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The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 49 NO. 282.
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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1-920.
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INSURGENTS
ROUT FORCE
OF
CARRANZA
Government ' Troops at Sa
binas," Coahuila, Under Gen
eral Pruneda,. Defeated After
Battle With Rebel Soldiers.
FIGHTING IN PROGRESS
NEAR BROWNSVILLE, TEX.
Laborers jand Families Gather
At Monclova for Protection
From Federals Revolution-
. ists Begin Reconstruction,
tion. " x
By Th Assorlutfil fret.
El Paso, Tex., May 11. With the
fate of President Carranza still in
doubt, reports of a few minor en
gagcments between federal and rebel
forces along the northeastern border
of Mexico reached revolutionary
headquarters, tonight.
Carranza forces at Sabinas, Coa
huila, were routed by troops under
Gen. Antonio Vruueda, and after the
battle a train 4oad of wounded fed
erals was sent to Piedras Negras,
opposite Eagle Pass, it was reported.
Fighting was said to be in prog
ress at Matamoras, opposite Browns
ville, Tex., with the revolutionists
attacking the town.
"Eight hundred laborers and their
families were reported as having
gathered at Monclova, Coahuila,
. where they were said to be eeking
protection from the menace of Car
ranza forces operating in that, re
gion. -
Begin Reconstruction.
Claiming the greater part of Mexi
co as their territory, revolutionary
agents here today began their share
of the long task of reconstruction
which faces a country torn by war
for an entire decade. As the first
step. Roberto V. Pesqrcira, revolu
tionary financial agent in the United
States, announced that he was mak
ng efforts to obtain individual con
tracts for Mexican laborers enter
ing the United States, instead, of the
collective engagements that have
hitherto prevailed. Senor Tesque
ira charged that exorbitant fees
were being charged by labor agents
, on both sides of the international
.- l'ne." . .,-'' ' - "
We,hatl also try. to eliminate!
passport frauds, whicli arc oeing
practiced by private individuals here
and in Juarez, Pesquira .said. "So
far wc have received (lie cordial co
operation of the American authori
ties in our efforts to establish bet
ter relations between the two counA
11 IC3.
Revolutionary agents in Washing
ton were enedeavoring to obtain
permission of the UnitedvStates gov
ernment to establish wireless com
munication between the radio sta
tion at Arlington. Va., and those in
Chihuahua City and Mexico City,
Pesqueira announced.
Doubt About Carranza.
While the advices coming through
.cm Mexico on the revolutionary
'luation there are fragmentaTy and
-inflicting, they cast considerable
' ubt on the reports that President
Carranza has been made a prisener.
A Vera Cruz dispatch from tlw
irwspaper El Dictamen, a member
oi The Associated Press, bearing
Holiday's date, dcclared-the fugitive
president of the republic had brokan
through the revolutionary lines and
was standing at bay with 4",000 men
at San Marcos, 27 miles north of
Ptiebla. '
Presupposing the accuracy of the,
reports that Carranza is still at lib
erty, the situation he finds himself
in, according to the Vera Cruz ad
vices, is precarious. It is announced
that government troops in Vera
truz have deserted their command
er, General Candido Aguilar, the
governor of the state, and gone over
to. the revolutionists, making that
state apparently no longer a safe
refuge for the fugitive president.
In addition, revolutionary forces
under Generate Hill and Trevino
were reported closing in on Car
ranza near San-Marcos.
'Will Ask Recognition.
, Washington, May 11. The revo
lutionary government in Mexico will
ask for immediate recognition by
the' American government.
A movement to this end already
has been inaugurated by the revo
lutionary regime, which has its
headquarters in the state of Sonota,
where' the revolution first was
launched. ,
Emiliano Tomez, commercial
agent at Nogalesof the revolution
ary government, is reported to have
been entrusted with the mission of
negotiating with the. American gov
ernment. A report originating in yTorreon
says the new regime is to call for a
loan of 300,000 pesos to bejused for
payment of its troops. x
According to Nogales advices.
General Obregon has placed himself
under the orders of General de la
Huerta, provisional president of
Mexico.
Urges Use of More Bread
'To Beat High Cost of Living
Topeka. Kan., ftfay 11. "Food
consumption in the United States
could be cut $2,000,000,000 a year if
the public would consume 20 per
cent more bread in substitution for
other fo&ds." said D. P. Chindlom,
secretary of the American Associa
tion of the Bakhig Indtfstry, in an
address before the Trans-Mississippi
Assqciation of the Baking Industry
in convention here.
"The American people do not con
sume the prbper proportion . ot
bread. The United States use
about half as much bread, propor
;natehr. as does France," be added.
illiam Dean Howells,
Foremost U. S. Fiction
Writer, Dies In New York
(i&Slai
PRESIDENT'S
NAVY ORDERS
F
,AD
pibijc
New York. May 11. William
Dean Howells, the . novelist, died
here today.
Wtlham DeanN Howells, the dean
of American fiction writers and the
most widcLy1 read American author
ot his time, was born at Martins
Ferry, O., March 1. 1837.
When still a lad Howells went to
work in his father's printing shop as
a regular employe.- 1-or two years
from 1849 to 1851 his father pub
lished a daily paper in Dayton, .O.,
and the clever son became an all-
round assistant in the work.
The writing of his "Life of Lin
coln was the turning point m
Hivr11 1iff' In tll lire nlar if
brought him money enough to make
a trip to Boston, where he made the
personal acquaintance of Lowell,
Holmes and other eminent literary
people and came in touch with the
best literary ideals ot the time. In
the next place it secured for him the
position of American consul at
Venice, His four years' residence
:.t Venice was his real education.
The knowledge of the world, the
experience of men and manners he
Rained there, formed the- main
foundation upon which all his sub
sequent literary work was built.
Mr. Howells was married in 1862
to Eleanor G. Mead, daughter of
Larkin, G. Mead of Chesterfield,
N. H. Mrs. Howells died in 1910.
Iravinp two children, Miss Mildred
Howells and'John Mead Howells. "
Wealthy Socialist
Denies . He Plotted
For Overthrow of U. S.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Lfanfd Wire.
Chicago, May 11. William Bross
Lloyd, wizened and wrinkled mil
lionaire socialist, arose in Judge He
bel's court Monday, faced a picture
of George Washington, draped with
the American flag and pleaded not
guilty to the charge that he and 25
other communists plotted to over
thrdw the American government.
Fach of the defendants entered a
similar plea.
. The trial promises to be long and
sensational. Clarence Darrow en
deavored to secure a continuance
because he is counsellor "Big Tim"
Murphy awaiting trial for the al
leged participation in the murder
of "Moss" Enright, but after a heat
ed dispute, the judge ordered the
"red" trial to proceed.
The communists have gathered in
a formidable array of legal talent,
leading to the irrelevant remark in
court that after the trial is over,
regardless o,f the outcome, there
will be fewer "millionaire socialists"
and some attorneys who will have
to pay increased income taxes.
Neutral Zone Between the
Japs and Russians Is Plan
Washington, May 11. A neutral
zone between the-Japanese and Rus
sian troops in eastern-Siberia is be
ing arranged by the military com
manders on both -sides, although
there is no intention of erecting a
buffer state" or of taking any actioii
that would amount to political rec
ognition of the soviet government
by Japan, according to advices , to
the Japanese embassy. Tovpreserve
order fin - the zone it is planned to
establish a Russian police force,
while Japanese troops will maintain
their stations aloYig the railroads.
Injunction Ties Up Land
In Texas-Oklahoma Dispute
Oklahoma City. Ok!.. May, 11. A
temporary injunction halting all op
erations in a strip of land in the Red
river disputed area, extending north
of the north line over which the
federal receiver has ontral to the
north bank of the Red river, was
granted the government by Judge
John C.' Pollock in the federal dis
trict court here. . .
Dutch Decide Not to Charge
Ex-Crown Prince Any Taxes
The Hague. May 11. Decision
that the former German crown
prince and his fellow exiles shall
not pay any rates of taxes has been
reached by the minister of the
treasury. Their stay at Wieringen
is regarded as being involuntary be
cause of their internment there.
Bolivia Negotiates Big'
Loan in United States
Washington, May, 11. Bolivia
has arranged with a New York in
vestment concern for the loan of
$10,000,000 to be used in the con
version of the French loans of 1910
and" 1913, amounting to 56,603,000
fraurs. the Department of Commerce
is advised .
Hi.wffipubHshed Speech
Of Wilsonlo Officers, Setting
Forth War Policy, Is Pre
sented by Secretary Daniels.
BADE THEM THflOW OLD J
K TRADITIONS TO WINDS
Men Advised to "Do the Thing
That Is Audacious to Utmost
Point of Risk and Daring"
Show Vigorous Stand. '
i By The Associated Tresa.
Washington, Ma'y 11. President
Wilson's hitherto unpublished war
instructions to the officers of the
Atlantic fleet, given in person on the
quarter deck of the- flagship Penn
sylvania on August 11, .1917, and
bidding them "throw tradition to the
wind," strike the word prudent from
their vocabularies and "do the thing
that is audacious to the .utmost point
of risk and daring," were made pub
lic here today by Secretary Daniels:
In laying iht text of his remarks
before the senate naval investigating
committee, Secretary Daniels said
they show the "bold and vigorous
policy" the president has outlined
for the navy.
In opening his address to the of
ficers.' Mr. Wilson said: j
"Admiral Mayo arid Gentlemen:
v'T have not come here with malice
pretense to make a speech, but I
have come here to have a look at
you and to say something that per- I
naps may ot intimately said, ana
even though the company is large,
said in confidence.
War Was Unprecedented.
"This is an unprecedented war,
and, therefore, it is a war in one
sense for amateurs. Nobody ever
before conducted a war like this and,
therefore, nobody can pretend to be
a professional m a war. like tins.
Here are two great navies, not to
speak of the others associated with
us our own ana tne tsntisii, out
numbering by a very great margin
the navy to which we are opposed
and yet casting about Tor a way in
which to use our superiority and our
strength.
Now, somebody has got to think
this war but. Somebody has got to
think out a .way not only to fight
the submarine but to-do something
different from which we' are doing.
'We are hunting hornets all over
the farm and letting the nest alone.
None of us know how to go to the.
nest and crush it, and yet I despair
of hunting for hornets all over the
s.aje when I know where the nest is
and know" that the nesr is breeding
hornets as fast as I call find them.
I am witling for 'my part and I
know' you are, willing because I
know the stuff you are made of I
am willing to sacrifice half the navy
Great Britain and we have together
to crush that nest, 'because if we
crush it, the war is won. . I -have
come here to say that I do no care
where it conies from, 1 do not care
whether it comes from the youngest
(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.)
Bankers to Discuss Ways
To Salt Orgy of Spending
With Secretary Houston
Suggest Concerted Action to Curtail Advance, of
Credit for Nonessentials, In Effort to Stem
Wave of Extravagance Preparations Indicate
One of Most Important Conferences Ever Held.
Out-of-Town Folks
Are Chief Donors to
Bee's Memorial Fund
Out-of-town folks have been chief
contributors so far to The ' Bee's
memorial fund to decorate the
graves of , American soldiers in
France. .
Dan McLeod, state representative
from the Twenty-seventh district,
writes to The Bee in sending his
gift to the flower fund:
"For the decoration of some sol
dier boy's grave who made the big
sacrifice Perhaps it may be the
grave of my own son, who died of
wounds received at Chateau Thierry.
I have the honor to be of service in
a good cause."
The Omaha Bee is one of several
American newspapers which is
backing a movement to decorate the
grave of every American soldier in'
France. A maximum limit of $5 has
been placed on single contributions.
Total amount received. $194.
Amount previously acknowledged,
$174.
Tod.fy's contributors are:
Clella McGulre. Hampton. Neh $5.00
Mrs. E. McOuir. Hampton. Neb 1.00
Dan SIcLeod. Schuyler. Neb 6 00
III. C. Forth, Omaha 5.00
Max A. Moeller, Blnomfield S.00
The Xchraska-Inwa Grain Co.. Omaha r. oo
Miss, Dora Hamilton, Fullfrton 1.00
New Mayor Resigns After
Holding Office 24 Hours
Fayetteville, X. t'., May 11.
Twenty-four hours as mayor of
Fayetteville with a hostile board of
aldermeiv-was enough for Mayor
Charles Rankin, and after holding
the office twice around the clock,
he handed in his resignation. Ran
kin charged the board of aldermen
had taken over all his functions.
Society Editor of Coast
Paper Dies of Injury
Portland, Ore.,' May 11. Miss Ca
milleV Dosch, society editor of the
Portland Oregonian. died today from
injuries received Sunday in a col
lision of two electric trajins near
here. Her death swells the; fatality
list of the accident to nine. Miss
Dosch was a sister of Amo Dosch
Fleurot, a war correspondent.
Settle Seamen's Strike
Washington, May 11. The strike
among seamen employed in insular
traffic in the Philippines has beet,
settled, the War department was in
formed officially today. Traffic Ins
jfbecn resumed, the dispatch aid.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chlraco Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire.
Washington, May 11. How to
halt the orgy of spending on lux
uries and other non-essentials in
which Americans are indulging and
divert capital to increase production
of necessities which will reduce the
cost of liviing, is a question that will
be considered by the leading bank
ers of the country in a conference
with Secretary of the Tcasury
Houston and 'the 'federal reserve
board next week.
The principal suggestion to be dis
cussed is that the reserve banks and
the bankers take concerted action to
curtail the advance of credit for the
production of npn-essentials in an
effort to stem the wave of extrava
gance, on the theory that the people
will stop spending when there are
no luvuries to buy and capital will
be forced into the production of
necessities when denieed the more
profitable field of non-essentials.
Preparations are being made for
the conference indicate that it will
be one of the most important so far
held on the -credit situation in the
United States. A wide range of
questions will be considered, all
bearing on financial reconstruction
measures to direct the nation back
to normal conditions
Reckless Spending Growing.
The suggestion of action to check
the orgy, of extravagance has grown
out of the failure of realization of
the expectation that the cost of liv
ing would begin to decline by this
time and the increasing evidence
that the wave of reckless spending
lias not abated, but is even advanc
ing, with the financing of the pro
duction of pleasure cars, fancy wear
ing apparel and other luxuries. One
assertion frequently heard is that
farmers are unable to procure nails,
wire and other articles' of iron be
cause of the prodigious demand for
steel in the automobile industry.
One of the most effective ways to
bring down the cost of livings it is
contended, would be to curtail the
production of luxuries and divert
capitaland labor to increasing the
production of essential foods and
clothing.
The impression prevails that such
action as may be taken alongthis
line must necessarily be of a general
nature. Beyond blanket power to
restrict loans, the federal reserve
board has no specific authority by
law to define, essential and non
essential industries. There seems to
be no purpose to define in such -a
way as was done by thfiwar indus
tries board during the war, just
what classes of industry shall be
considered essential or nonessential.
Up to Bank Head.
The working out of any general
plan which may be proposed at the
conference .would rest, it is believ'
ed, upon the discretion of the heads
of the 12 reserve banks. Officials
of these banks may be instructed
to use an iron hand in curtailing
credit for nohssntial industries and
in dealincr ' with individual applica
tions generally fo rloans which do
not appear warranted by local cir
cumstances.
There will also be a discussion
of the present rediscount rates, but
beyond a modification of those now
in effect, general increases are not
anticipated. Two of the federal re
serve banks, those in Chicago and
Minneapolis, recently increased the
rediscount rate on Liberty bonds
from tyi per cent to . 6per cent.
The San Francisco bank is on a
basis of Vi per cent. It is under
stood that other banks nave un
der consideration increases which
would place the rate on Liberty
bonds more on an equal basis with
the 6 per cent rate now prevailing
on commercial paper.
Offic als here believe , the results
of the application of graduated re
discount rates in the Kansas City
district have been successful in re
straining unnecessary use of credit.
OPPOSITION
OPENSFIREON
PEACEPLAN
Senator McCumber of North
Dakota Delivers First Sajvo
Against Reports irr Senate
Hitchcock to Speak Today.
LEADERS PREDICT
ADOPTION OF PROPOSAL
Paroled Auto Thief
Marries to Escape
Federal Prosecution
Lincoln, Neb., May II. (Special.)
Ral Sondlovich, recently paroled
by Lieutenant Governor Barrows
from serving a sentence for being
implicated in an automobile- stealing
gang, on the grounds that he had
1 1 XI.
,Deen promised immunity uy iuc
istate attorney, has evaded the fed-
eral net on cnarges ot violating tne
Mann act.
Mrs. Sandlovich. formerly Miss
Margaret Smith of Creston, la., who
was named in the complaint, called
at the office of U. S. District Attor
ney T. S. Allen here and presented
credentials showing that she was
married to Sandlovich at Wilber,
Neb., Monday night. She told the
federal attorney that she was going
to take her husband away from the
iniquity of Lincoln and aid him in
making a new starf in life.
Attorney Allen stated that as his
chief witness was now the wife of
the defendant and could not be
used against him the case would be
dismissed. His preliminary hearing
is set for Wednesday.
Shallenberger Will
Be Chairman Demo
State Convention
Lincoln, Neb., May 11. -(Special.)
The selection of former Governor
Shallenberger of Alma to deliver the
keynote address at the democratic
state "convention in Omaha next
Tuesday is arousing a great deal of
speculation among politicians.
He was elected a delegate to the
democratic national convention on
the Hitchcock slate. This fact leads
many to believe that the "wets"
have drawn "first blood "
While governor, Mr. Shallenberg
er signed the" eight o'clock closing
law and woused the enmity of the
wets in the state and politicians of
dry proclivities say that his selec
tion is a concession to the Bryan
slate. i
. V' Ttr,; Confesses to Poisoning
forces will be staged over the ques
tion of modification of the prohibi
tion amendment to permit the sale
of beer and light wines.
Lincoln High School
Boys Suspended for
Joining Fraternities
Lincoln, Neb., May ll.(Special.)
--Seven boys wene suspended from
the Lincoln high gchool Tuesday
following a hearing that lasted all
morning and at which eacfy of the
boys admitted that they had violated
the state law. and regulations of the
school by joining secret organiza
tions or fraternities. The organiza
tions of which it is alleged the
youths are members are the T. F. A.
and Kappa Alpha Phi.
With one exception all of the boys
said that they were influenced to
join the societies by .former high
school members of the bodies. This
is the first action of what the school
board members say is a determined
effort to stamp but secret organiza
tions in the high school.
The boys who were suspended
from school are: Harold Schultz,
Thomas Decker, Raymond Mattison,
Philip Somerladd, Robert Gardner,
Clyde Hardin and Ward Lichpcn
stcger. Governor Holcomb
Again Refuses Women
Special Session Call
Hartford, Conn., May; 11. Gov.
Marcus Holcomb, replying to the
request made by the "flying squad
ron" of suffragists representing fie
48 states, again has declined to call
a special session of the Connecticut'
legislature to act on the woman suf
frage amendment. His decision was
given in a letter tp Miss Katherine
Ludington, president of the Connec
ticut Woman's Suffrage association.
Foar times previously the gover
nor has refused to summon the leg
islature to consider the federal suf
frage amendment, one occasion be
ing after the republican state con
vention had passed a resolution call
ing on Governor Holcomb, a repub
lican, to take action so that Connec
ticut might be the 36th state to rati
fy the federal amendment.
Man Who Killed Wife
And Two Sons Escape
Webster City. fa.. May 11. (Spe
cial.) Harley Beasley. who killed
his wife and two small sons yester
day, is still at large. All trace of
him has been lost about two miles
east of Iowa Falls.
The county offers a reward of
$3,500 for his capture and to this the
state has added $300. The man car
ries an automatic revolver and many
doubt whether he will be taken alive.
The murder here was the fourth
charged against him "and relatives.
Peace Treaty Presented
To Turkish Delegation
TarisMay 11. The peace treaty
for Turkey, prepared by the peace
conference, was presented to the
Turkish delegation at 4 Tuesdav
afternoon in the cloakroom at the
ioreign office.
The ceremony was the simplest
and most speedily concluded of all
the several formalities of the sort
t rat have taken place since the peace
conference began. The entire pro
ceedings 'lasted but four minute'
Resolution to Be Given fEx-
elusive Right of Way Over
Other Business With No In
dications of Long Debate.
Washington, May 11. Opposition
fire was., opened today in the sen
ate on the reports of the peace res
olution Senator McCumber of North
Dakota, republican, a member of the
torcign relations committee, deliver
ing the first salvo. . Senator
Hitchcock f Nebraska, the admin
istration spokesman, will follow to
morrow. " . (
Adoption of the resolution prob
ably next Thursday' or. Friday was
predicted privately by leaders on
both sides. It will be given ex
clusive right of wav beginning to
morrow and there were no indica
tions of a prolonged debate.
When Senator Lodge of Mas
sachusetts, republican leader, called
up the resolution today and an
nounced that it would be pressed
continually. Senator, Underwood of
Alabama, -democratic leader, stated
that while most of the democrats
would 'resist" the resolution, there
would be no obstruction nor many
speeches.
Senator McCumber opposed both
senate and house resolutions. Both,
he declared, would bring dishonor
upon the United tates by a desertion
of the allies. As a substitute, he
urged his resolution to restore com
mercial relations with Germany, but
conceded that it had no chance of
adoption because he said the "lines
of division between the two fac
tions of this body have been ce
mented by partisanship and hard
ened by time." -.'
President Wilson was criticised
by Senator McCumber, mho charg
ed the executive with chief responsi
bility for failure of the treaty of
Versailles.
He declared the '. president was
making. a "collosal blunder" in car
rying the treaty into the political
campaign.
Wives Vary in Style
Of Reception Plans
United States Marshal
For Nebraska District
Whose Career Is Closed
For Their Joint Hubby
Three Members of Family
Salina, Kan., May 11. Stella Hy
mai, 29 years old, a resident of Lin
coln Center, near here, is under arT
rest charged with murder, and, ac
cording to the county prosecutor,
has signed a confession admitting
that she administered fly poison to
her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Bunch, her
brother-jn-law, . Ed Bunch, and her
neice, Nancy Bunch, which caused
the death of all three.
Wilson Signs Measure
To Deport Alien Enemies
Washington, May 11. President
Wilson today signed a bill amend
ing the deportation law so as to
make possible the deportation of
Germans and other aliens who Jvere
interned during the war as enemy
aliens.
The Weather
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Leslie Walters, 25 years old, al
leged bigamist, who is being sought
by police" at the behest of wife No.
2 and her sister, will find two warm
receptions awaiting him in case of
his apprehension.
Wife No. 1,'Mrs. Elsie Sterling
Walters, Park hotel, said yesterday
she would welcome him back and
stand by him. Mrs. Idell Henslev
Walters, 16 years old. who married
him last Friday in Council Bluffs
promised that she would make
things fairly hot for him, if he came
back, and do her best to land him
in the penitentiary.
Mrs. Charles Cucick, sister of wiffi
No. 2, may have a hand in the re
ception, as she told police he had
taken a diamond ring from her
valued at $700. Both wives were
chums in school and wite No. 1 in
troduced her husband to wife No. 2
at the Henshaw hotel six months
ago.
Bail of IVlan Held for Bomb
Outrages Is Increased
Washington. May 11. At the re
quest of the Department of Justice
the Labor department increased
from $1,000 to $1,500 the amount of
the trill of Robert Elia, an alien.
arrested at New York in connection
with the bomb outrages on June
2 last, when the home of Attorney
Oeneral .Palmer here was bombed.
Elia was arrested on a deporta
tion warrant with Andrae Salsedo,
airltalian, who.Avhile in the custody
of Department of Justice agents,
killed himself May 4. by jumping
from a window.
Company Had Advance
" Information, Head Says
New York, 'May 11. More than
two weeks before the shipping board
officially designated the Mercantile
Marine company as 'the agents for
the giant liner Leviathan, that com
pany was 'assured" it would be so
designated, P. A. S. Franklin, presi
dent of the company, testified before
the congressional committe inquir
ing, into the matter of the recon
ditioning ot the steamsnip at a re
ported cost of $8,000,000.
Census Shows Gain In Four
More Towns of United States
Washington, May 11. Patterson,
N. 135,866; increase, 10,266, or
8.2 per cent.
Ottawa. Kan.. ,018; increase,
1,368, or 17.9 per cent.
Hackensack, N. J 17,66"; in
crease. 3,617, or 25.7 per cent.
Marlborough, Mass., 15,017; in
crease, 438. or 3.0 per cent.
Knickerbocker Hotel to
Become Office Building
New York. May 11. The Hofi
Knickerbocker at Broadway una
Forty-second street soon will he
converted into an office building, it
was announced today. The value
of the building and its contents ha;
been estimated t 4,000,000,
Li ofc a
LEADER IN POLITICS;
HAD HOSTS OF FRIENDS
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KCareer Self-Made One and
Successful Almost Entlrf
Life Spent in Omaha Was
Former City Clerk. Z
Thomas J. .Flynn, 50 years olfj
United Mates marshal tor Mcbraski
Thomas J. Flynn.
300 DELEGATES
AM L D. MEET
. IN HASTINGS
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Merger With Detroit Route
Is Expected to Be Sane
tioned Many Miles of
Road Paved.
Hastings, Neb., My 11. (Special
Telegram.) More than 300 dele
gates are attending the Omaha-Lincoln-Denver
- Highway association
convention here, which is expected
to approve the merger with a direct
route from Detroit, under the name
of D.-L.-O. highway. Holdredge
brought a band, Milford a jazz
quartet and Lincoln a company of
cabaret entertainers.
The 0.-L.-D. now has 100 miles
of paving. President Proper o
Lincoln reports, and many districts
are projected. "Omaha and Doug
las county will pave to the county
line," he said., "Ashland Will add
TOM FLY MM
DIES AFTER
LONG ILLNESS
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United States Marshal Suc
cumbs at Home to Heart Disv
ease Survived by Wifa
And Two Sons.
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died shortly before 6 o'clock las
night at his home. 2328 South FiM
teenth street, after an illness of, sey-4
eral months. Death was caused byf
heart disease. He was born H
Taunton, Mass., May 8. 1870, and'
came to Omaha with his parents
Mr. dhd Mrs. Con Flynn, when j
child 2 years of age.
He attended the public school and
high school of Omaha and latetf
spent two years at Creighton cpU
lege. In September. 1900. he maM
ried Miss Agnes O'Connell of WeM
ton, la., to whom two children
John, age 19 years., and William
age U years, were born. i
Member City Council - ; j-
In W96..' he was elected to th
Omaha city council, and served fouS
months when he was legislated out!
of office by a new charter. In 189
he was elected to- the Nebraska leg
islature and was later appointed dep
uty sheriff, serving in that capacity
from 1900 to 1904. He was alst
citv clerk. I
During the campaign of .forme
Mayor Dahlman ior citv commis
sioner and mayor in 1912 and 1915
he acted as campaign manager, and
was an ardent supporter in thj
Dahlman campaign for governor in'
1910. -
Named U. S. Marshal.
Tom Flynn was appointed UniteJ
States marshal by. President WiU .
son and in this office his efficiency;
has been a feature of the adminis
tration of his duties, according tqj
those associated with him.
In his many years of political lif
in Omaha and Nebraska. Tom
Flynn has made many friends botU
;n his own and the opposite politic
more mileage to their paved road.
I' nredict Sarnv rnnntv will nnn
have several - miles of good gravel Ral party, and was considered om
roads, riavelock has let a contract
for two more miles of brick road,
same kind of roads. Exeter is
Milford one and a half miles of the
forming a paving district of over
four miles and Fairmont is putting
in over 20 miles of brick. Hastings,
McCook, Minden and Holdrege are
all going to join the brick brigade."
Harry N. Barham of the Denver
publicity bureau told the convention
that tourists spent $20,000,000 in
Colorado last year, more than the
wealth produced by cither mining
or agriculture; 75,000 tourists trav-'
eled to Colorado over the O.-L.-D.
last year and at least 100,000 are ex
pected this year.
At a banquet Tuesday night
George Wolz of Fremont gave a
history of the route and entertain
ment was furnished by Lincoln and
other delegates. The convention is
one of the . most enthusiastic-yet
held by the1 association. ' The con
vention closes Wednesday. The
program includes road-making dem
onstrations.
or the greatest politicians in th.9
state. '- ' n.
Self-Made Man. : -
The career of Tom Flynn ha
been a self-made one, since his early ,
days when he followed the trade of
a plumber, . having been associated!
with the firm of Rose & Flynn, and
as a plumber of Douglas county
At the time of his death, he wa$
a member of the A. O. U. W., Wj
O. W. and A. O. H. societies and
the F. O. Eagles lodge of Omaha
and was president of the Dahlinanl
Club.
He leaves to mourn him beside
bis wife and family a multitude ot,
friends and , acquaintances in NeV
braka and surrounding states, whd
will always speak of Tom Flynn a
a friend to be relied Oh.
Conviction in Criminal
Assault Case Affirmed
Dcs Moines, fa., May 11. (Spe
cial.) The conviction of Ray
O'Meara of Ida Grove of a charge
of criminal assault was affirmed by
the Iowa supreme court in an opin
ion handed down today. .
O'Meara and Ernest Rathbun
were accused by Elsi Hargens, and
were convicted following a sensa
tional trial at Ida Grove.
Rathbun was the first to.be tried.
O'Meara 1ased his appeal on the
grounds of insufficient evidence, and
that -Rathbun's testimony should
not . have been . admitted into
O'Meara's trial because it was pre
judicial. These grounds were not
sustained by the high court.
Polish-Ukrainian Pact
Gives Poles Outlet to Sea
Warsaw. May 11. (Bv the Asso
cited Press.) The . military, eco
nomic and political convention
signed by Poland and Ukraima just
before the opening of the drive to
ward Kiev is understood to have pro
vided tor a Polish outlet to the Black
Sea.
Such a southern outlet has been
a Polish ambition, dating far back
in the national history, just as was a
seaport on the Baltic.
Radicals Are Spreading
Bolshevism In Japan's Army
Honolulu, T. H., May 11.
Radicals are' spreading boishjvism
in Japanese army posts, and the gov
ernment has arrested leaders in the
movement at Takata, a Japanese city
in the prefecture of N'iigata, accord
ing to the Tokio correspondent of
the Honolulu Pacific Commercial
Advertiser. Further arrests are ex
pscted, according to the dispatch.
France Will Prosecute the
Leaders In Rail Strike
Paris, May 41. The French cabi-s
net at a meeting toda instructed
Minister of Justice L'HopitAu to
open proceedings against the general
federation of labor, with a view to
the dissolution of the organization
which has been supporting the strike
of the French railwaymcn by calling
other strikes.
ould make the pric,
1 buildings" badlyj
Saratoga, Walnufr
tntral, Sherman. f 'Z
Unfavorable Market .
WiH Delay Sale of
Omaha School BoncU
An unfavorable bond market anJ
mounting prices of building mate .
rials, have caused the indefinite
postponement of the $5,000,00(
school building prograra in Omaha
members of the Board of Educatiori
say. An effort may be made nexf
fall to sell enough of the authorized
bonds to build the High School of
Commerce, but that probably will b
the extent of the program for thij
year, members say. - - j
A new structure for the ComV
merce High school is urgently
needed the board holds. The orig1
inal cost was to be $2,000,000, buf
none wouio. venture to say what th$
specifications would make the pric,
iouay.
Other school
needed are in
Hill, Benson. Cer
videre and Minne Lusa districts
Sugar Jumps to-28 Cents :
Pound in New Orleans
New Origins, May 11. ConsuthV
t-rs in New Orleans, the heart ol
the American sugar cane growing
region, began paying 28 cents a,
pound for granulated sugar. Dealer
put the new prices into effect on tha
authority of the federal fair prica
committee, which gave wholesaler
and retailers permission to increase
their profits on each pound to
and ZYi cents, respectively.
U. S. Envoy to Japan Plans'
To Resign, Says Newspaper
Honolulu, T. H., May 11. (By tha.
Associated Press.) According to
the Tokio correspondent of the
Honolulu Advertiser, it is reported
that Roland S. Morris. United State
ambassador to Japan, intends resign
mg m the near future, to participate
in the presidential elections in th
United States.
Senate Reports Request to
Send Warships to Batum
Washington. M.iv 11 A re,-.1irf
tion requesting President Wilson t
.-cmj an .American warship and ma
rnies to Rahtm. on the Black Sea
to protect American lives aiH
erty at that port and along the raiU
road to Baku, was reported unani
moiisly today bv the senate foreigrf.
masons committee. .