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The Omaha' Daily Bee VOL 49 NO. 264. Itlntf MMi-eUM nttttr May M. IMS. it Oath P. 0. aadw Ml Hank S. OMAHA, WEDNESDAX, APRIL 21, 19201 Mall (I yur). Imlda 4th Zona. Daily 4 8tm, W: Dally Oaly. W: Saaday. 4. Oatdaa 41k Zaa (I yuO. Dally a aity. bally Oaly. $12; Saatay Oaly, I. PRICE TWO CENTS f r J rm JL JV JV ffl rn A. ii. s. daniel named new postmaster Temporary Appointment Will, Probably Be Permanent To Take Up Active Duties in New Post Today. HAS NOT BEEN ACTIVE IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY ' New Official Has Practiced , Law in City for Nineteen Years Is1 a Supporter of Senator Hitchcock. :f ., Herberjt S. Daniel, attorney, has been appointed acting postmaster of Omaha, succeeding Charles E. Fan nin?, who died a week ago. , Mr. Daniel will take charge of the office this morning and will hold it until a permanent nomination is made by President Wilson. The un derstanding is that the president will name Mr". Daniel for the permanent . four-year team. The temporary appointment was made through the postmaster gen eral on recommendation of Senator Hitchcock. i Quite unlike his predecessor, Mr. .Daniel has not been particularly active in democratic politics, al though he has been .a consistent party man and a supporter of Sen ator Hitchcock. '! Mr. Daniel wa born in Norfolk, Neb., but snent his latter youth in Virginia, being graduated from the University of Virginia. He re turned to Nebraska and began the practice of law in Omaha 19 years ago. . ' . The 'only previous public offices Mr. Daniel has held -were those of city, prosecutor a .number of years ago and chief of a division in the office of A. Mitchell Falmer, custo dian of alien enerrjy property (during the war. In the latter position Mr. Daniel directed the care of over $600,000,000 of property, embraced .in 25,000 separate trusts. "-- I " I I Proposed Bill Would Let Railroads Enter Water Transporting (lileaco -ibune-Omh Bee leased Wire.' , . Washington, April 20. Senator Kellogg of Minnesota introduced a ''bill today to restore the right of rail ways to own competing water lines ion the Great Lakes and along the J coast. , - , , Transcontinental railroads .would . not be allowed to own steamship lines operating between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts through the Pan . nma canal. The prohibition against such ownership, carried in the Pan ama canal act, would still stand, but theT")roader prohibition prohibiting railroads from owning any water lines that could compete with the tail lines would be nullified. Under the terms of the Kellogg bill permission to operate steamship ; lines paralleling .rail lines would have to be obtained from the Inter state Commerce commission. That body might grant authority to a rail ,line to operate water carriers if con vinced that such service would be in the interest of the public. - ';Vl, Salesman "Lost" for Three Days Gets Home In "Dazed'! Condition Edward H. Baker, 37 years old, city salesman for the Diamond , Match company, reported missing 'to the polices returned to his nome at 2606 North Thirtilth street yes terday afternoon in a "dazed" con dition., . ' ' Baker caused considerable excite ment at the police station yesterday when his automobile was found wrecked and. abandoned at Fifteenth and Jackson streets after his wife had reported his absence since Monday afternoon. Mrs. Baker said she could not of fer any reasonable explanation for her husband's absence as he came home in a "dazed" condition. She said he was riot -siriously hurt but apparently had been stunned by a blow on the head. Omaha Attorney Who Is Named to Jo of Local Mail Director v ,1 '' k ha : 1 ( - v. - V ; ,c . " ,v . Herbert S. Daniel. 1 Youth Confesses to Attack On Seven-Year-Old Boy Lexington, Ky., April 20. Keith Phillips, 16 years old, held since Sat- ' urday in the Danville, jail 1 on sus- -picion ""of being implicated in the kidnaping and attack on 7year-old W'rllie Trimble, confessed he alone abducted the boy and attacked him with a hammer, according to Sheriff M. J. Farris and Deputy Sheriff Polk . Critchfield, who say the. confession was made to them. . Mother of "BiMye, Fatnbus Humorist. Dies in Minnesota Moorehead, Minn., April 20.--Mrs. Eliza Loring Nye, mother of Judge Carrol A. Nye of Moorehead and of .Frank M. Nye of Minneapolis, for mer congressman, died in Moore head late last night at the age of 93. Another son, Edgar, known as "Bill" Nye, the -famous homorist, died 24 9tm tf . SENATE PASSES ARMY BILL; NOW TO CONFERENCE Wide Difference With House Plans Must Be Ironed Out Before Enactment Into " a Working Law. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Washington, . April-20. The seji ate passed the Wadsworth army re organization bill today by a vote of 46 to 10. The measure now goes to conference where wide differences between the senate and house plans must be bridged before it is finally enacted into law. The Wadsworth bill, though far from what its framers desired, is the most compresensive scheme of per manent national defense ever enact ed by congress. Its salient features are: . The establishment of the "one big army" scheme under which the reg ular army, the national guard and the organized reserves will be merged into one great national unit. Strength Set at 280,000. , Provision for a regular army of 280,000 men. Creation of a , system of nation wide voluntary training. Reorganization of the national guard under the army clause of the constitution so that it will become distinctly a part of the federal army instead of reverting to its old State militia basis. The ten senators who voted against the bill were Dial, Harrison, McKellar, Overman, Reed, Shep pard, Simmons, Smith of South Carolina and Trammell, democrats, and Gronna, of North Dakota, re publican. ' In the final debate on the measure Senator Reed of Missouri predicted that the people would never approve of the creation of so large a stand ing army. He insisted that its cost would be too burdensome upon the taxpayers. , "Too Large," Says Reed. "It is larger than we need," he said. "It is twice as large as any army we' ever had before in peace time. Who are we going to fight? If it is Mexico, certainly we don't need so large an army, for that pur pose." The senate appointed Senators Wadsworth, Sutherland, New, Cham berlain and Thomas as conferees to take charge of the bill in the negotia tions with the house.' ... The important fundamental differ ence betweeri the senate bill and the house bill lies irr the fact that the former undertakes to lay down a new principle of national defense by creating one big national army, while the latter simply restores the old dual system of a regular army and a national guard. ' Demand Equalized Rates . On Exports and Imports St. Louts, April . 20. Resolutions demanding that the United States shipping board equalize rates on all imports and exports were adopted here at the convention of the Mis sissippi Valley association. ' The resolutions asked that the dif ferential on shipping through north Atlantic ports be lifted and stated that under present rates some-shipments are allowed to pass through, these ports 15 cents 100 pounds cheaper than through the gulf gate ways. Women of Connecticut to ' Wage Fight for Suffrage Cleveland, April 20.-T-Forty-eight republican women one from each state in the union will invade1 Con necticut May 1, to participate in, a 10-days -campaign in the interest of suffrage ratification by the legisla ture. This announcement was made tonight by Mrs Harriet Taylor Up tonof Warren, president of the Ohio Women's Suffrage association. Establish Freight Line L To South -America on May 1 San Francisco, Cal., April 20. Es tablishment on May 1 of a regular freight service of four vessels rang ing from 3,700 to- 4,500 deadweight tons between United States Pacific ports and west coast ports of South America was announced ' by the General Steamship wEBpaox tire, 140 KILLED IH TORNADO! GULF STATES Property Loss Running Into Many Millions Caused by Storm Which Sweeps Por tions of the South. VIRTUALLY ENTIRE TOWN IS DESTROYED Twister Cuts Narrow Path, Carrying Destruction to a Dozen Communities Com munication Difficult i "J Birmingham, Ala., April 20. A death list which tonight stood at more than 140, and a property loss of many millions of dollars was the toll exacted by a tornado which to day swept a score of towns, villages and isolated farms in eastern Missis sippi, northwestern Alabama andjhe southern counties of Tennessee. Communication with many oi the stricken districts was difficult, but fragmentary reports agreed that the tornado obliterated nearly every thing that lay in its path. In at least one case that of Rose Hill, Miss., virtually the entire town is believed to have been destroyed and in sev eral instances every membe'r of a family were reported to have been killed. Sweeps Narrow Path. Striking first in Lauderdale coun ty, Miss., about 10 o'clock this morning, the storm swept.a narrow path across the state, carrying de struction to a dozen or more com-' munities. ' V About the same time death and damage from the same or a similar disturbance was reported from counties in the northwestern corner of Alabama, the extreme force of the wind being expended before the Tennessee line was reached, in Will iamson and Maury' counties. 1 Meridian, Miss., the heart of a rich farming district, suffered heavi est, according to reports ' with a known death list of 21. The village of Glen, Alcorn county, numbered its dead at 10. Aberdeen, 10; Ingo mar, 6; Egypt, 5; Baker, 5, and Bay Spring, 7. A lumber camp near Philadelphia, Neshoba county, lost 12 workers killed and 30 injured,' several prob ably fatally. In Alabama, the rural districts around Sheffield, Gurley, Little Cove and Wavo, felt the full force of the storm, and with sbme sections still cut off, a srore of bodies 'have been recovered. , Wrecks Many Homes. Across the Tennessee line, 160 miles from Meridian, near where it originated, the storm still had force sufficient to wreck homes and farm buildings and to cut a swath through the forests and fields. Only three deaths are known to have oc curred in the state, however. The wide territory covered by the tornado led to a belief tonight that there was' more than one atmosphere disturbance. Reports today describe the local destruction as having been confined to a path measuring from 100 to 500 yards wide, within which the cyclonic wind, when at its height! left nothing but the most solid structures standing. Strikes School House. Starkville, Miss., April 20. Sev eral persons are .reported to have been killed in a tornado which struck Belli school house, seven miles north of here. Family Wiped Out Sheffield, Ala., April 20. A tor nado swept this section of Alabama today, killing a farmer, his wife and two children in Colbert county. One man is reported to have been killed in Franklin county. . Death Toll Grows. , . Little Rock, Ark., April 20. The death toll of the tornado in north western Arkansas Sunday night reached 26 this afternoon,- accord ing to reports reaching here. Twelve of this number haVe been confirmed. Wire service to the storm-stricken communities was still demoralized today. ... i Supreme Council- Makes A Free Part of Batum San Remo, April 20. The supreme council 1 Monday decided to insert a clause in the Turkish treaty making Batum a free port for the republic of Azberaijan, Georgia and Armenia. The reply to President Wilson, which is being drafted by the British was filed for examina tion, i A note from the league of nations to the supreme council concerning the mandate over Armenia pointed out that the league of nations had no funds, no staff and no military forces with which to carry out the mandate. ... Lumber Supply Sufficient To Last for Next 150 Years Chicago, April 20. Prospects of a lumber shortage were declared re mote byjnembers of the National Lumber Manufacturers' association, who , met Tuesday to consider problems relative . to- the con servation of forests. F. V. Dunham said the present visi ble supply was more than 2,860,000, 000,000 board, feer, which 'he de clared was sufficient to last at least ,159 jreiirs. ; it . , ; . " - i f '-or. f x.: v.. v RAIL LABOR BOARD REJECTS PLEAS OF "OUTLAW" UNION , . Deny All Applications of ..Strikers on Demands for "Living Wage " ' ' ''' '' '" ' Washington, April 20,-r-Applica-tions of unauthorized strikers for hearings on their demands for a "liv ing wage" were denied by the rail road labor board after Chairman Barton had ruled that any one might file a complaint, but that it was for the board to determine whether the dispute was one which the law em powered it to adjust. In its reply to Edward McHugh of New York, who filed a brief as a citizen, asking a hearing on Ihe ground of the "existing emergency," as well as a formal complaint, the board said it declined to authorize the application to be filed and dock eted as a case because it did not comply with the law and with order No. 1. , Chairman Barton announced that the same ruling applied to the ap plications of the St. Louis and Chi cago Yardmen's association or any other body which had not complied with the rules adopted by the board. Order No. 1 provides that no complaint-will be entertanied from any parties who are not using every ef fort to avoid any interruption to the operation of the railroads. Representatives of the strikers de clared that they would be on hand when he board resumes its hearing of the general wage controversy to morrow. , warm fight in house on Army bonus scheme Chairman Good Warns Mem bers That Plan Will Excite , Wrath of People. Washington, April 20. Conflict between republicans and democrats on soldier relief legislation broke out in the house Tuesday after Chair man Good of the appropriations com mittee had warned members that to put through a cash bonus plan would "bring down the wrath of 106,000,000 men, women and chil dren.", -jf . " "The ' greatest badge that the American soldier will wear," Repre sentative Good declared, "will be the badge of sacrifice and not the badge of a bonus." The fight over the legislation started when Representative Mon dcll of Wyoming, republican leader, in opposing "any wild enterprise costing many millions," charged that the democrats were attempting to foist p.n extravagant plan on the re publican house for political rea sons." f The statement of the republican leader brought a quick , response! from Representative Garner of Texas, the democratic whip, who at tacked the republican sales tax plan for raising the needed revenues, de claring the republicans were plan ning "to place a tax on the backs and bellies of the people, instead of tak ing u from the pockets of those best able to pay." Germany Warned Food May Be Curtailed If New Rule Is Hostile Paris, April 20. The German gov ernment has received an identical note from the allied powers warning her of the effect of the revictualing of the country the establishment of a government opposed to executing the Versailles treaty would have, ac cording to a semi-official statement, which says:" "The action proposed by the Brit ish government having for its object to warn Germany of the conse quences of the establishment of a government" hostile to execution of the treaty would have with regard to revictualing the country was taken last evening. An identical note was presented to the under secretary of foreign affairs by the representatives of the allies." Potatoes Moved as Result Of Profiteering Inquiry Chicago, April 20. Several car loads of potatoes, held on railroad sidings in Chicago since late in March, have been moved as the re suit of an inquiry into profiteering, it was announced by Assistant Dis trict Attorney Milroy. In .two cases, he said, horses were used to move the cars. Three Bandits Get $5,50fj Of Standard Oil Funds i Kansas City, Mo., April 20. Three men in a motor car Tuesday after noon stopped and robbed two em ployes of the Standard Oil company, who were on their way-to a bank in a motor car with $5,500. The bandits escaped. j. ' The Weather Forecast. Nebraska: Unsettled Wednesday and Thursday with probably show ers; cooler, Thursday. Idwa: Unsettled Wednesday, prob ably showers and cooler Thursday. Temperatures. IS a. m. . . m.. 7 a. m . . H a. m. . a a. ...48 ...41 ...40 ...44 .41 10 a. m... ...... .49 il a. m,,,uik.Bs 1 P. m....... t p. m 3 p. m.,.t.a., 4 p. m ), 5 p. m. p. m. T . n. B ..56 ..57 ..5A ..57 ..57 ..57 k.7 , - J- WOOD LEADS BY SCRATCH IN DOUGLAS Returns From Forty-Six Pre cincts Show Johnson Close Second for Republican Presi dential Preference Here. . HITCHCOCICSTicKET v LEADS BRYAN SLATE Howell Carries TerriforyOver McCloud Three to One Robert SmithN Wins a Re nomination. ' Unofficial returns from 46 scatter ing precincts, pf Douglas county show Wood and Johnson running a close race for first place. In these Same precincts McMul len is leading McKelvie by a sub stantial vote for the republican gubernatorial nomination, with Pol lard third. j v J. H. Morehead, former governor, who filed at the eleventh hour, is showing surprising strength, accord ing to early returns, leading the field by a large plurality, his vote being twice that of Clark in 46 precincts. Clark was the Hitchcock-Mullen candidate and lives in Richardson county, Morehead's home county. Jackson, endorsed by the "com mittee of 5,000," is out, of the run ning. ' . '.. Howell and Mullen Lead. R. B. Howell and Arthur F. Mul len present republican and demo cratic national committeemen, re spectively, are leading their oppo nents by large figures. Mr. Mullen was opposed by W. H. Thompson of Grand Island, the "Little Giant," and the ,Byan candidate. In these 46 precincts, the Hitch cock delegates-at-large walked away with the Bryan delegates. Library Bonds Carry. The public library bonds, in the sum of $250,000, apparently carried, . Scattering voters wrote in the names of the following for presi dential preference: McAdoo, Bryan, Harding, Cox, Hoover, Lowden, Thomas Marshall, Owen, Edwards and Debbs. , One voter wrote in the name of J. C. Dahlman for democratic nom ination for vice president. Fifteen precincts gave J. N. Bald win 80 and Amos. Scruggs 76 in the republican race for public defender. Smith Apparently Nominated. Robert Smith, clerk of the district court, had a safe lead in early un official returns, Dan Westergard be ing runner-up for this republican nomination. H. G. Counsman probably will win the republican nomination for coun ty assessor and T. F. Stroud will be the republican nominee for county commissioner, in the Third district. In the democratic race for nomi nation for clerk of 'the district court, Peter E. Elsasser, in 10 precincts, re ceived 102 votes against 63 for L. B. Johnson. Early returns indicate that Lieut. Gov. P. A. Barrows and Attorney (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) Water Board Members Headed for a Beating On Face of Returns Eighteen precincts indicateiMhat Franklin A. Shotwell will receive the republican . nomination for Metro politan Water board against C. M. Wilhelm and that J. C. Dahlman will defeat C. R. Sherman for the demo cratic nomination. The figures: P. A. Shotwell. .374 I C. M. Wilhelm. .181 J. GDahlman..S28 I C. R. Sherman.. 87 ' Early returns from 18 precincts Show library bond proposition as follows: ' Tes ...524 No 108 Admits Killing Physician For Attentions to Wife Los Angeles, Cal.-, April 20. Charles L.. Stokes, former captain in the United States army, whose trial on an indictment alleging the mur der" of Dr. E R. Roberts of Saw telle October last, was to have be gun today, changed his plea of not guifty to one of guilty of manslaugh ter. He applied for probation and a hearing on his application was set for April 29.. Dr. Roberts' body was found in a tar pit. at Sawtelle. Stokes, accord nig to the police, confessed to having-, killed the physician, who. he said, had been paying attentions to his wife. He said he came home the night of the slaying as Dr. Roberts start ed to drive away in his automobile. Then, according to the police, Stokes said he jumped on the run ning board of the machine and beat the physician into unconsciousness with a club. ( Probe Bigamist's Record ' Los Angeles, .April 20. The en tangled matrimonial' alliances of Richard Huirt, alleged bigamist, were still occupying the attention of sheriffs deputies here and in adja cent counties today, while telegrams continued, to arrive from other Sec tions of the west, throwing addi tional light on the methods whereby the man is believed to have acquired 29. wives, of whom J.Q ue pausing. Primary Winners. ' President. ,' .Republican Hiram Johnson. ' - - . , Democrati c G, M. Hitchcock. ' , Governor. Republican In doubt. Democratic John H. Morehead. National Committeeman. Republican R. B. Howell. Democratic In doubt. 1 Delegates-at-Large. Democratic Dan V. Stephens, Keith Neville, A. C. Shallenberger; fourth in doubt. , Probably. ANTI-C ARRANZA REVOLT GROWNIG AMONG MEXICANS Capital Is Threatened and Thought to . Be Only Ques- . tion of Days Before Presi- ' dent Must Flee. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire.' Washington, April 20. The flame of revolt against Carranza is sweep ing over Mexico with amazing rapid ity, according to advices received in Washington. Mexico City is threat ened and it is believed to be only a question of days before Carranza will be compelled to fight to retain his hold on the capital or to flee. All of the v west coast and the southern states are reported to have joined the revolution inaugurated by the state of Sonora in the northwest. The disaffected territory on the map appears like a long fish hook with Mexico City held in the curve, and thus menaced on three sides. Obregon Gathering Army. General . Obregon progressive party candidate for the presidency, is reported to have made good his es cape from Mexico City and to have reached the insurgent country, where he is gathering an army for the at tack on the capital. "The discontent against Carranza in Mexico is 'so iritense and so gen eral that the revolution may 'triumph so precipitately as almost to avoid bloodshed,'' said Gen. Salvador Al varado of Sonora, who reached Washington .to present the case of the revolutionists to the American people. "Carranza, instead, of using this powerito'carry out reforms, and to solve all the problems that were in the'way of the free development of the economic and social forces of Mexico, has employed all the re sources of the nation to prepare his plans to continue in 'power," said General Alvarado. Promotes Difficulties. "He has deposed, by means of cor ruption and force, the governments of the states of San Luis Potosi, Guanajuato, Queretaro, Campeche, Neuvo Leon, Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Jalisco, Vera Cruz and in those states in which he conld not canry out his plans of placing favorites such as happened in Yucatan, i Tabasco, Nayarit, Zacatecas, Michoacan, Hi dalgo and Sonora, he tias not ceased to promote economic and military difficulties to, destroy, by force, their respective independent governments, which he considers an obstacle for. the realization of the criminal plans he has been trying to make ef fee tive.'! ' ; ! New York Legislature Passes Bills Designed To Bar Socialist Vote ! Albany, N. Y., April 20. ; Two bills designed to bar the socialist party of, America, as now consti tuted, from the official erection bal lot, were passed by the assembly. The vote on each was 83 to 56. 1 The bills were favorably acted upon over the opposition of the two party leaders, Simon L. Adler, re publican, and Charles D. Donohue, democrat, and 11 of the 13 members of the assembly judiciary committee, which recently recommended expul sion of tie five socialist assembly men, a report which was favorably acted upon by the assembly. One of the bills set up a series of qualifications fpr members of the legislature and other public offices, and provides for their disbarment from such office upon conviction of failure to meet the qualifications ar.rl prohibits advanced resignations.-Another disqualification is the support ana advocacy cjt principles, doc trines and policies which might vio late the constitution of the United States or the state of New York . Mitchell Elects Mayor. Mitchell, S. D., April 20. Dr. E. V. Bobbrwas elected mayor of Mitchell Tuesday by a majority of 171 Jh the heaviest vote ever regis tered in. the city. ' BelalCun Released. Vienna, April 20. It is reported here that Bela Kun. the former Com munist dictator of Hungary, who has been under internment in Aus tria, has been released and sent to Russia. SWINDLERS CAN NOT BUNCO OLD, GURTISFARMER City Slickers Try to Put Works on Former Police Chief With Horse Race Gag ' ' Land in Jail.- . BRYAN'S FATE 11(111; M'KELVIE IN HOT RAGE; HOWELL PROBABLY WINS Mullen Runs Behind Out-State, But Heavy 'Vote, in . Cities May Put Him Over Morehead Easy Winner on Democratic Gubernatorial Race More Than 200,000 Go to Polls. : . ' ' , . Senator Hiram Johnson of .California woa Nebraska's presidential preference in thev republican primary yesterday." He received as many votes as both General Wood and Per- shirig put together and is apparently the winner by a dear majority of approximately 5,000 over all. V." - " The question of whether William J. Bryan will, partici- ; pate in the democratic national convention as a dele"gate-at-, . -large from Nebraska or will have to view the proceedings from a ,seat in the press section is undecided, on the basis of the latest available returns. These show Bryan' fighting with . McNeny, Thomas and Berge for fourth place, the last winning number. ' ...... . , v -' Former Congressman Dan V. Stephens of the Bryan slatel is safe, as are former Governors Shallenberger And Neville of the Hitchcock slate, these being the three certain winners jta, this contest. . V 1 - Senator Hitchcock, of course, received the democratic presidential preference over Mr. Ross -of Lexington, N,eb. Two real races developed1 in tht republican primary, one between " Governor McKelvie and Adam Ale- ' Mullen of Gage countv for the gu bernatorial nomination; the other be-' t tween National Committeeman R ' B. Howell and Charles McCloud.'of York for the national committee manship. 'f j ' On the basis of scattering, but fair ly representative returns, McCloud is leading Howell out-state for the national cqmmitteemanship, but Howell is due to roll up' a majority of 4,000 in Douglas county.'Whethei ' ; or not McCloud holds his out-staU lead and comes I to Omahe. with enough to defeat Howell is a ques tion still to he decided. Indications ' favor Howell. , . , McMollcn carried Douglas count for governor by several hundred . ' oyer Governor "M cKelvie and .is .run ning the governor a neck-and-neck race out-state. - Returns' on this con test are extremely "spotted.' one -county showing - strong ifcKeh: tendency and another equally strong opposition. - . , Morehead in Walk. ' Former Governor John H. More head won the democratic nomina--.' tion in a walk, having almost as many votes, if not fully as many,- " as all the other four candidates to-' gether. He defeated the Hitchcock candidate, Ralph Clark, the two Bryanites, George Jackson and Grant Shumway and the Nonparti san leaguer, W. J. Taylor. Clark ap pears to have run second. r. ; TotaJ Vote Almost 200,000. There were indications that the total vote in the state would be around 200,000. A nqrmal general election vote is 275,000, with primary . elections considerably . below that figure. Returns indicate hat the ? storm in central and western ,Ne- . braska materially reduced the vote from what, would otherwise have been registered, but the addition of ' women to the list of voters brought the total to a new primary ( record. Slow counting of returns and dif- ficult wire transmission mad? .the tabulations the slowest in 10 years" 1 time and delayed all calculations as to minor offices on the state ticket. Following are the latest'available" I ' totals on the state outside of Doug- ' las county: , i s " - ;x , FOR, PRESIDENT. ' , - ? -Republican (85 pjecinctsWood 2,061; Johnson, 3,627; Ross, 216; ' Pershing, 1,099. 4 Democratic (53 precincts) Ross - 472; Hitchcock. 1,423. . FOR GOVERNOR. ' Republican (79 precincts) Mc" ' Kelvie, 2,013: McMulIen. 1.530: Pol. , lard, 708; Hall, 500: McLaughlin' 7?6; Mathewson," 364. - - , Democratic (79 precincts) Shum- way, 200; Jackson, 395; Clark, SOS; n Taylor, 287; Morehead, 1,316. For National Committeeman. ' : Republican (72 precincts) Mc Cloud, 2,957; Hfcwell, 2,704. , t ' Democratic (55 precincts ) Thompson, 1,316; Mullen, 1,082. For Delegates-At-Large. , Democratic (50 precincts) Steph ens, 1,575; Berge, 1,478; Thomas, 1,459; Bryan, 1,543; Shallenberger.' 1.912; Neville, 1,906; McNeny, 1,441; Neblo, 1,328. An attempt to swindle Gus Lar son, Curtis Neb., farmer, out of $2,500-last night resulted iii the ar rest of J. W. Butts of St. ToseDh. Mo., and Osa Spinkle, alias T. G.. Kiggs, of Rogers, Ark., two alleged confidence men, by Omaha 'detec tives after they had met Larson at me sireci corner Dy appointment ro collect money which they had prom ised to place on a horse race. Larson came, to Omaha last Sat urday with his daughter, who has undergone an operation at the Nich olas Senn hospital. Monday after noon he was approached by Butts at Sixteenth and Howard streets, who struck up an acquaintance with him. Meets Old Friend. ' Larson was walking with Butts near Eighteenth andDouglas streets Tuesday morning, when Butts reJ marked that he thought that he knew the man they had just passed. He turned, and as if he had not seen Spinkle for a long time, appeared to renew acquaintanceship. Butts remarked that he was-going over to place $5 on a horse race. He returned a short time later with $45. Then he deeided to go over and place $1,000 on a race. In order to, show that he was actually winning money, he agreed to divide a part of his profits with Spinkle and Larson, He returned a short time later stat ing that he had won $10,000 and that he was going to give Larson and Spinkle each a check for $2,500. Then he decided to place $20,000 on a race and win s $200,000. He stated, however, that he did not have the cash 'to place He was willing, he told Larson, to put the $10,000 he had won in on the bet, $2,500 to(Lar son's credit, and to use $5,000 of his own if Spinkle and Larson would furnisrt the other $5,000. They were to meet at Eighteenth and Douglas streets at 8 last night, at which time Larson was to give him $2,500. Couldn't Fool Larson. , But instead of getting the money, Larsen, who was former chief -of police at Gothenburg, Neb., went to the police station. .Detectives were sent to the place, and the men were arrested when they came to get Larsen's money. ; Both are held for investigation. Spinkle's wife was ar rested a short time later by de tectives and is also held for investi gation. ' A large amount of alleged "bogus" oil stock, and numerous checks on banks all over thecoUntry, ranging in value 'from $10,000 to $50,000 were found in the possession of the men. Mrs. Wilson's Secretary Married to Admiral Helm Washington. April 20. Miss Edith Benham, social scrctary to Mrs. Wilson, wife of the president, and - Rear Admiral" J. M. Helm, lenior member of the, commission on na77 yards, were married here today at Miss Benham's home. Mrs. Wilson was the only guest present, except the members of the bride's family x j Mrs. Helm, who is a daughter of the late Rear Admiral Benham, U. S. N., has served as Mrs. Wilson's social secretary for several years and accompanied her on both trips to Europe. Silver Fox Furs Bring . $670 a Pair in N. Y. Sale New York, April 20. Silver fox furs, which featured transactions at the fur sale here, brought as high as $670 a pair. Nutria pelts sold for $6.10, an 80 per cent increase over hV yf"ar' Te day' totaled $550,000, Dismiss Liquor Charges 7- . Against County" Of ficirs .4 Minneapolis. Minn.. Aoril 20. ws Technical errors in the liquor con- : "-'t spiracy indictment against Sheriff 4 Oscar Martinson of Hennepin coun- ty, four deputy sheriffs and eight f other Minneapolis men, caused dis-' , i missal of the indictment by United , .'' States District Judge Page Morris. . B the others werf . -J i R U i i . i . Martinson ana me otners werr Charged in the indictment with con spiring to shin liquor into the United States from -Canada. , American Red Cross Nurses Arrive From Vladivostok Seattle, Wash.. April 20. Twen ty-one American Red Cross nurses and their aides arrived Tuesdav, from Vladivostok. They pictured Siberia as a country of utter despair, where disease is the greatest foe of the armies, the civilian population , and those who would Tender assist ance to the inhabitants of a onct prosperous cougtm