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, , . . . -? ,;1 777--- -yT - V - VOL XLTX NO. VUli. AlJiA ITU. FOIL PLAN TO MM BREAK FROM SHERIFF Twelve Federal Prisoners in Douglas County Jail Had Bars Sawed and Guns - in Their Possession. AUTOMOBILES WAIT TO ' ASSURE MEN'S ESCAPE Secret Tip of Projected At tempt to Mike Clark En ables He and Deputies to Counteract Plot in Time. The escape of at least 12 prison ers in the county jail, mostly held for, federal offenses, was frustrate?! last night by Sheriff Mike Clark and deputies. Four bars were found sawed in the supposedly escape proof cells. The delivery was scheduled for midnight when the prisoners planned ' to either shoot or knock over the head deputy sheriff, Ed Cassidy, whose turn it was to inspect the prisoners on the new shift. After overpowering the guard they planned on opening all cell doors and then robbing" the safe in Jailor Clayton's office, which frequently has large sums of money, prior to escaping. Automobiles Provided. Automobiles were to be provided by confederates on the outside to take the ringleaders of the attempt ed delivery from the city. Twelve of the 32 men in tier Nd. 2 had greed to make a break for freedom. There were 107 prisoners confined in the jail. R. L. Baker,' alias Hatch, known , In police circles as the "Georgia Wildcat," is said by Sheriff Clark to be the "brains" of the plan. The Wildcat was arrested four weeks ago by postoffice inspectors on a charge , of using the mails to defraud and is being held for, the federal grand jurj'. He is known over the entire country as a "bad man" and has made several daring escapes from officers. Prisoner Confesses. ' W H. Bone, 20 years old, of New York city, was the human instru- . ment used . bjr the desperadoes to complete their plans, according to a confession he made last night. He was released on bond last Tuesday after having been arrested charged with Nbeing implicated in the rob bery of express packages. 'In his confession Bone says that he brought two guns, si hack saws, . a bottle of emery dust and 20 shells to the jail at 2 Friday afternoon. One of the guns he says he brought with him from Kansas where he worked on a farra and the other he bought in Omaha. The guns and saws were given to Jack Adams, alias 'the "Pigeon," while he was conversing with an attorney. Bone, in his confession, said that hjf was threatened by Baker in case 1 failed and in case the plan was (jf success was to. receive $10,000. ,which Baker said he had "planted." Prisoners Work All Night. "The Wildcat," "Pigeon," Fred (Shorty) Long and John Hart work ed all night Friday sawing the bars of' the cells. Two bars were sawed out of the cell in which they were confuted, after : which they cut through two bars which would al low them exit to the corridor by means of an open space where plumbing pipes pass through--the room. ' . The task was not completed until (Continued on Page Ten, Column Two.) State Department to , Help Americans Find Relatives in Poland Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire. Washington, March 13. The State department announced that on behalf of American citizens it will make welfare inquiries regarding relatives and frfends in Poland. In a circular on the subject the depart ment indicates the channels through which funds and supplies may , be sent to individuals in Poland from . this country, 1 The welfare inquiries will be un dertaken in cases where it has other wise proved impossible for Amer icans to establish communication with their relatives and friends in Poland, and. the department's in quiries will be either by mail with out cost to the inquirer or by tele- i gram at the expense of the inquirer. Funds may be sent through the joint distribution committee, 20 Ex change place. New York city, and it is understood that funds also may be sent through banks and express companies and by registered mail. Polish citizens should communicate with the Polish consul general for similar service. " Officer Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter Las Cruces, N. M, March 13. Maj. F. 'M. Scanand, charged with murder in connection with the deatlt of John M. Hutchings, race car driv - er, on November 2,r1919, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Sentences of one to 10 years in the penitentiary is the penalty. A motion for a new trial was dc taied. An appeal to the supreme court was granted and the defend nt admitted to $10,000 bail. . 7 Benson to Shipping Board. Washington, March 13. The nom ination of Rear Admiral Wm. S. Benson, to become a member of the shipping board to succeed John B. Payne, who is to become secretary of the interior, was. confirmed by 39 ' tHrt Mcontf.cliM niK t 03. x 0ali P. 0. n.d.r act til AGREE TO VOTE 7 ' ON ARTICLE TEN. NEXT MONDAY Ratification .Decision Expected By Wednesday Fail- j , ure Predicted. Chloaco Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaded Wire Washington, March 13. Article 10, "the heart of the league of na tions covenant, will be brought to a vote in the senate Monday tinder a unanimous consent agreemet en tered into today. With this crucial question passed uooft. the way will be clear for an early vote on ratification, perhaps .on luesday or Wednesday, it all ab sentees can De Drougnt DacK or oronerlv "paired. Final polls made today indicated the defeat of the treaty by a sub' stantial margin, and comprbmisers admitted that ratification appeared alrnost-hopeless According to the most reliable canvass that could be obtained, the combination of repmV lican "irreconcilables" and the ad ministration's "battalion of death" would be able to muster not less than- 37 votes, or four more than enough to reject the pact. Prediction was made in some quarters that the vote against rati fication would be larger, tor the reason that administration-leaders were confident of their ability to rally stronger support to president Wilsons position in the final show down. Senator Lodge Yields. In the fact of terrific combard- ment from his own party colleagues, Senator Lodge, the republican leader, yielded today m the opposite direction and accepted an amend ment suggested by Senator Borah of Idaho, strengthening the com promise reservations on article 10 which senator Lodge ottered yes terday. 1 he Borah amendment would add the words "including all contro versies relating1 to territorial integ rity or political independence" in specifying international disputes in which the United States will not in terfere. In the opinion of most senators this amendment takes the compro mise back to the effect of the orig inal Lodge reservation, but- makes the language rather Cumbersome, so' that in the end it would not he sur prising' if the original draft were re- (Continued on Pare Six, Column Three.) Prominent AK-Sar-Ben Worker Drops Dead fin M 117 11 1 vrniie waiKing nome i ' Dan W. Coffey, 57 years old, 2604 Pierce street, an old-time resident of Omaha, died late yesterday after noon of heart disease while walking from down town to his home. i Mr. Coffey, who is well known in Omaha, has been prominent, in boosting for the Ak-Sar-Ben- carnivals in his 15fyears' residence ?n Omaha, and has been connected with many of the large enterprises in Omaha. Since coming here he has made his homi with his sister and brother-in-law C. H., Olsen. Mr. Coffey was " employed with the American Transfer Co. as col lector for many years. Shortly before his death his sister talked to him over -the telephone, and news of his death was a shock to the family. Burial will be in the family plot set Plattsmouth, Neb.- Colonel Greely Is Made Chief Forrester By Secretary Meredith Washington, March 13. Appoint ment of Col. W. B. Greely, assistant forester, to succeed Henry S. Graves as chief forester when4the latter retires May' 1, was announced by Secretary Meredith. A native of California, Colonsl Greely graduated from University of California and Yale forest school and has been with the forest service continuously since 1904, except for two years service wth the American Expeditionary forces. Colonel Greely's work in the for est service has ranged through all technical grades from the lowest-'to the highest. His special assignments included supervisor of the Sequoia national forest in California and dis trict forester in charge ofjhe -national forests of Montana and northern Idaho. ' Radio Messages Urg& Vessels to Rescue Marooned Sub Crew . - ... Vallejo, Cal., March 13. Radio messages 1o all ships in the vicinity of Magdalena bay, Lower California, urging them to go to the' assistance of ,the .crew of the United 'States submarine H-l, whose crew were re ported to have been on the beach at Santa MaKgarita island IS hours without watdr, were sent out Satur day from the Mare Island navyyard. Return Securities Taken ; Under Prohibition Act St Louis," Mo., March 13. Cash and securities amounting to $24,000, confiscated by the government un der a provision of the prohibition enforcement act, was returned to the owner ' by the United Srates district attorney's office her.. Assistant District Attorney Wha ley said the money was returned because "a too stringent enforce ment of the provisions would tend to make the law unpopular." -' - Wifeless Concert at Sea. New. York, March 13. Passenu gers on the, Cunard-line steamship Mauretania, which arrived here from Southampton, were . entertained when 100 miies at sea with a concert transmitted by wireless telephone from the Marconi works at Chelms ford, England; They reported that they heard distinctly the Vocal and instrumental selections. ' 21, INS. l nt . 117. BRYAN SAYS NOT SEEKING NOMINATION ". . . . ..,., 'V But if Need Should Arise, With None Other Available, He Wil Run for President He Announces to Voters. EAGER TO BEeLeCTED . A NEBRASKA DELEGATE .'- Declares Readiness to Leave Quiet of Home to Aid in Re bilking Reactionaries . and Saloon Influences, Lincoln. Neb..' March 13. (Spe cial.) W. J. Bryan does not desire the democratic presidential nomina tion, but 1f- none other- can be found who meets his ttfst of progressive democracy, he will feel constrained to accent duty s call. . This is Mr. Bryan's attitude, as outlined in a statement made public here tonight. Mr. Bryan declares that he much prefers a life of peace and quiet, but he considers it his duty, he says, to fight for a place on the Nebraska delegation to the ban Francisco con vention in order to aid in opposing the reactionaries and friends of th saloon." , His Duty to Accept. ; "If the situation becamff such that my nomination was - actually , de manded," he says, "I would feel, it my amy to consider it, dui; i nope no such situation will arise and' I do not now see any probability that such a situation will arise, There were suggestions tonight that Mr. Bryan's statement may pre face his offering of himself as a can didate in the Nebraska presidential preference primary against Senator Hitchcock, in the same 'way in which. after declaring that he could find no other to enter the list he became a candidate for chairman of the Balti more convehtion 'in 1920. "r ; ' Receives Many4 Letters. 'The statement follows: 7 "During the last few weeks I have been receiving an increasing num ber of letters asking me to become, ioi; tne tourtn time a canotaate ior the presidency. 'As it is impossible to make personal-answer-to these letters, I give this one reply to all. I recognize it to be the duty of the citizen to respond to the calls of his country in peace or war. Therefore, if the situation becomes such that my nomination was actu ally demaided, as in time of war a soldier's life is demanded on the battlefield, I wouM feel it my duty to consider it, but I hope no such situation will arise, and I do not now see any probability that such a situation will arise. . "For 30 years I have taken so .zoo. UVC a yal I 111 JiUUUL llic mai U1C demands upon my time have, to a large extent, denied me the pleas ures of the fireside and the compan ionship f my family. I have been rewarded as few public '.men have been not with office, wh'ich 'is the least of rewards-Mut wth the sat isfaction of seeing neatly every re form I have advocated written into the untepealable law of the lahd, and now I see my peac? plan made the jchief cornerstone of (the league (Continued on Fage Six,' Column Two.)- Cash and Carry Milk Stations Cut Price ; " To 1 2 Cents a Quart The Midwest Milk Producers', as sociation, operating "cash-and-carry" milk stations at the city fire sta tions, announced a reduction of price from 13 t6 12 cents a quart last eve ning. - , 1 ' 7 . ale of milk at the fire stations at Walnut Hill and at Twenty-second and Lake streets will begin Tuesday morning. They will be con tinued also , at the Twentieth ' and Poppletoh streets plant. .The 12-cent price applies to halfi pints of cream as well 'as to quarts of milk. . , 4 t To maintain 'the 12-cent-price it will be necessary to sell at least 400 quarts daily, according to the asso- ciation. , r i Chicago Opera Company v Star Hurt in Auto Wreck New Yoi Jkf arch 713. Yvonne Gall, Chicago Opera company star soprano, and formerly operatic star in Paris, Madrid, Barcelona and cities of South' America, sustained a possible .fracture of . the Skull in Central park Friday when a taJci in which she ; was riding collided with an automobile owned by Max Kalta'. William Beyer, the taxi chauffeur, was also injured slightly. Miles 'Gall V'as taken Ko Flower hos pital. ;' ' ',. ; , ' . . . "i1 Charge Dalrymple's Minions Willi Exceeding Authority Chicago, March 13. Affidavits charging agejts from the office of Maj. -'A. V. Palrymple, prohibition commissioner of the central -states, with' exceeding; their authority in making arrests for alleged viola tion of the prohibition laws and with acting in a manner unbecoming fed eral officers were fited with Federal Judge George A'. .Carpenter. -, ; 4 : . Relative of President Dies. Pasadena. Cat.. - March 13. Mrs.Und affiliated organizations made Virginia Jones-Bacon,1 cousin' of : . x r . . e T President Wilson's first wife, .died here,, age . 80. Mrs. Jones-Bacon yas a native of Georgia, but had resided in-Pasadepa manjt.yytis and was . prominent in club a,nd social circles,- 1 1 ) OMAHA, 'SUNDAY MORNING, The COMMITTEE OF 500 WILL BACK: DRY CANDIDATES , i Plan to Take Active Part in Pimary Elections Secre tary Thomas Raps Sen . ator Hitchcock. The Committee of 500, meeting in the Y. M. c A. building last night, unanimouslyi- adopted a reso lution providing, that the committee take an active stand in the coming primary election for both local and national- randidales who favnr hro- fnibition, expressing disappointment in Congressman A. W. Jeffens for voting against the Volstead act and condemning Senator Hitchcock's stand in favor of beer and - light wines. The meeting was opened by El mer Thomas, secretary of the com mittee,' who declared that he did not believe Senator Hitchcock is running for the presidency in good faith. . ' ' Loses Women's Votes. "Senator- Hitchcock has offended the women of the country and he knows they will not vote for him," Mr. Thomas asserted. His stand against women's suffrage alone lost him the powerful vote of tire women whjch will be cast in the next elec tiqn. I believe' be is a candidate of the, reactionary forces of the coun try, composed of wets and big busi ness, whose aim it. is to Reep Wil- 1am. Jennings Bryan, away from the democratic convention, for ' Mr.- Bryan will, rule the convention if he is sent to it." ; ' Mr. Thomas declared that prohi bition would Jiever have been- en forced in Omaha had it vnot been for Police Judge Foster, who was one 1 of the candidates advocated by the committee at the last election.. ne ureea mat tne committee lane an active part in local politics as well as national and tht Judge roster be backed for re-election. W. T. Graham, president of the committee, denounced the action of Adult Probation Officer, M. Andrea Son -in permitting paroles to be granted promiscuously. He called for suggestions for names of can didates who.jcould be chosen to run for congress against Congressman Jeffens, declaring that the commit tee could no longer support Mr. Jefferis after his stand on the pro hibition question. ' Suggests Thomas and Dodge. Elmer Thomas and N. P. Dodge were suggested by Police Commis sioner Ringer,"' and F. W. Wead was also suggested as a possible candi date. A committee 'composed of F. D.- Wead, Lysle I. Abbott, Rob' ert Switzler, Byron R. Hastings and Mrs. Charles Roberts was named to select candidates for offices, both local and national. Robert Arthur Elwood, founder and pastor of the Boardwalk church at Atlantic City, told the commit tee that. a real "steam roller" of opposition wo.uld put in end to the political aspirations 6t Governor Ed wards of New Jerjjey and Senator Hitchcock. He declared that Gov ernor Edwards was a political ac cident; that he was not elected on either a wet or dry issue, and' that Atlantic City was strong for prohi bition because with its 360 saloons closed it was more prosperous than ever before. . ; Exclusion League Moves " - ' Against All Orientals San Francisco, March 13. fr- The California Oriental Exclusion league 1 . i plans here to submit to the' people of California as soon-as-possible an initiative petition ' designed" to prcyent'aliens ineligible to citizen ship front controlling1 or operating agricultural land in any other" capa city than as laborers. . MARCH. 14, 1920. Passing Show HOOVSl DECLINES' TO GIVE OPINION 'IN' NAVY MDCUP Tells Senate Investigating Com mittee His Business Was to Get Food to Allies. Washington, March 13. While refusing :to comment on military plans or policies, Herbert Hpover told the senate committet investigat ing the Navy department's conduct of food and heavy sinking 'of al lied merchant ships by derman sub marines, conditions abroad were critical from April, 1917, until September. Mr. Hoover was called before the committee at the request of Rear Admiral bims, who asserted that he was best qualified to support his contention that the allies were los ing thft war when the United States joined them, and that only a vigor our campaign against the V-boats could bring about victory. Refuses to Give Opinion. A&ked if the navy . department could not havei offered more com plete co-operation by sending more vessels to the critical zone,' Mr. Hoover declined to express an opin ion, (ycceptto say that he supposed "everything was done that) ' could be.". He told the committee that he did not consider -himself competent to testify . regarding technical military and naval mat ters, and that his business was to "get food to the allies." Mr. Hoover expressed the belief that American participation turned the scales in favor of the. allies at thc'critical period, of, tne war, al though it was incorrect to "say that the United States won the war.. . Efforts to prove that the navy's failure tfl keep him informed of im portant developments in policy caused his associates oh the allied naval councils to believe he was not in the full confidence of his gov ernment formed the burden 'of Ad miral Sims' testimony., ' He criticised particularly the as signment of vessels to the Azores Islands without first informing him of the -department's, plans, assert ing that Washington officials "played iito'the enemy's hands" by permitting a submarine attack on an Azores port to cause diversion, of American forces to those waters. He characterized the Incident .as a "violation of the fundamental prin ciples of warfare" and an indication of "the "effectiveness of German propaganda." , Murderers Shatter Skull Of Woman With a Rock Washington, March 13. Her'skull shattered . with a-rock, ' the body of Mrs. Uertruae Harrison Mann, -a widow, was found .'in patch 01 woods only a block away from Con necticut avenue, one of the city's mbst fashionable thoroughfares. The police believe that th6 woman was beaten to death by ihugs, with robbery as the motive. There was every evidence that She had put up a desperate fight - against her as sailants. Mrs. Alann.came here a year ago from Mills Valley, Cal. She was a teacher of music, numbering among her pupils many young people from the most prominent families in the city. , ' ' - 1 , Stefansson Sails. New York, March 13. -Vilhjalmur Stefansson. thee .plorer, was among the passengers on board the Ameri can steamship Philadelphia, which iett here ior nymoutn, cnerDourg and Southampton! He declined to make known the obect of the trip. Cheapest Money in World. 7 ' London, March 13.--The cheapest money in 'the world is that issued by ueneral Yudenitch. Jt consists of chocolate wrappers. Thousands of Kussian troops serving under yude nitch are paid with this money , , '. : ; : - By Mall (I ywr). Dally. 16. Dally aad Sua.. I7.M: Maid of 1920 CONVICT SEVEN1 1,17.17, MEMBERS IN MURDER CASE Three Others on Trial for Armistice Day Shooting - At Mojitesano Are Freed by Jury. - ' QSy the Associated Press.) - Montesano, Wash., March 13. Seven of the 10 I. W. W. charged with the murder of Warren O. Grimm,- one of four former Soldiers shot during an Armistice day parade at Centralia, Washj were found guilty Saturday night of sec ond, degree murder. Three, others were found not guilty. Loren Rob erts, one of the trio, was acquitted on the ground of ihsanity. The defendants found guilty of second degree murder were Britt Smith, Ray Becker, JameS jMc Inerney, Bert Bland, Eugene Barnett, John Lamb and O. ' C Bland. . ' The three acquitted were Mike Sheehah, Elmer Smith and Loren Roberts, the latter on the ground of insanity. '. " ; ' After the reading of the verdict in A 1-IA return nf tVip dpfpnHant to the county jail John Berry, sheriffl r T 1 I.- f Ol .Lewis county, in which veunaua is located, read' to'them warrants charging them with the murder of Arthur, McElfresh, another .of x the four slain at Centralia. Jury Out Long Time. The verdict was returned at 8:35 o'clock. The jury had been out since 10:20 o'clock' last night. Earlier in the night the court had declined to receive a verdict- in (Continued on Pare Six, Column Fonr.) Estate. of Aged Omaha 'Eccentric Estimated Now Over $100,000 i C. H. Weirich, administrator - qt the estate of Alfred J. Seaman. Omah eccentric, yesterday opened the safe deposit . vault and found building and loan and other securi teis valued at $53,500. , D. W. Merrow, attorney for Sea man, and Mrs. Harriet Wolfe, sister, were present when the box was opened. , Loss of the key ' to the vault delayed the opening until yes terday, i It is estimated that the estate will total $10O,OQ0Aii inventory will be, filed in probate court nexj Wednesday. ' . ' French .President Advertises J For a First-Class Chef Paris, March 13. President Des chanel is advertising for a first class chef. . It is revealed that the former famous took a$ the Elyse"e palace was discharged , by ex-President Poincare because he was too. expen sive, and was replaced by a second rate "maitre d'euisine" who was able to prepare 'simple meals at a mini mum cost. M. Deschanet, who, like his wife, is wealthy in, his own right, proposes' to SDare"no expense to make the palace menus the most ex quisite 'in the land. , Forecast. -." V 1 ' Nebraska: Fail" Sunday; warmer in east; Monday unsettled and cool er. ' - - yV ' " Iowa! Fair and warmer Sunday; Monday unsettled " with copier at night " " - V ; -; .- . . Hourly Temperatures : S a. m, ..88 1 n. m.. 39 V The Weather 7 - S a. m.i .. T K. Ml.. , . 8 a. m.. . . a.'m..,. Ill h. m,.... 11 a. ni.... U uoon . . . . ... , .....e so as ss 81 7 .....3 9 p. m... 8 p. 10... 4 P. m , 5 p. m.. , p. m.., 7 p. to... .41 ..4S 47 .47 .4 .45 00: Sunday, USOi N. amtaia intra. ' , - MILI TARY COUP D'ETAT RESULTS IN T eoLU Government of Friedrich Ebert, Socialist President of German Republic, Overthrown and Dr. Wolfgang Kapp Has Temporarily . Assumed Direction of 1 Affairs President of Old Government and His . Ministers -Call on People to Strike as Only Means ' of Preventing Return, of Wilhelm the Second. 7 By Associated Press. " ' Rprlin.'Marrli 13.-Th cnvprnmPTir. rf Frifidrir.h Ehprt. the socialist president of the German republic, was over-,' -l. ma ...v. IajIa. V.vv M iMlKInii., mm.im ilAn tin uw 11 wuay uy a iimitaij' tuuy Dr. Wolfirantr Kat)D. one of land, and, general director of the agricultural societies; has ousted Gustav Bauer, the chancellor, and in taking that office himself, has temporarily assumed supreme direction of affairs. Strike) Cease Work I Is Hysterical Plea off .Old Government Berlin, March 13. The procla mation issued by the members of. the old government read in part as follows: "We refuse to bow to this mili tary constraint. We did not make the revolution in'' order to recog nize again today the bloody gov ernment of mercenaries. We enter into no covenant "with the Baltic criminals. Workers, comrades, we should be ashamed to look you in the face if we were capable of acting otherwise. "We say 'no' and again 'no.' You must endorse. what -we have done. We carried out youf views. Now use every means to destroy this return, of bloody reaction. Strike!- Cease to work! Throt tle this military' dictatorship! Fight with all your means for the preservation of the republic. Put aside all division. There isj only one means against the re turn of Wilhelm II. Paralyze all economic life. Not a hand must move. 'Nd proletariat shall help the military dictatorship." GERMAN SITUATION MAY BRING ACTION BY. ALLIED POWERS News-of Overthrow of Ebert -i ' .. Government Causes Concern , ' in Official Circles. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaetl Wire. . Washington, .' March 13. Dis patches to the , S.tate Department from diplomatic- representatives in Paris and The Hague confirm the news of the overthrow of the Ebert government in Germany and the in stftutibn of monarchist and militarist control of the empire. This information has caused deei concern in government circles, where the feeling prevails -that the situation may . compel the allied powers to undertake forcible meas ures to require Germany to carry out the terms of the' treaty of 'Ver sailles. 1 . , ' '. Dispatches Garbled. The dispatches' received by the State Department from Pais and The Hague were garbled in trans mission and great difficulty was" ex perienced in makinir sense out of them. After several hours of futile1 effort, the department decided to make public a paraphrase of such parts i the dispatches as were de cipherable. . , 4 Late tonight in receipt of further advices the Department of' State issued the following statement: ' "A dispatch received from Berlin tonight by the Stae department an nounced that i counter-revolution had broken put there and that Kapp, who, is said to be' a leader of the re (Contlnurd on Page Six, Column Two.) Lone Negro Bandit Holds Up Meat Market At Point of Revolver A negro last night help tip the meat market of Sam 1 Metz, 1552 North Twentieth street, at 11 o'clock at the point of a 38-caliber revolver. The bandit was . unmasked and upon entering the store commanded Metz sfnd his wife to throw up then hands, after which he searched the cash register,' which wasiempty. He then ordered Mrs. Metz to open the safe, which was also empty. Two months ago, according to Metz, the same negro robbed him of $15, which was in the safe, and warned hfmj not to keep money there. ,." . Fred Owens,. ,1121 North Nine teenth street, employed at the Amer ican Smelting company, was later arrested . by Officers Trapp and Palmtag at Eighteenth and Charles streets, r , 1 Committee About Equally - -Divided on Bonus Question r Washingtop, March 13,-Mcmbers of the house ways and tneans com mittee appeared' to, be almost equal ly divided on the Question of sol diers' bonus legislation as hearings on the subject were brounht to a conclusion. " The committee will meet in executive session Monday to consider the proposed legislation in detail. Definite actibn will be deferred until after a meeting of the national executive committee, of the American .Legion, March 2i, at wjhich; new recommendations are to be made, including susrestinna to how the money should be" raised. NFIVE CEKfS. BLOODLESS u cuiu . the founders of the Father There are now.'two , contending governments in Germany, the new one under Chancellor Kapp at Ber- ' lin and the, old one under President ION IH. BERLIN Ebert at. Dresden. Officials xof the new government declare that it is ' hot reactionary or monarchist. The president of the old government and his ministers liav. issued a procV ' lamation catling upon the people to . rise in a general strike as the only ' means of preventing the retutrn of Wilhelm II. . ' ; Berlin Occupied By Troops. Berlin is occupied by the troops , of the counter-revolution to what ; number is not known and the' movement , is "spreading, rapidly. throughout ' the provinces. ' Masses- ( of troops and naval brigades witll. artillery have been brought into the capital and dominate the situation. -Thus far there has been no outbreak and no bloodshed The Ebert ' government had , knowledge beforehand of the pend- ' ing counter-revolution,' but the pre- ; cautions taken proved to be entirely . inadequate. Outside of the security , ' police and the Noske defense troops on. patrol, nothing indicated at 3"' o'clock this mornring that Berlin ' would wake up to find the Ebert government turned out. ; The presi- ' dent himself left Berlin with some of his followers two hours after that time. Thought Agitation Over. Admiral Von Trosta had been dispatched to Doeberitz Friday niglit for the purpose of conferring with tBe troops and admonishing them to desist frdm any violent pro-1 cedure. He returned and informed the cabinet hat the agitation had subsided, but that the danger was not "wholly removed. The ' realization '" ' finallyV " brought home to the cabinet that , the army Which Minister Noske was supposed to control was far from , being the loyal organization he counted upon and that the Berlin garrisons had also been inocnlated by the officers of the old school and wene ready for the rising when the call . came. The secrecy with which the revolution was planned and car ried out has stunned every one. k " Hindenburg Their Choice. FieldMarshall Von Hindenburg is rep6rteM' to be favored by the new regime for imperial president, but thu&j far he has remained in the (Continued on Page Six, Column One.) American" Express Company Asks Large Increase in Rates Washington, March 13. Increased express charges ranging from 10 to 75 per cent and estimated to yield $25,000,000 additional revenue an nually were aslfed by the American Railway Express company in "a pe 'titidn filed .with the interstate Com merce commission The company asked for a flat 25 per cent increase on the present commodity rates, in the district east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio rivers. - Between points in that ... district and other sections of" the country, the increase would be 1U per cent. Rates on milk and cream would be practically the same as charged by the railroads. , The largest increase sought was for --ctual hauling for which the company asked .75 per cent addi tional in the eastern'district and 50 ; per cent elsewhere. ' An increase of 33 1-3 per cent was asked for terminal handling of ship- . ments, more than lalf of which ; would be turned over to the railroad companies." ' v. Gen. Pershing Praises 7 Work of American Nurses New York, March 13. General Pershing praised the work of Amer ican nurses overseas in an address ' here at a rally to raise funds for the Visiting Nurses', service, adminis- tered by the Henry Street settle ment. He said he had canceled sev i eral engagements in order "to say a word in theip- behalf." "Knowing as I do the -snlendid service given oijr armies in Europe, ' I am in a pasition to speak on this subject," Genera! Pershing declared." ihe women- who came to France . helped us in many ways. They gave - tne toucn ot home, reminded, us of our obligations to our mothers.v ' wives and sweethearts,-and , did 7 much to hold uo the hieh standinc tf the morale of the American army."..-, t'f .. !' j .V;', Assistant Fire Chief - : C Injured in Auto Wreck Assistant Fire Chief Dineen siif- fered a wrenched back and bruises v About theJegs when his automobile: " was struck by a car driven by Ray mond Krunwcid, 5804 North Six- teenth sireet, at the corner of Far Jiam arid Park avenue last night. He waft Bttet1l1fH hv rtnlir inrrrrtna an1 talcen, to his home. . : 1 . A . V 1 4
