE OMAHA OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1919. mute to make this possible the ground and fcept at that level during the flight. . - It will stay in the air at least 24 hours, the captain says, and as much longer as it can be kept at 10,000 feet. A descent will be made whenJ it is no longer possible to keep the balloon at the high level. It is probable that a 50 or 60 mile an hour wind will be en-, countered at the 40,000-feet level. What direction the balloons will take after leaving Fort Omaha, of course, depends upon the air cur rents when the flights -are made. To Report by Wire Captain Goodale believes the bal lopns wilt be carried in a north easterly, easterly, or southeasterly direction, and Fort Omaha officials request people to report by wire to the balloon post whenever one of the big gas bags is seen. - The officers- who will make the flights were given thorough physical examinations yesterday and pro nounced fit for the battle with the clouds. They will, however, sub mit to another physical test before starting on the flights. Arnpje food for two or three days will be carried by the army bal loonists. Tea and beef t?a in vacuum bot tles will be taken, instead of coffee. A big crowd is expected to' be on hand tonight when the startis made. Army officials in Washington have been advised of the proposed flights., and co-operation has been promised by 'weather bureau stations in re porting to Fort Omaha the where abouts of the balloons. GLASS TELLS WHY LOAN SHOULD BE TAKEN BYPEOPLE Widespread Disposition of Bonds Urgecj by Secre tary as Antidote to . Bolshevism. - New York, April 15. Widespread disposition of the.fifth and final Lib erty loan the $4,500,000 "Victory" loan as an antidote to bolshevism was urged by Carter Glass, secretary of the treasury, in an address tonight before 4,000 loan campaigners of the New York Federal reserve district. An additional reason for absorp tion of the loan by the people rather than by banks, Secretary Glass said, was that the greater amount of the loan the banks were called upon to finance, the more would their ability be impaired to meet the damands for capital for commerce and indus try. "We should not hesitate a mo ment," he declared. "We should go forward at once. Just as our boys illustrated the heroism and valor of xnis nation upon tne Dattietield, so American business men and busi ness women should illustrate tbe pa triotism of peace in a different way aild will do it." " Secretary Glass then took up the frequently heard statement that i would be impossible to float an other loan and cited so-called im possible achievements of the gov ernment and army in the war. . "We know," he said, "that at Chateau Thierry the American troops met the brave heroic French, shaken and almost shattered by four years of desperate struggle, retreat ing from the battlefield, and im ploring the' American officers to turn back. I was in France last October, and personally heard of 4he laconic reply of the American commander. '"Turn back,' said he,, "why, hell, we just got here and our orders are to go forward.' "Go forward they did and from that moment the Prussians never captured a foot of French soil." Paris Lothario Arrested After 10 Fiancees Disappear Paris,. April 15. The disappear ance of a number of women from a suburb of Paris has led to the arrest of Henri Laudru, who, the Paris de tectives assert, may be able to solve the mystery of their continued ab sence from home. : ' The missing women were acquain tances of Laudru, who is declared to have made a specialty of becoming engaged to widows. The police authorities say that from papers found . in Laudru's possession they believe that he had at least 10 i fiancees, who cannot be found. GARRISON'S "REVELATIONS OF A WIFE." nn J U CHAMBER TO DECIDE M LABOR PROGRAM Statement of Principles of In dustrial Relations Submitted to Referendum Vote of Membership. Washington, April "15. A state ment of principles of industrial 're- lations, prepared with a view to fur nishing a' basis on which American industry can build a national labor program, was submitted today to a referendum' vote of the membership of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The principles, numbering 13, were prepared by a committee of the chamber, wliich has been investigating industrial re lations. The principles which will be voteM on separately were announced as follows: "Industrial enterprise, as a source of livelihood for both em ployer and employe, should be so conducted that due consideration is given to the situation of all persons dependent upon it. "The public interest requires ' adjustment" of industrial relations by peaceful methods. Regular Employment Essential. "Regularity and continuity of employment should be sought to the fullest,, extent possible and constitute a responsibility resting alike upon employers, wage earn ers and the public. "The right of workers to or sgitnize is as clearly recognized as that of any other element or part of the community. - f" . "Industrial harmony and pros perity will be most effectually pro moted by adequate representation of the parties in interest. "Whenever agreements are made with respect to industrial relations they should be faithfully observed. "Such agreements should con tain provision for prompt and fi nal interpretation, in the event of controversy regarding meaning or application. "Wages should , be adjusted with due regard to the purchas ing' power of the wage, and to the right of every man to an op portunity to earn a living at fair wages, to reasonable hours of work and working conditions, to a decent home, and to the en joyment of proper social condi tions. - ' Basic, Day Condemned. " "Fixing of a basic day as a de vice for increasing compensation is a subterfuge that should be condemned. "Efficient production in con junction with adequate wages is essential to successful industry. , "Consideration of reduction in wages should not be reached un til possibility of reduction of costs in all other directions has been exhausted. "Administration of employment and management of labor should be recognized as a distinct ami important function of manage ment and accorded its (proper re sponsibility in administrative or ganization. "A system of national employ ment offices, with due provision for co-operation with existing statevand muncipal systems, can be made, under efficient manage ment, and if conducted with due regard to the equal interests oi employers and employes in its proper administration, a most f helpful agency, but only if all rne appointments are made strictly subject to the civil serv ice law and rules.'.' i Members of the committee pre paring the statement are Harry P., Kendall, Boston; Henry - Bruere, New York; Joseph H. Defres, Chi cago; William Butterworth, Moline, 111.; John W. O'Leary, Chicago, and Harry A. Wheeler, Chicago. Limerick and Cork Industries. Tied Up by General Strike Limerick, Ireland, April 15. (By the Associated Press.) All factories and stores in Limerick were closed today except provision shops. Military forces are enforcing mar tial law in . the region and have erected barriers across all the roads entering the city. Efforts are being made to bring out, the employes on all, the Irish railroads. The length of the Lim erick strike, it is believed,., depends on the success of this movement No disorders have been reported. Cork, ."Ireland, April 15. The workingmen in Cork were idle, to day as the result of a proclamation of a strike by the trade unionists as a protest " against martial law. Electric and gas supplies of the city have been cut off and traffic is at a standstill. ' . lal ELY B EE Daily aa Saa., SI.50: oatoMa Nak. By Mall (I yaar). Dally, M.M; nn Two Thousand In and Near Town of Gsa Massacred by Bolsheviki Victims Largely of Thrifty and Intelligent Classes or Servants of Church; Men Thrown, Into Pit and Buried Alive ; Lists of Those to Die Prepared at Meeting of Soviet.- v By The Associated Press. Omsk, April 15.- Indisputable evidence of the massacre by the bolsheviki of 'more than 2,000 civilians in and near the town of Osa has been obtained by Messrs Simmonds and Emerson and Dr. Rudolph Teusler, of the American . Red Cross,, who have ju3t returned trom Perm, Osa and other reoccupied Russian territory. Approximately 500 persons were killed at Osa and 1,500 in the surrounding districts'' Osa. which hftd a oooulation of 10,000, was so denudedof males by the bolsheviki s that General Casa grande, upon the occupation of the town, was obliged to tejegraph to Yekaterinburg for men to administer civic affairs Murders Without Provocation. In addition to securing verbal and documentary evidence the Red Cross officials witnesses the exhuming of scores of victims from trenches.' The murders l were without provocation and the victims were largely of the thrifty and intelligent classes or servants of the church, The evidence discloses almost un thinkable atrocities. A man was shot because he lived in a brick house. All attorneys and jurists, were killed, and doctors, whose' serv ices were not required for the mo ment, were disposed of in a similar manner. A woman whose husband and two sons had been seized, applied to the ASK GERMANS TO PARIS FOR PEACE TALK Delegates Expected to Reach Versailles on April 24; Wil son May ' Remain for Signing of Treaty. Paris,,' April 15. (By the Asso ciated Press) A formal invitation was sent by the council of four to day to the German government to send representatives to Versailles for th mpptinff rf lln rtnorA rnn . gress April 25. No reply had been rereivpn nn tn tnniaht twit if ia ex pected the German delegates will reach Versailles about Anril 24 The German peace mission prob acy win numocr about ZUU. The Gprtnan Hplpcrtoc tn tU peace conference, while at Versailles win reside in awing ot the Hotel Des Reservoirs, adjoining the pre- Uw. V..J IU rangements announced today by i aui-uutasta, general secretary of the neace eonferpnrp Fronrli gates or members of their staffs win occupy tne rest ot the hotel. ' May Remain for Signing. The indications arp that thp nrn. ceeaings may move with such dis- Dafch that President Wilcnn ran remain for the sicninor rf tli irAtv and thus be able to take back the' completed document. This was the view nf the r,re ident's intimates today when their attention was called to the reports in rrencn papers tthat his departure had been fixed for April 28. It was declared that nn such intentinn been formed, and that the progress on the main auestions nnur aaire promise that the president would not i . . . . i . ., . . .. omy auenu to tne opening ot the conexess at Versailles, hut umitlit remain long enough tp see its work carried through, though prolonged delay by the enemy delegates would, of course, prevent such action. Precise details of- what is to be done on the arrival of the German delegates is heinc wnrWeH nut Pre. liminary to their arrival, a plenary session oi tne peace conference is to be held at the foreign ffice for de termination of the final course to be, (Continued on Pare Two. Column Two.) Lconomic Council Offers to Germany Surplus Raw; Stocks Paris, April 15. (By The Asso ciated Press.) A plan for offering surplus stocks ot raw materials in the possession of the allied govern ments for sale to the German gov eminent during the' period prior to the signing of the peace treaty has been approved by the supreme eco nomic council. ' Latter Day Saints Stand , by President F. M. Smith Lafuoni, la., April 15. (Special Telegram.) After eight days' de bate the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints, y a unanimous vote, endorsed the position of Pres ident Frederick M. Smith and adopt ed a program oi activities in line with th policies he outlined in his message. The wcrk of the 12 apos tles is placed under the direction of the first presidency in the "wcecutive, or administrative work of the rhurcii both in missionary and loyal lines. I TWO CENTS. nn Civilians commissary , for information as to their fate. She was told they had been taken to Perm. ' After repeat ing her visit several times, she was informed that if she bothered the commissar again she would be shot as they had been. A wife, required to pay 1,000 rubles for" the release ofher husband, bor rowed 800 and paid it over; later she returned with the remainder and then was informed that her husband had been shot. There were scores of similar cases. . . , The soviet called a meeting and prepared lists of those to die. The Jouses proscribed were visited, by quads, the doors were smashed in and the victims dragged to the edge of the town and forced to dig their own graves. Those resisting were shot in the streets. ' - A survivor testified that he had seen men thrown into a pit and buried alive. v The bolshevik attitude toward the (Continued aai Page Two, Column Five.) CURSE FOR FLAG BRINGS BLOW IN FACE IN GOTHAM a Guest at Sphinx Club Banquet Soundly Beaten When He Shoutr Malediction on Colors. s New York. Anril ' IS A sen el. tional incident marked the close of an address by U. S. Senator George Chamberlain, at a dinner of the Sphinx club at the Waldorf-Astoria tonight. His peroration was a poem "The American Flag." As the Oregon senator recited the clos ing lines one of the diners in the rear of the grand ball room half rose from his &eat and shouted: "To. hell with the Ameriran flor" Diners from several tables started towards the man who had de nounced the flac. FMwart W Mitchell, vice president of the Texas and Oklahoma Oil company, the first to reach him, landed a clean blow on the chin of the disturber and knocked him down. Several friends seated with the man attempted to interfere and there was a lively scrimmage in which Mr. Mitchell himself was struck in the face. The disturber was rushed out a side door and escaped. ' 'Wild West'-Division Of Drafted Men Tell Of Big Loss in Action New York, April 15. Nearly 3.500 troops of the 91st, "Wild West," division, which arrived yes terday on the transport Edward Luckenbach and Mexican were die embarked todav anH sent tn ratnne around New York, preparatoy to be ing sent to camps nearer home tor demobilization. Most of the men were from the .Ifilst anH 1(7A in fantry reeiments. organized from larartea men oi tne tar west. r rni . , ,. . . , r. . j.iicv ursi saw ar.rinn in tne r Mihiel offensive and later took part in tne tinai Meuse-Argonne opera tions of the war. Officers of the -1fi2H reiriment reportedstnat on uctober it sus tained 905 casualties', in 45minutes when it was sent in take the tnum of Gesnes. The total casualties of the J02d was 1,354 enlisted men, of whom 259 were"- killed. anH officers, of whom 18 were killed. ine casuiaties et the Joist regiment was o otneers and 1Mb men. Attorney General Holds Mrs. Peterson Eligible Lincoln. Anril IS. fSnerial Tt- gram.) Governor McKelvie, . act- ini? on the onininn iriven hv Attor ney General Davis that Mrs. 'A. G. reterson ot Aurora was eligible to appointment as a member of the State Board of "Control, sent her namd in tonieht for to the senate. Both Utah Senators Will Vofe-for League Covenant Salt Lake Citv Utah "Anril IS United States Senators Reed, Smoot and W. H. King of Utah, in state ments made today, gave approval to the league of nations covenant as. amended. Senator Smoot declared that if the aniCldniPlll4a rennrfed , - - TI " " are COrrert tllpv meet hie hirr , ..V-.,T .p- aoitaaa titrn. taaiay. $2.Mi THE WEATHER t ' Generally fair Wednei dajr and Thursday; slightly warmer Wednesday. warmer. Hourly Trmpernln-rs. ft a. ,........ .4ft! I p. m... ...... .8 8H B. m..... l p. an.. ....... $ p. 4 p. m T a. in.. ........ .40! m ...!UI XSi'S p. m ill 5HSp.ni S7 io . in. 11 n. m..... IS m. . .31)1 1 m m.. . .40! l p. m.. ..SI ..87 0FBA1E1 Strongholds of Communists Who Are in Control of City Bombarded by Gov V ernment Troops. . , Berlin, April 15. Munich again is completely in the hands of . the communists, according to the Tage blatt, but troops loyal to the gov ernment have received reinforce ments and are using artillery against the communist stronghold in . the central railway station. - - A ( Street fighting in the Bavarian capital is increasing. Many civilians have been, killed or wounded. 11 Reinforcements . for the- loyal troops are being hurried to Munich from various parts of Bavaria. The communist force in Munich, the newspaper adds, consists of parts of the garrison, red guards and unemployed The government forces are .declared .to be having a hard battle with them. The government has declined to enforie a food blockade against Munich owing to thevdistress it would cause in the cityi , The battle in Munich for "the ccn -tral railway station ended in the complete defeat of the government troops, according to Nuremburg ad vices. ' Fighting in Brunswick. Disturbances in the duchy of Brunswick continue. Several per sons have been killed or. wounded in fighting at Holmstedt, Schoen- . ingen and Boerssun between sailors and workers. Citizens supported the government troops. ., Holmstedjt, . which, .since- the re lease of the minister of the natibnul defense and justice from prison, hjd been held by the Brunswick Na- tfonal guard, was captured todav hy Jaeger troops. 41 Hun Government, Condemned. At the final session yesterday, of the soviet congress a proposal to, send a committee of investigation to Russia was referred to the cen tral council, and a motion condemn ing Germany's foreign policy was adopted. The council then elected a central council, which was de clared the highest authority of all1 the workers' and peasants' .councils, and fixed the number, of members at 28. - ; Discipline Again . Prevails in Yankee ) Army Near Archangel MANY ARE SIIOTDOTJS! W CAPITAL Washington, April 15 Brig. Gen. ' Wilds P. Richardson, the new com mander of the American forces in north Russia, has reported the mil i- tary situation satisfactory in his" first official dispatch since landing: on the Murmansk coast. . . - The message, sent to Genera! Pershing and relayed by him today to the War department, was dated April 13, or about two weeks after the mutinous conduct of Company 1, 339th infantry, which refused to go to .the front from Archangel. " It is assumed here that a satis factory military situation means that proper discipline prevails among the American troops generally. ' General Richardson reported the occupation" on April 11 of Urosr. Ozero by a force of Russians sup- ported b'y the allies.- As a result of this action 46 of the enemy were ' killed, nine wounded and 26 taken' prisoner, two fields guns, one ma-. , chine gun and1 7,000 shells being ' captured-. The allied casualties' com -r . prised one Canadian sergeant killed and one French sergeant wounded. "Am leaving with headquarters staff and replacement officers April 14 for Archangel," the general message said, "expect to arrive in about six days." . McAdoo Engaged as Counsel in $8,000,000 Will Contest Portland . Anrit 5 M: late Henry L. Pittock. millionaire publisher of the Oregonian, who died here a few weeks ago, have retained ' W.' G. McAdoo. former er.nr 4 the treasury, as assistant counsel in a proposed attemot to break tha Pittock will. Fred FxPittftrtr . announced today. The estate was valued by appraisers at $8,000,000. Under the terms of the will the estate of the, late publisher was to be left in trustfor 20 years, during which time the heim would dr:.. a stipulated,. income from it. This. aim -other features were -unsatisfactory to the heirs, including Fred F. Pittock. a son. and Fred VV T -. ' . .-v, ... V U better, a son-in-law. ; Burnside Re-Elected Mayor of Sioux Falls Sioux Fal1 Anril 15 i . ,K, ,j, .vuvur George V. Burnside was re-elected 1 J uidrgin over A. ti Stites. at the nitinirina! el.'nH . day.. A proposal for municinal ownershio cf the local traction y, leiu and gas plant was rejected