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BITS OF NEWS
BREWERY STOCK GONE UP
SINCE WILSON'S MESSAGE.
Deliver, Colo., May 25. "Since
President Wilson made his declara
tion in favor of beer and light wines,
brewery stock has advanced 40 per
cent and the president's stock has
gone down just that much," de
clared Frank B. Willie, former gov
ernor and ex-congressman of Ohio,
in an address at an anti-saloon
league meeting here last night.
The former governor also ridiculed
the federal court stating that 3 per
.cent beer is not intoxicating, de
claring that if 6 per cent beer is in
toxicating, one can get the same ef
fect by drinking twice as much as 3
per cent beer. He also denied that
the dry amendment was forced on
unwilling people.
Guy H. Holloway, state superin
tendent of the anti-saloon league in
Colorado, charged that liquor in
terests are navintr HisdiareeH sol
diers 10 cents a name for circulating ;
a petition for a referendum on the
national prohibition amendment in
Colorado.
ALLIED COUNCIL GETS
13TH GERMAN NOTE.
Paris, May 25. Count von Brock-dorff-Rantzau's
13th note to the al
lied council was delivered this morn
ing. It is a rejoinder to the council's
reply to the German vote regarding
responsibilities.
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau in
sists that Germany's only responsi
bility is for the violation of Belgian
neutrality, which it is ready to make
reparation for, and declares that all
the powers were responsible for the
war and that the material damage
done was the work of the allied
armies, as well as the Germans.
DELEGATES APPROVE
DEMAND OF COUNCIL.
Versailles, May 25. General
Count von Mounteglass and Pro
fessor Weber, members of the Ger
man peace delegation, left for Ber
lin tonight. Before their departure
they approved the reply to be made
to the peace conference on the pro
visions of the treaty dealing with the
demand for punishment of the for
mer emperor and financial arrange
ments. Herr Dietrich, another dele
gate, also left for Berlin.
CHINA CABLES U. S.
CONGRESS FOR HELP.
Paris, May 25. (By the Associat
ed Press.) Representatives of the
Chinese government at Canton, who
are now in Paris, have cabled to the
United States congress an appeal for
assistance against the transfer of
Germany's interest in China to
Japan.
"This means," says the appeal,
"that while Prussianism has been
destroyed in every other region in
the world, America and her allies
have decided to perpetuate it in
China in the interest of Japan."
GRAVES OF AMERICANS IN ...
FRANCE TO BE DECORATED.
Lyons, France, May 25. The
graves of 70,000 American soldiers
who died in France will be deco
rated next Friday under auspices of
the forces of the United States'still
in France.
General Pershing has issued a bul
letin stating that all American sol
diers shall participate in the Me
morial day exercises. ' President
Wilson will speak at the services
in the American cemetery at Sures
nes, near Paris.
At Romagne, near the Argonne,
where the Americanss suffered their
heaviest" losses, General Pershing
will ,e'peak in the afternoon. At
Thymcourt, where many of the he
Toes who fell at St. Mihiel, are
buried, Major General Ely will pre
side. General Pershing will deliver
an address in the morning at Dun-Sur-Meuse.
At Romagne a battalion of infan
try, a battery of artillery and a reg
imental, band will do honor to the
2,500 soldier dead and similar de
tachments will participate in other
large cemeteries.
The graves registration service
and the Red Cross will assist in
decorating the graves.
NEW JERSEY WOMAN
GIVEN OVERSEAS HONORS.
Coblenz, May 25. Miss Grace D.
Baker of Passaic, N. J., received the
distinguished service medal from
Lieut. Gen. Hunter Liggett, com
mander of the First army, at army
headquarters. She is chief operator
of the army telephone service here
and has been overseas one year.
GERMAN TROOPS STOP
PARADE OF WOUNDED.
Berlin, May 25. Downtown Ber
lin was thrown into a state of wild
excitement this afternoon by ma
chine gun firing in the Unter den
Linden.
The shooting was due to a large
errouo of wounded men insisting on
parading despite the order prohibit
ing processions during the period of
martial law.
Government troops broke up the
demonstration by firing in the air.
CALIFORNIA TEACHERS
TO GET HIGHER SALARIES.
Sacramento, Cal., May 25. Means
for increasing salaries of primary
rViAnl trhri am nrnvMH in a se
ries of educational finance measures
signed today by Gov. William D.
Stephens. One bill, increasing al
lotment of state funds to primary
schools from $15 to $17.50 per pu
pil, will add $2,000,000 biennially to
the state's expenses for education.
Wealthiest Negress in U. S.,
if Not Entire World, Dies
Irvington-On-Hudson, N. Y., May
25. "Madam Walker," reputed to
have been the wealthiest negress in
the United States, if not the entire
world, and credited with having
amassed a fortune of more than $1,
000,000 through the sale of a "hair
restorer," died here today.
Besides an elaborate country place
Madam Walker owned a house in
New York and operated a factory
in Indianapolis, where she employed
250 persons.
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GERMANS
ANSWER
EXPECTED
TUESDAY
Latest Note From Huns Takes
Up Question of Responsibili
ties; Claim Damage Was
Done by Allies.
(By Associated Press.)
Thursday of this week is the time
limit set for the Germans to make
known at Versailles what Germany
proposes to do with regard to ac
cepting or rejecting the terms of
peace formulated for her.
Berlin reports still persist that the
German cabinet and the peace dele
gates at Versailles are one in their
intention to request modifications
on various clauses of the treaty, the
provisions of which, it is declared,
Germany will be unable to meet
without enslaving herself for a life
time. Tuesday is spoken of in a Berlin
dispatch as the day on which Ger
many's answer will be ready. The
latest note of the Germans their
thirteenth digs up again the ques
tion of responsibilities. Germany
asserts that the only thing for which
she is responsible is the violation
of Belgian neutrality. For this she
is ready to make reparation. It is
asserted that all the powers were
responsible for the war, and that the
material damage was done by the
allied armies, as well as by the Ger
mans. A new commercial treaty with
Switzerland, under which Germany
will give Switzerland coal in return
for cattle and produce, is being ar
tai.ged. Text of Notes.
Washington, May 25. The State
department tonight made public the
text of notes exchanged by Count
von Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the
German peace delegation, and M.
Clemenceau, president of the peace
conference, relative to final deter
mination of the Saar basin and the
disposition of its coal products. The
question was first touched in a
note by the German delegation dat
ed May 13 and later was made the
subject of a distinct communication
May 16. The reply to both notes
was handed to the Germans yester
day. The text of the notes shows sug
gestions of the Germans that viva
voce discussion of questions as to
the amount of coal to be supplied
France and Belgium and the trans
portation of such supplies, that the
concerns damaged in northern
France participate "by shares to an
extent agreed upon in such German
coal mines as are charged with the
delivery of coal to the regions" de
cided upon, that in lieu of actual
control by the associated powers a
system of economic guarantees be
instituted, all were summarily re
jected. Would Create Confusion.
To the proposal that shares in
the Saar mines be issued to dam
aged French concerns, the reply as
serts that such shares "situated in
German territory and subject to
German exploitation would be of
doubtful value to French holders
and would create a confusion of
French and German interests."
The Inost surprising of the propo
sitions put forward in regard to the
Siar basin is based on an expressed
fear that the surplus of coal over
and above the home requirements
would not suffice for the quantities
which the treaty of peace has fixed
and the suggestion is made that the
consumption of coal in Germany,
France and Belgium be rationed in
due proportion. M. Clemenceau, in
reply, states: "That no arrangement
of the kind put forward could give
to France the security ami certainty
that she would receive from the full
exploitation and free ownership of
the mines of the Saar."
The only real concession made to
the Germans is to allay the appre
hension expressed by Count Brockdorff-Rantzau
as to Germany's abil
ity to effect the payment in gold
agreed upon.
Steamer Cassanclria
Strikes Iceberg 160
Miles From Cape Race
St. Johns, N. F., May 25. Wire
less calls for assistance were re
ceived today from the Donaldson
liner Cassandria, which reported
that- it had struck an iceberg 160
miles off Cape Race.
Montreal. May 25. The Donald
son liner Cassaudria, which is re
ported to have struck an iceberg
160 miles off Cape Race, is not ser
iously damaged, and is putting into
St. Johns under its own power, ac
cording to advices received here by
agents of the line from the Camper
down wireless station.
BEE WANT ADS WILL HELP YOU TO THE JOB YOti SEEK OR TO THE MAN FOR THE JOB.
The Omaha Daily Bee
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Trade Excursion Proved Big
Success To Local Business
Omaha Businessmen Learn Much About a Territory,
Practically Unknown to Them Places That Were
Mere Names Few Years Ago, Now Thriving Towns
and Cities.
The scouts of old who had gone
into the promised land did not bring
back to the children of Israel more
wonderful tales of the untold wealth
and unlimited resources of Canaan
than were brought back to the peo
ple of Omaha by the members of the
trade excursion. At 0:45 Sunday
morning the special train pulled into
the Union station with its load of
Omaha boosters, tired from their
labors, but enthusiastic over the de
velopments of the northwest country
during the past few years.
During the trip a careful effort
was made to study the commercial
and industrial situations in the ter
ritory tributary to this city; and the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce has
information as to the business con
ditions of each separate line of com
mercial and business activities in
the 75 towns and cities visited dur
ing the week. The manager of a
large concern in this city discovered
that his representative was visiting
a certain town once every six weeks
when the town should be made at
least once every two weeks.
Thriving Towns Everywhere.
On every hand, there was evidence
of growth and prosperity which in
dicated a large movement of the
population of the east into western
THREE YANKEES
ARE WOUNDED BY
SIBERIAN REDS
First American Soldiers In
jured in Running Fight With
Bolsheviki; Inflict Swift
Punishment.
t Vladivostok, May 25. The first
casualties in the American expedi
tionary force in Siberia were ex
perienced May 21, when thrae
Americans were slightly wounded.
They were pursuing through the
hills bolsheviki who had attacked
a , running train guarded by Ameri
cans 40 miles northeast of Vladi
vostok, in the maritime province,
which is seething with disorder and
revolt against the authority of Ad
miral Kolchak.
The attack occurred on the sec
tion of the railroad under American
protection. .When the train was
fired on the Americans gave three
hours' chase.
Additional American troops have
been dispatched to the district. It
is not expected that they will have
difficulty 'in handling the situation,
despite reports that the organized
bands of bolsheviki number 10,000.
Considered Overt Act.
The attack is considered an overt
act. in view of the proclamation of
General Graves that no faction
should interfere with the operation
of the railroad. The bolsheviki are
believed to have been testing the at
titude of the Americans. The
promptness with which the Amer
icans inflicted punishment has
cheered the Kolchak government,
which expects an active campaign
by them. General Graves, however,
says the American troops are merely
protecting the railroad from all who
interfere with the transport of sup
plies and passengers.
Trains guarded by the Japanese in
the adjoining sector also are re
ported to have been attacked. An
entire trainload of arms and ammu
nition is reported to have been cap
tured. Old-Fashioned Ice
Cream Social for
the Nebraska Soldiers
New York. May 25. (Special
Telegram.) A special train, carry
ing gallons of ice cream, 150 pretty
girls, cake and fruit, and three gov
ernors of middle western states,
will leave for Camp Upton at 4
o'clock Monday afternoon to give
the 89th division an old-fashioned
ice cream social.
For some reason, passes to visit
New York City were" refused at the
last minute Saturday to members
of the 89th who arrived on the Le
viathan and the Imperator last
week. When Governors Allen of
Kansas. McKelvie of Nebraska, and
Campbell of Arizona found their
men were being held in camp, they
at once sent a strong protest to
Washington.
Then they arranged for the spe
cial train, and they promise to take
the western boys the first peaches
and ice cream, and many of the
peaches from the middle west they
have not seen since sailing from
New York a year ago.
Scotia, Neb., Favors Bond
Issue for School House
Scotia, Neb., May 25. (Special.)
The bonds for the erection of a
?60.000 school house in Scotia car
ried by a vote of 127 to 27. Work
will begin on the new building -t
once.
OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1919.
?
Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana
and " Wyoming. Places that were
mere names a few years ago are now
thriving towns and cities; much of
the unused land of a few years ago
has been turned into profitable
farms, and bad lands that were con
sidered worthless are giving forth
oil and natural gas in increasing
measure.
The building and housing situa
tion is much the same as in Omaha;
however, many of the towns are not
waiting for lower prices in building
materials or cheaper labor, but are
going ahead with large construction
programs. Yet, with all the growth
and development, the resources of
many acres have merely been
scratched by the pioneer, and await
the coming of more capital to bring
them to the full limit of their pro
ductivity. One prominent business man who
made the trip said that he could
now see that Omaha was to grow
more in the next 10 years than in
the past 40. The growth of Omaha
will be regulated by the progress
made in developing 'the country of
which it is the logical market cen
ter; there is going to be a bigger de
mand than ever for business build
(Contlnurd on Page Two, Column Two.)
CONGRESS MAY
DISPOSE OF
SUFFRAGE SOON
Supporters to Ask Discharge
of Committee From Consid
eration; Plan Speed on
Appropriations.
Washington, May 25. Congress
enters its second week tomorrow
with leaders planning to continue
the swift pace in legislation, set dur
ing the opening week.
Organization of committees, dis
posal of the woman suftage reso
lution, probably by adoption and
further debate on peace questions
and the league of nations, are the
principal features of the week's pro
gram in the senate.
Speed on appropriation bills is""
the immediate plan in the house.
The $15,000,000 Indian bill, expect
ed to be passed tomorrow, will be
followed by the $31,000,000 agricul
ture measure, with others rapidly
being put in form. Inauguration of
investigation of administrative acts
during the war are planned by house
committees. The week's work at
the capitol will be curtailed by the
Memorial day holiday next Friday,
adjournments from next Thursday
until the following Monday.
Promises Interest.
Contest over the woman suffrage
resolution passed by the house last
week promised to excite senate in
terest. Supporters will call up the
resolution tomorrow, upon the mo
tion of Senator Jones, republican,
Washington, to discharge the sen
ate woman suffrage committee from
its consideration. This action would
place the resolution on the calendar
ready for a final vote, possibly to
morrow, and at least before the
week end. Belief is general that the
requisite two-thirds' majority will
be obtained.
Republican senators will meet in
executive conference before the sen
ate convenes to ratify the commit
tee assignments, including choice of
Senators Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
?nd Warren, of Wyoming, for chair
men of the finance and appropria
tions committees, respectively.
Approval of the slates as drawn is
expected.
rhree Blair, Neb., Boys
Are Seriously Injured
When Autos Collide
Blair, Neb., May 25. (Specials
While returning from a dance at
Kennard this morning at 3 o'clock,
an auto owned and driven by Walter
Novack with his companions, Ernest
and Raymond Hundahe. was run into
by another car from behind and was
turned around and over three times.
The three occupants were all serious
ly hurt and Raymond Hundahl is
thought to be fatally injured, not
having regained consciousness up to
this evening.
The three boys are about 20 and
21 years of age and all have been
in the service, Ernest having re
turned from overseas about a week
ago. The car that struck them was
not identified.
Switzerland to Exchange
Cattle for German Coal
Berne, Switzerland, May 25.
Switzerland is concluding with Ger
many a new commercial convention
which will grant Switzerland Ger
man coal in exchange for Swiss cat
tle and produce.
Negotiations also have been begun
by a Swiss concern to purchase a
German colliery near Bocham.
CS-LE E)
NEBRASKA
SOLDIERS
WILLSTOP
Announcement That Boys of
89th Will Stay in City
for Three Hours Re
ceived Here.
Official confirmation that Nebras
ka troops of the 89th division would
stop over in Omaha for three hours
on their way to Camp Funston, this
week, came yesterday in two tele
grams received by Mayor Smith and
the Chamber of Commerce from the
War department in Washington, and
Governor McKelvie, at present in
New York.
Adjutant General Harris of the
United States army wired that the
355th infantry, 89th division, would
stop off in Omaha as planned, con
trary to a telegram sent Saturday by
himself that the unit would not. The
Chamber of Commerce received a
similar telegram from the general.
No explanations were offered.
Manley to Take Charge.
Robert Manley. commissioner of
the Chamber of Commerce, arrived
early Sunday morning with the Om
aha trade excursion special. He said
last evening that he would be ready
to take full charge of the parade
and entertainment arrangements this
morning,
Randall K. Brown of the War ser
vice committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, has also returned to the
city.
Governor McKelvie. in a telegram
from New York, said that he and
the Nebraska welcoming committee,
now with the soldiers at Camps Up
ton and Merritt, would remain with
them until date of departure, when
the entire delegation would accom
pany them into Omaha.
Center of Celebration.
This is taken to mean that Oma
ha will officially be the center of
the state celebration. Local com
mittees are arranging a tentative
program to that end. It is thought
that the remainder of the governor's
staff, now in Lincoln, would come
to Omaha, led by Adutant General
Paul of the Nebraska national
guard, to participate in the review
ing and entertaining ol the soldiers
here. .
Though the exact date of the visit
remains undetermined, the news
that the Nebraska soldiers would
siclv be here, spread over the city
like wildfire. It will be Omaha's
biggest day. No effort will be
spared to make the preparations
come up to the greatness of the oc
casion. Both the mayor's commit
tee and the Chamber of Commerce
committees are to meet today to
discuss plans in detail.
Trip Takes Three Days.
An unofficial report Saturday from
New York indicated that the troops
would leave Camp Upton for Camp
Funston early this week. The trip
from New York to Omaha by way
of Chicago takes three days or am
ple time to complete all arrange
ments necessary for the welcome.
Henry Ashmusen of the Ashmu
sen airplane plant, speaking over his
proposed flight over the parade to
drop flowers on the marching col
umn, said yesterday:
"We will have one plane at least
in the air. I have several pilots
ready to make the flight. Two
weeks ago we received the only
government license granted itj this
section."
Similar preparations are being
made at Fort CUnaha where Major
O'Brien, chief of the active flying
division of the government balloon
station, is tasking personal charge of
the proposed balloon flight over the
parade route. As soon- as the date
of the departure of the troops for
Omaha is announced, the major will
order enough gas generated to make
the flight possible.
"It's going to be a Twentieth cen
tury welcome," he said, speaking
of the plans made.
New York Women
Protest Against New
Transportation Law
New York, May 25. A delegation
of 250 women employes of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit company
appeared before Governor Smith at
the city hall Saturday afternoon to
protest against the newly enacted
transportation law, which bars
women from working after 10
o'clock at night, and which had cost
them their jobs.
A half dozen women employes
who testified declared they preferred
night work, explaining thatthis ar
rangement made it possible for them
to do their housework. They-denied
that night work tended toward
immorality.
Before the hearing started Mary
Donnelly, representing the women
ticket agents, issued a statement
criticising "society women" for their
activity with respect to working
women.
IN OMAHA
By Mall (I yaar). Dally. $4. SO:
Daily ana San., IS. SO: outtltia Nab.
"I Knew God Would Save Him
for Me" Says
Mir. Harrv Havlcet
Capt. Harry G. Hawker.
STEREOTYPER OF
BEE LAID PHONE
LINES IN FRANCE
Alfred P. Watt Relates Ex
periences in No Man's Land
Between Allied and
Hun Lines.
"Over the top with the telephone"
was the slogan of Alfred P. Watt,
son of Mrs. Jesse Watt. 1507 Corby
street, former stereotyper for The
Bee, who returned May 20 from
eight mtmths' service in France with
the 303d company, field signal bat
talion, operating with the 78th di
vision. Watt saw action on the St. Mihiel
and Argonne-Meuse fronts.
Watt gives a vivid account of
continuous perilous experiences
passing through shell fire, barrages,
German patrols and American front
lines, while laying telephone wires
with his division.
Encountered Hun Patrols.
''It was our business to lay the
telephone lines from divisional head
quarters to the battle front," he
said. "Many times we were in front
of our own troops, advancing into
and passing German patfols and
outposts."
"A telephone line, when laid out,
reaches every officer on the line, the
artillery in the rear, and divisional
headquarters back of the front.
Often we went into No Man's Land,
armed with a 45 Colt automatic,
sometimes passing so close to Ger
man patrols that we could hear the
Germans talking."
Watt's outfit left the Argonne
front at Bruelles, France, three
miles from Sedan, three days be
fore tiie armistice was signed. The
78th division had been ordered to
central France for a "rest" and was
later sent on to Marseilles in south
ern France from which port the
unit sailed on the Re D'ltalia, for
the United States, April 29. last.
Before going overseas, Watt was
acting top sergeant of his company
at Camp Dix. He renounced his
w.rrant to join an oversea's outfit
arriving in France, February 13,
1918. He was discharged last ' ues
day at Camp Dodge, la.
He is now on his old job in The
Bee plant.
Prohibition Leads
on Latest Returns
of Texas Election
Dallas, Tex., May 25. Returns
from 283 towns in the state from
yesterday's general election give:
For prohibition, 52,994; against.
43.900.
For woman suffrage, 51,751;
against, 43,513.
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GENERAL STRIKE
THREATENED BY
TORONTO MEN
Unions May Walk Out if De
mands of Metal Workers
Are Refused; Would Tie
Up Transportation.
Toronto, Ont., May 25. A gen
eral strike is threatened here if an
eight-hour day is not granted 3,000
metal workers now on strike. A vir
tual tie-up of all railway transporta
tion in Ontario would be a result
of such a general walk-out, workers
claimed.
A meeting of all unions has been
called for tomorrow night, when the
decision to be taken will be deter
mined largely on the result of an
afternoon conference between the
strikers' committee arid employers.
Calgary, Alberta, May 25. Union
workers at Calgray today called a
general strike to begin at 11 o'clock
tomorrow morning in sympathy with
the Winnipeg walkout.
Edmonton. Alberta, May 25. Ed
monton unions today voted, three
to one, for a strike, effrtive to
morrow, in support of the general
walkout in Winnipeg.
Will Decide Attitude.
Winnipeg. Man., May 25. Mayor
Charles F.- Gray today called a spe
cial meeting of the city council for
tomorrow to decide the city's at
titude toward unionized city em
ployes who joined the sympathetic
strike. Mayor Gray said a number
of city employes are ready to return
to their positions, regardless of the
attitude of the central strike com
mittee. Members of the Winnipeg Postal
Workers' union have been given
until noon tomorrow to return to
work, in an ultimatum issued by
Senator Gideon Robertson, federal
minister of labor, and Arthur Mei
ghen, minister of interior and jus
tice. Telephone operators are con
sidering a similar ultimatum from
Premier T. C. Norris of Manitoba.
Complains Over Delay in
Submitting Peace Terms
Copenhagen, May 25. Dr. Karl
Rentier, Austrian chancellor and
head of the German-Austrian peace
delegation, has addressed a note to
Premier Clemenceau complaining
over the delay of the peace confer
ence in submitting the peace terms.
which, he says, is arousing grave
anxiety regarding the maintenance
of peace and order in our father
land." The note also calls attention to
the expense of keeping the delega
tion abroad and appeals to the peace
conference to open negotiations as
speedily as possible
Suatfay. MM;
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AVIATOR
FOUND 800
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IRELAND
Flyers Forced Down 1,100
Miles From Newfoundland
Because of Engine Trouble;
in Perfect Health.
London, May 25. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Missing for six days
and virtually given up for lost, Harry
G. Hawker and his navigator,
Lieut. Com. Mackenzie Grieve,.
British airmen, who essayed a flight
across the Atlantic ocean without
protection against disaster save what
their frail airplane afforded, are safe
tonight aboard a British warship off
the Orkneys. Tomorrow they will
reach the mainland and proceed to
London, where they will be ac
claimed as men returned to life.
Some 1,100 miles out from New
foundland and 800 from the Irish
coast, Monday, May 19, the aviators,
making the best of an engine which
was failing to function properly,
were forced to alight on the water..
The little Danish steamer Mary,,
bound from New Orleans and Nor
folk for Aarhuns, Denmark, picked
the wayfarers up and continued on
her northward voyage.
Message Delayed.
Lacking a wireless outfit, the cap
tain of the steamer was obliged to
withhold the good tidings of the
rescue until he was opposite Butt of
Lewis, where the information was
signalled by means of flags, that
Hawker and Grieve were aboard his
ship.
Immediately word was flashed to
the British admiralty, which sent
out destroyers to overtake the Dan
ish vessel and obtain confirmation.
This was done and one of the de
stroyers took the airmen off, and
later transferred them to the flag
ship Revenge.
When the airplane sped away
from its starting point. Pilot Haw
ker let loose his wheels and under
gearing, thereby lightening the
weight of the machine by a consid
erable amount, but making a possi
ble landing in Ireland a more haz
ardous venture. This, probably,
proved of much advantage when it
became necessary to alight on the
water. The airplane remained afloat
without difficulty during the hour
and a half it took the Danish steam
er to effect a rescue.
All England Stirred.
All England is stirred by th
news of the safety of the two avia
tors, but owing to the difficultiet o!
communication some time must pasi
before the full details of the voyagi -are
known.
The one person in England wh
had always held hope was Mrs
Hawker. She always maintainec
that providence would protect he;
husband, and, though she receivec
condolences from all classes of peo
pie, including the king, she said to
day that she had never ceased tc
believe that some time and in sorni
way her husband would come back
It is officially announced by thi
admiralty that the aviators wer
picked up in latitude 50.20, longitud
29.30, having alighted close to the
little Danish steamer Mary owing
to a stoppage of circulation in the
water pipes between the radiator
and the water pump.
The Sopwith airplane was not sal-,
vaged.
First Report.
"Saved hands of Sopwith ah
plane," was the signal.
"Is it Hawker?" was the question '
sent out by the flags from the Butt,
which is the most northwesterly
point of the Hebrides group, off
Scotland.
"Yes," laconically replied the
Mary.
Had Given Up Hope.
Eight destroyers, after a thorough
search of the Atlantic for 300 miles
from the Irish coast, had given up
the quest and there was practically
no hope that the airmen were alive.
This morning, however, the for
(Contlnurd on Pat; Two, Columa Four.)
Afghan Commander
Asks British Agent at
Khyber for Armistic
Simla, May 25. The Afghan
commander-in-chief has written the
British political agent at Khyber,
asking for an armistice.
Pershing Urges Support
of Salvation Army Drive
New York, May 25. Brig.-Gen
Cornelius Vanderbilt. chairman ol
the Salvation Army home service
campaign in the city, made public a
cable message from General Persh
ing in which the commander of the
American expeditionary forces urged
the American people to support tfc
activities of the Salvation Atm .
