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"' R IE F RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS B ft ! OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS' YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. The Omaha Daily CHICAGOANS REDUCING BY MOONLIGHT IN LAKE. Chicago, July 17. They are re ducing by moonlight at Lake Gen eva, Chicago's fashionable summer colony. Some member of the colony gave out a few weeks ago that he had cut several inches from his waist line by exercising of ' evenings in the lake. Therefore, moonlight bathing parties have become the fad and the marble and Roman col umbined beach equipment of the residents is peopled nightly by aris tocrats in bathing suits who be tween plunges munch sparingly up " on sandwiches of the non-fat pro ducing type. MUST PAY MILLION FRANCS FOR KILLING FRENCHMAN. Paris, July 17. An indemnity of 100,000 francs and a fine of 1,000,000 francs is to be levied on the Ger man government for the attack on two French soldiers in Berlin in which one of the soldiers was killed. According to an eyewitness of the attack, whose story is relat ed to the Freiheit of Berlin, the at tack was unprovoked. "Just after midnight I was going up the Friedrichstrasse," says this eye witness, "when I came across four or five German soldiers, two of whom were drunk. Two French men were coming from Oranien burgdorf in the opposite. They had walked past the group of German soldiers without uttering a word or making a gesture, when one of the Germans rushed upon the French men and struck one of them in the back saying, 'Take that, you swine.' A crowd gathered immediately and the wounded man took refuge in a hotel. I tried to appease the drunk en German, but , he replied with abuse and threats and started run ning after the Frenchman." Other accounts corroborate this statement. One says the victim's pocketbook, containing 1,200 francs and 700 marks, was stolen. KAISER'S HOPE OF MIRACLE FAILED. Berlin, July 17. "I am hopeful for a miracle. Suddenly, like, a miracle, the war broke out will it end in the same way?" Dr. vonDryander, for many years the ex-kaiser's personal court preacher, in a glowing apologia for the ex-emperor, quotes him as say ing so in the autumn of 1916. But the clergyman's story, which was designed to awaken nation wide sympathy for William Hohen sollerr., representing him as a deeply religiousand almost fanati cally pacific fiaracter, has gone amiss of its purpose, for instead of shedding tears for the f'poor, dear, peace-loving kaiser," the German press has taken up the "miracle phrase" as a catchword around which stinging satires and bitter tirades are woven by clever wnters. INDIAN POEf SPURNS BRITISH KNIGHTHOOD. - New York, July 17. Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian poet, in protest against the repressive measures adopted by the British government in India, has asked to be relieved of the title of knighthood conferred upon him by King George in rec ognition of his literary .merits. The poet has made public a copy of his letter to the viceroy of India spurning the royal honor. DENY PRETTY OPERATIVE GOT ZIMMERMAN NOTES. Washington, July 17, Emphatic denial was made at the State depart ment of .the story that the govern ment came into possession f the famous Zimmerman notes through the use of a pretty girl secret agent as a decoy. Officials described it as "fantastic fiction." The story itself was originally published in a recent issue of La Nation of Buenos Ayres. Ij, pur ported tell how a German woman was sent to the United States with a Dutch passport carrying confi dential information and instructions for Von Eckhardt, then the German ambassador to Mexico. American secret service men dis covered the plot, it is narrated, but permitted the woman to proceed to Laredo, Tex. There she Was de tained and an American girl secret agent sent; on in -her place. This girl proceeded to Mexico and be came secretary to Von Eckhardt. In this way the Zimmerman papers " fell into her hands, the story de clares. GIRL MOST HEARTILY DENIES SHE'S DEAD. Los Angeles, Cal., July 17. Ob jecting to being dead, buried, and her body exhumed for identification, Miss Rose Douglas, formerly of Batavia, N. Y., but now living at Santa Monica, entered the Santa Monica police headquarters and identified herself among those pres ent Certificates of membership in the Audobon society of Batavia and her high school diploma convinced the police that she was the missing woman. i She had been missing for eight ' years, but the photograph ' of a body washed up on the sands neat; the municipal pief, Santa Monica, a year and a half ago, led her eastern relatives to believe that she was dead. The body was placed in an unmarked" grave. PLACE WREATH OF ROSES ON HEAD OF DE VALERA. San Francisco, July 17. Eamonn DeValera, "president of the Irish re public," received an uproarious wel come uponv his arrival here to be guest of honor at the national con vention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. , Progress of the march from the ferry station through streets lined with sightseers was halted while a delegation from the Ancient Or der of Hibernians stopped the presi dent's car and attaching ropes, dragged it in triumphal procession to" the hotel where a group of little girls in Irish costumes strewd flow ers in De Valera's path and. crowned his head with roses. , VOL. 49 NO. 26. tatora u MMO-tlui miter Mar M. IMS. t Oaita P. fl. Mr act af Hank S. I17S. OMAHA, FRlbAY, JULY 18, 1919. Bee ; j a Mali (I yaar). Dally. S4.HI Saatay. tt.SOl TWO PffMTQ Dally aaf Sa.. IS.U: aatala. NO. awUta antra. A " U C-HiIN id. THE WEATHER: - s Partly cloudy weather ,: with thunder showers and cooler in wett portion Friday and at night; Saturday cool. Hourly trmpralurMi Sa.ni. a. m, 1 a in. A a. m . a. m. 10 . m. 11 a. m. It I .7t .11 .71 .7? .75 .IS .SI .M 1 pi m p) in .,., - 5 P. m M 4 u, m , . .. . SO 6 p. m ....RS p. m , ,HS 7 p. m M 8 p. an M IT JV THOUSANDS ORGANIZED BY AW. Principal Plank in Radical Platform Calls for Destruc tion of U. S. Government, N. Y. Labor Leader Asserts. GARMENT WORKERS MOST FRUITFUL FIELD European and South American Unions Urged to Join Scheme for "International Revolu tionary Industrial Union." New York, July 17. James P. Holland, president of the New York State Federation of Labor, testify-! ing before the joint legislative com mittee investigating radical and sedi tious activities in this state, declared that the I. W. W. had organized many thousands of workers through out the country on a platform which included a plank calling for the de struction of the American govern ment. The most powerful of the radical organization, Mr. Holland asserted, was the Amalgamated Gar ment Workers of America, with a membership which he estimated at 70,000. Urge Revolution. As an evidence of the wide'' sweep ing plans of the I. W. W. letters were read into the testimony in which I. VV. VV. leaders urged Eu ropean and South American workers to join in a scheme for an "inter national revolutionary industrial union." One of the most ambitious ideas was the organization of the marine workers of the two Americas and the maritime European countries into "one big union." The most fruitful field found ty the radicals in this country, accord ing to Mr. Holland, has been the garment industry, the second great est industry in the United States. Asked what were the principles of the organization formed by the I. W. V."among the garment workers, Mr. Holland replied: Against Government. "They don't believe in govern ment. They preach that behind closed doors now and some of them preach it out of doors." The witness was then asked if it ever had been brought to his at tention that the Amalgamated Gar ment Workers favored a soviet form of government. "It has not only been brought to my attention but it has been rammed down my throat," replied Mr. Hol land. "But the majority of the workmen and working women are Americans first and not Soviets, as some would have us believe." Marvin De Lore Gets One to 20 Years for Shooting at Officer Marvin De Lore was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one to 20 years yesterday afternoon by District-Judge Redick. He was found guilty, June 11, by a jury in district court, o shooting with intent to kill Police Detective Frank Murphy who with Detective Franks was trying to arrest him at 1715 Charles street on the charge of having beaten up a soldier. v Detective Mirphy is the man who was shot at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning by a bandit and is now lying in a hospital, seriously wounded. A coincidence is that the affair at 1 715 Charles street oc curred at 3 o'clock in the morning also. De Lore has served two sentences in the penitentiary. He pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and was sentenced to the penitentiary for twe and a half years January 15, 1907. On October 22, 1913, he was sentenced to the. penitentiary for two to seven years after being found guilty cf attempted robbery. Over 30 Per Cent of Coal Miners Now Out of Work Washington, July 17. A perma nent federal employment service would benefit organized and unor ganized labor alike, Frank Morri son, secretary of the American Fed eration of Labor, declared today be fore the joint session of the house and senate labor, committees. Be tween 30 and 40 per cent of the coal miners are now out of work, he said, because of large stocks accu mulated, arid there is also consid erable unemployment in the build ing trades. Advises Investigation of Shipping Board Operations Washington, July 17. Without a dissenting vote, the house rules committee today decided to recom mend that an inveigation of the expenses and operations of the shipping board and.emergency fleet corporation be ordered by the house. Early action in the house as planned. v. GREAT BRITAIN PUTS BAN UPON IMPORTATIONS Done to Protect Exchange in America Where Balance Is Against England. Washington, July 17. To protect British exchange in America and other countries where the balance of trade is against England, the British government, in addition to maintaining on the prescribed list of imports a good many articles, has found it advisable to require special licenses and in some cases with the purpose of reducing the expenditure of British money for luxuries. It is learned that in making these additions to the items requiring spe cial licenses for importation there has been no thought on the part of the British government of discrim inating against American trade. On the contrary, the regulations apply to imports from all sources. Appeal to People. Sir Eric Geddes recentlyinformed the British parliament that some such, measures would be necessary to protect their exchange and ap pealed to the patriotism of the British people to curb their expen ditures for foreign luxuries. He, therefore, gave notice that notwithstanding the lifting of the blockade and the practical termina tion of the war, the British govern ment found it necessary to continue, for the present at least, the regula tions restricting importations into the country. However, it is under stood that a governmental commis sion is to be created, to meet in London in September, to consider and report upon the whole subject of British foreign trade regulations. The possibility of the permanency of such restrictions, which not only tend to maintain British exchange at a favorable figure, but also are highly protective of British indus tries, has aroused the free trade ele ments in England to a realization of the fact that that whole time-honored doctrine may be at stake and a lively campaign is expected to pre cede the meeting of the commission in London. 1 SUPREME COURT SIGNS GRAMMER DEATH WARRANT Condemned to Electric Chair for Participating in Murder of Mother-in-Law. Lincoln, July 17. The supreme court Thursday morning issued the death warrant in the case of Allan Vincent Grammer, found guilty of participating in the murder of his mother-in-law,- Mrs. Lulu Vogt, in Howard county. This is the first time that such action has been taken under the new law which prohibited executions by hanging and made electrocution legal. The state as yet has no elec tric chair and it will now be up to the warden to secure one. At the same time that Grammer is executed, his accomplice Cole, will also receive his punishment in like manner unless the governor, who has promised to give them a hearing, changes the sentence to life imprisonment. 3,600 Undesirable Aliens Are Heid i in U. S. For Deportation Washington, July 17. Lack of ship space and the high cost of transportation may necessitate as signment of a special steamer to deport 3,600 undesirable aliens held in this country, Anthony Caminett:,' commissioner general of immigra tion, testified today before the house immigration committee. "State institutions which are tem porarily caring for these people are clamoring to be rid of them," Mr. Caminetti said, "but I do not want to send them td Europe individually or in small groups when the cost per man would reach about $800, as compared with $200 or $300 in nor mal times." Believe Absconding Broker Apprehended in Seattle Seattl, Wash., July 17. In the arrest of a man calling himself F. H. Woods as he stepped off a train from Vancouver, B. C., federal offi cials said they believed they had ap prehended John W. Worthington, former Chicago broker. Worthing ton, it was said, has been sought in connection with the alleged theft of $135,000 worth of stolen bonds. The man arfested here denied his iden tity as Worthington. " He carried a "flash" roll of small bills, government agents said, and was planning a trip to Honolulu. Worthington was arrested in Chi cago May 19 and was said to have "jumped" a bond there. I. W. W. Head Killed. Prescot, Ariz., July 17. James Chapman, said to have been the leader of the striking I. W. W. who were blamed for the shutdown in the entire Jerome copper district last spring, was one of the two men killed in a cave-in at the Binghamp ton mine near here last night ANTI-WET LINE-UP IS 0 IE LS TO?. wCMi) When All Is Said and Pone JjfJ Q lr33r" fx There ( Very Well,- Just) . stand it over J fOrymJj UNCLE'S E aj(SSS vt - WITH ONE II v - . DOCUMENT,- MlLr &6( J WH,CH MADE HrM A ... MU V Pf Hit the ceiling C VSs3? V IkWBkll A WHEN HE FOUND - 5 KY T CONTAINED K 1$ ' J LOOP HOLES LARSE , SS f f .ENOUGH TO PERMIT "GERMANY TO SINK ITS SURRENDERED SHIPS,- ' ScluTINJZE M0RE.CL0SELY INVINCIBLE Dry Forces Vote Down in House Every Atttempt to Eliminate Drastic Provisions of Enforcement Measure. SHUT OFF DEBATE AT LEADER'S WORD Violent Protest of Minority Capped Every Time; Amendment-to Strike Out Fine for Violations Is Defeated. Washington, July 17. Prohibi tion forces voted down in the house every attempt to eliminate drastic provisions of the general enforce ment bill and while in full and abso lute control shut off debate at the word 'of Fheir leader despite the violent protest of the minority. When they had raced through the wartime enforcement portion of the three-part bill and got into the constitutional prohibition measure, proper, there were only 68 members on the floor and so much confusion that a speaker could not make him self heard. It was 7 o'clock when the long roll call to obtain a quorum was started and members then had gone home, after declaring there was no good reason for' trying to force through a bill to take care of a situation that would not arise until January. Fought Off Every Attack. Before the house got into a snarl, however, the prohibition fac tion had fought off every attack on their bill. An amendment to strike out the minimum fine for those convicted of. violating the wartime act .was fought over and defeated, 68 to 57. This was offered by Rep resentative Reavis, republican, Ne braska, a prohibition member of the judiciary committee. Chairman Vol stead, of the judiciary committee and patron of the bill, presented an amendment Vhich was adopted without debate and which made the measure a bit more drastic in that it added the word "manufacture" to the many things a man may not do with liquor m his office or home. For a brief moment late in the day the minority described by the prohibitionists as. the "wets" swung into power, only to be thrown out by a demand for tellers, which meant an accurate count on a vote to amend the bill so that a person charged with violating a liquor selling injunction might de mand and obtain a trial by jury. t Provoked Hour's Debate. This motion offered by Repre sentative Gard, Ohio, and warmly supported by former Speaker Clark, had provoked an hour's debate which was bitter at times, when the house put oh the lid and started, to vote. There was a noisy shout from the ayes, who appeared to have won. Instantly there was a demand for a division and after members had been counted the result was announced ayes, 70; nays, 66. The victory was not expected, even by the .wets and they' realized they could not have won except before the large number of absen tees cn the other side. While the (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) Carsoji Reiterates That Ulster Wont Stand for Any Dublin Parliament London, July 17. Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster leader, gave his reasons for his recent speech at Belfast, which was the cause of a lively debate in the house of com mons Wednesday. Sir Edward did nottake part in the debate. "Consider this De Valera cam paign in America, which is . being conductd aganst the integrity of the British mpire by people who were our enemies all through the war," the Ulster leader said. "It is being utilized, both on the other side pf the Atlantic and on this, with the obvious end of browbeating Ulster and forcing her under some sort oF Dublin parliament. " Now, re member that throughtout ithe war Ulster men and women were the foremost of the king's subjects in devoting themselves and their sub stance to the support of the empire and to fighting the battle for liberty and justice. "I know well how bitter they feel at the suggestion that their reward should be handed over to their ene mies, and I spoke as I did in order to let it be known clearly that Ul ster will not stand it." Prince of Wales Will Call on President Wilson London, July 17. It is under stood that the Prince of Wales during his visit to the United States will go to Washington to make a call on President Wilson but the ether plans for the tour of that country have not been obtained BELAKUN'SARMY, DEMORALIZED, IS STRAGGLING BACK Breakdown in Spirit of Troops Attributed to Discontinua tion of Fighting Against the. Czechs. Paris, July 17. (By the Associ ated Press.) Dispatches reaching peace conference circles from Buda pest indicate that general demorali zation has struck Bela Kun's army, which is straggling back from the different fronts with utter lack of discipline. Bela Kun himSelf is said to have been ousled as hea of the Hungarian communist government. The breakdown in the spirit of the troops is attributed to discontinua tion of the .fighting against the Czechs and the Rumanians in conse quence of the armistice and to the hasty increase of the well drilled loyal army of 60,000 to more than 125,000 men. Reports from the same source re ceived by peace delegates are7 to the effect that bolshevism in Hungary is confined almost exclusively to Budapest. Peasants are said to be obstructing shipments of food to the capital which is rapidly reaching a desperate state. ' Several Killed When Munitions Dump in t France Is Blown Up Paris, July 17. A number of per sons were killed or injured when a large munitions dump was blown up at Le Bourget, seven miles northeast of Paris. Several build ings were destroyed by the concus sion and sheds oa the aviation field collapsed and took fire, causing injury- to a number of soldiers and civilians employed. 1 ' German War Prisoners Being Sent to., America Washington, July" 17. Two Ger man prisoners of war, consigned to the director of military intelligence, arc aboard the transport Agamem non, due at New York July 23, ac cording "to the schedule of transport sailings announced at the War de partment. War department officials said they had no information as to the purpose in bringing the Ger mans to the United States. Seamen's Strike Near End. New York, July 17. With the re sumption of negotiations between representatives of the United States shipping board, shipowners and striking seamen, hope was held oilt in all quarters for an early settle ment of the marine strike, which has disrupted shipping along the Atlantic and gulf coast for several di colt impressed : 1 by wilson on shantung pact Settlement Placed in New Light; More Senators In vited to White House j Washington, July 17. How the Versailles conference reached many of the agreements embodied in the treaty of peace Was described by President Wilson to three Repub lican senators invjfd to the White House at the head of a long list of j republican members whom he pur poses to take into his confidence. Afterward one of his callers, Sen ator Colt, of Rhode Island, said Mr. Wilson had been able to place the Shantung settlement in a new light and had clarified other disputed points in the treaty. Senator Mc Cumber, of North Dakota, and Senator Nelson of Minnesota, the others who sSw the president, were reticent as to the subjects discussed, but said the, president had, given them much, interesting information. Senator 'Colt, who announced his general, approval of the league of nations in the senate speech deliv ered shortly before he went to the White House,- indicated after the conference his doubt over certain portions of the league covenant had not been removed. He said he was not ready to express an opinion re garding Shantung and intimated (Continued on Pace Two, Column Two.) FORD BLAMES BEER AND WINE FOR LATE WAR Says National Beverages iftade German and French "People Suspicious of Each Other. Arrest World's Most Carefree Citizen . Charge of Vagrancy on- Omaha . police last night arrested the world's most care-free man. Frank Warren was taken into cus tody at Sixteenth and Chicago streets and charged with vagrancy. He told Sergt. Frank' Rose that he driginated in San Francisco 35 years ago. He does not remember his father (or mother. He has no living relatives. He has no job to worry him,- no family to look after, no money to protect, no automobiles to repair; in short he hasri't a worry in the world. ' ; He admitted that he doesn't care whether the league of nations is ratified by congress or not; he says he doesn't care what they do to the kaiser; and he really doesn'tj mind being jailed. Shipping Board Vessel Rammed and Grounded Philadelphia, July 17. The ship ping board steamer Scantic was col lided with early today by a loaded barge and forced aground. The Scantic, with a cargo of coal for Rotterdam, was anchored off Glou cester, N. J., ready to sail, when the barge, whose captain lost his bearings in the fog, crashed into her side. The sailing' of the Scantic will not bf interfered with. The bow of thj barge was smashed. Mount Clemens, Mich.. July 17, Henry Ford's fourth day on the witness stand in 1iis $1,000,000 libel suit against the Chicago Daily Tri bune was much like Wednesday in subject matter and in the prolonged multiplying of questions to obtain specific answers. ' Scattered through his testimony it appeared that Mr. Ford ascribed the world war to a variety of causes in eluding bankers, munitions makers, alcoholic drink, kings and their henchmen, and school books. John Reed, a magazine writer of New York and recent Russian bolshevik emissary to the United States, dis closed the alleged facts in ah article published in 1916. ' Keea, in nis story, said ne re minded" Mr. Ford,' who opposed drink, that the French and Germans prosper on wine and beer. "Yes and it wss one of the causes of the war,, said Mr. Ford. . "How?" asked Reed. ' "It made them suspicious of each other. ' . He criticised school books as glo rifying wars and the heroes of them, thus instilling the military spirit in the youngsters. The Detroit Mlfnufacturer in ex plaining why he ' forgot so many things, said that hundreds of per sons visited the factory, and that in those' days he talked to many of them, making casuaf remarks which passed from his head almost as soon as made. For instance, he said that he rememberd little of what his talk with Mr. Wood was about Municipal Ownership of Trolleys Advocated to Teach Impracticability Washington, July 17. Municipal ownership of street railways as the best and quickest way to convince the public that it is impracticable and undesirable was advooated be fore the federal electric railways commission by Mortimer E. Coley, dean of the college of engineering o the University of Michigan. He indicated that the present fares should be St least 50 per cent higher and even this, he declared would be only a palliative. He sug gested removal of some of the taxes now borne by street railways and exemption from obligaton to main tain the street paving between the car tracks. COLONIES SHUT OFF Settlement Partly Burnediin 1910 in Danger of Being De stroyed by Nigger Hill Fire, Which Has Leaped Divide. 1,000 FIGHT FLAMES. IN NORTHERN IDAHO Lack of Fire Fighters Hampers Federal Forest Service Offi cials and Timber Associations in Checking the Flames. Missoula, Mont., July 17. Twu -western Montana towns, Alberton and St. Regis, are threatened with ' destruction by forest fires- 'Whichs. have flamed beyond control aind aw. reported to be menacing the to wit on all sides, . according to forest service officials here. Alberton, a division noint on the - Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul railroad, 31 miles west of Misooula. is endangered by the Nigger Hill forest, fire which has come over the ; crest of digger mil gulch and is said to be about three" miles from the town. : ' A telephone messart from St. Regis, west of Misfltila on the Loeur d Alene branch t the North ern Pacific said the town was sur rounded by fires and in danger of destruction. The rattlesnake creek firevin the Missoula forest, north of Missoula, ' tannea by a high wind, is sweeping northward over a six mile front into Twin Creeks and Blackfoot country, Crews have .bad narrow escapes m . fighting this 'blaze. - 4 ,v f Ranchers Burned Out. ' ? Spokane, Wash;, July 17. Ranch- ? es are reported bdrned " out at Brsnx, north of Sand Point, Idaho, ' where a fire, covering 2)000 acres was being fought by ranchers. On Steamboat creek, northwest of Car ter, Idaho, 400,000,000 feet of white - ine timber, estimatedi to be worth 1,200,000, was menaced by a fire - that had burned over 100 acres, and -ou the North Fork river north of Kellogg, Idaho, a fire was reported running through One of the 1est stands of white pine timber in this section. On Indian Creek on the -divide, near Heron, Mont., a' fire had burned over between 2,000 and 3,000 acres. Timber Menaced. One of the largest fires in the dis trict was burning on Pack River, near Samuels, Idaho. This blae,' covering approximately 6,400 acres, ' had been burning in slashings and had caused little damage, bur" fear was expressed that the crew of 120 men would not be able to restrain it. from, damaging much timber, nearby.; . ( Lack of fire fighters is hamper ing federal forest service officials and timber ..protective associations ' Lin their efforts to check the flames. More than l.iXnJ men were said to be fighting the 12 largest blazes in northern , Idaho, and many other crews of ranchers, miners and gov ernment and lumber company fight ers were contesting the spread .of other fires. Parties Sent Out Boise, Ida., July 17. From Boise,; from Cascade, from Hailey and from Salmon City parties of fire fighters -were sent out Thursday to help check the wind-driven walls of flame which have already destroyed: more than 50,000 acres of valuable, timber in southern Idaho, and which men- ' ace farms, towns, live stock and mm inglproperties. ) .'v- .The fires are spreading rapidly in ' four districts. The north end of the i Yellow pine district fire seems to.be checked, but the conflagration: it-, spreading rapidly southward over a. 15-mile front and, in places has gained 10 miles. Other fire are rag-; ing on Pistol, Sulphur aho Indian Creeks, and near the settlement of Yellow Jacket another fire has started.' Ihe flames haye eaten theirs way into the Weiser and Idaho Na tional forests and the Hazard Creeks fire, wJiichSvas thought to have been extinguished, has started pi again. V State and federal: authorities and the timber owners are co-opcratihg.fi ihe Idaho Wool Growers associa tipn has offered to the fire fighting agencies all of its sheep camp outfits ' and Supplies which an be spared. v No rain has fallen in southern Idaho .-' for 47 days and hundreds-of square ; miles of forests ate as dry as finder. ' The general land office in Boise has . issued an appeal for 100 more men to volunteer for fire fighting at 50 cents an. hour, board and transpor-j tation. ' ; . 1 On Long Flight San Diego, Cal., July 17. Three army airplanes which left Ellington field, Tex., July 10, have arrived her. They were expected to cc.v tinue northward to Seattle and thence across the country by way.' of Salt Lake City, Denver, Kansas City and Chicago to New York, r turning to Ellington field by wajrN(j the Atlantic and gulf stated -