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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
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orations, checking up the results of
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inc nrii cruise since ucuiuuiiizauuu
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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
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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.
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. 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
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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
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Passing Show of 1920
SWEETS ECR THE SWEET
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CITY SHOWS
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STILL BURN
Mighty Pageant of Patriotism
Is Challenge to "Reds" and
Demonstration of .the ' Gate
City's "Americanism.
MORE THAlJlaOOO
IN LINE OF MARCH
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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
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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
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I David, and her brother, E. V. David,
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) 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.
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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'.
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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
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