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PRICE TWO CENTS
INSURANCE
INCLUDED IN
BONUS BILL
Republican Members of House
Committee Virtually Adopt
New Proposal in Relfef Leg
islation for Service Men.
GIVEN CHOICE OF FIVE
DIFFERENT SCHEMES
May Allow $1.75 for Each Day
Of Service as Basis for Com
puting Farm and Home Aid
Average Period 400 Days.
Washington, Apiil 28. Republi
can members of the house ways and
means committee virtually decided
today to include iu their soldier . re
lief legislation program a plan .of
paidup insurance, ils value to in
crease annually by compounded in
terest, and on which loans- could
be obtained from any postofrice."
With this addition, ex-service
men might elect any one of the
following plans included in the re
publican program:
A cash bonus of $1.25 a day for
each day of service;
Aid in buying farm land, to be
reclaimed by the 'government;
Aid in buying city homes;
Aid in their educational or
The insurance.
,To popularize the last four plans,
. I L 1 ' . 1 1
uii- republicans propose to aiiow
$175 a day for each day of service,
instead of the $1.25 cash bonus as
the basis for computing farm and
home aid, loans and thi amount of
financial aid each man might re
' ceive in the , form of educational
training.
' Insurance Plan Attractive.
The 'jisurance plan, as such, was
said by committeemen to be a
"misnomer" but they declared it
was the "most attractive" of any
of the five plans. The average
periods of service for world war
veterans was 400 days, they said,
explaining that under the insurance
plan the average veteran could re
ceive a paidup insurance policy of
$1,857 payable to him in cash at the
end of 20 years, or immediately to
his heirs in event of death.
The loan value of the insurance
donated in the legislation as "ad
justed service certificates" : would
not accrue until the end of the third
year the plan had been in force, and
at that time an ex-service man, with
a record of 400 days service, would
be entitled to a loan of $551. This
would be the cash value of his "cer
tificate" at that time at 5 per cent
interest compounded annually.
Benefit All Men.
Similarly, the veteran of 100 days
would be entitled to paid up, 20
year, endowment insurance of $464,
with a cash surrender or loan value
of $137 in three years; the 200-day
.veteran to insurance of $928. with a
loan value of $275; the 300-day vet
eran to insurance of $1,392, with a
loan value of $413, and the 500-day
veteran to insurance of $2,321, with a
loan value of $689.
This plan, if adopted universally
by the world war veterans, would
cost the government far more than
the cash bonus of $1.25 a day, com
"mttteemen said. Estimating that
3.590.000 ex-service men will be af
fected by the bill, committeemen de
clared that the ultimate cost of the
insurance plan, if adopted by all,
would be approximately $6,000,000.
UQC. The cash bonus, it was esti
mated, would cost $1,807,000,000' if
accepted by all.
No American Troops
Now Remain in Siberia
San Francisco, April 28. No
American troops and but few Red
Cross workers remain in Siberia,
while the Stevens party of American
engineers, .known as the Russian
railway service, expect to be out by
May 1, according to arrivals on the
transport Great Northern, from
Vladivostok via Manila. The Great
Northern brought 680 casual troops,
who comprised almost the last de
tachment to leave Siberia.
Sonora Revolt Bringing -300
Cars of Sugar to U. S.
Nogales Ariz., April 28. Three
hundred carloads of Mexican sugar
refined in Sonora will be released
for sale in the United States as the
result of the revolution in Sonora,
it was announced here today. The
sugar had been sent into the United
States under bond, but was returned
to Mexico by order, of President
Carranza. It is now being allowed
to again return to the United States.
Captured After Evading
Arrest for Six Years
Portland. Ore., April 28. E. M.
Padden, alleged to have obtained
money under false pretenses in
Nashville, Tenn., six years ago,, was
arrested here today by deputy sher
iffs, who charged that Padden, un
der the name of Everett Philpot, was
indicted in Nashville in January, 1914,
on several counts alleging misap
propriation of funds.
Roger Sullivan Leaves
Fortune of $1,500,000
Chicago. April 28. Roger Sul
livan, democratic leader, left a for
tune of $1,500,000, according to the
will, filed for probate Wednesday.
The bulk cl the fortune is incor
porated in a trust fund for the benefit
of the widow and children. Mrs.
Sullivan and her son, Boetius, are
named trustees
U. S. SENATE IRISH
RESOLUTION UP IN
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Unionist Asks Information Re
garding Manifesto Issued
. At Washington.
London, April 28. The United
States senate Irish resolution was
brought up in the house of com
mons today and drew several pointed
questions.
Ronald McNeill, union--'"
Canterbury division ofV , v
the government if it ha, .5n .'"
ticial information regardu. man
ifesto to be issued in Washington
by an organization known as the
Philippines commission for indepen
dence, in which it was maintained
that American belief in the princople
of self-determination would be dem
onstrated more impressively by con
ceding the repeated demands' made
for independence by 10,500,000 in
habitants of the Philippines, than by
passing resolutions in the senate ex
pressing sympathy with the cause of
Irish independence," - and whether
"as a mark of respect for the Ameri
can senate" the house -of commons
would be enabled to follow the
precedent set by the' senate by
moving a resolution in support of
the Philippine demand for self-determination."
Andrew Bonar Law. replying for
the government, said he had no in
formation on the question, which
did not seem to be one in which the
British government was concerned."
Numerous other questions follow
ed and Sir Edward Carson, the
Ulster unionist leader, asked
whether it was not better for each
country to leave the other alone.
Mr. Bonar Law replied he thought
that in other words that was' his
answer.
ASKS- SUPREME '
COURT TO REOPEN
ANTI-TRUST CASE
Government Bases Argument
On Four to Three Decision
Rendered Last Monday.
Washington, April 28. The' su
preme court was asked today by the
government to reopen- the anti-trust
suit against the United States Steel
corporation, dismissed on March 1,
by a four to three decision. '
The government's argument on
the motion for a rehearing was
based largely on tjie four to three
decision rendered by the court last
Monday ordering the dissolution of
the Reading Co. and its subsidiaries,
the first of the so-called anthracite
coal cases to be decided.
Couriset for the government de
clared the steel case would seem to
fall within the Reading case and Jiat
"the holding of the steel corpora
tion to be a legal corporation under
the anti-trust act would appear to
conflict . with the conclusions ex
pressed in that and oflier decisions."
Chief Justice White and Associate
Justices McKenna, Holmes and Van
de Vanter rendered the majority
opinion in the steel case, while As
sociate Justices Day, Pitney and
Clarke joined in a minority opinion.
Chief Justice White and Associate
Justices Holmes and Van de Vanter
dissented from the majority in the
Reading case and the chief justice
wrote the dissenting opinion. Join
ing Associate Justice Clarke in the
majority opinion were Justices Pit
ney, Day and McKenna. .
Justice McKenna announced the
majority opinion in the steel case.
Husband's Affinity' In
Spirit World j Gives
Living Wife a Divorce
Chicago, April 28. Mrs. Lillian
P. Clayton had a divorce decree to
day because her husband wroty: her
from, the Pacific coast that he had
an affinity in the spirit world from
whom he received love messages.
Mrs, Clayton charged that her
husband, Robert C Clayton, eloped
to Seattle with the wife of Welling
ton Glover, his best friend, in 1918.
Mrs. Glover died recently. Clayton
informed Mrs. Clayton that he could
not return to her, as he received
"daily messages of love" from Mrs.
Glover, according to letters intro
duced as evidence.
"Death' has not changed my love,"
he wrote.
Fear Girl Witness Killed
By Turkish Kidnapers
Chicago, Aprij 28. Bertha Sey
mour, aged 15, and chief witness
against a gang, of alleged Turkish
kidnapers, js missing and her foster
parents believe she has been mur
dered to prevent her testifying. The
girl vanished February 24 and no
trace whatever of her has been
found since.
According to the stoty told by
Miss Seymour in January, she was
working in a coffee house when
Ushkem Belel, a Turk, by threats
of killing her, forced her to accom
pany him. He held .her prisoner in
various rooms in the city, all in
houses occupied by other Turks.
He finally took her to Columbus,
O., where she managed to make, an
appeal for help and some soldiers
rescued her. Belel was arrested and
brought back with her.
First Land Grants to
Soldiers in U. S. Made
Berkeley, Cal., April 28. What was
said by its originators to be the first
land settlement in the United States
to be actually turned over to former
service men, was parceled cfut by
the state land settlement board to
day when 37 applicants who served
in the late war were given title to
as many farms in the Delhi land proj
ect jn Merced county. Ihree more
farms were disoosed of to civilian
applicants
NAVAL BILL
IS PASSED BY
U.UENATE
f
Meas' ir Vkrrying Apprpxi
35,000,000 for
Avx?i i Expenditures Sent to
Conference for Adjustment.
PROVIDES FOR 137,000
MEN AND 20,000 MARINES
Sum of $108,000,000 to
Complete 1916 Bjjilding Pro
gram of 156 Vessels Also
Appropriated.
Washington, April 38. The naval
appropriation bill, carrying approxi
mately $465,000,000 . for 1921 navy
exenditures passed the senate late
.today without a record vote and was
sent to conference for adjustment
of $40,000,000 senate increase over
the house bill total.
Maintenance of the present naval
force of about 137,000 men, and
20,000 marines is provided for in the
bill, which passed the senate in less
than two days after it waa taken
up. It also-appropriated $108,000,
000 to complete the 1916 building
program of 156 vessels, due to be
finished in three more years at ad
ditional cost of $361,735,00, but does
not provide for any extension of
that program.
A provision for retention in active
service of 20,000 naval reservists and
1,200 reserve officers was adopted
by the senate to maintain the pres
ent fleet. Because of disappointing
enlistments and desertions the lat
ter said to have been around 6,000
within the last year the temporary
forces, the senate was told, are im
perative for efficient operation of
the ships.
Another omindment added by
the senate provides for developing
the naval oil reserves, through
lease, sale! or government operation.
Senator ing, democrat, Utah, in
troduced a separate resolution
authorizing Secretary Daniels to in
vestigate the oil situation with a
view to further government acquisi
tions which will be taken up later.
BLAMES BROKERS
FOR HIGH PRICE OF
NEWS PRINT PAPER
Claim Mexicans Are
Violating Rules of .
Admission Into U. S.
Fort Worth, Tex., April 28.
Charges by .Texas union labor 'that
Mexicans who have been allowed
to enter the United States under
modifications of the immigration
laws which provide that they shall
be used exclusively for farm work,
are being diverted into improper
channels, are correct, said D. E.
Lyday, president of the Texas
Farmers' union, today, although in
the main immigration rules are be
ing adhered to.
President Lyday made the above
statement following the adoption
yesterday by the Texas Federation
of Labor of resolutions declaring
that railroads, oil companies and
packing houses are using the im
ported Mexicans to replace citizens
of the United States.
New York Man Declares Cor
ner Exists From Natural"
Causes On Spot Market.
Washington, April 28. "Absurd
ly high prices for -news print paper
bought on the spot market are due
to a "corner" resulting naturally
from the present shortage, George
McAneny, executive manager of 1he
New York Times, declared today
before the senate committee invest
igating the paper situation. The
market price is twice or three, times
as much as that for paper bought
under contracts, he said.
Brokers and small manufacturers
were blamed by Mr. McAneny for
the high prices. Answering a ques
tion by Senator Reed, democrat,
Missouri, as to whether there was
profiteering, he said "they are sell
ing the paper."
Frank P. Glass of Birmingham,
Ala., until recently president of the
American Publishers association,
described spot market prices as "ex
cessive, and without distinguishing
big and little manufacturers added
that the naper makers were making
"big profits'
Publishers, from Boston, Philadel
phia, Providence, Pittsburgh and
Baltimore are scheduled to appear
as witnesses, and committeemen in
dicated that the investigation would
be directed at profiteering, manufac
turing costs, selling prices, paper
consumption and advertising.
Among witnesses Charles Lane of
the New York Evening Post "and
Mr. McAneny suggested the best
remedy for the spot market condi
tion was for publishers to stop com
petitive bidding.
GREAT CHANGES
WROUGHT BY WAR
IN GREAT BRITAIN
Working Classes Hold ' Ulti
mate Political Power," Sir
Auckland Geddes Says.
Wealthy Englishman Goes
To Jail for Caning Child
New York, April 28. First locked
in a cell of a police station and later
released "in. $1,000 bail on a charge
of felonious assault for caning
Frank Sasa, 11 years old, son of a
tailor, a very indignant prisoner said
today he was Derrick J. Wernher,
31, son of the late wealthy diamond
merchant, Sir Julius Wernher; but
denied that he had succeeded to -the
title. "Derrick Julius Wernher" is
listed in the British "Who's Who"
as 31 years old and successor to the
title.
Wernher was churged with beat
ing the child when Frank slipped
while roller-skating and fell against
the Englishman's legs in front of
the apartment where Wernher lives.
?I don't understand why so much
fuss was made by citizens over what
occurred; I just shoved the little
brat," Wernher protested to police.
Forced White Men to Stay
In Chinese Ship, Quarters
pMiiricrn Pal Anril 28.
White men, forced to occupy the
Chinese quarters on tlie AiasKa can
nery bark McLaurin were given
Chinese names in the ship's registers
so investigators might not know
they were being kept with Asiatics
in such quarters, the police an
nniinrerl hrf tnrfav. in detailing an
investigation of conditions on board
the vessel.
Pacific Company Steamer
Is Damaged in Collision
San Francisco. April 28. A cabled
report that the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company's liner Colust was
damaged in & collision within the
last few days t Penang, Straits Set
tlements, was received by. the
Marine department of the Chamber
of Commerce here today. No details
were given.
Fanning Island Proposed
As a British Naval Base
Honolulu. T. H., S. R. Little and
A. L. Perfect arrived here yesterday
en route to Fanning Island with
five tons of surveying and boring
equipment for investigation in behalf
of the British admiralty. Fanning
Island has been considered for a
proposed naval base by the British
iojcerapaeat Joi ujajiy jxa.rj
Atlantic City, N. J., April 28.
Changes have been wrought by the
wot- FncrlanH wniVh "almnst de
serve the title of revolution." Sir
Auckland Geddes, British ambassa
dor cairl in an aHrlress hefore the
annual convention xof the United
States Chamber of Commerce. Vast
he said, and the working classes,
strongly anti-militaristic, now hold
ultimate political power. v
"Their coaL- f- th limit of the na
tion's power," the speaker declared,
"to secure tranquility in Asia M-mor,
in Aci, QnH Afrira Silpntlv and
without fuss they have reduced the
army to a strength 'many think
barely sufficient to police the em
pire. They are determined to deal
with problems of health, housing
and education. They see clearly
tn cAntro thfir niirnose thev
1. 1 . U V III I " f -
"have to end the rancours and ani
mosities, which have torn Europe
and brought her to the brink of dis
aster.' Reports of dissension between
representatives of Great Britain and
France and France and Italy at San
Remo are "fantastic" the ambassa
dor assured the chamber.
"The great question you have to
decide"," he continued, "is this: Are
you going to stand by and-wait for
Europe's troubles to come after you,
as come they will, or are you going
out to help Europe and remember
I am excluding the" European part
of the British commonwealth of na
tions to win through to reasonable
conditions?"
Electric Road Chief Asks
Business Men to Save Them
Atlantic City, N. J., April 28.
John H. Pardee, presdent of the
American Electric Railway associa
tion, before the convention of the
United States Chamber of - Com
merce here today, appealed to busi
ness of the countrv to "helo save the
electric lines from ruin."
IV . . . . a 1 (1 ,t .
The plain trutti, , saia ne, is mat
their credit no longer exists and a
necessary public service is being
slowly, perhaps, but no less surely,
destroyed." ..
Mr. Pardee urged the increased
use of electric lines for short haul
freight and passenger business.
Appointment of New Fire
Chief Causes Walkout
Beatrice, Neb., April 28. (Spe
cial) Following the announcament
"by Mayor C. C. Farlow that Harry
Whiteside had been appointed chief
of the paid fire department, Chief
Ruh and the three members of the
department quit their jobs because
they thought that Ray Walker, the
next man in point of service to Chief
Ruh, should have been named chief.
After the walkout Mayor Farlow
called the new chief into service, and
the places of the striking firemen
were soon filled.
Judge Instructs Jury
In Deportation Trial
Tombstone, Ariz., April 28. If
Fred W. Brown, prosecuting witness
in the trial of Harry E. Wootton,
charged with kidnaping in connec
tion with the Bisbee deportations,
joined the deportees willingly, or if
imminent danger to the people and
the property of the Warren mining
district made the deportations neces
sary, the jury was instructed by
Judge Samuel L. Pattee to find the
defendant not guilty.
Anti-Red Ships Seized
Paris, April 28. (Havas.) Two
merchant vessels flying "the Russian
anti-bolshevik flag which were an
chored in the harbor of Genoa were
seized yesterday by members of the
Federation of Port Workers,
who announced they took over
the vessels to return them to the
Russian soviet government. The
police arrested those who had
b$IdS.4 the vcsselg. .
Why Change Your Wife?
WOOD LEADING IN
NEW JERSEY BY
SLIGHT MARGIN
Military Candidate 486 Ahead
--Charge Made That John
son Was Robbed in
Three Counties.
Newark, N. J., April 28. Revised
returns in the New Jersey preferen
tial presidential primary tabulated
at 9:45 o'clock tonight gave Maj.
Gen. Leonard V'o.d X majority of
4S6 over Senator Hiram Johnson of
California. The vote, with 88 dis
tricts missing, was:
Wood, 51,180; Johnson, 50,694.
Charges that Senator Johnson
had been "robbed" of the republi
can preference for president in at
least three counties of New Jersey
were made by William P. Verdon,
republican leader in Hoboken and
one of the most enthusiastic John
son supporters in the state. Mr.
Verdon made his allegations in a
telegram sent to Senator Johnson,
in which he said: "You were robbed
in Camden, Morris and Essex coun
ties." He expressed the opinion that
Johnson would win at least 11 of
the 28 delegates.
Harding Ahead in Ohio.
Columbus, O., April 28. With
only 190 out of a total of 5,882 pre
cincts in the state missing, returns
tonight from yesterday's presiden
tial primary election in Ohio gave
Senator W. G. Harding a lead of
13,833 votes over Gen. Leonard
Wood. The vote stood: For Hard
ing. 121,485; Wood, 107,652.
Three Harding candidates and one
Wood candidate were in the lead in
the race for de!egates-at-large to
the' republican national convention,
but late returns indicated a "possibil
ity that four Harding candidates
might be elected.
Tabulated returns from 5.211 out
of 5,882 precincts in Ohio gave:
Daugherty (Harding), 93.831;
Boyd (Wood). 96.475: Turner (W)
W,Gl (H), 105.793; Herrick
(H) 116,539; Willis (H), 106.115.
Harrv M. DaiicrtiprtK- fnliimhi,
attorney and Harding's campaign
"imager, was tne Harding candi
date, who. on the face of the re
turns appeared to be defeated by
Boyd. Late , returns, however,
showed Daugherty making slow b"ut
substantial gains.
Returns tonight indicated 38 and
possibly 41 of Ohio's 48 delegates
(Continued on Pago Two, Column One.)
Fiume Blockade Said to Be
Most Severe In Its History
Triest. April 28. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The blockade which
Fiume is now undergoing is admit
tedly the most severe to which it
has been subjected. The town's com
munications have been completely
cut. Regular Italian troops tore up
sections of the railway and brought
up machine guns to guard th fron
tiers. Passage in and out of the
city is forbidden, not even milk go
ing in. Connection with the outside
world by the sea route also has been
severed.
Gabriel d'Annunzio, the insurgent
commander, threatens counter ac
tion. Decline to Present Books
For Grand Jury Examination
Portland,. Ore,,. April 28. J. A.
Rowlcs, president of the Northwest
Steercompany, and Alfred F. Smith,
president of the Columbia River cor
poration, appeared hefore a federal
grand jury and declined to present
the books of their concerns for ex
amination. The grand jury, it is
said, has been investigating circum
stances connected with the building
of ships in this section for the ship-i
.P.ing board.
Serious Outbreak in
r Nikolaevsk District
Reported by Japanese
Washington, April 28. A serious
upheaval in the district of Nikol
aevsk on the eastern coast of Siberia,
far north of Vladivostok, is reported
in an official statement issued by the
Japaqnese foreign office, received
Wednesday by the State department.
With all communication cut off,
the uprising is shrouded in more or
less mystery, but the foreign office
said that all reports received point
to the conclusion that the Japanese
guard in the district had been an
nihilated and several hundred Jap
anese residents, including the con
sul, massacred.
The number of men in the, guard
was not given.
Negro Holds Up Lone
Driver, Rifles Sacks
And Gets Securities
San Diego, Cal., April 28. A mail
truck driver -reported to the police
that early today he was held up by
a negro with a pistol a block from
the postoffice and registered mail
believed to total more than $30,000
was taken from his truck. The
robber, according to the driver,
ripped open 32 acks before he
found the registered mail. No clue
has been found of the negro.
Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks
To Ignore Nevada Suit
M i n d e n, Nev., April 28. As
neither Mary Pickford nor Owen
Moore- is in Nevada to be served
with summons in the state's suit to
set aside the divorce" decree granted
to Miss Pickford, Judge Langan,
in the district court here, today
signed an order directing service by
publication for six weeks in a Gard
nerville paper, copies of which are
to be sent to the two at Hollywood,
Cal. Miss Pickford is referred to
in the order as '"Gladys M. Moore,
known as Gladys M. Fairbanks."
Her attorneys let it be known that
they will contend service by publica
tion is insufficient.
Vladivostok Deserted as
Port for Big Steamers
Seattle," April 28. Vladivostok, in
former years one of the most im
portant shipping centers in the fat
east, is as quiet as a deserted village;
all overseas steamship companies
have withdrawn their, vessels and
only one service, a line of Japanese
tramp coasters, is- left, according to
advices received today by the Pa
cific Steamship company from its
Vladivostok agent.
Switchmen in Oklahoma
City Yards Leave Work
Oklahoma City, Okl . April 28.
Without announcing why, virtually
all switchmen in Oklahoma City
yards left work at 11 o'clock Tues
day night. Telephone calls to rail
road officials and yard roundhouses
failed to uncover any definite information.
Sugar Refinery Announces
New Base Price of $22.75
San Francisco, April 28. The
Western Sugar Refining company
announced a basic price of $22.75 a
hundred pounds,, an increase of
$5.75 for .sugar today. The price to
the consumer will be 26 1-4 cents.
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SOCIALISTS OF
FRANCE SUPPORT
MAN UNDER FIRE
Recent Publication of Article
Addressed to 1920 Class of
Recruits Brings Storm of
Disapproval.
Paris, April 28. Every unified so
cialist member of the Chamber of
Deputies has come forward in sup
port of Deputy Vaillant-Couturier,
who on April 23 published in the
newspaper Le Populaire an article
addressed to the 1920 class of s re
cruits, which has been considered an
effort' to incite the troops to dis
obedience. The article was re
published in L'Humanite todayand
was subscribed to by the 65 mem
bers of the party. Removal of par
liamentary immunity so that M.
Vaillant-Couturier may be prose
cuted has been demanded.
"Soldiers and comrades." says M.
Vaillant-Couturier's article, "you
are to be sowers of hatred and new
war. You, along with colored
troops, are the sole hope of the
bourgeoisie, which feels the tide of
revolutionary truth mounting. San
guinary libations always attend the
funerals of moribund regimes. . It
is not simply, a case of mutinying at
the hour of those funerals. It is
incumbent upon you to understand
new where lie the interest of the
country you love. It is a case of
knowledge now if you desire your
country to be veritably yours.
"Assassinations at Frankfort and
occupation of the neutral zone of
Germany east of the Rhine have
done more for the cause of German
revenge than 20 years of political
action led by skilful 'Pan-German-ists.
It is a government of treach
ery which now, under the pretext of
obtaining execution of a still-born
treaty seeks to crush the pacifist
revolution in Germany.
"Remember that on May 1 last
year, while the Parisian guard, with
fists, clubs and saber, repulsed so
cialists crowding against the in
fantry barrage nea.r the Madeeline,
pale soldiers, with fixed bayonets,
opened their ranks and permitted the
red flags to proceed "
Germans to Make Financial
Statement to Allies On May 10
Berlin, April 28. Germany's eco
nomic situation, in its bearing on
further payments the country will
be able to make toward reparation
and indemnification, will be set forth
in detail in a memorial being drafted
by the ministries of finance and eco
nomics for presentation to the al
lies on May 10.
It will be a candid presentation of
the conditions now obtaining and
prospects of their improvement in
the near future.
Information received reports the
conclusion the total sum of 100,-
000. 000.000 marks, the amount orig
inally proposed as reparation, is not
considered by the Berlin govern
ment . as being within Germany's
physical capacity to pay.
Japanese Stock Exchange
Will Reopen on May 1
New York, April 28. The Japa
nese stock exchange will reopen May
1, according to advices received here
today by Mitsui & Co., a large
Japanese import and export com
pany. The silk, rice and cotton ex
changes now are open, the advices
stated, adding that the silk exchange
reopened April 20.
Revenue Men Make Raid
In a Submarine Chaser
Santa Barbara, Cal., April 28.
Santa Cruz island, lying 30 miles
off the coast opposite Santa Barbara,
was raided by government officials
in a sub-chaser and 10 barrels of
mash, a still and a considerable
quantity of brandy confiscated,
WOOD GAINS
STRENGTH BY
JERSEY VOTE
Republican Leaders Feel Gen
eral Has Acquired Much Pres
tige by Result of Primaries
In Skeeter State.
PREDICT OHIO SENATOR
GREATLY WEAKENED
Californian's Popularity Mani
fested Mostly in Industrial
Centers Result Significant
Of Attitude of Labor.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribiinr-Omaha Bo ImwI Wire.
Washington, April 28. The re
sults of the republican primaries
yesterday are interpreted by repub
lican leaders here in this wise:
General Leonard Wood has been
greatly strengthened both ' in the
number of delegates elected and in
popular prestige.
Senator Johnson of California also
has been strengthened considerably.
Senator Harding of Ohio has
been tremendously weakened if ,not
eliminated from the contest, by the
poor showing he made in his own
state. -
General Wood, according to the
latest returns, won the presidential
preference vote in New Jersey which
gives him the four delegatcs-at-large.
In addition he appears to have 13
of the district delegates. The John
son managers claim nine of the dis
trict delegates and refuse to con
cede the popular vote to Wood.
They say they will demand a rc
'count to determine the preference
vote.
Strong Labor Vote.
That Johnson made an impressive
showing in New Jersey is conceded'
even by his opponents, who had
been predicting that while he would
be expected to be extremely popular
in the west, he would find the east
.turning the cold shoulder. His pop
ularity in New Jersey, manifested
principally in the industrial centers
as it was in the middlewest, is re
garded, as extremely significant of
the attitude of labor in the republi
can contest. ,.
The vote rolled up by Johnson in .
New Jersey is expected to influence
his fortunes favorably in primaries
vet to be held, it has been evident
for some twse that he would dispose
of Hoover in the California primary,
but his success in the east is a
clincher. Johnson has become one
of the three leading candidates for
the nomination and California, noted
for its state pride, would not think
of halting the progress of a native
son with a fair chance of becoming
president.
Interest Centers In Indiana.
Johnson's prospects also will be
greatly improved in Indiana by his
popularity elsewhere. All interest
among the politicians is now 'cen
tered on the Indiana 'ote next Tues
day. All four of the candidates
Wood, Lowden. Johnson and Hard
lne are m this state contest in
which the principle rivals are Wood
and Johnson. There again Wood is
strong in the country districts, John
son in the industrial cities and the
prospects are that it will be a close
race between them.
Wood was stronger and Harding
weaker in Ohio than the republican
leaders here had expected. While
Warding won the preference vote,
Wood appears to have cleaned up
at least a fourth of. the delegates.
iuii is rcgaraca dv the pro-
fessional politicians as a 'hard blow
'J warding, tor under one of the
rules of the game a candidate with-.
out his own state solidly behind
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English Capitalists
Plan Airplane Line ;
Across United States '
&
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire V
Cincinnati. O., April 28.-CapL J.
Allen Brooks ot 'the Ryal flying
corns of London a.,, j '.i
. .- , "."lUUllLCU IMC P
completion of the $5,000,000 United I
Airways corporation of London,
England, at the Old Colony club ,
here Cant. Brooks stated that New '
York Chicago, San Francisco and
L-os Angeles would be on the main
I'ne of the new corporation, and 1
that New Orleans would be served &
by a north and south line, including I
this city.
Captain Brooks won the Victoria
cross by the capture of 42 German f
aircraft during the world war, and( ; i
states the capital involved is almos
entirely that of London capitalist' V
bent on developing American air .
lines eventually. Twelve hundred t.
aircraft will be employed, sajs V
Brooks. V,
Denies Sims' Charge Navy
Was Unprepared for War
Washington. April 28. Replying
iu jear umirai aims charge that E
the navy was unprepared for war .
in April, 1917. Rear Admiral J. S. I '
iicrvcan told the senate investigat
ing committee that general war
plans for the navy were drawn up in
1913, revised in 1915 and again two
months before the United States
joined the allies. The navy did not
have detailed paper plans to iwet all
possible conditions, he said, because,
they were not enough' properly
trained officers to prepare them.
The navy was not 100 per cent
readv for war in 1017 from .j
material viewpoint, is not now, anrt, T
never win ue, Admiral AlcKci
, said, - " j
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