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'HEi Omaha - Daily Bee VOL. 49 NO." -259. ; -J Cstst1 u MMH-tni aistttr Mar It, IMS. t 0li P. 0. mw Ml ! Muck 1. 117. OMAHA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1920. ' By Ms!l (I yur), Istldi 4t ZM. Dally tad Sssdu. It; Oally Oaly, M: Saaday, 14. Ovules 4th Zona (I year). Oally as Sasssy, lit; Dally Oaly, IIJ: tsssty Oaty, II. PRICE TWO CENTS DEMOCRATIC LEADER DIES AT CHICAGO Roger C. Sullivan, Well Known Jn Cook County and Illinois Politics for 30 Years, Victim Of Bronchial Pneumonia.' LED MOVE THAT CAUSED ELECTION OF WILSON Had Attended Every Conven- . tion Since 1 892 Frequent Clashes With Bryan Made Him Prominent in Politics; j ) Chicago, April 14. Roger C. Suf livan, 59, democraticleader of Cook county, and prominent in state and national politics for thirty years, died at his "home in Chicago WedjHfiday of bronchial pneumonia. He hadNeen seriously ill a month. Mr. Sullivan returned to Chicago recently from Hot Springs, Ark., ,where he had gone for his health after spending a nart.of the winter at Palm Beach, Fla.. and at Wash ington,' where he conferred with por . litical leaders. Mr. Sullivan planned to enter the democratic national convention . at San . Francisco as the leader of the Illinois delegation of 58, with the avowed intention of making that his last appearance as a political leader. iRoger Sullivan, condemned in his own state by his opponents as a "boss" and more than once "read out" of the democratic party by William J. Bryan, led the movement that finally ' resulted t in making I Woodrow Wilson president bf the United States. Switches Vote to Wilson. It was Sullivaii who headed the democratic delegation from Illinois it the Baltimore convention in 1908 a delegation pledged to Champ ' Clark and who after sufficient bal lots had been cast to discharge his obligation to Illinois, switched the vote of the state to Wilson and made his nomination possible. ' Roger Sullivan had been a partici pant in every democratic convention 6ince 1892 and at least three of the seven he attended, he had been a commanding figure. His clashes with Bryan and with Carter Harrison and William R. Hearst faction of. the party, in his home state,-which brought him the title of "boss" from Tii; political ene mies, made Sullivan a democratic figure throughout , the country. De spite the frequent attacks on his power and the fact that many of the influential -party organs of Illi nois were against him, Sullivan was the leader in Illinois "ior several years. , Started as Machinist. .Roger Sullivan as a business man had been no less successful than as a politician. Coming to Chicago in' 1879 to work in the railroad shops as an apprentice machinist at $1.25 a day, ne was reputed to have ac cumlated. more than $1,000,000. He was born on a farm near Bel videre. 111., February 2, 1861. His education was obtained in the pub lic schools And he was first em ployed as a farm boy at $8 a month. Four years after coming to Chi cago. Mr. Sullivan attended his first political meeting, a ward census, and from that dav dated his interest in polities. ' In 1890. he was elected to Ids first political office, a clerk of the probate court. During the Cleve land administration he was appoint ed government gauircr. These were the only public ojcos he ever held. In 1914 he was the democratic nom inee for U. S. senfctor, but was de feated by Senator L Y. Sherman. President Wilson opposed Sulli van's election. Two years later his fiends proposed his name for vice president, , but he refused to enter the race and insisted on the nomina tion of Thomas R. Marshall for a second term, Differences With Bryan. Sillivan's differences with Bryan dated duck to me iree suvcr tu paign of 1896. He had been a dele Kate to the democratic national con ventions of 1892 and 1896, bu before tht pleeeion in the latter year he joined the "gold democrats." Two vears after the election of President McKinley. Sullivan was elected to the state committee. In 1900 he helped Dominate Bryan at Kansas City. Four years later Sullivan was elected to the demo " cratic national committee, thereby laying the foundations for one of the bitterest political fights in Illinois democratic history. . Bryan opened the battle ,in 1908 vhen he served notice on the demo cratic state convention that he would not accept the support of the Illinois delegation unless the convention adooted a resolution demanding Sul livan's retirement from the national committee. Sullivan defeated the tescrfution and then introduced a res olution endorsing Bryan, which was passed. Sullivan remained a mem ber of the national committee until 3916, despite repeated efforts to oust him. . Mr. Sullivan made his fortune in Chicago gas companies and in the cracker business. Mr., Sullivan and Miss Helen M. Quinlan were mar ried at Chicago in 1885 and to them' were born one son and four daugh ters, ... , V. , . i. Coalitionists Rfe-Elected London, April 13. Dr. T. J. Mc "fCanur! ftcently appointed minis ter of labor, has been re-elected to Parliament on a coalition liberal . ticket for the northwest division of Camberwell. Mrs. Susan Lawrence, the labor candidate, ran second and J. C. Carroll, an ind(cndent liberal, third. The election was necessitated Dy Dr. McNamara s elevattou to cabinet rank. ' I PLAN REPUBLICAN WEEK-END MEETING AT ATLANTIC CITY Engraved Invitation Issued to Party for Authors, Artists And Publicists. New York, April 14. Engraved invitatiohs were issued for a re publican week end at Atlantic City for "republican authors, artists and publicists, old and new, orthodox and converts, veterans and novices." v"A word-of explanation" accom panying each invitation said that all expenses from New York to At lantic City and return would be pre paid. Arrangements will be made for a two-days stop at a hotel where there will be a banquet and an infor mal entertainment. A special train will leave New York Saturday, April 24, and return the next day, "The republican week end" says he explanation "has been planned as" a get-together meeting for the writers, publishers, journalists, car toonists, moving picture directors, who, whatever their pa.st affiliations, are convinced of the necessity of; a republican administration." ( At republican national head quarters it was said that week end arrangements were in charge of Owen Johnson. The engraved in vitations bear the following names as hosts: George Ade. George Bach, Por ter Emerson Browjie, Richard Washburft Child, Ethel Barrymore, Jay N. Darling, George H. Doran, Elanor Franklin Egan, Edna Fer berf Burton J. Hendrick, Arthur Hopkins. Owen Johnson, i Herman H. Kohlsaat Jesse L. Lasky, Dn Marquis, .Edward Marshall, John T iuvvitiviituu, juiiii w j-xiuKn- lin, Mary Roberts Rhinehart, Co rinne Roosevelt Robinson, Lewis J. Selznick, Booth Tarkington, Charles Hanson Towne, William Allen White. SEE HAND OF RADICALS IN RAIL STRIKE . 3v justice J Members of Finds Russian Communjst Party Financed" Switchmen's Walkout. STEP IN PLAN TO START ' NATIONAL REVOLUTION Finance Secretary And State Auditor Clash Over Warrants Lincoln, Neb., April 14. (Spe cial.) The war which has been on for some time between Phil Bross, secretary of the finance department, and George W. Marsh, state audi tor, has broken with renewed vigor, this time ovr some warrants which Bross claims have been allowed by the auditor's office without the "O. K." of the secretary of finance. Bross has prepared a list of these accountsNwhich run all the way from fifty cents to $52. They average about $9 each. Bross ' is also holding - up . twev claims, one tor ur. .Lenhott. chair man of the state medical board, ior $200 and another for $405 in favor of H. H. Avery of the state board of vocational training. - It is claimed by isross that these have not been properly approved by the proper de partment under the code law. ' Auditor Marsh says that he will have something to say tomorrow in the matter and intimates that there will be a whole lot doing when the auditor's side comes to bat. Pioneer LaPlatte Man Dies, Was 90 Years Old ' LaPlatte, Neb., April 14. (Spe cial.) Victor William Miller, who had resided on a farm near here foiN 51 years, died today. He was born in Scotland July 27, 1830, and came here when 24 years old. He settled at LaPlatte and was married in 1863. Mr. Miller is survived by four sons, Joseph and Frank of La Platte, William of Beatrice and Walter of Gretna, and two daughters, Mrs. J. J. McBride of Springfield and Mrs. E. E., Hoschar of LaPlatte. Tmr body will be taken to South Omaha for burial. Funeral services will be held from St. Agnes church at 10 a. m. and burial will be in St. Marys cemetery. . . Salvador Will Adhere To the League of Nations San Salvador, Republic of Salva dor, April 14. The republic of Sal vador, will adhere without reserva tion to the league of nations, it was announced here. Reports' that the national congress of Salvador had decreed a Latin-American court of arbitration with the , United States excluded were declare to be abso lutely false. ,7 The policy of the government, it was added, was cordial and friendly toward the United States. Substitute on Peace Proposal Introduced Washington, April 14. A substi tute for the republican joint peace resolution, adopted last week by the house, was introduced today by Senator McCumber of North Da kota, leader of the republican mild rescrvationists in the peace treaty fight. He announced that' he would bring it before the special meeting of the foreign relations committee called for tomorrow to consider the house resolution. Oregon Business Men Organize, Overall Club Rosebud, Ore., April 14. In order to combat the high cost of wearing apparel, many of of the leading business men of the city signed an agreement pledging themselves to wear blue overalls and soft shirts until such time as the price of cloth ing is reduced. Among the names appearing on the agreement are bankers,' realty dealers, capitalists, clerks and con tractors. Professor Nash Resigns.' Berkeley, Cal., April 14. Prof. Chas. ySumner Nash resigned from the presidency of the. PacificH School of Theology. Ill-health and advancing age were given as his reasons. He had been in the fac ulty of the school 3(Lyears and was 1 president for .nkc ftVars, J Tl'r !. '-'tf?&S(vA ' Wilson Discusses Situation With Cabinet, But No State ment Given Out Tieup Re ported Breaking in West. Washington, April 14. Evidence obtained by the Department of Justice was said today to show i that the Russian communist inter nationale is undertaking to use the railroad strike as the vehiclefor the creation of a mass strike in the United States. Reports from federal agents were said to have disclosed that the communist party was financing and otherwise aiding the strike through the agency of the Indus trial Workers of the World. Evidence which the department has received was declared to justi fy the statement that the strike was to. be merely a step in the well known plan of the communist , group and that the end and aim was a mass strike to be followed by a revolution. Br The Anx&ated Press. Washington, April 14.--President Wilson and his cabijm discussed the railroad strike for more than an hour today and apparently reached some conclusion, but there was no intimation as to the nature. " Attorney General . Palmer made this statement as he left the White House: "It is fair to conclude , that the strike situation was discussed, but. I am not prepared to say what con clusions were reached." ? Soon after the Cabinet meeting, the, president telegraphed the mem ber's of the newly named railroad labor board asking them to come to Washington and be prepared to function as soon as their nomina tions had been confirmed by the senate. . . , . I Meet At White House. ', The" cabinet assembled promptly al 10 o'clock" The' members went direct to the White House to meet President - Wilson in his study in stead of the executive offices,! where cabinet meetings usually are field. Secretaries Baker, Daniels and Payne were the first to arrive. They were followed by Attorney General (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) At Washmgt To Be FIGHTING IS REPORTED Candidate for the Presidency H REPUBLIC General Pershing Guest of Nebraskans onr Declares He Is Willing America's Hero Honored at Big Reception When Home Folks Pay Him Deserved Tribute. 9 Lads Spend Full Week ' Riding on Elevated Peanuts Main Food Chicago Tribune-Omaha. Be Leased Wire, Chicago, April 14. August Saltz man, aged 13, and his brother, Ed ward, aged 11, have just completed a wild orgy lasting a week, during which time they were "up in the air," literally and figuratively. They spent the entire time, barring brief intervals when they dashed to the street for supplies, riding on the ele vated trains. During this time they subsisted mainly upon peanuts and gum, which they obtained from ele vated station slot machines. Had they traveled westward in a straight line over, the miles they covered on the elevated roads they would have rachecT California Mon day. Their adventure came to an end when a suspicious passenger noticed their weak and hungry con dition and notified the police. The father of the lads was noti fied, but he telephoned that he ,did not want them as they were incor rigible. It was learned they had been in custody of probation officers and were to have had a hearing in the juvenile court April 14. They will probably be sent to a farm. Carpenters and Printers v In Lincoln Get Increase Lincoln, Neb., April 14. (Spe cial.) It was announced , at the headquarters of union carpenters that every carpenter in this city is at work. All contractors employing union men have agreed to pay the new scale in wages, $1.124 an hour. It was also announced that a new wage scale for union printers will increase the amount of wages paid in Lincoln in a year by $100,000. The wage scale is now $39 and $42 a week. Permit Aliens to Enter To Save Sugar Beet Crop Washington, April 14. An order was issued today by Secretary Wil son suspending the ' immigration laws so as to admit laborers from Mexico and Canada "for the exclus ive purpose of cultivating and har vesting sugar beet crops in the states of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Iowa and Nebraska, i v Advance in Price Berause of the Increase In the cost of white paper, the Be ha found It neeessary to Increase the subscription price of Its various editions outldr of Omaha. Previous subscription rate did not even pay the cost of the paper alone, delivered as raw material for the finished newspaper. Kffectlvo today, the rates by mail, within MO miles of Omaha, are: 1 MSI . Year Mth. Mth. Mk. Ilally and Sunday f nn f 4.SO ft 33 .Vi Dally Only 8.00 4.00 2.00 ,!n gqjidar Only 4.00 S.00 1.00 .10 Solid f By E. C. SNYDER. Washington, April 13. Dispelling all doubt and uncertainty as to his attitude toward a nomination for the presidency, Gen. John J. Pershing at a brilliant reception given in his honor by the Nebraska State asso ciation at the Hotel Washington to night, personally pledged his fellow Nebraskans that if named .as the choice 'of the renuhlican nrtv at the Nebraska primary next Tuesday he would accept their mandate.and become a candidate for the highest omce in the gitt of the people. His stirring utterance came at the close of an exceedingly happy and greatly appreciated tribute to the men and women' of his home state, and the temporary sojourners in the national capital from Nebraska, as sembled to do honor to the leader of the American expeditionary forces in the world war, applauded the sentiment to the echo. Big Moment in Life. It was a big moment-in General Pershing's life, and his life has been filled with big events. Previous to the speech of General Pershing and his formal presentation .to . his fel- low-Nebraskans, who like he, are temporarily domiciled in the na tion's capital, a Nebraska hand-shak ing was held in the sun parlor of the Hotel Washington roof garden. John L. McGraw started in to introduce General Pershintr. but it soon be capie evident that General Pershing knew most all of them himself. In the receiving line were Presi dent McGrew of the Nebraska State association and Mrs. McGrew, Con gressman and Mrs. C. Frank Reavis of the First district, Congressman and Mrs. A. W. Jeffens of the-Sec ond district, Congressman and Mrs. R. E. Evans of the Third district, Congressman and Mrs. M. O. Mo Laughlih of the Fourtlydistrict, Con gressman W. E. Andrews of the Fifth district, Mrs. Andrews being at her home in Hastings; Congress man Moses P. Kinkaid of the Sixth 'district, the only bachelor in the dele- eation; Miss Julia Lathrop of Clay county, vice president of the asso ciation; Miss Fredericka Themes of Scnbner, secretary of. the associa- (Contlnued tnT C'mn 'Iw0 Armistice Signed ; Between Warring v Forces in Guatemala Washington,, April 14. An Armi stice between the unionists in Guate mala and forces of President Es trada Cabrera has been sfgned and the proposal made that President Cabrera leave the country, according to advices today to the State de partment. . . The armistice resulted from a conference in which the entire dip lomatic corps participated. The sug gestion that President Cabrera leave the country was made by the union ist leaders, who guaranteed safe conduct for him and his family. The unionist movement was launched last week and the capital was cantured after some street fight ing. President Cabrera held, forts and heights dominating the place, but did not permit his main fighting force to resist the unionists when they entered Guatemala City. t Arrest Omaha Woman Seeking Release of Daughter in St. Joseph St. Joseph, Mo., April 14.-r(Spe-sial.) Mrs. Hazel Anderson of Omaha came to St. Joseph to get her daughter, Ethel, put of jail, where she was held on a charge of shoplifting. Instead the. mother her self 19 under arrest and the St. Jo seph police sayN she is wanted in Omaha on a shoplifting charge. The woman protests her innocence, but she will be hjeld until an Omaha of ficer arries. The young woman whose release 'Mrs. Anderson came to effect has been held for severakdays following seizure of a trunk of costly clothes, supposed to have been, taken from a St. Joseph firm. Mabel Grant, who claims to be a sister of Ethel Ander son, also is under arrest on, a simi lar charge. Mrs. Anderson denies relationship with Miss Grant. Mrs. Anderson is 38 vears old and her daughter about 18. v Gompers Says Nothing Done To Lower High Cost of Living Cleveland, O., April 14. Samuel Gompers, president of , the Ameri can Federation of Labor, here to at tend a convention of cigar makers, issued a statement regarding the general industrial unrest. He said that nothing practical has been done to prevent the high cost of living and that , laws made to protect the masses from exploitation have been turned against thcin. He urged all workers to practice self-restraint, so that rational de mands of labor may be secured. James Angell Is Made Head Of the Carnegie Foundation New Yorl;, April 14. Dr. James Rowland Angell, for many vears dean of the University of Chicago, has bcen elected president and chief executive officer of the Carnegie Foundation, ft was announced here tuday. Iff IHi(M4l)r-nAfUtl 1 '""A Speaks of Necessity of Fair Dealing for Farmers and for LaborTells of Pride In Nebraska. Washington, April 14. (Special.) General Pershing, in his speech here tonight, said: i "Words are inadequate to express to you clearly what is in my heart tonight. It is an honor of which we should all be proud to hail from Nebraska, and it fills me with ex treme pleasure to meet in this way the men and women from my home state. The genuine friendship that exists among her people is always strongly manifest in a gathering of Nebraskans whose duties compel temporary sojourn beyond the limits of the state. The warm handshake and the cordiality of the greeting can be realized only by those who have experienced the spirit of comrade, ship that wells up when one Ne braskan meets another away from ' home. The home ties that have bound me to Nebraska since 1886, when my parents took up their resi dence in Lincoln, have grown with Mexican Government Troops. Clash With Sonora Forces- Battle Means War With Se ceding State, Say Officials. STEPS TAKEN TO REPEL! CARRANZA INVASION Sonora artnv officers." actinsr "on each succeeding year, and such meet-J ordcrs from Gen. P. Elias Calles, Gen. Pershing's Views , Toward the Pesidency Addressing the Nebraska State Vasspciation at Washington, D. C, last evening, Gen. Jjohn J. Pershing said: , r . . .', ' '"'"-' , "I am not unmindfuPof the very cordial remarks tthat hare been made this evening with reference to my self. Speaking ethe great office with which you have - been kind enough to connect my name, it seems fitting that I should say to you, my friends, that my whole life has been devoted to the service of our country, and that while in no sense seeking it, I feel' that no patriotic' American could decline to serve in that high position if cal lied upon to do so by his people." ings as this not only increase my pride in our state and its peoptetJ)ut . f , . i lniensny my longing io spena more time with my family and people out there at home, It is gratifying to all of us to know that the people of our state, both in and out-of the service, stood in the forefront in support of the war against Prussian aggression. Abhorring militarism or class aris tocracy of any sort, the people of Nebraska have alwavs justly main ! tained the attitude of our fathers, . and have devoted themselves to the i pursuits of peace. There has been a steady conservative though progres sive course toward all that is best and noblest in our national life. Fol lowing the principle of equal oppor tunity, our people have insisted upon the education of both the native and foreign born, and today we boast a smaller percentage of illiteracy than any other state in th$ union. Held in High Esteem. "Thus has Nebraska built up the character and intelhtrence of its peo pie and all elements have shared in its orenerosity and have received the benefits of the wise foresight of her uioneer citizenship. Wherever they have-gone throughout the country or (Continued on Fata Two, Column Two.) Charges Officials of v New York Exchange With Stock Shortage New York, April 14. Allan A. Ryan, chairman of the Stutz Motor Car company, resigned from the' New York stoc! exchange and ac cused members of the board of gov ernors of being short in Stutz stock, trading in which was suspended by the exchange when the price -skyrocketed. A member of a committee of the exchange, according to Ran, is a partner of a firm short'many shares in Stutz and continued to sell stutz up tovthe last moment trading was allowed and has as yet failed to make delivery. Ryan said threats had been made against him designed to extricate from theif valid exchange contracts those who attempted unsuccessfully to depress the market value of his stocks and that he could not retain his "selfiresoect if he remained a member. His letter of resignation, addressed to the board of gov ernors, asked that his seat be sold without deury. Over 1,000 Irish Girls Enter United States New York, April 14. More thani 1,000 girls inaugurated what is ex pected to be a greatv influx of im migrants from Ireland. The girls, most of whom arrived on the steam ship Baltic, went to the homes of friends or relatives in this city and Rev.' Anthony Grogan of the Home for Irisji immigrant girls said their arrival wpuld help relieve the short age of domestic servants. I Only seven girls were detained tor failure to meet immigrant require ments, including the literacy test. whereas the debarred aliens at Ellis island have been averaging 3 to 5 per cent of arrivals- Immigration authorities said that many Irish girls were anxious to come to the United States, but-that hitherto it had been difficult for them to obtain passports. 11 Newsprint Companies Raise Wages 1 1 Per Cent New York. April 14. Representa tives of 11 of the largest news print manufceturing companies in the United States and Canada, at a con ference with union o'fficials here, to day agreed to grant their employes a general wage advance of 20 per cent in renewing working agree ments for the next year. v : V Prince Resumes Journey. Honolulu. T. 11., April 14. The prince of Wales resumed hfs journey to Australia earlv Wednesday, l r . i. , "..i i. j wncv me DiuiMi name cruiser Ke Inowi stcaniedjor Suva. Wisconsin Woman and Four Daughters Lose Lives as Home Burns CltictiRo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Dclavan, . Wis., April 14. Mrs. Mattie Kutz and her four daughters were burned to death on the Ray mond Crosby farm near here Tues day ' afternoon. Julius Kutz, her husband, who stopped his plowing and rushed to the house, was seri ously burned in unsuccessful efforts to save his children. John Vining,. superintendent of a Delavan dairy, and ah assistant were driving by the farm at 4 o'clock, when tlu noticed the house half en velopedii flames. They hastened to give aid. 1 Julius Kutz, -exhausted, was stretched on the lawn with severe. burns on bis hands, face apd body. Near him lay. the bodies of three of his daughters whom he had carried out. They were Edna, S years old; Dorothy, 3, and Mildred, 6--months, The fourth, 'Florence, aged 6, was still alive, but died before she could be moved. Kutz was 'unable to explain the origin of the fire. He was plowing, he said, when he first saw the flames. y . Former Leading Woman for Charlie Chaplin Injured Los Angeles, Cal., April 14. Edna Purviance, former leading woman for Charlie Chaplin, was seriously injured when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by another machine. Miss Purviance was the only per son injured.! She sustained a deep laceration on the right side of her face,'' extending from the nose 'to the cheek. The injury, it is said,Snay end her career as a screen star. Miss Purviance was sitting ifi the front seat of an automobile driven by C. M. Greer of New York City.' Urge Appropriation for Public Health Service -Washington,. April 14. Unless congress makes an immediate ap propriation of $15,000,000 for the public health service. 72,000 men tally "deranged former soldicrls will be without care and treatment, the American Legion's executive com mittee declared, in a statement urg ing quick action. , . The Weathet r i rnev uenerai 0 Requested to Probe Army Camp Contracts Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Washington, April 14. With only four negative votes the house adopted the ' resolution requesting the attorney - general to make a thorough investigation of army camp construction contracts with a view to criminal and civil proceed ings. The resolution as adopted recited that hearings before the subcommit tee "contain testimony tending to show that there was criminal con duct in connection with emergency construction work" and disclosed cases "where it is alleeed eovern mcnt funds were fraudulently and illegally paid to contractors and others in connection with emergency construction work. It was orovided that the speaker should refer the testimony to the attorney general with the request that 'he "institute investigations be fore grand juries for the purpose of indicting and prosecuting such per sons as are guilty of criminal con duct and institute civil-suits Tor the recovery of any government funds which have been fraudulently or illegally paid on account of such emergency construction work. V Eight U. S. Sailors Drowned as Launch Is Destroyed by Fire Havana, April 14. Eight Ameri can sailors were drowned in Manza nillo harbor Tuesday, when an ex plosion set fire to the launch in which they were riding, according to the Cuban wap department from Lieutenant Rosfllo, stationed at Manzanillo. The name of the , ship to which the men belonged ana other details of the accident are lacking. Agree to Discontinue Nine U. S. Subtreasuries Washington, April 14. Agree ment to abolish the subtreasuries at San Francisco, Boston, New York, Philadelphia. New Orleans. Sf. Xouis, Cincinnati and Chicasro lulv 1, 1921, was reached by senate and house conferees on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. Employes will be transferred. The conferees also agreed to con tinue the bonus payments of $240 to government employes granted dur ing the war( because of increased living costs. - " Forecast. Unsettled with probably showers Thursday. Hourly Temperatures, ii i p. m 6 a. m 1 a. m R a. m s a. m. .... 1(1 a. ni 1 1 . in i.' noon I p. m.. .. .'II n v. in.. . . .ml 4 p. m.. ...471 5 p. m.. ...4l 6 p. in.. . . .631 7 p.jm.. ...09, i J)J n.. Los Angeles Bluebeard Is Near Death in Jail Hospital Lbs Angeles;- Cal.; April 14. Richard Huirt, held for investigation of circumstances indicating that he has married more than 20- women without divorcing any of them, was reported to be seriously ill at the county hospital today. Huirt was taken to the hospital, where he is held under guard, after he had gashed- his throat and wrisT in two attempts to suicide. Mobilize Yaqui Indians Against Federal Soldiers Claim Army of 25,000 Can Be En rolled Inside of Week's Time, Agua Prieta, Sonora, April 14. Troops of the new republic of, Sonora have had their first battle with Carranza soldiers on the So-nora-Sinoloa boundary, according to a report received" here late todayi apparently verifying an earlier re port from Nogales. Military author ities say the battle meant war be tween the Carranza government and the seceding state. No details of the battle were re ccived here. commander in chief, are fortifying the Sinaloa-Sonora frontier and also the mountain passes leading from Chihuahua. Carranza troops al- -ready are enroute from Casas Gran des, Chihuahua, toward Agua Pietra, it was said, f Calles is said to have dispatched a . large force to Blanco Pass, thjough which the Carranza soldiers must come in marching toward Agua Prieta, and said it would be impossi ble for Carranza troops to break through Blanco Pass. To reach Agua Prieta the Carranza soldiers must march overland 200 miles through a srnountainous and desert country. ( ' All Saloons Closed. All saloons were ordered closed in the state today by General Calles. He ordered renewed efforts in re cruiting soldiers. Four thousand re- -cruits had joined the Sonora army in less than 60 hours, it was an-' nounced at military headquarters here. . All officers here now believe a civil war must settle the doctrine of state's rights between Sortera and the central government of Mexico. The question . of state's, rights, caused Sonora to. secede when state authorities declared President Car ranza had no right to send troops into Sonora against -the- wishes of the state. - . , ' Mobilize Red Warriors. ' ' ' Yaqui Indians who have been at wari for months against the Mex ican' government have made peace with the Sonora authorities, and be tween 4,000 and 5,000 red warriors will be mobilized against Carranza, it was said liere today. The military authorities here claimed an army of more than 25,000 would be enrolled within a week. . "- When Sonora seceded Carranza lost one of his greatest revenue pro ducers, the rich agricultural and mining district of the state and ad jacent territory paying a large part of the '-Mexican federal revenue. Through Sonora ports of entry more customs house fees were collected than on all the boundary points be tween the United States and Mexico. The day before the state seceded it seized and started the operation of the Southern Pacific and Mexican railroad in order to break a strike of the employes of he line which had completely disrupted ' services. The railroad which runs south from Nogales, now is completely at the service of the Sonora military au thorities and is being used to rush troops to the Sinaloa frontier. , Man KilirOne arid Wounds Another Aftei ; Son Is Struck by Auto tliicafo Tribune-Omaha. Bee, "Leased Wire. Louisville, Ky., April 14. Joseph Lowe was shot to death and Charles Grundy ''was ' seriously wounded Tuesday afternoon by William J. James, whose 6on was run down Tuesday morning by a truck driven by Lowe. The shooting occurred in the rear of a confectionery, where both were employed, James is 61 years old. He was arrested after the shooting. Grundy, an ice creaTh maker, ran between Lowe and James and was shot through the right arm. James refused to discuss the shooting. He carried two automatics and a six-inch ' bowie knjfe. He served in the Spanish-American war as an officer of the First Kentucky infantry, and was a member of the old stare guard. Collins Wants Gibbons And Carpentier to Mrr Minneapolis. Minn.. Aoril r 14. Mike Collins, Minneapolis box ing promoter Wednesday : offered Geortres Caroentier. French heavy weight, $40,000 to meet Tommy Gibbons in this citv some time in June.' Collins has posted 1 a certified check of $10,000 as a foreteit, the money also to-be used as a side bet that the St Paul light heavyweight can beat the invader over the 10 round route. , England Will Release Irish Political Prisoners Dublin. Anril I4.i-All the h linger strikers among the political prisoner' in Mountjoy jail who are considered in danger by the prison doctor v il! he released, the lord niavor in ad dressing a crowd this afternoon said the viceoy had iuformed him,