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r (TDM A IRf A BATIlY : UWR . . ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '; ...... . , - y r $k .VOL. 49-0. 285. falaraa r. MeaC-alua Mttar May M, IIW. M . mmt m af nan t, tin. Omaha,, Saturday, may. 15, 1920. ft Mill II mi). laalae 41k IM. Ollly tea Saaia.. I: Dally ftalr.N: teae, S4. DaMaVa 41k Zm (I aar. tally aa SaaSan. Hi; Dally Oaly. lilt taeia Oaly, it., (PHrit ,'fWMIFO . OnTftlDI OMUL." AND COM -iy v vwxiq oil nixrn. nvi casit C APTU n ED D V Pi MAIL BANDIT Aiffl OFFICER DIE IN BATTLE St. Joseph Youth Robs Train Of $100,000,. Which Is Re covered Following Gun Fight lr Chicago Apartment House. FORCES CLERKS TO BIND" HANDS OF COMPANIONS Page Mr Blackstone i 11 11 , Mothr-itvUw anef dtufhtera-in.Uw f th past tens clashed in curt suits fil4 yesterday. They are as follows t . , No.'i. . ( "Place: Justice of the Peace' Col lins court. '; - i Principals; Mrs. C. V.jHannan,' sr., 1S42 South Twenty-seventh : street, former mother-in-law, and Mrs. C V. Hannan, jr., 'former daughter-in-law. - Suit: Writ of replevin. Issue: $400 unset diamond. ' Allegation: Mrs. Hannan, sr., sals ton bought diamond for ring for wife.- Was to have paid her. f40Q a( $50 a month. Only two payments made. Wants ring back. No. 2. Holmes muni- Place Judge cipal court. . f Principals: Maggie Goodrich, 602 North - Forty-first avenue, i fdrmer mother-in-law, and Marie . Goodrich, J Blackstone ' hotel, former daughter-in-law. - Suit: Writ or replevin. -- n . Issue: Household furnitffre. Allegation: Mrs. Goodrich, sr. saya ton borrowed furniture, in cluding piano from her to fumsh " house fot wife, Son - died year i ago.' Wife keeps furniture. Wants furniture back. .x i f v: i Holds Police Rifle Squad at Bay for More Than Hour While Shots Pour Into Build ing Found Dead by Officer. By Tba Aaaoclated Prcaa. Clicauo. May 14. One , of the most daring train robberies in the middlewest in recent years ended this morning in the death of a lone 5i jrtTf,tr.dit who last night looted the Illinois Central New Orleans Limit ed and the recovery of currency es timated to total nearly $100,000. One policeman, shot by the bandit, died early, this morning and another .is seriously wounded. The bandit was identities as Horace Walton, aged 22, of St. Jo seph, Mo. He fell with four bullets in his' body after barricading Jiim- self m his apartment and figming a pitched battle with more than 100 police. v , . Took Train at Kankakee. Walton boarded the train a few miles from Kankakee .fast might, A Decatun pouch containing registered mail was, taken on the train. . .' As the flyer pulled out of Kanka kee, Walton stepped into the mail car and announced that he was the postal inspector. He then drew a gun and commanded '"hands tip." .Four of. the oks were ordered to lay on the floor and thte. fifth was forctd to bind their Jiands. ) Walton then tied the fifth man's hands, arid set about a leisurely .sorting of the mail pouches. Armed with the , clerk's . key, he picked out and rifled the bags which contained shipments of money, re marking that "it's - easy when you have inside infdrmatton. A .travel ing b,ag appropriated from one of the clerks furnished a receptacle for the money.- : .. v.. - , Bantered With Clerks. . Walton kept up a running fire of banter with tke clerks until the train reached South Chicago shortly, be fore 1 ' ,Ther lie. leaped ont 1 Jfitt'een minutes later Patrolmen WilKam A. Roberts and John Ken- .-v& iJt oYicks met Walton. Kobeits stepped v , - forward tfi question the Jfejra. Wal ton' fire through his ceat ana Roberts fell, shot in the head . and (QwiUjiiwd urn Tm Tw, tMmm Two.) Speaker Calls Halt ? On Criticism of House , Investigating ' Body Washington, ' May 14. Speaker Gillett refused to permit Repre sentative Byrnes, democrat, South Carolina, to proceed with a speech criticising the house war investigat ing committee after he had deliv ered a 20-minute attack on the re publican party. , i At the end of his allotted time Mr. Bvrnes asked for five minutes more. "The chair declines to recognize the gentleman," said, the speaker. - Former Speaker Clark asked; that Mr. Byrnes by unanimous consent be given 10 minutes, but the speaker said lie would not recognize him. "It's a. fine house," the former speaker remarked. . ... . . Mr. Byrnes was speaking on his resolution proposing appointment of a committee to investigate expendi tures of the house war investigat ing committee, of which Representa tive Graham, republican, Illinois, is ahairman. ' . . 1 Pofice Inspector Is Freed of Charge of v ' - Negleet by Court Jury . v ' New York. May, 14. Police In- commander of the tenderloin dis trict, today was acquitted by order of Judge Malone of a charge of neg ' ea of duty in connection with "New York's vice crusade. ' The.' judge directed the jury in the court of general sessions which ; has been hearing allegations that Henry failed to close hundreds of rice resorts in his district to hing in a verdict of not guilty after seven character witnesses -had testified and defense counsel had1 moved to ... acquit 4 : v - San Salvador Rebels . Downed by Government , ' San Salvador,' Republic of Salva dor, May 14. Rebel, forces undej the leadership of Arturo Araujo, who aspires to the presidertcy of the ' republic, have been defeated by gov ernment troops commanded by Gen. . . Imn AmatL near Arcatao. denart- ment of Chalatenago, in the north ern part of the country. - The rebels - were'compelled to retreat across the . frontier into Honduras.' Losses of the rebel forces are said to have been numerous, many dead being found on the fields. ' . ) - Judge Wakeley Grants. -i Helene Utensir Divorce A divorce" was granted yesterday bv District Judge Wakeley to "Helene Latenser from Frank Laten- ser. lhey were marnea in riiua ' delphia, Pa, in 191 If RECOMMEND BIG LOAN TO RELIEVE FREIGHT TIEUP Railway Executives Ask $I25, 000,000 Be Placed at Dis posal of Roads. Washington, May 14.-rlo aid in relieving the railroad freight situa tion the Association of Railway Ex ecutjves today recommended t9 the Interstate Commerce commission that 4125,O0O,t)0O 0f the '$300,000,000 revolving - fund provided in .the transportation act be loaned to rail roads immediately1; for the acquisi tion or equipment. For additions and betterments, the association recommended that; $73,- 000,000 be advanced the roads. . It alsoasked that $12,000,000 be loaned to short line roads; that $50,000,000 be set aside temporarily tp take care of railroad , obligations maturing in 1920 and that the balance of approxi mately $40,000,000 be held in reserve for claims and judgments Against the railroad administration. The association said that the set ting aside of $50,000,000 to take care of maturing obligations was neces sary to protect theisolvency of the companies." The recommendations were taken under advisement by ,the commis sion and there was no indication when a decision would be made. - As a basis for distributing the amounts proposed for equipment, additions and betterments, the exec utives recommended tflat each com pany desiring to purchase additional equipment ."be immediately allotted a sum which is the same percentage of the amount appropriated as the standard return of the . company in questiorwbears to the standard return of all railroads during the period of federal control." The association said these recom mendations were , made without prejudice to the necessity or desira bility of further action by congress in connection 'with this matter," . HosColninitfee to "r limit Maximum Cash ; : Soldier Bonus to $510 Wasiington, May 14. Republican members of the house ways arid means committee decided to limit the maximum cash bonus under the proposed soldier relief legislation to $500 and to limit the grants under . i . i ' . . . ,ir c me oiner provisions xo ipoj, ourac opposition to the cash bonus plan developed at the committee meet ings, members said. " I The disabled men s bureau ot service and legislative: renet pro posed that instead of a cash bonus to , former service men, congress enact a law for the return to sol diers and sailors of the money de ducted from their service pay as al lowances for their families.! Such legislation, the letter said, would af fect 1,661,933 men and . cost $261, 911,234. , , ., Expect fight Before - y Webster City Wife. Stayer Is Gptured Greenville, 111.. ' May ? 14. Two posses today began closing in on a woods, eight miles northeast of here, in an effort to apprehend Harley O. Beasley, charged, with the murder of his wife and two baby boys at Web ster City, la,, last Sunday. Crumbs found in the woods indi cated ttat Beasley had eaten break fast there. He is believed to be heavily armed and a fight is ex pected before he is captured! ' rubhc sentiment against Beasley grew today when people . attended the triple funeral. ' Rumors of a lynching are heard about, the streets, out Sherm j: w. Wilson said he wduld take every precaution to pre vent mob violence in ; event of Beasley's capture. -.- House Adopts Conference Report on Army Pay Bill Washington, May, 14. The con ference report on the army and navy pay bill was adopted by the house. The senate has vet to act. The increase would total $60,000,000 a year and would be retroactive to January 1, and continue until June 30. 1922... , ,' Meantime, an investigation will be made looking to permanent read justment of pay. . , - ' " In The Sunday Bee ' "jtelplat Daddy" Ptetnrca af child Ufa la that aaaat aerlaoa at eecapa ttont. kelplnf father dlaplayad with heaaty.af calattat aad datail paaal Ma aaly ia Tha Baa'a ratagravara aae tlea. ,' '"; ', .: ' "Soma Omaha Tataraaa aa tba Jab" Plctarea aad m alory aboat Oawha mtm wha Ilka thai Jaaa aa weU that thay. hara atayad riaht thata far St, tt and 4S jtmrt. ' -r 4 ,. , j . Tha aaaat big SEWSpapar, eran fall at lata aad IntareatiaaT aawa. , Sparta A paa at.Uaaa. JUathar paa (a tha' cUMraa, taa, aad halt a aaaaa fat tha waaaaa IMkt ESTATE OF JOSEPH DE LAMAR VALUET .AT $32,228,927 Appraisal of Holdings Shows Larger Amount Than First Estimated. ' . , New York, May 14. The estate of Joseph R. de Lamar, New York capitalist, under whose will Harvard, Columbia and Johns Hopkins uni versities are the chief beneficiaries, left an estate of $32,282,927, instead of $20,000,000 as estimated at the time of his death in 1918, according. to an appraisal hied here. . . The capitalist was born in Amster dam, Holland, and at an early age went to sea.-Ak 23, whileafirst mate of a sailing vessel, the captain died at sea, 'and young De Lamar ,took command. Soon after he gave up the life of a sailor and' settled in Vine yard Haven, Mass., where he es tablished himself in the business of raising sunken ships. The gold rush to LeadviUe, Colo., in 1878, attracted him and he bought several" claims. Later he lived in Chi cago, wliere he studied chemistrv and metallurgy, becoming an expert in mining, l nree years afterward he spld his Colorado mining properties to London capitalists for $2,000,000 arid moved to Idaho, where he, was elected to the state senate in 1884. He came to New York in 1888, and built the home in Madison avemue in which he died on December 1918. ,;y , OMAHA AIR MIL ROUTE (TO TODAY Pdstrhasfer Daniel Receives .Orders From Washington to Open' to Chicago And r ..'Points. r-rtn lAivl I tin .' -a run omuhc (ilPS ARE GIVEN 6UT tter for Windy City Will Leave Office at 12:39 Daily, Except 'Sunday-TPilot. - De wald Firtto Hop Of f. Retired Iowa Banker ' Held by Police Here On Land Fratid Charge George F. Crittenbrink of Cres- ton, la., former owner and oresident pi the Farmers State bank of Flor ence, was. arrested 'yesterday ,on a warrant charging .the obtaining; of land under false pretenses. . : -William Smith .fit 'Fort Calhoun. Neb:. awore ot tht warrant allrar. -- ifciikVii t ili j v . i"? friiotyVVMiiam , we.waia. . . W"" c FYom Chicago to Omaha, it is on N6vcmber.aS conveyed to Smith. Uoii.. k, ii ma;i i9kin. frnm and his wif a 618-acre farm in Hall county on a"Take" abstract of title Attorneys of the Federal Reserve bank in Omaha examined the title and allowed a loan of $30,000, ac cording to Smith. Smith says he traded a. farm of 410 acres in Union county, Iowa, with an incumbence of $41,500 on it, for the land which he later found did not belong to Crittenbrink. Smith ' says his Iowa farm; was worth $85,000. Smith claims , the land in Nebraska was owned by Al len G. Crabtree of Grand Island. Crittenbrink is being held at Cen tral police station on $1,500 bond. He says that Smith is trying to in timidate him, that the land in ques tion was sold at a sheriff's sale, and refuses to give Smith the deed un- tili the encumbrance of $41,500 is utted. -.;,;.-. . : Denver Shows Largest i Increase in y Prices Since December, 1917 Washington. Mav 14. Chanets m the cost of living in 13. industrial centers in the United States from December, 1917, to December. 1919. made public by the bureau of labor statistics of the department of labor, show the largest .increase registered in Denver, Col., with 38.19 per cent. Richmond. Va., was lowest, with an advance of 32.02 per cent. ' i nc '.next 11 cities - showed in creases as follows: Kansas City, 38.16; Atlanta, 37.89; Scranto Pa., 37.1D; Indianapolis, 36.53; Pitts burgh, 36.17,-Cintinnatv35.24; Mem phis, 35.23; Birmingham, 34.32; St. Louis, 34.24; New Orleans, 33.86. ' ., -. i , -.. , ' " ; , Hydro-Airplane Loses Race Vl(ith Death in Panama Panama, May 14, Three Ameri cans, one of tltem aii (octogenarian. alone on a plantation m the interior 80 miles up the Atlantic coast.vdied of tropical fever within a few hours of -one another last week, whil .a hydroairplatie carrying a doctor and medicine was being hurried t their relief.rit was learned on th m. plane's return. The victims were E. McGuire. 64 vears old: H. W riav! 87, and J. W. Leath, 70, all of Los Angeles. i 1 u Their pliant had been Hi srovern by traders, and the olane was' dis patched to their aid when the trad ers story was told on the coast. The relief reached the : scene, however, too late to save any of the men. The victims were given an Indian burial On the plantation. Self Confessed Murderer " - Escapes From Officers Woodland. CaL Mav 14. Perrv Steele, en route under aruard from Woodland to Williamsburg, Ky., to answer a charge of murder, escaped while passing through Arizona, ac cording to a telegram from J. B. Jones, special agent from Kentucky. Steele confessed he had killed Alon zo Bledsoe - in Williamsburg, 14 years ago, according to the district attoraey ' .Regular aerial mail service froin Chicago .to Omahl . will tgin to day, according, to an official, tele gram received yesterday by Post master H.1" S. Daniel from Superin tendent; of Aerial Mail , Service Ride!!. . Mail by airplane from Chicago and points east leaving the Windy City at 6 a. m. will arrive at the Ak- Sar-Ben landing .held at 11:30 a. m. accordinar to the schedule outlined ' From the landing station, the mail will be rhshed by automobile direct- iy to ine umana postomce 10 oe sorted out for the first afternoon de livery throughout the city. Mail for the South - Side an,d the stock yards will be" taken t directly from the lanfling station ' to the South Side postomce, sorting of the mail tor Umaha or, bouth Umaha being done in Chicago. . ' Leave Omaha at Noon. ' Mails from" Omaha for Chicago and points east wiJl (eave the Omaha postoffite daily at 12:39 each day, an aut6mbile rushing it from the post office to the aerial mail station at Ak-Sar-Ben . field for 'depSfcture by airolane Mail to be v delivered by airplane must be in .the- Omaha posteiffice by The- daily schedule of collections of mail for aerial service will be as followli ffom the various local sta- a . i- or j J ,!,, m m suuin Diua , . ... Union Depbt.. .1J:11 p. m. Ames Avanua Station. ..... 19 :27 a. m. Station A ...10:34 a. m. Walnut Hill Station..... i a 10 ;5 a. m. Sundays Not Included. 1 These 'schedules will be followed bv one olane each day during the week with the exception of Sundays and holidays. i v". The first pilot to . hop off from Omaha oi the tfirst Regular daily post trips over the rouWe wra be 490 miles by rail, mail taking from 13 to Jo hours and 15 minutes By air, the trip is 440 miles, trips consuming from four-, and one-half to five arid one-half hours. All mail leaving by air from Oma ha it 1 p. m.,. for eastern cities will he delivered the next morning in the first delivery of the day. This mail will be carried from Chicago to Cleveland by train' and .then trans ferred to the Cleveland division of air mail service. ' ," Delivered Jam Day. Arrival of mail from-Chicago in Omaha will be at 11:30 a. m. daily, and the planes leaving Omaha for the trip east will arrive in Chicago at 6:30 p. nv' i " Westbound ship's will carry ap proximately 15,000 city letters which witl be advanced in delivery by one business day. This will constitute largely- letters ', from eastern term inals which . were received in Chi cago too late to make , the regular evening Wains. . V ' i City carriers vill leave the main (Cantlnord on Faf Two, Column Four.) Oil Boom Causes Big Increase at Casper "as Cripple Creek Loses Washington, V May 14. Casper, Wyo., 11,447; increase, 8,808 or 333.8 per cent. - " , ' Cripple Creek, Colo., 2,325; de crease, 3,877 or 62.5 per cent. Canton, O., 8?,091; increase, 36, 874 or 73.4 per cent. t Oil City, Pa., . 1 21,274'; increase, 5,617 or 35.9 per cent. '.. - ' v Cohoes. 22,987; decrease, 1,72? or 7.0 per cent. z Farrell, Pa., 15,115; increase 4,925 or 48.3 per cent. ' t. Lake Charles, La., 13,088; increase, 1,639 or 14.3 per cent. Marshall, Tex., 14,271; increase, 2,819 or 24.6 per cent. ' . i " Many Members of L W. W. . Leave Butte Alter Walkout 1 Butte,'?: Mont., May 14. Many members of the Industrial Workers of the 'World, who took part in the recent strike of the Metal Mine Workers union, No. 800, I, W. W., have left Butte, it was declared. The mining companies have announced that no Industrial 'Workers pf the World will be employed. The leaders of the recent strike, for the most part, it was said, are still in the city.' The men who left have gone to? Utah, Idaho and Ari zona points. 4 Circulars purporting to have been issued by the strike committee of the i Metal Mine Workers union, i were circulated. They declare the strike "has not been called jpff," but has beeii "transferred to the. job.'N Potato Acreage Is Less.. r Washington, .May 14. A- 5 per cent reduction in the acreage plant ed to potatoes was indicated for this season in reports just eceived by the United States bureau of mar kets from its field agents. High prices for potato seed and the short age of farmiabor wtra sivett as the principal Effssa j. a New Doctor on the Job , : ' V EFFORTS TO PASS BILL OVER VETO FAIL IN THE HOUSE Republicans Lack 43 Votes to Override President's Action On , Judicial, Appropria-1 . tions Measure. . ' Washington, May 14. The house today failed tooVelTide the presi dent's veto of the legislative, execn tive and judicial appropriation bill. The vote wag .170 to 127, ' The only break in the party lines on thevote was five democrats, Gal- Imn and - Olney, .- Massachusetts; Sisson, - Mississippi;- Lee, California, and Evans,1 Nevada who Voted with the republicans to override the veto. Randall .California, prohibitionist, and KlfT, Minnesota, independent, also voted with the republicans. In the senate, Senator Smoot, re? publican, . Utah, whose amendment caused the veto, deplored the presi dent' action Ht said he was con vinced that the president was "thor oughly misinformed regarding the character and effect of the admefld ment and that his information came from Roger W. Babson and others who have been attacking the joint printing committee. " I do not see how the president can odiect to a cnecit Dy congress on the excessive printing of the gov ernment,' he said. ;-..-, - Replying to the presidents state ment that the legislation was con gressional encroachment on execu tive authority, Senator smoot-saia: "The president entirely -overlooks the fact that the joint prihtitigr com mittee is not ,a committee of con gress, but a separate statutory body, like 'the civil service commission and other bodies created by law. 1 Regarding the presidents obiec tions to jurisdiction of the print ing committee over duplicating ma- enme output or government mutes, Senator Smpot said 100 such plants were in Operation and charged that some government departments re sorted to this clan of printing pub lications to evade the" committee's' order that the printing of such pub lications be discontinued. Three Near Death as. Crazed Man Leaps :. " From Eleventh StoryV Legal Talent Attack Wifl of Late Marshal, Reld From New Angles dhhtaM TrihaaaUlmaha Bea Chicaso. Mav .'14 Tliomaf Wrilk- inson had been taken to the psycho pathic laboratory on the eleventh floor of the citv hall to- unoergo all examination "as to his sanity. . Shakinar off the. clutch of Miss Helen Ullerich, an attache, he set tled the question by spinging from the windqjv W the pavement. 'Three men-passing in the street, escaped death from the failing body by a matter of inches.' One man received lancing' blow on the shoulder Which sent him spinning against the building, so great, was the force. Wilkinson s body was a mass ot boken bones and jellied flesh when it was picked up. " Wilkinsoh had been despondent for a month, ac cording to his employer and yester day attempted to commit suiciae. His brother was summoned from from Madison, Wis.,1 and was in a telephone booth, conversing with a specialist regarding his brother's case, when the latter leaped through the window. . ,. ,; - Hundreds of people in. the street and in adjoining: buildings saw the body hurling, through the air . and heard it fall on the pavement. The excitement ran so hieh that a speciat cordon of police ws necessary to clear the street and maintain order. ; ' Visits With Brother Washington, May 14. (Special Telegram.)-? David f- p. Reanis, brother of . Congressman Frank Reavis .and Mrs.'iReayis-of Falls City. Neb., rejruelts of the Reavii family -hers - w. , Chlcaga Trlbana-Omaha Bea Leased Wire. Chicago, May 14 Astute lawyers have examined the will left by the late Marshall Field from every angle and admit it is an airtight and bomb proof docunjent. Now they are at tacking it on the ground that the accumulation of such a vast, estate is against public policy. Although the present action is called a "friend ly suit," it really is an effort by Mar shall Field, III., to break the will so that he and his sister mav come into the full amount of the $100,000, 000 estate now, instead of waiting until he is SO years old, as provided id clause 20 of the will. The claim of Ffeggy. Marsh, Eng lish concert hall singer, .mother of Henry Anthony Marsh, illegjtmate son of Henry Field, for wo-fifths of the estate, is declared to be ab surd-. The attorney for Mrs. Marsh and.ber.iboy admitted that the Field heirs and trustees of the fortune had acted fei:y aecentry and generously toward her and, her son, but .hopes, if Captain Field is able to break the will, that the Marsh boy will have a fighting, chance to secure the $40,000 his mother and her attorneys are after. . President Blocks Move Of Congress ta Curb ; Heavy Expenditures By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Trlbunr-Omaha Bea Leaaed Wire. , Washington, May 14. A move made by congress to check the ex penditure, of millions of dollars an nually o(y the executive departments in issuing' propaganda publications and press publicity matter extolling and frequently misrepresenting : the achievements of the,. administration for political' purposes; was halted by President Wilson yesterday with a. veto.'. '- ' The president vetoed the bill mak ing "appropriations for the - legisla tive, executive and iudicial exoenses of the government- because it con tained a provision that no publica tion or mimeographed press matter shall be. issued by any department without the approval of the congres sional joint committee on printing. ; Mr. Wilson's objection is that this, provision constitutes congressional usurpation of purely administrative functions and .would be in effect a legislative censorship of what infor mation shall be given to the people of the country by the executive de partments. , .,, l aa -I iiaam mi an Tries to End Life When Leap : r' Year Proposal Is Rejected Chicago, May 14. Miss Mary White last -night shot herself after her lean year proposal had been re jected by Joseph Keller. Miss White invited Keller to din ner, took him to a picture show and suggested a walk in the park. She proposed marriage and annonuced she had furnished an apartment for Keller. Her wounds are not serious, hos pital attaches said. Leader of Nationalists of Turkey Condemned to Death London, March 14. Mustapha Ketrial, leader of Turkish nationalist forces in Asia Minor, was con demned to death at an extraordinary! court-martial, held in Constantinople on Wedesnday, according tora dis patch from the Turkish capital to the Exchange Telegraph company As Mustapha did, not appear for trial he was found guilty by default. Estate of Hetty Green Must Pay Tax on $28,000,000 NeSv'York. Mav 14. Mrs. Hettv Green had $38,000,000 invested, in the state of New York and he' es tate must pay a transfer tax on ap proximately, $28,000,000. according to an opinion handed down by ,lhe ap pellate . division of 1 tat supreme court, reversing a decision of for mer Surrogate Robert Ludlow Fow ler. , SOCIALISTS V0T TO STAND BY THE INTERNATIONALE Reject Proposal to. Pledge A legiance to Organization At , tacked. During New York Investigation. ' j ' . -.. .- , New york May 14. The socialist party of America, at its . national convention "here tod'ay, voted' to re affirm ' its . allegiance to 'the third (Moscow) jnternationale, ' pith reservations, including that of ; de termining its own' national policy.' ' Ry,a vote of 90 to 40 it reiectod a proposal by J. Louis Engdahl of Chicago to pledge, without reserva tion, it allegiance, to the third in ternational which was attacked our ing the socialist' investigation in Al bany as the organization that, at the bidding 6f' Lenine and Trotsky, had issued a' caj! for violent worldwide revolution. t ? Morris Hillquit was fleeted inter national secretary-, of the. party. Three international delegates elected were Algernon tee.- New- York; James .O'Neal. Brooklyn, and Jacob E. Gbhen, biladelphia. , , ' To Expunge . Records. . The convention voted by acclama tion to expunge from its records all matter pertaining to a resolution, in troduced in behalf of certain Cook county. IllinoisV Helegates which' Hillquit said cast' aspersions 'on the defense of the five socialist members' expelled from the New York as sembly! v ; . -. In an impassioned exposition of the defense at the, assembly trial, Hillquit declared he . was revealing inside information" in announcing that jt was unanimously decided by the socialists,' their cbunsel and all parties interested, on' their side, to make the trial a .telucle in which to carry 'on aggressive fight of socialism against capitalists. Stand By Factions. Hillquit said ,lt was .determined "not to desert any "faction, fighting for. socialism," and that they) easily could have made their case on .an effort to show that the socialists had expelled the communists and com-munist-laborites from tha socialist party membership last year because of the very activities" the state had charge against the socialists. - When Samuel H. Holland, Chi cago, endeavored td gain the -floor to. explain-why the resolution' had been prepared, -he .was . hissed fronj all parts of the hall ih the first con certed hissing from delegates during ine enure convention to date. ; 4,The wet and dry" issue threat ened to bring .down an 'avalanche of debate until motion by Cameron H. King, San Francisco, requested a vote to table a proposed, resolution to put the party on record as against ' prohibitory , amendments to " the United States, constitution." French Refuse to Intercede In Helping Rail Strikers - Paris. Mav. 14. Th rahinlt it. meeting today decided that the aov- siiiiiicni .uuiu acciine to iniervene with the railroad companies to have dismissals and' nthrr nnntahmontc connected with the railroad strike annulled. . -' ": , :. U Premier MjUerand left for. Eng land immirliafolv afr tha mt!n for a conference with Premier Lloyd ucorge regaraing ine apa conierence with the Germans. . c t' - - INSURGENTS Last Northern ' Border Port Remaining .in ; Carranza's Hands Goes Over to Rebel Side Before. Noon Friday. PREDICT SURRENDER ' OF' PRESIDENT SOON The Weather ' Forecast Fair and Sh'ghtly . warmer Saturday. " Hourly Temperatures " '.41 '.I ( 1 'f .Ar' a a. aa, 1 a, a a. an. a. m. 1 a. an, " - " -aa i 7 a aa u aaa.vul -i A 'sw wtt,i 1 p. an P. ...... . S p. aa...... 4 p. m,.,.,. p. ,.,. .St .tt .St . .( .aa ai ..M Large ' Force : of Federal Troops Reported to Be Preparing for Attack - on Piedras Negrasr - Brownsville,' Tex., May 14. Ma tamoros, opposite Brownsville, auiet ly surrendered to Mexican revolu tionary forces shortly before noon today. It was the last northern bor der port remaining in the hands ot 1 Carranza officials and its surrender was in accordance with an agree ment arranged' yesterday between' Gen. Rafael Colunga, Matamoros garrison commander, and Gen. E. Reyes, representing the revolution ary government. Reports to United states military headquarters at Fort Brown from Fort Ringgold said Gov. Espinoso Mireles of Coahuila, who crossed to " the American side yesterday with his, family, still "was in Rio Grande City. Nothing further had been heard pf the governors of Tamaulipas', Nenvo, Leon and San Luis Fotosi, who were on the Mex ico, side- opposite Ringgold yester day. ' a , Carransa Hard Pushed. , ' El Paso, Tex., May 14. Surrendet some time today of President Car ranza and his forces, said to be sur rounded near Rinconada, Puebla ' was predicted in a teleeram from hGen. Alvaro Obredon, former can didate for the presidency of Mexico, received by Luis Montes de Oca Mexican revolutionary "consul" at El Paso, ; Federals Near Piedras Negras. -Eagle Pass, Tex., May ,14. Un confirmed reports that a force oJ Carranza soldiers under Gen. Caes aro Vastro was approaching Pied ras Negras and would, attempt tc retake the town from revolutoinists revived , interest in the -local Mexi can situation here. . Mexican federa' officials now refugees in Eagle Pass have predicted the recapture of Pied ras Negras within IS days. . . . : Foreigners to Leave, i Washington, May 14. The Amer ican consul at Vjera Crur reportec that he bad. arranged for deparrur of foreigners aboard .Carranza'i' ttain, invested .by revolutionary forces, -under flag 6f truce. Tht British consul at Vera Cruz and twe Americans are on the train. -The State department also was in formed that a special session of tht Mexican congress had been tailed to name a provisional president. The call was issued by .a jint meeting of senators and deputies and the res olution adopted . provided ; that the provisional president thus named should call a general election. ( - Introduces Measure To Govern Movements Of Aircraft Over U.S Chlraf Tribnac-Omaha Bea Leaaed Wlr Washington, : May 14. A bill t regulate air navigation was intro tiuced in the house by Representative Kahn of California, chairman of tht committee on military affairs. It cre ates an air navigation commission consisting of one representative each' ; from the State, Treasury, War Post office, Navy, Agriculture and Commerce departments and from the national advisory commission for aeronautics to be appointed by the -president ' Rules and regulations governing traffic in the. air not only within the-United' States, but between the United States and other countries. may be prescribed by the committee under the terms' of the bill. - Licenses must be obtained for all , aircraft and operators also must ob- 1 tain permits. , v- Congressman Jefferis to ; Plant Tree in Home Town Washington,. C, May 14. (Spe- i cial ..Telegram.) Congressman Jef-. feris, Mirs 'Jefferis and their chil- ; dren left by automobile for Ro mansville, Pa., where Saturday the OmaHa representative will assist in planting an oak tree, in conformity with , an ancient custom, in the, grounds of the village school, where Sir. Jefferis attended school as a boy:- He will preside over the an- . nual meeting of the Aryan Literary ' society, held in - the Westchester Normal school. The congressman arid his family will return Sunday; Three Men Are Killed By Gas Fumes in Mine Wallad. Ida' -Mav U Tlir. men were killed and one narrowly ' escaped death from gas fumes in the Marsh mine near Rtirlc fda . Th ' - bodies of Fred L, Bergen, superin tendent ot the mine; Charles John son and another. miner yet unidenti fied were found henaath h u,sr in the bottom of a shaft by a rescue crew. . . Wyoming Without Executive Head Since Last Tuesday Cheyenne. Wyo May 14. Wy- oming has been -without an executive head since Tuesday, as Gov. Robert . D. Carey is marooned in BUlings, Mont, by washouts and the secre- tary of state, who should officiate "J? atovernor'a - abseace. in CaUforuij i tp :3 'A I - tJ aja'-ft-.aaain Jaiaw S u- I
