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GRAND JUR1I
INDICTS 54
. S. COURT!
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PRICE TWO CENTS
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Expected Sensational Bi I
Against Member 'of Omaha
Police Department No
Among the Indictments.'
FEDERAL BODY FAILS
JO NAMEROFITEERS
Alleged Mail Bandit K Cleared
oK Charge Bluffs Mer
" v chants Are Indicted Undei
Lever Wartime Act.'
The federal grand jury, in session
since Monday, late yesterday after
noon returned indictments against
a total ot-54 defendants within the
jurisdiction of the Omaha division
,ot tne u. s. district court.
threatened sensational , indicty
nients aeainst a member nf th
Omaha police department, which it
'' uctiarcu inigni ne me Te
suit of the grand jury's deliberations,
,. failed to materialize.
Another interesting feature of the
action of the jury was the failure to
i niigci any umana individuals or
firms on a chargeTof profiteering as-j
me result ot the recent investigation
ot tne department of justice in con
nection with the work of Mrs. C Gl
Jyan, teceral fair price commis
sioner for Omaha. "Mrs. Ryan, it is
sain, expected that indictments
unacr tn5 Lever act," would mate
rially assist her in fhe effort of the
government to lower the high cost
or living. J he single indictment un
uen me i,ever act to nrevent
merchants of
Though the members' of the grand
jury were dismissed. United States
'.District Attorney Elliott of Lincoln
may ; call them together again to
consider additional evidence, in
nurnber of cases. -
Mail Bandit Cleared, ' ,
H. II. Hatch, alias KR. . Baker,
alleged to have been the leader in
an attempted wholesale jaif delivery
of federal prisoners several weeks
I ago, in" which a plot to kill the jail
attendants and escape - was frus
trated, was indicted on a charge of
jraua xnrougn tne sale of show prop-
erty. .
tarl Lauver, alias Arthur F.
Olson, imprisoned some time ago as
nc uanait wno neio up and robbed
iQvwlahd Limited of the" Union
lamuau oi ?e,uuu several
weeks ago at Lane's cutoff, was not
indicted. Lauver, it was said, has
a been released from custody several
days ago when he succeeded in es
tablishing h:s innocence of the hold
up. Lauver's arrest was based on
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to him Was found in one of the mail
cars. '
louis ana Moses Bernstein, mer
chants of Council Bluffs, were in
; dieted on i, charge ot conspiring to
(Continued on Fas Two, Column Three.)
profiteering was that of Louis and
mioses Bernstein, me
Council Bluffs.
1
Son of Clergyman of ,
New York Sought for
$2,800 Bond Thefts
.
, Syracuse, ,N.. X-.. April 15. Otto
. Von Bur!lei, jr.,' son of the dean
of German ' Lutheran clergymen of
central .New York, and himself a
promiiTent church worker here,1 has
ilea and is probably now on his way
to Alaska, it was declared today,
w nun ne was charged with the theft
of $2,800 lwort.h of registered Lib
erty bonds by the Syracuse office
of Foster. &. Adams, .New , York
brokers
It was revealed only today that
Von Burden. has beeji missing since
April 4, the quiet search which was
meantime prosecuted having failed
to locate him. His father, who some
time ago was said to have made
good a forgery committed in Phila
delphia for which the son served
two years in prison, expressed be
lief today that ftba missing niaji had
gone to Alaska, here he spent two
years while in the army.
X; . y" DU'utn iso spent a year in
jau in W ilmington, Del., it was said,
for stealing jewelry from a girl.
nstitute Nationwide Hunt "'
For $50,000 Pearl Necklace
Cleveland, O., April 15. The loss
of a $50,000 pearl necklace by Mrs.
Alice Hickox. prominent society nd
club woman of Cleveland, became
known today when police instituted
a nation-wide-earch. after private
detectives and Pennsylvania railroad
officials had spent nearly a month on
the cas
The necklace contained 93 gems
and, a diamond clasp. It disappeared
on the night of March 23, Mrs.
Hickox said, when she was enroute
from Washington to Cleveland."
Strike of Longshoremen
On East CQast Settled
New YorkTApril 15. The strike
of 4,000 longshoremen against the.
United Fruit company, in effect
from Boston to Galveston, has beeu
settled and the men will return to
wok Friday, it was announced here
by J. F. Riley, president of the New
York district council of the Inter
rational Longshoremen's associa
tion. John Seed Is Alive
Washington, April 15. John
Reed, " an American magazine
writer, reported recently to have
been executed in Finland, is alive
atyd well, according-to an official re
potj reeeici at the State depart
ment today from the Finnish gov
ernment. Reed is under indictment
at Chicago charged with conspiracy
to advocate, the .overthrow of the
government1 by force, ' j
Perching Declares Labor
Must Be Given Fair Heal
"Labor. pa Nebraska is especially honorable, and the
laboring man there is held in high esteem.- Through his .
intelligence he occupies an important place in the commu
nity. He is not carried away by vague or idle theories of
government and does not follow false or revolutionary
leaders. Nebraska labor maintains a sane and patriotic
attitude towards our institutions and stands ever ready to
defend them. It is for all of us to see that he always
receives the consideration due him and his familv that
L. . U- i. 1 1 i x- i .i ' it
ne ue not auoweu to suner in compeii'
laoor in or from foreign lands. tn" .
MOVE FRIDAY TO
NULLIFY DEGREE
GRANTED TO MARY
Nevada Attorney General De
dares He Has Left No Loop
; hole Charges ' Collusion
'V and Fraud. , 1 :
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Carson; Nev., April 15. Attorney
General Fowler has postponed until
Friday the time at which he will file
the suit of the state, or Nevada
against Mary Pickford and' Owen
Moore to set aside the decree of di
vorce granted to the moving picture
actress at Minden six weeks ago,
The delay, Fowler explained today,
is due to necessary ninute revision
of the complaint in which Tie de
sires to leave no loophole for sue
cessful attack. Th attorney gener
al . stated that more than ordinary
care is being given to the wording
of the document, which will contain
some extremsiy novel allegations,
from a legal standpoint, in addition
to setting forth the charges of fraud
and collusion against the defendants
and their agents. ' ' :
xhe greatest interest in the prob
able torm ot the complaint is being
manifested, by-tie legal fraternity of
iNevaaa as weu as oy tne public at
large, fowler; however, is scrupu
lously guarding the document dur
ing its stage of final preparation,
the while he still is workirig over
time to repel the attacks of more or
less conscientious objectors to his
proposed action. v
One of the chief topics of conver
sation both here and in Reno todav
is the visit made to Fowler yester
ji.. k.. -I TT . .
uajr uy uicuit iiuiil, moving picture
distributor and exhibitor of Renot
and i-ranie J. Byngton, real estate
man and brother of former District
Attorney Lewis F. Byngton of San
rrancisco. Thev pleaded with Fow
ler to delay the filing of;, the suit
against Mary Pickford, claiming
that, she and Douglas Fairbanks, had
long been considering the establish
ment of a studio in Reno and that
the contemplated suit by the attor
ney general might . -enflanger the
plan. , Fowler declined point blank
to consider any delay. - - -
Suicide Is
Identified as Missing
JEx-SailotFrom Wayne
Wavne. Neb.. Aoril IS. CSne-
cial,) Similarity of the. initials of
their, son,, who. disappeared from his
home April 5, and the initials found
on the clothing pf an unidentified
man who police said , had taken his
own life id Chicago Aoril 8. leckMr.
andMrs. J. M. Johnson of Wake
field to go to Chicago, where they
identified the body as their. , son,
Clarence R. Johnson.
Newspaper dispatches told of
police finding the body in a room-
rig house with a gas jet oosn and
kthe only identification marks being
the initials C. R. J. on the clothing.
The son, Clarence R. Johnson. 22
years old, had left Wayne, where he
was employed in the clothing store
ot t red Blair, without tellinir anv
one of his intention of leaving the
city,
Mr. Johnson served 22 months in
the navy during the war and on his
return accepted the clerical position
and apparently was satisfied add
happy. No explanation for his act
could be given by either his Barents
or employer .
The body was taken to Sioux City
ior Dunai py ine parents.
Wife of American Soldier
Says Mexicans Kidnaped Her
El Paso. Tex.. Aori' IS. Mrs. R.
L. Sanford, 25 years old. wife of
horseshoer of the Eighth cavalry.
MtiiuilANTS PAY
SUOOFORWINE
TAKEN FROM CAR
Tank of Wine Looted at Logan,
la., is Paid lor After Cir-
culating "Honor" Sub-
scription List. '
Logai(,Ja., "April IS. (Special.)
Business men of this city yesterday!
settled vd th a Northwestern, railroad
special agent from Omaha for 1,500
gallons of wine, taken froih a tank
car on a siding here on the nie-ht nf
DTI
Fuary .3. 1 A, fund of $1,700. raise
Cfr S. Aj- Fort Bllss.f was kidnaDed
oy two Mexicans near an k.1 Faso
entrance and taken, to Tnarez. where.
according to her story, she was mis
treated by 15 Mexreans.
Mrs. sanford said she was ahan-
oned in the street late at mjrht.
where, being discovered by police,
she was seized and taken to -jaiL-She
was released and crossed the
Rio Grande and told her story, which
s being investigated. "
Salvador Will Adhere
To the league of Nations
San Salvador. Republic of Salva-
ur. April 15. the re Pub he of Sal
vador will adhere without reserva
tion to the Kague ot nations.it was
nnounced -here Reoorts that the
national congress of Salvador haU4 Advance ill PHce
arbitration with the United States
excluded were declare to be abso
lutely, false.
The policy of the government, it
was added, was cordial and friendly
toward the United States. :
Plan to Open New National .
Park to Visitors May 15
bait LAKe Uty, April 15. ionJ
National park, southwest Utah, cre
ated last year by act of congress,
will be opened to visitors May IS,
according to official word received
from the national parks, service,
Washington, D, C. Formal dedica
tion, however, will take place at a
a later date, the advices stated.
Fe
by subscription among citizens, was
turned overf to the railroad repre
sentative. ' ' .......
Three tank ars of irieien route
trom California to Baltimore, were
included in a string of merchandise
cars set on tne siding. One of th
cars was leaking and residents of
Logan formed, lines with buckets
and pails to prevent a loss of the
Wine.
Sheriff W. R. MilHman urso n:
fied by local "drys" and .drove the
thirsty ones away. He called rail
road officials, who had the leak
fixed and placed a guard at. the track
to watctt the cars.
' Dancers Reopen 'Leak.
the local Post. of the A
Legion gave a dance that evening
and visitors from Missouri Valley
ana many other townsin Harrison
county came to Loean.l A svndicati
was. formed and some one notified
the wine watchman that the railroad
had refused to stand eood for the
overtime" of their extra dutv. Thev
aeserteo their posts., .
Buckets, pails, disffoans. washtubs
and every other conceivable recepta1
cie were dratted jnto service and the
lines were quickly formed at the rail
road track , about . midnight The
leak- in tht tank car was reonened
and the flood bfaan Th. r.1.hri.
tion waxed "hilarious and cohtinuedf!, T
until after laybreafc. ', , - 7 "".
sno arrests weije made in the case.
tederai grand turv. convened at
Council Bluffs, investigated the af
fair and suspended indictments pend
ing j settlement with the railroad
company for its loss.
, "Highjackers" Get Busy.
r-etitions were circulated anion
citizens relieved to have, shared in
the wine distribution and each was
requested to donate toa common
fund in amounts consistent with in
dividual "shares of the spoils. The
collection was turned over to the
Northwestern agent. .
As an aftermath of the,celebrated
wine case, three locau vouths.
ranging jn age from 17 to 22 vears.
are under indictments and at liberty
unaer l.uuu bonds tor alleged
"highjacking" activities. These boys,
all scions of prominent families, did
not receive what they termed ade
quate shares of the Iiqupr on the
riotous night, so they attempted to
equalize matters' by raiding cellars
where they knew quantities of the
liquor had been' stored: Thev were
arrested and chareed with breaking
, o
ana entering.
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Rear Admiral Badger
Denies That Navy Was
Unprepared for War
i V
Washington, April IS. Rear Ad
miral Badger, head of the navv
general board, sine the death of Ad
miral Dewey, tolfl the senate inves
tigating committee that he wished to
make "emphatic denials" of Rear
Admiral Sims' charges thatthe navy
was nnpreparea .tor war, had no
war plans or policies in Aoril. 1917.
and pursued a vacillating policy for
six months after war was declared. v
"We had plans, well considered
ones," he declared. "The trouble is
that the tlans and the execution .of
them' did not meet with the approval
t the critics. -
1 "Despite the adverse-' criticisms
that have recently been widely cir
culated, it may confidently be main
tained that the navy met and stood
tne stress ot a great war.
Restore La Babida Convent
Madrid, April 15. Restoration, to
the Franciscan fathers of the con
vent of La Rabida, neax Palos,
where Columbus stayed while pre
paring for his voyage that resulted
in the discovery of America, has
been decided upon by the govern
ment. . ,
B4auw of th InercMa In the coat
f paper, other materials anjj wage.
The Be ha found It nereaaary to In
creaa the subscription prlra of Its
tst Ion editions outside of Omaha.
Previous subscription " rate did not
even pay th east of th paper alone,
dell rered as raw material for th
Qnlahed newspaper. I
EffectlT today, At rates by mall,,
within 600 miles of pmaha,Nari
1 rear Mth S Mth
Daily and Sunday . .19.00 94.59 $2 js
Daily Only 8.00 4.00 1.00
Sunday -Only ' .00 1-00
Outsld the fourth cone (000 mllea)
the 5 early rates are as follows: Daily
and Sunday, Si! Jally only, $1J; and
Sunday, f J, ,
INSURGENTS
TAKE2T0HS
IN SINALOA
El Fuerta, Important Mining
Camp, and San Bias, Rail
way Junction, Captured by
. Sonora Repubjic Forces.
CARRAN2A TO SEND BIG
EXPEDITION TO FRdNT
Secessionists Have: Large
Command of Fully Equipped
. Yaqui Indians, Said to Be
Among. Best Soldiers. x
Agua, Prieta, Sonora- April 15.
Military forces of the "new repub
lic of Sonora" have crossed the state
line of Sindloa capturing two towns
and are continuing toward Culiacan,
capitol of the neighboring state, thus
taking the agressive in the state's
fight agaiivst the Carranza govern
ment of Mexico.
El Fuerta, one of the ' most im
portant mining camps in Sinaloa,
about IS miles from the Sinaloa
Sonora boundary and $an Bias,' a
railroad junction point, have fallen
to the Sonora' forces, accordinc tn
pfficial information received here.
Keports that six ' other states,
Michoacan,' Morelos, Tamaulipas,
Tabasco, Campecne and Jalisco, had
joined forces with the Sonora move
ment against Carranza remained un
confirmed tonigh It was known
that agents and sympathizers with
the Sonora movement were arrive
throughout the republic seeking aid.
New Revolution. v '
Reports to military h eaHniiarterc
here contained the information that
President Carran7a nlatVe tn ianl
' . . 1"""-' kj 9t.nu
thousands of troops against Sonora
in an enort to put down the upns
ing. Leaders of the Sonora mova.
ment declared Hhat 6y this plan a
new revolution has been born.
M?re than 3,000 troops already
have entered Sinaloa. it was- said.
and among thse is a large command
of fully equipped Yaqui Indians, y?ho
are conceded to be among the best
soldiers in Mexico. Other troops
are being rushed to the Sinaloa
forces and to guard the line between
the two states. -
Four hundred troops were ex
pected here' tonight from Canaoa to
undertake the defense of Agua
Prieta and the district between here
and Pulm'to Pass. thronsrVi -feSiirh if
g an armv into- this district.
There are more than i 500 Sonora
troops already stationed in the pass
and reinforcements are being sent
there. , "
Federals Join Secessionists.
Sonora' officials declared todav
that Carranza troops in binaloa in
large numbers are joining the So
nora forces. It also, was reported
that the commanders and trews of
A Platform Built of Stone
LABOR BOARD
CONFIRMED
PERSHING WILL
BE FORMIDABLE
MAW AT CHICAGO
Washington Post- and Balti
more $tin , Declare Gener-;
al's Statement Makes Him
Forceful Contender.
the two Mexican gunboats uuerrero
and Chiapas deserted to the Sonora
government and placed both vessels
at the disposal ' of Gen. P. EliasJ
bailee, -"Commander-in-chict. x.
Military headquarters at Hermo
sillo announced that Gen. Arnulfo
Gomez, who for several years had
1 - s r 1 1 . i
uccu in tuiiiuiaiia oi jviexican ieu-u si;
eral troops in the state of San Luis fm
Fotosi, hatf revolted with his entire
army and declared himself against
Carranza. This announcement had
beeh expected by Sbnora officials.
Gomez is a citizen of- Sonora and it
was stated he had 2.500 soldiersun
der his command who were recruit
ed from Sonora.
All of Sonora now is under mili
tary rule. All saloons have been
closed 1y General Calles and the
Entire resources of the state ,are at
first call of the army. The Southern
racihe de Mexico, an- American-
owned railroad, seized jjy the state
government the day before the state
eceded to stop a strike on the road.
is being used chiefly for the military
and trains no longer run on sched
ule. V v.
Bv F. H. BARROW.
f Washington, April 15.-(SiWiaL)
General , Pershing's - personal
pledge, made Wednesday night at
the Nebraska association reception
in his honor, being his first public
rsfatement acknowledging his appre
ciation ot the honor paid him by his
tellow , Nebraskans in nominating
him for .the presidency, was the
main topic in political circles here
yesterday. Heretofore the public
has had only the assurances of those
close to the general, and the absence,
of a definite statement from Persh
ing himself has encouraged the be
lief, assiduously circulated in certain
quarters, that the "general . himself
was not giving the matter serious
consideration. ,
. Commenting rfn the general's
statement, the Washington Post this
Man Claiming to Be
Friend of Chicago's
Mayor Held as Forger
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bra Laaed Wire.
Chicago, April 15 Daniel B.
Southard' of Kansas City, wh said
e was a friend of Mayor Thompson,
State's Attorney Hoync and .Munic-.
pal Judge Howard E. Hays,! was
arrested yesterday afternoon at the
Congress hotel by Detective Ser
geants Carton and McFarland of the
etective bureau ?n a charge of
passing a worthless check. ' ,
tjouthard, according to the dctec-
ves, is accused of passing a worth
less check for $350 on the Commerce
Trust Company bank at Kansas
City. The check was on the First
National bank of Denver and when
put through the bank was learned
to be worthless. While in' Kansas
City Southard posed as a reoresen-
tative of the Revere Motor company.
me Chicago police were notified
that he had com to Chicago and
the detectives found him late,yester-
ay aiternoon at tne notel.
Southard told the detectives he
would fight extradition. He was
taken' to the detective bureau where
he remained but a short time before
he was released on bonds of $2,500.
House Leaders Planning
Three-Dav Recess in Mav
Washineton . Aoril 15. House
leaders, it was learned, are planning
three-day, recesses 'beginning May
15, under a gentlemen agreement that
no business will be transacted until
the senate is read to recess for
the summer. This is expected to be
early in June and u:idcr present
plans the recess will continue until
cptember 1.
orning says it "dispelsyall doubt
and uncertainty as to Pershing's at
titude toward a nomination for the
presidency, and will very greatly
strengthen the hands of those who
have been urging his' selection, as
well as give notice to the public that
a lorceiui contender must be reck
oned with at Chicago if the reoub
ncans ot JNeDraska give him the pri
mary vote a tavonte son has the
right to expect, and that Pershinir
will no doubf receive." ,
"The general's statement outs
him squarely in he republican con
test," says the Baltitnore Sun, "and
his candidacy got away to a flying
start at the meeting of, the Nebras
ka society last night."
"From now on it is certain that
General Perching is in the field,"
says the Philadelphia Inquirer, com
menting on the Nebraskan, "and he
will.be a candidate' to be reckoned
with." . ' '
Further discussing Illinois primary
returns here today from the view
point, of its bearing on the general
situation as a whole, Washington
politicians' agreed that the" one thing
standing . out most markedly, was
Illinois' rebuke to the policy of can
didates invading the territory of
favorite sWs, seeking to undermine
them at home, - ,
!
Late Returns Boost ,
Lowden Plurality Over
- Gen. Wood to 75,897
Chicago, April 15. With only 207
precincts .out ot 5,WU in the state
missing, Governor Lowden's plural
ity over'Gen. Leonard Wood in
Tuesday's presidential primary to
day reached 75,897.
The figures from .5.483 precincts,
including 2,448 in Cook county, arc:
Lowden. 235.748; Wood,. 159,851. .
Hoover Will Not Enter .
Primary in Maryland
Baltimore, April-15. Following a
meeting of Hoover men, it- was an
nounced that it had been decided
tWat Mr. Hpover would not'enter the
republican presidential primaries in
Maryland at this timo.
John T. Stone, president' of the
Maryland Casualty company, stated,
however, that if other candidates- for
the republican nomination file in
Maryland, the friends of Mr. Hoover
will reopen the matter , and decide
ten whether to reconsider the de
cision to not enter. 7 -
Senator Hiranv Jolufson has au
thorized his representatives to in
aguratahis candidacy in the state to
day. J- "
MOVE TAKEN FOR
IMPEACHMENT OF
SECRETARY POST
. J
L.narges made 1 hat Labor Ue
partment Head Exceeded Au
thority Deportation Cases.
Washington, April 15. A resolu
tion looking to the impeachmentof
Assistant Secretary Post of the
aSabor department, for " his attitude
toward the deportation of radicals,
was introduced- Representative
Hoch, -republican. Kansas, after a
conierence wun repuDiican. leaders,
j The resorafion would" 'direct the
judiciary, committee to . investigate
charges made auainst Chairman
Johnson of the immigration com
mittee and others and if the evidence
warranted to report a resolution pro
posing impeacnmenti '
The measure, was referred to the
house rules committee, which will
decide whether it should be made a
special order of business before -the
house. There was no indication
when the rules committee v?ould
act. '.
The resolution charges that ' Sec
retary Post has flagrantly abused his
power in conuection with deporta
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States.
Planlo Limit Liquor
Prescriptions to 100 a
Year to Each Doctor
Chicago Tribune-Omaha bee Leased Wire,.
Chicago, April 15. Acting upon
suggestions from members ot the
medical profession prohibition of
ficers here are planning to limit the
number of Iiqupr prescriptions of
cacn pnysician to 1U0 a year. x The
announcement created consternation
in the ranks of scores of alleged
doctors who have found the pre
scription game highly profitable. It
a.so created a. stir .in the ranks of
several students- who have decided
to tak up the stddy of "medicine,v
with a view to stepping into a lucra
tive practice as soon as they could
grab a diploma 'and write prescrip
tions, Reputable physicians desireH
to. step on this scandal rnzht now
and their letter to Captain Howard,
prohibition enforcement director,
reads, in part: . .
It is absolutely certain that, in
normal times licruor is ratelv ore-
scribed by physicians. to allow
nior nan one nook ot 1UU blanks
per year to any physician is simply
an effort to defeat the law and de
grade flie profession of medicine to
the level of the bartenders' vocation
and to encourage fraud and drunk
enness."
POLICE USED TO
QUELL STRIKE OF
ft. Y. TEAMSTERS
J
Sympathizers Attack Several
Trucks in Market District
-'and Police Reserves
. Are Called Out. '
New York, April 15. Police re
serves" were 'sent to the . west side
market district today, where several
hundred teamsters, chauffeurs and
porters had walked out at a time
when New York w&s virtually cut
off from its food supply, by rail.
Several trucks were attacked by
strjke sympathizer. V a
The strike of the teamsters,
chauffeurs and porters has tended
to aggravate the already., serious
food . situation here. The men
handled perishable foods from the
freight yards to tne market. They
struck because their demands for
high .pay had beeiwrejected. r
Rail Strike Subsides.
Gradual subsidence of the rail
strikes was seen by railroad offi
cials, although they admitted the
situation still was serious.
Returns of groups of strikers on
several lines at nearby towns- and
Ihe steady improvement in passen
ger service, due chiefly to the sucr
cess of volunteer crews in operating
commuters' trains, gave the road-of-'J
iicials much encouragement. The
trains carried 54,000 persons yester
day. Railway executives planned to
begin operation of freight as well as
passenger trains with volunteers.
Ihe Pennsylvania announced that
with nine volunteer yard trews at
work, movement of coal fof New
York public utilities was partially
resumed this morning.
Raise Express Ban.
Out of the Pennsylvania station
through train service was reported
8U per cent normal, a deiided im
provement over yesterday. '
l he terries .this morning made a
new high record for oassenze
transportation from the New Jersey
shore to Manhattan, the Pennsyl
vania alone bringing in Z2,J96 per
sons. v V .....
The American railway excress an
nounced that its embargo hatf-been
itted on shipments to Chicago for
tooayi . . .
BY SENATE
Vote Stands 31 to 24 After
, Four Hours' Discussion Be
hind Closed Doors Roll Call
Taken on Wallace W. Hanger
U. S. OFFICERS ARREST
MANY STRIKE LEADERS
Department of Justice to Ask
List of Insurgents on Each
Road, With View of Possible
Prosecution of Agitators.
Washington, April 15. The rail
road labor board was confirmed
today by the senate. - V
The vote " on the nominations
canje after four hours' discussion
behind closed-doors. Only one roll
call, on the name of 'Wallace 'W. ,
Hanger of -the public grouo. was
demanded. It was reported to have
resulted, 31 to 24, in favor of con
firmation, with some democrats as f
well as republicans voting in opposl-
sition. A few republicans, were said
to have ' favored his confirmation.
The action of the senate in con
firming the members of the labor
board" will permit an early test 6f the
tneory that the board s considera
tion of railroad lafiors wage de
mands would ease the strike situ- .
ation and work generally to allevi
ate unrest in that class of workers.
Situation Imposing. , ';
Attorney General Palmer .aid he
behaved that the chaotic condition
created by thje walkout was improv
ing, but he declared that the De
partment of Justice was not relax
ing its efforts in any direction.
United States district attorneys in
every strike area have made local
Harrests of agitators and strikers, but'
these, it was said, were cases wihere
specific law violations have occurred. '
Mr. Palmer declared such matters
were not for "headquarters' consid
eration," reiterating that the govern
ment expected the district attorneys
to act on their own initiative with
respect to prosecution of violators
of laws.. . .
. Canvass AH Lists.
Department officials have ofacti-
cally decided to canvass the lists of
all strikers and was expected to ask
officials of all railroad lines affected
by the strike to furnish the'same fn--
formation as was reauested of th
Pennsylvania and New, York Central
lines Tuesday. ' Assistant Attorney
General Garvin ' said he expected
these lists of names to divulere the
identity of the "borers from within"
n the recognized labor , organiza
tions. I
The department has card indexed
the records of more than 60.000 radi
cals and the names of strike leaders
and agitators will be traced through
these records in an effort to estab
lish connections with previous activi
ties; . .. i .
, Break in East. "
The fifct sicn of . wiltinirfwat nn
the part of the eastern strikers to
negotiate came last night when Ed
ward McHugh, chairman - of the .
strike committee, sent a messnce tn
the railroad labor board stating that
the men would welcome, an oppor
tunity to lay their gri$yances before
the board. He asserteJK hnnever.
No Decision Is Reached
On Peace Resolution
Washington, April 15. The re
publican joint peac,c resolution and
other' similar measures were con
sidered by the senate foreign rela
tions committee, but no decision
was reached. It is said the com
mittee was lar front an agreement.
Democrats were said to have
criticized the house measure, as an
alleged invasion of executive pre
rogatives. Some of the republicans
favored a simple resolution, con
fined to a statement terminating the
cumulating tne nouse pro-4
visions regarding the treaty of Ver
sailles and repealing war-time legislation.
The WeatheY
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British Buy, Many Cars
From American Concerns
London, April 15.-"These-are
critical times," is the conclusion of
writer for the London Times -who
has Jeen sent to America to ttrves
tigate at its source the danger of an
American motor car invasion which
will hamper the development of the
bntish automobile industry.
"At the present moment the pub
lic, utterly disgusted with the en
forced wait for cars it ordered from
British factories months ago, is
ready to buy anything yhich will
convey it about its business. In
many cases British cars are pre
ferred, but the disastrous ' delays
which have so nearly wrecked Brit
ish trade Have had their effect, and
patriotism as well as personal ( in
clination are being sacrificed.
"Today we will buy anything we
can get at once. And here lies the
ultimate test of both American and
British cars."
. : '
Take Up Reparations
Paris, April 15. The 'council 'of
ambassadors today received the re
port of naval experts concerning the
German floating dock tonnage to be
handed over in compensation for the
scuttling of the German fleet at
Scapa Flow. It developed that a
total of 102.000 Ions nf thi'c ,it,-;l
;SJWiad been discovered by the commis
sion, a nasis tor the distribution
of this tonnage among the allies was
adopted .
tnat tne men would not return to
work pending a hearing. The
transportation act, under which the
board functfo'ns. nrovides that no
considefa'tioii shall be given to
claims of men' actually on strike.
Chicago Situation Goody
Strikers were reported to be re
turning, to work in a number of
cities and in Chicago, whet the
unauthorized walkout had its origin,
and brotherhood officials said the
backbone of the strike was broken.
The" insurgent leaders, however,
continued their claims that the po
sition of the strikers remained un
shaken and denied charccs of Attor.
aLey General Palmer that radical in
n fluences Were behind the strike.
in Michigan the industrial ticup
continued serious, with estimates
that 150,000 ' Workers, the largest
number in. Detroit, were idle. Addi
tional Vpassenger trains were an
nulled because of the coal shortage.
Ohio 'cities reported- industrial
plants and -coal mines closed at
many tenters,- throwing 100,000
workers -out of employment.
. Brotherhood officials announced
at Cleveland 'that 500 men voted to
return today and1 that all the strikers
employed by the Eric railroad and
80 per cent of the men employed in
the Collinswood yard of the New
York Central were at work. Brother
nood of Railroad Trainmen officers
named more than 50 cities in which
strikers had resumed work. 1
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Judge Denies Kansas
" Union Leaders New Trial
Pittsburg. Kan.. Anril 15.Tna
Andrew J. vCurranof the Crawford
county district court overruled a
motion for a new trial In the cases
of Alexander Howat, Thomas Har
vey, August Dorchy and R B.
foster,, sent to tail last Fridav for
contertipt of court in refusing tci
testify before fhe court of industrial
relations.- The motion was presented
by Phil v IT.' Gallery, attorney for
the miners.
r
Calif crnia, Oil Company?
. Re-Elects Two Officers
Bakersfield. eal.. Ann! 15 T. P.
St. Clair of Los Angeles and Stan
Icy H. Morshead of San Francisco
were re-elected oresident and rice
president of the Independent Oil
Producers agency at the annual
meeting of stockholders here. C B.
Bubb of Los Angeles, secretary of
the agency, was elected secretary
treasurer. . i
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