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Budapest. July 21. BeU Kun's
v prosecution of rumor mongering is
stern and relentless. A leading local
lawyer entered "a barber chop the
other day and said:
"The French have entered Buda
pest, the bolsheviki have been over
thrown." He has been sentenced to 10 years
in the penitentiary 10 years at hard
labor for 10 words.
FAMED ENGLISH BEAUTY
FALLS THROUGH SKYLIGHT.
London, July 21. Lady Diana
Manners Cooper, while watching
the display of fireworks in Hyde
Park from the roof of her house .
Saturday night, accidentally stepped 1
into a skylight and fell 20 feet ;
breaking a thigh and sustaining
other injuries.
, Lady Diana Manners is one of the
most famed beauties of England, j
After rejecting, princes, dukes and.
millionairs she married early this
-year Captain Alfred Duff-Cooper, j
ot tne iirenadier uuards, wno won
the Distinguished Service Cross in
France. She is the youngest of
three daughters of the Duke of Rut
land, and like her sisters. Lady
Marjoric and Lady Violet, had for
years dazzled English and foreign
society with her beauty as well as
the great number and richness of
her costume,.
Lady Diana is 28 years old. She
is known as the "most photo
graphed woman in the world." Dur
ing the war she sold hundreds of
Oousands of photographs of her
self in dramatic poses and costumes,
tiding the proceeds for war charities.
PLUCKY YANK SENDS SIX
MEXICANS ACROSS STYX.
Claude. Tex.. July 21. The Claude
News has received the following
l.Mter from Bob Carter, a ranchman
i i the Big Mend section ot the Rio
Crande border:
"Hays Robbins. a rancher who is
well known i:i Armstrong county
and at Clarendon, took a New Yurk
oil man down in the Big Buid
country' to look at some oil leases
near the border. On their return trip
seven Mexicans held them up ex
pecting to rob the oil man Rqbbins
stopped the automobile and the
battle began. Hays killed six with an
automatic revolver. He was slightly
wounded but able to return vvtii
out help."
LOCATED JEWELS
MUST BE RESTORED.
Paris, July 21. Here are some of
the "special objects" carried off by
the House of Hapsburg and other
dynasties from Italy, Belgium. Po
land and Czecho-Slovakia winch
nust be restored if a committee of
hree jurists to be appointed by the
eparatipn commission finds they
were "fllegally removed."
From Tuscany The crown jewels
ind part of the Medici heirlooms
From Modcna A" virgin" by An
dre Delsarto and three manuscript
From Palemo Twelfth century
objects made for the Norman kir.gs.
From Naples inety-eight manu
scripts carried off in 1718.
From Belgium Various objects
nd doucments removed m 1794.
From PolandA gold cup of Kir.g
Ladislas IV., removed in 1 772.
From Czecho-Slovakia Various
documents and historical mam:
icripts removed from the royai
chateau at Prague.
UNHAPPILY MARRIED.
HOPED TO DIE IN WAR.
New York, July 21. John A. Sid
ney, a manufacturer, living at Hotel
McAlpin, says in an affidavit filed in
the supreme court that he wanted
to "get killed over there" for the
' liouble purpose of "laying down his
life for his country" and avoiding
all domestic difficulties!"
Mr. Sidney makes this statement
in a paper which he has filed in
connection with a suit for alimony
brought by his wife, Alma, who is
seeking separation. Mrs. Sidney
is now a manicure at the Hotel
Martinique. She says Sidney
treated her cruelly.
ATLANTIC CITY SHOCKS
HIS AESTHETIC TASTE.
Atlantic City, July 21. Col Din
shah Ghadiali, a native of India, but
an American citizen cried out before
the convention of the National As
sociation of Drueless Physicians
here against Atlantic City's beach
law, compelling women in Darning
rainrhent to wear stockings.
"Why should beautiful women
and all the women I see here are
beautiful be compelled by an un
moral, un-American and inhuman
law tto cover their beautiful limbs?"
he asked.
"What's the difference, I ask you,
between a woman's foot and a man's
foot? Do not the authorities of
Atlantic City yet know they cannot
make a people moral by law; that
only education can do that? Why, I
ask further, why not make men
wear stockings upon legs that are
not beautiful and put all horses in
trousers?
13-YEAR OLD GIRL
CLIMBS MT. RAINIER.
Tacoma, Wash., July 21. J;an
r nette Shearer, 13 years old. of Wor
cester, Mass., was one of a party
that climbed to the top of Mount
Rainier Sunday. She is said to he
the youngest person to have scaled
the peak. The climb to the 14,408
foot elevation was made in 13 hours
and IS minutes. A 16-year-old
brother of the girl also made ti e
ascent with five other persons and
two guides.
MURDERER EAGER TO
EXPIATE CRIME.
New York, July 21. Philip Schil
ling, who murdered Detective Lieut.
Patrick J. Ryan, repeated in Vourf
in Newark his confession and was
taken to the county jail. A special
gucrd to prevent suicide was placed
over him.
Schilling said: "I'm ready to die.
I don't want to hang around in jail.
I don't want any lawyer. He
wouldn't be any use anyway, only
delaying things."
He sings continually. His favor
ite sons is "I'm Sorry I Made You
Cry.
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DRY BILL
MADE LAW
BY HOUSE
Measure for Enforcement of
Prohibition Containing Many
Drastic Provisions Finally
Adopted Section by Section.
LIQUOR IN ONE'S OWN
HOME IS ALLOWED
Strike Out Amendment That
Would Have Put Under Bond
Person Convicted of Violat
ing Alcoholic regulations.
Washington. Jury 21 The pro
hibition enforcement bill, drastic
provisions and all, was adopted
Monday section by section by the
house, but a man's right to s'.ore
liquor in his home stood up agai.ift
all attacks. On the final count, only
three votes were recorded in favor
of an amendment to make sor.-e
possession of intoxicants unlaw'u!.
After all perfecting ameudmciits
had been adopted and other de
signed to make the bill less severe
were bowled over in a chorus of
"noes" an attempt was made to ad
journ over night. This prevailed, but
there was a demand for a roll ciU
and the prohibition force, sum
moned from all sides by Mieir lead
ers, piled into the chamber .u suffi
cient numbers to keep- the house l.i
session for the tedious roll -all vote
on half a dozen amendments in dis
pute which had to ba passed on be
fore vote was taken on the bill as
a whole.
Demand for a formal reading of
the. engrossed bill which was not in
shape for that purpose, forced ad
journment of the house Monday
"night and delayed its passage until
Tuesdav.
First Fight of Day.
The first fight of the day was
over the section giving courts the
right to put under bond a person
convicted of violating the liquor
law. This was stricken out after
Representative G a r d, democrat,
Ohio, had pointed out that it pro
vided double punishment for the
poor man, who might be sent to
jail. The vote was 83 to 66, many
prohibitionists opposing its reten
tion. When the house reached section
35 of the bill dealing with enforce
ment of constitutional prohibition
and which contained the provision
that it was not unlawful to store
liquor at home for personal use, the
scene was not unlike that on a stock
market on a high sales day.
Everybody wanted to speak of
offer an amendment, fully a score
clamoring for recognition at once.
First consideration was given
Chairman Volstead of the judiciary
committee in charge of the bill, who
had two amendments. These fixed
the time for reporting possession
(Continued on Page Two, Column Five.)
Senator Kenyon Says
Packers Are Working
to Kill License Bill
Washington, July 21. Exhibiting
a large bundle of telegrams and let
ters he had received, Senator Ken
yon, republican, Iowa, declared to
the senate today that the packers
had organized the "most tremendous
propaganda ever instituted." Con
gressmen were being deluged, he
said, with letters in response to
circulars sent, out by the "league of
packers propaganda," which the
senator said he would discuss at
length later. Senator Sherman, re
publican, of Illinois, said men in
other industries feared the Kenyon
plan of federal licenses would be
extended to them, prompting their
protests.
Strike Breakers Removed
From Cars by Strikers
.Tulsa, July 21. Armed guards.
notorrnen and conductors on three
interurban cars of the Oklahoma
Union Railway company were re
moved from the cars and disarmed
by an angry mob of 1,000 strikers
and sympathizers eight miles west
of Tulsa on the Tulsa-Sapulpa line
shortly before last midnight. After
they were disarmed the mob re
leased the strike breakers.
The company's track was torn up
and telephone posts supporting the
trolley line cut down, but there wa
no damage done to the cars. The
car operators went on strike several
weeks ago when the Oklahoma
Union railway refused to recognize
their union.
Drive for Daylight Saving nDipR T
Law Tnpnl Now TTnrW WnvlU I III UIDLL
Men and Women From All Walks of Life Take Active
Steps Against Law Theaters and The Bee Circu
late Petitions for Repeal of Legislation.
Ministers, teachers, doctors and
particularly mothers are signing in
great numbers the petitions being
circulated by Mrs. Grace J. Holmes,
5102 Capitol avenue, and a large
corps of assistants, to have the day
light saving law repealed.
Arrangements were completed
yesterday to have boxes plawd in
moving picture theaters to receive
coupons which are being printed in
The Bee at the request of the
workers.
"Von may quote me as saying
that the daylight saving law is a
great disadvantage to churches,"
said Rev. O. D. Baltzly, pastor of
the Kountze Memorial Lutheran
church. "It works to our disad
vantage both morning and evening.
With Sunday school at 9:45 o'clock
in the morning, the children and
grown-ups find difficulty in getting
there on time under the daylight
saving regulation. And in the even
ing the same sort of interference
conies because it doesn't seem
natural to go to evening services
wh;le the sm is still high in the
heavens."
W. D. Morton, superintendent of
the Kountze Memorial Lutheran
Sunday school, gave the same testi
mony and Harry Fischer, an attor
ney, declared he would get 1,000
sigpatures to the petitions.
The women are circulating the
petitions principally because they
declare the daylight saving law has
a decidedly harmful effect on
children, causing them to lose
weight, lose sleep, and to become
nervous.
A blank is printed on this page.
The workers for the repeal of the
law ask that as many of these as
possible be signed.
WOMEN PROTEST
AGAINST BEAUTY
CONTEST HERE
Isn't it a Scream in This Day?
Declare Women Who
Do Things.
PRESIDENT ILL
AND CONFINED
ALL DAY TO BED
With the greatest problems the
world has ever known yet unsolved,
two or three eastern newspapers
have started beauty contests in
which women, who were considered
good looking, were entered (with
and without their permission) as
eligible prize winners. In each in
stance this feature has brought- a
storm of protest from the majority
of women, who contend that since
the war has taken women away from
the "nothings and the froth of life,"
it is hampering progress to foster
such a foolish movement.
Despite this protest from think
ing women of other cities, an Oma
ha newspaper kas started a similar
contest which also has brought
forth a volley of opinions from
leading Omaha women.
Be Patient With Them.
Mrs. Draper Smith has this to
say: "The war has done great
things for women for most women
but there are a few who have
been approached from every angle
women upon whom the fairest of
eloquence has been used with a view
to interesting them in bigger things
than beauty contests and their own
personal appearance (to the exclu
sion of everything else) but to no
avail. Their interest could not be
aroused. What they pass over in
the world's great events is meat for
the progressive mind. But these
women will always be with us
these women who would rather be
in a beauty contest or at a pink tea
than to do their bit for world peace.
We should be patient with them."
Isn't It a Scream.
Another woman who stands for
things artistic, scientific and prog
ressive is Mrs. George Prinz. She
says: "Isn't it a scream? While
the greatest history the world has
ever known is in itsriaking isn't
it strange that women should have
either time or inclination to put up
their physical charm as a target of
criticism? Of course, though, most
women wouldn't consider such a
thing for a minute. Discussions are
of so much greater importance in
(Continued on Pace Two, Colnmn Two.)
Wilson in Weakened But Not
Serious Condition as Re
sult of Dysentery.
Tieup of Boston Electric
Lines Is Ended by Men
Boston, July 21. Cap service on
the lines of the -Boston elevated
system was resumed today after an
interruption of four days. The
carmen, who struck Thursday as a
protest against the delay of the war
labor board in adjusting their griev
ances, returned to their duties today,
with the assurance of an eight-hour
day and increases of pay up to 62
cents an hour. They Were receiving
48 cents and had asked for 734
cents an hour. v
Baker Accepts Resignation
of Col. T. F. Ansell
Washington. July 21. The resig
nation of Col. Samuel T. Ansell,
former acting judge advocate gen
eral of the army, was accepted today
by Secretary Baker. Col. Ansell has
announced that he will continue his
fight for a radical revision of the
army court-martial system.
Swiss Want to Join
League of -Nations
Geneva. July 21. A committee of'
Swiss experts considering the league
of nations adopted a resolution fa
voring Switzerland's membership in
the league by a vote of 24 to 2. The
two adverse votes were cast by so
cialist iueuib.ers of the committee,-
Washington, July 21. President
Wilson was in a weakened but no
wise serious condition Monday
night after having spent Monday
bed with acute dysentery. Rear Ad
miral Cary T. Grayson, his physi
cian, said the president had been in
considerable pain during tlie day
and had been very uncomfortable."
Admiral Gra3rson said he would in
sist that Mr. Wilson remain utitd
he had completely recovered.
J- The president's appointments for
: Tuesday with republican sena'ors
j have not been postponed but at the
! White House it was considered
doubtful whether Mr. Wilson wo lid
I be able to keep them,
i While none of those close to the
president would say whether his
illness would result in postpone
ment of his trip through the west,
there seemed to be an opinion that
should the illness be prolonged it
i could have no other effect. Rear
i Admiral Grayson was uncertain
, when the president might be able
to resume his duties,
i The president first complained of
I feeling ill Friday when he went
j to the capitol to confer with Sena
tor Hitchcock of Nebraska, ranking
democratic member of the foreign
relations committee. He told Secre
tary Tumulty then he was slightly
indisposed. and expressed his inten
tion of going down the Potomac
over the week end in the belief that
a change of air might be beneficial.
During the trip, however, the
weather was stormy and damp and
Mr. Wilson appears to have con
tracted a slight cold.
When he returned from the trip
he was feeling worse and immedi
ately upon ariving at the White
House Rear Admiral Grayson
diagnosed his ailment as acute
dvsenrery and ordered him to bed.
All appointments were canceled
and those who were to have called
were asked to postpone their visits
until Tuesday.
Berlin Troops Fire Into
Independent Socialists
Berlin, July 21. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Independent social
ists attempted to form a gathering
in the Lustgarten at 2 o'clock Mon
day afternoon. The troops fired
in the air and then point blank into
the crowd, wounding two men and
a woman. The crowd then, broke
up.
The incident was the cause of
sensational reports throughout the
city, but order was maintained.
Primrose,' Noted Minstrel,
Seriously III in San Diego
San Diego, Cal., July 21. George
H. Primrose, noted minstrel, Vho
came here three weeks ago suffer
ing from a serious stomach disease,
is reported very-low at a local hospital.
EXPLODES;
10 KILLED
Blazing Balloon Falls From
Height of 500 "Feet Above
Loop District in Chicago,
Breaking Bank Skylight.
CAUSE OF DISASTER
MYSTERY TO PILOT
Thousands of Pedestrians See
Flames and Smoke Envelop
ing Airship and Three Para
chutes Dropping From It.
Chicago, July 21. Ten persons
were killed and 25 injured when a
large dirigible, on its test flight,
caught fire and fell 500 feet, crash
ing through the glass roof of the
Illinois Trust and Savings bank,
Jackson boulevard and La Salle
street at 5 o'clock Monday after
noon. Most of the dead were employes
of the bank, trapped and burned to
death in a fire caused by the explo
sion of the balloon's gasoline , tanks
as they hit the floor of the bank
room, where more than 200 book
keepers and clerks, nearly all girls,
were working.
The list of dead follows:
JQIW WEAVER, assistant me
chanic, ATiron, Ohio.
CARL OTTO, assistant mechanic,
Akron, Ohio.
JAMES CARPENTER, bank
messenger.
MARIA FLORENCE.
EDWARD A. MUNZER.
JOSEPH SCANLAN, bank mes-
C EVELYN MEYERS, bank em-
j EARL H. DAVENPORT, pub-
licity man.
Two unidentified women.
All of the dead except Weaver
am'. Otto are residents of Chi
cago. The balloon, owned by the Good
year Tire and Rubber company of
Akron, O., had been flying above
the city for several hours when the
accident occurred.
When approximately 500 feet
above the bank, a spurt of flame
was seen to shoot from the top of
the gas bag near the center of the
aircraft. The crowds gathered on
the streets to watch the flight saw
the machine buckle and quiver as it
started on its fatal plunge.
Four Occupants Jump.
Four of its five occupants jumped,
and two landed safely in the streets
as the blimp, a balloon flame,
struck the roof of the bank with a
! crash audible throughout the down
i town district.
There was nothing to warn the
hundreds of employes of the institu
tion of the coming tragedy. A
shadow passed over the marble ro
tunda where 150 were busy and a
crash audible throughout the down
ing hour for patrons had passed,
but the clerks were still at work in
various departments.
It seemed, according to the sur
vivors, that the entire bank was on
fire. Breaking through the iron
supports holding the glass over
head, the fusilage of the balloon,
with two heavy rotary engines and
several gasoline tanks, smashed to
the floor.
Instantly the tanks exploded, scat
tering a wave of flaming gasoline
over the workers for a Radius of
fifty feet. A panic 'ensued. There
were only two exits through which
they could leave the wire cage which
surrounded the rotunda.
Fight Through Exits.
Men and girls with clothing flam
ing fought their 'way through the
exits. Girls on the seconS floor ran
screaming to the window and sev
eral jumped- to the street.
- In an instant the rotui.da was
cleared except for the dead, whr.se
bodies were buried under'the ma",
and the dying, who crawled away
(Continued on Page Two, Column Five.)
Petition to Repeal Daylight Saving Law.
For the sake of the children and their welfare, their
mothers and others upon whom the Daylight Saving law
works a hardship, we cheerfully sign the petition for its
repeal.
Name
Address
Boxes will be placed at all the moving picture
theaters in Omaha in which'coupons may be dropped by
those who do not send them in to The Bee editorial rooms
by mail. (X
BRITISH PREMIER
SAYS KAISER WILL
GET FAIR TRIAL
Replies to Criticism That Many
Do Not Wish Former Em
peror Tried in London.
London. July 21. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Premier Lloyd
George replied to his critics in the
debate in the house of commons on
the second reading of the German
peace treaty and the Anglo-French
convention. His recent announce
ment that the former German em
peror would be tried before a tri
bunal in London had created much
discussion, and several members, in
cluding Lord Robert Cecil, ex
pressed doubts as to the advisability
of the trial being held in London.
The selection of. a neutral country
for this purpose, it has been con
tended, would have been better.
The premier in answer to this
said:
"What right have we to assume
that any neutral country could de
sire to be the scene of such a trial?
The allies have sufficient confidence
in this country that whoever comes
he're for trial will receive a trial
equal to the highest, of the British
nation and there are none higher in
the world.
"If war is to be abolished it must
be treated not as an honorable
game with the prospect of personal
glory, but as a crime. That is why
we decided that the author of this
war should be tried."
Another matter of extreme im
portance which came up for dis
cussion was the Irish question and
to this the premier devoted con
siderable time with numerous inter
jections by Joseph Devlin, national
ist for Falls division of Belfast.
Sir Samuel Hoare. unionist for
Chelsea, warned the government
that some of - the unionists con
sidered the settlement of the Irish
difficulty just as urgent at did -the
Irish members.
GERMAN HIGH "
COMMAND SOLD
, OUT TO ALLIES
Two Teutonr Who Betrayed
Hindenburg Brought to
U. S. for Safety.
Washington. July 21 A story of
the bttryal of the,, German high,
command through the efforts of the
American military secret service
and of the organization among. Ger
man officers of a vendetta aimed at
the lives of the traitors was brought
to light with the arrival at New
York today of "two German prison
ers of war consigned to the director
of military intelligence, Washing
ton, D. C."
According to information here
the mysterious prisoners who
landed from the Agamemnon under
guard formerly were German offi
cers of high rank, occupying posi
tions of great responsibility under
Von Hindenburg. Before inaugura
tion of the American offensives in
1918, operatives of the American
military intelligence corps prevailed
upon them through inducements
which have not been divulged, to
deliver plans of the German general
staff covering the proposed move
ments of the western front, prob
able lines of retreat, points t which
stands would be made and other
detailed information of inestimable
value.
Was Able to Lay Plans.
With these plans before him, Gen
eral Pershing was able to lay out
his campaign witlf great treeduiiv
and 'it is beli-'ved that as a result
was to cut the cost of the American
advance practically in half.
The German officers later sui ren
dered themselves to' the American
forces. Certain of their former as
sociates had become suspicious,
however and are believed to have
banded together to mete olit storn
justice. Utmost precautions were
taken even within the allied lines to
protect the informers, but as offi
cials believed that as long as they
were kept in France their lives
would be in danger, orders weri
given for their transfer to this
country.
Preparations Kept Secrtft.
Preparations for the moving of
the prisoners were kept a c'.ose
(Continued on Vnge Two. Column 81.)
Afghans AttackvBritish
Convoy in the Khytyer
Simla. British India, July 21.
The Afghans resumed their attacks
at various points in the Khyber
region on the 16th in strong force.
It is estimated 4.000 attacked a
British convoy moving from Laka
band to Fort Sandeman. After
fighting throughout the night, the
Afghans captured the convoy and
two guns. Four British officers were
killed and two wounded. There
were about 100 casualties among the
Indian ranks.
Whei they saw virtually all the
Pritjsh officers casualties the native
transport drivers bolted.
is Casualties reported
IN CLASHES AT NATIONAL
CAPITAL LAST MIDNIGHT
Onsets on Colored Persons in Retaliation for Recent At
tacks By Blacks on White Women Troops of
Cavalry and 400 Armed Service Men N
Unable to Avert Fights Break
ing Out Frequently.
TROLLEYS STONED IN MANY PARTS OF CITY;
OFFICER PUTS SEVEN BULLETS INTO BLACK
Marine Reported Killed in One Encounter Negresr
Empties Revolver From Window and Kills
Detective, She Being Wounded, Though
Not Seriously Marine Re
ported Dead.
Washington, July 22. The knbwn casualty toll of the
race riots which broke out in various sections of the national
capitol Monday night had at 2;30 o'clock this morning
reached three killed and 12 seriously wounded, besides
numerous casualties inflicted by bricks and other missies.
In addition to the killing, of one city detective and the fatal
wounding of another by two negro women, three patrolmen
had been wounded by negro rioters. Two negroes were
dead and four others were reported to be dying. 1
rr, . . r T Wash'"gton, July 21.-Rioting be-
LAK MtiN
AWAIT HAMILTON
JN WAGES ISSUE
No Crisis Until Union De
mands Are Laid fee
fore President.
That a crisis in the present street
car controversy will not be Veached
until demands of the Street Railway
Employes' union are formally laid
before F. T. Hamilton, president of
the company, is the belief of R. A.
Leussler, assistant general manager,
who was waited on yesterday by a
committee representing" the em
ployes' union.
President Hamilton is out of town
for his health. anH according to Mr.
j Leussler, Ben A. Short, president of
tne union, expressed a willingness to
await word from Mr. HamMton.
When questioned, Mr. Short re-
tused to make
tween negroes and whites broke out
late Monday in the national capital
in retaliation for recent attacks by
blacks on white women.
.Eolice stations- wreswainped "
with reports oi clashes betwen inobit
of whites, largely made up of scl
diers, sailors and marines and ne
groes in many different sections of
the, city. One negro killed was struck
over the head by a marine duiing
one of the numerous fights-on,sticer
cars.
Crowds which moved up aiid down
Pennsylvania avenue, between the
capitol and the White Haijse, dc- -spite
the presence in the city of two
troops of cavalry and 400 other
armed service men, grew more ue
termined as the night wore on a'.sf
outbreaks were reported more sre
quently. Reports to police headquarters
said street cars had been stoned in
various parts of the city, the-s-sailants
being both whites and ne
groes. One negro was shot btrt not
fatallySjy a mob which had boarded
a street car and in the ensuing fight
any statement re
garding -te attitude of the carmen, ! two city detectives were wounded
or the demands which they were to ! slightly? . I
make. He declared ' that some j A mob, composed largely of civil
chailges in the demands wcluld be j ians, according to the police, cor
made before thev were oresented to I nered a necro and in the. fi'irht that
i President Hamilton.' . i followed the black was shot and his
It was learned that the demands, ! skull crushed by the butt of a gUu.
as presented to Mr. Leussler. pro- Many Clashes On Trolleys. -vided
for a raise to 63 to 75 cents if i.,i, a u . "
an hour. Carmen are now receiving J"y gashes occurred between
from 41 to 45 cents an hour. It waf j nn! L Jlt lu l T ftf' k"?"
also said-hat demands for a closed ?" at!ack4 on the back-
shop were made, stipulating that no " "r- IlreQ !nt0 tn r?w1
employe of the company shall be "?win8. thA carand wo"n(1d b
retained more than .30 days unless
he joins the union.
Demands f cr "better working con
ditions", and time and a half pay
for overtime were also inc'uded in
'the four-sheet, typewritten portfolio
whicn was presented to Mr. Leussler
yesterday, a member of the union
declared
persons, but finally was stoDDed b"
a city detective, who was reporter
to have sent seven bullets into the
negro's body. Each of the four
white men were anly slightly
wounded.
The fighting at midnight had re
solved largely to fighting between
small groups and in one of . these
That the foregoing demands had ! enc.ounters a marine wasTeported
be3ii made was not denied by heads nave ''een k,.lle(1- Although serv-
of the carmen's union. Mr. Leuss- ' Ttnrn had taken part in the early
ier said ne nan not read tne at- " muus i ,
mands, as he did not wfsh to enter ' in w.h,ch the mohs wr made up of
into a controversy with the men j c,vlhans.
while President Hamilton was ab- Casualty List Not Known,
sent, and did not know what de- j , At midnight the known' casualty
mands had been made. ' J list totalled 10. including two deaths
J. H. McMillan, secretary of the land two men probably dying, bit
carmens' union, was before the city unconfirmed police reports place the
commission last night. He dis- number at a much greater figure. Of
cussed the duties of the carmen, I the dead, one was a citv detective
but made no reference to demands i shot through the breast by a negro
of the union-
The carmens' union has not taken
a strike vote in support of demands
presented yesterday, and will not-do
so until a strike appears' the only
wa;- to win, according to members.
Fire in Shirley's Shop
Destroys Goods Worth $5,000
Fire of unknown origin, at 1
o'clock this morning destroyed
$5,000 worth of clothing and mi'din- !
ery in Shirley's Clothes shop, 107, i
109 and 111 South Sixteenth street, j
The fire was confined to rcai of
the second floor .above 1''" South
Sixteenth street. That section of
the building was badly damagolr- j
Peace Treaty Gets Second
Reading in Great Britain1
London, July 21. (By the Asso-
ciated Press) The house of com- !
mons tonight unanimously passed
the second reading of the peace j
trtaty.
The house of commons passed the
Anglo-French treaty bill in all. its j
Stages. I
woman, who was tiring indiscrim
inately from the upper story of her
home.
The negress, a girl of about 17
years, also was shot, but not' fatally
In another part of the city a black'
firing from a garage door kept "a
provost guard of soldiers, sailors and
(Continued on Tags Two, Column (hn.
Serious Rioting
Breaks Out in
Norfolk, Virginia
N'ort'olk. Va., July 21. Serious
riots broke out in the negro sec
tion of the city Monday night.
Four persons, including a detec
tive, were shot, but no one waf
killed. All police reserves and a
detachment of armed sailors
from the naval base were called
out to quell the disturbance.
The opening of a week of fes
tivities to celebrate the home
coming of negro troops began
Monday night.
