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MAY DELAY
PASSAGE OF
BONUS BILL
Announcement 75 Republican
"Insurgents" Favor Retroac
tive "War Profits" Tax Indi
cates Upset of Program.
inUIA DCDDCCCMTATIWr
ivtiM ni.rnt.ouii ihiivl
IS OPPOSED TO PLAN
Declares . Excess Earnings of
Individuals and Corpora
tions During War Have Been
Assessed Over 50 Per Cent.
Washington. April 27. The fight
over the , method of raising almost
$2,000,000,000 for soldier relief leg
islation precipitated an all-day de
bate in the house, during which
republicans on one side and the
combination of democrats and in
surgent republicans on the other
explained their proposals.
- Representative Johnson, Repub
lican, South Dakota, announced that
75 republican "insurgents" favored
a retroactive "war profits" tax in
stead of a sales tax, proposed by
republicans..".. Hifc.statement, if borne
cut later, would indicate an upset
of the republicaitprogram to pass
the bill Monday without permitting
action on the 'war profits" tax pro
posal. ' Representative Garner of
Texas, democratic whip, predicted
that the result of the republican
caucus Friday night would be to
"whip" the insurgents into line.
Green Opposes Plan.
Mr. Johnson ' and Representative
Henry Rainey, democrat, of Illinois,
introduced today the "war profits"
tax bill, which" would place an 80
per cent levy on the increase of net
income during the last four years
over that of the prewar period. The
plan was attacked by Representa
tive Green of Iowa and Longworth,
Ohio, republicans, who declared it
would "levy taxes on taxes," and
thai the excess earnings of individ
uals and corporations during the
war had already been taxed more
than 50 per cent.
"To accept this plans means there
wilt be no soldier legislation," de
clared Mr. Longworth, adding that
it would "kill the soldiers' bill.
Besides the Jevy on sales, which,
he said, "would not raise much. -Mr.
Longworth said all stock exchange
transactions were to be taxed, while
the existing levy on tobacco, in
comes and real estate sales were to
be increased. ' -
, Want Bill Amended.
Representative Clark, democratic
leader, and Garner, demanded that
opportunity be given to amend the
bill. Mr. Clark recalled the parlia
mentary revolution of 1910. and gave,
a "gentle warning" that the repub'
licans were "entering on the same
1 kind of conduct that led to the upset
of their machine then."
Mr. Garner said the republicans
" were "playing politics" with the leg
islation and would not pass it until
after election.
"Congress ought never pass a
i.::: ,rereA Mr. Clark in this cou
rt ctioit, "out of which more rita
toin than revenue is to come."
ForTMotor Company Will v
Incorporate in Delaware
Lansing, 'Mich.. April 27. Formal
' rotice of the nroposed re-orgamza-lion
of the Ford Motor Co.- and
ol'.ier interests of its stockholders
vru filed with the secretary of state.
The papcnTindicatcd that the autb-p-obi!e
and tractor business will be
consolidated and reincorporated as
a $100,000,000 Delaware corporation.
Incorporation is to be under the
Delaware laws because the Michr
ean statutes -do not permit organ
ization, of a company with capital
stock of more than $50,000,000.
Detectives Search Ship
For Eamon De Valera
i 77 A enpri.il force
of detectives boarded the Anchor
tine steamer Columbia on her arrival
at Moville today and inspected pas
sengers and their passports. It is
reported they were searching for
Prof. Eamon De Valera, president of
the Irish republic, whom authorities
suspected was on board.
A similar investigation took plac:
at Londonderry.
Anthracite Miners Reject
age Offer of Operators
Xevv- York, April 27. The general
scale committee of "the anthracite
mine workers at a meeting Monday
rejected the counter-offer of the
operators covering wage demands.
The operators, it was teamed, of
fered wage increases averaging ap
proximately 15 per cent, but did not
grant the closed shop or the univcr
sal eight-hour day. ;
Ask Receiver for Midland
Packing Co. in Sioux City
'Sioux City. Ia., Anril 27. A re
ceiver for the Midland Packing
company of Sioux City, a ,$8,000,000
corporation, was asked in- federal
court by a South Dakota stock
holder.
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Strike Oil in Nevada.
Fallen. New, April 27. Oil was
struck in a well 14 miles east of
Fallen Sunday afternoon at a depth
of 650 fe?t. The flow is small, so
- far not exceeding 20 barrels. Ex
cited by the news." hundreds hur
ried to the new field and thousands
are coming oc have arrived from
Reno and other towns by railroad
and automobile.
Succeeds Hitchcock
As Floor Leader of
Democrats in Senate
Washington, April 27. Senator
Underwood of Alabama was elected
democratic leader in the senate to
day at a conference of senate demo
crats. He was unopposed, Senator
Hitchcock of . Nebraska, -acting
leader since the death of the late
Senator Martin of Virginia, having
withdrawn from the fight last week.
REBEL FORGES
PLAN ADVANCE
ON MEXICO CITY
Revolutionists From . Sinaloa
And Sonora to Join Guerrero
Troops in Attack Against
, The Capital.
Agua Prieta, Sonora, April 27.
Rebel troops are preparing to march
oh Mexico City from the state of
Guerrere, Gen. P. Elias Calles, com-mander-in-chrff
of the "liberal con
stitutionalist" army, announced here
today.
The revolution in Guerrere, he
said, was more serious for the Mexi
can federal government than the
movement in Sinaloa where troops
under Gen. Angel Flores continue
to progress toward Mazatlan. The
revolutionists from Sinaloa and
Sonora plan to join with the rebels
in Guprrere for the attaak on Mex.
ico City.
Capture of Mazatlan by the rebels
they expect will easily lead to the
subjection of the remainder of Si
naloa and rapid progress through
Nayarit, which is said to be sym
pathetic with the Sonora cause. In
Jalisco, the next state 'south, revolu
tionary forces are. sai'd to be making
headway, as is also the case in Co
timo and the pQrt of Mazanillo are
objectives of victorious rebel troops.
Michoacan also was reported in re
volt against Carranza.
Carranza Troops Revolt.
Reports from El Paso that ajorce
of Carranza troops in Chihuahua
City had revolted gave strength to
the rebels assertions that Carranza
officials massing troops in western
Chihuahua for an attack on Sonora
were having difficulty in organizing
their men for battle. Military head
quarters here forecast that within
two weeks communication by rail
from the border of the United States
to Mexico City-would be completely
cut off.
Sonora officials said they had
been advised that- Col. Felipe del
Arce would revolt with his men
at Chihuahua City. They said ar
rangements had been made whereby
del Arce and commanders in two
other important Carranza garrison
cities in Chihuahua were to join the
revolution at- a prearranged time.
To Lead Federal Troops.
A. bulletin issued at headquarters
by General Calles today said Gen.
Manuel M. Diguez, who was named
tocadfthe Carranza- troops against
Sonora through Sinaloa, has been
unable to recruit forces in Jalio.
Many of the Dieguez soldiers, the
bulletin said, had deserted in Jalisco
"and joined rebel bands. Gen. Fran
cisco .Murguia in Tamaulipas also
has lost several garrisons, which
deserted to the revolutionary forces.
Colonel Yeldi, wTio was pro
claimed commander of the revolu
tionary armv by Gov. Jose Santos
Godinez..is harassing federal troops
under Gen. Francisco de Santiago,
who has been attempting to go to
the aid of Carranza troops in Sin
aloa, the bulletin said.,
Scales Walls of Prison
To Get Back to His Cell
Joliet, 111., April 27. Robert
Necdham, 26 years old,scaled the
walls of the prison last night
scaled them from the outside and
sneaked back into the penitentiary.
Nee'dham was paroled April 2. He
had been sent here from Whiteside
county on a charge of burglary.
Resume Gold Imports Soon.
New York, April 27. Internation
al bankers have received advices
indicating an early resumption of
gold imports from London to this
country. It was estimated that some
$50,000,000 of the metal might come
here.
Washington, April. 27. Passing
appropriations witty record breaking
rapidity, the senate late today vir
tually completed consideration of
the annual naval appropriation bill.
Within 80 minutes and virtually
without debate, appropriations of
$464,891,000 were appropriated as
compared to $424,500,000, authorized
by the house. Except a minor item,
the bill was made ready for passage
jtomorrow. ' - -
There waS" no discussion of the
building program for which appro
priations were increased from
$48,000,000 to $52,000,000 to expedite
completion of the three year pro
gram authorized in 1916.
As fast as the reading clerk could
read, the senate voted its approval of
items carrying , millions of dollars,
including an increase from the
house appropriation' of $15,876,000 to
$25,000,000 for naval aviation and an
initial appropriation of $1,000,000 for
a new naval base on San Francisco
bay. .
Virtually the only discussion came
ron the naval aviation and San Fran
cisco bay base items. Senator Lodge,
republican leader, and Chairman
Page of the naval committee em
phasized necessity for increasing
naval defense on the western coast,
the former declaring that any im
mediate danger to the United States
lay in the Pacific.
- Bandits Get $8,000.
Eagle Pass, Tex., April 27. Hold
ing a wc ' Vn clerk at revolver .points,
two bat ts robbed the office of the
Estrada lumber company at Pied
ras Negras. Mex., of $8,000 in gold
Monday, according to information
reaching here. -
NAVAL BILL
APPROVED IN
RECORD TIME
PRIMARY RETURNS
GIVE LODGE LEAD
IN MASSACHUSETTS
(Hillett Running Second on Re
publican Ticket Walsh
Leads Democrats.
Boston,,,,,,. A ;'
Appropriations of $464,89
000 Acted on by Senate, V,
MEASURE PRACTICALLY
flEADY FOR PASSAGE
Only Discussiofi Comes on Avi
ation and San Francisco Base
Items Leaders Urge In
crease of Defense in West.
i The four
national con
,il 'V Cmett, Crane end
011," were leading the five un-
t..nlli U.thniit nohita in Rut erouned candidates by a constder-
luaiij milium iWui ...mm. , ble ma.gin on returns from 36i
Little Over an HOUr'S Time precincts, representing more than
one-quarter 01 mcsiaie, in ioaay s
primary. Lodge was' leading the
ticket. Of the ungrouped candi
dates, Frothingham had the largest
vote, being about 2,200 behind
Thurston, the lowest of the grouped
candidates.
The vote for 361 election precincts
out of 1,198 in the state, represent
ing eight cities and 61 towns, includ
ing Boston, was: -"
Republican Lodge, 17,290; Gil
lett. 14,383; Crane, 14,043; Thurston,
10.509; Frothingham, 8,266; Fuller,
7,429; Lawson, 4,494; McCalf, 7,542;
Wood, 2.811.
Democrats Walsh, 9,108; Long,
7,682; Pclletier, 8,454; Dohcrty,
7,404; O'Connell, 532.
Wood Ahead In Ohio.
Columbus, O., April 27.The first
178 precincts of 5,882 in Ohio report
ing n today's presidential prefer
ence primary gave:
Wood, 3,997; Harding. 2,992..
These were partial returns from 34
of the eighty-eight counties. -
Fight In New Jersey.
r Newark, N. J., April 27. Chief in
terest m today s preferential presi
dential primary in New Jersey was
focused on republican contests,
where the voters were asked to ex
press their preference for 4 either
Senator Hiram W. Johnson or Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wrood. Democratic
voters were not asked to indicate a
direct preference. The unopposed
"big four" democratic delegation is
pledged to the candidacy of Gov.
Edward I. Edwards. Each party
will elect 28 delegates to their re
spective national conventions.
Rivers and Harbors
Bill Passes Senate;
Totals $24,000,000
Washington, April 27. The rivers
and harbors bill was passed bv thi
Uenate after it had been amended so
as to make the total $24,000,000 as
against the $12,000,000 in the house
bill and $20,000,000 recommended by
the senate commerce committee.
The measure, approved without
a "record Vote, goes to conference,
where, a fight is expected.
Both houses agreed to the general
principles of a lump sum appropria
tion rather than specifi: grants for
various projects. No ncv work was
authorized.
At the request of Senator Reed,
democrat, Missouri, Senator -Harrison
sought to a'liend the bill to
make the total $27,000,000, but this
lost, 28 to 26r Senator Harrison then
proposed $24,000,000,' which was ac
cepted, 34 to 22, after Jong discussion.
Short Line Railroads
To Be Given Hearing
By U. S. Labor Board
Washington, April 27. Short line
railroads may be given a hearing on
the wage demands of railroad work
ers before the railroad labor board
finally adjusts the pay controversy.
Chairman Barton announced to
day that the board had this matter
under advisement. E. T. Whiter,
chairman of the railway executives'
committee, told the board that his
committee represented 115 of the
some 600 roads of the country and
that these 115 had between 80 and
90 per cent of the total mileage.
Theboard today refused hearings
on the wage demands of striking
railroad jemploycs at Philadelphia
ad Pittsburgh and the non-recognized
Chicago. Express and Freight
Handlers' unioiu
Timothy Shea, vice president on
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, told the board that the
employes' wage demands would' be
presented to the short lines by to
morrow. Jshea continued today the
representation of the firemen's de
mands, calling attention to the par
ticular hardships of their work.
Control of Farmers State
, Bank at Helvey Is Sold
Fairbury, Neb., April 27. (Spe
cial.) W. II. Schnuelle, cashier of
the Farmers State bank of Helvey,
has sold his interests to Leslie Rudd
of Ong, Neb. Mr. Rudd assumes
the cashiership at once. Mr.
Schnuelle purchased the controlling
interest in the Helvey bank a year
ago and' retires because of failing
health.
Five Negroes Indicted
For Killing Merchant
Nashville, April 27. Five ne
groes, three of them brothers, were
indicted at Savannah, Tenn.,. charged
with the killing of Harry Allen, a
merchant. The negroes now in jail
at Jackson, will be brought here
for. trial under guard by state troops.
Will AceeptNomination.
Fairbury, Neb., April 27. (Spe
cial.) C. ; K. Nispel of Plymouth
wilt accept the nomination for rep
resentative Thirty-second district
on the democratic ticket. His name
was written 19 time on the primary
ballot
CONFERENCE ON
PRICE OF SUGAR
ENDS SUDDENLY
Refiners May Be Called to
Meeting in Washington
Again Soon. ' '
... , .
i Washington, - April - 27, Confe?
ences between sugar refiners and
Department of Justice officials on
sugar prices and supplies ended
suddenly after a brief session. No
statement was made j as to 'what
transpired, but it was understood the
department might call the refiners'
representatives together again-in a
few days.
i Howard F'gg. assistant to the at
torney general and in charge of the
high cost of living campaign, has
before him statements of the re
finers, but their contents were not
disclosed.
Demands that the government
take immediate action to relieve the
sugar shortage and prosecute profit
eers were made in the senate.
Senator Smoot, republican, Utah,
declared the government should
have purchased the present Cubin
sugar crop as refiners have paid as
high as 19 3-4 cents a pound for raw
Cuban sugar. He praised the bee't
sugar growers in this country, de
claring that 53 per cent of the beet
crop had been sold at 10 1-2'cents
a pound. ' .
Blaming speculation for the high
price of sugar, Representative
Howard, democrat, Oklahoma, an
nounced that he would introduce a
bill in the net few days designed to
curb all speculators.
Omaha Man Will Debate ' ,
Befbre "Little Congress"
Washington. April 27. (Special
Telegram) The "Little Congress"
which meets weekly in the caucus
room in the house office building,
made up of the secretaries to mem
bers of both political "parties and
conducted according to house rules,
will on Saturday evening discuss a
bill memorializing the legislatures
of the several states, which have to
date, failed to endorse woman -suffrage,
and requesting that such ac
tion be taken.
The bill will be . championed by
John B. Shanahan of Omaha, sec
retary to Congressman Jefferis. while
the negative will be upheld by
Charles H. Richmond, secretary to
Representative Osborne of Los An
geles a democrat.
Guarantee Fund Loss on
Halsey Bank $36,490.23
Lincoln. April 27. (Special.)
The department of trade and com
merce has just received a report from
W. E. Meyers, receiver of the Farm
ers' State bank, Halsey, Neb., show
ing claims approved, due to deposi
tors and preferred creditors of $36,
490.23. The total liabilities as shown
by the report are $41,177.18 less cash
on hand of $4,686.
For Auction Closes.
New York, April 27. Fur sales
at the annual spring auction, which
closed -Monday, approximated $8,
000,000, it was announced. Beaver
pelts featured the final transactions,
with prices from $8.50 . to $50 each,
increases generallyof 60 per cent
over last vear.
Grown Up Are Still Growing
v . , ' - . , . Its shout
time was
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ACCUSE POST
OF KEEPING
REDS IM U.S.
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HousfrCommittee Probing AcUN
Of Assistant Secretary o!
Labor Gets Reports of Mam
Cancelled Deportations.
WILSON BLAMED FOR
NOT REMOVING HIV
Prince's Plans Upset.
London, April 27. Arrangements
of the tour of the New Zealand by
thee prince of Wrales, who arrived
at Auckland recently, were disar
ranged by the sudden declaration
of a strike of the railway worker?,
says a Central News dispatch from
Auckland.
FOUR KILLED IN
GAS EXPLOSION
AT DES MOINES
Damage Estimated at $200,
000 Many Industries
Close and Homes Are
Breakfastless.
Des Moines, la., April 27. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Four men were
kilted in an explosion which wrecked
the engine, room of the Des Moines
Gas company early. today. The dead
arer ,
Phil Devine, superintendent."
Frank Coppas.
William Wi.shman.
James Miller.
The injured are:
William L. King, T. M. Koranen
burg, John W. Cunningham and H.
D. Stiles.
The explosion shook buildings in'
alTparts of the city. Alt industries
dependent upon gas fuel are at a
standstill and thousands went break
fastless. The cause of the accident
tas not been determined.
It will be several days, if not
weeks, before gas can be turned into
the city mains again. Property loss
is estimated at $200,000. '
Union Pacific Road
Shows Earnings of x
$13.69 a Share in 1919
Psew York, April 27. The net in
cdme of the Union Pacific Railroad
company for 1919 from all sources,
after charges, federal tax payments
of $34,419,213, and payment of pre
ferred dividends, was equivalent to
$13.69 per share on the common
Mock, against $12.87 in 1918; ac
cording to the annual report made
public today.
The operating income of $38,460,
067 shows an increase of $468,915,
and the net income from railroad
properties totals $36,459,099, an in
crease of $1,192,309.
The total income of $49,575,786
represents an increase of $2,471,684,
and the net income of $26,222,276
shows a decrease of $6,379,928.
Under the federal income account,
the Union Pacific system reports
railway operating revenues of $77,
447,698, an increase of $18,602,523;
railway operating income of $49,043,
152, a decrease of $t,586,489, and net
operating' income of $417,139,801, a
decrease of $3,668,439.
State Bank Examiner to
v Enter Federal Service
Lincoln, April 27. (Special.)
State Bank Examiner R. E. Smith
filed his resignation as state bank
examiner and has accepted the com
mission of national bank examiner
in the Tenth Federal Reserve dis
trict, to take effect May 1. 'Mr.
Smith was formerly in the banking
business at Boone, Neb., and enter
the state's service in January.
Auto Stolen in Blair Is
Recovered by Omaha Police
South Side police yesterday re
covered an autdmobile stolen from
C. H. Vankuth, 1300 North Fifty
second street, while he waon a visit
in Blair. The car was deserted by
the thieves at Sixteenth street and
Hoctor boulevard after stripping
off the tires and breaking the wind
shield. Firemen and Teachers
Ordered to Quit Union
San Francisco. April 27. Mem
bers of the teachers' and firemen's
unions, recently organized here, re
ceived notices by mail today from
the board of education and the board
of supervisors that they must give
tip labor union affiliations or lose
their positions.
FIND EVIDENCE
OF PLOT TO BEAT
. CLOTHING MEN
National Association of Credit
Men Plans Action to Ob
tain Indictments.
New York, April 27. Federal in
dictments similar to those which
have been returned in .Washington,
N. C, charging 28 Syrian merchants
with conspiracy to defraud, soon will
be sought in many other parts -of
the country, it was announced here
by the National Association of
Credit Men, which has been co-operating
with federal agentt. in an
eight mnths investigation' said to
involve the loss of millions of 'dol
lars. Charles D. West, manager of the
association's investigation and prose
cution department, declared that the
association had discovered traces of
a' nationwide plan1 engineered by
educated Syrians, to defraud cloth
ing and textile jobbers, and whole
salers. . '
He said that the general schema
was, to set up Syrian merchants in
business, show them how to oper
ate small stores and to' build , up
credit. The "higher-ups" then in
structed the small merchants to buy
on credit large amounts of fine tex
tiles easily handled by traveling ped
dlers. West alleged that after the
goods were received many of these
small merchants disappeared and the
"higher-ups" obtained the merchan
dise and disposed of it. .
Enraged at H. G of L.
Louisville Dentist
Attempts Wife's Life
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bfe Lmufd Wire.
Louisville, Ky., April 27. Enrag
ed because his wife asked for a large
weekly allowance with which to pay
the grocery bilt. Dr. Charles E.
Nary, widely-known dentist, slashed
his wife's throat with a butcher knife,
stabbed her sister, Mrs. M. N. Fen
ton of Carlinville, III., then ended
his own life at the Nary home.
Mrs. Nary is reported dying at
the city hospital. Mrs. Fenton will
recover.
Offer to Loan Deadwood v
Coach to London Horse Show
Concord, N. H., April 27. A
cablegram was sent to London of
fering to loan to the International
Horse Show, to be held in June, a
duplicate of the famous Deadwood
coaches common in the west many
years ago and exhibited more re
cently bv-the late Col. William F.
Cody (B'uffaU Bill). The offer was
in response to ' an advertisement
printed in London papers. The coach
here, owned by the original makers,
is believed to be only one of its kind
available..
Appeal $17,000 Judgment
Awarded for Auto Accident
Lincoln, April 27. (Special.)
An appeal from the judgment of the
Douglas county district court was
filed in the supreme court in a-case
wherein Florence S. Deeter secured
a judgment for $17,000 against Wil
liam W. Hoagland, his wife, Flor
ence, and S. S. Carlyle for dam
ages. The plaintiff in the case was struck
by an automobile driven by the Hoag
lands at the intersection of Thirty
third and Farnam streets, Omaha,
March 6. 1919.
The Weather
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LEADERS CLASH
AT HEARING ON
NAVYSQUABBLE
Criticism of Sims by Former
Assistant Chief of Opera
tions Brings Tilt Between
v Hale and Trammel.
Washington, April 27. Criticism
of Rear Admiral Sims, voiced before
Hie senate naval investigating com
mittee by" Rear Admiral J. S.
McKearrwas reprimanded by Sena
tor Hale for indulging in "personali
ties." The officer declared he was only
following a precedent set by Ad
miral Sims,- while Senator Trammel
remarked that the chairman's ob
jections io personalities had not run
against Admiral Sims' snappy . com
ments." Admiral Sims' charge that delays
by the navy department prolonged
hostilities four months ' and cost
500,000 additional lives, were "mon
strous," Admiral McKean said, add
ing that "if it had been made by a
patient in the "government insane
asylum" it could be understood, but
that coming from "a rear admiral,
the head of the naval war4 college, it
was an insult to every -officer and
man in the nayy or vrtio served in
the navy during the war."
The charge that the department
had no plans for war also was un
founded, he said. He iadded that one
plan had been in existence for years
before the war and. was corrected
up to the time the United States
joined the allies and constantly
changed js the situation altered.
The plan was not perfect, he said,
because of new elements injected
into the war by German submarines.
Captain Pratt, in answer to Sena
tor Trammel, who sought to show
that Admiral Sims' letter to Secre
tary Daniels, entitled "Some naval
lessens of the world war," was in
reality a sweeping criticism of Sec
retary Daniels and naval officers
generally, said he had no reason to
doubt Admiral Sims' declaration it
was not intended as a personal
criticism. He could not avoid the
impression, however, he added, that
Sims was criticising the chief of
naval operations.
800 Were Killed During
Revolution in Guatemala
San Salvador, Republic of . Sal
vador, April 27. Men, women and
children numbering 800 were killed
in the recent fighting in Guatemala
City during the revolt which resulted
in. the overthrow of President
Manuel Estrada Cabrera, according
to the latest advices received here
front" Guatemala. Numerous ad
herents of Cabrera wre killed in
their own houses, the advices say.
Many Guatemalans who fled from
the country are returning and are be
ing received with enthusiasm.
Co-Eds Will Escort Women
Delegates to Their Seats
San Francisco, Cat., April 27.
Girl ushers, "co-eds" of the Uni
versity of California and Stanford
university, are to be used to escort
women delegates and alternates to
their seats at the democratic na
tional convention here, George F.
Mara, assistant to Homer S. Cum
mings, chairman of the national
democratic, committee, announced
Monday.
Former Carranza Officer
Joins Rebels at Sonora
Laredo, Tex., April 27. Cot. En
rique Breceda, formerly with Car
ranza's army, arrived here today. He
declared that he was enroute from
Mexico City, wbere an order for his
arrest had been issued, to Sonora.
where he expects to take command
of a regiment and take the field
against Carranza,
Substantiation of Charges tc
Bring Resolution Demanding
Removal Evidence Hearo
On More Than 300 Cases.
Washington, Aoril 27. Illegal
actions of Louis F. Post, assistant
secretary of the department of
labor, resulted in blocking deporta-v
tion of alien radicals, members cf
the house declared pday before the
rules committee.
"The responsibility lies at tin
door of Secretary Wilson for not
recommending removal of such a
man, if these charges are true," Rep
resentative Rodenburg. republican,
Illinois, member of the committee,
declared during the hearing which .
inaugurated investigation of Mr.
Post's official conduct.
Representative Johnson, republic
rn, Washington, chairman of, the
House immigration committee, pre
sented a report by committee inves
tigators oy more than 300 cases, in
which it was said Mr. Post had
cancelled or stayed deportations
recommended by immigration au
thorities. '
"Brought Law in Disrepute.
Representative Siegel, republican.
York, accused Mr. Post ol
bringing the deportation law "into
disrepute and making deportation
proceedings a farce and a joke."
He added there had been "man
plain violations of the law." but Rep
resentative Tincher, republican. Kan
sas, another witness, declared, he.
doubted whether Mr. Post had vio
lated the law, although he contended
that the assistant secretary had un
questionably 'abused his discretion-
arv authority.
' Thirty-eight cases are cited, by
Representative" Hoch, republican.
Post was alleged to" have' 'released
accused agitators without awaiting
to review the evidence on which lh:
charges were predicted. '
Disregarded Wilson's Views."
With ' Mr. " Tohnnn. Hoch atsr,
charged 'Mr. Post for a time accepted
a decision of Secretary W'son thai
mere membership in the communist
party was sufficient ground for de
portation, but that later Posi
"changed his mind" and did not fol
low this ruling. 4'
Mr.- Johnson charged that, Mr
Post called for as man-y as 100 cases
a day to, release accused aliens. '
While the Hoch resolution look'
to he a possible impeachment pro
ceedings against Mr. Post, republi
can leaders plan for a" complete pre
liminary inquiry by the rule's com- ,
mittce and in event of an adverse
finding to propose a resolution call-.-ing
for Mr. Post's removal.
19-Year-Old Youlh; '
. In Army, Admits He
Killed His Grl Wife
, , -
San Franrkrn Anril ff IT...-.
- l' ' ' 1
J. Urr, 19-year-old soldier in thi
illusion corps, confessed, the po
lice said, that he kilted his wife, Mar-'
giret, in New Haven, Conn.Sep
teniber 21. Orr was to have sailed
today for the Hawaiian islands. ,
New Haven, Conn., April 27.
Mrs. Margaret Orr was billed by t
bullet while -on a bridge over Lake
Whitney, about midnight Sunday
March 2t. The body was found by
Lee Dodd, author, who lives nearby
Mrs. Orr clothing indicated that
she had ftruggled with tier assailant.
That afternoon and until she left hei
home she had' been with her hus
band. Orr could not be found th
next day and an alarm for his ap
prehension was sent out. State's At
torney Ailing, who had been in
formed of Orr's presence in San
r rancico, had sent an officer to that
city who identified the man.
Lloyd George Places Blame
For Kaiser Directly On Dutch
The Haeue. Anril 27 Pcnnn.;.
bility for the continued residence in
rionana ot tormer h-mperor Wil
ii&m of Germany was placed square
ly and exclusively on. The Nether-
isuictiiiiicni in a note sentby
Premier Lloyd George of Great
Britain on March 24 and published
today for the first time in the Or
ange book containing documents
relatinsr to the demanHpH rvtrjift'n..
(f Count Hohenzolfern. -
The note pointed out that Wil
liam, in spite of precautions, is "a
very serious danger so long as left
within 40 kilometers of the German
frontier, and is a potential center
of reactionary propaganda and a
constant menace to the "peace of
Europe.
Bobheyiki Revolution ; .
Breaks Out !n Jugo-Slavis
London, April 27. A bolshevik
revolution has broken out in Jugo
slavia, says a Central dispatch from
Rome, quoting Triest ?dv-ices to the
Messaggero of that city. Machine
guns have been brought into ac
tion in Belgrade, where hundred
are said to have been stain, it is
said, while fatal riots have occurred
at Laibach and Agram.
