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WILLARD AND WIFE
SLIP QUIETLY HOME.
Lawrence, .Kan., July 13. Jess
Willard-and his wife slipped quietly
into Lawrence last Friday night
and were resting at their home wesi
of town today.
Mrs. Willard toldpday how she
went from her home to Toledo,
without 1eing recognized until after
the fight. z
Willard plans to leave here short
ly 0.1 a business trip to the Texas
oil fields.
"13" HAS NO TERRORS
FOR PRESIDENT WILSON.
' Brest, July 13. (By the Associated
Tress.) President Wilson was
faithful to his predilection for No.
13 in his selection of the naval unit
which escorted him to America. The j
destroyers vvooisey, larDen, xar
nell and Wickes, upon which fell the
honor of convoying him home, are
down in naval records in Washing
ton as the Thirteenth destroyer di
vision. On the 13th of December,
1918, this flotilla of destroyers ame
into Brest harbor as escort to the
George Washington, bearing Pres
ident Wilson , on his first official
visit to France. On the 13th of
February, 1919, this Thirteenth de
stroyer division sailed out of Brest
convoying the George Washington
avfar as the Azores upon the pres
ident's return home for his short
stay. In March the same flotilla
received orders to meet the Gorge
Washington at a given longitude
and latitude off the Azores. They
were at the rendezvous and brought
the president into Brest. The date
was March 13, 1919.
ALLEGED BANK ROBBER
STEALS KEYS, ESCAPES.
Los Angeles, Cal., July 13. Lewis
B. Harris, alleged bank robber, stole
the jailer's keys and let himself out
'of the county jail Sunday.
Harris was charged with having
partir'pated in the robbery March
25 of the 1st National Bank of Ar
tesia, near here, of $27,000 in Liberty
bonds, stamps and cash. He was ar
rested at Denver, together with his
wife. Officers said Harris broke jaii
a year ago in Baltimore.
CONFESSES TO KILLING
BRIDE OF TWO WEEKS
Ukiah, Cal., July 13. Herman J.
Knaesche, a former soldier, con
fessed to Sheriff Ralph Byrnes that
he had shot and killed his' wite,
Frieda Knaesche, a bride of two
weekt,, the sheriff said.
Mrs. Knaesche was found dead
at the family home near here Wed
nesday, v
Knaesche, the sheriff said, had
brooded over the discovery thai
his wife was an invalid.
Before announcing Knaesche had
made a confession, Byrnes hurried
Ulie prisoner to Santa Rosa, in an
-y joining county. There had beep,
tfclk of lynching. ''
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MISUSE OF
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CHARGED
Spruce Production Division of
Army Air Service Under Fire
Following Allegations Made
by Providence-Journal.
DISHONEST METHODS
USED BY COMPANIES
Government Subjected to Cost
of Practically $650 per
1,000 Feet for Spruce Pri
vate Concerns Paid $178.
Denver, Colo., July 13. A resolu
tion asking a permanent salary in-
-crease from $1,500 to $2,000 per year
(or all letter carriers in the state
was passed at the annual convention
here today of the Colorado State As
sociation of Letter Carriers. Other
requests which will be made to the
postal 'authorities at Washington,
provided the resolutions are indorsed
by the National Letter Carriers' as
sociation, are for 30-day vacations'
and 90-day sick leaves with full pay;
ATTEMPT MAIL SERVICE
WITH CENTRAL EUROPE
Washington, D. C, July 13.
(Special Telegram.) Answering an
inquiry by the local correspondent
of The Omaha Bee, Postmaster
General Burleson Sunday declared
that the ban on mails to the Central
empires in general, and Germany in
particular, has not yet been raised,
in spite of the recent lifting of the
' blockade on commercial goods. The
postmaster general is now endeav
' oring to re-establish mail service
with Germany at the earliest pos
sible moment and will notify The
Bee and, through it, its many
thousands of readejrs.jis soon as the
mail 'service has been resumed. It
is doubtful, the postmaster general
declared, that the 2-cent rate for
first class mail, which prevailed be
fore the world war began in 1914,
will again be -established.
STOKER LEARNS HE'S
A MAN OF MILLIONS.
A "millionaire stoker" with two
yars and five months naval service
t rnmnlet hefore his enlistment
runs out arrived on the Imperator
in the person of F. L. Perkins of
cfi-in(f Tt Oil discovered on
his farm,' which his father is running
for him. will give him an income oi
$1,000,000 a year, he was told in a
message from the elder Perkins, re
ceived just before the big trans
port left for Brest on her last previ
ous trip.
Young Perkins enlisted in the
,'n nfffmSr-r. 1917. was as
signed to the transport service and
later was sent into tne imperator s
enginroom for duty as a coal pas
ser. The coal passer millionaire will
nn trv tn oet nut of his enlistment.
he said, and will use the money "for
the benefit ot the world and i.nris
tianity." '
Bootleggers Enforce
Right Jto Pass With
Booze With Shot Guns
"We've eot a load of whisky in
his car, officer; don't even look in
side or we'll blow your head off!"
was the Greeting Officer Jack Shel
'don mot from two motorists while
he stood guard at the east toll sta
tion on the Douglas street bridge at
11 o'clock last night.
Both motorists, leaning back leis
urely on the cushions of a Buick
car. exhibited shotjr.is to Sheldon
to-accept their warning.
And Sheldon did not look. He
'lurried into the toll station to call
Officer Palmtag, who was on duty at
the west toll station.
Palmtag says the telephone never
rang. "I was sitting within two
i. feet of the 'phone all evening," said
Talmtag, "a.id I am prepared7 to
swear it did not ring.
Germany Increased Stock
of Gold During War
Wshigton, July 13. Germany
increased her stock ot gold during
the war but lost S122.000.000 be
tween Tanuarv 1. and Mav 7. of this
j'car, according to information ob-
tatneG by the federal reserve board.
The loss was due to reparations
made Belgium and Rumania for gold
sm!t frrmi thnse rmintrip and hv
i shipments to neutral countries for
tood ' 1
S
ri.
Colorado Postmen Request
Increase to $2000 a Year
Resolution Passed at Annual Convention Held In Den
ver; 30-Day Vacation Yearly and 90-Day Sick
Leave With Full Pay Among Other Things Asked.
double pay for overtime;". pensions
for aged letter carriers, and confer
ences between postal officials and
representatives of the national as
sociation. ,
The convention also voted favor
ably upon a proposal asking letter
carriers' locals to affiliate with the
Colorado Federation of Labor. A
resolution was passed asking the
government to secure uniforms for
carriers at cost. The convention
protested against the "speeding up
system."
DIRIGIBLE
SAFELY IN
ENGLAND
Reaches "Overseas Objective
Just 75 Hours After Leaving
Long ls!and,-N. Y. on Trip
Home Across Atlantic.
Washington, July 13. Affidavits
purporting to show criminal mis
use of public funds by the spruce
production division of the army air
service, collected during the past
year by the Providence Journal,
have been submitted to the special
house committee investigating war
department expenditures and are
being investigated by a sub-committee
of which Representative
Frear of Wisconsin, is chairman.
A.rrnrAnr tr n statement author
ized by Mr. Frear, the affidavits
allege that contracts for spruce pro
A:.tnn anrf railroad construction
on the Pacific coast were awarded
under the cost-plus system to com
panies which had no practical ex
perience in the work, with the re
sult that great sums ot money were
wasted. iDshonest metnoas were
used bv the companies, it is
charged, to obtain larger fees from
the government.
Enormous Overcharge.
"Chror are made." the statement
says, "that the government was sub
jected, under the cost-plus system,
radically $650 oer
l.ittanrl feet for soruce when pri
vate concerns were procuring the
same kind tor trom to $10.
"The affidavit asserts me wasic
9ucit4 liv rnmnanies in building
camps in inaccessible localities ran
into many thousands of dollars; that
there was an utter lack of proper
care of foodstutts ana tnat in many
nut lmnHrH of Hollars worth of
flour, lard even pepper were care
lessly thrown into tne mua ai me
H"nf the road and left there. In
one instance, even stoves were leff
exposed to the weather and ruined-
There are affidavits alleging that
miles and miles of two-inch plank
road were built into the forests and
nfvrr nrd and ramns constructed
whert spruce was felled but not an
men ever brought out.
f .tlnnot Rrur P Disniie. former
chief of the spruce production,, is
criticized in the atnciavits tor Hav
ing adopted wasteful methods for
the production of spruce, for hav-
ntr ert nnnr iiinampriT in me m-
V f - j o t -
K.r rart tn workeH. and for
having often reversed himself in de
cisions. By his adoption ot a pro
cess for splitting logs, it is charged,
only 200 feet of timber was ob
tained from 3,000,000 of togs'by one
mill and only a small per cent oi
the timber was fit for airplane stock
Four Injured When
Auto Hits Wagon Load
of Concrete Blocks
Four oersons were severely in
jured Sunday morning when the
automobile of K. b. Baker, 3elJ
Fowler avenue, collided with a
wagon load of concrete blocks at
Twenty-eighth and Ames avenue.
R. F. Baker, the dnver.x R. L.
Baker, his brother, 5002 North For-'
ty-second street, and Richard and
Leonax Baker, children of K. r.
Baker, are the injured persons. All
were severely shaken up and bruised
while ,R. F. Baker suffered a frac
tured arm. All were taken to Im
manuel hospital.
Baker was driving east on Ames
avenue at Twenty-eighth when he
collided with an Omaha Cement
Block company truck, driven by C.
E. Morrison of Council Bluffs, at
Twenty-eighth avenue.
Superior Judge Among Those
Held for Having Intoxicants
Stnftli. Wash.. Tulv 1.1. Sunerior
Tnd?e Clay Allen, four deputy sher-
ltts ana a lormer speaner oi ine
.state house of representatives were
among 12 persons indicted by the
grand jury on a charge of being in
unlawful possession of liquor.
The indictments followed investing-.
rn rtf h Hi sa nnpa ran re Tune
2 of 864 quarts of whisky which had
been confiscated Dy county au
thorities. Czecho-Slovak Troops Pass
Through on Way Home
Tucson. Ariz., July 13. One thou
sand Czecho-Slovak troops from the
inti bolshevik campaign in Siberia
passed through Xucson Saturday en
rou'e to Chicago, Washington and
New York, whence they will sail for
I urope returning to their homeland
through Switzerland. The troops
are traveling in five trains, one be
,irg reserved for the wounded.
THREE INJURED
AS AUTOMOBILE
RUNSJNT0 DIJCH
John Hannan in Critical Con
dition, Following Accident on
West Center Street Sunday.
Three persons were seriously in
jured on West Center street ihortly
before 2 o'clock Sunday morning
when the automobile in which they
were riding ran into a ditch and
turned over.
The seriously injured are: John
Hannan, automobile man; Harriett
Comstock, Kean hotel, and P. J.
Donnell of Essex, Iowa.
Miss Cecilia Campbell, 1816 Wil
lis avenue, was also in the car but
escaped with a bruised back and
slight lacerations.
Hannan's jaw was fractured in
two places and his right arm frac
tured above the wrist. He also re
ceived severe cuts and bruises. His
condition was reported last night to
be critical.
Miss Comstock sustained a
sprained back and bad bruises about
the head and shoulders. Donnell
suffered a sprained back and pos
sibly serious internal injuries.
The injured persons were on their
way to Omaha when the accident oc
curred. Three miles from the city
limits they attempted to pass an
other car but when a front wheel of
their car broke off all were buried
in the ditch beneath the car.
A passing autoist sent in a call
for an ambulance to Central police
station but before the patrol could
reach the scene the injured had been
picked up by another autoist and
taken to Birchmont hospital.
Miss Campbell was taken home
yesterday. The other three are still
confined at Birchmont.
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Anti-Suffragists Say
13 States Will Refuse
to Grant Equal Rights
Washington, July 13. The
National Association Opposed to
COURT AMERICA,
BERNSTORFF TELLS
GERMAN PEOPLE
Points Out Revision of Treaty
of Peace Can Come Only
Through League of Nations.
Berlin, July 13. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Count von Bern
storff, former German ambassador
at Washington, writing in the week
ly Democratic Germany, advocated
a pro-American policy and points
out a revision of the treaty of peace
can come only through the leagie
of nations.
"When Germany is received into
the league," he says, "she can hope
for a world order checking imperial
ism by individual powers and bring
ing about a system binding peoples
together across the frontiers of
states. I hardly need to point out
that such a policy would lead us to
the side of the United States. The
danger of a league of nations is a
living one. There alone are funds
to be found, and there the principal
champion of the league idea will be
at the helm for another 20 months.
Count von Bernstorff says that
socialism is.unpopular in the United
States and therefore, if Germans
wish to cultivate friendly relations
with thatjamntry, thy must con
vince Americans, not only that mili
tarism is dead, but-that new Ger
many has no intention of fostering
a socialist world revolution.
WONT TREAT WITH
BELA KUN NOW,
ALLIES TELL HIM
Must Comply With Terms of
the Armistice First,
Note Declares.
Paris. July 13. The allied and as
sociated powers Sunday joined in
a wireless message to Bela Kun,
Hungarian communist foreign nnn-
... c Cr A u,t nmiKariaii wuuuuuui tuition nun-
Woman Suffrage announced that 't h declaring they cannot enter
had set out to obtain the defeat of.i. . ,. -J.u ,, v
, j . , I UllU ci UlSLUOaiUll VTHU ill. 1111.1 iiv
tne woman sunragc jiucuumcni uy
at least 13 states and issued an open
challenge to William Jenning
has carried out the conditions of the
ivriniftice.
The supreme council in Paris on
Friday discussed with Marshal Foch
and representatives of the Czech
and Jugo-Slav governments the
question of combined military ac
tion against the Hungarian com
munist iorces. The Hungarians have
been slow in carrying out the terms
of the armistice, which resulted in
the Czech, Rumanian and Jugo-Sla
armies stopping tneir advance on
Brvan to prove statements that he
was quoted as making in an ad
dress at Montgomery, Ala., that
ratification of -the federal - woman
suffrage amendment would be a
"sure guarantee of continued and
lasting peace," and that "the forces
of evil are lined up against the bal
lot for women."
In answer to the first statement
by Mr. Bryan, th? association de- j Budapest several weeks ago.
Clarea uermany nau ncen given
"great consolation" by the woman's
international congress at Zurich, at
tended by a number of American
suifrage -advocates. Replying to the
second assertion,- the association
said that there was no connection
between suffrage and prohibition as
shown in Texas, which defeated
woman suffrage and approved pro
hibition on the same day.
General Conferences
Between Wilson and
Legislators to Begin
Washington, July 13. General
conferences between President Wil
son and members of both houses of
congress will begin Monday at the
White House. Quite a number of
appointments had been made and it
was. indicated a wide range of sub
jects, domestic, as well 'as inter
national would be discussed.
No appointment had been made
for the president to receive as a
body the senate foreign relations
committee, which has before it the
peace treaty and its league of
nations covenant.
The president spent a full day
Sunday. With Mrs. Wilson he at
tended services at the Central Pres
byterian church. In the afternoon
he took a long motor ride into
Maryland. Mr. Wilson was recog
nized by many motorists who
waved greetings as his automobile
passed
Lansing Boards Steamer
for Return to America
Brest, July 13. Secretary of State
Lansing arrive here Sunday morn
ing from Paris. He embarked im
mediately on the steamer Rotter
dam, which was to arl for America
during the afternoon.
Pershing Leaves for Paris
After Decorating Mayor
Paris, July 13. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) General Pershing,
Saturday left American headquar
ters at Chaumont for Paris, where
American headquarteds is now to be
located. As his last official act at
Chaumont, General Pershing decor
ated Mayor Levy Alphandery, who
is a captain in the French army,
with the American distinguished
service medal.
As General Pershing stepped out
of the city hall where the ceremony
took place, he was surrounded by
citizens who attempted to grasp his
banc's.
Fire Damages Nebraska
City Hotel; Manager Held
Nebraska City, Neb., July- 13.
(Special Telegram.) The Frontier
bote', located in the eastern part of
the city was badly damaged by fire
eailv Sunday. Fire was located in
several parts of the building. Frank
Pope.', jr., manager, was ordered
held in the county jail until a com
plete investigation is made by the
county attorney and sheriffv The
building and contents is owned by
Frank Popel, sr., who is out of the
city. '
U. S. Investigating Bureau
Announces Reorganization
New York, July 13. The national
investigating bureau, organized by
the war chest committees ot van
ous states during the war to investi
gate war charities, announces to
ilav its reoreanization as the Na
tional Information bureau, to in
vestiffate social and welfare organ
iatinns national in scope. Barry C.
Smith of this city will continue as
director, with Gustavus D. Pope,
j Detroit, presic
V0YAG WITHOUT
PARTICULAR INCIDENT
Aeronauts On Journey Do
Not Fear Booze Hounds
Include Some Stimulants in Their Supplies; Crowd En
joys Gala Day at Ft. Omaha When, Uncle Sam's
Air Men Put on Big Day of Stunts.
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FT. OMAHA
400 Men .Who Went to Aid
Airship in Landing, Waited
Silently as Ship Circled Field
at Pulham, Norfolk.
Pulham, Norfolk, England, July
13. (By the Associated Press.)
Great Britan's mammoth transat
lantic air pioneer, the dirigible R-34,
rived at the air station here at
6:56 o'clock, Greenwich mean time,
Sunday, completing her round trip
from the British isle to the United
States :md return.
The R-34 poked her nose out of
the clouds northeast of the village
and, after circling the flying field
three times, glided gently to the
ground and 10 minutes later was
housed in the dirigible shed. The
voyage from Lang Island later wasi
without particular incident and
was completed in approximately 75
hours.
As the R-34 approached the field
she dropped from a height of 5,000
foet to 2,000 feet. The 400 men who
were to aid the airship in landing
were ordered to their positions and
waited silently as the ship circled
il'.e field, dropping lower and low
er.
When Major G. H. Scott, her com
mander, had maneuvered the airship
nto position for the landing, the
water ballast was released to steady
her and a rope was thrown from the
bo,w. The. rope was grasped by
eager hands and the giant ship
moved across the field to the Shed,
where the delicate operation of
berthing her was completed quickly
without accident.
A militarv band stationed on the
field played "The Call of" Duty" as
the airship began to settle and then
changed to the strains of "See, the
Conquering Hero Lomes. As the
ship was warped into the shed the
band played "Keep the Heme Fires
Burning.
Crew Warmly Greeted. I
The tired, unshaven, but smiling
men who composed the crew, quick
ly ciawled from the gondola and
were greeted by the officers and
scldiers gathered on the field.
' The voyage home has been with
out incident," said Major Scoti.
"VVe want breakfast."
After breakfast and while en
joying the belated luxury of his lit
tle black pipe, smoking not being'
permitted on the ship. Major Scott
told the story of the return flight as
follows:
"We estimated we would make it
in from 70 to 80 hours," he said.
"We made it in 75. When we left
we had a strong wind behind us and
we covered the first 800 miles in
about eight hours. When we
circled over New York we could
plainly see the crowds on Broadway
waving to us as we passed, but we
could not hear them because of the
noise' of the engines.
"South of Newfoundland we en
countered head winds and our prog
ress from then on was slower. We
traveled at an average height of
from 3,000 to 5,000 feet and found
much low clouds and fog. Once we
saw nothing but fog for 24 hours.
(Contlnntd on Page Two. Column Six.)
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Consideration of Ae .
League to Come Before
Senate This Week
Washington. July 13. Considera
tion by the senate of the peace
treaty with its league of nations
covenant to open Monday with the
meeting of the foreign relations
committee transcends in interest
anything to come before congress
next week
Both branches of congress, how
ever, have a busy legislative week
ahead with debate on prohibition
enforcement legislation expected to
continue in the house and with final
disposition of the agricultural and
sundry civil appropriation bills, ve
toed by the president, to be decided
The senate foreign relations com
mittee, to. which the peace treaty
was sent after it had been laid be
fore the senate by President Wilson
Thursday, will meet Monday to de
c:de on the course to be followed in
considering the document. Commit
tee sentiment as to inviting the pres
ident to attend the hearings on the
treaty and to discuss the various
treaty questions still is divided.
Berlin Strike Settled.
Berlin, July 13. As a rtsult of in
tervention by the Federation of La
bor, a settlement of the transporta
tion strike here has been effected.
Traffic is expected to be resumed
on Monday, after a suspension of
12 days.
Among the supplies carried by the
three balloons which started from
Ft. Omaha yesterday in their long
distance flight was an alarm clock,
r. llashlight, thermo-packs. A huge
bag of water was also included in
the equipment. The ballolnists said
the water would be frozen' by morn
ing, but would melt during the day.
Malted milk tablets, grape juice,
ine bottle of wine, and flasks ot
coffee were included in the pro
visions. "We have no fear of booze
hounds," declared A. Leo Stevens,
when quizzed about the wine.
The "Cannon Ball" balloon, com
manded by Mr. Stevens, was equip
ped with a specially constructed
basket, with a pneumatic bottom to
resist the shock of a sudden land
ing. Mattresses were strapped to
the baskets, which were to float the
l asket in case the balloon landed in
the water. ,
Miss Ruth Law, champion woman
aviator of the world, took her first
balloon ride at the Fort Omaha
balloon carnival yesterday. She
drove to the field in a large touring
car, stepped into a balloon that was
waiting, and rode to the center of
the field, where she was introduced
to the crowd. '
Although the balloon was allowed
to ascend only a short distance
from the ground Miss Law said her
ride was "quite thrilling."
"The sensation is so different
from riding in an airplane," she ex
claimed. "You feel so helpless
without a motor to take you where
you want to go."
Asked concerning her proposed
trans-Atlantic trip Miss Law said:
"I am having a plane specially con
structed in Cleveland, Ohio, by
Gene Martin, an expert. I expect
to start the trip on October 1. I
know that is an unusual time to
start a distance flight, and it will be
very cold, but I hope to cross the
Atlantic in a very short time.
Lt. J. S. Godfrey of Fort Omaha,
was dragged 50 feet on the ground
when the rope attached to a balloon
which was being used to lift the
canvas covering off the 1.000 small
balloons, twisted about his leg. He
limped slightly the rest of the aft
ernoon, but declared his injury
slight.
Miss Dortha Callendpr of Pasa
dena, Cal., released the small bal
loons which fairly filled the sky.
Ladies' names were attached to the
balloons, and the one traveling
farthest entitles the lady whose
name it bore to a prize.
"In the name of the director of
the air service and the commanding
officer of Fort Omaha, I christen
this balloon," was the speech that
each of the sponsors made when
they broke the bottle of champagne.
The fair sponsors were horrified at
the length of the speech and re
peated it numerous times before the
christening event took place.
Miss Gertrudf Stout, sponsor of
the "All America," was in the mid
dle of the christening speech when
she struck the bottle on the anchor.
It failed to break andshe began her
speech all over again.
Crowds were frightened by the
antics of the giant French "Cac
quot" expandable balloon, but were
not aware of the real danger with
which they were threatened, accord
ing to officers at Fort Omaha. The
balloon was held by a steel cabl
which several times nearly crossed
the charged wires of the Omaha
and Council "Bluffs street railway1
company. Had this occurred the
high voltage current would have
been carried to the winding winch
and then to low wire fences used to
keep the crowd back, officers say.
Thousands of people were in con
tact with these wires, and would
have been electrocuted.
The winch used to bring the
French balloon to earth was the in
vention "of W. D. BurtoR. of Omaha,
and is said to be the fastest winding
winch in the world. During the
crisis A. Leo Stevens took direct
charge of the winch, and finally suc
ceeded in bringing the huge .bag to
earth.
The large crowds were in gala day
(Continued on Pairs Two, Column fear.)
RELEASES
3 FOR RACE
Twenty-Five Thousand People
Witness Events of Day at
Balloon School as Aeronauts
Ijlead for the Far North.
THRE OVALS GO AFTER
LONG DISTANCE RECORD
Giant French Sausage Tries to
Give Its Handlers Trouble,
.But Is Subdued by Skilled
Men From the Fort.
CHICAGOANS HISS
NAME OF WILSON
DEVALERA SPEAKS
Lloyd George Referred to as
"the Trick Mule of
Great Britain."
Chicago, July 13. An audience of
50,000 persons, it was estimated,
heard Edmon de Valera, "president
of the Irish republic," appeal for
aid and recognition of Irish inde
pendence, Sunday, at an open air
meeting held at the Chicago Nation
al league base ball park.
The crowd was enthusiastic but
some of the spectators indulged in
hissing when the names of Presi
dent Wilson, Premier Lloyd George
and Sir Edward Carson, Irish
FRED RUNYOK
LOSES LIFE AT
LAKE MANAWA
Dives Into Shallow Water,
Striking Bottom and Break
ing His Neck.
Fred, better known as "Blackie"
Runyon, of Council Bluffs, was in
stantly killed late Sunday afternoon
when he dived into about three and
one-half feet of water at Wray's
landing, Lake Manawa. His head
struck the bottom, breaking his
neck. Dr. Moth responded to a call
for a physician, taking a pulmotof to
the scene of the accident as it was at
first thought that death resulted
unionist leader, were
mentioned. I Tm remaining too long uaider
Persons on the speakers' platform,
however, soon stopped those dem
onstrations. Dr. De Vajera expressed confi
dence that Americans sympathized
with the Irish independence move
ment, and hoped that the American
government would recognize the "de
jure government" of Ireland.
Mayor One of Speakers.
Frank P. Walsh and Edward F.
Dunne, members of the delegation
sent by Irish societies in America
to present to the peace conference
a petition for settlement of the
Irish question, and Mayor William
Hale Thompson of Chicago, were
other speakers.
Mr. Walsh referred to Premier
Lloyd George as rtthe trick mule of
Great Britain," whose actions, he
said, nobody could forecast.
Resolutions that congress be
urged to "recognize the Irish repub
lic as now established, and to es
tablish trade relations with Ireland
for the benefit of American com
merce and labor, and strongly op
posing the league of nations-, were
adopted with enthupiasm.
Fear Effects of League.
'The league, it was declared, would
impair American, sovereignty and
would imperil the constitution, de
stroy the Monroe doctrine and
would guarantee "the world su
premacy of the two remaining des
potic empires of the world Great
Britain and Japan."
Ihe decree ot uoctor oi j-aws. i... ,j-: k h- win.,
was conferred upon Mr De Valera l.ounty Democratic club of a resolu
at De Paul university this morning. , tion demanding suspension of fed
Monday he plans to confer with ( e. al dipping officials in Seattle,
local bankers concerning the pro- , pending concusjon 0f the invcstiga
posal to issue Irish republic bonds i t;on
At 7 p. m. he will depart for Sanj "
F"ncisc I Juarez Commander Gets
water.
Runyon gained considerable no
toriety when he was charged with
an assault upon Fred Wade, fore
man of a bridge crew of the Mil
waukee railway, at the latter's home
on January 11 last. Wade's head was
crushed and the power of speech
totally destroyed. He is still in
Mercy hospital, and it has been
necessary for him to learn the en
tire language over again. Runyon
was indicted by the district grand
jury, and later sentenced to one
year in the state prison at Fort
Madison. He had-appealed his case
and was out on an" appeal bond
when the accident happened.
Investigate Death of
Secret Service Man
"Unearthing Big Fraud
Seattle, Wash.. July 13. Govern
ment agents continued investigation
of circumstances surrounding the
death of F. A. Dowsey, federal se
cret service, whose body was found
May 2 in a wash room in a local
ofiice building shortly before he was
expected to report upon results of
an investigation he had been making
m Seattle. Persons familiar with Jhe
pcneral nature of Dowsey's mission
declared it involved a gigantic fraud
against the government.
A development in the case has
De Valera Will Pass
Promotion for Gallantry
Through Omaha Today ; QJ cmS3;
The Irish Self-Determination club 1 the garrison of Juarez, is promoted
has received word from Chicago that "for gallantry" to the rank of luig
Bamorn De Valera, president of the I adier Reneral it. orders received here
Irish republic, will pass through today. Colonel Escobar took a lead
Omaha Tuesday morning at V:10 ine: part in the defense of 1 Juarez
o'clock on the Overland limited" on against Villa June 14 and 15, last,
his wav to San Francisro. A local j and was wounded June 15. His pro
committee will ''-il! o i the !)r i-4M.t ; motion dates from that dfy.
during his brief stop at the union ! General Escobar is in an El Paso
station. hospital.
Three balloons started on their
fight journey into the northland in
quest of the world's long distance
record on schedule time at 9:01
o'clock last evening as a crowning
event of the big "balloon carnival at
Fort Omaha yesterday afternoon
and evening.
Barring a single accident which.
described in aerial slang, was a
"kink" in a giant French "sausage" -riding
3,000 feet overhead, the 50 or
more events scheduled for after
noon and evening went off in clock
style. For a time the balloon was
dangerous.
Hundreds narrowly escaped se
rious injury as tne giant crait,
moored by a steel cable to a "winch"
in the parade grounds, suddenly be- '
gan to cut capers, somersaults and
what-not. in the air. Skilled ma
neuvership of the Twelfth, balloon
company and Instructor Stevens
saved the day.
Makes Several Dives.
The balloon dived several tittws.
At one time swinging wide to the
west and lowering dangerously, near
the earth simultaneously, it carried.
th cable over the trees and flag.-:
pole at the north end of the, canxpus,
bending and snapping the Utter as if
it were so muchAVirec .' ;: "trv
Seventeen troopers under Capt
H. T. Lewis, did splendid work directly-,
the' crowds and caution
ins: them against a stampede. Col
onel Wuest was off the grounds per
sonally superintending the situation.
;! 1Al !. l.'tli
The balloon
company in its worx.
was finally pulled in.
T'venty-five thousand people at
tended, a constant stream coming
rA going. Teu thousand packed a
ma!! 30-acre field in the rear of
:hc balloon shed and witnessed the
launching of the three racing bai-
iDons on their trial trip tor the
world's long distance record.
' Good luck, Colonel."
1 his, from Ruth Law. America!
famous avitrix, to Litut. Col. Jacob
VV. S. Wuest, commadning officer
nt the fort and Captain of the "Can
non Ball," entered as "judges bal
loon" in the racing contest, voiced
':h sentiments of the vast crowd.
A mighty cheer followed her ' re
nir.sk. : '
The "Cannon Ball," christened by
Miss Helen McCreary of Water
town, N.. Y., cousin of, Mrs.. Col
onel Wuest, departed with .'Major
K. I. O'Brien, adjutant at the fort
.u:d A. Leo Steven, instructor ti
the balloon school, at 9:01 o'clock
in the evening. The other three bal
loons left a few minutes earlier.,
Crowd Pleases Colonel
"I am glad to see such a large
crowd out," the colonel said from
his basket just before ascending.
"Wre have long hoped and planned
such an occasion as this. This is
your balloon field your school
and we want you to take advantage
of it. What we need is men."
The colonel, was cheered to the
echo. A moment later he gave the
command: , v
"Rip-'your appendicitis."
"All right, go." ,
The grey oval rose steadily up
ward and northward in the wake
of the three other that were at
that moment miles to the north. ,.
Expect to Make Record. "
Technical figures from the bar
ometer of the judges craft at the
hour of ascension indicated a wind :
of 50 m:!;s an hour at 6.000 feet
elevation. "We expect a good
time," Major O'Brienfi an occupant
said at the . last moment. "Thjre
is every reason to believe that 4
record will be established."
The balloons sailed in the follow
ing order:
8:43 p. m., No. 2. "AUTm-erica,"
First Lieut. R. E. Thompson, com
mander; Lieut. J. B. Jordan, as-
(Contlnufd on Pairs Two, Column Two.)
Declare Martial Law
in Texas Town Where '
Race Riots Occurred
T.ongview. Tex.. July 13. Martial
law wa deeJared Sunday in Long
view and the r?st of Gregg county
as a result of race troublehere pre
cipitated by a fight Friday morning
between white men and negroes,
and marked by the slaying of one
negro early Sunday after he had re
sisted arrest. There was no further
disorder. . .