The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 49 NO. 255.
Entmd Mcoid-cliu matter May is, ISM, t
Omthi P. O. under act tl March S. 179.
OMAHA, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1920.
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TWO CENTS
. .
SWITCHMEN
AWAIT VOTE
OF MEETING
Omaha Railroad Employes
Send Delegates to Special
Session in Bluffs to Decide
Attitude Toward Walkout.
STRIKERS WEAKENING,
SAYS UNION OFFICIAL
Number of Men Reported to
Have Returned to Work
Vote ton Proposal to End
Tieup on Northwestern.
Omaha and Council Bluffs switch
men threaten to strike today in
sympathy with the insurgent walk
out of their craft in Chicago.
The question of a walkout here
now rests with a committee of rep
resentatives of the employes from
each railroad. Definite vote will be
taken at a meeting in Council Bluffs.
Denouncing the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, one of the "Big
Four" switchmen from Omaha and
Council Bluffs formed the new
Omaha and Council Bluffs Yard
men's association Thursday night.
First "Bomb" Thrown.
The first meeting of the new as
sociation was held yesterday be
hind closed doors in the Labor tem
ple. The "strike" committee was
appointed at this meeting. Names
are withheld.
Sympathy for the insurgent strike
of switchmen now prevalent in 17
other cities of the United States is
given as the leading spirit in the
formation of the new organization.
The first "bomb" thrown into the
meeting yesterday, which was a
' closed session, exploded when Tem
porary President Bert Parker read
a telegram from A. F. Whitney, vice
president of the brotherhood.
Brotherhood Issues Appeal.
The telegram was in the form of
an appeal to the local switchmen
"to do their duty toward the
brotherhood."
The insurgent strike, led by John
Grunatrof Chicago, was denounced
as illegal, by the telegram, which
stated that the strikers could get
no increase in pay, or better work
ing conditions, in an unlawful way.
Local switchmen must submit
their grievances to a labor board ot
arbitration, the telegram demanded.
: "All bunk 1" cried a switchman,
,whenrMr. Parker .finished reading
the telegram. ' '
Over 200 Present
"Throw away your receipts from
the brotherhood 1T' shouted another.
"They never did anything for us,
and they never will."
Heavy applause greeted this out
burst, and others followed with
snappy speeches by excited switch
men. ,
More than 200 were present at the
meeting. They had been unable to
attend the maiden session of the
infant organization in Council Bluffs
Thursday night.
Resolutions adopted at the meet
ing Thursday night were read at
the session yesterday.
Announcement was made that ef
forts had been inaugurated by the
more radical members of the 'out
law" association for an immediate
(Continued on Fage Two. Colnma Two.)
Chief of Switchmen's
Union Says Famine
Will Drive Men Back
Chicago, April 9. Famine will end
the rail strike if the men "refuse to
listen to reason," S. E. Heberling,
international president of the
Switchmen's Union of North Amer
ica, declared today.
"It would be possible under terms
of the transportation act to arrest
those responsible for the strike for
conspiracy, but I do not thing such
drastic measures will be necessary,"
h'e continued. "The men will be in
the bread line in two weeks unless
they go back to work.
"If the strike continues much
longer, the public will demand gov
ernment action and prosecution ot
the parties guilty of having caused
all this suffering. The best thing
the trainmen can do is return to
work today."
Increased Pay for Navy
Men Said to Be Necessary
Washington, April 9. Congress
must increase the pay of both offi
cers and men if the navy is to be
"saved from disaster," Rear Admiral
Washington, chief of the bureau of
navigation, declared today before the
senate committee investigating the
Sims-Daniels row.
Foreign countries have increased
the pay in their navies, he said, add
ing: "I understand the increas.es abroad
ire being paid largely with money
borrowed from the United States."
Mnt ntv are the men leavinir. Ad
miral Washington said, iut recruit
ing is on the decline because oi low
natr
The officer situation also is "very
bad, the admiral said.
No Contest In Pennsylvania
Primary Election May 18
Harnsburg, Pa., April v. there
will be no contest on either the re
publican or democratic presidential
preference ballot in Pennsylvania at
the primary election May 18. The
im. for filinor netitiona exoired at
midnight last night and the records
how that A. Mitchell Palmer's name
will be the only one on the demo-
.ri: fiallnt anA that f( F.rlward
Randolph Wood, a retired business
man of Philadelphia, will be the sole
fcominaUon on the republican ticket
COURT ENJOINS
INQUIRY INTO
PROFITEERING
Federal Judge Prohibits Presen
tation of Evidence to Grand
Jury at Denver.
Pueblo, Colo., April 9. Federal
Judge Lewis signed injunction
orders rriday afternoon prohibiting
United States District Attorney
Tedrovv from presenting evidence
of alleged profiteering to the fed
eral grand jury in session here. The
injunctions were asked for by
merchants of Denver and by three
Colorado coal companies.
Mr. Tedrow announced he would
appeal from the ruling. He recent
ly completed investigations of
charges of profiteering in Colorado,
under instructions from Attorney
General Palmer and was prepared
to go before the grand jury.
The merchants had attacked the
Lever act while the coal dealers
contended President Wilson lacked
authority m regulating coal prices.
Judge Lewis made no remarks in
granting the formal injunction.
During the morning' session, how
ever, he held that comparisons
could not be made between the sale
prices and the cost price. Judge
Lewis continued:
"It is the desire of every law
abiding citizen to see profiteers
prosecuted, but the increment of
stocks of goods, purchased several
years ago must be considered as a
person's or corporation's property
and by the fifth amendment to the
constitution it is impossible to take
his property without just compen
sation." POLICE INSPECTOR
INDICTED IN NEW
YORK VICE PROBE
INAUGURATE
AERIAL MAIL
ON APRIL 20
WOULD CONTROL
MEAT PACKERS
BY COMMISSION
Bill Introduced in House to Pro
vide Federal Food Board
Of Five Members.
IF. -
Date Fixe .. ,.V tor
Extension" Mail Serv
ice From Chicago to Omaha
May Be Delayed FewDays
FIRST STEP OF CROSS
CONTINENT SYSTEM
kfo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
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.Vvi.Uld
Number of Charges Returned
As Result of Easter
Sunday Sermon.
New York, April 9. The vice cru
sade in New York which has grad
ually broadened into five distinct in
vestigations, assumed substantial
proportions when the regular grand
jury returned indictments against
Police Inspector Dominick Henry,
two of his plain clothesmen and the
proprietor and three employes of a
raided Wast Side restaurant com
plained of in an Easter sermon by
the Rev. John Roach Straton of
Calvary Baptist church.
Inspector Henry, who commands
the enlarged "Tenderloin" district
with its hundreds of hotels, restau
rants, theaters, cabarets and dance
halls, was charged with neglect of
duty.- -. -.v- -.--,.-'
Others indicted were Detectives
John J. Gunson and Joseph Mo
loney, for perjury, and Peter Galli
otti, restaurant proprietor, with
three employes, all of whom are
charged with keeping a disorderly
house. Gunson already is under in
dictment for bribery and extortion.
The seven indictments today
which make a total of 10 since the
vice agitation was begun, were
obtained by James E. Smith, assist
ant district attorney, the central fig
ure in a series of charges and coun
ter charges growing out of his in
vestigation of alleged police conniv
ance with vice. ,
Prince Highly Pleased
With His Reception;
Sails for Honolulu
.San Diego, April 9. The British
cruiser Renown steamed away from
its berth off Coronado shortly after
6 o'clock Thursday night carrying
Edward, prince of Wales, towards
Honolulu, on the next leg of his trip
from England to Australia by the
Panama canal.
The nrince was, according to his
reiterated statements, highly pleased
with the reception accorded him
aunng his stay of two days in this
Prt- ....
He devoted much ot the day to
rest and recreation, playing a round
of golf prior to a reception aboard
the Kenown.
During this event he greeted
many, if not all, of the guests per
sonally, and a."ded his officers in see
inirrfhat all those present had an op
portunity to view the vessel and
learn something ot its worKings ana
equipment. The reception, which
lasted an hour, was the closing
event of the prince's stay.
Urge More Co-Operation
Of Farmers and Millers
Chicago. Aoril 9. Co-operation
between farmers and millers in
stimulating production and increas
ing the home market was recom
mended at " the annual convention
of the millers' national federation.
Declaring that a large amount of
grain was shipped abroad that could
be milled in the United States, F. H.
Price of New York urged that
flour millers announce and operate
a terminal warehouse where flour
could be stored and ' delivered to
steamers by mechanical convey
ances, and that millers make their
own charters with steamship com
panies. Detroiter Sure Pershing
Will Be G. 0. P. Nominee
Washington, April 9. Walter F.
Howard of Detroit Thursday told a
group of men in the lobby of the
New Willard that he could tell in
just 55 words what will happen at
the national republican convention.
Here are the 55 words:
"The convention will go along
balloting fruitlessly for a couple of
days. Then somebody will mention
Pershing. Suddenly the convention
will come to the conclusion that
Pershing is its best asset. The man
who pulled America out of the hole
when civilization trembled in the
balance will pull the republican party
out of the deadlock."
Time Schedule Arranged for
Plane Flights and City Car
rier Trips That Will Insure
Saving Hours on Delivery.
By E. C. SNYDER.
Washington Correspondent Omaha Bee.
Washington, D. G, April 9.
(Special Telegram.) It is the ex
pectation of Second Assistant Post
master General Pragcr that the ex
tension of the air mail service to
Omaha will be put into operation
on April 20. Delay in the delivery
of equipment or other delays of
preparation might advance the date
of the inauguration of the service,
but it will be within four or five
tlays of that date.
This will be the first step in the
extension of the New York-Chicago
air mail route to the Pacific coast as
provided for by congress, Omaha
instead of Chicago being the west
ern terminal of the transcontinental
route until after the first of July,
when the appropriation for the New
York-San Francisco route becomes
available. For the establishment
and operation of this transconti
nental route congress appropriated
$1,250,000, which was $250,000 under
the estimate.
The inauguration of the service
west from Omaha after the first of
July will follow as speedily as the
assembling of the equipment, the
preparation of landing fields and the
like will admit of. A general ex
amination of the possible route to
be adopted between Omaha and San
Francisco will be made and the
route decided upon between now
and the first of July.
Many, Hours Saved.
Within a day or two planes and
equipment will start moving to
Omaha, and with the inauguration of
the service the department will be
prepared to maintain it with the
regularity and efficiency which has
characterized the service between
Washington and New York and be
tween New York and Chicago. The
schedule for .the, service ietwen
Chicago and Omaha has been pre
pared by the Postoffice department,
which will advance the delivery of
letters to the extent of a full busi
ness day.
The rail transportation between
Chicago and Omaha requires from
13 to 16 1-2 hours while the air
transportation will require from 4
1-2 to 5 1-2 hours, giving in addi
tion to the time saved in transporta
tion the advantage of rail connec
tion so as to advance the delivery
of mail many hours. Mail leaving
Chicago by airplane at 6 a. m. daily
except Sundays and holidays is
scheduled to arrive at Omaha at
the same time with mail dispatched
by train at 1 a. m. Mail dispatched
from Omaha at 1 p. m. is scheduled
to arrive in Chicago at the same
time as mail dispatched by train at
7:30 a. m.
Westbound the nlane will carry
approximately 15,000 Omaha city
letters, advancing the delivery to ad
dresses one business day. This mail
will consist of letters mailed in Chi
cago too late for dispatch to evening
trains, and mail from incoming
trains, the most important being
New York and Chicago R. P. O.
Train 43, due at LaSalle station, Chi
cago, at 1:15 a. m., a close connec
tion for Chicago and Council Bluffs
R. P. O. Train 7, leaving the Union
Station, Chicago, at 2 a. m. and due
to arrive Omaha at 3:30 p. m., too
late for carrier delivery that day.
City Trip Scheduled.
Omaha city carriers are scheduled
to leave the main office on afternoon
trips as follows: Two-trip carriers,
1:30 p. m.; three-trip carriers, 1:35
p. m.; four-trip carriers, 1:20 p. m.
and 3:50 p.m.; five-trip carriers, 1:35
p. m. and 3:15 p. m. Mail is sched
uled to leave the main office for all
carrier stations at 12:30 p. m., there
fore letters arriving by plane before
noon will be delivered throughout
the entire city the day of receipt.
The eastbound plane will carry
letter mail for Chicago and for east
ern states, deposited for mailing at
the Omaha postoffice between 7 a.
m. and 12:15 p. m., also that re
ceived for Chicago and connecting
lines from railway postoffices arriv
ing in Omaha as follows: Omaha
and Ogden R. P. O. train 4, due 7:40
a. m.; Omaha and Schuyler R. 1. O.
train 27, due 10:20 a. m.; Omaha and
Auburn R. P. O. train 137, due 10:55
a. m.; Omaha and Chadron R. P. O.
train 2, due 11:40 a. m. By rail the
mail leaving Omaba via train 6 at
12:30 p. m. is due to arrive at Chi
cago at 6:45 av.m. the following day
and by plane it will arrive at or be
fore 6:30 p. m., an advance of 12
hours and 15 minutes.
It is proposed to have clerks in
the Jefferson terminal R. P. O., Chi
cago, make distribution to stations
of Omaha city letter mail between
the hours of 2 a. m. and 5:30 a. m.
and to make np pouches for the
main office at Omaha and for all
important postal stations. This will
insure carrier delivery at the office
of address on the day of receipt.
Meat Cutters Call Strike
To Enforce "Closed Shop"
Sioux City, la., April 9. A gen
eral strike of butchers and meat
cutters employed in retail markets
was called today to enforce union
demands for a "closed shop." Pick
ets were stationed in front of most
of the downtown markets.
vvashington. April 9. A bill
sponsored by the American Feder
ation of Labor providing for a na
tional food commission to control
the meat packing and live stock
shipping industry was introduced in
the house by Representative Baet
of North Dakota.
The bill requires the Interstate
Commerce commission, within six
months after the passage of the
act, to acquire all the principal
stockyards and stockyard terminals
and all of the refrigerator cars now
owned by the big meat packers.
One of the radical features of the
measure is a provision that any of
the five members of the commission
appointed by the president and con
firmed by the senate for terms ot
five years each, may be recalled
at any time by either the senate or
the president.
.The control of the meat packing
industry is to be exercised through
a licensing and inspection system,
which will permit the commission to
penalize any conspiracy or agree
ment in restraint of fair competi
tion, and will permit the enforce
ment of strict and detailed rules
governing the shipment, purchase,
slaughtering, packing and distrihu
tion of live stock and meat prod
ucts. The bill is avowedly an attack
at the "big five" packers who are
accused by organized labor of being
partly responsible for the high cost
of living.
SURVEY OF PRICES
BY COMMISSIONER
SHOWS DROP
Decrease Noted in Certain
Cuts of Beef Retail
Quotations Rise.
A survey of prices prevailing dur
ing the week ending April 6, pre
pared Thursday by Mrs. Charles
G. Ryan, federal faid price com
missioner ' for Nebraska, showed
practically no decrease in prices for
foodstuffs, other than some cuts
of beef, and an increase in the re
tail prices asked for many com
modities. Her figures showed that beef car
casses sold wholesale at 17 cents
per pound, as against the previous
price of 15 cents. Retail prices
averaged from 19$4 cents to 20 cents
per pound; Sirloin- steak now fells
at 35 cents a pound, which is 2lt
cents cheaper than previous quo
tations. Pork Prices Steady.
Round steak was found to be
selling 5 cents cheaper than be
fore, and porterhouse steak re
mained steady at 50 cents per pound.
Chuck meat sold at 20 cents for the
pound. Plate meat and brisket was
quoted from 10 cents to 12 cents
a pound.
Pork prices were generally steady,
with a slight tendency toward a de
cline. Loin cuts sold from 2 to 5
cents cheaper than during the pre
vious period for which records were
kept, and smoked ham sold from
3 to 10 cents higher. Bacon also sold
slightly higher. Mutton selling at
10 or 15 cens for stew meat, and
30 to 45 cents per pound for lamb
quarters, is up about 5 cents, gen
erally, her report showed.
Vegetables Generally Steady.
Butter and eggs were up 3 and 2
cents, respectively, over the prices
previously reported. Potatoes con
tinued to rise in price, and vegetables
generally remained stationary.
Mrs. Ryan has just returned from
trips to Grand Island and Hastings.
She said women at both towns were
anxious to co-operate with the com
mission, and expressed willingness
to use cheaper cuts of meat in an
effort to lower prices.
Second Yukon Gold
Boom Punctured By
Small Sharp Stone
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, April 9. A small, sharp
edged stone punctured a bicycle tire
and elaborate plans for an invasion
of the Yukon, the opening of a new
bonanza, perhaps the slaughter of a
few Indians.
Robert Madgett, aged 14, and Ar
thur Larson, 12, were the potential
Klondike invaders. ' These youthful
sourdoughs mushed out of Chicago
yesterday northbound on the long
trail. Until such time as they might
acquire dog teams, they traveled on
bicycles.
At , Glencoe their tire exploded
with a loud report. Meanwhile a
pair of frantic mothers had sent out
a general alarm and a motorcycle
cop had taken up the trail. He over
took the embyro gold miners, and
escorted them back to the city.
Judge Bars Evidence From
I. W. W. Trials at Tombstone
Tombstone, Ariz., April 9. Evi
dence regarding acts, writings or
conduct of the Industrial Workers
of the World outside of the Warren
mining district, and not relating to
conditions in the district, will not
,be admissible in the trial of Harry
E. Wootton, charged with kidnap
ing, Judge Samuel L. Pattee, presid
ing, ruled.
Kitchin Suffers Slight Stroke.
Washington, April 9. Represen
tative Kitchin of North Carolina,
democratic leader in the last con
gress, suffered a slight stroke of
paralysis on the right side today
soon after delivering a speech in the
house Opposing the republican ueace
resolution
COMPULSORY
SERVICE PLAN
IS DEFEATED
Voluntary Universal Military
Training as Proposed in Army
Reorganization Bill Adopted,
46 to 9, in the Senate.
MEN BETWEEN 18 AND
28 ELIGIBLE TO COURSE
Many Advocates of Compul
sion Vote for New Proposal
Seven Republicans and
Two Democrats in Opposition.
Washington, April 9. Voluntary
instead of compulsory universal mil
itary training as proposed by the
army reorganization bill was adopt
ed today by the senate.
The vote was 46 to 9.
As adopted the plan, which the
War department is directed to put
in force during the calendar year
1922, provides that all men between
the ages of 18 and 28 would be
eligible for four months' training
in any one year they might select.
Iwenty-two republicans and ft
democrats voted for voluntary train
ing, which was proposed in an
amendment by Senator Frelinghuy-
sen, republican, JNew Jersey. Among
those were many advocates of com-
oulsorv training. Seven republic
ans and two democrats voted in op
position.
U. S. Attache Advises
Omaha Business Men
To Market in China
Annual appropriations for the de
velopment of their foreign fields and
a concerted survey of foreign mar
keting of Omaha goods was sug
gested to Omaha manufacturers by
Julian Arnold, commercial attache
of the United States embassy at
Pekin, who addressed the manufac
turers' associations at the Chamber
of Commerce on "The New China,"
yesterday.
Mr. Arnold also strongly advised
immediate plans on the part of Oma
ha manufacturers for the establish
ment of their goods in China. That
country is experiencing an expan
sion in its social and industrial life
that will be worth millions of dol
lars to American manufacturers, if
the opportunity be seized, he stated.
Chinese merchants are verv re
liable in business deals, he said, and
always meet their obligations.
Judge Won't Accept
$4,500 Jury Award;
Case to Be Retried
Judge Woodrough in the United
States district court yesterday re
fused to accept the verdict of a jury
awarding $4,500 to Edward Maple.
73 years old, in a suit for personal
damages against the Union Pacific
railroad company.
"Five hundred dollars would seem
to be ample in this case," the judge
told the jury yesterday morning.
Attorneys for Maple refused to
accept $500 and the case will be tried
again.
Maple, a resident of North Bend,
arriving there from Fremont sev
eral months ago, alleged in his com
plaint the railroad company refused
to provide a stool to assist him in
alighting from a train with the re
sult that he was seriously Injured.
He asked $25,000 damages.
Muscatine Levee On
Mississippi Breaks
And Land Is Flooded
Muscatine, la., April 9. The
breaking of the Illinois levee at a
point a mile above the high bridge
which spans the Mississippi river at
this point had flooded 7,000 acres of
ground at 10 o'clock this morning
and the overflow pf fully 40,000 ad
ditional acres lying 'below the dis
trict first affected cannot be averted.
The flood will create a lake two
miles wide and 20 miles in length.
The levee, weakened by waves
which plunged against the barrier
for days, collapsed without warning
shortly before midnight. The sev
eral hundred families residing in the
district lying behind the levee had
moved out, averting any loss of life.
The loss to farmers and land owners
will approximate a quarter of a mil
lion dollars.
A Personal Statement
By Nelson B. Updike
A single purpose led me to buy The Bee. That
was a desire to establish a newspaper whose object
should be the advancement of Omaha and Nebraska.
While a republican, I have occasionally voted for a
democrat, but have always been a firm believer in the
principles of the republican party. I think the people
at large are in accord with those principles and expect
The Bee to support them. It will do just that, with the
earnest conviction also that General John J. Pershing
should have Nebraska's solid, whole-hearted, enthusi
astic support in the coming primary. It is a time for
all of us, as Nebraskans, to stand for Nebraska's can
didate, and thereby present to the country the best man
our party can put forward.
Feeling strongly on this matter, I do not hesitate
publicly and privately to ask and urge the people of
Nebraska to support General Pershing in this campaign.
I wish to say here and now that I am not and never
expect to be a candidate for political office or favor.
I have never knowingly asked or advised anyone
to do anything, political or otherwise, that I did not
think was for his own best interest, and I am not doing
so now when I urge that Nebraska give its primary en
dorsement to its own citizen.
The Bee seeks to promote in this campaign the
highest welfare of Nebraska and the nation, and that
alone. The republicans of Nebraska never have had
such an opportunity for valuable and deserved advance
ment in party counsels as now.
Let's go to it, shoulder to shoulder for Pershing
and Nebraska!
NELSON B. UPDIKE.
Break Between Carranza
And Huerta -Averted
" Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mex., April
9. The military here today an
nounced that 1,500 state troops sent
to the Sonora-Sinaloa boundary line
to intercept any attei. pt on the part
of Gen. Manuel Dieguez to invade
the state with Carranza forces have
been recalled by the De la Huerta
administration, the threatened break
between De la Huerta and President
Carranza having been averted.
State of Sonora Takes
Charge of Train System
Nogales, Ariz., April 9. Prior to
the departure of Gov. Adolfo de la
Huerta for Hermosillo, the state cap
ital, the government of the state of
Sonora, took charge of the operation
of the Southern Pacific of Mexico
railroad, manning trains with the
strikers themselves and paying them
the wages and conceding the hours
demanded in the complaint of the
Afaiumcn against the road.
GERMANY TO HOLD
FRANCE LIABLE
FOR ALL DAMAGES
Emphatic Note Sent to Charge
d'Affaires irt ParisItaly
Agrees With Britain on
Move in Ruhr Valley.
Berlin, April 9. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) The German gov
ernment has forwarded to Dr. von
Mayer, German charge d'affaires at
Paris, an emphatic note declaring
that Germany will hold France re
sponsible for all damages and casu
alties growing out of the occupa
tion of the cities in Hesse which
French troops have entered.
Lt Count Kalnein. who was
killed yesterday near Nieder Wolt
stadt, 16 miles north of Frankfort,
was shot by a French patrol, ac
cording to a semi-official dispatch
from Frankfort
The German regular troops
who i had crossed the river
Ruhr were withdrawn yesterday to
the northern bank of that stream,
it was announced here. (The Ruhr
passes just to the south of Essen, in
the northern central part of the in
dustrial district.)
Officials of the cities of Barmen,
Elberfield and Dusseldorf, it is
stated, had requested the minister
of defense not to allow' the troops
to enter these towns.
Agree With Britain.
London, April 9. Italy's attitude
respecting the French occupation of
Frankfort concurs fully with that
expressed in behalf of Great Britain
in the statement issued last evening,
Vittorio Scialoia, the Italian foreign
minister, stated today.
Signor Scialoia said there had
been no diplomatic exchanges which
would justify the assumption of
France that her action would meet
with Italy's approval.
Washington, April 9. America's
attitude towards any adjustment of
the new situation created by the en
try of French troops into the Ruhr
district of Germany will continue
to be more that of an observer than
an interested participant, from what
can be learned in official circles here.
While recognizing the seriousness
of the situation created by the in
dependent action by France, officials
here were not inclined to regard it
as '"delicate" as the British foreign
office indicated last night. It was
regarded as one of those situations
full of potential danger, but in which
the probabilities of adjustment was
predominant.
Candidate, Second
me, L
By the Toss of Coin
T t rrr
lime, Loses umce
Grand Rapids, Wis., April 9. For
the second time John Ostruski has
been defeated for a seat in the city
council by the toss of a coin. Os
truski and Grant Babcock, can
didates for councilman, drew a tie
vote in Tuesday's election, so it was
agreed to flip a coin to decide the
honors. As the master of ceremon
ies was about to flip the coin Os
truski said: "What will you take,
Mr. Babcock?"
"I'll take heads," replied Babcock.
"Then I'll take what's left," said
Ostruski.
The coin was flipped and fell
heads, giving Babcock the seat in
the council. Four years ago Os
truski tied with Mike Lemenez for
the seat and the toss of the coin
went against him.
Senate Committee Orders
Probe of Newberry Election
Washington, April 9. The senate
elections committee ordered a full
and immediate investigation of the
Ford-Newberry election by the sub
committee of which Senator Wat
son, republican, of Indiana, is chair
man, and which will be appointed for
the purpose of recounting the bal
Iqits cast in Michigan for both can
didates. N
The motion to extend the sub
committee authority, offered by Sen
ator Kenyon, republican, Iowa, di
rects "a full investigation of all the
charges, counter charges, matters
and things" involved in the contest.
MAYOR SMITH
MAY RESIGN TO
ENTER BUSINESS
Has Had Good Offer, He
Says Wants Municipal Gas
Plant Formalities Dis
posed of First.
Mayor Smith stated yesterday
that it is possible he may resign
when .the formalities of municipal
ownership of the gas plant shall
have been disposed of about July 1.
"I say it is possible," the mayor
explained. "I have had a business
proposition put up to me and I will
give it serious consideration about
July 1. At this time I am not ready
to say whether I will resign before
the expiration of my term of office."
The mayor announced two
months ago, when he was mentioned
as a candidate for governor, thai he
wai through with politics. Last
Monday afternoon, when addressing
the political science department of
the Omaha Woman's club, he stated
that he felt he was through with his
public service, after having success
fully carried through the gas plant
purchase fight.
It is known among, the mayor's
friends that he is anxious to resume
his law business. He has stated that
his income during his term of mayor
has decreased about $10,000 a year.
The salary of the mayor is $5,000 a
year. His term runs to May, 1921.
He said he was sure he would not
leave 'the office until July 1 of this
year and was uncertain in what his
state of mind might be at that time.
Salvador Proposes
Alliance Without
U. S. Representation
Washington, Aoril (By The
Associated Press.) After receiving
the State department's interpreta
tion of the Monroe doctrine, the
congress of Salvador adopted a de
cree proposing a Latin-American al
liance with the United States ex
cluded. The decree also proposed aboli
tion of the Pan-American union,
with headquarters in Washington,
the Central American court of jus
tice and the international court of
arbitration. The United States was
instrumental in the organization of
the union and two courts.
Wireless Operators
Urged to Listen for
Messages From Mars
London, April 9. Beginning mid
night April 20, throughout the suc
ceeding two or three days, thousands
of wireless operators in all parts of
the globe, will strain every nerve,
especially their ears, in an endeavor
to catch any messages that Mars may
be sending to this planet.
Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of
the wireless, issued special instruc
tions to all stations to listen intent
ly, particularly on April 21, because
that is the day when Mars will be
nearest to the earth, and if the weird
signals picked up lately are actually
messages from the Martians, the
world may witness some history
making revelations on that date.
Report American Writer
Executed in Finland
Chicago, April 9. An unconfirmed
report that John Reed, magazine
writer, had been executed in Finland
has been received here, Lloyd B.
Heth, assistant district attorney, an
nounced. Reed is under indictment
here, charged with conspiracy to
advocate the overthrow of the gov
ernment hv force.
PEACE PLAN
IS ADOPTED
By 243 TO 150
Republican Majority in the
House Completes First Stage
Of Program to End War
Despite Defeat of Treaty.
RESOLUTION NOW GOES
TO SENATE COMMITTEE
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Substitute Offered by Demo
crats, Repealing Emergency
Legislation Without Termi
nating State of War.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNIN&
Chicago Trlliune-Omaha Br Iaed Wire.
Washington, April 9. With pas-t
sage of the peace resolution by tin
house tonight by a vote of 243 to
150 the republican majority in con
gress' completed the first stage ol
their program to end the war with
Germany in defeat of ratification of
the Versailles treaty and its league o(
nations covenant.
This unprecedented measure for
terminating the three years' state of
war will be transmitted to the sen
ate tomorrow, where it will be rei
f erred to the foreign relations com
mittee. It is expected that the com
mittee will report it promptly to the
senate, where the democrats intend
to filibuster its adoption with pro-,
longed speeches and to load it down
with riders, including the league ol
nations covenant.
Defeat Substitute.
After the two days' debate in th
house, in which nearly 70 member!
delivered arguments for and against
a declaration of peace by congre
the democrats offered a substit
resolution, reoealine war legislatto
without terminating the state ot
war. This move was defeated, 171 to
221.
On the final roll call 2? democrats
joined with the republicans in sup
port of the resolution. Only two re
publicans, Representatives Kelley of
Michigan and- Fuller of Massa
chusetts, voted in the negative. Rep
resentative Keller of Minnesota, an
independent, voted for the resolution,
while Representative Carrs, also of
Minnesota, another independent,
voted against it. Representaive Ran
dall of California, prohibitionist, cast
an affirmative vote.
Takes Shot at Wilson.
representative iougwui ui i
Ohio, republican, in one-f the
closing speeche. accused President
Wilson of responsibility for delay
ing peace.
"There has been and is now one
insurmountable obstacle in our path
toward peace and that obstacle is
the president of the United States,"
he said. "More than a year ago a
treaty, of peace might have been
neogotiated and ratified had he not
forced the inclusion in a manner and
form inseparable from the rest of
the instrument and purposely;, so
made, as he frequently boasted, the
child of his brain, that un-American
monstrosity known as the WilsOn
league of nations.
"It still remains, though twice
repudiated, an integral part of the
treaty, in the exact phraseology
bargained for and brought back
from Paris by the president.
"As he stepped on the shore of
France from the imperial yacht, the
George Washington (Heaven-save
the mark ) he was acclaimed and
hailed as a sort of demi-god, and
small wonder, for had not the Amer
ican forces clinched the victory and
was he not the titular head of the
American nation? The manner in
which the people of Europe bade
him farewell upon his return from
his second voyage overseas is a
different story and one over which it
is well to draw the veil."
- Kelley Springs Surprise.
Representative Kelley of Michi
gan, republican, sprang a surprise
by speaking in opposition to the
resolution.
"If you pass this resolution todav
the moral effect of it and the opin
ion of America will be not what is
intended but that this house has. ap
proved the course of those who
stood against the treaty in the sen
ate with or without reservations and
in favor of a separate peace" he
said. "This is a resolution to make
a separate peace with Germany
without terms, without pledges,
without guarantees of any kind,
shape or description."
Representative Smith of Illinois
spoke for the resolution as one of
the republican members of the for
eign affairs committee.
Representative Juul of Illinois re
ferred to the abrogation of the
treaty with Russia years ago and
pointed out that commercial rela
tions can be maintained without a
treaty.
Representative Britten of Illinois
said the peace resolution would be
immediately passed "if America
could realize that there are posi
tively millions of lean, hungry, sad
faced, tubercular children in Ger
many today."
Further Outrages Are
Reported in Ireland
London, April 9. Further out
rages in different parts of Ireland
were reported Friday. A vacated
police barracks at Blackroy, outside
the Limerick boundary, was burned
down. Four men arrested under
the defense of the realm act were
taken to Cork.
A Nemagh,. Tipperary, report
says three constables' were shot at
while riding bicycles from Rear,
cross to Newport. It is said that
one of the constables was killed, an
other was fatally injured and the
third badly wounded. ' '
A mail van from Cavan to Arva
was held up near Crossdonney and
more than 100.000 pounds sterling,
representing old ace ocnsiou money,
stole? ,