THE BEE:- OMAHA. TUESDAY, fULY 22, 1919.
15 CASUALTIES
IN RACE RIOTS
AT WASHINGTON
Detectives, Marine and Col
ored Persons Killed When
Whites and Negroes
- n Clash.
(Continued Frm Pmt Ona.)
marine at bay for several minutes,
but finally was shot down.
, Death List Four
The probable deUth lists in the
night fighting later was increased
to four by the death of a city de
tective, who succumbed to wounds
received earlier in the evening in the
fight which resulted in the instant
deaito of his fellow, detective.
Harry Wilson, the first dtetective
killed, was shot by a 17-year-old
negress, who had opened fue from
the second floor of a residence. A
second negress opened fire from the
ground floor of a house across the
alley when the police and guards
men rushed the house which the
first was holding. Thompson, the
second detective to die, was
wounded during the clash. Only
one arrest was made, the young
r.egress, who was shot through the
hips.
It was said by officials that the
riots here were of a more serious
nature than anything which had oc
curre 1 since t he outbreaks during
the period of the old "feather duster
legUlatnre" in the turbulent days
after the Civil war before the pres
ent form of district government was
organised.
Riots Started Saturday.
The outbreak started Saturday
night following a series of attacks
on white women, several murders,
scores of robberies and general law
lessness. Several hundred soldiers,
sailori and marines joined together
Women Protest
Beauty Contest
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Sunday night to search for a negro
most homes and circles that beauty
is merely a pleasing background.
Women who did real work in the
war are boted with even a sugges
tion of prewar conditions they
found in themselves such creative
power. Ah, well I Those who did
net grow during those strenuous
days must be amused. I suppose,
and if it takes a beauty contest to
amuse them, let it go on."
"A beauty contest in this day and
age! I simply can't believe it," de
clared Mrs. H. J. Holmes. 5102
Capitol avenue. "Women surely
can find more important things to
dot If they can't tell them to ring
me up and I will put them to work
in a good cause."
Mrs. Holmes at present is one of
the directing spirits in a movement
to repeal the daylight saving law
because it is, she says, injurious, to
the health of school children.
"I do not think it is right that
women should allow themselves to
revert back to the pink tea idea of
lifie that prevailed to too .great an
e.vtent before the war. During the
wax women stood for something
more than physical beauty. Why
carr't they continue to do so."
suspected of attacking the wife of
an employe of the naval aviation
bureau. Unable to find him, they
made their way to the center of the
city, where they vented their anger
on a negro they met.
The provost guard and police re
serves had been called out early that
evening, but the disturbances con
tinued. Negroes were taken from
street cars and passing automobiles
and beaten. Fifteen negroes were,
injured so seriously that they .were
taken to hospitals. Patrolman Mc
Grath was shot in the breast and
several white men were cut and
bruised.
A recently Invented textile for
undergarments stretches lengthwise
but not across tha weave of the material.
TENSION OVER
MEXICO NOT
SO STRAINED
Appears From Later Reports
That Attack on U. S. Sailors
Was Made by Civilians,
Not Soldiers.
Washington, July 21. The Mexi
can situation occupied the attention
of both the legislative and executive
branches of the government Mon
day. Tension which was evident at the
State department when first reports
were received Saturday of the rob
bing of sailors manning a small boat
from the American monitor Chey
enne on the Tamesi river, July 6,
was relieved somewhat by a more
detailed account of the incident re
ceived from commander of the
cruiser Topeka, flagship of the
American naval forces at Tanipico.
Held Up by Civilians. ,
The report said the sailors, who
were on official duty, were held up
by three men in civilian clothing,
two of whom carried rifles, and that
when informed of the incident, the
Mexican government authorities at
Tampico had expressed deep regret
and promised to attempt to estab
lish the identity of the thieves. It
was added, however, that up to the
present these attempts had been
fruitless.
Before this dispatch came, the
State department was advised from
Tampico that on last Wednesday
bandits robbed the Atlantic Refin
ing company's oil loading station at
Puerto Lobos, near Tampico, of $10,-
000 which was intended for the com
pany's payroll.
Confer With Fletcher.
During the day a number of sen
ators and representatives called at
the State department to confer with
Henry P. Fletcher, the American
ambassador to Mexico, on the sub
ject in the southern republic, while
the senate foreign relations commit
tee ordered favorably reported the
resolution of Senator King, demo
crat, Ltah, calling on the State de
partment for full information as to
depredations against American citi
zens and property in Mexico during
recent years.
On the senate floor. Senator
Fail, republican, New Mexico, re
iterated previous statements that
among Mexicans killed by American
soldiers in "repulsing raids across
the border during he past few
months were officers and men in
the uniforms of the Mexican federal
army. He' read a telegram giving
the names of some of the Carranza
officers and men killed by the
Americans.
Swedish Envoys Held
Prisoners by Bolsheviki
Stockholm. Tulv 21. (By the As
sociated Press.) The bolshevik
government at Petrograd refused to
release five members of the Swedish
legation at Petrograd, recently ar
rested, it was announced here today
An official of the Swedish foreign
office said it was his beliet repre
sentatives of other nations at Petro'
crad probably would be arrested.
The members of the Swedish le
gation arrested were two men and
five women typists. Sweden pro
tested, but the bolshevik govern
rnent replied that the arrests were
based on violations of laws and that
the pica of diplomatic immunity
could not be recognized. Answer
ing a renewed protest, the bolshevik
government said only three persons
were, arrested.
Car Struck By Truck
Ohc Mortenson, 3021 U street,
was slightly bruised at 1 o'clock
this morning when his car collided
with a truck said to have been
driven by Jim Kalstrup, Logan, la.,
at 1 wenty-fourth and .N streets.
Kalstrop was arrested an hour
later by Detective Palmtag as he
was crossing the Douglas street
bridge. Kalstrop denied that he
strue'e Mortenson's car.
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PROHIBITION
BILL FINALLY
PASSES HOUSE
Many Drastic Provisions Are
Adopted, But Possession
" of Liquor in Own
Home Allowed.
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of intoxicants. In one Mr. Volstead
offered, and the house accepted, the
time specified in the proclamation
by the State department as to the
effective date of constitutional pro
hibition January 16, 1920, was ac
cepted without discussion.
Representative Rubey, democrat
of Missouri, got the floor after
Chairman Volstead was through
with the section and immediately he
announced intention to throw the
searchlight on American wine cel
lars, where there were stocks of
liquor enough to lass for months.'
if 1 . i , . 1 . .
ms amenumeiu provided mai a pri
son should not possess more than
$50 worth of liquor, which a mem
ber likened to one white chip m a
steamboat poker game," considering
the high cost of the product in the
closing days of the bar. The house
did not take kindly to this proposal
and defeated it.
Evangelist An Opponent
With this out of the wav. Repre
sentative Raker, democrat, Califor
nia, offered an amendment to make
it unlawful to have liquor in one's
own dwelling Chairman Volstead
opposed it, saying this section had
been given every serious considera
tion by friends of prohibition. When
the vote was called, only three
members, and all of them demo
crats, supported the amendment
Mr. Raker and Representative Blan
ton, lexas, and Upshaw. Georgia
the latter an evangelist.
J. his section was amended, how
ever, so as to provide that such
liquors must be for personal con
sumption by the owner of the
dwelling or his family or bona fide
guests. This restriction, put in by
Representative Steele, democrat,
i'ennsulvania, was aimed at the man
who might turn his dwelling into a
saloon.
Sacramental Wine.
Several amendments were added,
including one by Representative
Ogoe, democrat, Missouri, making
provision for the handling of sacra
mental wine which the bill had
failed to do. Representative Esche
repuniican, Wisconsin, otlered one
which would require the govern
ment in picking jts agents to en
force tne prohibition law to give
due regard to civilian service rules
while Representative Siegel, repub-
lcan, .ew iork, put through one
providing that men discharged from
the military and naval service be
given tirst call in making appoint
ments.
Many amendments were defeated
and some were ruled out on points
of order. A fight was made against
the section permitting the manufac
ture of beverages containing less
than one-half of one per cent alco
hol, after the house had adopted an
amendment to include a liquid such
as beer, ale, porter or wine.
Amendment Defeated.
An amendment by Mr. Igoe
which would make valid the defense
of a person charged with violation
of the prohibition law if he proved
that such liquor or beverage was
not intoxicating was defeated, 78 to
36.
There was not as much speech
making as on previous days, the
temper of the house being such that
it was not inclined to listen to argu
ments. The one speech since the
beginning of debate which was
listened to by the entire house was
by Representative Mann, former
republican floor leader, who op
posed the elimination of the pro
vision permitting a person to have
liquor in his possession for private
use.
Dirigible Explodes;
1 0 Killed in Chicago
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from the scorching fire, their clothes
burning.
The intense heat made rescue
work difficult until after the fire de
partment arrived. It was 30 minutes
before the bodies under the craft's
fusilage could be dragged out. They
were burned beyond recognition.
Meanwhile ambulances from every
hospital and undertaking establish
ment near the center of the oty
came and the police threw a cordon
about the placel Dozens were found
to have been more or less cut by
the shower of glass which preceded
the explosion.
Cause of Fire Unknown.
The cause of the fire which
brought the flaming gas bag down
is not definitely known. None of the
crew could ascribe a definite reason.
Two theories were offered. One
was that a spark trom tne rotary
motors set the gas afire. The other
was that the balloon wa over
charged and the sun's rays caused
it to expand and burst, the fire tal
lowing the contact of the gas with
sparks in the motor.
It was intended to charge the bag
with a pure mixture of hydrogen
gas which was not inflammable. It
was conjectured, however, that a
quantity of oxygen became mixea 111
the chareine process, rendering a
highly explosive combination.
When Jack Boettner, an employe
of the rubber company and pilot cf
the craft, saw the flicker of flames
he shouted a warning to the otner
passngers and jumped from the
fusilage.
All were protected by parachutes
attached to their bodies by belts.
Parachute Man Victim.
Henrv Weaver and Harry Wack-
er. mechanicians, ronoweu. i. n.
N'orton, a photographer for a morn
ing paper was the last to leap. The
first man, Earl H. Davenport, pub
licity agent for an amusement park,
did not get out.
His body struck the roof of the
bank and burned to a crisp.
Weaver's parachute was ablaze and
he fwas overtaken by the flaming
balloon and carried down to death.
Boettner and Wacker landed
practically unhurt. Norton suffered
broken legs and severe internal
injuries. The other dead were
crushed and burned in the rotunda
of the bank.
The central portion of the bank
was wrecked and it was an hour be
fore the fire could be extinguished.
Landing Saved Lives.
The fact that the blazing debris
fell oil the bank building probably
saved lives as the streets were
thronged with late afternoon shop
pers, clerks and other employes, on
the way home from the various
banks and brokerage houses in the
La Salle street district.
Thousands of persons throughout
the loop had witnessed the balloon's
flight.
Most of the stories of the wit
nesses agree that the explosion oc
curred at a height of about 500
feet. The dirigible was sailing on an
even keel when a puff of smoke was
observed near the stern where the
engines were located.
Almost immediately, witnesses de
clare, there followed an explosion
and the machine was enveloped in
flames.
"The passengers must have been
all ready to jump," said one -spectator,
"for the moment I noticed the
smoke the parachutes began drop
ping. Some of them caught fire.
I saw one burn completely and its
occupant fell, also a mass of
flames."
No Warning Received.
Late workers in the bank had no
warning of the catastrophe. A
man's body came hurtling through
the skylight, followed immediately
by the blazing framework of the
balloon and the engines. The en
tire roof of the bank building was
literally torn out. I he damage both
by the impact of the dirigible and
bv the fire will run into hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
Built on A-4 Plan.
Akron, Ohio, Tulv 21. The dirig
ible destroyed at Chicago was built
on the same plan as the A-4, the
first airship to land on a building
in the tinted States. nlard
Seiberting, head of the balloon de
partment of the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber company, said. He added
that the balloon was designed to
carry 10 persons and to have made
a flight to Akron next week for pos
sible use in the Cleveland-Akron
passenger service.
Hun High Command
Betrayed to Allies
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secret and it was only through the
carelessness of some clerk that they
were included in the roster of the
Agamemnon when she left France.
The plan was to send the prison
ers to some isolated army post
where they might be given military
protection for a time. Evenually r.
is supposed they would have been
permitted to "escape" to some other
country, there to begin their lives
anew. Officials will not say whether
this plan can be safely followed now.
Mysterious Men Arrive.
New York, July 21. Two Ger
man prisoners of war, who traveled
as first class passengers but about
whose identity the utmost secrecy
was maintained by army officers
and government officials arrived
today on the transport Agamemnon.
No one in authority would give in
formation as to why the two men
had beer, singled out of the thou
sands of prisoners taken by the
American forces to be brought to
this country.
Although guarded night and day
during the voyages by 15 soldiers
under the command of Lieutenant
Owen of the Fifth Ammunition
train, Fifth division, the two prison
ers were auowea considerable
liberty. They were given the run
of the first class quarters on board
ship and were allowed to converse
with anyone they chose.
the two men were dressed in
blue civilian clothes and straw hats.
They spoke English fluently and
almost without an accent.
Lieutenant Owen said the men
had been put in his charge shortly
before the ship left Brest, but he
had not been told their names or
rank and simply had been ordered
to turn them over to agents of the
intelligence office at Washington
who would meet the transport on
its arrival in New York. No one
representing the intelligence office
was at the dock, so the prisoners
were detained on board ship while
nstructions were asked from Wash
ington.
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WILSON REQUEST
TO SENATE LAID
OVER FOR TIME
President Asks Approval for
Appointment of Repre
sentative on Repara
tions Commission.
Washingon, July 21. While the
senate was listening to more debate
on the peace treaty Monday, the
foreign relations committee turned
its attention to the problem of pro
visional Amvirnn rpnresentation
pending senate action on the treaty
on the international commissions
to be set up under the treaty terms.
President Wilson raised the
point in a letter to Chairman Lodge
asking the committee's approval
for appointment of a representative
on the reparations commission,
which is to have wide powers in
fixing the amount and method of
collection of Germany s reparation
bill. Such representation, the presi
dent wrote, was highly important to
American business interests.
Postpone Decision.
After an hour's discussion, during
which Chairman Lodge and others
objected that the committee had no
power to give such assent prior to
the treaty's ratification, it was de
cided to postpone a decision until
Tuesday. Senator Knox, remibli-
can, Pennsylvania, proposed that the
committee declare that neither it
nor the president could carry out
any treaty provisions while the
treaty was pending.
The league of nations occupied
most of the time during senate de
bate. Senators Pomerene, Ohio,
and Harrison, Mississippi, both
democrats, urging its acceptance-.
Senator Pomerene analyzed the
covenant in a constitutional argu
ment and declared quick acceptance
of the treaty was the only course
consistent with the nation's respon
sibility to the world. Senator Har
rison bitterly attacked republican
leaders opposing the treaty, declar
ing their opposition really was based
on political and personal antagonism
to President Wilson.
Shantung Settlement Up.
During the dav the Shantung set-.
j tl ment also got before the senate
; again. Senator Williams, democrat.
Mississippi, charging that opposi
tion senators had misrepresented
the facts in the case. Denials were
made by Senator Lodge and Sena
tor Borah, republican, Idaho.
Tuesday prepared speeches on the
treaty are to be made by Senators
McXary, Oregon, and Moses, New
Hampshire, republican, and Beck
ham, Kentucky, and Johnson, South
Dakota, democrats.
Senators Calder, Xew York; Cum
mins, Iowa; Ei'ge, New Jersey, am!
Xorris, Nebraska, were the republi
cans who had been invited to con
fer with Pres'dent Wilson today
about the treaty. When Mr. Wil
son's physician ordered him to bed,
however, the engagements were pro
visionally set over until tomorrow.
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