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V r TTft R I EF; . SnR I G HT JiJRJEEZY BITS OF NEWS FIRST RAINBOW UNITS BEGIN HOMEWA'RD VOYAGE Washington, April 17. Large de tachments of tle Forty-second (Rainbow) division were among the troops announced today by the War ( department as having .sailed on three1 warships due to arrive at New York April 27. TfTe units of the Forty-second included in the list to day, are 1he Eighty-third infantry brigade headquarters. One Hundred vSity-seven infantry; One Hundred FiTty-first machine gun -battalion and One Hundred Seventeenth field ' signal battalion. . - POUR MILLION ROUNDS T FIRED IN ONE BATTLE , Washington. April ; 17. During the battle of the Somme nM916, th British army used 4.000,000 million rounds of artillery ammunition, ac cording to a statistical announce ment published today by the War department.--This is the largest number- oi shells used on any single engagement so far'as records show. Second in amount of artillery am munition used was the battle of ( 'Messines ridge in 1917. when 2,753,- 000 rounds vyere used by the British. , For a single hour, howe-ver, Amer ican forces in the battle of the St. Mihiel salient in 1918 far surpassed , this record, using 1,093,217 shells in i four hours.. ) ARMY PIGEONS REPLACE STRIKERS Boston, April 17. Army officials madc'use of carrkr pigeons today to supplement the impaired tele phone service. Although most of . ) the nearby army posts could be reached by means of the direct tele phone wires connecting with army headquarters here, there was prac tically no communication with out flying stations except by telegraph. Pigeons were used tQ carry mes sages . between headquarters artd Fort - Constitution and Portsmouth artd between Boston and Camp Dev ens.vgome of the harbor forts and other pomts. ' . ' , NO DATE SELECTED FOR WILSON'S RETURN Washington, April 17. -Private v advices to the White House today from Paris said plans for the pres ident's return to the United States still were indefinite, add that re ports published in Paris "that April 27 or 28 had been fixed as tentative dates for his sailing were without V foundation. , The message said satisfactory -progress) was continuing in the peace conference. v LLOYD GEORGE RETURNS TO PEACE CONFERENCE. London, April 17. Premier Lloyd George left London this morning for Paris. lie was accompanied by . the earl of Curzon and Viscount Milner. v BODY OF EDITH CAVELL TO BE TAKEN TO ENGLAND. l.ndon, April 17 The vbody of - was executed by" $he 'Germans in SJS st Brussels, v.'ill be brought "- to England May IS and takc to Westminster bbey, where cere . monies will be held, . t v Interment will be at Norwich, the home town; of the Cavells. X LEADVILLE MINERS , THREATEN WALKOUT. : . -Leadville, Colo., April 17. Prepar ations are going forward quietly for vhat is expected to be1 a general valk-out of metaUniiners April 20, is a protest against an announced reduction of the wage scale from $4.50 a day to $3.50 a day. The walk out is expected to affect 1,000 men and ltX or 12 of the largest mines in the district. ' - AUTO HIGHWAYMEN ROB TWO MEN OF $385 Three men leaped from an auto mobile , at Thirty-sixth and L streets it midnight last night and V with, drawn revolvers held up and robbed SebSstiano Marchese, 316 South Tenth street and Peter Btrtra. 1334 South Twentieth street, of $385 cash, according to their story to th police. Mardiese says he arid Butra were motoring east on L street when a large car coming toward them wheeled, broadside in front of them. , ButTa "was driving and narrowly es caped a collision. v ThrerV men, one of whom Butra Bays he recognized, leaped from the ' car and-forced Butra and Marchese at the point of revolvers to get out of their car and hand over their money. Marchese says he lost $150 and Butra says he lost $235. BASE HOSPITAL NURSES ! ARRIVE INVNEW YORK Nurses of the Nebraska Base Hos- pital Unit No. 49 arrived in New York yesterday 'morning on the i steamer Kaiserm Auguste Victoria, " more than a day ahead of schedule. A cablegram from Major Bridges on March 13 stated ttiat part oi tne unit was on its way Ahen to Brest on the Manchuria. 'This boat is due in New , York April 24. 4 v SENATOR HITCHCOCK SOON LEAVES FOR HOME Washington, April i7. (Special fTelegram.) Senator Hitchcock, who spj.!;j on the league of nations in Boston Thursday ight, will return to WasKington Friday evening, and will leave for Omaha Saturday. GOVERNMENT McKELVIE -SIGNS PRIMARY BILL " " Lincoln, April 17. Governor ,McKelvie tonight signed the bill ammrlinc ihr 'statewide DfimarY " law so- that all. state officers below tha of governor shall hereaiter- be "... nominated in convention instead of at primaries. United States sena tors, representatives in congress and members of Oie legislature are nominated it- primary elections. - r- ARCHDUKE FREDERICK GOES TO SWITZERLAND -Geneva, April 17. Archduke - Frederick of Austria left Vienna yesterday on the Sintplon-Orient ex . press, accompanied by several Eng lish officers and members of the former Austrian aristocracy. He is expected" to reach Lucerne this eve-1 BEE V.OL. 48 NO. 261.. IE roWi VICTORY LOAN IS LAUNCHED Says People Will Prove them selves Worthy of Sacrifices Made' by Our Boys; c , Leaves on Northwestern. William G. MoAdoo, former sec retary of the United States treas ury, fdrraer administrator" of United States railroads, and chief engineer of the first four Liberty loans, launched the fifth Liberty loan drive in Omaha last night at the Chamber of Commerce where 00 majors, captains 'and lieutenants in fiie coming drive had gathered to get their final instructions from Saamuel Burns, who is the major general of the drive in Omaha. He was rushed from the train ,by automobile to the Chamber of CoriT rperce, where the 500 Liberty loan workers were waiting- He was in troduced by W. A. Fraser of the Woodmen of the World. "Fellow Liberty loan ' workers," said Mr. McAdoo, "I have gotten used to the warm welcomes that Omaha gives and so am not sur prised at this. I have a predilection for Omaha. I say this publicly be cause I don't care if the rest of the country does know that I like Omaha a little better. I iwas glad when Mr, Byrne told me that he had arranged with the railroads toi hold my train here for halt an hour: In fact, it was a pleasure to meet a man who- has a pull with he rail roads. ' s "A man said to nie the' pthcr,day that he didn't see how we'w?re' go ing to, sell', this Liberty loan. 'There's no excitement and so yon can't appeal to patriotism,' he said. I told him that if it weren ti tor the fact that I knew him to be a very thoughtless man I would oe surprised at his apprehension re garding the loan. Debt of Honor. "American patriotism "does not depend on excitement, but is some thing deep in the fibre of our being. And this fifty Liberty loan is a na tional debt of honor, the most sa cred that was ever contracted by a nation. "People will buy the notes for that reason. They will buy to prove" themselves worthy of the sacrifices of our boys and our people. It is true that the price we paid was in finitely small when compared with the magnitude of the conflict and the heavy toll paid by the other principal nations engaged in it. We ought to buy because of' gratitude that so small a price was demand ed of-s. "We went into the war for three reasons, to defend American rights, to destroy despotism and to. se cure peace for the world. Any of these reasons was sufficient for war. We won all of them 'in a short time and at a comparatively smaH price. "You men who are. giving your time to selling this loan are doing a patriotic service of the greatest importance. I know you will suc ceed in Omaha as you have suc ceeded on every previous war" drive." Train-Held. The fast Northwestern train ""for Chicago-' which usually leaves here at 6 o i clock in the evening was held half an hour to accommodate the former ambassador of railroads and the Fifth Liberty loan cause. After Mr. McAdoo had gone a buffet luncheon was served and sev eral speeches were made by local fmen on the coming drive. T. - C. Byrne, state chairman, declared that (Continued on Paire Two 'Column Two.) Publisher Hsat&t Chief Beneficiary of His Mother's, Will San Francisco, April 17. Wil liam Randolph Hearst, the pub lisher, is named as the chief bene ficiary in the will of the late Mrs. Phoebe A.' Hearst, his mother, .filed for ; probate here today. The value of the estate is esti mated -at between $5,000,000 and and $10,000,000. The Hearst building in San Francisco and the Pleasanton estate were be queathed to the five sons of Mr. Hearst in trust. Legacies rang ing from $10,000 to $1,000 were left to variqus members of the family and close personal friends. The University of California received $60,000 in trust, the pro ceeds to bebsed to continue scholarships which Mrs. Hearst supported during her lifetime, and Mrs. Hearst's art collections Mrs. Hearst during her life distributed in charity, philan thropies, education and house works ,8,fortune estimated at ap proximately $21,000,000. . it was said today by friends of the family. - by mo WANT ADS WILL HELP YOU TO THE JOB YOU SEEK OR TO The Oma Uttnt Momi-eliH natter M, IMS. at 0.hl P. 0. muter el Mwjf a.,1879. . Army. Balloonists Land at Far Southern Points in High Level Flight Tests Colonel Wuest's Craft Reaches Ground at Cabot, Xrk., After Sixteen Hours' flight; Captain Goodale Brings Big Gas Bag Down From1 Ten Thousand Foot LeveKat Areola, Miss., in Fifteen Hours. ""The two army balloons fromTort Omaha which left wie fort Wednesday night late on experimental flights at high levels to test weather maps and instruments, landed safely yesterday. The gas bag carrying Lieut. Col. W. F. Wuest and Lieut. R.' A. Reynolds landed at 2 :25 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Cabot, Ark.,, a few miles northeast of Little Rock, a dis tance of approximately 650 miles. The craft flew at an altitude of 5,000 feet, starting from the fort at 10:30Vclock. The balloon piloted by Captain Goodale, who was accompanied by Lieut. C. L. Meisingcr, landed at 1:25 o'clock at Areola, Miss. The start was made here at 10:47 p. m. Areola is about 750miIes distant. Messages received by Fort Oma ha indicates the trip was success ful. - The balloon flying at the higher level went. 100 miles farther in 15 hours than the one at the lower level in sixteen hours. It had been expected the gas bags would remain in the air for from two to three days but the rate of speed evidently exceeded expecta tions. , Though the men declared before Bride of Two Months Now ' Seeks Husband and $1,300 a Police Asked to Search for Walter Scott, Former At tendant in Council Bluffs Hospital, Who Took Woman's Life Savings ' Has Not Yet Returned Walter Scott, 24, took $1,300, the lifetime earnings of his bride of two months,, yesterday ' afternoon, saying he was going to buy a pool hall. Up to ,-Jt 'Ms.W this morn ing he had not been heard from arid the policewere searching the city: for him., i Mrs. Rose 'Scott, 27, came into Central station last night arid re ported to Sergeant Rose that her husband had failed to return. Mrs. Scott was on the verge of breaking down. She sobbed when she told how four months ago she had met Scott,' in the' Jennie EdmundSon hospital in Council Bluffs where she was employed as a waitress and he s an attendant. "Two months ago we were 'mar ried. We moved to 2420 Cass street," she said "Walter hasieen All Dope Taken in Last Five , ;Raids Bears Same Labels Shdwn to Have Originally Come From St. Louis Drug i House; May Mean There is Leak in Federal Rev enue Off ice ; Habit is Growing. "In the last five raids made -Jiere, in which dope to exceed in value $1,000 was taken, every bottle seized by the officers has borne the label of the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works of St Louis" said United States Commissioned R. D. Neely last night. , v "Each of the last six bot tles seized bear the govern ment revenue stamp. That be trays the fact that there is either a leak in the federal re-venue office or some licensed dealer is violating the law and sooner or later wilLhave to report a robbery." v The commissioner's comment was called forth by a seizure of six bot tles of morphine, bearing govern ment revenue stamps from E. H. Van Hoesen, 2303 Leavenworth street, last night by Detectives Franks, Graham and s Eberstein. Aged Man Disappears FromDaughterYHome Wrule She Is Absent George Wasson, 84 ' years -old, disappeared from Jhe home of his daughter,' Mrs. A- P. Widman, .425 Lincol-i boulevard yesterday and had not -been located up to 3 o'clock this morning. . .Mrs. Widman reported to the police last night thaK her father' had between .$80 and $100 on his person when she left home yester-(J-v ..wrning to visit a friend. When she returned at 5 p. m. he was gone. Mrs. Widman fears for his safety. Wasson came from Lincoln, leb., recently and was 'UnacqTiinted with t'..e city. " "I am surosomedne has drugged him ot harmed him in some way and robbed him,' Mrs. Wid man, said. - - Wassoir was wearing a brown overcoat and a dark gray hat with a light gray band. Mrs. Widman described nim as bcii g 5 feetj7 inches tall, weighing 135 pounds, slender build, thin face and o teeth. v I A OMAHA, FRIDAY, APRIL , 18, 1919. w they launched forth on the first journey of its kind in the history of ballooning that they would drop messages at frequent intervals from their positions , in , the high atmosphere, no . word was received from them until they landed nearly 1,000 miles away. , . The objectof the flight principal ly is to test the weather maps at high elevations and make observa tions by the use of the meteoro logical instrument, which will be used as references and guides in making future flights in the ir. Provisions enough to last for three days were taken. The War department at Washington is mani festing keen interest in the'under taking. to Buy Pool Hall and Who to Own-Fireside. working during the last three days for the American Express company. He told me today that he was going to quit and draw what money- he had coming and that if I would add to it the $1,300 I had saved, he Would buy the Myers & Klinger pool hall at Fifteenth and Dodee streets. "He told me how nice everything would be when he . -d his own busi ness and would be earning lots of money. . -s "I met him by appointment at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the Omaha National bank and counted out the $1,300 to him. "I was so happy I hurried right, Home to get rum his supper, torjie said he'd "be home as soon as ne made the deal. I waited and waited and when, he didn't come home I thougit maybe something had hap pened to 'him. Each bottle contained one-eighth of an ounce and each bore the label xf the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works. Van Hoesen was charged with vio lation of the Harrison drug act. His case will be tried in federal court. In the opinion of John Gillin, rev enue agent for this district, fbe dope habit is on the ascendency. "It is as prevalent in proportion in Dundee as in the third ward," h said. To prosecute a man under the Harrison drug act before the amend ment of March 14, it was necessary to prove that he had sold a quantity of dope. Since the amendment took effect, it is necessary to prove only that the accused had possession of the dope. According to Detective Fritz Franks, Van Hoesen is also guilty of the sale of one -of the six bottles for $15. Belgian Soldiers to' Visit Omaha During Victory Loan Drive A Victory loan party of ,115 Bel gian soldiers, under command of a Belgian captairff all of whom saw service throughout the war and made undying history for themselves at the siege of Liege, will arrive by special" train in Omaha Saturday, April 26, coming from. Kansas Gty. They will spend Saturday night in Omaha, leaving early Sunday morn ing for Des Moines. The Belgians carry with them several pieces of artillery which ar$ drawn by Belgian dog teams,, the " same Teears that were used in bringing ufraYtillery in resisting the invasion of the Huns. Washington Seismograph ,; V Records Severe Earthquake Washington, April 17. An earth quake of unusual severity was re corded late today by the seismo graph at Georgetown university. It was estimated that the center- of the disturbance was located prob ably 'in Central or South America. n A TT-V PREMIER ACCEPTS WAR.MTH PUBLISHER Breach Between Lloyd George and Northcliffe Widened by Former's 'Speech Before Parliament. London, April 17. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Open warfare be tween David Lloyd-George,. Bris ish prime nh'nister and Lord North cliffe, England's foremost publish er, is to the political world the most interesting result of the premier's flying visit to London from the Paris peace conference and i his speech before parliament Wednes day. Lord Northcliffe and Baron Bea verbxook, who served as' the official eye-witness" for the" Canadian gov ernment at the front in 1916, and later became chancellor of the Ditchy of Lancaster and minister of information, always have been cred ited with being the powers behind the scenes who brought about tht retirement of Premier Asquith and the succession of Lloyd-George to the head of the cabinet. Newspapers Shift Attitude. Northcliffe's newspapers gave Lloyd-George general support throughout his management of the war, but when the general election followed the armistice' they shifted somewhat' to the attitude of friendly critics. Only during the latest de velopments of the peace conlerence have they become sharply critical of Mr. Lloyd-George's leadership. The premier; in his' speech in' the house of commons credited this fact to the disease of vanity and point- edlv hinted that it was due to dis appointment on Lord Northcliffe'lfraaiitl'tltar when he pulled the gun part that he had riot been appointed on the peace delegation. Ihe pre mier referred to the peace terms Lord Northcliffe recommended in the Times before the peace confer ence began, saying: "I am prepared to make some aU lowance when a man is laboring un der a keen sense of disappointment. However unjustified and however ridiculous the expectations may be, under those- circumstances he al ways is apt to think the world is badly run." Times Makes Sharp Retort. The Times today replied with a slashing t attack, accusing Lloyd George of overlooking reports pre pared by experts. "It is currently said, by Ms-colleagues in Paris," the Times de clares, "that while he is able to read and write he does' neither." After saying that the record of the Times during the war speaks fer itself, the newspaper apparent ly threatens a future attack, say 'ing "some points of his war rec ords require to be more l'u'.ly known." . - The Evening News, a NorthclirTe publication, today prints a cartoon of the premier hovering over West minster in an airplane, labeled "Hot Air," with bombs for the Ncuth cliffe papers. ' 1 Mr. Lloyd George and Lord Northcliffe probably are the two most influential personal forces in politics and now that they are fiercely and publicly arwar the ef fect on Mr. Lloyd George's politi cal fortunes and the test of the ii fluence of the Northcliffe pVess, wheh is expected to follow,' will mark the beginning of a new po litical chapter, the developments of which are being discussed with the liveliest interest. Each man is an eager fighter, and the battle between the little Welsh "giant" and the "newspaper Napoleon" is not like ly to be a tame one. Women Freed From Harems Wandering About Craze'd New York," April 17. Dispatches from Constantinople received today by the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief reported that, the problem presented by the release of thousands of Christian women and children from Turkish harems in Asia Minor is constantly growing. w Many have been given shelter by relief workers but there remain a large number wandering about the country destitute, some of them craad from hunger and ex posure. , . Telegrams received in Constan tinople said the Turks'were casting adrift Armenian girls they had taken into their homes and" orphanages for"the purpose of bringing them up as Moslems,, believingthat by thus setting themfree they them selves might be" able to escape pun ishment. The relief workers, the message added, had dispatched a special train of supplies and had set aside a spe cial appropriation to meet the emer gency. ' Climb Called Off.,. Colorado Springs, April 17. The attempted climb- of the whippet tank up Pikes Peak was authorita- tively called off today, x THE MAN FOR THE A JL1 Daily Sua.. 15.50: autelda Nt. By Mall (I yur. Dalljr. M-Mi WW Knudtson Held to District x Court for Shooting Soldier; : Testi m on y Is Conflicting City Detective dharged With Firing .With Intent to pi. ' and Also With Intent to Wound ; Coleman Appears at Trial in Custody of Two Military Officers. ( -L- - ' Detective Guy B. Knudston was held to the district court by Judge Holmes in municipal court, where he faced a preliminary hearing yesterday on charges of shooting with intent to kill and shooting with intent to wound Private Charles Coleman. v , The judge announced tKat -from the evidence offered he found there was reasonable cause to hold the defendant for jury trial jnthe upper court on both charges as specified in a complainT'sworn to by F. R Flinn, Coleman's uncle, 1500 Broadway, Council Bluffs. . ' Coleman, who was released from a hospital Wednesday, appeared at theXtrial in the custody of two mili tary officers from Camp Dodge, whither, the young soldier was tak en last' evening on a charge of "ab sent without leave." The young Vife of Coleman, who Iwas married in Omaha March 18, the day before the shooting, did not appear in court, but Mr. Flinn, the boy's uiicle, was at his side all day during the hearing. ' Coleman was still weak from the effects of his wound. Deputy County Attorney J. H. Ready conducted the prosecu tion and H. B. Fleharty represented Knudtson. Says It Was Accident . Afeature of the hearing was the testimony of Knudtson, who de clared that the shooting of Cole man was accidental; that he car ried a Colt's automatic and believed that -the safety attachment had been set , against the trigger; that he pulled his gun on the second occa sion after .having fired into the' air, just to scare Coleman. In4he face of that testimony, Attorney Ready read Knudtson's signed statement made to Superintendent of Police Ringer last month, stating that "I called him to halt, but he did not do so, and then I pulled the gun down on him, intending to shoot him in the leg, but it went too high." "Do you, still say that the, gun went off-'accidentally?" asked the county attorney? 1 "I do."-, replied the detective. Knudtson qualified his testimony by his thoueht was to shoot Coleman in the-feg, but that the gun went BLOW FROM SHIP PROPELLER GUTS NAVAL TUGINTVVO Seamen Drowned in Sight of C:!diers Aboard Transport; Fourteen Rescued by , Quick Action. New York, April 17. Homecom ing joy ot 1,362 American troops on the steamer Saxonia was dashed this afternoon when the ( soldiers, clustered ..cheering at the rail, saw the naval tug Freehold sent to the bottom of the Hudson river by a blow from the Saxonia's propeller, as she was working to warp the big .liner iito her pier. .. A, muster of the Freehold's crew tonight showed three men missing. Rescued members of the crew said that they saw Larry Lanahan, chief machinist's mate, sink after a short struggle. Throw Out Ropes. The Saxonia's 'decks, crowded '.o the rail with returning troops, were the scene of greatest confusion, but only . for an instant. Then quick thinking fighting men put their thoughts into action. Ropes were thrown overboard and five seamen pulled from the Hudson. Meanwhile the naval tug Craw ford, also engaged in warping the Saxonia into her dock, saved three rnQre lives. Police, working Wrom the pier, rescued another three and a rowboat, hastily put out from the shore, brought the total of those saved to 14. X The Freehold was less than three minutes ill sinking. According to witnesses it was shortly before 4:30 when the tug received -ks death blow. N Sucked Under Ship. Witnesses said that the com mander of the Saxonia evidently in tended to aid the tug by giving the larger craft a "kick ahead." The quick rush of water, however, tucked the tug in under the stern. and the Saxonia's 30-ton propeller blade de scended like a knife on the stern of the smaller vessel, Slicing it off. Those on the deck hardly had time -to run to the pier head be fore the -tug's stack disappeared be neath the waters of the Hudson. Only the tips of her masts remained abjve the surface. Hitchcock to Speak on League at Denver Washington, April 17. The League to Enforce Peace announced tonight that Senator Hftchcock of Nebraska, chairman of the foreign relations committee of the' senate. Kwill make an address on the revised league pf -tiations-. constitution at Denver April 27. V JOB. Mttata atra. tuMw. UM; TWO CENTS. off ahead of time on account of the safety . device not tfaving been turned. Testimony of State. Coleman and four other witnesses for the state testified that when Knudtson shot A Coleman, the offi cer was close to the soldier, several testifying that the detective had hold of his prisoner al the time. Relating the occurrences at Twen tieth street and Capitol avenue on the evening of March 19, Coleman testified that Knudston grabbed him by the arm and said, "Come here, you of a of a. deserter." Says Officer Threatened Him. "He said he would smash my jaw," Coleman added. The witness then stated that Knudston's first shot whizzed past his head. "He kept saying that he would smash hie over"the jaw with his gun, and he kept jerking me," he continued. "What did you say to him be tween Twentieth and Capitol ave nue and where you stopped?" asked Prosecutor Ready.'' , . "I told him that I was out of breath and he replied, 'To hell with your breath'. Then he made a swing at me with his right hand which held the gun. I struck him and he made another swing at me. - The soldier described how he was shot.' He testified that Knudtson was .at his sideband 'that he had turned half way around to see where his wife and mother were, when Knudtson took hold of him with one hand and held hjs gun in the- other hand. . ' - , "He jammed the gun against me (Continued nn Toga Two, Column Fonr.) RELIEF GRANTED RUSSIA ON PLEA OF DR. HANSEN 'v ,; -' - Allies' Will Furnish Food and Medicines on Condition That Bolsheviki Ceasey , Hostilities. Taris, April 17. (By Associated Press.) The allied and associated powers are prepared to aid in the reliet of Russia with foodstuffs. medical supplies and Other neces saries, provided there is a cessation of hostilities "within' definite lines in the territory of Russia." This fact became known today in cor respondence which has passed be tween Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, head of the commission appointed to feed Russia, and President Wilson and Premiers Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Orlando. , ) '" Premier Clemenceau, who tempo rarily withheld approval of the proposition, affixed his signature to the agreement today. Dr. Nansen in his appeal to the council of four for aid in bringing relief to Russia, where he said thousands of persons were dying monthly from sheer starvation and disease, suggested a neutral and purely humanitarian committee for the purpose. Lerjine is known to be willing to accept food on the condition out lined by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, and discussed witluthe bolsheviki by va rious neutral representatives at Moscow. , ') Three A irmen Ready ' to"Hop Off" for Flight Across the Atlantic St. Johns, N. F April 17. While weather conditions at sea were too unsettled today to per vmit Harry G. Hawker, Austral ian airman, or Capt Frederick P. Raynham, rivaL to start their transatlantic race, conditions here were favorable enough to allow Rayrrham to ,make a test flight in ' his biplane. x ( Hawker already has made his trial trip and tonight both ma chines are resting in their han gars ready to take the air at the first signs of clearing. , United States - naval aviation officers have selected a site, on the shores of the Bay of Biscay, on the south toast of New Found land, a few miles west of Cape- Race, as the jumping off spot for thfir trans-Atlantic flight, accord ing to a report received today from Trepessy Bay. Limerick, Ireland, April 17. Maj. J. C. P. Wood expects to start on his attempt to cross the Atlantic in an airplane early next week. THE THERt Fair and warmer Friday; I Saturday probably fair, cooler in we portion. Hourly Tnniiriiliir. ) - S a. m a. in.... 7 a. ni...., S a. m,... a. m in a, ni.... lira. in.. . . 11 a. m.. .. IS in. .... ...Ill 1 p. in.. . .fill i p. nr.. . .H: S j. in.. . .HHi 4 p. m.. , ,KV H p. in.. . .fll ::S ::S1 i . .ST I . .48 .. ..47 ii. m. H p. m.. 1 p. ni.. S p. in.. . . 40 HUNS WILL v PRESENT TO ALLIES Ronirotirtn Will Ra Cniinht frtr , llbpui niivil iiiii wu wvuyni ivi Damages From Aerial Raids diiu riuin ubiety in vim- eluding -Peace. 1 , v Paris, April , 17. (Havas) Ger- - many intends to claim an indemnity from the allies, according to the - Frankfort Gazette., It says the Ger man negotiators at Versailles will ask payment for damages sustained from aerial attacks, from thc-occu- pation of "German territory by the allied troops and for the delay in concluding peace, causing a pro-. longation of the bolshevik and Spar- tacan trouble. ' 1 Wilsdn and Premiers WiU Deliver Treaty to Germans Paris, April 17. (By Associated 't Press.) The procedure oh, the ar rival of the German plenipotentiaries . r : 1 1 t . i .1 - - - ai Versailles lias vinuauy uccn uc cided upon. It'will be President Wilson and the premiers who will T hold the first meeting and' deliver th trMtv ae it is not Hpemed feas ible to jiave all the allied powers attend .his initial session. " - v . The actual arrival of 4he Germans s i at Versailles, it is stated, is sched uled for Friday night, April 25, br.t the meeting with the president and premiers will not be, held until Sat-, urday and may evetu,pe- deferred , until Mondayi ; - .. ' ; ' - - Allow Time for Inquiries. 1 After the treaty is ' actually de-' 1 livered. k is intended to allow ade quate time tor tne uerntans to males inquiries concerning the various de- tails before returning to Weimar. ; This is expected to take about two days, the first day being devoted by the Germans to familiarizing them selves with the terms, and. the ser- ond day to answering such queries ? as they may make. . . ' There is no purpose to have this assume the character of a discus sion, but merely the elucidation of any points which may assist in ob taining prompt and favorable action when the plenipotentiaries return tov Weimar. , ' It is believed the stay of the plen ipotentiaries at Weimar Will cover a week, thus bringing them back to Versailles abouti May 8 to 10. This, however, is conjectural, for. it is dependent upon the rapidity of th decisions reached at Weimar. Alliance Indicated. ' Premier Lloyd-George's declara- ; tion in the British -parliament, that France had been given full guar- ' antees against a renewal -of German attacks is the first authoritative statement that such guarantees , have been given and arouses the keenest discussion regarding the na ture of the guarantees as affecting the United States and Great Britain, The French reports say that the guarantees amount to an alliance,'' and the semi-official Temps says: ' Premier Lloyd-George's language j admits of only one meaning. This is that Great Britain and the United States engage td sustain France in case she is again attacked by Ger many. Such an alliance is legiti mate and netessary. Mr. Lloyd George, would not pronounce such words Tightly, and his announce- ment is singularly instructive." , -Trie council of four, which firamec the guarantees as part of the flhine settlement, has thus far maintained .. a rigid silence except for the gen eral declaration of Mr. Lloyd George. - - Consider Extension I of Wp'rking Agreement m the racking Industry , wasningion, April l. Kepresen- r tatiyes 6f the five big packing com panies and their employes will meet -in Chicago, April 23,-with represen tatives of the government, to con.; sider an extension of the working agreement now in effect. The agreement, covering watrea, rhours and working conditions, is ef fective- only for the period of the war. The packing companies re cently offered to extend it for one year after the' conclusion of peaceV- It is understood the workers are :. favorable to the proposal. " French Chamber Passes ' Eight-Hour Workday Bill ' Paris, April 17. The Chamber of i Deputies this evening passed a bill ' establishing an- eight-hour day for 5 workmen. s The vote was by a show of hands after the chamber had adopted, an ? amendment offered by former Pre mier Briand providing that under no ". circumstances could employers make the reduction in "working hour a pretext lor a reduction in w . - ' ''. "... ! ' N, ' ,