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A ST JL HE Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 49 NO. 281. Catorad n mn'-oIim mHtr Hty If, IMf.. it Oulia p. o. m4w Ml ! Hank 3. ItTt. OMAHA, TUESDAY,, MAY 11, ,1920. ' l Mall (I yur), lail 4th Ztat. Dally aaa Suaday. tl: Dally Oaly. M: Sunday. U. v TWfl ' orTSIDK OMAIM AND OrtUN Uatuda 4th Zaaa (I '). Dally and Sunday. Ill; Dally Oaly, f 12; Suaday Only, IJ. " v wu.ti.ikj UL JULUrra. F1VG UCSTB. LODGE WILL PRESIDE AT CONVENTION Author of Amendments to League of Nations Covenant To Sound Keynote of Repute lican Presidential Campaign, PERMANENT CHAIRMAN TO BE NAMED IN CHICAGO Name of Borah Not Mentioned And Beveridge Maye ' Be Elected Permanent Head of Big Convention. Chicago,' May 10. Senator Henry , Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, re publican senate leader and author jof the Ladge reservations to the lecgue of nations covenant, will sound thekeynote of the presiden tial campaign at the republican na tional convention in j Chacogi on June 8. . Ttfe committee on arrangements .selected Lodge as temporary chair man and Voted to recommend to the convention some one else to be chosen permanent chairman to re lieve Mf. Lodge of the strai of di recting the convention. Four years ago, Senator W. G. Harding of ' . Ohio filled both positions." The committee's recommendation, according to several committeemen, probably will pave the way for se letcion of former Senator Albert T. Beveridge of Indiana as perma- nent chairman. , Borah Not Mentioned. The name of Senator Borah, can " didate of the supporters of Sena tor Johnson, for permanent chair man, was not mentioned during the discussion, according to Fred Up ham, ational treasurer. Chairman Will H. Hays of the national committee, reported on Conferences held last week with senate leaders at Washington where SeiTator j Lodge's selection urged by Senators Knox, Brande gce and others. Party leaders said the league of nations fight undoubtedly would be touched by Senator Lodge and that a plank endorsing the peace treaty and the league covenant with the reservations voted by the requblican majority in congress wiuld.be in the .platform. L. B. Gleason.-secretary of the last two republican conventions, was again chosen temporary secre- tary. Six assistants, three men and three women, also were named. They are Mrs. Guy Gannett of Maine, Miss Jeanette A. Hyde of Utah, Mrs. Chtoe Adair Morgan of Kansas, R. J. Beamis of Pennsylvania, iHarry Giovanolli of Kentucky ana Fred Wilson of Missouri. Will Use Service Men. , Edward P. Thayer of Indiana, sergeant-at-arms of the national committee, was appointed temporary sergeant-at-arms. Maj. Gen. ajmes -A. Ryan of Chicago was named chief doorkeeper. His assistants will jill be former service men. General Ryan was' General Pershing's chief of staff oft the Mexican expedition Ushers also will be overseas sol diers, under the direction, of Capt. Knowlton. Ames. The national executive committee also may meet today in its regular monthly session. It was decided to postpone hearing of seat contests , to May 31, at 9 a. m. Chairman Hays i reported that the situation showed such improvement that the original plan to open the hearing May 25, was not necessary. HIGHJACKERS TO ANSWER FOR RAID ON FARM BARN Gilinski and Buckley, to Be Tried for Fake Liquor Search.' ' i ax- British Continue to Close Irish Police Barracks Dublin, May 10. The authorities are continuing the policy of shut ting down the smalkpolice barracks in the rural districts. Two organized attacks have occurred at small bar racks. At Cloyne, County Cork, the - - small garrison of seven was com pelled to surrender, one of the men being wounded. The other raid was at the village of Newtown ' Hamilton, South Armagh, where 300 Sinn Feiners at tacked the barracks garrisoned by five men. Ihe tight lasted two and a halt hours. ihe building was sprinkled with petrol and burned, driving the garrison into an out house, where they continued their defense. The raiders ultimately re tired.,-. - - ' Berkeley, Cat., Gains 15,452 In Population In 10 Years Washington, May 10. Berkeley, Cat., 55,886; increase, 15,452, or 38.2 per cent. , ' Webster, Mass., 13,25s; increase, 1.749. or 15.2 oer cent. Hartford, Conn., 138,036; increase, 39.121, or 39.6 per cent. Champaign, III., 15,873; increase, 3.452. or Z7.8 per cent. Canton, 111., 10,928; increase, 475, er 4.5 per cent. Urbana, 111., 10,230; increase, 1, 985, or 24.1 per cent. Sydney Jewelry Store Is Robbed of Diamond Rings Sidney, Neb., May 10. (Special.1) Thieves stile diamond rings valued at several hundred dollars - .last night when they hurled a stone through the window of the K. H. Beets jewelry store ,in the heart or the business district. Authorities i have no clue to their identity. Canadian Wheat Rulings. Winnipeg, Man., May 10. No mixed grains containing wheat crown in Ontario or Quebec shall be exported without a permit and tone shall be imported into Canada witho'ut a license, according to an order issued today by the Canadian wheat board, Two Omaha alleged hijackers will not bother the loCal police for some ti.ne. David Gilinski, police character, and Joseph G. Buckley, accused of being the "state agents" who searched the barn of Emil Miller, a farmer living 5 miles southeast of LWest Point, Neb., with a fake search warrant last August for liquor, were taken to West Point yesterday aft ernoon by Sheriff A. G. Sexton of Cuming county and his deputy. Charles Sass, to face a charge of breaking and entering. Harry Griffiifwho is also wanted :n connection with the charges has n.:t been apprehended. He is said to be in Nebraska City. The sheriff mere has beepf notified. The three men are said to have gone to the' Miller farm and repre sented that they were. state agents looking for booze. Tftey exhibited to Miller a piece of paper purport ing to, be a search warrant, and are said to have broken into his barn ai:d searched it for liquor, but none waff found. Gilinski and Buckley were arrest er! by he Omaha police qn war rants from Cuming county." They gave their Omaha address as 2261 Whitmore street. Gilinski gave his occupation as a sa4esmna, while Buckley said hewas a real estate dealer. ' Troup Sentences Three Who Plead Guilty to Forgeries and Theft Sentences to the state peniten tiaryranging from one to 20 years were imposed by District Judge Troup "yesterday on three men who pleaded guilty.) . Clyde R. Dewey was given a sentence of one to tive years. He bought a Chandler automobile from the Card-Adams Motor Co. April 28, giving a check" for $2,575 on the First National bank of Fairfax, S. D., in payment. He didn't have the funds there and was arrested the same day. urady Hord, negro, drew the long sentence of the dayi one to 20 years when he pleaded guilty to passing a forged check for $10 on M. Laiz arowitz, April 20. John .Potter was sentenced to a term of one to 10 years for break ing and entering-the office of C. G. Holling. Elkhorn. on May 2. and stealing a typewriter which he brought to South Omaha and tried to sell. ' Chinese Cafes Close in Observation of Fifth . "Humiliation Day" : l Chicago Tribunt-Omnha Bee Leafed Wire. Washington, May 10. All Chinese restaurants' and shops here were closed Sunday in observance of China's national Humiliation day, the fifth anniversary of China's ac ceptance of Japan's ultimatum con taining 21 demands to create Japan ese suzerainty of China. On, the door ot each Chinese establishment appeared this sign: ' "Closed until 3 p. m. in com memoration of the humiliation of China by the 21 Japanese com pulsory demands instituted May 9, 1915." To a gathering of Chinese and Americans Dr. Paul S. Reinsch, for mer United States minister to Peking, addressed a plea that the powers will refrain from further en croachment on China while the re generated nation is finding itself. , William Adamson, Soldier, Is Given Parole at Fremont Fremont, Neb.. May 10. (Spe cial.) William Adamson, Fort Rus sell, Wyo., soldier who was shot by Special Agent Senpeck when he tried to break arrest, was paroled to Sheriff Condit this morning by Dis tricfjudge Button, after he pleaded guilty to the charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Harry A. Scott, Adamson s com panion,' is in jail awaiting trial. Allow 50 Per Cent Increase In South Dakota Sugar Prof it Sinn Falls' S. Ti.. Mav 10. United States District Attorney Fiske, acting fair price commission er for ySouth Dakota; announced that wholesalers and retailers will be allowed a 50 per cent increase in thir marorin nf nrnS'tt nil KilQ-ar. effective immediately. The new mar gin is not to exceed: $1.50 per iuu pounds for wholesalers and 3 cents a pound for retailers. Airplane Fire Patrol Is Started in California San Francisco, May 10. Air plane wireless forest fire patrol be tran in California with the departure of tw o detachments of five ma chines each from Mather Field, Sac ramento, for their oases at Red Bluff and Fresno. Not more than two machines will be sent out daily from each mase. ' Attempt Made Upon Life Of Grand Vizier of Turkey Constantinople. May 10. An at tempt was madeFriday night upon the life of Damad Fend Pasha, the grand vizier, at his home. Three shots were fired at him, none of which took effect. To Begin on State Aid Road. Franklin, Neb., May 8. (Special.) Contractors unloaded seVeral loads of horses, machinery, feed and other material for the work on the State Aid road between here and Orleans. Work will begun at once west pi franklin, howe calls Meeting of siuia Head of Concern Mfillinnnacc In A' Future Manao r W3' asses 'A. n' jy ue- s as to WILL DEMAND S BOOKS BE BROUGHT INTO COURT V Paul F. Skinner Replies to Charge of Stock "Watering" Declares He Will Defend Independence of Concern. . A call for a meeting of the 5,000 stockholders of the Skinner com pany in the City auditorium on Tuesday, May 25, was issued yes terday by R. C. Howe, ousted as president and general manager of the company recently by Paul and Lloyd Skinner. Mr. Howe asserts he is willing to abide by whatever de cision stockholders reach regarding future management of the company. In a statement yesterday he claim ed troubles between the Skinners and himself were the result of ob jections he raised to action of he Skinners in "watering" company capitalization by transferring to themselves 167,000 shares of urpaid for stock worth at the selling price $8,350,000. Mr. Howe's attorney, F. A. Brogan, announced he would ap ply soon for a court order to force bringing into open court of all im portant books of the Skinner com pany. Skinner Issues Statement. Upon learning of Mr. Howe's ac tion, Paul F. Skinner issued the fol lowing signed statement: "I am very glad that Mr. Howe has awakened to the fa,ct that as president of the company, it is his duty to call a meeting of the stock holders. "It is to be regretted that Mr. Howe did not call a meeting of either the board of directors or the stockholders before he took such vicious steps in stabbing the com pany in the back by demoralizing their credit. "At this meeting Mr. Howe y?ill have an opportunity to explain his various actions since he became con nected ' with the company. He can explain why he had designs made, and ordered signs made, for the company plant bearing the name. Howe Packing company 30 days before an controversary came up, and why he ordered no more labels printed with the Skinner name on them: why he later insisted in writ ing on the name being changed and that I personally, escrow all my stockholdings with the First Trust company of Chicago, a packer con trolled company, and why, without calling a directors' meeting, that, he maliciously wrote out checks and wired all eastern banks with whom we had established a favorable line of credit, and checked out about $700,000 practically every dollar in the company s treasury, with com- (Contlnned en Tug Two, Column Two.) Charge Utah Sugar Company Gets Prof it Of $14.15 orSack Salt Lake City, May 10. Federal investigators haye determined that the Utah-Idaho company, with head quarters here, by selling sugar at 22.75 cents per pound wholesale, to which it was raised May 1, from 13 cents, are realizing a net profit of $14.15 per 100-pound sack, ac cording to announcement by United States Attorney Isaac Blair Evans. Saturday a complaint charging the Utah-Idaho company with profiteer ing was issued at the instance of Floyd T. Jackson, chief of the local department of justice bureau, and Merrill Nibley, vice president and assistant general manager of the concern, was arrested and released on $5,000 bonds. He will be ar raigned May 20, to answer the Charge. Mr. Jackson, in his complaint against the company, alleges that over 177,000 100-pound sacks of sugar are held by them at their various refineries and warehouses. Sugar in Salt Lake today was 28 cent a pound with a limit of five pounds fo each customer. Burlington to Stop Two Trains at Camp Gifford The Burlington railroad an nounced today that two trains would stop daily on flag signal at Camp Gifford, the Boy Scout camp. They also contemplate building a platform and a shed to protect passengers. The fare will be 21 cents. Thirty scoutmasters and Commis sioner Hoyt attended a conference at the Camp Saturday and Sunday. John Piper, field executive from Kansas City spoke at the Camp con ferences Sunday, Mr. Piper spo1e on "Moral Values of the Scout Program." The scoutmasters also made a study of birds, trees and map making. The work was con ducted by C. G. Triem, deputy com missioner and assistant deputies R. F. Perkins and H. D. Jolley. Leader's In Plot to Bomb Premier Venizelos Get Life Athens. May 10. General Libritis, Colonels Dedleres an Karapateas, and Captain Kanabouvos, leaders in the plot against the life of Fremier venitelos last December, have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court-tnartial. Fifteen other .offi cers received sentences of from 15 to 20 years in prison and 24 suspect ed of complicity In the plot were ac- 2 ... . uiu. PARENTS OF DEAD HEROES JOIN IN MEMORIAL FUND l Bee Campaign fotx Flowers for American Graves in . France Grows. In memory of our son, Leo 'D. Saxton, Company E, Thirtieth in fantry, killed in action June 7, 1918, buried in the American concentra tion cemetery, Belleau Department of the Aisne, from, Yours Respect fullyhis parents." This letter and many like it con tinue to reach the office of The Bee with contributions toward the memorial fund to decorate the graves of the , American soldiers buried in France. ' The Omaha Bee in co-operation with the Chicago Tribune and other American newspapers is behind the movement to decorate the grave of everey American soldier who died in Europe during the war. The poney will be sent to the Paris of fice of the newspapers where Lloyd Gibbons will supervise its distribu tion. Total contribution to the fund to yesterday was $174. Previously ac knowledged, $149. Yesterday's conrtibutors are: S. D. Mallory $5.00 Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Harrison, Council Bluffs 5.00 Cameron H. Brown 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. K. 8. Lannlng. Lexington 2.00 Mrs. Minnie Skinner. Herman, Neb.. (.00 Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Saxton, Belvldere, Neb 6.00 Harold J. Tyler. Oxford, Neb 1.00 Fate Marks Man for Death, But Has Hard Time Fulfilling It Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Chicago, May 10. Fate had marked William O. Krauter for death. Saturday night the police took him and six other persons from a house, all near death from mys terious gas fames, the presence of which and the character of which are yet unexplained. Krauter was treated at a hospital and told he could go home last night. He was later found in the house from which he had been re moved only a few hours before. This time there were three bullets in his body, but he. was dying and could not explain. Later last night he ex pired in a hospital without regain ing consciousness or making any statement. It is the theory of the police that burglars read about all the occu pants of the house being removed because of the gas fumes and chose the occasion to rob the place. It is assumed Krauter came upon them and they shot him to death. The room bearsp-jfcvidence of-a fierce struggle, indicating that the victim put up a hard fight for his life. He was the head of a prominent real estate firm. Other victims of . the mysterious gas poisoning were able to quit the hospital for their homes last night. Burglar Suspect Is Completely Attired - In Silken Lingerie Chicago, May 10. Completely db- guised as a woman, from blond wig down to corset and silk lingerie, a man who later gave his name as Bruce Barthmg was captured by the police- after a chase today. The police believe he has taken part in a number of robberies m an exclus ive north side residence district. Barthing aroused the suspicions of a watchman eaifly this morning and when the latter questioned him, picked up his skirts, and began to run. Two policemen joined in the chase and. captured him. He said that he had come from San Francisco. Government Announces . Election in Russia Soon Vladivostok. May. 10 The provi sional government has announced that elections soon will be held for a far eastern provisional parliament. The declaration announcing the elec tions lays stress on the friendly re lations between the people and the great powers based on international law and existing treaties and calls for the development of the national resources and industries with Rus sian and foreign capital and maxi mum freedom tor Russians nd for eign enterprise. , The government has organized an international board of trade, con sisting of Russian, Chinese, Ameri can and Japanese business men. The Japanese have installed a complete telephone system, both military and industrial. There is a marked shortage of foodstuffs in the maritime districts contiguous to Manchuria. Screen Time Socialists of Illinois Seek Real 'Red' Plans New York, May 10 Declaring for the "dictatorship of the proletariat" and a "workingmen's council in the government," the Illinois delegation to the socialist national convention today announced it intended to fight to make the 1920 platform "genuine ly radical" and representative of "real socialism." Led by J. Louis Engdahl of Chi cago, the Illinois delegates declared "too conservative" the socialist plat form outlined at yesterday's mass meeting in Madison Square Garden. The Weather Forecast. .Unsettled Tuesday with probably showers. , Hourly Temperatures; 8 a. m. A a. in. 7 a. m . . 8 a. m . . 9 a. m . . 10 a. m. . II ...62 .. .81 ...61 ...64 ...65 ...60 10 1 p. m 70 2 p. m AS 3 p. m in 4 p. m 73 5 p. m 11 A p. m .16 7 p. m 75 5 p. m-f "iaft)t-72 I WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS IN MEXICO Reports Trickling Through Veil Which Obscured Events In Southern Republic Show Usual Tropical Blood Letting. MARINES IN BATTLESHIP ORDERED TO KEY WEST Fate of President Carranza ftot Determined Due to Con-; f h'cting - Reports Washing ton Communication Severed, YEGGMEN BLOW SAFE IN BLUFFS TRADE DISTRICT i People's Department Store Robbed During Night and $00Q Taken Police Find No Clues. Yeggmen blew the safe in the People's department store, 316 West Broadway, Council Bluffs, Sunday night and escaped with more than $1,000 in cash. They left no clue. The People's store is remodeling and ' the1 burglars made their entrance by a how window, at the rear of which was placed a strong partition equipped with a trap door. Because of the manner in which the thieves found the trap door and knocked it from the hinges, police are led to believe that they were well acquainted with the topography before their attack. Door Blown to Bits, i Mose Bernstein, one of the pro- prietors of the store, discovered the safe when he arrived yesterday morning. The. door of the safe had been blown to bits. Nitroglycerine had been used, and the safe had been soaped'to eliminate noise. Mr,. Bernstein told police that he was in the store as late as 10 p. m. Sunday night and that everything was ail right then. Yeggs Forget Crowbar. The People's store employes no night watchmen. The loss is cover ed by- insurance, according to Mr. Bernstein, who said he did not know just how much the yeggmen secured except that there was more than $1,000 in the safe yesterday. After blowing the safe, the yegg men battered down the rear door of the establishment and escaped by way of the alley.' They left a three foot crowbar lying by the looted safe. This store is in the heart of the business district and only one block from the police station. At 4:20 a. m., Captain Shafer and other offi cers heard a muffled explosion and remarked about it, but attributed it to an automobile muffler. Dr. Hunnicutt Appointed v Insane Asylum Physician Lincoln, May -10. (Special.) The state board of control has ap pointed Dr. W. P. Hunnicutt, for merly at the state insane asylum at Pueblo, Col. ,as second assistant physician at the Lincoln insane asylum, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. Pickens. A. H. Schlegel of Lincoln has been appointed accountant for the board to fill the place of H. E. Bassler, who goes to Washington, D. C, in the income-tax department. Workers Defense League Dissolved, Secretary Says San "Francisco, May 10. The In ternational Workers Defense league formed to assist in the defense of Thomas J. Mooney and others, charged with participation in the prcpareness day bomb explosion here, has dissolved, acording to Ed ward D. Nolan, seretary of the league, and oefendant with Mooney. Edwards Will Not Consider Vice President Nomination New York, May 10. Governor Edward I. Edwards of New Jersey, aspirant for the democratic presi dential choice, declared here that he would not accept nomination for vice president. Governor General of Canada Reaches Quebec From London Quebec, May 10,-The duke of De vonshire, governor general of Cana da, arrived here from England late today on the steampship Empress of Ireland, NINTH MURDER IS CONFESSED BY BLUEBEARD 9 Bigamist Sentenced to Life Im prisonmentClaims Arkan sas Is Native State Los Angeles, Cal., May 10. The confessed bigamist, murderer, sen tenced here today to life imprison ment under the name of James P. Watson, this afternoon, according to District Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine, told that official of the murder of a ninth woman, and stated his true name was Dan Hol den and that he was a native of Arkansas. The ninth alleged murder was that of Eleanor Frazier,- who, according to the district attorney, Holden ad mitted he had drowned in the Spo kane river, above the falls, near the city of Spokane. . Holden was quoted by the district attorney as saying he had married the Frazier woman in Seattle a year ago and "had pushed her into the river and thought she had been car ried over the falls and crushed on the rocks below." This cleared up the mystery sur rounding the fate of the woman known previously to officers as "Ele anor." They had obtained some in formation concerning her, enough to believe she was one of the many victims, from papers found in his possession. Holden declined to state in just what part of Arkansas he had been born and reared. He seemed de sirous of protecting his relatives, officers stated, and would say only that he was a member of "a re spectable family." Lincoln Men Go to Confer On Failure of Aurora Bank Lincoln, May 10. (Special.) Mr. H. K. Frantz, president of the State Bankers' association, ' Cecil Laverty, representing the attorney general's office, and J. E. Hart of the Department of Trade and Com; mcrce, went to Aurora today to con fer with a special committee ap pointed by the State Bankers, asso ciation as advisory in the affairs of the defunct American State bank. The proposition up for considera tion is the present status of the bank's affairs, and the advisability of continuing the present arrange ment, or asking for a receivership. This bank was caluntarily closed by the officers and directors on March 16, an dtaken over by the Bureau of Banking on March 17, and since has ben held awaiting efforts on behalf of the W. C. Wentz company to liquidate its affairs and make good its Overdraft to the bank. Unfilled Orders of Steel Highest Since August, 1917 New York, May 10. The United Stated Steel corporation announced today unfilled orders for the montl ending April 30 totalled 10,359,747 tons, a gain of 467,672 tons over the previous, month. The total of unfilled orders was brought up to the highest point, since August, 1917, when the un filled tonnage was slightly more than 1 0,400,000 Street Speakers of Steel Men Go to Jail for 30 Days Pittsburgh, Pa., May 10. Six men, who yesterday attempted to speak at a street meeting" of the national Committee of Iron and Steel Work ers and the American Civil Liber ties union in Duquesne, a steel town near here, were today sentenced to serve 30 days in the Allegheny county jail. Street Cars in Butte Are Suspended During Strike Butte, Mont., May 10. No street cars were"'' operated in Butte Mon day because of tWe strike of the Workingmen's union for a dollar a day increase in wages. The repair men employed by the traction com pany are members of tbe union, SENATORS TILT OVER REPORT OF CAMPAIGN FUND Stories Published of $10,000, 000 Election Budget Starts Lively Argument Between Republicans and Democrats. Washington, May 10. Campaign expenditures were the subject of a lively tilt iii the senate between re publicans and democrats. Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon tana, referred., to stories published here that the republicans were plan ning to raise $10,000,000 with T. Coleman Du Pont in charge of se curing contributions. Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, denounced the report as without foundation. 1 he democratic , party, ne saia, was in oetter position to raise funds, but. he had no idea that either party would attempt to raise as much as SIU.OUO.UW. "I have no doubt that millionaires in New York who are aiding Mr. Mc Adoo's -campaign Bernard E. Ba- ruch and Thomas M. Chadburn could raise $10 to the republicans $1," said he. "I haven't any doubt but that both parties will use a great deal of money this year, but the democratic party will be in better position to request, if not demand, money." Senator Borah, republican, Idho, author of the pending resolution for inquiry into campaign expenditures and contributions, said it was ap parent that certain influences in both parties were seeking domina tion through use of money. "What we should do is to expose the coteries which propose to con trol the conventions by use of money," said he. Senator Thomas, democrat, Colo rado, declared $10,000,000 "chicken feed these days," and urged his plan to tax campafgn contributions of more than $1,000. Trial of Negroes Opens For Killing Storekeeper William Carroll and Russell Cott rell, negroes, were placed on trial in District Judge Troup's court yester day, charged with murder in the first degree while attempting to rob. They entered the grocery store of Jake Rosenthal, Eighteenth and Chicago streets, the evening of March 27. Jake Rosenthal opened fire on them from the rear of the store and in the melee, his father, Harry Rosenthal was killed. The 'coroner's jury found that Harry Rosenthall was killed by a bullet fired by his son, Jake. This, however, under the law, does not preclude the prosecution of the two alleged robbers for murder. Lever Act Constitutional, California Judge Rules Los Angeles, May 10. The Lever was held constitutional by Judge Benjamin F. Bledsoe in the United States district court here when he overruled the demurrer of 32 rail road men, indicted on charges of violation of the act in connection with the switchmens' strike and or dered them to appear for trial June 1. Wyoming G. 0. P. Adjourns After Keynote Address Sheridan, Wyo., May 10. Follow ing the delivery of the keynote speech in which the league of na tions and Mexican policy of the national administration wer con demned, and the appointment of committees, the republican state con vention adjourned until Tuesday. Tr-Verify Returns. Lincoln, May 10. (Special.) The state boarjL-6f officials whose duty it is to canvass the primary election results was in session Mon day, but until the clerks have had a chance to verify the returns the totals will not be made publiq- N - Washington, May 10. Mexico's latest-revolution after getting undei way" with a remarkable absence ot fighting,' apparently has not beer. . without the usual tropical seaspn ol blood letting. 1-rom behind the veil which ob scures events of the last few days art Leginninfr to trinkle stories of whole sale political executions, counter-ex ecutions andother accompaniments which have marked struggles for supremacy in the Latin-Americar. countries. Carranza, variously reported cap tured, in flight or in hiding: Candida Aguilar, his son-in-law, and minister ot toreign affairs, executed, with Gen. Francisco Marguia, commandeiy of the garrison in Mexico City, after a wholesale slaughter of political prisoners, including IS generals: forces of the 'revolution in' controi of the capital and most of the met ropolitan cities, while American war ships and marines continued to move' into trategic positions were the fore most features of today's news. Telegraph Wires Cut. Communication between the United States and Mexico City con- . tinued intermittently and uncertain- ' ly. Reports continue of the cut ting of telegraph lines which carry cable dispatches from Ver Cruz to Mexict) City are supported by bor der reports that the line of Car- . ranza's escape is held by the revolu tionists. Tbe telegraph lines lead ing from the Texas border across the northern desert ordinarily con nect Washington, with Mexico City, flicked off their last dots and dashes yesterday and were occupied for a few minutes with a stack of ac cumulated dispatches. What hap pened in Mexico City or somewhere along the line to interrupt them is a mystery. From all reports, Tampico, Vera Cruz, Monterey and Puebla, as well as Mexico City are held by rebels. Search of Vera Crnz city failed to find Carranza. One report had him under arrest in Esperanza. The last message received from the American embassy in Mexico City said qutet. prevailed Saturday -morning, after departure of Car ranza with "no unusual disorder," the state department's announce ment said. Carranza Fate Unknown. The only untoward incident rev ported," the statement continued, "was the capture of one of President Carranza's trains May 7, at Guada lupe Hidalgo, about 275 miles north of Mexico City, an incident in which there were several casualties." No mention of the fate of Car ranza was made' by. lhe embassy. General Obregon, Carranza's for mer right hand military an and now his opponent, has orderedm that the president, if captured, be treated with consideration and tak en to Mexico City. Keports published in Mexico City newspapers flatly announced Car ranza's capture, tdgether with Am bassador Bonillas, Carranza's rep resentative in Washington until re cently, and latter a presidential can- . didate. . . . Continue Watchful Waiting. Meanwhile the American govern ment, while continuing a policy of watchful waiting, took measures to afford refuge to Americans. There are estimated to be 6,000 or 7.000 in Mexico,xsome draft dodgers and radicals who fled to- escape the law. tor the most part, however, that class probably is far in the interior,. and Americans who might avail themselves of aid are pricipallv oil men and planters along the gulf. For their assistance the Navy department has ordered the super dreadnaught Oklahoma from New ,! York to Key West for oossible duty in Mexican waters. It will take a full company of marines be- . tore steaming south. Meanwhile the naval transport Henderson will load 1,200 marines from the iavy yard and proceed to Key West to await developments. American destroyers have arrived at lampico joining the gunboat Sacramento and the cruiser Dolphin also has reached that port. .Other destroyers have reached Tuxpam and Vera Cruz and three more will go with the Okla- homa. None of today's fragmentary dis patches make mention of armed re sistance by the Carranza forces, but told an almost uniform story of federal garrisons going over to th reoeis without a struggle. Abandon Retail Tax for the Payment of Soldier Bonus Washington, May 10. Republican members of the house ways and means committee definitely decided toaay to aDanaon the proposed 1 per cent retail tax for part of the money for the proposed soldier relief legislation. Nonitiate Land Registrars Washington. Mav MTr.oi. Oker, registrar of the land office at Helena, Mont., and Henrv AUv. dcr Porter, registrar of the land of fice at Vancouver. Wash.. wr nnm. mated today by. fesajjem A5filS2S.