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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.
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The bottom drops feJSi
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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,
