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SEN. THOMAS
WKPARTY
AGAt JST PACT
Coloradoan Declares Pledge
To Treaty Ratification at
San Francisco Convention
Means Organization's Death.
HITCHCOCKMTACKS
PEACE RESOLUTION
Nebraskan Says Knox Plan Is
Futile and Inconsistent
Charges Supporters Follow
ing Zig-Zag Course.
Washington, 'May v12. Senate
democrats were warned today by
Senator Thomas, democrat, Colo
rado, that if the party "pledges
itself at San Francisco to the un
conditional ratification ot the treaty
of Versailles, it wll do so because
it doesn't want to live any longer
and makes that means of making
its dissolution known.
TRADE EXPERTS
INVESTIGATE
WORLD FINANCES
San Francisco Banker Predicts
Period of Depression, But
Not of Panic.
The senator was discussing PreskJ l.nru11 encouraging imports.
wiicin. -.,..., i,tr, n Governmental waste by every na-
r
San Francisco, May 12. The
grid's pockctbook was examined
today by more than 2,000 financial
and trade experts in the opening
session of the seventh annual for
eign trade convention. TJie first 'of
the lonr days of discussion revealed
that internationally known leaders
of world commerce find many things
within( this pockctbook which may
fall to the lot of Americans, but
the speakers agreed that two courses
are plain, one leading to business re
verses, low wages, panic and stagna
tion, and the other to prosperity,
progress and security for the, busi
ness man and the worker.
Increased foreign trae, increased
imports as well as exports form the
key to prosperity, said James A.
Farrell, president of the United
States Steel corporation and chair
man of the national foreign trade
council, in opening the convention.
A period of depression, with low
er wages, but not a panic or crisis,
was forecast by Fred, L. Pipman,
San Francisco banker, in discussing
the inflated financial situation. For
eign trade, he said, is in the position
that exports can best be stimulated
1).
dent Wilson's recent telegram to
G. Hamakfr, chairman of the
democratic central committee of
Multnomah county, Oregon, on the
Iratfii nf n'atinnc Thi lettrr haft
' heen brought into the debate on the
Knox peace resolution by Senator
Kellogg, republican, Minnesota, who
interrupted a prepared address by
- Senator Hitchcock, the administra
' tion leader" in the treaty fight, to
ask the Nebraska senator's opinion
-oi 11.
Senator Thomas said the presw
dent had charged "almost directly
every seilator' voting against the
treaty, or for the treaty with res
ervations, with dishonor."
Hitchcock Attacks Plan.
Attack upon the republican feace
resolution was launched today by
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska; ad
ministration spokesman, who de
clared in addressing the senate that
the measure was futile and incon
sistent and.inimical to the treaty oi
Versailles.
Mr. Hitchcock cited three similar
resolutions which,. he' said, had been
sponsored since last November by
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the
republican leader, and Senator Knox
of Pennsylvania, author of the pend
ing resolution. The latter, Mr.
Hitchcock said, Is the fifth peace res
olution offered by the republican
leadership.
"In reaching this important con
clusion," he said of the .pending
measure, "the supporters of the
' novel plan have staggered from side
to side over a zig-zag course tor
nearly six months."
Denies Congressional Power.
Senator Hitchcock denied that
congress has the power to make
peace, although it has authority to
declare war. . The 'states voted
unanimously- against giving con
gress peace-making jurisdiction, he
' said. x : ' -
Senator Knox's recent argument
thr.t the war actually was at an end
was conceded by Mr. Hitchcock.
"Instead of declaring peace," he
s iidr "the Knox resolution declares
t!.: war. at an end. Thus we have
it L ed the interesting distinction be
tveen declaring peace and declaring
v ar ,at an end." - i
i he "pv-ace resolution adopted by
i'-e house last pionth was denounced,
-t: p.ek.lly by Mr. Hitchcock, be
ta'.:. e of its proposals for an cm;
. ngainst. Germany within 45
t'-y-i in event of German objections
t-'the resolution and its provision
, for preserving rights under the treaty.
Scofes Other Attempts.
Reviewing the course of other
, pacc resolutions. Mr. Hitchcock
said a previous resolution by Sena
tor Knox was "abandoned on the
senate doorstep like its predeces
sors." House republicans. Mr. Hitchcock
charged, were called into conference
and the house action arranged, al
though he declared that the house
never had been permitted a voice in
peace proceedings prcviously. Upon
receipt of. the house resolution by
the i-ei.atei however, Mr. Hitchcock
said, there was a sudden change of
plans and the present resolution was
drafted as a futile plan for repub-
lican endorsement.
Warning On Bunco Man
, ' . Came Two Days Too Late
'V Two davs late came the warning
to Adjutant L. Ness of the Salva
tioa Army Kescue home, iwenty-
fourth and Spaulding streets, about
a man who had talked Salvation
army officials in Des Moines and
Burlington, la., out of "funds
Mrs. Ness had already been vis
ited by the man answering the de
scription given in the warning and
had already yielded to his plea by
"loaning him $20.
Arrest Man for $20,000
Theft of Oil Well Casing
Los Angeles. May 12. D. M. Best
was arrested here today on request
of the sheriff ; of Douglas,' .Wyo.
Officers said Best was wanted in
connection with the theft of oilwell
casing worth more than $20,000.
Best was working here as a street
- car conductor." He said he would re
turn to Wyoming without extradi
tion, the officers said.
Denver Man Starves Self
- To Death While in Hospital
Denver, Colo., May 12. George
Severens, a laborer, 54, died of self
enforced starvation at the county
hospital where he had been com
mitted by a. lunacy commission
According to his wife, after eating
a heavy nteal last Thanksgiving day,
he refused to partake ot too a,
tion was scored by Fred I. Kent,
New York banker, and member of
the financial committee.
He asserted that no government
in the world has since the war re
turned to orderly operation. These
things, with the millions of hour of
labor' lost through the chaotic labor
conditions provoked by agitators, he
said, were fundamental causes of the
high cost of living throughout the
world.
Borah Would Create
$300,000,000
For Former
Fund
Soldiers
Washington, May 12. Soldier re
lief action, departing radically from
proposals before the house, was in
troduced by Senator Borah, repub
lican, Idaho. It proposes to make
available $300,000,000 during the
next 10 years for loans to all men
honorably discharged from service.
The amount available for loans
would be limited to $50,000,000 an
nually. One type of loan- would be
limited to $3,000 on a .long term
basis, for the purchase of suburban
homes or farms. Veterans taking
advantage of the terms would have
to invest an equal amount.
lhe second would allow the sec
retary of the interior to establish
drainage or -irrigation districts em
ploying veterans in all work.'. Farm
sites would afterwards be sold to
service men on a 40-year payment
plan, at actual cost and per cent
interest. service men settling on
the land would be entitled in addi
tion to $2,000 in short time loans.
Suspect BlaVk Hanct
Responsible for the
Murder of Cafe Man
Chicago, May 12. A blackhand
plot or a labor war was responsible
for the murder of James "Big Jim"
Colosimo, proprietor of a . famous
levee district cafe, in the main room
of his restaurant yesterday, police
believe. .
Thirteen suspects are being held,
while detectives are hunting for
Colosimo's first wife, from whom
he A'as divorced six weeks ago. The
widow, formerly Dale Winters, a
singer in the cafe, who married
Colosimo at French Lick, Ind.,
three weeks ago, has been released
after being questioned by police.
Police declared today that Colo
simo s aeatn was votea a aecaae
ago by the Mafia, but for various
reasons the murder was postponed
from time to time.
Farmers Reject Plan . ,
To Import Chinese Labor
diicaeo. Mav 12. Delegates at
tending a meeting of the national
board of farm organizations today
refused to endorse a movement to
brine Chinese labor into the United
States to meet the shortage of labor
at the present time. The plan was
proposed by a representative of the
National Industrial and Agricultural
Development committee, which has
offices here. ' .
"The resuh of such actidnwould
beto kill farm and labor organiza
tions," said Charles A. Lyman, sec
retary and treasurer of the farm
board. "The industries are behind
it. Some . city ' fartners bankers
who own land might even endorse.
it. But the real farmers who make
up our organization do not en
dorse it."
Agree to Extension of
, Railroad Revolving Fund
Washington, May 12. Legisfa
tion " designed to aid the railroads
and shippers in the car shortage sit
uation bv extending the use of the
$300,000,000 revolving fund provided
m.. the transportation act trom hve
to 15. years, and also amending the
law in other respects, wa's agreed
upon today by the senate interstate
commerce committee. ; ,
Second Class Mail Rates
Will Remain Unchanged
Washington,' May 12. Existing
second class mail rates would be
continued until July 1, 1921, under a
bill ordered reported favorably to
day by the house postoffice commit
tee. The measure would postpone
for one year each of the two au
thorized increases in rates, sched
uled to become effective July 1, and
one year laterj, . ,.'..
SIMS CALLED
ON CARPET BY
PRESIDENT
Set-
Cor,
k-.-iieis Presents
-..fi''sl PnrpocnnnHonrp
l ..Villi tU VVM Viviniklivv
Between Wilson and Rear
Admiral to Investigations.
ASKED IDEAS WITHOUT .:
REGARD TO JUDGMENTS
Executive Called for Sugges
tions Based on "Independent
Thought"- Reply Generali
ties on British Navy.
Rv Th AumriatMl Preil.
Washington, May 12. A confiden
tial cablegram from President Wil
son to Rear Admiral Sims in Lon
don sent during the war, was read to
the senate naval investigating com
mittee today by Secretary Daniels.
It expressed surprise that lhe Brit
ish admiralty had failed to "use
Great Britain's great naval superior
ity" effectively against the subma
rines and called on Admiral Sims
for comments and suggestions based
on "independent thought" and with
out regard to "judgments of any
one on that side of the water."
Admiral Sims' reply, said Secre
tary Daniels, who presented the
president's message in connection
with his answer to Sims' charges
against the Navy department's con
duct of the war, was "a long tele
gram of generalities of what - thj
British admiralty was doing."
Message of Wilson.
President Wilson's message to
Sims follows:
"From the beginning of the war, I
have been greatly surprised at the
failure of the British admiralty to
use Great Britain's great naval su
periority in an effective way. In the
presence of the present submarine
emergency they are helpless to the
point of panic.
"Every plan we suggest they re
ject for some reason of prudence.
In ray view, this is not a time for
prudence, but for boldness even at
the cost of great losses.
In most of vour disoatches vou
have quite nrooerl advised us of
the sort of aid and co-operation de
sired from us"Ty the admiralty. The
trouble is that their plans and meth
ods do not seem to us efficaciou9-I
would be very much obliged to you
if you would report to me con
fidentially, of course, exactly what
the admiralty lias been doing, and
what they have accomplished and, j
added to the report, your own com
ment and' suggestions, based .upon
independent thought of the whole
situation, without regard to the
judgments of anyone on that side
of the water. ' '
Scores Admiralty Plans.
"The admiralty was very slow to
adopt the protection of convoys and
it is not now.I judge, (protecting)
convoys on adequate scale within
the danger zone, seeming to keep
small craft with the grand fleet. The
absence of craft for convoy is even
more apparent on the French coast
than on the English coast and in
the channel. I do not see how the
necessary military supplies and sup
plies of food and fuel oil are to be
delivered at British ports in my
other way within the next few
months than under adequate con
voy. There will presently not be
ships or tankers enough and our
(Continued on Pane Two, Column Three.)
Womarr s Relief Corps
Makes Donation for
Who Gave Lives
SUPERINTENDENT
OF OMAHA AIR MAIL
DIVISION IS KILLED
Wihiam McCandliss Loses Life
.When
Near
Plane Strikes Tree
uskaioosa, la.
Boys
The Woman's Relief corps, the
little band of women organized dur
ing the civil war to aid their men
fighting for the preservation of the
union, and who have so faithfully
ever since decorated the graves of
those men who lost their lives in
that war. vestprdav sent their cift
toward the fund to place flowers on
rne graves ot tne men. wno aieo in
France during the war just past.
The Omaha Bee is one of several
American newspapers, including the
Chicago Tribune, co-operating to
raise a fund to decorate the grave
of every American soldier in France
on lemorial day. No more than
$5 can be contributed by one per
son. Total amount given. $228.
Previously arknowlPirged, $194.
Today's contributors:
Mrs. Jacob Blatney.' Llnwood, Neb... $5. no
C. S. Tounit. Omaha 5.00
Woman's Relief Corps, Department
of Nebraska .' 5.00
Teacher and pupils. District No. 2.
Wahoo, Neb.i Phyllis Brown, Ruth
Luers, WTllliam Shlnaut. LeRny
I.uers, Raymond Simodnes, Blanche
Hood 1.00
T.. F. Falrchild, I.emoyne, Neb 5.00
ftlmtra Falrchild, Lsmoyne, Neb 5.00
Oliver Falrchild, Lemoyne. Neb 1.00
Mrs. Lulu F. Fowter. Merna. Neb...;. 3.00
Joseph Weight. Danburg, la 3.00
Man Who Hid Gold in Wooden
Leg Gets 10 Years in Prison
Denver, Colo.i May 12. Orville
Harrington, former employe of the
Denver mint, was' sentenced to 10
years in the- United State's peniten
tiary at Leavenworth, ' Kan., today
following a plea of guilty to steal
ing $80,000 in gold anodes from the
mint. The gold was recovered.
Harrington ' begged Judge Robert
E. Lewis, presiding, for. mercy be
cause of a 'wife and two children.
Trains on Western Roads
' Are Tied Up by Washoots
Billings. Mont., May 12. Disrup
tion of traffic on the Burlington
route resulting from the heavy rains
of the last few days and hlockadcs
due to washouts on parts of the
Northern Pacific system in Montana
still were unrelieved
Oskaloosala., May 12. William
J. McCandless, superintendent of
the Chicago-Omaha aerial mail di
vision, 'was killed this afternqou
when aii airplane'in which he was
riding was blown into a tree four
miles south of here. II. W.Johnston
Iremont, O., pilot, was injured.
The airplane left Omaha at 11:30
o clock this morning to go to Iowa
City, la., on an- inspection trip over
the proposed airmail route between
Chicago and Omaha. When the
wind blew the machine into the tree
Superintendent McCandlesS was
caught beneath the gas tank and his
skull fractured. His body was
hrnuO'tif lipre.
Pilot Johnson said heavy head
winds had interfered all the way
and blown them off the course. He
was attempting to land in a -field
when blown into the tree.
SOCIALISTS HAVE
BITTER DEBATE ON
RELIGIOUS ISSUE
Conservative Forces Win Erad
ication of References to
Churches in Platform.
New York, May 12. The "relig
ious issue" today pluged the nation
al convention of the socialist party
of America into a trumoil of excited
debate, out of which conservative
forces won the eradication of refer
ence to churches from the first half
of the 'party's 1920 "declaration ,of
principles."
Denounced as bad politics by Vic
tor L. Berger, unseated U. S. rep
resentative from Wisconsin, a dec
laration that a priviledged few in
this country . own the people's
churches and "regulate their soults"
was voted down by an overwhelm
ing majority.
After Berger had pronounced the
declaration, August Claessens and
Charles Solomon, two of the five
recently expelled New York socialist
assemblymen, explained the aid
which the socialist movement had re
ceived' from clergymen and rabbis
throughout the world, arguing
against the "dragging in of this
thing which can do most to prejudice
the masses against us.
"The dictatorship of the prolctarit"
and limitation of citizenship ele
ments of" international activities,
which the Illinois delegation fought
yesterday to incorporate into the
convention declarations were effec
tively eliminated in adoption this
atternoon of the primary declaration
for socialization of the nation "for
the equal benefit of all."
Chicago Aldermen Seek
Way to Stop Women
In Public
, i iii
Collaboration
Smoking
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, May 12. The smoking
evjl among women and girls has
grown to such alarming proportions
that thecity council is trying to de
vise a law to stop it, at least the
habit of smoking in public. Some
theaters and cafes do all they can
to encourage the custom, providing
luxurious parlors and furnishing
cigarets free.
Caustic speeches were made by
the aldermen Who denounced the
practice as degrading and disgust
ing. .Aldermen who have young
daughters told of their reluctance to
take them to fashionable cafes where
women smoke. It was pointed .out
that the city had passed and en
forced laws against women enter
ing saloons and dance halls without
an escort, and that the rule against
smoking in public, while it was
plainly an infringement of the rights
of an individual, could also be enforced.
CONSORTIUM IS
FORMED TO HELP
FINANCE CHINA
Announcement Made That
Japan Joins Three Great
, Powers to Furnish Money
to Aid Chinese.
To Change South Dakota
Internal Revenue Bureau
Washington, D. C', May 12.
(Special Telegram.) Arrange
ments have been perfected by the
commissioner of international rev
enue for a change in the handling
of the field organization of the
bureau in South Dakota, according
to information received by Con
gressman Harry L. Gandy. The
principal change is the announced
installation ' of division headquar
ters at Soux Fall, where three depu
ty colectors will be stationed and
to which office will be attached
dcputy collectors whose jurisdic
tion will be throughout the state.
Wilson Starts Receiving
Many Foreign Diplomats
Washington, May 12. President
Wilson trreay- began receiving for
eign diplomats Who have een wait
ing improvement of his health in or
der, to formally present their cre
dentials. Arrangements were made for he
foreign representatives 'to visit the
White House in the orJcr of their
arrival "here.. Baron DeiCartier de
Marchicnnc. ' the Belgian ambassa
dor, was the first to be received.
Later the Uruguayan minister, Dr.
Jacobo Yarela, who came to Wash
ington in October, saw the president.
Harvester Firm Suffers
$1OO,0Q0 Damage by Fire
Spokane, Wash., May 12. Fire in
the .warehouse of the International
Harvester Co. here did damage
estimated by officials of the com
pany ar $100,000. Half the amount
wa due. to the destruction of a
shipment of canvas valued at $50,
000. and the remainder to machin--cr
and building,.
Tokio, May 12. Official announce
ment by the government that Japan
has become a member of the . con
sortium of tlte four great powers to
finance China was made last night
at a dinner at the Tokio bankers
cltib-rii honor of Thomas W. La
mom member of the firm of J. P.
Morgan & Co., New York City, who
is in Japan representing the Amer
ican group.
Governor Junnosuke Incuye of the
Bank of Japanese outlined briefly
the liistory of the new consortium
and expressed gratification that Jap
anese and America were once more
ahead in matters respecting China.
Lamont Pledges Co-operation
Mr. Lamont responding on behalf
of the 'American, British and r.rench
groups, reciprocated . Mr. Inouye's
sentiments and pledged the cordial
co-operation of all the western
groups.
BeforeNklr. Lamont's departure
from America to the Far East 4)e
and R. H. Morris, the American am
bassador to Japan, had assurance
from the Japanese banking group
and leading members of the cabinet
that Japan would withdraw its reser
vation -regarding Manchuria and
Mongolia, he said. Letters formally
confirming this withdrawal were ex
changed today between the Japanese
croup and Mr. Lamonte represent
inar the western- groups. This ex
change makes specific the with
drawal of Japan reservations which
for more than a year had prevented
completion of the proposed con
sortium between the powers in
volved. Confirms All Arrangements.
The letters also outlined the status
of certain railways in South' Man
churia, some of which being
branches, were declared last August
by the American State Department
not to be necessarily within the
scope of the consortium, t'.ie letters
said.
Mr. Lamont having accepted what
was declared to be his main object,
that of arranging Japanese entry in
the consortium without reservations
will continue his discussions here
for several days, he announced. He
plans to impart to the Japanese gov
ernment observations he gained
while traveling in China and to aid
in planning methods in han'ling the
situation there. He will sail from
Yokohama May 14 for San Fran
cisco on the steamer Korea Maru,
he said. .
Propose Changes in Law
Ruling Hawaiian Islands
Washington, May 12. Extensive
changes in the law governing the
Hawaiian islands will be brought be
fore the house before its convention
recess, the house rules committee de
cided Wednesday.
The changes asked by the Hawai
ian legislature include proposals de
signed to insure land settlement by
native Hawaiians; authority to in
crease the limit of public debt; a
three-year residence requirement for
eligibility -to public office, and in
creased compensation for officials,
including legislators.
Flood Drives 20 Families
From Their Homes in Homer
Lincoln, Neb., May 12. Heavy
rains in Nebraska last night and to
day resulted in a flood that drove 20
families from their homes at Homer.
Neb., and washed out railroad tracks
in some sections, according to re
ports received here. n. electrical
storm accompanied .the rainfall,
lightning causing the death of Wil
liam Maughn, aged 18, while he was
t work ou a farcj near Liacola,
Hold Former Member
Of Parliament . for
Part In Bond Theft
Chirago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, May 12. New ,York
police are en route to Chicago
to gather in E. C. Ecrcmont, alias
Ernest Arthur, former member of
the Canadian parliament, teacher of
French to wealthy society 'people
and alleged to be connected with
the Arnstein-Cohn two and half
million dollar bond robberies. After
lhe New York police get through
with Etremont, he may be sent to
Montreal to stand trial for swindling
Thomas Connolly, a contractor, of
$12,000.
Search of Ecremont's rooms Snd
his waste basket, developed that he
was a "male vampire" and hero of
hundreds of love affairs. Burning
missives and photographs of women,
strung all the way . trom Canadi
through Maine and Massachusetts
and the middle eastern states, gave
evidence of his rapid work as a love
pirate. He admits he is irresistible
and that ladies fall for him, bnt that
he cannot help it.
His papers also revealed code
telegrams, concerning supposedly
crooked transactions and from the
mass of torn bits of paper and mes
sages, the detectives have learned
the names and whereabouts of at
least two more subalterns in the
Arnstein-Cohn gang.
Ecremont, in his cell, shrugs his
shoulders and asks heaven to wit
ness that he is innocent. He' also
makes earnest request that the re
porters do not publish the names,
portraits or letters of his scores of
lady friends.
Mrs. Harriet Deering,
Prominent Woman of
Atlantic, Found Dead
Atlantic. Ia., May . 12. (Special.)
Her body lying on the floor be
side the sewing machine which she
had been operating and her hand
holding a pair of scissors which she
had been using. Mrs. Harriet Deer
ing, widow of N. W. Deering, for
mer prominent merchant of Atlantic,
was found dead in her home here.
She had been dead for nearly 24
hours when found by her daughter-in-law
and a neighbor. .ThejMvent
to the aged woman's home when she
had not been seen for more than a
day, . Mrs. Deering's death occurred
some time Monday. On Sunday-she
was at church and that evening her
sop and daughter spent the evening
with her. Mrs. Deering appeared in
the best of health. Her husband was
for many years engaged in the hard
ware business here. He was a civil
war veteran and prominent in the
community. A son, W. J.. Deering,
is a member of the Atlantic city
council.
Engineers of Eastern
Roads Vote to Strike'
.Pittsburgh, Pa., May 12. Passen
ger and freight engineers and fire
men of the Pennsvlvania, Baltimore
& Ohio and the Pittsburgh & Lake
Erie railroads, in session here,
Wednesday night voted almost
unanimously to go on strike at 7:30
o'clock Thursday morning.
U. S. Fixes Wholesale and
Retail Profits On Sugar
Washington. May 12. Telegrams
were sent by the Department of Jus
tice today to all United States at
torneys reiterating the department's
policy of holding the margin of
profit on sugar sales to 1 cent for
wholesalers and 2 cents for retailers.
STREET CAR IN
BLUFFS IS HIT
BY LIGHTNING
Streets Inundated and Cellars
Flooded When Indian Creek
Overflows Its
Banks. r;
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Forecast.
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rising temperature.
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Indian creek in Council Bluffs
Tuesday night aided a severe elec
trical ' storm in doing considerable
damage.
Overflow from the creek in the
Friday night aided a severe electrical
dated cellars for an area of many
blocks. -
Mud one foot deep was deposited
on Broadway between Tenth street
and the Northwestern station, and
cellars of business firms in this
neighborhood suffered from the
water which ran over the sidewalks
and into the main floor of the build
ings in many instances.
. High w'ind accompanied the
lightning and rain. Electric light
wires in many sections of the city
were torn down, and 1 numerous
trees blown over. North First
street and Eight avenue and Thir
teenth street suffered the most from
the high wind.
' A street car, loaded'Vith passen
gers en route to Omaha, was struok
by lightning at the Illinois Central
passenger station, at Thirteenth
street and Broadway during the
height of the storm.
The lightning struck either the
trolley pole or trolley wire, with a
blinding flash and deafening roar,
burning out the fuse and extinguish
ing the lights. The car quivered
f; fully 15 seconds after the crash.
No one was injured, however.
During the storm, - Judsen A.
Daley, 146 Fifteenth avenue, driv
ing in his automobile, struck an
open manhole at Eighteenth street
and Broadway,- blowing two tires.
Funeral of Mrs. Flanagan
To Be Held Here Friday
The body of Mrs. Irene Flan
agan, a former resident of Omaha,
wife of J. J. Flanagan, who died
at San Antonio, Tex., will arrive
in, Omaha today. Funeral services
will be held Friday morning at 9
in the-Holy Angels church.
Kcvs. r. A. rianagan, a., j. Flan
agan and P. F. Cooney, brothers-in-law
of Mrs. Flanagan, will offici
ate at the high mass, assisted by
Rev. J. W. Stenson. Burial will be
in Holy Sepulchre cemetery.
- Mrs. Flanagan and her husband
went to Texas several months ago
for Mrs. Flanagan's health. They
lived in Omaha 18 years. She is
survived by her husband, five chil
dren and a sister. '
Reds Reorganize Forces
Along Line East of Kiev
Warsawf May 12. The Bolsheviki
are reported to be digging in along
the line cast of Kiev and reorgan
izing their forces. Artillery- fight
ing is continuing - across the
Dnieper.
An official- statement announces
further L'krainian forces in Podolia,
the advancing forces along the
Odessa railroad having occupied
Kniazepol. A thousand prisoners
were taken by the Poles , and
Ukrainians in combing the country
west of the Dnieper in the region
of CzecavCa.
MORE TROOPS
JOIN REVOLT
OF BANS
Garrison ot Pedras- Negras,
Opposite Eagle Pass, Tex.,
Surrenders to Insurgents
Without Shot Being Fired.
REBEL LEADER WANTS '
FRIENDSHIP OF U. S.
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Three Hundred Carranza Sol
diers Reported Killed in En
gagement Near Apizaco Sun
day Night Trains Halted.
Eagle Pass, Tq., May 12. .
Piedras Negras, the Mexican garri- I
son town opposite Eagle Pass, was
surrendered to the revolutionists at
midnight- last night. Not a shot
was fired.
General Coss, commanding the
rebels, late last night sent a tele
gram to the Carranza officers at
I'iedras Negras demanding surren
der of the town. Generals Fernan
do and Pedro Villasenorl, federal
commanders, crossed to Eagle Pass,
while their soldiers peacefully join
ed the revolutionists. ' '
When he entered the town Gen
eral Coss was greeted enthusias
tically by the inhabitants. He told
the people nol to be alarmed, that
there would be no trouble and that
local officers would not be Veplaced.
I.elief work would begin at once, he
said.
Promotion of friendly relations
with the United States would be
taken up immediately, he declared,
adding, "We want to be friends. '1
Train Surrounded. '
Mexico City, May 12. Gen. Ja
cinto Trevino left Mexico City Sun
day night at 10 o'clock for Apizaco,
in the state of Puebla. saying he
v. onld save the life of President Car
ranza. The presidential tyiin was report
ed surrounded by the forces of Gen.
Reyes Marquez. Fighting between
the troops accompanying the flee
ing president and revolutionary sol
diers was reported as having been
raging for some time. According to
reports reaching here' 300 Carrah-
cistas had already been killed.
It was feared here that the 600 sur
vivors in the Carranza party who
were reported to have 20 machine
guns, would be overwhelmed and
Carranza and other members of- his
administration, including . several
generals, would become victims of
their, attackers.
Couriers arriving Sunday night
from Puebla City brought the news
that all trains carrying Carranza
governmental "officials were halted
between Apam and Apizaco and that
fighting was going on southeast of ,
Apiiaco.
Escape Blocked.
Al! reports available here seemed
to indicate General Guadalupe San
chez had joined the 1 revolutionary
movement, either occupying Vera
Cruz or bad surrounded that port.
This would effectually block Car
ranza's escape by way of Vera Cruz
should he succeed in reacjiing there.
General Trevino was accompanied
only by his staff. He acted as com
mander of the vanguard of liberal
constitutionalist forces who occupied
Mexico City, May 7. He was coni
missioned by Gen. Pablo Gonzalez
to attempt to save Carranza life.
A possibility exists that Carranza
left the train at Munos. just north
west of Apizaco. and fled into" the
mountains of Puebla.
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Official Count Shows
Bryan Will Have A 1
Delegates to Frisco
Women Candidates Win
m Wyoming City Election
Cheyenne, Wyo., May 12. Jack
son, Wyoming, claims to have the
distinction of being the first city
in the world governed entirely by
women. At Tuesday's city election
there were two tickets in" the field,
one composed of women candidates
and the other of men. The women
won by a vote of 2 to 1 after a cam-
iwigii in wmcn Tne OIIIV issue was
the question oi se -
Lincoln. Neb.. May 12. (Special.?
Complete official returns of the
primary (election April 20, made to
day by the secretary of state, show
that W. J. Bryan will have 11 of the
16 delegates to the democratic na
tional convention instead of 10. S.
S. Sidner defeated George W. Little
in the Third district, contrarv to the
unofficial figures, Sidner bcinj a
Bryan man.
The official' tabulation showed that
Grant G. Martin ran ahead of Chief
Justice Morrissey of the supreme
court in the race for nomination for
chief justice, receiving 71.664 votes
to Morrissey's 66,260.- Inasmuch
as two were to be nominated, these
two run Igainst each other again in
November.
Judge Day of Omaha and William
C. Dorsey were both nominated for
the one vacancy as an associate jus
tice, Day receiving 74,664 votes and
Dorsey- 60,999.
Bluebeard's Last Victim
Sues to Recover Property
Los Angeles Cal., May 12. Mrs.
Katherinc Wombacher, the woman '
whose suspicions caused the arrest
of James P. Watson, bigamist, to
day brought sui in . the superior
court against " Watson to obtain
restitution of certain property and
sums she alleges she turned over to
him after their. "marriage."
Information as' to the ptecise na
tttfe of her claims was- withheld.
Watson is preparing for his de
parture for San Quentin prison this
week, where he will be taken to
serve, a sentence of life imprison
ment for the murder of Nine Lee
Deloncy, to which he recently
pleaded guilty.
Ofycers are searching for' -money
and property which they believed
the man has concealed in various
places. They said they had located
a safe deposit box in a Canadian '
city and were hopeful that it wou'4
co.itain either fundi or mcmnrinJi
oi investments, '
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