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IN Dhe Omaha Daily Bee' VOL. 49 No. 293. Catare aowa-iUM natfar Mar 2. IN, at Osaka P. 0. aaiar at el Mara a. IITt. OMAHA, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1920. By Malt (I par), latlda 41k loaa. Dally aad Suada.. M: Oallj Oaly. M: ioaday. . TWO PENTS Uultlda 4th Za (I yr. Dally aait Suaaa. !; Daily Oaly. SI2; tuaday Only. IS. 1 jUi.v lO OI'TSIDK 0114RA AND IVHS- iu BLiirra. fik cist. POLITICAL FINANCING EXPLAINED Detailed Revelations of Pri mary Expenditures Fails to Disclose Any Startling Con- tributions to Funds. LOWDEN CAMPAIGN IS FINANCED BY HIMSELF Democratic Witness Charges Wood and yarding Forces -in unio Made senator New berry Appear a "Piker." By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. C'hlrago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire, Washington, May 24. Detailed revelations of the evnetiftitiire nf $400,000 for Governor Lowden, who insisted on financing his own cam paign, and charges Jrom a demo cratic source that the expenditures ot the Wood and Harding forces in Ohio were "a scandal," enlivened the .firsts day's session of thesenate com mittee investigating the use of money by the candidates for the nomination for president. Failing to obtain .from Frank Hitchcock any light on the contribu tions to General Wood's campaign, the committee subpoenaed Col. Wil liam Cooper Procter. A. A. Sprague of Chicago "and other Wood man agers. Small Fund Wins. With one' of the smallest cam paign funds, Senator Johnson, it was shown, had garnered proportionately the largest number of instructed delegates, but is out of money, and Jus campaign managers are com plaining of poverty. The campaign funds brought to light by the testimony were: Republican. Governor t.ovlen of Illinois. .. 4H.84.7S Senator Poindexter ot Wash- ' Innlon 75.000.00 nator Johnson of California. . 70,000.00 AVnator Sutherland of West Vtrinla 473.00 Democratic. Governor Coi of Ohio S 22,181.00 In seeking to trace the use of cam paign funds the committee decided to summon a number of local lead ers and delegates, including colored republicans frcjm the south, to whom witnesses testified money had tern paid. sertiou of Governor Lowden that the public ; is welcome to full knowledge . nun k 1 1 v i' k ul u i aj state, took the witness stand and proceeded to deluge the committee with facts and figures. Emmerson began by reading a list of contributors of $35,835 to start the Lowden boom. These contributions', were made very early in the campaign, before Governor Lowden announced his candidacy, according to Emmerson. and as soon as the governor learned that they were being made he stopped ,it, insisting on paying all of his own expenses. r "When I needed any money I just told the governor so and usuallylie sent it to me. $25,000 or $30,000 at a time," said Mr. Emmerson. Wanted Business Campaign. "From the very beginning Gov ernor Lowden wanted the campaign run along business lines- and that has been done. I havevheen ready at any minute to make a detailed ac- count of expenditures and receipts. Some of the big items of expendi ture in the Lowden campaign have been $196,000 for circularizing; $156, 000 for organization expense; $22,000 for- the Washington headquarters; (Coni'nued on Pair. Two, Column Four.) Bank Bandits Get $100,000; Cashier ' Is Locked in Vault Pittsburgh, M 24. The First National batik ai Finleyville, Pa., near here, w,as held up and robbed shortly after noon by six men, who escaped, according to word received here by the police. The bandits escaped with $100,000 in bonds and securities and $15,000 in cash. The cashier, who was the only man in the bank at the time, was knocked unconscious and locked in the vault while the institution was rifled, the reports said.; A sheriffs posse has gone in pursuit. Ulster Volunteers Rout r - Sinn Feiners at Lisbellaw Belfast, Ireland, May 24. The vil lage of Lisbellaw, Ulster, has been given the lead in an organized effort to- deal with Sinn Feinism. The Ulster volunteers' have been re formed and pickets established. At midnight Sunday, a sergeant going home saw an arme mob around his house. He notified the patrol, the mill siren was sounded and church bells rung, and the vil lagers turned out' The Sinn Feiners decamped. Wrecked Hydroplane Found , At Sea With Pilots Missing New .York. May 24. A hydip-air-plane marked "No. 286" was picked up at sea today off Scotland ligbt ' ship by the steam pilot boat New York. The hydro-airplane was up side down and there were no traces of any occupants. ' Win Revive 'Roundup. Xewey. Okl, May 24. The rom Jundup" staged for several years fnor to the war, will be revived uly J, 4 and 5, with $8,000 in prizes offered by tha municipality for ex hibition!.. i . " Great Industries of West Prepare Data in Favor of Deep Water Route. Projebt Chamber of Commerce Gathering Information to Be Used in Hearing Before, Joint International Commission to Be Held in Omaha June 1 Ne braska Solidly Behind Movement. Arguments favoring the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence river tidewater project bill will be presented by rep resentatives of every industry in the middle west, at the hearing before the joint international commission to be held in Omaha June 1, accord ing to information pouring into the Omaha Chamber of Commerce from nearby cities. Preliminary arrangements for the hearing, put in the hands of the chamber, are Hearing completion. Briefs establishing the attitudes of the different industrial groups are being prepared, and representatives are preparing oral arguments to be presented before the commission at the same time. Transportation in terests, banks, manufacturers, pack ers, farmers, stock raisers, grain dealers, the state government and the state railway commission, will all urge the adoption of the deep water scheme. ' i Would Cause Expansion. Members of the commission from the United States are Obadiah Gradner, Maine; R. B. Glenn. North Carolina, and . D. Clarke. Wyom ing. The Canadian members are Charles A. McGrath, Henry - A. Powell and W. N. Hearst.. The' advantages of the deep water route from Chicago. to the sea as they affect Omaha and the state will be particularly emphasized at the hearing. The expansion such trans portation would permit in , aRntui ture would increase the wealth of this state immensely, say those in favor of the project. It would cut several hundred miles of rail travel out of the route from Nebraska to world markets, they say, and would bring relief where it is most needed, FEDERAL PROBE OF SUGAR SUPPLY TO BE STARTED Announcement Follows Testi mony of Hoover Before Committee Investigating . Profiteering. ; (; hntion of the susar supply through a sweeping investigation of sugar brokers who ignore : conditions oi their federal licenses, A. W. Riley, snerial assistant to Attorney ijen- cral Palmer, announced last night. Thin announcement followed closelt upon the testimony before the joint legislative committee in vestigating' profiteering of Herbert Hoover, who charged the govern ment with responsibility for the high price of sugar because of fts failure to authorize the sugar equalization loard to purchase the Cuban crop last year at 6 1-2 cents a pound and upon announcement that price of re fined sugar had been increased to 22 1-2 cents an advance of 3 cents within, a week. . The investigation, headed by Mr, Riley, will begin tomorrow. "It is our intention," he said, "to do everything iti our. power to remedy the market conditions and obtain a fair distribution of the sugar supply, even if it must be at the expense of some nonessential industries." Mr. Riley said that when sugar dealers were confronted with the evidence of violations of their war time license agreements it was the t'sual thing for them to attempt o wriggle, out of responsibility. "These licenses are. most emphat ically stTtrin effect,", he added, "and it is part of the government's task to bring this fact to the dealers' at tention." Employment of "economic patent medicines" as a cure for the high cost of living was attacked by Mr. Hoover. He said what was required was. a definite co-ordination of policies of readjustment and a policy of seeking i remedy through studying conditions under the sur face. In amplifying his opening state metit, Mr. Hoover declared there could be no question that the amount of speculation and profiteer ing has been considerable. He ex pressed it as his opinion that the remedy lay in the reductionof credits and inflation and Jn vigor ous regulation by the government. Mr. Hoover said he believed the equalization board should have been authorized to purchase the Cuban crop last year, which would have maintained the retail price this year at about 13 cent. Murderer of Nebraska Banker Declared In&rie Los Angeles, May 24. George Goldbach, who the police said con fessed he had murdered H. J, Rob bins,, retired Shelton, Neb., banker, was committed to the hospital for the insane at Hatton. v Kings Daughters Adjourn. - St. -Louis, Ma., May 24. The fifth, biennial convention of the Internationa! Association pf Kings Daughters ended here with the elec tion of officers. The 1922 meeting will be at Burlington. Vt Bail. Tat Unconstitutional. Jackson," Miss.," May 24. The tax of $500 and 3, per cent, on gross income, 'imposed by the state leg islature in 1912 upon nonresident tailroad companj.es operating in the state, .was declared' unconstitutional by the state supreme court . between Chicago and New York City. In addition to the saving in time and trip losses, it would ma tetially lower transportation rates on foreign shipping. Would Relieve Congestion. Traffic men favoring the St. Law rence project hold that its comple tion would make embargoes so fre quent in the east unnecessary, afnd would at the same time have an im portant bearing on the car short- age, wlucn tney say win ce a prou lem for a long time yet. In addi tion to the relief it would afford shipments out of this district, there would be considerable advantage, they say, in bringing imports from Europe closer to the middle west. The entire project will cost hundreds of millions of dollars, ex pert engineers say. The construc tion of locks around St. Lawrence river rapids, the deepening of some channels and the opening of lake connections for ocean-going snips, are parts of the work confronting ., t , T u-c the men behind the scheme. It has heen estimated the work on the St. Lawrence would cost about $150,- 000,000. Power expers have agreed, however, that the water power that could be so developed wouia aionc be worth the investment. Organization Formed, All states interested in the com pletion of the deep water route from the Great Lakes have been -.reanized into the 'Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Tidewater association, with officers and committees in each state. H. C. Gandner of Chi- caeo is oresident of the association Vice presidents for Nebraska are Nelson B. 'Updike, KODert m jcyce and Gov. S. R. McKelvie. OPPOSITION TO BONUS MEASURE GROWS STRONGER Fordnev Denies Rumor Bill . Will Be Sidetracked for Balance of Pres ent Session. were, in circulation that tK bonus bill would not be called up in the house for "ar.tion on Thursday as planned and that it would be side tracked for the remainder of the session. Representative For dney of Michigan, chairman ot the ways and means committee, who has the bill in charge, and Representative Camp bell of Kansas, who plains to call up a special rule for' consideration of the bonus bill, both denied that there would be further delay. Some of the members of tbe ways and means committee, however.lndicated their belief that Mr. Fordney, would change his plans before Thursday. "The' bill will be brought up Thursday regardless of what hap pens," said Representative Fordney. "Let them riddle it if they want to, but'there is going to be some kind of bonus legislation." Representative Garner of Texas; democratic member of the ways and means committee, who .is rrfaking a fight against all bonus legislation, predicted the defeat of the bill if it is called up. It is admitted by those supporting the bill that the opposition has be come unexpectedly strong. There is criticism of Representative Camp bell for bringing out a. special rule on Saturday. It was the understand ing of members of the republican steejing committee the rules com mittee would delay action until some kind of compromise agreement among the republicans had been reached. Johnson Lead Slowly Dwindling With Late Reports From Oregon Portland, May 24. Returns from the Oregon primary election held Friday, compiled tonight, gave Sen ator Hiram W. Johnson a margin of 872 votes for the republican presi dential preference. The vote, including complete unof ficial returns from 14 of the larger counties and -incomplete returns from all but one of the. remaining 21, stood: Johnson. 42,049; Wood. 41,177; Lowden 15,053; Hoover 14,328. Curry county, front which no re turns have been received, is an inac cessible and sparsely settled region. Advices from Coos county early today gave Johnson 1,921 votes and Wood 677. A report from Coos county tonight said the Johnson vote should have been reported as 1,291. , Chicago Federal Building . Employes May Walk Out Chicago, May 24. Scrub women, elevator men, janitors and window washers in the federal building will resign July 1, uns they are grant ed an increase in pay, Custodian Charles Nagl said.- According to Mr. Nagl, 150 workers would be affected. , Signs Pension Bill. - Washington, May 24. The civil service retirement bill providing for the retirement of government em ployes at part salary was signed, by President Wilson. It becomes ef fective in 90 day MANDATE FOR ENIA TO BE OPPOSED Republican Senators Bluntly Outspoken Against Request Of President for Authority to Assume Foreign Burden. HARB0RD REPORT CITED AS REASON F0R.STAND Senators Not Interested in Message and Wilson's Rea sons for Asking Authority And Few Hear Reading. Chicago Trllmiie-Omnlia Bee Leaned Wire. Washington, May 24. President Wilson today appealed to congress to grant him authority to accept the Armenian mandate for the United States. ' He sent a message to both houses declaring that he was acting "in the " t J t . T .. . 1 ' . . ,1. connaence tnat i am speaiong in tne i spirit and in accordance with the wishes of the . greatest of Christian peoples." He felt he was givfng -advice "from which the congress will not willingly turn away." Few Hear Message. The reception of the president's message could hardly be said to presage the early passage of a reso lution granting him authority to as sume the mandate. In the senate, the reading of the message failed to excite a ripple of interest. Reports have been current for several weeks that the president intnded to formally ask congress for power to accept the mandate and not more than half a dozen senators re mained on the floor to hear the pres ident's .reasons for urging its ac ceptance. Republicans Bluntly Outspoken. Republican senators, almost with out exception, were bluntly out spoken against granting the presi dent the desired authority. Demo crats for the most part maintained the silence they usually .try to main tain these days, when the president issues , a pronunciamento. Many of them are known to be against the mandate. Unless sentiment of the upper house undergoes a violent re versal, indications are that the presi dent s request is doomed to go the way of the peace treaty and the league of nations. Senator Lodee, the .republican leader, declined to comment on the president's message. He merely re- roort. in which it was estimated that 59,000 troops, a good sized naval-establishment and $756,000,000 would be required to, fulfill the mandate. Like Taking Poorhouse. "I only desire to say," commented "Senator Borah of Idaho, "that be fore America considers the question at all, England and France ought to restore to Armenia the territory and resourceswithout which to take Armenia wotild be 'like taking a poorhouse. I think it is ' perfectly uncorisciable to stno Armenia as has been stripped and then turn it (Continued an Page Two, Column Two.) ixags, a nunueswip Dog, Sends Flowers To Playmate's Bier Cbicaco Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire Chicaeo. May 24. "With love from 'Rags' to Eloise," was on the card accompanying a cluster of white roses, tied with a white -satin rib bon, wffich found a place among the numerous floral tributes . that ' re posed on the grave of little Eloise Brosnihan,' who was buried here. "Rags" is just a nondescript dog, but he was one of the best loved playmates andaals of Eloise, the 7-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Fred Brosnihan. rriday evening she was playing in the street and step ped from behind an ice wagon directly in the path of an automobile truck which crushed out her young life. Eloise and "Rags" had long been inseparable friends. His home was further down the block, but he would be waiting for Eloise when she ap pearedNn the morning, to share with -.er the adventures of the day. After the fatal accident he seemed to sense something wrong and hid away, mourning for the little friend he would see no more. - - Relief From Freight Jam Slowly Being Brought About Washington, May 24 The freight tarn was declared tonight to be slowly yielding to the efforts con centrated on the mass'of cars which were closing the country's railroad yards. Reports to the American railroad association s car service committee showed a reduction in car accumulation from 269,000 on April 24 to less than 170.000 last Friday. While the battle by no means has been won railroad officials said indi cations of improvement were strong enough to substantiate the belief that the peak of the congestion had passed. . New Haven Receiver Is Refused to Probe Waste New York. May 24. The applica tion of 1,400 holders of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad for the appointment of a limited receiver to prosecute the cor poration's right of action against the board of directors formerly headed by William Rockffeller, for the res titution of approximately $15,000,000 flleged to have been wasted by the board in 'improper purchases, was denied by Federal Judge Julius W. 1 Mac. , ARM a. GOP COLLECTED 'PRIVILEGE' TAX, CHARGE SHOWS Autoists Who Parked in Field Club District "Fined," Receipt Book of Folice - man Styows. A new method of making money by taking advantage of a city ordi nance was revealed last night when C. W. Schenk, a special policeman living at 703 South Sixteenth street, was arrested by Policeman Joe Tre- glia.cJtar gedV-wit h-frtaitMn -money under false pretenses. Schexk, who is employed by the residents of the Field club district to look after houses in the neighbor hood, it is .said, had been collecting fines from automobile owners, who had parked their cars in the district at night. He had a receipt book printed, and when offenders, who usually- were accompanied by young women, brought- their cars to a stop in some dark spot, Schenk would show his badge which read, "Block Policeman," and would collect fines ranging, from $2.50 to $6 from the unsuspecting drivers, police say. Gave Receipts, He Said. He gave each man a receipt for the amount collected, stating that the money had been received for "vio lation of a city ordinance prohibit ing the parking of automobiles on public highways in the Field club dis trict," he said. - - - He told the pelice that he intended to turn the money which he collected over to the Field club or to the city. Officers at the Field club last night denied that Schenk had any connec tion with the organization. Twenty-one dollars had been col lected by the Special officer Saturday and Sunday nights, the receipt book showed. He was arrested last night before any fines had been collected. Schenk obtained, the name of each of his victims, and in some cases-eb-tained the name of the xgirl in the automobile. . y , Those in the' Book. The names disclosed in his receipt book, which was taken by the police last night, follow: Mike Adams,. Twenty-first and Q stress, and Miss Lucille, Williams, ntteentn ana Monroe streets; C. E. Frost, 2619 South Twenty-second street, and Miss Anderson, 810 North Forfcr- fifth street; H. W. Ellis, Twenty sixth and Dewev avenue; Bill Baker, 2606, North Twentieth street; J. R. McAdams. 1517 Park avenue; L. J. Tysker, 2725 Q street, and E. J. Kosse, JU4 J street. Schenk was released under $100 bond. Cops Grab Pair of Preachers on Charges Of Traffic Violations Two - preachers, one a Council Bluffs pastor and the other from Omaha, both automobile 6wners, were victims of the Omaha police yesterday. Both were arrested for alleged .failure to observe the laws regarding the 'operation of automo biles. , Rev. John Meyer o Council Bluffs was arrested early in the af ternoon, charged with speeding. He was released under $10 bond. The other alleged offender was Rev. C. W. Williams, .2416 Binney street, who was arrested at Thirteenth and Dodge streets, when he failed to stop his automobile after -the traffic of ficer held up his hand, according to the police. Rev. Mr. Williams was released under $100 signed bond. Pass Minimum Wage Bill. Washington,. May 24. The senate passed the Nolan minimum wage bill fixing minimum wage - salaries of government employes at $3 a day. Getting Acquainted y. DESCHANELSEES HUM0ROUS SIDE TO HIS ACCIDENT Paris Also Laughs at Thought Of Immaculate President Walking Track in Pajamas. ' By Tbe Associated Free. Paris, May 24. President Des- chanel returned 'to the palace this evening after his miraculous escape from death near Montargis last night when he plunged head first through a window of the special train on which he was traveling to dedicate a monu ment to Senator Raymond, French aviator killed in the war. The presi dent looked not much the worse tor his experience."- ' ; v '" f '- M. DeBhanel, w ho "was" accompa nied on his trip by automobile trom Montargis by Madame ' DescHanel and Premier Millerand, alighted in the Elysee yard without help. His face .showed the marks of the acci dent. "You may .tell your people in America that the president is sound physically and mentally," Premier Millerand said. "Only a few scratches remain of the experience. President Deschanel is feeling so good that he insists on presiding over the council of ministers to be held tomorrow. Thep resident has been noted for his immaculate dress and dignity. His was the last word in fashionable apparel, and the picture of him walk ing down the track in pajamas, dish eveled and barefooted has appealed to the boulevard Parisian sense of humor. a The president had a hearty meal this evening and chatted with Madame Deschanel and the children. He seemed to enjoy the retort of the track w.alker to whom he said,: "1 am President Deschanel," to which the latter replied: "Might you not be the late czar of Kussia.' The fact that the president re mained five hours on a gatekeeper's cot before the automobile from Mon targis arrived, lias caused, much dis cussion. Higher Freight Rates Will plot Increase the H.C.L., Say Rail Heads Washineton. Mav 24. Belief that advances in freight rates to provide the more than a bilKon dollars' ad ditional revenue asked by the rail roads would not increase the cost ot livine was expressed by spokesmen for the carriers in opening their case before the Interstate Commerce commission. "Nothing I know of, said Daniel Willard. president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, "would reduce the cost of living so much as the prompt and speedy transportation of goods." He added that the revenues asked as necessary to provide the 6 fjer cent return guaranteed by the gov ernment in 'the transportation act, would enable the carriers to pur chase sufficient equipment to move commodities now unable to reach a market. ' Frederick Strauss of New York also appearing for the roads, de clard a 50 or 60 per cent increase in freight rates would have no ap preciable effect on the movement to bring down living cosst. The Weather Forecast. Nebraska: Generally fair' Tues day, followed by showers. Wednes day, not much change in tempera ture. Iowa: -Fair Tuesday; Wednesday unsettled, probably showers in west and south; not much change in temperature. Hourly Temperatures. ., S a. m M A a. m ., , . AS T a. m .SI a a. m ..as 1 p. m. t p. m. S p. m. 4 p. m, 5 p. m. p. m. a. m. , ,.t 1A a, m... 11 a. m... IS noon..,. .78 J P- .It 1 p. m. s "j-" Tir n it i -r-i i V,,f r- - r --rx BOY IS INSTANTLY KILLED WHEN HIT BY UNGUIDED CAR Brakes Slip, Auto Races Down Hill and Crushes Ralph Buzzelli as He Plays . With Little Sister. ' ' :" Ralph Buzzelli. 2 years old, son of C. Buzzelli, 1702 Dorcas street, was instantly killed at 5:30 yester day afternoon when he ws struck by an automobile belonging to Theo dore Srarhek,. 1611 Dorcas. . street. The tittle boy was "playing on the sidewalk in front of his home with his sister Annie,: 4 years old, -when the brakes on Srarhek's car, which was parked at the curb in front of his house became loose, and the car rati down tlie hill between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, crashing into the curb where the children were playing, striking the younger of the two children. , Auto Owner Arrested. The bov. who was killed instantlv his head having been crushed by the automobile, was carried into the house by his mother. Witnesses say that the car came within a foot of striking the girl. Sramek's machine was parked on the left side of the street, but swerved to the right side as it gained momentum, and was going at a high rate of s'peed when it struck the child, according to wit nesses. It crashed into a fence which surrounds the Buzzelli 'home after it struck the child. Sramek was arrested immediately after the accident for investigation. He was later released under $1,000 bond. About 30 children from the neigh borhood gathered around the gate in front of the Buzzelli home for a last glimpse of the little fellow, be fore his horlv Duffy & Johnson funeral home last nisrht. The child w a favnt-if all of the neighboring children, they ;aia. r - Haven't Even A Picture. "We haven't even a niYfnre K which t) remember him." Joe, ' 15 years old, the oldest brother, said last niirht. "There were eicrht nf i, six boys and two girls. Npw there' are oniy seven, we were going to have a picture of all of our family, mv father and mnther anrl the e,'rrht of us children, taken next Sunday. Now we wnn't'hav. hi ni.l,,.. " The child's father is emntnvt - a laborer at the city hall. Funeral arrangements nave not been made. Senator Penrose Will Be Able to Go to Convention PhiladelDhia. Mav 24 Th. rnnHi. tion of Senator Penrose's health is not alarming and .he will be able to attend the Chicago convention next month as he has planned. His phy sicians in a statement aln coiH- "Doctors Alfred Stengel, G B. Pen rose and H. B. Carpenter met in consultation and decided not to per mit Senator Penrose to have visitors. He has overtaxed his strength and requires rest. He had a little tem perature due to a slight cold, but there is no congestion. Walker Bill Legalizing Light Beer Is Approved Albany. N. Y.. Mav -24. The Walker bill, legalizing the manufac ture and sale of beer containing not more than 2.75 per cent of alcohol by weight, was signed by Governor Smith. , v - Three Killed in Tornado. Winona, Minn., May 24. Three persons were killed and three seri ously injured in the tornado that struck Fishy, Hill. a .short distance Ifrom Minneitka, late Saturday, ac cording to -tejephonic information received today after wire communi cation had been restored. LA HUERTA NAMED HEAD OF MEXICO Armed Forces Threaten to Avenge Killing of Carranza As Deposed President Did Assassination of Madero. CARRANZA NOT KILLED; TOOK OWN LIFE THURSDAY Oil Companies Pay Export Taxes and Eliminate One Menace to International Re lationsRelease Mine Head. Mexico City, May 24. Adolfo de La Huerta of Sonora was named president ad interim of Mexico by the extraordinary ses sion of congress this evening. He . received 224 votes against 28 for Pablo Gonzales. . ' Venustiano. Carranza committed suicide, according to a telegram given out this afternoon at head quarters of General Gonzales, pur porting to have been sent from Puebla on the morning of Thurs day, May, 20, by Colonel Herrert. who previous reports stated ,wat responsible for Senor Carranza't death, Waeninorfnn. Mav 24. Official inter est in the Mexican situation was in-, "tensified today by reports of a wide spread reaction resulting from tha killing of Venustiano Carranza, the deposed president. These indications were accompanied by information that the de facto government might have to face almost immediately not only the problem of reducing Villa, long time rebel leader, to sub- ' mission, but also more important armed opposition. Reports came today from Mexico City that men prominent in political affairs were suspected of, preparing to take advantage of the indignation . caused by Carranza' s death to lead an avenging movement, as did Carranza when , Madero was assas sinated. Adjustment Fails. Confirmation was received bv the State department today of the fail- ure ot Uen. iilias Calles to effect an adjustment between the new gov ernment forces and Villa. Ignacio Enriquez was said to have, left Chi huahua City Saturday with a stronsr force to co-operate ' with other troops ,in the pursuit of Vula who then was reported at Bouquillas. One development occurred today when. Luis N. Marones, confidential agent, sent to the United States by Obregon, called at the White-House to leave for. President , Wilson a message signed by, Obregon con taining reassuring declarations as to the revolutionists' claim. Marones, who is the generally acknowledged leader of Mexican labor, and wh'o was accompanied .by Samuel Gom- pers, supplemented General Obre gon's message with statement ex- ' pressing, the belief that a strong and unopposed government would be es tablished. . Villa's chances of making more trouble were minimized by the gov- . ernment's representatives who .de clared it would be difficult for him to recruit a force ot'jnore than a few hundred. . Release Mine Manager. , One menace to 'the international relations was eliminated by the re ported release of , George Miller, British manager of , the Alvarado Mining and Milling company, held prisoner by Villa and by . the an-?, nouncement that the oil companies had complied with demands of the de facto outhorities regarding pay ment of the export taxes.; The oi! companies had delayed payments until they could obtain "reassurances as to whom the taxes should be paid, finally paying them in Mexico City. Manuel Pclaez, to whom the oil companies have, paid tribute for, several years, but who was an nounced to have joined in the revo lution army movement was reported , to be on his way to the capital after declaring he fav.ored the "movement of Generals Obregon and Gonzales." ' His endorsement of the plan of Agua Prieta, the' revolutionary program promulgated in . Sonora was with- , held. - y ' Turks Will Oppose v Cross on Mosques; To Follow Crescent Constantinople, May. 24. "We shall never consent to be separated from Thrace and Smyrna, with their historical monuments. The cross shall never be raised over our mosques. "We believe in the Wilson ian principle and are confident that adequate application of them will be made eventually.'1 ' ' Thus spoke Fatima Hanem, a woman teacher, who swept aside . her black'' veil and - addressed a mass meeting held in the park ad joining the mosque of St. Sofia. President Sodjar Assimavni of the Turkish Islamic academy, de clared: x "We shall never be governed by the cross. The crescent will alwaya remain aloft ' despite the broken sword. We can repulse the bol- sheviki, but we hope the great pow- ers,1 still will do us the justice to help us iti, that right. We trust that there will be modifications of the unjust treaty." Shoe Factories Close. Marlboro, Mass., May 24. Tha three shoe factories here of Rice & Hutchins. Inc.t wilt be shut down for a week, beginning Wednesday. "General business conditions" were given as the reason. The plants"' i tre employ 2,500 persons. verr ( r- i t