RIEF
RIGHT
REEZY
BITS OF NEWS
COURT HOLDS SHAMPOO
TAXABLE AS A COSMETIC
, Fort Dodge," June 14. (Special)
The business of the June session
of the federal court was concluded
Friday afternoon and Judge H. T.
Reed returned to his home at Cres
CO. - . : -
One of the features of, the session
was the decision as to whether
Fitch's hair tonic is a cosmetic or a
soap. After a lengthy hearing the
judge decided that the shampoo is
a cosmetic and therefore $2,500 paid
as war tax in 1914 on the shampoo
was allowed to stand.
, The Fitch company endeavored
to secure a refund by claiming that
the shampoo was a soap and there
fore not subject to war tax. -
WINTER ICE BLOCKS
SHIPS OUT OP NOME.
Nome, Alaska, June 14. Behring
sea winter ice, which disappeared
from the roadstead in front of Nome
two weeks ago, returned just in time
iv block the passage of the first
ships' of the year from the outside
to this ice-bound por,t. Two big
steamers, the Senator and the Vic
toria, crowded with passengers, and
several freighters and traders today
were reported held at the southern
edge of the pack between 60 and 103
miles from here. " v '
' Old timers say the ice pack is the
heaviest in years, and extends much
farther south than usual.. St. Mi
chaels -bay, near the mouth of- the
Yukon river, is reported open. The
' trading vessel Herman, from San
Francisco, was compelled to skirt
the ice pack nearly to the Siberian
coast before it could reach St. Law
rence island. -. .
60-YEAR-OLD YANK IS
MUSTERED OUT OF ARM7.
Tacoma, Wash., June 14. Pvt.
Walter Toy of Winlock, Wash., was
discharged from Camp Lewis and
has left for his home to join his
wife and nine children. Toy served
18 months in France with the 18th
engineers and he celebrated his six
tieth birthday in the service. Mus
tering officers at Camp Lewis said
that Toy may have been the old
est private in the United States army
in the great war. He enlisted, at
Vancouver barracks and gave his age
as 40. :' " ; v -
Toy had lived in the little town
of Winlock 20 years when he de
cided he, must get into the war even
if he had to use deception. He
served eight years in the British
navy when a boy and he easily
passes for "a man of 40.
DAUGHTER BORN TO
MAE MARSH, SCREEN STAR.
"New York. June 14. A daughter
.was born to Mae Marsh, screen star,
who is the wife of Louis Lee Arms,
sporting writer and magazine author.
Miss Marsh, who said she would
never marry until, she was 30, was
exactly 20 years old when she and
' Mr. Arms decided differently in the
s Little -Church Around, the Corner
, last. September. f ,
OLD AND YOUNG RUSS
FORCED TO ENLIST
Stockholm, June 14,-r-Reports
from Petrograd state that Leon
Trotzky, the bolshevik war minister,
hjs ordered mobilization of all com
munists, none of whom will be ex
empted from service in the front
lines. ? ...
: Raids are being . organized by
which thousands are dragged off to
recruiting centers daily, even aged
mtb and boys being sent to the
barracks. ; .
CONVICT COLOMBIANS;
VIOLATED DRUG LAWS
" San Francisco, Cal.," June 14. A
sentence of a year and a day each
was imposed in the United States
district court here on George Carlo
and Diego Putnam, natives of
Colombia, for the attempted ship
oing of 100 ounces of a drug to that
country through its consulate here
in violation ; of anti-narcotic laws.
Pirgo Putnam pleaded guilty and
George - Carlo Putnam ; was con
victed after a two-day trial. - 1
The indictment alleged they at
tempted to ship the drug under the
guise that it was going to a Colom
bian hospital. The consul disclaimed
all knowledge of the shipment.
DIAMOND WILLIE" WINS
MOST EXCLUSIVE HEIRESS
Portland, Ore., June 14. (By
Universal Scrvice).r-lf the , . latest
romantic episode of Captain Wil-
' liam Barrett by his elopement with
and marriage to Alice : Gordon
Prexel, the New .York and Phila
delphia heiress, has provided social
Gotham with atmosphere so rarified
that it stifles the breath, the folk
residents of his old home town o:
hillsboro, Ore., exhibit only a
wonderment of "what will Willie be
up to next" attitude. ;..-.
Captain Barrett, according to the
folk, is the son of the late W. N
Barrett of HiHsboro, Ore, a lawyer
and politician of note.- The first
escapade which they tell of young
Barrett followed his arrival in San
Fiancisco fresh from graduation at
Annapolis.. Being possessed of
youth and pleasing approach he ob
tained immediate entry into circles
most exclusive. - i - V
Representing himself to be of
wealthy family and having a taste
fir jewelry, he gratified it to the
extent xof $3,000 on his promise to
pay. He was arrested and ' his
father ? went to Viis assistance and
p:iid the bill. This gained him the
name of "Diamond Willie."
After this episode, young Barrett
drifted to Tacoma and eloped with
the . daughter of Alexander Bailie,
prominent socially in the sound
cities. They came to Hillsboro to
reside and .remained nearly a yar,
young Barrett making a pretense of
studying law with his father.' The
humdrum of country life, however,
did not appeal to the lad and he
moved to Portland. He was unable,
having no earning capacity, to give
a, wife and child the comforts m
- hich she -aad been reared and a
. separation soon followed. Mrs. Bat
ictt; went to California and . pro
cured a divorce. ; ,'-'. ? -.
After the separation of the Bar
reus nothing : much was heard of
V;Iliam until it was learned he haJ
joined the national army as a lieu
tenant in the signal corps and had
gone jc ranee,. -
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VOL. XLVIII NO. 5.
GOLIPERS
FEARS DRY
ON LABOR
Union Men From Every State
: March to Capitol Steps to
Advocate Partial Pro
hibition Repeal.
Washington, June 14. Organized
labor, bringing to congress Saturday
in a public demonstration its protest
against prohibition of beer and wine,
gave warning that the tranquility of
the working classes might be seri
ously menaced by enforcement of
the wartime prohibition law.
Samuel Gompers, head of the
American Federation of Labor, said
he was "apprehensive of results."
fearing labor would not adjust itself
to the new conditions.
While he declared labor leaders
would do everything they could to
control the situation, he was unable
to say "what individual workers will
do."
In a three-hour meeting on the
eastern steps of the capitol, other
advocates of wine and beer prohibi
tion repeal protested that the pro
vision was striking at the personal
liberty of the masses and was taking
from millions of workers an accus
tomed part of their daily food.
A crowd of several thousand, said
by labor officials to represent union
men in every state, came by special
trains for the flaar day protest meet
ing and cheered again and again
declarations that , the people never
had been given an opportunity to
express themselves on prohibition.
Applause also greeted every predic
tion that the bar on beer and .wine
would increase unrest among the
masses. ,
Fear Congress Won't Act.
Three representatives, John F.
Fitzgerald of Boston and Adolph J.
Sabath and John W. Rainey of Chi
cago, all democrats, addressed the
meeting, predicting that if congress
did not modify the July 1 law, Pres
ident Wilson would do. so by procla
mation. They agreed there was lit
tle prospect congress would act.
It was at a hearing before the
senate judiciary committee that Mr.
Gompers expressed apprehension
over the outlook. He told the com
mittee it was his opinion from a
long, knowledge of the habits and
thoughts of the workers "that noth
ing could be done by congress so
prejudicial to the peace and tran
quility of the masses" as the abso
lute prohibition law. He asked that
the beer provision be modified only
to permit sale of the beverage when
containing not more than 2 54 P
cent alcohol.
Claim Unjust Discrimination.
Later, speaking at the capitol
meeting, the federation president
said prohibition would affect the
richer and poorer classes in a vastly
different way, the laborer being un
able to stock his cellar for future
use.. It was an unjust discrimina
tion, he protested, "that the rich,
the employers, the business men,
may have their booze at leisure for
their whole life time guaranteed,
and the right of the w,orker to get
a glass of beer when he can denied
to him." -
The working people, he asserted,
were not asking for intoxicants, be
cause the honest workman did not
want them, but were only pledging
for "a fair opportunity to live ov.r
whole lives." As he spoke Mr.
Gompers held up a small American
flag, to which he repeatedly referred
as the symbol of individual liberty
now violated..-,
Although union officials previous
ly had estimated more than 100,000
workers would take part in the pro
test, the crowd did not fill the cap
itol plaza. Among them were more
than 100 women of the anti-prohibition
league, organized in Balti
more, and led by Mrs. E. Rooney of
San Francisco, who threw the meet
ing into a momentary tumult by
mounting the speakers' table and
shouting that it would i take a wo
man to "put across" personal lib
erty in the United States. ' -.f -i
' Thieves Bob Pest House
Fairmont, W. Va., June 14.
When the pest house was about to
be prepared for a smallpox case it
was found that the place had been
ransacked by thieves, who had car
ried away all the furniture.
Flynn Warns Against
More Bomb Outrages
i Patterson, N. J.; June 14. Act
ing, it was said, tinder a warning
from William J. Flymy chief of
the bureau of investigation of the
Department of justice, that bomb
outrages might ; be 4 expected
throughout the country. Chief of
Police John - Tracey Saturday
night ordered out special guards
to protect public 1 buildings ' and
homes of prominent citizens. .
EFFECTS
BEE WANT ADS WILL HELP YOU TO THE JOB
The Omaha
lafni n mcm-Im nattw ) 2S, ISM. at
Oaakt P. O. Mt at Marak S. 179.
Testimony of 10 Witnesses
Fails to Show House Raided
By Police Was Disorderly
Prosecution Makes Utter Fizzle in Attempt to Substan
tiate Commissioner Ringer's Charges Against Mrs.
Brown, Who Was Kept in Jail All Night Without
Bond, Insulted, Threatened and Mistreated
. Detectives Were Not Told by Dunn to Make Raid.
.' - "'.'
Though 10 witnesses have been introduced by the pros
ecution, since the hearing began Friday afternoon before
Municipal Judges Holmes and Patrick, in an attempt to sub
stantiate Commissioner Ringer's charges against Mrs.
Thomas Brown as the keeper of a disorderly house, not a
word of testimony has been offered to show that anyone ever
saw anything disorderly about the house at 2106 Cass street,
in which three girls and a man were arrested June 6 and
charged with being inmates of an ill-governed house.
Later Mrs. Brown was arrested, kept in jail all night
without being permitted to furnish bond, insulted, threatened
and mistreated, and charged with being the keeper of the
alleged ill-governed house. ' s
Mrs. Brown is the owner of the
property on Cass street. She lives
at 508 Twenty-first street, a half
block distant. ,
Detectives Who Made Raid.
Detectives Herdzina and Arm
strong, who made the raid, and who
are said to have been drunk at the
time, are the only witnesses who
have even attempted to offer aiiy
material damaging testimony.
The extent of their charges has.
Can't Run Omaha on Sunday
School Plan, Says M'Gilton
Prominent Attorney Says He Believes Commission Mis
construes People's Conception of Power When It
' Delegates Responsibility of Department to One
Member.
In a signed statement given out
yesterday E. G. McGilton. mem
ber of the school board and for
merly lieutenant govenor, in his
desire as a private citizen to lend
his aid to remedying the present
disorganization of the ponce de
partment declared that "while he
supported Commissioner Ringer
in the election and still was sup
porting him he did not believe
Mr. Rinrer had the proper con
ception of the fact that Omaha is j
a ' cosmopolitan cuy, mane up 01
varied classes of people with
varied interests and various social
conditions."
After strongly emphasizing the
DEPALMA MAKES
NEW RECORD IN
50-MILE RACE
Wins International Auto
Event at Sheepshead Bay
From Crack Drivers.
New York, June 14. Ralph De
Palma, taking the lead in the thir
teenth mile of a fifty-mile interna
tional automobile race at the
Sheepshead Bay track, Saturday,
broke all world's records for 50
miles, winning by a margin of a
third of a lap, in 26 minutes, i 2-10
secons.
The previous record for the dis
tance was 26 minutes 57-3-10 sec
onds, made by Lows Chevrolet,
over the same track, iept 22, 1917.
De Palma crossed the finish line
two-thirds of a mile ahead of Dave
Lewis and Joe Boyer, who finished
second and third, only a few feet
apart.
At 30 miles De Palma's time was
IS minutes, 53 6-10 seconds, wiping
out the new world's record of 16
minutes, 203-5 seconds made by
Mulford in another race scarcely an
hour previously. His time for 40
miles was 21:394-10 and his average
speed for the 50 miles was 114.5
miles an hour.
De Palma's time for intermediate
distances will be announced official
ly next week. .
Dario Resta had engine trouble
at the start and quit on the first
lap. Ira Vail retired for a similar
cause in the fourth.
Four races, tw oat 10 miles each,
one at 30 miles and the 50-mile
event,, made up the program. Mul
ford won. the 30 and one of the. 10
mile races, the other 10-mile event
being won by Thomas Milton, ;
Three-Fourths Yankee
r Dead to Be Returned
! Washington, ' ; June 14. Three
fourths of the American dead in
France will find their final resting
place in American soil. Answering
an inquiry today . from Senator
Chamberlain as to the wishes of
relatives. General March, chief of
staff, said it was estimated that re
plies from relatives thus - far re
ceived showed not more than 25 per
cent who" expressed a preference
that the soldiers' body remain per
manently in France... V . ' ..i
. Six Submarines Sail. ;
; Vallejo, Cal., June 14. Six sub
marines of the R type, with the
mother ship. Beaver, Commander J.
H. Logan, sailed from the navy yard
here -.today- for - the. Honolulu - base.
OMAHA, SUNDAY
mm
bten that they found two girl,
smoking cigarets in one room while
they talked to Roy Kelly, who was
allowed to escape after he gave a
d-ink of whisky to Detective Hard
zina, according to the occupants of
the house; a man lying on a bed in
another room and taxicabs standing
in front of the house. ...
All of the girls wore pink silk
night dresses, the detectives de
clared. - -
Herdzina and Armstrong declared
(Continued on Pace Four, Column One.)
fact that "it should be recognized
that all the people do not think
alike upon civic problems and that
the man who does not go to Sun
day school or attend church may
be just as good a citizen as the
man who does, he declares that a,
city as large as Omaha can not
be run upon the Sunday school
plan."
His statement in the form of a
letter to the editor follows:
Omaha, June 14. To the Editor
ot The Bee: When the people of
Omaha adopted the commission
form of government, it was with
the view of placing the power and
the responsibility in the hands of
(Continued on Face Fonr, Column Four.)
FATE OF DARING
BRITISH AVIATORS
IN LAP OF GODS
No Word From Men Who Try
to Cross Atlantic in
Airplane.
St. Johns, N. F., June 14. The
fate of Captain "Jack Alcock and
Litutenant Arthur Whitten Brown,
who sped out to sea Saturday aft
ernoon in Great Britain's second
attempt to span the Atlantic by air,
was shrouded in uncertainty Satur
day midnight. 1 ' t
Since the twin-engined , Vickers
Vimy plane disappeared after the
start at 12:13 p. m., New York time,
no word has come from the plane.
The steamer Digby, 100 miles out
when the fliers left St. Johns,, and
reported to be directly in the line
Captain Alcock proposed to follow,
arrived here, not having sighted the
plane. The Dighy's captain said a
sharp lookout was maintained and
that-the ship sent out messages to
the Vickers-Vimy but received no
reply.
When the Digby reported she had
been unable either to sight or get
into communication with the daring
flyers, concern for their safety be
gan to be manifested.
The more optimistic theory ad
vanced was that their radio equip
ment had failed, but if was feared
in some quarters that the gallant
crew had come ' to grief in the
ocean. - ' 1 V' . ' - .
Two radio stations," one at ICape
Race and the other at St. Johns,
are maintaining a ceaseless vigil at
the direction of "the British admiral
ty, in, the hope of picking up some
word as to the result of the ven
ture. L - .-, I , ' i ' '
Kill 1 08 Railroaders f v
'Trying to Put Down
1 Strike in
Budapest, June 14. During an at
tempt, to 'put down a strike, near
Sombarhek, western Hungary 108
railway men were killed. The strike
ist continuing.
Naval Aviator Killed. '
"Hampton, Va., June . 14. Lt.
Charles. H. Hamman of Baltimore,
a naval aviator, was killed here
Satnrriav with rrmvri tnnkinor nn
when his airplane came tumbling
t . . t ......... - - -
aown in a-tau-spin
YOU SEEK OR TO THE MAN FOR THE JOB.
Sunday Bee
MORNING, JUNE 15, 1919.
SOLDIER WHO
SLEPT ON DUTY
IS EXONERATED
Lieutenant Governor Barrows
Notified Honorable Release
Has Been Given Louis
D. Gibson. '
Lincoln.' June 14. (Special .Tele
gram.) Louis D Gibson, the young
Custer county soldier, who was sen
tenced to two years in a military
prison in France for being found
asleep on duty after five days' con
stant service in the front lines, will
be home in a few days.
Lieut. Gov. P. A. Barrows, who
as acting governor in May. took up
the matter of Gibson's release, this
afternoon received the following
message from Senator G. M., Hitch
cock at Washington: ' f
"Louis D. Gibson released honor
ably and case ended. He will leave
New York in a day or two for
home.
Gibson was brought to New York
about two weeks ago after the an
thorities at Washington had investi-
gated the charge against him and
ordered him sent to the United
States. . ; '
Sympathetic Strike
of Canadian Railway
Men Called Failure
Winnipeg, June 14.- Officers of
the railway brotherhoods and the
railway companies affected declared
the sympathetic strike of railway
trades union employes is a failure.
Fifteen hundred union men will be
used to replace "illegal strikers,"
union officials asserted."
James Murdock, vice presidenf .of
the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, stated every man who went on
strike will be disqualified and where
a majority of lodge members are
out or where a lodge refuses to ex
pel striking members, charters , will
be withdrawn. The Canadian gov
ernment railways will be most af
fected, Mr. Murdock stated. . '
: Except a few pleasure and sub
urban trains withdrawn by the rail
ways, all trains left Winnipeg on
time today. '
A number of men alleged to be
responsible for attacks on returned
soldier constables have been arrest
ed. More arrests are expected.
Hope of bringing about a settle
ment of the general strike virtually
has been abandoned by the railroad
brotherhoods' mediation board, H.
E. Barker, chairman, stated tonight.
Three Killed When Auto Y
Plunges Over a Cliff
Eureka, Cal., June 14. Mr. and
Mrs. William H. Alley of Chicago
and Santa Barbara, Cal., were killed
and Mrs. Hetty G. Stockton, Alley's
sister, and'H. H. Gardner, also oj
Santa Barbara, were dangeroulsy in
jured in an automobile accident near
Crescent City, 93 miles north of
here, according ;to advices received
here last night. .
V Indications- were the car,' in de
scending . a steep mountain grade,
struck a log ' and 'plunged over -a
Icliff, ... - . -
Dalhr. UJfl! Into.
Dally aa .,
tl.SO; MiMaa Nib. aartata
Mall War)
Solving the Problem
TROOPS SENT TO
HUNGARY WHEN
ULTIMATUM ENDS
French Forces Arrive at
Pressburg, Not Far
From Vienna.
Berlin, Via Copenhagen, June 14.
(By the Associated Press.) On
the expiration of the ultimatum to
the Hungarian soviet government,
the entente immediately began mil
itary action, according to the Neue
Freie Presse of Vienna, and French
troops have arrived at Pressburg,
34 miles east-southeast of Vienna.
.The French government, the
newspaper adds, emphatically ; re
fuses to negotiate with the repre
sentatives of bolshevism in Hun
gary. A dispatch from Paris on June 9
said that Premier Clemenceau, as
president of the peace conference,
had telegraphed the Hungarian gov
ernment that attacks by Hungarian
troops on the Czecho-Slovak forces
must cease and that in case of non
compliance the allied and associated
governments had decided to use
"extreme measures to constrain
Hungary to cease hostilities."
M. Clemenceau's dispatch was
sent by wireless to the Hungarian
government and demanded a reply
within 48 hours.
Electrical Workers'
Strike Called Off
for Indefinite Time
Washington, June 14. Orders
calling off the threatened strike
Monday of Electrical Workers
were issued by J. P. Noonan, acting
international president of the Elec
trical Workers union, after issuance
of orders by Postmaster General
Burleson, granting employes of tele
phone companies the right to bar
gain collectively. t
Mr. Noonan said that the orders
had been sent out from the offices
of the Brotherhood at Springfield,
111.,1 postponing the strike indefi
nitely pending the carrying out of
the postmaster general's orders by
the companies.
"Our fight from the beginning,"
Mr. Noonan said, "has been to es
tablish the right of the telephone
workers to organize and to bargain
collectively with the employers and
to stop discrimination practiced by
many of the companies throughout
the United States, which have been
discharging . men and women on
account of - joining organizations,
despite a previous order of the
postmaster general. , '
"The new order issued by 5 the
postmaster ' complies .with prac
tically all our demands, with the ex
ception of the establishment of a
central board which is delayed until
the disposition of wire systems is
finally determined.", . 4-
Chicago Wants Mint.
Chicago.' June 14. Establishment
ofa government mint in Chicago
was asked of Carter Glass, secretary
of the treasury, in a letter signed by
James B. Forgan. chairman of 'tie.
Chicago clearing house" committee.
and each of ' its members. The
shortage of pennies and the ' in
creased business done for Panama,
the Philippines and other govern
ments, the letter said, called for an
other mint, . . . . . ,
FIVE CENTS.
extra.
ISSUE GALL FOR
CONFERENCE OF
GERMAN CHIEFS
Summoned by, Telegraph to
Weimar to. Jointly Con
sider Teutonic Reply
to the Allies.
Basle, June, IS. (By the Associ
ated Press.) The ministers of jail
the German states have: been sum
moned by telegraph to Weimar to
jointly consider the German answer
to the allies. ' '
Paris, June 14. (By the Associ
ated Press.) The council of four
finished its labors Saturday on the
reply to the Germans which will go
to Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Monday. The last day permitted
them for acceptance or rejection of
the treaty is June 21.
If the German reply is in the nega
tive, the allied armies will start to
march into Germany the following
day and a new blockade will be im
mediately effective.
If the Germans express their will
ingness to sign the document, the
ceremony probably will take place
Monday in the hall of mirrors at
Versailles.
-"The allied armies are ready to
move forward on an instant's notice
if - Germany does not sign the
treaty," they Temps says today.
"The German armies are without
airplanes, without material and with
out food supplies and would be un
able to make any effective resistance.-,.
. .
."The Belgians holding from Co
logne to the frontier of Holland are
within a day's march of Essen and
the British, supporting the Belgians
would move forward and occupy the
mining regions. The American
army would occupy Frankfort, and
the trench would take Hanau,
Wurzburg and Ulm." .
Monarchist Demonstrations. .
Copenhagen, June 14. A monar
chical demonstration took place Fri
day at Graudenz, Posen. The vol
unteer guard - and 1 its v officers
marched to the monument of Wil
liam I, and crowned jt , with a
wreath. - . ' , , ' - t
The workmen of the city are
greatly excited over the incident
and have sent a delegation to Min
ister of Defense Noske to protect
against the demonstration.
. The socialist Vorwaerts, of Ber
lin, in commenting on the demon
stration declares that all officers in
eastern Germany working against
the government will.be dismissed.
The newspaper says that the first
fight 'with the ' Poles , will be the
signal for a monarchical revolt "
Captured Hun Munitions
v Explode at Baltimore
-. Baltimore, June 14. Great
quantities of German munitions
recently brought to the Aberdeen
proving grounds from overseas
and piled at tbe munitions damp,
five miles from the center of the
reservation, caught fire today and
exploded. The explosions shook
this city and their force was also
felt on the eastern shore.
S2.SB:
THE WEATHERt
Partly cloudy Sunday and Mon
day, possibly . with ' scattered
thunder showers; " somewhat
warmer in west and central por
tions Sunday.
S a. m 18 1 p. m. .!
. m .... p. m..... M
7 a. m.v........1( S . n. KS
S a, m 70 4 p. ra.,.
9 a.m.,,. 79 S p. m... 84
10ik.ni... 7S p. m. ....... ..Ml
It a. m 74 7 p. at SO
It aooa... ...... 7
170UI5DE
United States Troops Have
Charge of American End of
International Bridge; Ref
ugees Are Detained.
Juarez, June 15. 12:15 a. m. '
A generrl attack on Juarez has
begun. Heavy firing can be heard
in El Paso. . . 1
The firing commenced at 12:10
a. m., Sunday, and is especially
severe in the eastern part of
Juarez. An occasional cannon
shot is heard. ;
The exodus' of the people of
Juarez was resumed. A cordon of
troops has been thrown about the
touthern part of El Paso to corral
the refugees'. One hundred Chi
nese first to cross and were de
tained .by . the immigration
authorities.
The fighting started in the ex
treme southeastern part of the
town near the Juarez race track.
This was evidently done to pre
vent bullets from falling : in . El .
Paso. Light artillery fire inter
spersed the small arms firing. ;
: Colonel Del Arco was in com
mand of the federal forces v.hich
. were resisting - the Villa attack
from the east side of the town.
.Juarez, Mex.; JuneXThe first '
shots from Fort Hidalgo were fired
against the approaching Villa army
at 7:55 p. m. . ;,
At 8 o'clock the city was in i
panic, every human beingileeing,
either toward the American "side oi
to other places of safety. -
Col. J. G. Escobar, second in com
mand of the federal garrison, at 9
o'clock said the rebels were within
the city limits. Street car service
to El Paso has been stopped. .
At 9:30 p. m. Saturday the first ,
federal wounded were brought in'
from the outposts on the west side
of town and taken to. the federal
hospital on the hill. They reported
that the rebels had advanced down
the river road from the west and
were within rifle shot of the federal
trenches. '. ' ,-.
Cross Into El Paso.
, El Paso, June 14. Shortly before
8 o'clock fifty federal customs5
guards, riding in an army truck,
crossed the international bridge into
El Paso. .
United States troops have taken
charge of the American end of the
international bridge and fleeing
Mexicans are being detained.
Francisco Villa sent the following
message to the Associated1 Press in
El Paso, with the request that it be
transmitted to Consul Gen. Andreas'
Continued on Page Tn. l'onmit Thrcr.
Three Persons Killed,
Two Hurt, When Auto
Runs Into U. P. Train
- Kearney, Neb.. June 14. (Special
Telegram.) Three persons were in
stantly killed and two others in
jured, probably fatally, near Elm
Creek Saturday afternoon when E.
C. Green, of Aurora, lost control of
the car which he was driving, run-;
ning into a Union Pacific passenger
train. The family, consisting of E.
C. Green, fyis wife, two sons and a
daughter, were enroute west on a
vacation tour. - , ,
Mrs. Green, a boy 12 .years old
and a bov 9. were insfanttv L-iH.H
-Mr. Green and his daughter were
taxen to tne hospital here. : ..,'. '., ,
:The daughter's condition is espe
cially serious. The remarkable fact"
of the accident is that the train did
not hit the car. but the car hit the
side; of the train after the engine
had passed the crossing. -.
Electrical Workers' Strike
Believed Averted by Action
Washington, June 14 An order
granting employes of telephone
companies the right to bargain in
dividually or collectively, and to or- ,
ganize or to.affiliate with organiza
tions to serve, their interests, was
issued today by Postmaster General
Burleson, after conferences with J.
P. Noonan, acting 7 international
president of the Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers. v
'- ,- . "
Salvation Army Celebrates. '
London, June 14. The celebra
tion of the SOth anniversary of
the founding of the Salvation Army,
postponed from 1915 on account of
the war, opened with a demonstra-'
tion at Albert hall. Messages from
King George and Dowager Queen
Alexandra were read by Gen. B ram
well Booth, the commander,, who, '
in sneakinir nf the ar1v tav tt tUm
army, said that his father in found- .
nig inc movement maae tne sal vat
tion Army a fighting religion -
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