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l ms Omaha B aily Bee VOL. 49. No. 268. Catwtd Hm(4liii auttar May Jtv I Oaaha r. 0. aafer act at March 8. at 17. OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1920 l Malt (I mr), lailaa 4th Zaaa, Dally aaa luu, $: Dally Oaly. 18: Suaaay, 14. Ualttda 4tk laaa (I jruO. Dally a Saafay. IK; Dally Oaly, 112; Saatlay Oily, II. PRICE TWO CENTS FIND EIGHT MURDERED ON DAKOTA FARM Dead Bodies of Man and Wife, Five Children and Hired Boy Discovered by Neigh bor, North of Bismarck.' EMPTY SHOTGUN SHELLS INDICATE WEAPON USED One-Year-Old Babe Only Mem ber of Family to Escape Authorises Mystified as to Identity of Slayer. THE DEAD. acob Wolf, 45 years. Irs. Jacob Wolf. Bertha Wolf, 13 years. "7 Mary Wolf, 10 years. Edna Wolf, 8 years. Lydia Wolf, 5 years. Martha Wolf, 4 years. Jake Hofer, 13 years. Chirac Tribune-Omaha Be Lrard Wire. Bismarck, N. D., Aprif 25. Ap parently killed by shotgun fire, the bodies jf Jacob Wolf, his wife, their five children and a boy em ployed on the farm were found on the Wolf farm, three jniles north of Turtle Lake, McLean county, by a neighbor. When John Kraft en tered a barn on the farm he found the bodies ofWolf and one of his daughters lying on the floor. Not seeing the rest of the family, Kraft went down into the basement where he found the bodies of Mrs. Wolf, the other children and the farm laborer. ' , No Evidence of Struggle. There was no evidence of any struggle, according to reports from the Wolf farm and as Wolf is not known to have had any enemies the sheriff's office is unable to offer any theory of the tragedy. It is positive, however, that the deaths were caused by gunshot fire, as wads from shells were scattered around the house and barn, indicating that many shots had been fired. The only member of the family that escaped the murderer's fire was the youngest child, a baby girl, just passed her first birthday. The hild was almost famished and in a weak ened condition, indicating that the murders had been o mimitted at least ?4 hours before the eight bodies were discovered. Early reports from Turtle Lake fail to give any details regarding the finding of the bodies, other than those related above, and the mystery is regarded as one of the most star tling and impenetrable ever recorded in the police annals of North Da kota. It is believed by the author ities KtTirtle Lake, it is said, that the seven people were murdered by one or more persons, who made their escape without leaving any tlue. Officers in Dark. Inasmuch as the Wolf farm is more or less surrounded by oth er farm homes, it is difficult to understand why neighbors failed to ltcar the shots. Kraft, according to his story, had noticed Friday that the Wolf washing was on the line and this morning when he passed near the place, he saw the washing still hanging out, and in YCjtiisatcd. Wolf was about 45 years old and was popular in Turtle Lake1. He was last seen alive Thursday morn ing bv a neighbor. It is believed the crime was committed Thursday ivht or Friday morning. The children., all but one of whom were killed, range from. 13 years to 1 year old. Holt County Potato Kings Guard Their Cellars With Guns O'Neill, Neb., Aprit 25. (Special.) Holt county residents fear no booze highjackers, but some of the potato kings- who have their seed potatoes for this year's crop still in the cellars because planting has been delayed by the wet spring, cast suspicious eyes upon prowling strangers and are keeping their ar tillery handy and watchdogs on guard to prevent raids upon their stocks. Holt county, which has been crowding the leaders in potato pro duction the last few years, prob ably will take second or third place in the state this1 year and several of the large growers have several hundreds of bushels each on hand. Spuds at the grocers long ago passed from necessity to the luxury class and now are sold by the dozen, as oraupes, bananas and apples used to be. They have ceased to appear as filler on the restaurant bills of fare and only come as special orders with steaks. In their place at regular meals now apnear concoc tions of onions, carrots, bread and other ingredeints madupas turkey dressing. At a church donation supper Fri day night none of the donors brought spuds. Miny brought chick ens, fruit salad, ham or fresh eggs. There was none of the old familiar potato salad, a former favorite be cause it was easy to make and mocf trate in cost Steelier Throws Linow. New York, April 25.-Joe Steelier, world's heavyweight wrestler, threw Ivan Linow of Russia in 1 hour and 25 minutes in a catch as catch can bout here Saturday feht. The win ning fall was obtained by a body scis'QX and a h&Zf nelson Mexican Rebels Attacking Carranza Forces in Fight For Tampico. Oil District Revolt Against Government Shifts Activity From East to West O " 'fkf Meager Report of Battle i. 3iueneral Murguia, Conqueror of Villa, sjo'mmands Federal Troops. By NORMAN WALKER. Chicago Trlbuna-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire. El Paso. Tex., April 25. Old Man Mars shifted his searchlight from the west to tfie east coast of Mexico Saturday. Reports from Tampico, re ceived in Juarez by way of Chihua hua City and Torreon, gave meager details of fighting in progress on the eastern coastal plains where the great Mexican oil fields are located. If the rebels succeed in gaining con trol of the Tampico-Tuxpam district, it will be a body blow for the Car ranza government, which depends upon the export Tax from the Tam pico field for a large part of its revenue. y General Francisco Murguia is the east coast commander of federal troops and the .revolutionary com mander who takes that rich Tampico plum will have a man's sized job. Murguia is the little fighter who de feated Villa at Jiminez in 1917, and is known throughout Mexico as "El Gallo," the little fighting rooster. Opposing him is Arn,ilfo Gomez, one of his old federal generals in the north with little or no millitary prestige in northern Mex ico. Propagandists Get Busy. Over at Agua Prieta, Sonora, the liberal constitutionalist party is busy mailing thousands of copies of the "Plan De Agua Prieta," which was issued there last night by Adolfo de le Huerta, supreme commander of the rebellidus forces in that and neighboring states. Stripped of its landing of words and fervent phrases, the plan tells Carranza and his crew that, if they do not get out "we, the people," will come to Mex ico City and throw them out. Despite protests from Carranzista sources that reports of the revolt in Mexico against him are exaggerated, military successes of revolutionists continue to be reported and this gov ernment is preparing to afford ade quite protection to Americans who may be caught in the wake of in surrection. Battleships On Way. Warships ordered by Secretary Daniels to Mazatlan and Topolo bambo, on the Mexican west coast, at the request of American consuls, are under way and this government is ready to dispatch more vessels to both east and west coasts if the situation warrants withdrawal of Americans from the country. Advices reaching Washington through official channels state that the Mexican government has suspended salaries of 13 senators of the republic and 53 deputies be cause of their sympathy with Gen eral Obregon. Report Military Activity. N There are reports of considerable military activhy centering about Monterey and the railway lines from that city to Torreon and Mazatlan were interrupted yesterday. In Chihuahua 50 soldiers of the 43d battalion of Mexican federal in fantry are reported to' have rebelled at their station at La Cruz on April 21. Troops and supply trains, the ad vices state, are about to leave from the north for the capital of Sinaloa. Another report through official channels says General Flores suc ceeded in breaking the federal line at the San Lorenzo river on April 22. GOMPERS MAKES BITTER ATTACK ON U,S, CONGRESS Labor Leader Declares Amer ica Must Get Rid of "No" Lawmakers and Elect a "Yes" Body. ; " Washington Aprir 25. Sweeping charges that the present congress has failpd the nation "with com pleteness and abandon" are made by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor in the current issue of the American Federationist. "America must get rid of its veto congress and elect "an action con gress," he said. "The 'no' congress must give place to a 'yes' congress. "The sins of the present con gress," he added, "were of commis sion as well as omission, as there had been "almost an eagcrrtess to do the wrong things" the enactment of the railroad bill being cited as a "shining example." "The blind and bigoted action of congress in refusing to deal intel ligently with the peace treaty has made it impossible for the United states to manifest the proper con cern in these affairs," said Mr. Gompers, after asserting the affairs of the world are the concern of the United States. "On pur own continent there is the same need. For weeks a sen atorial sub-committee has been go ing up and down the country gather ing testimony, the evident purpose of which can be but to inflame the minds of those who think little and who take much on faith. At periods all too frequent, the United States is brought to verge of war with Mexico. It is not -difficult to see the evidences of satisfaction on the part of predatory interests at each of these periods, nor is it difficult to discern the propaganda which fos ters the development of them. It is no longer possible to feel with cer tainty that high government officials have not been made the tools and pawns of those who seek interven tion, the latest term for which is 'cubanization.' 1 "Democracy must mean equality of opportunity. It must mean the sovereignty of the masses. It must mean absence of domination by a select ruling class or caste or clique." "Hooch Scrip" Is Stakes in Crap Game; Arrest Two Winners Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leaaed Wire. Chicago, April 25. With the dol lar worth only 30 cents, money is hardly worth gambling for. But whisky prescriptions that is some thing else again. Federal agents have discovered that counterfeit liquor prescriptions are being used as high stakes in big crap games. Two men who had won these prescriptions attempted hto have ihcm filled, but the drug store people pleaded a lack of sup plies at the moment, requesting the holders to return later, as some stuff was on the way. Then they notified the federal office and when the men returned they were arrested. The men explained that they had picked up the "hooclf scrip" in a big crap game and said liquor pre scriptions represented far greater value than money. The commis sioner held them m bonds of $2,500 and sent out a herd of sleuths to round up the factory that is issuing the fake prescriptions. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS TO GET PAYJNCREASE Conferees Agree on Bills Granting Raise to Men in , All Branches of Army and Navy. fhlcaco Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Washington, April 25. All offi cers and enlisted men in the army, navy, marine corps, coast guard, public health service and the coast geodetic survey service, will receive substantial inreases in pay as a re sult of an agreement reached today by house and senate conferees on the Wadsworth and Kelley pay bills'. The plan finally adopted by the conferees after weeks of deadlock was practically that advocated by Senator Wadsworth of New York and Representative Britten of Illi nois. . The increase to enlisted men, of the army and marine corps will be 20 per cent, and to enlisted men in the navy about 31 per cent. General Increase. Some of the detailed tennis of the agreement wer': That in addition to all pay and allowances now authorized by law, a general increase shall be paid to officers of the army, navy, marine corps, coast guard, public health service and coast and geodetic sur vey of the rank or relative rank of colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, first lieutenant and second lieutenant and to the commissioned warrant officers of the navy. That a 20 per cent increase shall be paid to all enlisted men of the arrny and marine corps whose base pay is not less, than $33 a month and t army and navy nurses. That the enlisted personnel of the navy shall receive the same rates as provided in the bill which passed tHe house of representatives; ) Equalize Salaries. Tlfat in order to equalize the pay of the noncommissioned officers of the army with petty officers of the navy, the former shall, in addition to the 20 per cent increase authorized be allowed on ration at the rate of 55 cents per diem or $200.75 per year; , -'" That the secretary of the navy shall have authority to readjust 'the pay of civilian professors and in structors at the naval academy; That the pay and allowances pre scribed by law for the commanding and enlisted personnel of the navy, including the increase agreed upon, shall apply to the coast guard and that the noncommissioned grades and ratings of the coast guard shall be the same as in the navy; That former enlisted men and ap prentice seamen of .the navy, who within six months after the pay in crease bill is approved, shall re-enlist within one year from the date of their discharge shall be paid a gra tuity of four months' pay. Gooley in Trouble Again, , Deserts Wife Third Time B. C. Gooley, the "miracle man" is again being sought by the Omaha police. A request for Gooley's ar rest was received by police here from Chief of Police Johnstone of Lincoln Friday night stating that Gooley was wanted for "jumping" a hotel bill and for deserting his wife and children. Chief Johnstone was of the opinion that Gooley was stopping at the Henshaw hotel in Oroaha. It was learned at the hotel, however, that Gooley has not been there, but that he had telephoned the hotel from Lincoln asking them to forward his mail to Chicago. AMERICANS FAR BEHIND IN AIR CRAFT United States Making No Move to Promote Development of Commercial Flying Little Done to Perfect Military. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MAKING GREAT STRIDES Country Unable to Cope With Giant Planes of Other Na tions Should War Break Out Parties'Blame Each Other. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire. Washington, April 25? When in the not-distant future a large num ber of British, French, German and Kjtalian transatlantic aircraft are described sailing over these United States, discharging and taking on passengers and cargo, the American public is going to become highly wrought up, demanding why Uncle Sam is not navigating the air. With the republicans 'blaming the democrats and the democrats blam ing the republicans, the country will learn that while the principal Euro pean governments were engaging in a contest for supremacy of the- air for defensive and other purposes, the United States government stood idly by, doing nothing itself and retard ing private initiative. Lucky the United States may con sider itself if the foreign aircraft visiting us in the next few years are of the commercial variety only. For unless we avrake and prepare shall be unable to cope with the giant flying engines of war that could be sent against us today, without tak ing into consideration the still more formidable aircraft that will be con structed in the next five years. Government Doing Nothing. The United States government is doing absolutely nothing to promote commercial flying and the develop ment of commercial aircraft. It is doing something to carry forward the 'development of military aircraft but so little that we have been left in the rear in this field alone. Instead of retrieving the tragic fiasco e-f our airplane production in the war, we have gone to the other extreme and almost stifled the mili tary air service. The army and navy appropriation for aviation was cut down to V5,W0,0UU each for last year, while this year the army is to be allowed $40,000,000 and the navy $25,000,000. Great Britain proposes to expend $367,000,000 on its air service. " , - It was only with the greatest dif ficulty that the War department dis suaded congress from abolishing the experimental laboratory in which aviation inventions are developed and tried out. With the limited ap propriation the army has been able to order so few plants that all but two manufacturers of airplanes on a large scale during the war have gone out of business. . Germany Revolutionizes Flying. While the army has been tinker ing with the improvement of types of planes used in the war, Germany has revolutionized airplane con struction completely. Germany has produced an all metal airplane. The wings are made of metal in stead of wood and silk. There is not so much as a thread of com bustible material in its construction. It will not burn. German airplanes henceforth will not be "flaming cof fins." The advent of the all-metal air plane means the scrapping of all other types of construction. , The War department knows all about the German metal plane and is ex perimenting with the idea, but with out success up to date. The Ger mans built the plane for war and are required to surrender all mili tary planes of this type under the terms of the treaty. So the allies expect to learn the secret of its con struction eventually. The British, French and Italians, as well as the Germans, have adapted their war planes to passenger-carriers and the British are operating a daily pas senger service between London and Paris, planes leaving every two hours. In lighter-than-air craft the United States is absolutely negligible. The army has two airships, the navy four all of them practically obso lete. A large dirigible with a speed of 70 miles an hour is being con structed for the navy in England at a cost of $2,500,000. But before Mr. Daniels placed the order the Ger mans had built a dirigible of 95 miles speed and a cruising radius of 10,000 miles. The United States could have purchased this ship from Germany for $120,000. Prominent Worker Among Deaf Mutes Dies Suddenly Rochester, N. Y., April 25. Ed mund Lyoir, president of the West ern New York Institution for Deaf Mutes and president of the Ameri nac Association to Promote Teach ing of Deaf Mutes, inventor of scien tific dactyology, author of phonetic alphabets, well known capitalist, hu manitarian and social worker, died at his home .here of pneumonia after a brief illness. Allen Accepts Challenge For Debate With Gompers Topeka, Kan., April 25. Gov. H. J. Allen, who is in New York to address a . meeting of the Young Men's Republican club, has. accepted the challenge of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, to a joint debate on the merits of the Kansas court of 'in dustrial relations, according to a message, received here. Annual Slaughter of Spring Lambs Copyright, li:p, by the Chicago Tribune. -AND BEGINS TO SPECULATE I -and EN rrfi The bottom drops feJSi OOT.OF.THE MARKET W "tXHH . .. ' 1 MULLENCORES BREAKING DOWN OF PARTY LINES Says Primary Results Indicate Opposition to Military Men and League of Nations. Arthur Mullen, defeated demo cratic candidate for the office of na tional committeeman, has made the following statement in regard to the recent primary election: 1 he results m the primary clearly indicate that party ties do not have any hold on the ordinary voter. The returns disclose that about one-third of those who formerly called them selves democrats went into the re publican primary. Hundreds of people nominally republicans, prin cipally women, went into the demo cratic primary. This crossing of party lines on both sides was suf- cient to change the result. German Vote Shift. "This is particularly true of those townships where the people are of German descent. This shifting of the German vote, together with the fact that the Nonpartisan league vote was generally cast in the republican primary, explains the great increase in the republican vote. The appeal made to republican women who were radical prohibitionists induced a large number of them to come into the democratic primary. 1 he erTct of this crossing of party lines will be far-reaching and import ant. Just what the final result will be is a matter of speculation. When democrats nominate republican can didates, party regularity and party responsibility is at an end. I am opposed to this demoralization of the party plan of government by those who are not . interested in either the candidates or policies of the party. Oppose Military Men. "The results indicate clearly that the voters generally are opposed to military men. It is also apparent from the vote cast that there is a deep-seated, sullen, opposition to the league of nations. The vote cast for Senator Johnson, who is one of the irreconcilables, is evidence that there is strong opposition to a league of nations, with or without reservations. The fact that Senator Hitchcock and his - friends were strongly in favor of the league and stood with the president was- an im portant reason why those who were opposed to the league of nations voted in the republican primaries. "I am thankful to the manyfriends who loyalty supported mo in the primary. I am grateful for the co operation and assistance that I have received from the loyal democrats of this state in the past campaigns." Stranger Swindles Man From Boston Out of $100 Police are looking for a confidence man who Saturday disappeared from the Rome hotel, taking with him $100 advanced him on a cbeck by Robert J. Walsh of Boston. Walsh stopped in Omaha on his way to Arizona, where he is going for his health. He met a stranger at the Union station and went with him to the Rome hotel. The stranger persuaded him to advance him $100 on a check for $918, saying that he would meet Walsh again in the afternoon. After Walsh had waited in vain for the stranger to return, he no tified the police of the swindle. LEADERS PREDICT RATIFICATION OF SUFFRAGE SOON Confident Five States Will Pass National Amendment Within Three Months. Chlcat Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire. Washington, April 25. Suffragist leaders predict the, ratification of the national amendment within three months by at least two and possibly North Carolina, Connecticut and all five states of Delaware, Louisiana, Vermont. Much of the antagonism displayed bymembers of the Delaware legis lature, which will reconvene May 5, has faded away before the earnest campaign carried on by suffrage workers and political leaders in be half of . ratification. The situation now is reversed and suffrage forces are urging an early vote, while the antis are fighting for delay. Louisiana, where the legislature meets in regular session May 10, may race with Deleware for the honor of being the thirty-sixth state to ratify. A preliminary poll taken by the national woman's party of the North Carolina legislature which will convene in special session in July, was made public and bears out its prediction that the amendment will be ratified. Out of the total of 60 legislators, 38 pledged them selves to vote for ratification, 11 were definitely opposed, and 11 were non-committal, many of the replies showing a decided pro-suffrage tendency. In Connecticut and Vermont ac tive campaigns are being carried on by state and national leaders to per suade the governors to call special sessions, a majority of both legisla tures being counted by suffragists as favorable to the amendment. Eleven of 13 Persons Held for Deportation Released By Judge Boston, April 25. Eleven -of the 13 persons who have been ordered deported as alien radicals were re leased on bonds of $500 each in the United States district court Saturday with a statement by Judge George W. Anderson that he gave them freedom because the evidence, so far as he could judge, showed that none was committed to violence. Bail was supplied by P. P. Cosgrove,. organ izer of the New England Workers' Defense conference. Judge Anderson remarked that the persons awaiting deportation were "thrifty and considerable capitalists," adding that he used the term as one of honor. It had been testified at the hearing on petitions to prevent de portation that several of the radicals had $1,000 r more in cash. Yale Beats Columbia. Derby, Conn., April 25. Yale de feated Columbia in the varsity .race on the Housatonic river Saturday night by a length and one-half. Yale's junior crew defeated Colum bia's juniors by a half length. The Weather Forecast. Forecast. Nebraska Monday partly cloudy; not much change in temperature. Hourly Temperatures. 6 a. m 41! 1 p. m a. m 4 2 p. m 1 a. m 49 3 p. m I a. m 49' 4 p. m a. m so, 5 p. m 10 a. m Si a p. m.. . . . 11 . m K 1 1 7 p. m 12 noon (21 ' BONUS IS GIVEN SUGAR GROWERS DESPITE DEARTH Manufacturers Pay $1 Per Ton Gratis Because of Re cent Increase in Price. Grand Island, Neb., April 25. (Special.) Beet sugar growers in this vicinity have received from the American Beet Sugar Co. a bonus of $1 per ton for all beets raised by them during the past season. Letters accompanying . the bonus state that there is a shortage of sugar. The company is not obli gated to offer a bonus. Disperse Big Profits. Sugar was recently advanced in price materially, which advance was due to the small supply and large demand, according to the company. This increase in profits is to be shared with the producers, according to the letter, which states that the "sugar manufacturers feel justified fn distributing" increased profits among its growers. The gratuity is a direct result of the recent advance in the market price, according to the letter, and not to the shortage of tVie product. Result of Increase. The letters received with the bon uses read: "Early in the year an advance was made in the price of sugar, at which time one of the sugar manufactur ers felt justified in distributing among its growers as a bonus $1 per ton for beets delivered from which the sugar was made. "At that time this company did not feel warranted in acting as lib erally with its growers and conse quently did not pay. a bonus. An other advance has now been made in the sugar market and although this company has a very small amount or it, nevertheless, feels that its growers should share in the benefits therefrom and therefore takes pleasure in paying to them $1 per ton on all beets received by it during the last campaign." Silesian Workmen Battle Detachment Of French Soldiers London, April 25. Numerous casualties in a fight at Trzynjetz, Silesia, between workmen and French soldiers, citizen guards and Polish gendarmes are reported in a Berlin dispatch to the Central News. Major Froumound of the French detachment was killeed. The trouble is declared to have started when the French commander at Trzynietz, receiving information of a hidden store of arms, sent de tachments of French soldiers and citizen guards to make a search. The workmen overpowered the de tachment. Strong protest over the incident, the Central News dispatch says, was voiced by the allied plebiscite commission, which sent representa tives to restore order. Says Farm Colony Plan Best for Former Soldiers Davis, Cal., April 25. The farm colony plan offers the best method cj assisting returned soldiers in ob taining a foothold in civilian life, Dr. David P. Barrows, president of head of the American Legion in the state, told an audience at a farm picnic here Saturday. ; ESTABLISH OLD LIMITS OF HOLYLAND Supreme Council Awards Man Date for Mesopotamia and Palestine to Great Britain Protect Jews' Rights. DECIDE ToTsKWILSON TO ARBITRATE ON ARMENIA Rights of Arabs Also Given Protection Plan to Settle Adriatic Question in Accord With Demands of U. S. San Remo. April 25. The supreme council today decided to ask Presi dent Wilson to arbitrate the boun dary fines of the new republic of Armenia. ' The council awarded a mandate for Mesopotamia ad Palestine to Great Britian and a mandate for Syria to France. mandate the. council established the ancient limits of Holy Land what is called "the national home for the Jews." The terms of the mandate protect the national riirhts of Trwish ritinpiia of other countries. That is to say, a Jew of American, British, French vji uinci iiauuiidiiiy niiiy icidiu ins nationalitv. althnuch hp in ilin a citizen of the state of Palestine. The rights of Arabs also are pro tected, there heincr fM flflrt in Pala tine and 100,000 Jews. The mandate is limited generally by what is known as the Ralfonr dprtaratlnn British forces have been in occupa tion ot Palestine since the defeat of the Turkish forces by the British Field Marshal Viscount Allenby. France Long Protector. France has been the nrntprlnr nf the Christians in Syria since the middle ages, having been designated for the purpose by the Holy See. The question with regard to Syria has been in serious controversy be- A. il. T . . . . J i ween xne rrencn ana British gov ernments, since the armistice was signed, particularly, over the point where France shall have all nt i,ut is Keofirraohicallv nurfined or only certain parts. ine Adriatic question will be settled bv the San Remn rnnni-il in accord with President Wilson's note, me Italian premier, lrancisco ftitti, told the correspondents today. In Accord With Note will the Adriatic question, be settled by this council?" the cor respondent asked. "Yes," he replied. , "Is the settlement' in accord with President Wilson's note?" continued the correspondent. "es," Premier Nitti said. From quite another source it was learned that the details of the set tlement arrived at yesterday by Pre mier Nitti and Anton Trumbitch, the Jugo-Slav foreign minister, pro vide that the region of .Valdosta shall form part of the buffer state of Fiume; Zara will be made a free city with power to appoint diplo matic representatives: Italy re nounces her claims to Dalmatia. but acquires a protectorate over Al bania. Model of Barracks To Be Shown at Trial Of Soldier for Murder ew York, April 25. An $800 model of one of the barracks at Fort Totten, Xew York harbor, showing one tin soldier standing over another as he lies on his bunk, will be pro duced in the Brooklyn federal court' Monday when Private George V. Barry, a Californian. formerly of the 44th coast artillery, is placed on trial, charged with the murder of Sergt. Frank H. King in March, 1919. Department of Justice agents brought about the arrest of Barry in a southern camp after army investi gators had given up their inquirv into King's death. The victim's head was crushed and theft of $1,000, he was said to have possessed at the time, was advocated as the motive for the crime. Fifteen witnesses have been sum moned by the government. Some of them are army officers from distant posts. Pickpockets Relieve Man Of Liberty Bond and Cash Robert U. Wolfe, 4526 North Thirty-ninth street, an employe of the Nebraska Power company, and former city boiler inspector, was robbed of a purse containing a $100 iberty bond and $10 in cash while boarding a street car at Fortieth and Cuming street Saturday night. Wolfe told the police that two ne groes jostled against him in jlie crowd as he was transferring from a Farnam to a Benson car. A few minutes later he discovered that hi purse had disappeared. Lincoln Man Appointed Efficiency Engineei Lincoln, Neb.. April 25. (Spe cial.) M. L. Hill, formerly chief engineer for several years and more recently holding the same position at the Lancaster conty court house has been appointed efficiency engi neer by the state board of control having in charge the state institu tions. The appointment is made to fill thevacancy caused by the resigna tion of John C. Hoge. who has ac cepted a position as electrical engi neer with a firm at Grand Island,
