tiNDAY Bee A' 01 49 NO. 278. titan W WW Mnr M, IIM, Oaak 0. aaaar Mt ft Marah I. ISJ. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1920. t Mali (I par). 4th Imm, Dally a.a Saata. M; Daily Oily, It; Unity, U. Ma 4tk I... (I jrur). Pally aa Su.aay. Ill: Pally Oaly, 112: BiaCay Oaly. II. 17TVP rirMTQ OI T81PB OMAHA AND (1li:N' rltU Kj&lXLO. cu jiLVKKU. TK.N CENT. 11 nn JVU nn BATTLESHIPS ill FROM MANEUVERS Active Half of Atlantic Fleet, Manned by Boys Who Had Never Been to Sea Before, Back From Caribbean Sea. DANIELS GIVES DETAILS - OF NEW SALARY BILL cretary Promises Bill Will Become Law Within Fort night Talks to Crowd 10 Miles Away by Wireless. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. CutntC TrlbuM-OaamhaBu lenscd Wir. New York, May ' 1, The active half f the Atlantic fleet. "consisting f 8 dreadnaughtt and 33 destroyers, (nuimJ kW hAtrs urhr, never fcefore had teen to sea, returned to New York tadav trom the winter maneuvers iff Caribbean waters. WAnattlMti S rVIr LI O til A I C MA.vMrik.M.lAj ' that' MAA . ' vnArtra and photographers, Wined the flag- ship Pennsylvania as tne fleet passed me Virginia capes yesteraay morn ing. The secretary spent the day with Admiral Wilson, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, and ... ..... .a uvswui.., V . . . v . . ........ v f orations, checking up the results of . i. r . j u :i: inc nrii cruise since ucuiuuiiizauuu J . I oisorgamzea me service. inuring ine aiicrnoon mere was an i hour's speed test of the battleships , operating on two-thirds boiler ca- raritv uhirti wa wsn Kv the "MrtrtVi Dakota in the coal burner class at sometnmg better than ) knots ana V burners, at 19knots without smok- i i'v Announces New Pay Plan. t 1 The secretary s addressed a mes ' saffe to th fleet announrlnv thi H. ' tails of the new navy pay bill which he promised -would become a law Swithitt.' fortnight and, entering the WVWM , . X. . . ... A4(JI IttllK. lit. rreeted bv wireless teleohone and magnifiers a crowd in Times square, t nearly 10 miles dtitant. t 4 "We- soon shall have a navy two ; and a half times as large as we. had during the war," Mr. Daniels assured the multitude assembled before the magnifiers of his voice. As a result of the serious undermining of the navyv the , ships returning today, constituting less than half of the Atlantic fleet, which, in turn, is half the navy, are all that are available for immediate defense of the eastern , seaboard and even these', on account of thL inexperience of the crews, are far from prepared for war. Of the 16 battleships in the Atlantic fleet, eight are tied up for want of men to operate them, their crews having been depicted to furnish a ; sufficient personnel for the eight ; sent to the winter maneuvers. Simi ' larly there are more than 60 destroy era and all the cruisers stripped of mtn o operate the 35 destroyers which steamed into. New York to dav. v Even tht ' shore stations were combed, of men to take these ships to sea. - . ; 1 la -the Pacific fleet, the other halt of the navy, even fewer ships are available for immediate' active serv ice because of the large numbers tied up for want of sufficient men. Admiral Wilson and th.e command ers of the dreadnaughts and destroy ers did not conceal the anxiety whicn has weighed upon them since the fleet sailed for the drill grounds at Guantanamo bay, Cuba, four months ago, and the relief wtih which they returned without any great mishap. The ships that participated in the maneuvers are about 90 per cent fully manned, 8Q per cent of the crews are boys averaging is years and practically all without sea traili ng. . . ... .r t . L . wtin ine omcers ana veierau goDS struggling desparately to teach a horde of land lubbers how to operate the intricate and delicate mechanism of these floating fortresses, the fleet crept : southward in January at a speed never exceeding 10 knots. The officers feltTas if they we.re play ing with dynamite, not knowing Tvhat moment a green hand might become "bewildered, and pressing the wrong button, or pulling the wrong lever, cruse a fatal accident or de stroy millions of dollars worth of machinery, if not wrecking the ship. Elementary Maneuvers. Arrived at the arill grounds, the fleet went through elementary man euvers, .which were all that could be attempted with so large a per centage of novices. For example, there was short range but no long range practice and even then no competition between the ships was permitted. The land boys, however, proved willing.' obedient to discipline, eager and enthusiastic in the main as is demonstrated by the comparatively small number of undesirable dis charges today, and they have learn ed the rudiments ot their duties. A Tribute to Our Soldier Dead . The Bee, in co-operation with The Chicago Tribune and a number of other American newspapers,, will re ceive contributions for the decoration of American sol-. diers graves in France on Memorial Day, May 30. Memorial Day is a day when the nation honors its soldier dead. Those whose, bodies lie at rest in the homeland will receive tributes of personal affection and national respect. The Bee believes that its readers will welcome an opportunity to extend the same recognition to those who went across the seas to maintain American ideals of national honor and international justice. , Donations will be acknowledged by The Bee and will be transmitted to Paris, where the flowers will be purchased and the distribution arranged under the di rection of Floyd Gibbons, chief of the foreign staff of The Bee and The Chicago Tribune. No large contribu tions are sought, for this should be an expression of sentiment, rather than of wealth, and for that reason a limit of $5 is placed upon all subscriptions. Contributions should be addressed to "The -Memorial Fund Editor, The Omaha Bee, Omaha, Neb." PUBLISHER URGES RESTRICITIONS ON USE OF NEWS PRINT No Remedy for Paper Shortage Left to Individuals, Munsey Says. Washington, May 1. Govern ment restrictions on consumption of news print paper were urged be fore a senate investigating commit tee today by Frank A. Munsey of New York, publisher of five daily newspapers and three magazines. Mr. Munsey deelarcd that if the ratio of consumption continued for the next 25 years at the rate it had ir the past quarter of a - century, there would be no wood pulp forests left in the world. ' The witness, said that even now the nation must look forward to the time when daily newspapers will be selling for S and even 10 cents. ' i In urging government restric tions. Mr. Munsev said there was no possible remedy left , to-individual publishers. . 5 ; . Cutting the size of JiewspafceYa urntiM " tint '..materially reduce ' reve nues, Mr. Munsey asserted, and would protect the forests. - One remedy suggested by Mr. Munsey was for the government to obtain control of all forests by con stitutional amendment and appor tion the present' timber growth for paper making until new xoresis could be grown. . ; William Randolph iiearst ot JNew York submitted a' letter setting forth his views on the news print situation. He advocated a 20 or 25 per cent reduction in the use of print paper by all publishers and the doubling of circulation and advertis ing rates. This, he said, would re strict circulation and advertising without affecting revenue. Prize Fighter.ls Killed . By Opponent's Blow Boston, May 1. John R. Murray, a professional boxer, who was knocked out in a bout with Dave Powers of Maiden last night; died in a hospital today. Powers was ar rested on the charge of manslaugh ter, but the court discharged him with the statement that the death was bvious!y an accident. Ex-Currency Comptroller, , William Ridgely, Dies at Home Baltimore, Md., May 1.- William Barrett Ridgely. comptroller of "the currency from 1901 to 1908, died at a hospital here last night from a sud den complication following an oper ation. ! Beds Occupy Baku London, May' 1. Russian bol shevik forces occupied Baku, an im portant port on the western coast of the Caspian sea, and the center of a very important pctroleumn tieid, on April 28, it was announced otti cially this morning. arth Tremor Recorded J At St. Louis Observatory St. Louis, Mo., May 1. The seis niographic observatory at St. Louis university reported that earthquake shock were recorded shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. The tremors occurred about 200 miles southwest f hete, )t was indicated. SALE OF, FLOWERS BRINGS $4,000 TO - CHURCH SOCIETY Christ Child Benefit Ends Only When Available Blos soms Are Sold. Hundreds of pretty young wo men, located at strategic points throughout the downtown district, and willing to put a lovely posey in anybody's buttonhale for anything from a lowly nickel to a thousand dollars, yesterday collected a total of $4,000 for the Christ Child so ciety of Omaha. ;,, So successful was the campaign of the young women to raise funds that hours before the start of the big May Day parade 30,000 flowers of many kinds and colors, includ ing a shipment of 20,000 from Chi cago, were sold out. The supply of every dealer in Omaha and Council Bluffs was exhausted. Officials of the society cousidered chartering an airplane to obtain more flowers from Lincoln, but the plan was abandoned when it' was-found that practically every plane in the city was planning to take part in the May Day demonstration. No person who ventured into the downtown district was free, from the onslaughts of the young; wo men, and, what is . more, no one wanted to be. Thousands bought the flowers . with . a smile and . an eagerness seldom equalled in the city. The first flowers were bought by. Chatham Redick, small daughter cf Mrs. O. L. Kedick, and Hayden Storz, for which they paid a price of $25. The smallest flower, which brought the highest price recorded, was a sweetheart rosebud sold to Louis Nash by Mrs. W. J. Hynes for $100. ' 600 Employes, at New York Ship Yards Go Out On Strike Philadelphia, May 1. More than 600 carpenters and joiners at the New York shipyard. Camden, and 150 carpenters at the Pusey and Jones yard, Gloucester, N. J., struck today. The strike was called to press a demand for more wages. About 300 carpenters are reported out at Cramps shipyard. , Structural iron workers are re ported to have struck in various parts of the city in sympathy with carpenters ' who " are asking for a W3ge increase. Harvard Parade Causes Reports of "Red" Rally Washington, May 1. The Associa tion of Harvard clubs, in annual con vention here,' paraded through ths streets today flying the Harvard Crimson ' at the head of its motx train. Immediately the Department of Justice and police headquarters weri deluged with telephone reports ' of a "red" May day parade in the heart of the national capital. FALLING II. S. FAR BEHIND IN AVIATION Germany Develops All-Steel Plane That Makes Obsolete Every Existing Type Eng- - land Makes Big Strides'. CONGRESS REFUSING . TO HEED WARNINGS Army Man Declares in Future Wars Will Be Fought With Aircraft the Second Line of Nation's Defense. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Washington, May 1. (Special.) While Germany has perfected an all-metal airplane that renders all other types of construction obso lete, Great Britain, it became known here today, has completed a num ber of giant flying engines of war capable of destroying battleships with aerial torpedoes. ' - This revolutionary development, giving an illuminating glimpse of the warfare of the future, has been known, ' it transpires, to the' army air service for some time. A con fidential report , has been received from an American attache abroad giving the details of a series of suc cessful, tests of the new planes and torpedoes in the destruction of naval craft. - America Far Behind. These are two illustrations of the extent to which America has been outdistanced since . the end of the war in the development of aircraft. Air service officials are convinced that the lost ground can be re covered only by a decision on the part of congress to tackle the prob lem of air . navigation on the same scale as have European nations. One ct the chief arguments for the creation of an aviation .depart ment having control of military and naval a well as commercial aero nautics is that aerial warfare of the future makes a distinct aviation arm of the nation's forces a necessity. Air Force Second Defense. "The navy is and will continue to be as far as we can now foresee our first line of defense." said Gen. Wil liamMitchell,' director of military aeronautics today. "But instead of the army the air forces have become pur second line of defense, as-a re sult of the development of planes capable of sinking battleships. If our first line of defense should be pierced by the defeat of our "navy we would fall back on the second line, our air forces, which would .be depended upon to play havoc with the enemy navy. Behind the air forces we would have the third line of defense, our army. "To develop and mamtain the air forces as the second line of defense they should not be divided between Continued on rmre Two, Column Four.) Nine Bills In Conference " Between Senate and House Washington, May l.-rNine bills, including five of the annual appro priation measures, are now in con ference between the senate and house, setting what some of the of ficials say is a record.' A 10th meas ure, that for water power develop ment, has just been agreed upon and is waiting final 'action ty the senate and house. The money measures in confer ence are the naval, rivers and har bors, fortifications, agricultural and diplomatic and consular. .The other bills are those relating to army re organization, army and navy r pay, railroad deficiency and civil se'rvice retirement Patriotic Omaha Marches in Review in -Americanization May Day Parade Here WW p"" it v t - CP h pie AW1' Passing Show of 1920 SWEETS ECR THE SWEET HOM CITY SHOWS E FIRES STILL BURN Mighty Pageant of Patriotism Is Challenge to "Reds" and Demonstration of .the ' Gate City's "Americanism. MORE THAlJlaOOO IN LINE OF MARCH if: 1 Other Thousands Throng Along Route of Parade No Disturbances Mark Day But One Arrest Is Made. , WOMAN PLUNGES INTO MISSOURI IN AUTOMOBILE Loose Brakes Permit Car to Slip From Aspenwall Ferry ' ' Boatman Rescues Occupant. Auburn, Neb.; May 1. (Special,) Seymour Noah, who runs the As pinwall ferry across the; Missouri river in the southeast part of Ne maha county, yesterday saved the life of a Missouri woman, and he is anxious to learn her name, i A party of Atchison county, Mis souri, residents, early in the morn ing crossed the ferry in a big tour ing car to the Nebraska side and after visiting a few hours started oil the return trip. They drove tffeir car onto the ferry boat, but failed to tell the ferryman that the brakes were not in working order. Two women remained seated in, the ma chine. A heavy wind was blowing at the time and when the boat got out into the middle of the river, where the' channel was deepest, the high, choppy waves caused the auto mobile to move backward and- for ward on the deck with great mo mentum. One of the -women jumped from the auto, but the other remained seated therein. Suddenly the car was propelled forward with great force by an unusually high wave and the car crushed through the guard chain in the front of the boat and went into the river with the woman. She screamed. Her husband, sta tioned on one side of the boat, and the ferryman on the other, looked for her when she would come up. She rose alongside the boat and the fer ryman was able to grasp her by the hair and drag her aboard. He landed his passengers safely, but the big car is t the bottom of the river. In the excitement, when he had landed his passengers on the Missouri shore, he forgot to get their names. Announce Stiff Increase In Price of defined Sugar Salt Lake City, May.l. The Utah-Idaho Su?r company, largest producers in the intermountain re gion, announced an increase in their price of refined sugar from a 13-cent basis to 22.7-5 cents per pound. This has caused a jump in retail prices of beet sugar here from 16 cents to 28 cent sper pound to the consumer. The company has declined to state the reason for the advance. Mrs. Robert Bradford Is Given Divorce by Los Angeles Courts few :. XK W " . - - - ,s ' ' M ' s i Mrs. Robt. Bradford. Mrs. Frances Todd Bradford, for merly of Omaha, has ' received a final decree of divorce from her hus band, Robert Bradford, according to word received here yesterday. She was given the. custody of their child and $30 a month alimony, which she refused to accept. The Bradfords were married . in Omaha six years ago. Mrs. Brad ford remained in Omaha during a period when her husband was in diplomatic service abroad. MANY TAKE SKY RIDES OVER CITY WITHOUT MISHAP Two Fly from Lincoln in Half " Hour and Join Local Birdmen. Three Killed, One Fatally Hurt As Auto Leaves Bridge Pueblo, Col., May 1. Mrs. John Richardson, 24 years old, bride of aha armm.- 1i A v i" Vi a t"C T 1? Ult TV V. V IV 111,1 IIIUURI) Ullli Jr IM I David, and her brother, E. V. David, , I . J . 1 I 1 J ..! . ) were Killed ana ner nusaana laiauy i injured early today when their auto- moDiie plunged on a bridge, tailing 20 feet. .' Homer Wyant and A. B. Green, aviators, flew a Hipano-Suiza motor plane from Lincoln to Omaha in lit tle more than a half hour, yesterday afternoon. They arrived in time to, catch a birdseye view of the Americaniza tion day parade. Twelve persons took sky ridc3 ; later in the afternoon from Ak-Sar-j Ben exposition field in planes piloted j by members of the Blue Star Avla- tion company. . ' No mishaps occurred. Harry Rosen and Chick Sale, headliners at the Orpheum theater this week,' will ascend this morning in a plane piloted by Aviator Green. Rosen and Sale are acquaintances cf Green. The whole company at the Or pheum this week will visit the avia tion field to witness the flights. Some of the stage favorites will probably venture flights with the pilots on hand, Mr. Green stated. 7 R. L. Wagner, piloting a Curtiss type plane, and B. B. Creeth, pilot ing an Oriole machine, flew over the city during the parade Saturday. Girls of the Red Cross canteen service art seen ui the accompanying photograph as they marched past the reviewing stand in front of the city hall, while thousands crowded the streets to watch. . The girls in white in the reviewing stand are the "gold star" girls, each one of whom represented in the Anaericapirttion DAXeajit pat. Omjhj Jjoy jrho say his Jige for the csryicfi of his Cfiv&try daring the W&& , Sentence Woman Pickpocket London, May 1. Maud Price, a handsome, middle-aged woman liv ing respectably and honored by the neighbors, was sentenced to serve nine months at hard labor for pick ing pockets. It was found that she ad been in prison six times before t&e lime oftftjise. The Weather Forecast. Probably showers Sunday; ly warmer. ' Hourly TemprtarM. ..4T ..IS m 4S m m it m M II m M It moom w..M...6f ' slight- a. m... m. nu. . 1 p. m.. t p. m.. I p. m.. 4 p. m.. 5 p. m.. 6 p. m.. 1 9. m. . .St S4 S U l si LAST KRUEGER DRAFT EVADER IS SURROUNDED Fourth of Brothers Said to Be At Bay in Wisconsin Swamp ' And Hemmed in 6y Posse; Wither, Wis., May 1. A large posse, aided by bloodhounds, today enveloped a swamp near here, in search of Louis Krueger, for 18 hmonth's a fugitive from justice on a charge of military draft evasion. Brought to bay last night at the home of his mother, Mrs. Louise Krueger, the man escaped by leap ing through a window amid a fusil lade of bullets from possemen and took refuge in the swamp nearby. A cordon of deputies was thrown about the swamp immediately and it is believed he is still within the circle of deputies. Today's activity recalls the "bat tle of Krueger farm" in September, 1918, when Harry Jensen, station agent at Owen, was killed and four other possemen wounded, and which brought life sentences for Frank and Leslie Krueger, brother of Louis. The two brothers are now serving their sentences' in Waupun prison. The, fight at the Krueger farm in 1918 was precipitated when Uhited States deputy marshals sought to arrest the four Krueger boys as draft evaders-. The fight lasted some time, Mrs. Krueger finally surren dering, Leslie and Ennis, two other brother, escaping. Ennis was killed a few days later Dy a federal agent and Leslie was caught several months afterward in Minnesota. Convict North Platte Man , ' Of Stealing Suitcase North Platte, Neb., May 1. (Spe cial Telegram.) George H. Cratty, 23 years old, who was arrested April 11, charged with stealing a suitcase and package filled with gentlemen's clothing from the Union Pacific bag gage room here, was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of one to 10 years in the state penitentiary in dis trict court. Cratty was an employe of the baggage room when the suit case and package, which belonged to J. A. Benau, was stolen. His rooms were searched and the stolen articles found. Cratty has a wife and small child. John D. Keene was sentenced to hot less than one and not more than seven years in the state penitentiary. He was arrested recently and tried in county court charged with steal ing a five-passenger automobile from Rassmus Rasmussen last September. Americanization Day Is Celebrated In Scotia Scotia. Neb., May 1. (Specials Rev. J. V. Bandy was the principal speaker at the Americanization day program here. A patriotic parade was held, followed by a flag drill by school children. After the exercises the members of Reuben Beck post, American Legion, served dinner to over 700 people. , - Await Germans at Spa Brussels, May 1. Preparations to receive allied and German delegates at the Spa conference on May 25 have already been started by the municipal government of that city. The opening of the summer social season ter ha been advanced to May 22, Omaha's May Day Americaniza tion parade yesterday afternoon was an eloquent demonstration that the home fires are still burning in the Gate City of the west and that the Red, White and Blue is Omaha's answer to anybody who would raise the red flag of disloyalty. It was a mighty pageant of pa triotism, participated in by men, WOfncn. hnva and o-irla nf all r1st.. - and creeds, enlivened by thousands or nuttenng nags and national airs played by 11 bands. mere were more than 20,000 ilf the column which passed the re viev.'insr stand in front nf th ritw hall and thousands of spectators cheered as the marchers passed by. Event Is Not Marred. There were no sinsfer occurren-. ces to mar the success of the event. A feeling of apprehension existed in minds of some Omhans that May Day outbreaks of the old world might find expression here. There were a few incidents which were sig nificant but not serious. Mayor Smith was importuned by some to cancel the parade because of fear that 'red" outbreaks might occur, but the mayor scouted even thesug gestion of such action. . 1 : The police took into custody Jake Garfinkle. 2(1 vun M icn9 m.u'. , j . . .'V 1,V1I(I Twentieth street, upon alleged evi dence that he had discouraged others from marching in the parade. Garfinkle was released by Captain J. T.' Dunn on assurances that he would march in the parade, 'carrying a flag at the side of Police Sergeant Lyman Wheeler. . ' . . Mysterious Shot Fired. T. J. Hunt, sales manager in the service of an automobile company, . narrowly psrnfl Kpino- en,u k.. " . bullet which passed through the windshield of his automobile yester day noon at Sixteenth and Harney streets. The source of. the bullet was not determined by the police who made an investigation. Mr Hunt was nn ' Mc wav tn - division of the parade at Sixteenth street and Capitol avenue. ' A bright May sunshine brightened the scene when the parade reached the reviewing stand at 2:20 p. m.Tn the reviewing party were: Gov. S. R. McKelvie. Mayor Ed. P. Smith, Col. Jacob W. S. Wuest of Fort Omaha, Col. Ben R. Wade of Fort Crook, Col. G. S. Bingham, Capt. J. H. Comfort U. S. N., and Adjutant Gen. H. J. Paul and Major Harry (Continued on Tage Six, Column On MUCH HERALDED MAY DAY RIOTS ' FAIL TO SHOW UP Officials Declare Executionerr- Afraid to Commit Outrages After Recent Warnings. ChloKo Tribune-Omaha Beo Leased Wir. Washington, May l.--Attornej General Palmer's much 'heralded May day terrorism did nof material ize. It either took to its heels when exposed or was a straw man. Department of Justice officials in- . sist that it was a real menace against lives of prominent men all over the country, but that the scheduled exe-' cutioners feared to show their heads! when the country had been warned Whatever may have been the case. May day passed tranquilly through out the nation. According to reports reaching the Department of Justice, there were no bombs thrown, no lists of dead or maimed, no general industrial uprisings and few arrests. ' Up to a late hour, only one red of fender had been reported taken by government agents and his offense was the distribution of radical litera ture. Attorney General. Palmer, who uttered the warning against . red . plots against the lives of officials several days ago, had no comment to make, but his aids in the depart ment expressed gratification that ex posure of the plans of the reds had been effective in smothering the threatened outrages. In some quar ters in Washington the attorney general's warning was regarded as "hysterical," a "seeing red" demon stration. Some of Mr. Palmer's po 1'tical opponents said it was a po litical play. Mr. Palmer said a few days ago that his course would be criticised in this manner and made it emphatic that he did not care. He thought it his duty, in view of re ports that had come to the Depart ment of Justice, to utter the warn . ;r v I 1" " "I I 11 ' 1