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FOR BEST HOME FEATURES READ THE BEE'S WOMAN'S SECTION AND CHILDREN'S CORNER. THE WEATHERs EF GHT Fair Sunday and probably Monday; not much change The Omaha Sunday Bee in temperature. EEZY ..Si Hourly tempera! urrM S a. ni (I a. m. . . . . ?.. m S a. in 9 a. m 10 a. ni 11 . m SI 1 p. m M fl p. in 73 S p. m 14 i 4 p. m 75 W 5 p. in 7a N p. ni 74 (Ml 1 p. m 7S BITS OF NEWS & Y. ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL DRY LAWS. New York, May 24. Resolutions urging congress to refrain from enactment of laws to take effective the prohibition amendment to the constitution until its constitution ality has been tested in the supreme court of the United States, were adopted by a large crowd at a mass meeting held in Madison Square Garden tonight, under the auspices bf the association, oposed to na tional prohibition. The resolution also called on congress to repeal before July 1 "all so-called war-time prohibition laws." The meeting also took on the nature of a celebration of the de cision of Federal Judge Mayer yes terday, restraining government offi cials from interferring with the pro duction of beer containing a maxi mum of 2.75 per cent alcohol, pending a judicial decision of brew ers' claims that it is not intoxicating. Delegates from nearly a score of labor unions attended the meeting. SENATE MAY VOTE ON SUFFRAGE ACT MONDAY. Washington, May 24. The sen ate woman suffrage committee agreed today to support the effort to give the resolution for a woman suffrage amendment a privileged status on the senate's calendar. Some champions of the resolution hope a vote on the resolution, al ready adopted by the house, may be secured Monday. OVER HALF MILLION NEW BUILDINGS FOR FRANCE. Paris, May 24. There are 550,000 buildings to be rebuilt in the devas tated districts of France, "according to statistics given to the chamber of deputies today by M. Lebrun, the minister of liberated territories. VON HINDENBURG ASKS TO LIVE IN SWITZERLAND. ' Geneva, May 24. Field Marshal Von Hindenburg formally appealed to the Swiss government yesterday, asking permission to reside in Switz erland as a simple citizen. The field marshal, who recently bought a villa on the shores of Lake Constance, added that he had had only 14 days' holiday since the war began. The Swiss authorities are some what embarrassed, as it is known that Von Hindenburg is a monarch ist and also an intriguer. It is learned, however, that when suf ficient guarantees are given, per mission for his residence will be granted. Meanwhile, the Germans continue their anti-allied propaganda in Switzerland. WRITES MESSAGE IN BLOOD ON GRAIN OF WHEAT. New York, May 24. A message written in blood on a grain of Syrian wheat, thanking American relief workers for aiding his people, has been received from the headman of a village of Lebanon by repre sentatives of the American commit tee for Armenian and Syrian, relief in Beirut, according to an announce ment at headquarters of the organi zation here today. The message, so finely transcribed that it could be read only through a magnifying glass, declares that its author, Nasib Said, "could not find a better ink than the blood of my heart nor a paper more appropriate than a grain of wheat," to record ''your great benevolence." GETS PAY FOR HORSE KILLED IN CIVIL WAR. ' Bloomington, III., May 24. Cor oner James F. Hays of McLean county, Illinois, has just been allowed $100 by the government for a horse of his which was killed in the civil war in a battle at Oklona, La. He had his claim in since 1864. GOVERNMENT SELLS AIRPLANES AND MOTORS. New York, May 24. The Curtiss Airplane and Motor corporation an nounced tonight the purchase from the war department, of 2,176 air planes and 4600 motors. Negotiations for the purchase, said to have been the largest ever consummated by a private corpor ation, had been under way for sev eral weeks. The contract was sign ed for the War department today b'- Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher, chief of the air service. The planes, which are of the Cur tiss "JN" type and were used for training purposes, will be mobilized at five fields, it was announced. FORMER ARMY FLYER PERFORMS DARING STUNT. Atlantic City, N. J., May 24. Lieut. Omar Locklear, formerly with the air service of the army, today gave a demonstration, said v to be the first in the annals of fly ing, of catching a dangling rope ladder from a second airplane and climbing into the craft from which it hung. The feat was done at an altitude of 2,500 feet. Locklear has leaped from one plane to another in the air before, but never made an ascent from one plane to another. The performance was one of the features of the day's flying events held here in connection with the Pan-American aeronautical conven tion. FRENCH INSTITUTE GIVEN WILSON SPEECHES. Paris. May 24. The Academy of Moral and Political Science of the French institute has been presented by Charles Lyon-Caen, one of its members, with a volume containing the messages and speeches of Pres ident Wilson with relation to the world war. The translation into French was made by Desire Rcus tand. , TAKES GOVERNMENT ORDER TO BOSTON BY AIRPLANE. Boston, May 24. Lt. C. W. Lan born and his mechanic, Sergt. Mark VV. Hartney. flew from Washington to Boston today in a De Haviland airplane, making one stop, at Mineola, L. I. They were in the air . three hours and 10 minutes. Lieu tenant Lanborn delivered a govern ment , order to . v Boston manuf ac tttter. : VOL. XLVIII NO. 50. TEXAS WET ON EARLY ELECTION RETURNS Ohio "Wets" Give Farewell Parties to John Barleycorn; Suffrage Vote Close in Lone Star State. Dallas, Tex., May 24. The fates of both the prohibition and the woman's suffrage amendment to the state constitution were in doubt to night when reports from two score scattering cities in the state had !een counted. The vote then stood: For prohibition, 15,523; against pro hibition, 17,768. For suffrage, 16, 514: against suffrage, 16,730. This count included many of the larger cities, some of which had been counted on to vote against prohibition andsuffrage. The coun try and the smaller towns voted dry and for the women, and the earlier returns piled up substantial leads for both amendments. The first setback for the drys came when San Antonio reported 42 precincts out of 93 as giving 1,585 votes for prohibition and 5,845 against, and 2,654 for suffrage and 4,893 against. Galveston Aids Wets. Galveston added to the wet advan tage when 27 of 31 precincts in the county gave prohibition 1.367 votes to 3,017 against, and 1,542 for suf frage to 2,965 against. The drys gained in Dallas, and so did the suffragists, the vote being: For prohibition 4,003, against 2,935; for suffrage 4.258, against 2.885. Cleburne, Texarkana, Paris. Beau mont, Austin, Navasota, San Angelo,, Waxahatchie. Denton, Long View, Mineral Wells, Palestine and others of the smaller cities voted 'strongty dry, Brownsville voted wet, but was outvoted by Cameron county, in which it is located. Mavery, the border county, In which Eagle Pass is located, re turned a total of 66 votes for and 108 against prohibition. It is estimated that amendments to raise the governor's salary from $4,000 to $10,000, and to provide means to extend the state's credit to homeseekers had been lost. Ohio Saloons Close. Columbus, Ohio, May 24. Ohio tonight threw her hat into the pro hibition ring. Although constitu tional orohibition does not become effective until next Tuesday, all but 163 of the 5,600 saloons in the state auit business tonight at midnight, rather than pay $305 license in or der to keep open next Monday. Every wet center in the state to night gave "farewell" parties to John Rarleycorn. Some saloons closed their doors early rather than attempt to weather the closing fes tivities. As the closing hour drew near, some bars auctioned off their re maining stock. The "end" ound many bars completely sold out. Pre vailing high prices did not tumble until near midnight. To Sell Soft Drinks. A number of saloons closed to night will reopen Monday or some time in the near future as soft-drink bars and restaurants. Most of them will retain their saloon fixtures. Many of the breweries will manu facture ice and go into the cold stor age business. The biggest saloon in the world, located at Bridgeport, Ohio, will not close its doors until Monday mid- night. It is owned by Samuel Un gerleider and employs 77 bartenders and clerks. For the past four vears it has sold an average of 20,000 drinks a day. Ohio is now the biggest prohibi tion state in the country. The state was voted dry November 4 by a ma jority of more than 25.000. Nebraska Physician Makes Another Gil in His New Airplane Beaver- City. Neb.. May 24. (By the Associated Press.) Dr. F. A. Brewster of this city, using an air plane he recently purchased for making Ion? professional calls, flew 60 miles to McCook. Neb., this morning to perform two surgical operations. The trip was made in 50 minutes. He returned by plane this afternoon. This was Dr. Brewster's second long distance flight in the last 24 hours. Tictures of Dr. Brewster, his airplane, and his pilot, and the story of his first flight to Herndon. Kas., Fridav. will be found on page 5, section D. Two Killed in Plunge. Atlantic, N. J.. May 24. Beryl Kendrick, an aviator of this city, and James Bew. a local real estate agent, were killed tonight when Kendrick's airplane plunged into a sandbar in the inlet at the upper part of the city. BE r". 2 Mayor Wants Proof Before Investigating Why Show Gamblers Escaped Arrest Evidence Gambling 6ames Operated Under Police Pro tection Matter of Record at City Hall and Police Station and Can Be Corroborated by Chief of Police Eberstein and Hundreds of School Children, the Latter Victims of the Various Swindle Devices. Taking the stand that the statement of James Patterson, owner of the Patterson shows, that his manager "fixed it" so they could run gambling games in Omaha, did not directly involve Commissioner of Police Ringer, or any individual po lice officer, Mayor Smith declared yesterday that he would not, of his own initiative, order an investigation of Patter son's statement, as he has a right to do under the city statute. Neither will the mayor, according to his statement, in vestigate nor order an investigation into why the Patterson show gamblers were not arrested when their gambling de vices were shut down last week, after they had been exposed by The Bee. The mayor has a right, as head of the city commission, to demand an explanation as to why no arrests were made when the gambling games were closed after they had run three days under police protection. The Proof of the Charges. A reporter' for The Bee called Mayor Smith's attention to this pro vision of the city charter, and also to the fact that when Police Com missioner Ringer ordered closed all games of chance in connection with the Ak-Sar-Ben last fall, an organi zation of Omaha business men, he had the man conducting them arrest ed and thrown in jail. The mayor said he would not act unless "he was presented with the proof of the charges." The proof of the Ak-Sar-Ben al leged gaming arrest is a matter of court record. The proof that the Patterson shows ran gambling games for three days under police protection can be had from the office of the city clerk, who granted the license, and PEACE COUNCIL REMAINS FIRM ON ALL POINTS Allies Refuse to Change Any Major Details of Terms; Phraseology and De tails Redrafted. Paris, May 24. (By Associated Press.), The indications thus far are that the allied and associated powers are not yielding any mate rial points in the peace treaty hand ed the Germans in order to secure the singning of the document, al though considerable changes in phraseology and details are being made. Reports from Germany indicate that the attitude of the Berlin gov ernment is changing, some observ ers expressing the opinion that it will order the delegates at Versail les to sign the treaty. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau is again at Ver sailles, after his conference Fridav at Spa with Premier Scheidemann and other German leaders. Allied troops are being held in readiness along the Rhine, and Gen eral Robertson, the British com mander, Friday held a conference at Coblenz with Lieutenant General Liggett, commander of the Ameri can bridgehead, in regard to plans should the Germans refuse to sign the terms. This policy of the conferees is no ticeable as regards the clause of the peace treaty dealing with the Sarre valley, which have been one of the main subjects of contention in notes between the German representatives and the allies which have not yet been made public. Stant Pat on Sarre Coal Fields. The Germans have contended that French use of the coal fields might be justified, but that French politi cal control of the Sarre population was "odious." The allied reply points out that the control which is characterized as odious is not that of the French, but of the league of nations, which is to administer the Sarre region for 15 years, until a plebiscite is taken. The only yielding by the allies on the Sarre valley terms is with the purpose of making the administra tion of the district more workable. There has been no change in the general principle of control by the league of nations. American Commission Finishes Work at Vienna Geneva, May 24. The American commission at Vienna, having ter minated its work, vis leaving the capital in order to present its re port to Paris and then return to America. The chief of the commission, Prof. Archibald C. Coolidge, is ex pected to reach Berne within a day or two. and the other members will follow next week. Important infor mation concerning questions on the near east has been collected. Resume Brewing. St. Louis, May 24. Manufacture of beer has been resumed by the Independent Breweries companje. controlling five St. Louis brew-eries. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1919. also can be corroborated by Chief of Police Eberstein and a half dozen policemen and detectives, who guarded the gambling games while in operation. In addition several newspaper men were present when two of the detectives, Haze and Murphy, stopped the games after The Bee had taken pictures of them running full blast. A photo of Haze was caught and reproduced in one of the pictures. Little Kiddies Witnesses, Too. Other witnesses who could testify to the gambling are several hundred school children, between 6 and 15 years of age, victims of the various swindle games while the police stood by. These same children, if sum moned by the mayor, could further (Continued on Page Two, Column Six.) TRAIN CARRYING OMAHA BOOSTERS MET BYJANDITS Business Men Out on Trade Tour Given Touch of Wild West Life Near North Platte. North Platte, Neb., May 24. (Special Telegram.) The North Platte people treated the Omaha boosters to a surprise that was not on the printed program when what appeared to be real bandits held up the special train at Birdwood sid ing, three miles west of this city. Ten rough looking masked men, armed to the teeth with six-shooters, shotguns and rifles, forced the train to stop and while one man kept the engineer and fireman cov ered with a rifle, two others took possession of the engine crew. Oth er "robbers" went through the train and ran along the side, firing shots into the air. When the Omaha men heard the shots they looked out of the train and saw the masked man pointing his gun at the trainmen near the right-of-way fence. It was enough to convince and scare them. Arthur Thomas, Vic Holldinist and Sam Cottier, in the baggage car, did not take the situation seriously and obtained a picture of the scene, tut other members of the party thought it was the real thing. Colored Men Scared. The band car was the first entered and the colored boys did not argue about putting up their hands. Some of the excursionists were in the din er, and money and valuables were Quickly thrown in all sorts of places in a mad effort to save them. Porters locked themselves in the wash rooms, with one exception, and Guy Leggitt beat him to it. H. E. Chenewith. who is supposed to take movies of all important events, crawled under a seat in a (Continued on Pane Two, Column Tito.) Report Uprising In Petrograd Against Bolshevik Forces London, May 24. Great fires and loud explosions have occurred in and around Petrograd. according to reports forwarded by the Daily Mail's correspondent at Helsingfors under date of Thursday. It is be lieved that bolsheviki, pressed by the Esthonian advance, are destroy ing the munitions in Petrograd. Machine gun firing also has been heard in Petrograd and it is re ported that the population has risen against the bolsheviki. A great change has come over the situation in Russia through the successes of the various anti-bolshevik forces. Petrograd is closely threatened by the advances of the Finns and the Estlionians on either side of the Gulf of Finland, and by that of General Maynard in the region of Lake Onega, while bol shevik attacks on the Archangel front have ceased, and the bol sheviki have been unable to check Admiral Kolchak's forces west of 1 Urals. . . A) I The Coming Race WIMHA TO Bcawr City. Neb. May 22-Em. 1 lomnit of in airplane ai a mtjns A y "": Tr 01 transportation lor prtysitjin Tr f vhoii called tjpon to make long. V Y , "V I rliltance professional calls, was in- M . trk v. L aiutitrated here totlay ty Dr. F A m , ' Douglas County Is Almost World's Divorce "Champion" With 1,019 Decrees in 1918 Of Every 10 Marriages in This County, Three End in Divorce Court, Judge Day Says Statistics Show Increase of 15 Per Cent. Each Year Non-Support and Desertion Cases Predominate. "Out of every 10 marriages in Douglas county, three end in the di vorce court." This was the statement yesterday of Judge Day of the Douglas coun ty district court, who has probably heard more divorce cases than any other judge in this county. He has made a close study of the situation and declares that it is "appalling." The records of the district court clerk show that the number of pe titions for divorce filed has been increasing for the last five years at least, much more rapidly than the population. The number of petitions has been increasing at the rate of about 15 per cent a year. Over Thousand Ask Divorce. In 1914 there were 631 petitions for divorce filed in Douglas coun ty. The next year, 734 petitions were filed. In 1916 there were 835 applicants for freedom from the marriage ties. Nine hundred and Proposes Increased Allowances for Men Who Lost Legs in War Washington, May 24. (Special Telegram.) Representative Green of Iowa, in examining into allow ances made by the War Risk insur ance bureau for loss of legs sus tained by soldiers, has discovered discrepancies between allowances for such injuries incurred in the Spanish-American and civil wars under the pension laws, and in the European war. The system is vague as to the re cent war in allowing for loss of leg or legs is so much legs, and in some cases less than half the allow ance made for similar injuries in other wars and the recent war, that he today introduced a bill to allow soldiers in the European war the same as those of other wars for similar injuries. As an example of such discrep ancies Mr. Green cites that a sol dier in the recent war is allowed between $19 and $20 for the loss of a leg between the ankle and knee, whereas under the pension laws, ap plicable to soldiers of the civil and Spanish-American wars, $45 is al lowed for a similar injury. Hitchcock to Accompany Taft on Visit to Omaha Washington. May 24. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, ranking democrat of the foreign relations committee, one of the chief sup porters of President Wilson's fight for ratification of the peace treaty, has accepted an invitation from ! .... T"--1 .1 .... T. f f rt pany him on a three-day speaking trip next week in the middle west. They will make an address at Oma ha Saturday at a state convention of peace league societies. By Mill (I yr, Dally. M.M: Sunday, Daily i4 San.. M M: yltld Nib. postal! sixty-one asked for divorces in 1917 and in 1918 there were 1,019 appli cants. The number of marriage licenses issued in Douglas county in 1918 was 2,420. This means that for every 12 marriages in this county, five divorces were applied for. The proportion of divorces has grown since Judge Day made his astounding statement of three di vorces for every 10 marriages. In fact, Douglas county comes very near to being the divorce "champion" of the world. Is Every-Day Performance. The granting of a divorce in Douglas county is attended by no more excitement or interest or dif ficulty than the granting of a mar riage license. Every day the g?y procession continues. Each pros pective divorcee is accompanied by a lawyer. They go to the court (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) Negro Confesses to Assaulting Omaha Girl Friday Night Henry Dennis, colored, 2515 Cald well street, last night made a written confession, according to Chief of Detectives Dunn, acknowledging the assault made on Barbara Gerhard, 17-year-old girl, 2211 South Six teenth street, at Fifteenth and Dor cs streets Friday night. Early yesterday morning Chief Dunn assigned Detectives Baugh man, Haze, Murphy, Dolan and Hagerman to find, the girl's assailant. All day long they canvassed the city for men answering the meager description the girl was able to give. S;r men v. ere arrestei and held for investigation. Each was closely examined. Den nis, Dunn says, promised to "tell all" and dictated his confession. He is said to have confessed to accosting the girl at 9:30 Friday night and dragging her into an alley when she rebuked him. Miss Ger hard was beaten about the face until she bled freely. Dennis is 20 years old. He is be ing held without bond for investi gation. The other five suspects were released on $25 bonds. "I'd rather have him in jail tonight than 10 burglars," said Chief Dunn. Dennis was apprehended in a pool hall at 1304 North Twenty-fourth street. Women to Be Vice Chairmen in Democratic Campaign Washington, May 24. All demo cratic campaign committees active in congressional elections will have women vice chairmen, it was decided today by the democratic congres sional committee, of which Repre sentative Scott Ferris of Oklahoma is chairman. I2.S0; tr. FIVE CENTS. SHIPS REPORT MESSAGES FROM HAWKER PLANE Think That Australian Flyer Reached Mid-Ocean Before Fall; Find Signed Mes sage in Bottle. St. Johns, N. F., May 24. Belief that Harry G. Hawker, Australian airman, succeeded in reaching mid ocean before his Sopwith biplane plunged into the sea, was strength ened tonight when the steamer Glen devon, arriving from London, re ported having picked up a wireless message from the steamship Suraga early Monday morning, in which the Suraga gave its position, apparently in reply to a signal from an airplane. The Suraga was then at 50 degrees 28 minutes north latitude and 30 de grees west longitude, the same posi tion from which the cable ship Fara day reported to London it had sight ed the red light of an airplane early Monday. The Glendevon's captain said on his arrival here that from the Stira ga's message he deduced an airplane on the course which Hawker would hare followed in his attempted flight from Newfoundland to Ireland had signaled for position and surface wind. At that time (1:20 a. m. Monday), the Glendevon was 20 miles from the Suraga and saw nothing of plane or signals. The Glendevon, according to her log, encountered a strong northeast gale Monday on the course over which it is believed Hawker had flown. The Giendevon brought here the vimy bomber in which Capt. Alcock will attempt his transatlantic flight. Find Signed Message. Washington, May 24. The Navy department made public today a report from New London, Conn., saying a bottle had been picked up three miles south of Narragansett pier, containing a message purport ing to have been written by Harry G. Hawker, who was lost in an at tempted flight across the Atlantic. The message said: "May 19, 1919. 1:34 a. m. Accident to plane and I am drifting in a collapsible boat. latitude 51 degrees. 30 minutes north, loneitude 15 degrees, 30 minutes west." Signed, "Hawker." Secretary Daniels said he be lieved the message was a fake. Winds Delay NC-4. Ponta Del Gada. May 24 (By the Associated Press) Weather reports received this morning indicate that the strong easterly winds between here and Lisbon will continue today and tomorrow. This makes the start of the seaplane NC-4 for Lisbon un likely before Monday. Cummins to Be Candidate for Re-Election Next Year Waterloo, la.. May 24. Letters received from Senator A. B. Cum mins by prominent republicans here state that he will be a candidate for re-election in the June primary in 1920. "I want my friends to know that I will be in the race for re-election and that I will appreciate their sup- port, writes Senator Cummins. IS m 74 WELCOME NEBRASKA Chamber of Commerce and Other Civic Organizations, Working With Mayor; Frame Plans for Reception. "By land, and by sea," as glor.- iously as when Paul Revere gal loped from the old North church in Boston in 1776, Omaha will wel come "Nebraska's Own," returned soldiers of the Three Hundred and Sixty-fifth infantry and Three Hun dred and Forty-first machine gun battalion, Eighty-ninth division, on the occasion of their visit to the city sometime this week. On suggestion of The Bee, Major O'Brien, post adjutant and super visor of balloon ascensions at Fort Omaha, announced Saturday that at least one balloon would "take the air" and sail over downtown sec tions, and particularly the parade route, while the parade is in pro gress. An airplane from the Ashmusen aeroplane plant of Omaha will fly over the parade. The river front will be decorated. Such, in a nutshell, are the arrangements for the state celebra tion to be tendered Nebraska sol diers when they arrive at the Union station for their three-hour stay. The mayor's committee and the War Service committee of the Chamber of Commerce spent a busy day Saturday preparing some of the advance plans. Asks an Explanation. At the last minute Saturday, when ' things began to look as though BOYSHOME Omaha would see its greatest day"' m sott sailing, Mayor smith re ceived a telegram from General Harris, adjutant of the United States army at Washington , to the effect that the order to have Ne braska contingents stop off here on their way to Camp Funston had been revoked. He at once wired for an explanation. Though no reply has been re ceived it is believed that the matter will be arranged through Nebraska officials in Washington. Senator Norris of Nebraska first obtained the grant from the war office, which was given without conditions. The senator has been asked to look into the matter. That Omaha's celebration will be the official welcome of the state was indicated Friday when Adjutant General Paul of Nebraska accepted the invitation of the Chamber of Commerce to have Governor Mc Kelvie and state officials at Lincoln attend in a body and review the parade. Governor Is Invited. A telegram was sent by Acting Chairman Wachob of the Chamber of Commerce committee to the gov ernor, who is in New York greeting the troops, inviting him and his staff to be present and officially wel come the soldiers on the occasion of their parade here. No reply has been received. Robert Manley. commissioner of the Chamber of Commerce, returns today with the Omaha trade excur sionists from a week's trip into the northwest and will immediately take charge of arrangements. The exact date of the soldiers' arrival is not known. , That it will be Omaha's "greatest day" is undoubted. Committlees Sat urday went ahead with planning. Time and expense will not be spared to make the welcome complete in every detail. Mayor Smith has been authorized by the city commission to declare the day a holiday and will issue a proclamation to this effect. The schools, city and county offices and business houses will close dur ing the hour the soldiers are here. Committee Is Selected. Vice Chairman . Wachob of the Chamber of Commerce committee announced that he had selected the entire personnel of the present (Continued on Tage Two, Column One.) Death List in Cedar Rapids Explosion May Be 45; Many in Ruins Cedar Rapids, la., May 24. What is believed to be the bodies of two more men, was uncovered at the Douglas Starch works ruins tonight, which places the total dead list at 15. Joe Coldice, a workman who was i removed Thursday night, shortly -after the explosion, died, at a local hospital today. It is now stated that 30 men are still under the debris. A systematic removal of the debris is underway and it is thought that the remain ing bodies will be recovered soon. Dust explosion experts from Washington. Chicago and Minnea polis arrived today and will make a thorough investigation as to tfc exact cause of the explosion.
