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Vol. 49 No. 261.
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TELEPHONE
HEAD DIES IN
BALTIMORE
i
Theodore N. Vail, Chairman of
Board of Directors of Bell
Company,' Succumbs to
Complication of Diseases.
STARTED IffoMAHA IN
:". UNION PACIFIC EMPLOY
Telephone Company
Director Who Died
In Hospital In East f I
Efficiency as Postal Clerk
Took -Him to Washington,
Whc: He Became Associate
of Alexander Bell.
Baltimore. Md., April -16. Theo
dore X. Vail.chairman of the boarlj
of directors of 1lic American "Tele
phone and Telegraph cor.-manyj
, . - r
inorning ot a coinpiicaqon ot car
diac and kidney troubles.
Mr. Vail was brought liere from
Jekyl Island, Ga., last Sunday in his
private: car. He was in ar serious
condition when he reached the hos
pital and his death was not unex
pected.
Mr. Vail retired as president, of
the American Telephone and Tele
graph company last June and be
came chairman of the board of di
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Former Omaha Man. '
As manager of the American Bell
Telephone rcmipany from 1878.
1 when the telephone was a mere
tov. just invented bv Alexander
Graham BY until 1890. and as
pdfsidcnt of the American Bell Tel
ephone and Telegraph company un
til 1919, when he became chairman
oi the" company's board of directors,
.Mr. Vail was largely instrumental
in bringing the telephone system of
the country to its present state 'of
efficiency. '.'.'
It was in Omaha that Mr. Vail
received the promotion which a
short time later placed htm in
charge of the telephone's destiny.
Born in Carrol county, Ohio, July
16, 1845, he moved yith his parents
to a farm near. Waterloo, la., at an
ecu ly kc ; 1 .
Was Telegrapher Here,
; In .1865, at the age of 20, he came
to Omaha and secured a position as
a teiegrapner wun inc union ra--..
-:i . a t,. i,.t.i nr
. . t- It- ' 1 . A -
nearly a year, m mill weiii iu
ilvodge P ole, Neb., aS a telegrapher
t.-if iWjr Wecturn ITniniia .r.ivninanv.
and remained there a year. ' -
During his stay at Lodge Pole
he took a course of study to fit him
for a position as a postal clerk, lie
then returned to Omaha and took
the postal clerk's examination,
passed, and became a clerk between
Omaha and Ogden. During his
work as a clerk he became acquanted
with CV E. Yost, then postmaster
here, and now chairman of the board
of directors of the Nebraska Tele
phone company.
lie was also a close friend
"of many of the early settlers in
Omaha. . including Grenville M.
Dodge.
Goes to Washington
His efficiency as a railway mail
clerk, and his frequent protests
ui.iu.-t methods used in the serv
iro led to his bcin; asked to go to
W ellington to assist in 'reorganiz
i 'yie service.. He left Omaha for
AYYsitiitgton in 874 and a year later
U : was appointed general superin
tendent cf railway mail service in
the United St.-.tes. '
In IS78 G. D. Hubbard, father-in,
lay cf Alexander Graham Bell, in
Ciitf!" f the Bell .tele'phone. offered
Mr. Vail a position Iks general mana-'
,'rer of the newly organized Ameri
can Bell .Telephone company. The
telephone had been invented just
two years before this offer occured,
p;d was considered a mere toy. but
Mr. Vail, with characteristic western
promptness accepted the offer with
the remark that he guessed he could
a iiKtuii; vine in ins me.
Heads Western Union.
One of , the most ambitious
projects which he planned was the
merger of the Western Union Tele
graph cmpany with the telephone
company, and in 1910 the telephone
interests succeeded in s'ecurihg the
controlling power iu. the Western
Union.
He resigned as president of the
Western Union ir 1914, when the
telephone company deposed of its
interests in the telegraph company
because of threatened action of the
government against the combina
tion of these competing utilities.
Arkansas Governor Heads
Good Roads Orgcniiation
Hot Spings, Ark.. April 16. An
nouncement was made here today
of the election of Governor Charles
Brough of Arkansas, as president
of the United States Good Roads
association, which is in session here.
Governor C. A. Larrazolo of New
Mexco was elected a vice president.
Cyius S. Averv of Tulsa, Okl., was
elected president of the Albert Bike
Highway association, and C. B.
Thomas, ' Colorado Springs, was
elected Vice president from Cqlo-
I - T..1. U... 1 . .J.J
year's convention, it was stated.
"Prince of Jerusalem"
Is Failure in Business
Chicago, April 16. "Prince Eman
uel of Jerusalem." who claims to be
the son of Abdul Hamid, former
sullan of Turkey, was a failure in
the soda- water business, he told
Judge K. M. Landis'in federal court.
The prince filed a petition in bank
ruptcy proceedings in which his un
assessed liabilities were $3,000.
He said he was author of a
pamphlet which he described 'as"'My
Experiences in the Holy Land When
1 Was Dead Seven Years and Thru
Resurrected. ' J
' a
IDENTIFIES MAN1
AS BANDIT WHO
SHOT HIM TWICE
J. L. Sexton Says Mulatto
Held by Police Is One Who
Wounded Him Thurs
day Night.
james jMitcncii, a mulatto, was
positively identified yesterday aft
ernoon by J. L. Sexton, superintend
ent of ' the Rivcrview detention
home. .310 Bancroft street, as 'the
bandit who shot him iwice fhurs
day night' in front of the Bancroft
school. i
ritclicll. who was arrested by De
tectives Trapp aiid J'almtasf in .the
hallway of a building at 705 North
Sixteenth street, was released from
the county jail at 7 p. "m., Thursday
on an appeal bond. He had served
11 days of a 90-day sentence for va
grancy. . '
Hedenied any connection with the
shooting when he was taken to the
St. Joseph hospital and , identified
by Mr. Sexton. He attempted to
establish' an 'alibi and said he was in
the home of Mrs. Cortnne KeUjv.705
North. Sixteenth street, at the-time
of thQ shooting. ; " J , .
Mitchell was booked on charges of
shooting with attempt to kill and
highway, robbery. - The - police
teamed yesterday that a 38-caliber
automatic revolver was taketf from
Mr. Sexton after he was wounded.
Mr. Sexton was shot -Thursday
night after he saw a man acting sus
piciously near the Bancroft school!
The man had been following-a girl
and when Sexton questioned him he
fired four shots, two of themwound
ing Sexton. , .
Pedro Morales, a Mexican who
was held in connection with 'the
shooting, was released by the police
vesterdav. . i
Man Who Confessed "
At? rayer Meeting
Thought Innocent
Stcubcnville, O., April 16. A suit
case containing a blood-spattered
shirt and' a bloocf-stained. handker
chief, alleged to belong to Harry
Miller, "confessed" slayer oi little
Frances South of Adena, was found
in the West Virginia hills near
Beach. Bottom last night.
The suitcase was found by Depu
ty Sheriff William Collins, who took
Miner trom tne little cnurcn, where
ail ajiiauv. HU l, JJ1LU IT UilV,3UUJ
night. The suitcase and its con-tenti-
are to-be brought' here today
in an effort to have Miller identify
them. , .
Miller kept other prisonersin the
county jail awake all last night by
his singing. That he is demented
and his condition is, becoming worse
county officals say they are certain.
Police believe, that Miller is inno
cent of the crime which he has "con
fessed," as he is known to haVe been
working nights at the Carnegie
steel mills at the time the crime was
committed. --
Big Shortage of Laborers
Despite Increased Wages
Washington, April 16. Although
the established wage scale for com
mon laborers is $6 for an eight-hour
(lay as compared with $1.75 for a
nine-hour day before the war, there
is a 40 per cent shortage xf laborers
in New. York City. Ronald Taylor,
president of the Building Trades
Employers' association, told the
he'use immigration committee.
ITS PART IN
RAIL STRIKE
William Haywood. and John
SandgrCn I;
REDS AND POLES
ARE UNDECIDED
ON PEACE MEET
Bolsheviki i Minister Declares
All Responsibility for Con
tinuation of War,
By JOHN CLAYTON.
vw.v.(j Tlmra-riilcago Tribune Cable,
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t.,,. . ri .UVL''riwaur-T--- wun rerusai Dy tne
iciiuiy ui tiiuiu rui ruiui
to Organize "One Big Union"
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CHARTERS OF THREE :
LODGES ARE REVOKED
Major-General Wood Declares
He Is Unable to Find Evi-
. dence.of , Red Activities. in
Tieup Leaders Arrested.
Chicago, 'April 16. Plans of the
Industrial Workers of the World
to advocate one. big union move
ment during, the oresent unrest
among ' railroad w:cf kers was re
vealed in a statement by William
D.. Haywood, former general secre
tary and treasurer of the I. yv. W.
and John Sandgrcn, editor of the
One Big Union monthly, published
here today.
The two leaders were ouoted as
denying any connection between the
I. W. W. and insurgent railroad
organizations now on strike, but
said efforts had been made to in
stitute "industrial unionism" in the
unauthorized rail strikes as in all
other strikes of importance.
We have always agitated toward
securing recruits for the one big
union idea," Haywood was quoted.
"We did so in the Gary steel strike,
and we probably will do so as long
as we are an organization for we
consider that the goal of all indus
trial organization.
Wood Well Pleased.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, com
mander of the Central department
of the United States army, who re
turned to Chicago yesterday from
his eastern speaking tour, because
o,f the insurgent strike of railroad
w'orkers, tonight iaid he did not
find "any evidence of connection be
tween the railway men's strike and
I. W.' W. activities."
General Wood declared he found
traffic conditions improving through
out the department.
Attorney Oeneral Calmer on
Wednesday declared reports from
his department linked the "illegal"
switchmen's walkout with I. W. W.
f)lans for "one big union? and a nation-wide
walkout. . .
Military intelligence officers here i
naa been tinaDie to mm any con
nection between the two, General
Wood said.' ' ' .
General ! Wood added that lie
would remain on leave for the pres
ent as nothing In the situation here
made necessary his presence at ae
oartuient headquarters.
Orders Men to Return.
After revoking the charters of the
two Chicago lodges of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, and one
San Francisco lodge, A. F. Whitney,
vice-Aresident of the brotherhood,
today ordered all striking members
of the organization in the Chicago
iterminal district to return to worK
bv midnieht Saturday or sutter ex
pulsion from the union with loss of
their seniority rights.
With 25 leaders of the insurgent
forces under arrest in Chicago,
charged with violating the Lever
act. the movement of freight and
live stock approaching normal, and
the retutrn of many strikers to duty,
rail .chiefs and brotherhood officers
declared the walkout which started
more than two weeks ago was defi
nitely broken.
Among the local unions whose
charters were revoked was Lodge
456 of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St.
Paul railroad. oi which John Gru-
rau, head of the outlaw yardmen's
association, was a member. It was
the walkout of 700 switchmen on
this road that started the strike
wliich subsequently spread to many
railroad centers throughout the
country.
John Grunau. Harold Readfng.
president of the United Engine
Men's association, and four other
men arrested yesterday by federal
agents, announced they would not
put up bonds for their release.
Martin Kennedy. Shannon Jones,
John Logan and Hugo Radke, said
they would go to .jail rather than
furnish bonds, but 14 others gave
$10,000 bond for their release today
before U. S. Commissioner Mason.
R. S. Murphy, spokesman . f or the
Yardmen's association. blamed
brotherhood officers for the arrests.
Hi "said the men simply quit their
positions and were not strikers.
Five men for whom warrants were
issued have not been arrested.
Stock yards receipts were virtually
I'trmal today the railroads reported,
798 cars 'being received. The move
ment of live stock to eastern points
also was reported normal with fresh
meat shipments at 60 per cent of
normal. Thjere were 481 locomo
tives in operation in Chicago today,
compared'with 443 yesterday.
Poles to meet the soviet Russians on
neutral ground and a reiteration of
their demands for negotiations at
Borisoff, Commissioner of Foreign
Affairs Tchicherin has dispatched a
note again pointing out he inad
visability of a conference within
the rone of the armies, offering
Moscpw, or, as an alternative, Pet
rograd or Warsaw, providing the
soviet government delegation . is
guaranteed personal safety and the
right to use telegraph and wireless
freely in code.
Tchicherin declared the soviet
government was more than ready to
begin negotiations and pointed out
the responsbility of continuing
the war must rest with the Poles if
they refuse an armistice.
Finn Armistice Held Up.
For the present the armistice with
the Finnish government is delayed.
The Finns agreed in principle to the
armistice, but insisted on evacuation
of Petchenga by the red troops, and
re-establishment of the Finns m
their positions before the red ad
vance began. .
Commissar Tchicherin exoressed
surprise that a point which should
be a matter of discussion bad been
made' a condition of beginning con
versations. He said it placed the
unbeaten Russian government in the
position of capitulating or answer
ing no. For this reason, he declared,
operations must be resumed until a
more satisfactory answer could be
given.
Lithuania has asked for peace ne
gotiations, with frontiers determined
on ethnological principles.
Tchichefin replied Russia always
was ready to make peace on this
basis. ,
Whicfr Is the Greater Evil? v
' (Copyright, 1920;
THE SPIRIT OF UN RE ST T "
by The Chicago Tribune)
OR
THE SPIRIT OF REST?
Relieve Farmers From Unfair
Burdens, Pershing Policy
"The foundation of progress and prosperity in our
state has always been its agricultural interests. The wealth
of the state restsupon the intelligent industry and skill of
the farming element. Once described as the great American
desert, Nebraska has been transformed, through hard work
and scientific methods, into a veritable garden spot. Al
though scarcity of help greatly curtailed their efficiency,
no class of citizens in the union did more to sustain the
allied peoples and their armies during the war than the
farmers. They must not in future be surrounded with
hampering restrictions, onerous regulations or adverse
market conditions which prevent the fulfillment of this
duty toward the millions of people the world over who
depend upon them for food supply. It is to the solution
of these problems for the people of our state that our minds
and energies must be turned.
Amended Complaint
Names Omaha Nurse
In Action for Divorce
Los Angeles, April 16. (Special.)
An ammended complaint filed by
attorneys for Mrs. Walter O. Henry,
seeking a divorce from Dr. Henry
filed late Thursday, paves the way
for reopening one ot the strangest
divorce actions in the history of the
local courts. .
During, the hearing on the orig
inal complaint in - which the wife-
charged desertion; '. it dcvelopes that
Miss Hazel ,' Henderson, "former
Omaha nurse, was the real cause of
the domestic trouble. Judge Grant
Jackson, sitting in the case, refused
to proceed further and instructed
attorneys for Mrs. Henry, to file a
new complaint implicating Miss
Henderson. ,
None of the parties to the action
will comment on the case with the
exception of a statement from the
attorneys that the complaint com
plies with the order -of the court.
No date for the rehearing has been
set. .. ' , .
PERSHING HAS
KEEN INSIGHT
INTO AFFAIRS
TOUTLAW STRIKE
I IS COSTLY AFFAIR
FOR GOVERNMENT
Newspaper Correspondents
Constantly Surprised at Gen
eral's Broad Grasp of Na
tional Questions.
Arbitration Ends Near Duel
. Argument at Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, April 16. Arbitra
tion has settled the controversy be
tween Jose 'de Souza Lage, editors
of the newspaper O Pais of Rio
Janeiro, and Fernando Saguier, a
member of the Argentine senate,
whieh threatened to end on the
duelling field.
Two weeks ago the editor sent
a challenge to the senator, after the
latter had written an article for the
government organ -La Epoca of this
city, saying that Lage had misrep
resented President Irigoyen in an
interview.
Dr. Carlos Rodriguez Larreta,
former', Argentine member of the
permanent court j of arbitration at
The Hague, was the mediator who
effected a peaceful settlement.
Demand Same Treatment
As Roads Controlled by U. S.
Washington, April 16; Demand
ing the same treatment under the
transportation act as accorded rail
roads which were under- federal
controf during the war, the Ameri
can Short Line Raidroad association
at the concluding session of its spe
cial meeting, decided to ask the-)
Interstate Commerce commission to
award the standard return guaran
teed by the act to roads which were
not operated by the government.
Should the Interstate Commerce
commission refuse the request, the
association will ask congress for
remedial legislation.
Leonard Wood Arrives
In Omaha This Morning
Leonard Wood, candidate for
the presidential nomination on the
republican - ticket, will arrive in
Omaha at 9 a. m. today. He will
not stop here, but will continue
through to Lincoln. He will return
to Omaha at 3:30 p. m., address a
mass meeting at the auditorium at 4,
speak to a women s meeting at the
Rome hotel at 5:30 and leave for
Chicago at 9 p. m.
Mexico Asks Permission
To Send Army Through U. S.
Washington, April 16. Mexico
has asked permission from the. Unit
ed States to move troops through
American territory so as to attack
the state of Sonora from the north.
No action on the request has vet
been taken.
Washington, April 16. (Special.)
John J. Pershing's broad grasn of
questions i of itationat interest is a
constant source of surprise to news
paper c6'rrep0ndeiirs Who come iu
daily contact with him, now that the
stress of war work is past, and the
Nebraskan is so prominently men
tioned in connection with the presj
Cential nomination., ' v
This was strikingly illustrated to
day when the informal conversation
turned to farmers and farming. Gen
eral Pershing's information on this
Subject evidences the fact that his
strenuous duties have not prevented
him from .keeping in touch with
other questions of national, impor
tance. He expressed .himself as
strongly of the opinion that a most
imperative duty confronts the na
tion now as never before, demanding
our combined intelligence and en
ergies, in solving the-tremendously
important problems having to do
with the nation's -food supply. Ne
braska, as- one of the foremost agri
cultural states of the union, is most
vitally concerned, in the outcome,
declares the general. '
Restrictions Hampered. .
. Talking with Pershing thus in
formally one is impressed with his
viewpoint that, having demanded of
the farmer the production of a na
tion's necessities, we then straight
way proceed to surround him' with
too many hampering restrictions,
onerous regulations and adverse
market conditions, such as to make
hiss full compliance an impossibility.
We have sought, through a multi
tude of governmental bureau ac
tivities, he points out, to aid him to
(Continued on Page Two. Column Two.)
Irish Prisoners In
Mountjoy Prison Go
On Another Strike
Dublin, April 16, Another hunger
strike is reported to have been begun
in Mountjoy prison. The political
prisoners, both convicted and un-'
convicted, who arc still detained
there, refused to take food last night.
lhe latest hunger strikers total 40.
including nine who participated .in
the original strike.
Sergeant Henison. who was shoH
during the passage of a procession'
through the streets' of Balbriggin
Wednesday, died today. .
Barnes Opposes Proposal
To Extend Wheat Guarantee
Washington, April 16. Continu
ance of the government wheat guar
antee for 30 or 40 days after it
terminates June 1, proposed by Sen
ator Capper, republican, Kansas, at
the request of western growers, wras
opposed by President Barnes pf the
United State Grain corporation, in
a letter received by the Kansas sen
otor. , 1
"Government injection into busi
ness should be terminated at the
earliest possible moment," said Mr.
Barnes. -
The Weather
Losses Will Be Added to Big
Deficit to Be
Made Up.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee, Leaned U'lre.
'Washington, April 16: The out
law railroad strike is going to prove
a costly proposition for the govern
ment, as it has already cut deeply
into railway earnings and will there
by require' the government to make
up a -greater deficit. Before traffic
was ititerntpted in the great.rail -centers
.between Chicago and the. east
freight revenues were running about
$10,000,000 a dav and oasseneer rev
enues amounted to $3,000,000 daily.
A i considerable part of this traffic
disappeared-when the strike was at
its height.
The losses which the railroads
will sustain as a result of this strike
will come on top of "those (incurred
during November and December,
as a result of the bituminous coal
strike, an8 later during the severe
winter storms. .
On the basis of railroad reports
now available, it is estimated that
the government's loss for the six
months from November to April,
will be upward of $300,000,000. With
the February earnings at hand it
appears that the government's loss
for the four months, which began
November 1. is about $225,000,000.
Railway experts assert that with
out the credit protection provided
for in the new transportation act,
many railroad companies would now
be facing' bankruptcy.
Recommend Changes in
Army Court-Partial Law
Washington, April 16. Material
changes in armycourts-martial pro
cedtire were recommended by the
senate military committee in report
ing legislation growing out of the
Ansell-Crowder row. i
The bill, which will be offered tiy
Senator ' Chamberlain, democrat,
Oregon, as an amendment to the
pending army reorganization bill,
would create 'a board of review in
the' judge advocate general's office
vvjth powen to modify or annul all
court-martial sentences.
Trustee of Stanford
University Takes- Life
PakAlto. Cal., April 16. Percy
fT. Morgan, trustee of Stanford uni
versity and a director in a San
Francisco bank, was reported by
relatives to -have shot and killed
himself Friday at his home at Los
Altos, near here, because of des
pondency over ill health. '
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IOWA DEMOS FOR
MEREDITH FOR
1). S. PRESIDENT
Claude R. Porter to Make Race
for Senator and Clyde
Herring for Gov-
ernor.
Des Moines, la., April 16. Reso
Unions instructing the Iowa delega
tion to the democratic national cfrn-
"vetotian ta pte-sent' the nsttie of and
vote for Edwin T. Meredith, United
States secretary of agriculture, for
president were adopted unnanimous
ly here this afternoon .at a confer
ence of state democrats. Wilbur
Marsh, member of the national com
mittee, said .'the instructions would
be carried out. .
The state ticket selected was: U.
S. senator, Claude' R. Porter, Cen-
teiville; governor, Clyde Herring,
Des Moines; lieutenant governor,
Charles Cameron, Alta; attorney
general, Ray Files, Fort Dodge;
secretary of state,- Ruth Sumner,
Adel; auditorJohn Rude, Marshall
town;, railroad commissioner, John
O. Boyd, Keokufc.
Miss Anna B. Lawther of Du
hitmie chairman of women's Hivis
ion of democratic party, nad charge
of the women s meeting.
American Slain at Wesel
Was Attempting to Escape
Berlin, April 16. Paul R. DeMott
of Paterson, N. J., who was shot
and killed at Wesel. by, a German
sentry recently, was making a de
liberate attempt to escape from pris
on when fired upon, according to an
oral report made by a representative
of the "American commission here,
who has just completed an investi
gation of the incident. A rep'ort is
being prepared for the State depart
ment in Washington. .
Twice as Many Men Voters
As Women In Capital City
Lincoln, Nebi, April 16. (Spe
cial. )--iThe total registration for
Lincoln is 22,037 voters, of which
14,324 are men and 7,713 are women.
1 . , .
"Attack Constabulary Men '
Limerick. Muenster. Ireland,
April 16. While constabulary were
escorting mails from the postoffice
to the railway station last night
crowds pelted them with stones, and
it is alleged the civilians fired some
shots. The police returned the fire,
wounding two or three civilians.
Not in a Combination
Proposes New Coins.
Washington, April 16. Senator
Frelinghuysen, republican,. New
Jersey, introduced a bill providing
for the coinage of 7 and 8-cent coins.
It was referred to the banking committee.
Forecast.
'Probably showers Saturday; not
much change in temperature.
4.i io a. in 41
t.
in. m. . .
a. m 441
7 a. ni 44 li noon.
a. m 43, 1 p. m .
a. m 43 3 i. m.
At 7 a. m i.ey -.mil). 4lr wet bulb. ; !
relative linmlility. V.i. .It noon, ilry Imlh.
50; wet bulb. 4j: relnte humidity, fitf.
At noon, wiud ' telo-il.v, right milea an'
traur
i1
J Here are certain politicians in control of politi
achines in this state, who? it is alleged have
made secret combinations between certain candidates
for president, whose platforms are diametrically op
posed to each other, and certain delegates selected
to support said candidates. '
Such political combinations are against public
policy and good government and should receive the
stamp of disapproval of every loyal, citizen.
.We wish to state that we have not in the past, nor
will we at any time in the future, enter into any com
bination of any kind or nature whatsoever to thwart
the will of the people.
We have made and will make no secret deals
with any candidate or campaign managers.
And we say further thatwe are absolutely free
from any and all political machines nd entaglements
and believe in the rule of the majority and are in a
position to and will carry out the edict of the republi
cans of Nebraska as so expressed by -fheir votes on
April 20.
CHARLES II. KELSF.V, GEORGE S, AUSTIN'.
HOWARD H. BALDRIDGE. ELMER f. BURKETT.
TITUS LOWE. L. D. RICHARDS.
Candidates for Delegates at Large to the Republican
National Convention. .
" . ! . "
son WILL
ASK U S. FOR
RECOGNITON
New Republic Hopes to Fore
stall Permission for Car-
' ranza Troops to Cross Amer
ican Territory.
WOULD OPEN BOUNDARY
PORTS FOR TRADE
A 4
Action Would Not Involve Re
lations of This Country Witt
Mexico, Revolution Leader
Says Cites Previous Cases.
Agua Prieta. Sonora. Aoril 16
The state of Sonora will appeal to
the United States for recognition as
a belligerent. Announcement of the
appeal was made here by Francisco
.has, a leader in the sonora revolt
against the Carranza government of
Mexico. .
Sonora hopes to be recognized as
a belligerent, according to Senor
Elias, and thus forestall all Permis
sion being granted Carranza troops
to cross United States territory to
attack the state from thee border.
The appeal, if granted, also would
throw open the ports of the state on
the international boundary to trade
with the United States without restriction.
Notjlnvolve U. S.
Senor Elias said recoenition as a
belligerent would in no way involve
recognition by th United States of
the government of Sonora norother
wise involve its relations with Mexi
co as a whole. ' '
He said that in previous .Mexican
revolutions the United Ststec hiA
recognized any faction as a belligen
ent that had been in possession of
any port of entry to the United
States for 72 hours. Trooos were
ordered sent here with all dispatch
to guard the city against any attack
of federal authorities when it be
came? known the government of
Mexico had asked the United States
for permission to send troops here
from Juarez, Chihuahua through
United States territory.
Gen. J. ,M. Pina, in command of
the Sonora army in this district, ro-
deredal Iga rrison commanders to
send allavail -t ablet roopst o Agua
Prieta. Four hundred were march
ing here from Naco, Sonora, to
night.' . '-.-A- :
.Protest to Washington. ... , ,.
' T Sonora officials said they Ti ad
received assurances strong repre
sentations would be made at' Wash
ington against ' permission being
granted. They expected . border
American states to also protest' to
Washington against hte Larranza
request. V - 1 '
Gen. P. Ehas Calles. conimander-
in-chief of the Sonora forces, in a
telegram received here from Her
moslilo, said Sonora soldiers were
continuing their invasion of the
state of Sinaloa, but no mention was
made of their present whereabouts
or whether additional fighting had
taken place. . ; ' . ,
Germany Troops Mass
To Welcome Return of
Minister From Ruhr
Berlin, April 16. Government
troops were massed in the center of
Berlin last night, following the re
turn of Hcrr Severing, Prussian
minister of the interior, from the
Ruhr district where he was sent to
cdnduct operations. -
It is presumed this military move
ment was a result of rumors of a
new revolt impending. (
Severing ordered that' the public
be barred from the quarter of the
city containing government build
ings. -
Grave Condition . are v rennrteJ -
from Pomerania, where reactionaries
are actrve.
Allies to Send Word to the
Germans They Must Disarm
Paris. April 16. The reDresenta-
lives in Berlin of Franee C.r;t
Britain, Italy and Belgium will join
in a warning to Germany that it
must execute without delay the dis
armament and demobilization,
clauses of the peace treaty, accord
ing to present plans.
It IS Understood that the rharcru
d'affaires will also say to the Ger
man government that in case Vie. in
surrectionary movement in Germany
is not suppressed, the allies may
refuse further deliveries of .food
stuffs, f I
Three Pennsylvania Coal
Mines Closed by Strike
Hazleton. Pa.. Aoril fl6. TWe
collieries . of the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation company in the Panther
Creek vallev were closed when the
men left work. Vice-President An
drew Matti of District No. 7. United
Mine Workers of America, charged
that the walkout was engineered bv
agents of the I. W. W.. who arrived
in the hard coal field from Ch
and are endeavoring to promote the
"one big union" in the coal fields.
Chicago Offices to Close
, For Funeral of Sullivan
Chicago. April 16. City ana
countv offices will be closed tomor
row for the funeral of Roger C.
Sullivan, democratic leader, who
died at his home here Wednesday. .
Archbishop Mundelein will con
duct the- services at ; Holy Name
cathedral; -
Launch 10 0th Ship.
Philadelphia. April 16. Hog .
Island launched its 100th vessel, the
cargo carrier Independence HH.
Mr Murdoch Kendrick of Philadel
phia? was ,hc sponsor. "
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