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Da TV BIB VOL. 49 NO. 251. CiKrM 11 mm4-cIm nittir Miy M. IM(. it Omaha r. 0. mr ut tt Mink I. 111. OMAHA, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1920. Br Maft (I war). Daily. W.M: taifty. ..' Dally aH Sh., I7.M; wdiUa Nil). iMtaat at. TWO CENTS FOCH STARTS TROOPS FOR FRANKFORT German City Will Be Occupied By French Army Today Wealthy Residents Attempt To Leave Country. ATTITUDE OFlT S. IN HANDS OF PRESIDENT Wilson Policy Interpreted by American Authorities as Con cerning Only Affairs of 0c cupied Area. By tha Aocltrd Prma. Mayence, April 5. The French troops will occupy Frankfort early tomorrow. Some detachments have already started. Coblenz, April S. ,The position o the American forces in Germany with reference to the allied attitude and possiKTc action growing out of the present situation depends en tirely upon direct orders from Presi dent Wilson. The American army authorities .-' are keeping in close touch with all developments for in formation, but their, direction is in the hands of Washington. Y 1 -The American authorities say they interpret the policy outlined by President Wilson to mean that the American force-s on the Rhine , are concerned directlty only with af . fairs 4eiring on the American oc cupied area. Wealthy Try to Leave. Geneva, April 5. Thousands of German refugees, the majority of tnem wealthy, are gathering on the northern Swiss frontier and unsuc cessfully demanding entrance into -Switzerland. The refugees declare they, con sider the occupation of Frankfort and other southern German cities by the allies a question of only a few days and therefore are anxious to leave Germany. ' focn in vuinniauu. Taris. April 5. (By The Asso ciated Press.) French military measures destirfed to force the Ger man government to withdraw its troops fronythe Ruhr basin are now entirely in the hands of Marshal Foch, it was said at the foreign of fice today. Dispatches from Wiesbaden Sav in )tnf nturil T) nrtnttn'c iArrpa are under "alert" orders are explain ed as not necesasrily meaning au ""'immediate advance, buf complete readiness to move forward. The latest information - reaching the foreign office confirms its belief that, despite the Assurance officially given by the Germans that only ,-a very- limited number of troops had beer, sent to the Ruhr, in reality the number amounts to an army of 40, - 000 men. . British Won't Help. Newspapers continue to discuss the situation resulting from the en try of German government troops in the Ruhr basin, and the Petit Parisien declares the indications given ,by the German note concern ing these forces do not correspond with the information" received by Marshal Foch. The British government will de cline to co-operate in the occupation of German cities, according to the, London correspondent of the Petit i.;rison, but will, he says,', "fa vorably follow the action of I'Vance.' ' . - 1 i the southern part of the Ruhr district, says the, Echo dc Taristhe German government troops have tdvanccd without resistance. but '-.ave encountered serious opposition in the central portion 'Off the Ruhr b;,in. Two hundred persons have t.... , l illo.l in o ftaht npar f)ni "ilmrff ' according to information reaching tl-.it u-ty. : 1 ; ' Greater Omaha Is 229,41 6, According to 1920 Directory The population of. Greater Omaha is i29A(f. accordLig to an estimate - based on the 1920 directory issued yesterday by R.- L. Polk & Co. This directory contains 104,280 names. Directory officials multiply this num ber by 2.2 to obtain their estimate of total population. , - N They claim the directory com pany's system of gathering names is more thorough than that employed in government census taking. Appeal in "Paving Fight . Taken to Supreme Court Attorneys for the Allied Contrac ts. Inc.. and Warren Brothers, who control Warrenite bithulithic com pound, yesterday filed notice-of ,ap- peal to the supreme c.Ourt of the ' permanent injunction granted by District Judge Sears against paying 12 miles of Douglas county roads with bithulithic. The appeal was taken merely to clear up technical points, it was stated. om Dennison Refuses to Report Robbery, to Police Tom Dennison yesterday refused to report to police the robbery of sis home. 6141 Florence boulevard. Sunday night Of $1,500" worth of ;ilverware. clothing and jewejry. " Chief of Police Eberstein said he jvould not investigate the robbery anless Dennison reported it. Mr. Dennison inserted a want ad in The Bee, offering a reward. Architects to Hear Lecture On Production of Limestone Production of limestone and its use will be discussed by 'J. R. Sar gent of the Indiana Limestone Quar rymen's association, at a special meeting of the beKarska chapter of the American Institute of Architects .his evening at 8 in the south dining j-oom of the Chamber of Commerce. ''ill's lecture will be illustrated with v motion pictures. "Candidate Row" in Chicago Opened By Boosters For Presidential Candidates With Republican National Convention Only Two Months Away, Songs of , Praise Have Begun Headquarters f or Pershing Strangely Absent, But Keen Observers Predict His Boom a Winner. Chicago, III., April 5. Two months from tonight practically every One of the 984 delegates to the republican national convention Will be in Chicago, for the customary three days of grace to .get acquainted before the convention goes into session. Already "Candidate Row" is open and rival boosters of Lowden, Wood, Harding, Hoover and John son are singing praises of their re spective candidates and attempting to" line up the ejusive uninstructed delegates, of whom there arc already 226 abroad in the land. Strangely absent frpm "Candidate Row" is any headquarters for Gen eral John J. Pershing, hero of the allied victory, and looked upon by many keen observers as the man most likely to be the party nominee when the shouting, the deadlock and the tumult have faded away. " Pershing's Prospects Good. Pershing's cause, however, is being espo.used by some of the best known Cbicagoans and it is very likely that after Nebraska has spoken on April 20, .headquarters for Pershing will be opened here and a campaign for him. made to hum merrily until the last ballot in the Coliseum in June. The Pershing strategy seems to be to make the A. E. F. leader the political legatee of the state delega tions which cannot be transferred from one of the fighting-candidates to another. There are at laast half a dozen Illinois leaders who say the 58 Illinois delegates ill go to Pershing once it becomes apparent Governor Lowden cannot be nom inated. Illinois today woke up to the fact that the presidential primary is only a week away, and the opposing forces -of Gov. Frank O. Lowden and Maj. I Gen. Leonard Wood squared away for the battle. Wood Train Starts South. -, The bad feeling in the Lowden ranks engendered by the Wood campaign in South Dakota and Min nesota was heightened today, and indications were that the state was in for a lively week. The Wood campaign train started on the trip which will take jt into most of the downstate counties. The first day's stops included Kankakee and Gil man. " Men who watch the political skies today saw a diminishing of -ihe Hoover excitement. They say Hoov er chose the most unauspicious moment to loss his sombrero into the squared cricle.- "By making it plain he would be glad to have the nomination, these men say. Hoover made .- himself one of . the aJtive candidates and his friends-are at ready using tactics which will pre vent his being the beneficiary when the collapse of any of the booms of the other fighting candidates comes. f Further, it is-pointed out that the strategy of becoming an active can didate just before the Michigan primaries was bad for Hoover. Com- ( Continued en Pae Two, Column Three.) WOMEN PICKETS ARE ARRESTED AT BRITISHJMBASSY Threaten Federal Prosecution if Republic Smypathizers Con- tinue Tactics. , WAVES WASH UP BODY OF CHICAGO MISSION .WORKER Despondent Over Pox Marks on Face Reason Given for Jeanne Dekay' Suicide. Chicago, April 5. 'The body of Jeanne Anna Dekay, 20 years old, whose disappearance from Hull House, December 30, was followed by a 'national search, was found to day in Lake Michigan near the Mu nicipal pier, v - . , ' Mrs: Gertrude Howe Britton of Hull House identified the body. Ex- persisted they wouW be iecutetfhstng, the ilothing ws the same Washington. April 5. (By The Associated 'Press.) The federal government moved today to end picketing of the British embassy, renewed this morning by. women sympathizers with the movement f6r an Irish republic. ' t United States District Attorney Laskey informed Mathew O'Brien. counsel for the women, if his clients under a federal statute which makes the offering of an insult to a foreign diplomatic representative or to his official residence a felony, punish able by a penitentiary seiltence. " Two, Are Arrested v Simultaneously Mr. Laskey com municated his decision to the Dis trict oi Columbia commissioners, who instructed the police to arrest the women after warning them. Captain Doyle and two police wom en were sent to the embassy in a "eatrol wagon" and found Mrs. Mary Walker, Astoria. L. I., and Mis Mollie Carnoll, New York City, carrying banners. ' Captain Doyle informed them that unless they left in 15 minutes they would be arrested, wider federal statues, but they refused to depart. Af(er- they had been "taken to police headquarters' and held for half an hour. thy were released on orders of Mr. Laskey. " v ' The district attorney explained that police had acted before Mr. O'Brien had had time to notify his clients of the government's decision. Attack Two Pickets. An hour before, the police inter vened, Mrs. Sophie Stanton and Mrs. Hattie Larkin, of this city, attacked two pickets who had preceded Mrs. Walker and Miss Carroll, and were trusted on charges of "disorderly xonduct."They were released on de- - ' . : l t . ' . r - . .. yusmiig a casn lorieu oi $;o eacn. Mrs. Walker and Miss Carrerll were not replaced at the embassy after the police took them away and leaders of the movement would not talk of their plans for tomorrow. Over 300 Women Entitled To Vote Today in Fremont Fremont, Ngb., April. S. (Spe cial.) Interest in the city election here Tuesday is centered in the at tempt to elect the Woman's club school board candidates. Miss Eliza beth Forster and Mrs. Catherine Marshall, and defeat C. D. Marr, member for the past seven years. The contest has resulted in th! first registration of 313 women. Repub licans lead among them with 194. One hundred and nine registered as democrats, seven as independents and three as prohibitionists. Four city councilm.cn arc to bfc elected. Couple From Omaha Held.' Under Harrison Drug Act Fremont, Neb. April S. (Spe cial.) Police here are holding for investigation under the Harrison dtug act a couple said to be James Collins and wife of Omaha, but who gave to the police the names of Mr, and Mrs. James Brown., The woman had to have a physician's care at the county jail Sunday night. U. S. Dlputy Marshall Anderson has ar rived from Lincoln to investigate. Cocaine and morphine were found upon, the woman. Won't Submit Water Bond Issue to Voters April 20 City commissioners-yesterday de ferred action on submission to vot ers on April 20 of a $1,000,000 bond proposal to provide working capital for the water board in its prospec tive management of the Omaha gas plant. Today is the final date on which commissioners rould vote to reject purchase c4 the gas otant at $4,500,000. as Miss Dekay wore when she dis appeared. 'A scar on the. left temple and small pox marks under the eyes assisted in the identification. Mrs. Britton said she was con vinced the girf-had committed sui cide, i No evidence, of violence was found on the body. Coroner Hoff man said the body had been in the water three .mbntli$. Miss Dekay was .the daughter of John Wesley Dekay, wealthy packer, now residing in Switzerland. She was sent to Chicago by her father soon- after her graduation from .a London boarding school She ar rived at Hull House last December to assist in work among the poor, under Miss Jane Addams' direction. "She was despondent while at Hull House," frs. Britton said, "and grUved over the pox marks on her face." ' . Champ Clark Estimates Gen. Pershing as One of jGreatest of Americans Washington, April 5. Champ Clark's estimate ot General Persh ing, and his commendation of the general's 100 per cent Americanism is one of the finest tributes -paid to any man. Addressing the former Missourian on the occasion of his public reception by congress, the veteran statesman paid this tribute to Pershing's . achievement and Americanism: - "Your singular forturfe has given you command of troops on, three continents America', Asia and Eu ropers In , the world war your vast army not only carried America's honor upon their bayonets but com plete victory for the country and the cause for which they fought and for which thousands died and more thousands bled. , "By universal acclajm your con duct was superb and makes 110,000, 000 of Americans proud to claim ybu as our countryman. "Of all your actions the one for which we are most profoundly grate ful and for which we love you best was that you strongly and . tri umphantly insisted that vou and 'our men would fight only as1 an American army and not merely as replacement troops for British, French, Italians, or BefgTunis. That feat' was the acid test of your re bust Americanism." Ireland'Quiet Last Night Following Easter Outrages Belfast, April S. Inquiries made this morning of the, police from Londonderry to Cor-k on the one hand and 'from Belfast to Sligo'on the other, showed that there had been no renewal last night of the wave of incendiarism that swept over Ireland on the eve of Easter Sunday. ' 1 Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, chief of the imperial army staff, ar rived in Belfast this morning to re ceive the freedom of the city. House Orders Probe of Rise in Gasoline and Oils Washington, -April 'S. The fed eral trade commission was directed today by the house to make im mediate investigation into the cause of the recent advances in prices of gajplinc, fuel and kerosene BELIEVE HIGH FLOOD STAGE HAS PASSED Weather Bureau States' Crest Of River Rise Was Re ' T Last NightWater Exp To Recede Today. , FRESH ALARM CAUSED BY BREAK IN DIKE East Omaha Threatened When Levee Above Illinois Central Structure Gives Way No Damage in Iowa. . Flood tva'ers from the Missouri river continued to ravage North and East Omaha yesterday. The crest of the high waters was expected to be reached late yester day, with gradual recession last night 6r today, according to Fore caster L. A. Welsh, in charge of the local weather bureau. Conditions of the flood in North Omaha was reported unchanged last night, - with hundreds of acres of lands in undated and many families driven from heir homes. , East Omaha Threatened. ' For the first timi since its i con struction, the dike one half mile north of the Illinois Central bridge broke yesterday, and the rush of water threatens the entire district of EastOmaha. Swift currents' were ' running through Fourth street and the county road in. East Omaha, and a gang of men, under the direction of George Scheschy, proprietor of a road house in that vicinity, worked to stop the rush of water through the dike." Efforts of these men will be con fined to turning the war into Car ter lake, which showed a depth of bu' seven feet. Scout Pool Threatened. The $10,000 Boy Scout swimming pool at Camp Gifford will be de stroyed if the river continues to rise, scout officials said, last rrlght. The mess hall and other buildings are anchored , to concrete piles and would not be injured. The concrete, pool at Camp Gif ford is one of the largest outdoor swimming pools m the middle west. Pure spring water circulates in it constantly. . " . Money for improvements at Camp Gifford was raised by popular sub scription lat June when Rotary club members canvassed Omaha to get the necessary funds. "No Damage. in Iowa. No material damage was reported from, the east side of the river, al though many acres of land west of Big 'lake are under water.' Big lake has not yetvoverrun its banks, and south- of the Illinois Central bridge to the Union Pacific bridge, the Dodge boulevard is reported hold ing firm. , ' m At the Thirty-seventh street pumping station in Council Bluffs the gauge registered the height of the water at 20.35 feet, which nears the record reached during the flood of 1913, when the same gauge regis tered 20.8 feet. ' At the Illinois Central bridge, the water was reported within three feet of the girders, which is at a dangerous stage. ' The current of the water at this point was nine miles an hour, threatening for such a volume of water. Docks Are Submerged. Docks at Lake Manawa are conv pletely submerged by the overflow, but "no material damage is reported. The water has not yet covered the golf links which is low ground on the north bank of the lake. From Pierce street to Woolworth avenue water overflowed the banks, flooding outhouses and yards. In the large foreign colony there, how ever, no families had been forced to abandon their homes. Considerable stock had to be rescued from the rushing waters, however. - Lower Burlington switch tracks at low points were threatened with submersion, as the water continued to rise. v. Ice Tears Down Fence. Large blocks of ice, traveling in the river at a hieh rate of speed battered down the fence of the American Smelting & Refining com pany, north of the Douglas, street bridge, late yesterday morning, for th'-. first time since 1913. Heavy snowstorms or continued rainfall are not blamed for this un usual rise of the river by Weather Forecaster Welsh, but the formation of ice gorges north of Sioux City and near Yankton. S. D. Reports from these cities indicate the river ts falling. These gorges, he believes, impeded the progress of the river until they began to go out Saturday and Sun day, permitting the pent-up waters to sweep down to Omaha. The rise is also attributed to the driving foce of a stiff northwest wind. Most serious effects of the sudden rise of the river were felt in North and East Omaha. Vacate Their Homes. Truck . gardeners and dairymen vere forced to vacate their homes and seek shelter of neighbors liv ing on higher ground. Many barns were flooded, besides the homes of these people. Joseph, Kurt. 1102 Redick avenue, whose barn and home were flooded, refused to be driven out by the high waters. He loaded his cows on huge raits and continued yesterday with his work as dairyman, milking his cows aboard the rafts. Continues His Dairy. He met with difficulty, however, when time came f5r delivery. Pete Jensen, Ninth Street and Redick avenue, also continued to operate his dairy, but North Omaha is yet threatened ith milk shortage be (loatWed on re To, Column One) , x Pedagogy Up, to Date .r.. SUPREME COURT SAYS MOREHEAD IS A CANDIDATE - v Settles Complicated Political Fight by Ruling Former Governor Has Right On Ballot. 'KANSAS MINERS ! IGNORE STATE LABOR -TRIBUNAL 21000 Coal Workers Quit Subpoenas Issued for ' Leaders. Lincoln, Neb. April S. (Special.) The state supreme court affirmed today the right of former Governor John H. Morehead to have his name on the democratic primary ballot as a candidate for governor. The court thereby" preeipitated one of . the most complicated political fights in recent years. . V , Morehead, long the political ally and beneficiary of "Senator Hitch cock, spent several months flirting with both .Hitchcock -and Bryan camps. - Finally he announcedltc would not be a candidate and the Hitchcock- filed Ralph A. Clark of Stella., -Next day Morehead filed and the supreme court ruled today that his - filing was legal because he started though not completed before the final date. Just where Morehead will land in his attempt to get along without his former, friends is a question second in interest only to what use Charles W. and William J. Bryan will make of his candidacy. Politicians for see an effort by the Bryants to withdraw the remaining candidates and center Bryan support on More head, Shis despite bitter hostility to ward Morehead in previous years. Such an alignment might defeat Clark.iit is realwed, and the Bryan determination is to defeat Hitch cock's friends, regardless where the chips fly. Doubt is expressed as to whether W. J. Taylor, G, L, Sllumway and George Jackson will consent to their own elimination in, 'Morehead's favor, although, one or more might quit the race in favor of one of the three. - In the latter case, the cam paign might resolve itself into a three-cornered affair between Hitch cock, Morehead and a single Bryan ite. ' Seven Men Get 25Year Prison Sentences for Armistice Day Murder : r Montesano, Wash., April 5. Seven men convicted here March 13 of 'second degree murder for the slaying of Warren O.. Grimm. Cen tralia Armistice day "parade victim, were sentenced to not less than 25 years nor more than 40 years each in the .state penitentiary by Judge John M. Wilson after he had denied a defense motion for a new trial. Alleged Father of Child v , Must PayGirl'$10,000 District Judge Troup yesterday assessed judgment of $10,000 against Thomas J. Brown of Omaha, sued by Miss Cora Doubleday of Madi son, Wis., who charges him with be ing the father of her child, born De cember 17, 1917., Judgment -was taken by agreement. The defendant is a son 'of Mrs. Thomas Brown, Twenty-first and Cass streets, owner of several Om aha apartment buildings. "Wets" Lose Referendum Fight in Colorado Court - Denver. April 5. A referendum on the prombition questton will not. be held in' Colorado this fall. The superme court denied a rehearing to the "wets" in their mandamus suit to compel Secretatry of State No land to file their petition, which sought to place the question before the voters in November.' Pittsburg, Kan., . April 5. Two thousand miners employed in 10 mines in the Kansas coal field are on strike todajv Announcement of the idlenesl of the large numbers of miners tame while the new Kafisas court of in dustrial relations was holding a hearing in . a wage Increase case started by employes of the Joplin and , Pittsburg Railway company. The court is schedule to begin a general investigation of the mine situation here tomorrow, jiiornjrig. ' Dissatisfaction with the. awards of the national coal ' commission ' is given by union officials as the cause or the extensive idleness of miners loaay. '',... , . ,The miners are said to be dissatis fied with the award of the commis sion on dead work day wages, auto matic penalty, cost of supplies and working conditions. - .N When notified of the strike, Rich ard J. Hopkins, attorney general of Kansas,, who is participating in the sessions , of the cburt of industrial relations, conferred with W. L. Hug-1 gins, presiding juage oi tne court, and then began preparation of sub poena's for the presidents of al( of the local Unions involved in today's strike. They are ordered to appear before the court tomorrow. Ison openencmg Wil: Trouble In Securing , Men for Rail Board Washington, April . S. President Wilson is having difficulty in find ing men willing to give up their business to serve on the Tailroad labor board as representatives of the-public, White House officials said today in explaining 7he delay in nominating Hie members of the board. , ' Under the transportation act, the board must maintain a central office in Chicago and nine members of the board, three representing the public, three the railroads and three the men, must make their headquarters there. They will receive an an nual salary of $10,000 each. The railroads and unions have sent to the president lists of their representatives from which the president will make selections. Dog Bursts Into "Song' When He Hears Bugle Quantico? Va.. April S. Only some'dogs will howl responsively to a musicai. instrument. Every time "Socks." mascot of the United States marines stationed here, hears a' bugle he will run for blocks to sit up in front of tlie i bugler and sing. His favorite mel- oay is mess call. , J "Socks" does not howl because the music seems to give him pain, but probably imagines he is singing, as his how! is very tuneful. This musical canine was brought to this country recently by the Unit ed States Marines returning from a tour of duty in the Virgin islands.v Shirley Poppy Miy Be MemoriaJ Flower, of Legion Boston, April S. Franklin D'Olier, national commander of the American Legion, has reoeived a resolution from the Edward B. Khodes post of the American Le gion, Tacoma, Wash., favoring the adoption -ff the Shirley poppy as the memorial flower of the legion. Reds Move Near Black, Se1 a N London. Anril 5. On the Cau casian front the bolsheviki are ad vancing along the Black sea toward Xohougskaia, northwest of Touapse. according to an offiVir' i H.ilemci't sent out by the soviet government at Moscow tcaay. The Weather S a. m 25110 a. m 17 . ni Jin a. m g ; 7 m. .?S'IJ noon SH . t 2S( 1 p. m Hi I m 4.11 . p. m-r S At : p. m, rir.v Imlb. '.'3: feet hull.. 51: , width-. I'JmiI.IHv, ;4. At noon, dry biilh. .I": rt hull.. -iL,; rrUtir htimitlltv. It. I It noon, wind Ktorlly, lht nilk n 1 hour. ( JUDGE LANDJS TAKES FLIGHT IN ARMY BALLOON Safe Landing Made at Anita. Iowa, After Being in Air Four Hours No Trouble Experienced. A . safe landing was made at Anita, la., at. 3:45 yesterday after noon by Judge Kenesaw Landis and his party of baTloonikts who left Fort Omaha at 11:40 yesterday morning ina balloon fiight. Anita is about 75 miles east of Council Bluffs: It is situated in Cass County,, about 40 mites east of Atlantic, la.,-on the main line of the Rock Island between Council jBluffs and Des Moines. The landing was without accident and, according to the report sent to the fort by wire, no. trouble was ex perienced during the flight. ' The' entire party, consisting . of Judge Landis, Col'. Joseph C. Mor tow of the central department at Chicago, Lieut. Col. 'Wuest com mandiiiir officer-at'Fort Omaha, and A. Leo Stevens, civilian adviser of the balloon division at Fort Omaha, returned to Omaha last night over the Rock Island. Clafr irt Flying Togs. Each member of the party was clad. from head to toe in fur-lined flying garments to protect them from the cold. No severe, hardship was expected, according t6 ' Col. Wuest, who predicted tht balloon would soon rise high enough above the low-hanging snow clouds and encounter bright sunshine ana higher temperatures tfyan those re corded on the ground. - The balloon as it rose from the field at Fort Omaha headed almost directly northward. Colonel Wuest yelled a cheery, "So long, boys,' and Judge Landis playfully waved kisses at the crowd watching the start of the fight, including Mrs. Wuest, Mrs. Stevens and , several Women friends. , Judge Landis'remarked ' from t the basket of the balloon fie and his comrades might reach an' altitude even higher than the finehe imposed in his United States circuit court several years ago on the Standard Oil company. : .,-', i Ainv-for Wireless Record. , ! One of the interesting features of the balloon flight was the attempt to establish a long distance record for wireless telephone communica tion with the occupants. The pres ent record is 15 miles. Whether , this has been accom plishednvill not be known until the (Continued on Page Two, Column Tour.) Mile. Farman, Fifteen, Seeks Air Pilot's License Paris, April 5. Mademoiselle Ah dree Farman. who has not yet reached her 15th year, probably will be the youngest airplane pilot ever registered in the world. She ex pects to take her pilot's tests this summer. 1 Mademoiselle Farnfan is -the daughter of Maurice Farman, pio neer French aviator and dne of the founders ofhe 1 Farman airplane factory. She made, her first flight at the age of 4 and actually began piloting a plane, with double con trol, seated by her father, before she was 14. 1 She has njadc several .lights of more than 300, miles in the company of her father. . Theft of Forest Sets Irishmenjn Furore Belfast, April S. The theft of a' forest is the latest startling develop-? ment in this troubled isle. x'Killy willy Wood, in County Cavan, was to have been sold at auction. Somebody remembered to inspect it the day before the auction and found but 80 trees standing. The next day agents for the estate made a visit to prove up on the first inspector's report and found tha! even the !af,t 80 had been stolen dur ing the night UNION HEAD SAYS STRIKE IS NEAR END Loyal Switchmen From West jto to Chicago tc Oppose Walkout of "Insurgents"-- Snow Big Handicap. STOCK YARDSTHREATEN TO LAY OFF 50,000 ME' Express Companies Place En bargo-Ljve Stock Receipts' Way Below Normal May Call Out State Troops. Chicago, April 5. A break in tht strike of several thousand "in surgent" switchmen in the Chicagv switching district was predictecf toj night by A. F. Whitney, vice presr dent of the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen, who said several hundred union switchmen roC many points in the middle west av rived today to replace strikers ani .. that others would arrive tomorrow. "Switchmen are coming in sucV numbers that the backbone of the strike will be broken soon," he said. "Every carload of stock that enters the stock yards will be promptly handled by a, reserve crew of union switchmen' and we expect to have the 600 idle locomotives going in short order." Declare Strike Illegal. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, with which the railroads affected -have working agreements, has declared the strike illegal, and is cooperating with railroad officers. Officers of the Chicago Yard-" jnen's - organization, which engi neered the walkout, claimed 9,000 switchmen and yardmen employed on 18 railroads were on strike to day, but railroad officers ' placed the number out at approximately 2,500. and, while admtiting freight service was operating on a 25 per, cent basis, attributed the reduction Iafgely to . yesterday's snowstorm. v. The stirke of 350 switchmen On the Chicago Junction Railroad, which serves the stock yards, partly crippled activity at the packing houses today and threw 5,000 men out of employment. - Receipts Total 9,000. Only 9,000 cattle, hogs' and sheep reached the yards today, as con pared to receipts of 40,000 hogs alone a year ago. The American Railway Express company today issued a embargo on freight shipments, Jhn Gritnau, president of the yardmen's union, said the strikers were-willing to arbitrate differences if a committee of three men from each railroad was recognized. Rail road officer's, however, asserted they would not negotiate while the strik ers were out. Grunau cautioned the strikers not to commit any 'violence and to "act peaceably." - Mr. Whitney, vice president of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, con fegred with "loyal" union men todav . and urged them to remain at work. Grievances Are Just. "This is a hysferical strike," he said, "the men have just grievances', but we are settling them in the only way they can b settled right, and that is by arbitration with the heads of the roads." The strikers are demanding one dollar an hour for foremen 011 yard . and transfer ' engines, 95 cents sfn-.f hour for'yard helpers, $5 a day for switch tenders, 95 cents an hour for , switchmen helpers, and. time and a half for overtime, Sundays and legal holidays. At present the wage scalf for switchmen in Chicago is 665j ceits on hour, and helpers receive 63 cents. , Will Lay Off Men. ' Firty thousand stock yards em ployes will be thrown out of work tonight as a result of the strike of switchmen in the Chicago rail road yards, the packers announced this morning. Five thousand were laid off when they reported for work ' today and the others will follow as soon as the small receipts of ani mals on 1iand are taken care of. , Only 3,500 caUle. 5.000 hogs and 500 sheet ' reachl the stock yard? today, as compared to receipts of -40,000 hogs alone a year ago. Fear Possible Riots. One hundred city policemen re mained on duty in the railroad yards this morning, white all patrolmen in the city were held in reserve. There has been no trouble so far. In event of serious rioting, Chief of Police Garrity said, there are not enough policenien available to maintain or der, and it may be necessary to call on state troops to guard the rait- road yards. Fearing possible riots, John J'. Garrity, chief of police, early today placed the entire police force on re serve. Fite hundred policemen pa trolled the switch yards last night, lie said, Mr. Garrity said the situation was sej-ious and added that "it may be necessary to call out the militia and t? dare military control in the rail road yards." Millions of Damage Done Fruit in Missouri by Storm Jefferson City, Mo., April 5. 1 The blizzard which swept Missouri yesterday destroyed the entire peach, apple, cherry and plum crops, caus ing losses of millions of dollars, ac cording to. information received by the state board of agriculture today. Acquit Major Quintan. Manila, April 5. The second roun-martial trial of Mai. Dennis P. Quinla'n. U. S. A., former judge advocate of the Philippine depart ment. rliari(l witlr fmSMlmnl and conduct unbecoming an officer lT.s closed. It is unofficially state he was caintt' 1 .
