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The. Omaha Bee. "T VOL. 49 N 0. , 298. Catena u kmI-CIim Hitter Mir M, lM. t Oaaka P. O. Uaew Art at Muck 1 1179. OMAHA,. MONDAY, MAY, 31, 190. By Mll (I wir). 4th I.M. O.llr $. W: O.II O.ly. H: u.((y. 14. TWO PENTS " Ol'TSIDB OMtBA AND CODJf- 0tel 4tk 2h (I yw). Dally u tmtaay. Dally Only. Uli aJiir 0l. U. ., L ' u L,1'1J CILBLtrrS. riVI ULT, Daily 5, i. HAYS DENIES INTEREST IN INDIVIDUALS Republican National Chairman . Declares Each Candidate Will Have. Eminently Fair Deal at Hands of Committee. ANNOUNCES NEW POLICY AT CONTEST HEARING Sessions Will Be Open to All Newspaper Correspondents And Representatives of, Presidential Aspirants. - . By T..O. PHILLIPS. hicato TrUiuue-Omaha Bca Lasei' Wire. Chicago, May 30. Will H. Hays, chairman of the republican national committee, arrived today for the na tional convention. His first Chi cago move ..was to summon the newspapermen -and tell , them that the national committee is keeping hands off of the presidential nomi i nation. "I want most emphatically and completely set at rest any reports that the national chairman is in terested in any way in the candi dacy Of any individual for the presi dency." Chairman Hays said. ".The time has come When we must make ? good upon repeated statements from Rational, committee headquarters that it is the business of the party organization to elect the nominee rather. than to nominate the candi date. Eaclj and every candidate i knows that he is to have an emi . nently fair deal at the hands of the national committee. I have been in individual conferences, with each one . of them and there can be no pos sibleground for the suggestion in any camp that there will be any cards played except right over the table." This move Chairman Hays fol lowed with another that demon strated an entirely new policy on ' the part of the national committee . when he announced that the ses sions of the national committee dur ing the hearing of the contests for the temporary roll will be open to 'the newspaper representatives and to recognized spokesmen for each of the presidential candidates. Kills Much Gossip. The pair of declarations from Chairman Hays tended strongly, to , sprinkle down an incipient blaze of ' hotel vcorridpr gossip that the . old steamrollar'wa being dusted off and ' ' greased up n readiness for the first session of the national committee tomorrdw. Tonight campaign man agers all along presidential row were saying that the real business of the convention period opens under auspicies and friendly circumstances notwithstanding the. tension of the fight for delegates, between the rivals for the big prize. - ' ' , Practically all of the national com ' ir.ittee members had arrived byylate afternoon and dozens of delegates, contestants and contestees, argued throughout Sunday with the men -who will' sit in judgment on the ' case's?"' ; ' ' ' : ': , While the trend of presidential gossip seemed to be clearly drifting toward Governor, Xowden, so far as the lobbies are concerned, the big fellows on the inside were nearly a Ainit in saying privately that no can- . didate has anything that resembles an air-tight cinch on the .nomination. . 4 - Brings Hot Tip One of the important tips came from an eastern committeeman who stopped h Philadelphia on his way I to Chicago. "Watch Knox and Low den," he said. "Either one is likely to be the nominee. Don't be sur prised to see the Pennsylvania- dele gation voting for Lowden if Knox cannot win out." This was coupled up with a new report that Senator Penrose; will not be able to get to John TV King' of Connecticut, who- was the first manager or me wu k campaign, vwas a Sunday arrival. There was nothing to indicate that he is doing anything now for General-Wood. General Wood is due to reach Chicago Monday, one of his . managers said. Col. Wiliam Cooper Procter, came in from New York ' add was in full charge of Wood headquarters. - , , , Jacob L. Hamon of Oklahoma, will be a presidential candidate him self, it was officially announced at - Oklahoma headquarters 'at the Hotel LaSalle. He is to be placed in nomi ination, the statement said, by form " 'er Congressman Bird S. McGuire of Oklahoma. "He -will have 80 votes on the first ballot from the west and southwest," the statement said. Plans for the proposed caucus of the "uninstructed and unpledged rirWite. totalling more than 550 delegates, will be announced to- morrow, it is unaerstooa. v Coffee Imports Increase In U. S., Due to Prohibition San Francisco, May 30. Prohibi tion is reflected in coffee, import-, the consumption of coffee increasing ih proportion to the decreased use of intoxicants, according to the sta N titties of the customs import service During March 21.052.362 pounds , of coffee, valued at $4,030,998. tnter f ed this port, the biggest coffee fcusi 1 ness for any month in the history of the customs, officials saio.- Aliened Murderer Killed While Resisting Arrest Alam. Ark!. May ?30 Lester ' flarlr alia Rnv Allien, wanted in Eufaula, Okl, "on a charge of mur , . der and in Washington state on charges of bigamy and forgery, was ' arm ar hrrr when he rrsistpd t efforts of Sheriff 7- Wi McCune' of xoiauw .WJ puce una unuc arjrcih , Orchestra for G. 0. P.-Meet Hired "for $1,000 Per Day 1 1 i ' . High Costs Hit Convention Managers on All Sidesr Coliseum Will Seat 13,187 While-Applications Are r on File From 75,000 Persons. Chicago, May 30. The Chicago Coliseum, where the republican national convention of 1920 will be held, beginning June 8, has a his tory rich in political Interest. Five national political conventions have been held within" its walls, a record unsurpassed by any building in the United States. Every four years since7 1904 the Republican party has met in the Coliseum to nominate its candidates for president and vice-president, and in 1912 the Progressive party also met there to nominate . Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for president. The Coliseum was completed in 1900. It was designed as a model convention hall;.and erected on' the site of the old Libby War Prison Museum, at Wabash Avenue and Fifteenth -street, less than a mile from the hotel and retail shopping district. . . -.. ' Has 13,187 Seats The castellated walls of the old war prison were used for the Wa bash avenue side of the structure. It was built of stone, brick, steel and glass and is 403 feet long. 170 feet wide. It cost nearly $1,000,000. It has a wide balcony extending around three of the walls, and this has been amplified for this year's convention by the addition of a second balcony on the north side. As a result the seating capacity 13,187, is the greatest in the build ing's history. Only 12,400 were feated at the 1916 convention. The main floor of the Coliseum will seat 9,400 delegates, alternates, jress representatives and ' specta tors. There will be 100 doorkeep ers, 200 ushers and 2,000 sergeants-' nt-arms. AH the ushers and door keepers will be overseas soldiers, sailors and marines, working with military discipline under the direc tion of former army officers. By this system the national committee MEMORIAL DAY BATTLE PLANNED TO GET CONVICTS Fresh Bloodhounds Will Lead Posse Into Jungles of DuBois Woods Early;;;, ; Today. Nh.. Mav 30. (Special Telegram.) Tomorrow may be the bloodiest Memorial day in tne nis- torv of Kansas. . . f;v mWn . from here add lust aross the line in Kansas more than 100 heavily armed men who have stood guard for the last 48 hours around- the little patch of timber ' nnw - linnwn as the "DuBois woods", were waiting tonight fo; A..y,aht anrf thp command which will send them into the deep jungles to engage in open battle with two convicts, Dick Barrett ana waiter ptnn who.escaoed last. Tuesday from ( th state road gang at, Te- curnsen. , For the last 48 hours the army of vnttinwrc' eA hv Nebraska and Kansas state authorities have main- tained a "dead line" around the uu Bois woods, where the, outlaws took r.Fui7e last Friday when . hard pressed by posses. ' ' - Tt is known that tney are armea, wrth rifles and revolvers and havf several hundred rounds of ammuni tion. Farmers in the vicinity ot tne woods todav told , officers that the convicts had provisions, sufficient for several days. Call for Service Men, Amnnflf state officers heading the m-n hunt there was no diversrence of opinion tonight. Having determined to catty thftx oattie ro me ouuaw, the officials anticipate a sharp clash. Poa-iner that the convicts have taken advantage of their situation and built a formidable tort w the neart oi me forest, officials" sent out an emer oi.nrv rail for oversea service men to form a machine gun. battalion to lead the attack on the woods. Fvhanted hv the dav and nieht hunt of the last 48 hours, the blood hounds which trailed the escaped convicts to their oresent lair were called off today. Fresh bloodhounds will arrive at DuBois woods early Monday morning. With the blood hounds leading the way, uniei Hvers blans to invade the jungles and force the heavily armed outlaws ino open battle. Motor Patrol Maintained. Th innirU in which the outlaws have Itaken refuse covers about 100 acres of land. Wherfi darkness tell tonight scores of automobiles, oc ctioied by possemen armed with rifles and shotguns surrounded the woods. Most of, the ' cars were parked so that their lamps played1 a glaring stream of light acrpss the short distance between, the woods and trje cordon formed by the man hunters. In addition, motor patrols were maintained . throughout the night. Chief Hyers is directing the line of camoaign from the headquarters of the Nebraska law enforcement di vision established Saturday on the Jim Mitchell ranch, two miles across the, line inKansas. . Many Officers in Posse.. Assisting in the hunt are? three Nebraska sheriffs w)th 20 deputies ar.d State - Engineer Johnson with five deouties and mere than 50 citi zens. . Maj. H. J. Stein, government disbursing officer, and Adjutant General Paul of the governor's' staff are at AxteH and St. Bridges, Kan., watching .-UK train to prevent th: escape of the b.aadits. hopes 1o avert the overcrowding of four years ago when hundreds of persons stormed the doors, ' forced their way past the untrained door keepers and preempted seats for which, they had no tickets. : ' . 575 Press Seats,, The. speakers' platform at the south end of the building will pro vide seats for the officers of the convention and the members of the republican national committee. Behind this is a raised platform with 2,000 scats for the use of president al candidates and other distin guished guests. On the other side o-the speaker's platform; extending across the building Is a press sec tion containing 575 seats for work ing newspaper men. . - Facing the speaker are the seats for the 984 delegates and an equal number of alternates. This section is enclosed by a heavy rail to hold back the crowds of frenzied specta tors who frequently, during mo ments .of intense enthusiasm, at tempt to storm the speakers' stand. The rest of ,the main floor and all the balconies will be given over to visitors.- y 75,000 Seek Tickets. Tickets for spectators have been divided among the national com mittemen from each state, in pro portion to the state representation in the convention, with the exception of a block of about 2,500 seal's, which go to the Chicago convention com mittee, which financed the conven tion" arrangements. With less than 10,000 visitor's seats to be distrib uted, the committeemen had re ceived more than 75,000 requests for tickets weeks in advance of the con vention. ' ' The Chicago convention commit tee of which Fred W. Upham, re publican national treasurer, is chair man, raised $150,000 to bring the convention to Chicago. The high (Continued oa Face Two, Column One.) JEWS OF 0MAI?A JOIN IN FETE ON PALESTINE DAY , - i V- , Thousands in Parade Through Business District Before Meeting Jn.AUdir toriumr ' Hundreds of automobiles forming a precession almost a mile in length was the main 'feature of the ceVoratioh -of the liberation of Pal estine which was observed by Omaha Jews yesterday. The prosJ cession, lead by two bands, was conducted through the principal streets of thecity. The automobiles were decorated with American flags and other emblems. The celebration whichxbegan with the. parade at 2:30 yesterday after noon and terminated with a pro gram a the Auditorium in the even ing, was purely for. the purpose of festivity. -. I " . The principal address of the even ing' was given by Rabbi' N.4axon, the subject of whose"address was. "The Attainment of an Ideal." Other speakers of the evening were Gov. ' Samuel McKelvie and Attor ney Henry Monsky. Governor Mc Kelvie gave the address"of welcome, .Features of the program were a pageant staged by the men and Women in national costume and the exhibition of slides by H. A. Wolf, showing the growth and develop ment of the movement of Zionbm during the last 20 years. - Music was furnished by the Shriners' band. More- than 2,000 peple attended. Herman. Auerbach was chairman. Gvil War Vet Ends life While Comrades Remember Hero Dead ' v-- , " fieadwood," S, D., May 30. (Spe cial telegram) Whije his comrades were placing flowers on' the graves of the. fallen heroes of the Civil wjir, John Clauson, an old soldier and gold prospector of Galent, S. D., committed suicide; by blowing his body into atoms with a heavy charge of dynamite. v Members of the G. A. R. dressed in their tattered uniforms of bluevl invited Clauson to join in the Mem orial day services. He declined. Apparently depressed by.the sight of his comrades marching to the little 'cemetery near Galena to pay tribute to their dead comrades, Clauson lighted a 10-foot fuse, then laid down and placed a stick of dynamite" on his , breast. The ex plosion blew his body into atoms. Some friends believed that Clauson was partially demented due to in juries received in an accident about a year ago. , ' Evicted St. Louis Family Now Makes Home in Church St. Louis, Ma, May 30. Evicted because the house they were occu pying was sold, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gutman, unable to find a residence because of the acute house shortage here, havft, found a home in a vacant frame church building. Mr. Gutman has arranged the auditorium- of the old church to rep resent several different rooms, the boundaries of which are indicated by rugs and furniture. The altar platform is being used as a kitchen. The bulletin b6ard in front of the building has been changed so far to read;; "Gutmau'i Residence" ;-'" n - - TOWN SWEPT BY FLAMES OF FOREST FIRE One-Half the Residents of St. Quentin, N. B., Rendered Homeless Property Dam age Nearly Million Dollars. SIXTY-FIVE DWELLINGS REPORTED DESTROYED Over 40 Families Are Burned Out at Londonderry Sunday Fire Now Under Control, With No Known Loss of Life. St. John. N. B., May 30. One-half of the residents of St. Quentin, N, B"., having a population of approxi mately 2,000, were homeless tonight a the result of a forest fire which swept through the village Saturday. The property damage is estimated at between $750,000 and $1,000,000. -, There was no loss of life reported, The forest fires have Been raging on crown lands- in Restigouche county for the last 10 days. Fanned by a strong wind, burning embers were swept into the lumber mill yards of J. E. Michaud, and the first blaze ih St. Quentin started there. 4 The fire quickly spread beyond control and when it had exhausted itself, 65 dwellings, three mills, two hotels, the Canadian railway station, the Provincial bank, and many busi ness places were in ruins. Relief trains have been dispatched from St. Leonards and Campbellton to bring out the homeless. ' Besides the destruction of homes and business property there was heavy loss in manufactured lumber. Halifax, N. S., May O. Fir: swept the main street of the village of Londonderry today, destroying 47 buildings, including four churches, a school and a public hall. There was no loss of life. 'More than 40 families were rendered homeless. The blaze is believed to have been started by sparks from a forest firj at Hardwood Hill, nearby.1 The vil- laos- tire was still raging toniehr. but is under control. TWO GRABBED AS BOY BANDITS' IN MARKET HOLDUP ' - - ' ' : ': Pair Arrested in Freight Yards May Be "Refrigerator Hold ups,". Police Declare. 'The refrigerator bandits mav be in the cooler. y Two men were arrested last nicrht as suspects in the darinsr robberv about midnight Saturday at the umana Market, 115 Jsouth Sixteenth street, when two boy bandits, un masked, forced the two proprietors and a customer into the refrigerator and then looted the safe of $1,500 ip cash. 'They escaped through a rear door of the market. The suspetts are Harry Burke and Herman Carson, arrested in the Northwestern freight wards, near Fourteenth and Webster streets. Al though the men -were booked for carrying concealed weapons, police officials late last night admitted they were held in connection with i the Omaha MaVket robbery. . J. Maclilone and K. E. Wilken son, proprietors of the Omaha Mar ket and F. J. Hallbach, president of the National Fur and Tanning com pany, who were forced at the point of the bandits' guns to enter the refrigerator, will be called to identify the suspects this morning. , It. Slimmer Headwear to Be Cheaper in Gotham, Federal Agents Say New York, May 30. It was an nounced here after a conference-be tween representatives of the attor ney general and dealers in straw hats that the price of the favorite sum mer lid would be subjected to radi cal cuts immediately. A. W. Riley, chief of the anti:profiteering bureau of the Department of Justice, said that he had convinced the dealers they are asking too much profit on current prices of $4 and $S for the ordinary variety of straw hats. Police. Make One Arrest In Raid for Moonshine Frank Felei. 2423 P street, was arrested by Detective George Sum- mitt and the police raiding squad last night charged with unlawful possession ot intoxicating liquor when his place was . raided by the police and a Half gallon of corn whisky Avas found Jn the house. Felei's wife destroyed about a sal- Ion of whisky while the police were : .. : I a. il. -1 gaming cuiidiitc iu me vtacc, they claim. The police say" that this is the fourth time that Felei has been arrested, charged with unlaw tul possession Twenty Known Deaths From . Sudden Flood in England Louth, Lincolnshire, England, May 30. Twenty deaths have re sulted here -so far from the sudden overflow of the small river Lud run ning through this town, whichis at tributed to a cloudburst in the Woods nearby on Saturday night. - . The flood victims are estimated at SO. One terrace containing 15 houses was entirely swept away, there betag only one survivor, ' ' ) ' -, GENTLEMEN, THE PRODIGAL 5 " USE OF MONEY IN THIS RACE l I IS A NATIONAL DISGRACE. VsLj V , . ONE CANDIDATE HAS GIVEN - Snf AWAY SEVERAL HUNDRED J n ,- THOUSAND DOLLARS AND MAY, f X -vtJ nmWSTEHJCTED GIVE AWAY THAT MUCH MORCj f fS UN IN STRUCTEU WHAT DO YOU 5AY TO 7 JKkdj THE UNINSlRUCftD DELEGATES SIDNER TO HEAD FREMONT BANK IN REORGANIZATION V. .. V Oldest Financial Institution in City Will Announce New Personnel Today. Fremont, Neb., May 30. (Spe- rial.t A mmnlflt rpnrffaniratinn nf the First National Bank of Fremont, the oldest bank m this city, and one of the largest in the state outside of Omaha apd . Lincoln, , will ; be - an nounced tomorrow.1 , "! . " 'K. .JJuratj-Iiorrecently went to' Omaha, as president of the Lion Bonding & Surety Co., after several years' service as vice-president and active manager, will retire from all official position, the bulk of his stock having been bought by local inter ests. H.' J. Lee, who has been president will become chaictnan of the directorate and S. S. Sidner, at torney of the law firm of Cour,tright, Sidner & Lee, will become presi dent, in active cnarge. V. Henry Tiegler will becomean ad tional vice-president. ' The reorganisation disposes of suggestion of a merger of the First National aifd other Fremont-banks. Mr. purney's interests in a score of other state banks are said not to be affected. .... . -, Trade Trippers Are Home After Tour , Of Three States "We have met our customers and they are still ours," triumphantly shouted a member of tm Omaha trade excursion on returning yester day from a week's tour of south western Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado. With the. Bemis Ba? company whistle triumphantly blow ing, over 100 tired but happy trip pers returned shouting the praises of the reception accorded' them by the smaller towns in the state.' ; Although maintaining that Omahi is the greatest market in the world, many of the membefsTjf the party could not refrain from taking ad vantage of the. bargains in the west and several carried home 100-pound sacks of sugar in preparation for the canning season, purchased at low prices in Colorado. Degrees Conferred Upon Priest of Omaha Diocese Cincinnati, May 30. (Special Telegram.) Joseph Kohler of the Omaha diocese had the honor of porter and collector conferred upon him at the exercises in conjunction with the annual ordination of priests at the St. Mary's theological semiJ nary held in St. Peter's cathedral here today. " Those honored iij the various de grees and orders of priesthood came from all part of the United States ar.d many assignments of priests for important charges were made. The seminary is one of the most impor tant among Catholic "institutions in America and a large number of church prelates were present. The exercises werev conducted by Ar,ch Rishop Henry Moeller and other' na tionally known prelates. Man Beats Wife for Amusement, Police Assert Alleged to have spent a happy evening by alternating riding horse lack and beating. his wife. Frank May, a laborer Jiving at 1101 Izard street was arrested By 'the police last night. , ; May is said to have gone to his home in' an intoxicated . condition, and to have beat his wife at' inter vals of a few minutes, spending the time between beatings tiy riding his horse in the street. t-r Q JP Jh ... Dlllit.9 1 TTOk 1 II :-' ' - .boost. , .) ; ;-:" The High Cost of Campaigns (Copyright, mo. by th Chlctco Trlbun.) KNOCK THAt MAY PROVE TO BE " WHAT S HIS ADDRESS ? INJURIES FATAL Til IINL t ULHAN I u uiil rmLhimi IN TRUCK CRASH ' . Charles . Roesky, Hero of De partment, Dies Sunday Afternoon Comrade Will Recover. .. Charles Roesky, 29 years old, 'hat jNorui iwenry-secona street, who was tkken to the St. Joseph hospital Saturday night following a collision between an aerial ladder fire truck with a hose cart at Four teenth and Douglas streets, died in the hospital at 4:30 yesterday after noon from injuries received in the accident. .- ; . Michael McGowan, 2822 North Twenty-third street, 'another fire man who was injured ' when the trucks 'collided, still is in a serious condition in the hospital. McGowan, who was . thrown from the . ladder truck. when it was struck, is suffer ing from internal injuries, but it is now believed by Dr. G. F. Samanik, attending physician, that McGowan will recover. -His condition has im proved since Saturday night, Dr. Samanik said.' B. R. Kincaid, 1432 Carter boulevard, the only fireman on the hose cart who was injured, was unable to report for duty yes terday. Kincaid's knee was injured but his condition is not serious, it is said. . ' y- - y .'. Hurled From Seat - Roesky was riding in the tiller-' nian's seat at the top of the ladder, truck. He was thrown into the, air when- the machines collided and fell to the pavement just before the truck overturned, being caught be neath it. He was taken to the - St Joseph hospital in an unconscoius condition. . - ' ' ? ' His death was directly caused by a fractured skull and internal inju ries. The ligaments of his left leg also' were torn It was evident at the time that he was taken to the hospital that there was- little hope for his recovery, Dr.- Samanik said last night. . ' ' ' Roesky, who lived with his mother' and two brothers, was unmarried. He had been on the fire department since January 1, 1917. He was re leased from service in the fire de partment on July 15, 1918, to enter military service, but rejoined the de partment again on January. 1, 1919, immediately after, his discharge from the army. , . ' Was Loyal Fireman. -' "Roesky was one of the best men that ever worked with me on the fire department," ' Mike Quinlan, 2311 Bancroft street, said last night. "He was an amiable fellow and easy to get along wit. And he was a good fireman. He was always on the job." Roesky will be remembered as the fireman who distinguished, himself when he rescued Enerstine Carter, a 2-year-old baby, and her mother, Mrs. Enestine Carter, from a burn ing house at 602 Cass street, on the night of January 30, 1920. Mrs. Car ter and the baby were confined in a bedroom at the rear of the house on the second floor. Their escaCe' rwas shut off by the flames at the bottom of the stainway. - IJoesky went lip the ladder, through a win dow on the second floor of the burn ing building and saved the mother and the child. Greek Soldiers Begin -' Occupation of Thrace Constantinople, May '30. Greek troops began the ; occupation of Turkish Thrace on Friday and .the first trainload'has arrived at a point opposite Adrianople. v, . i A Pit x "UPPER CRUST" OF. FRENCH SOCIETY RESENT GAYETY Parisian "Chic"- Introduced by , ,War Brides "Shocks" v . Sedate Members. ,, , Introduction of Parisian "chic," with French . war-brides ' teaching language, classes, into the1 Alliance Francaise, - is. causing a sharp dif ference, of orjiuion, among local jtnemhers. y-i ' : -... . ,One group, headed by August Borglum, founder of the so ciety here, says dignity is being lost. The other group, headed by Dr. Felix Despecher, claims that the parties and "get together . affairs" attract more members than an ex clusive' program of lectures on clas sic French literatureAand the history of the famous' institutions of France. "I think the society is losing sight of its original purpose," sai? Mad ame Borglum. "Too much empha sis is put upon parties and 'classes-ty-war brides." T don't see. why the war brides shold give classes while we have such splendid teachers of French in our high, schools. -Flippancy seems to have become the keynote of the present work f the Alliance. . We want to get back to serious study, though' I have no objection to occasional social gath erings. They can be kept dignified. If the other members do not want to work along these lines I am per fectly willing to withdraw, and let iticiu tiavc lucis inu "The Alliance was dying slowly," said Dr. Despecher. "We had lec tures' but no one came. '. Very few people were willing to. exert them selves,1 and the talks we have had, learned and instructive though they were, found no hearing. Oui aim is to attract people and give them the very best of French literature. But we have to draw them first, and that can best be-done by making it a more social affair. The classes which the' war brides are conducting now are -meant t teach conversational French as it is spoken in Paris." . United States Judge Holds . Lever Act Constitutional Cincinnati, O., May 30. United States District judge Peck Satur day held the Lever act and the power of the president to fix prices in the war- to be constitutional. He rendered , this decision on the de murrers of the Matthew Addy com pany and Benjamin N. Ford. vice president of the Company, to indict ments charging them with having violated the Lever act in selling coal at' a price above, that nxed hy the-government. ' t Boy Eats Wild Parsnip . And Dies an .Hour Later Deadwood.'Si D.i-May 30. (Spe cial . Telegram. Willie Hayes, 12-year-old son of Lee Hayes, "of Cus ter, went fishing with one of his boy friends. Hungry, Willie ate a wild parsnip. A few minutes later he be came acutely ill. He died an hour afterward. Willie was an only son. The Weather Forecast Nebraska. Showers and cooler Monday and Tuesday.. Iowa: Unsettled weather Monday and Tuesday, with i local thunder showers; cooler Tuesday and . in north anq west portions Monday, Hourly Temperatures S a. m.... a. m.... T a. m.... a a. inbjm a. m.,.. la a. tn... . 11 a. tn.... ....as 1 p. m.. t p. m.. I P. T.. 4 p. m.. 5 p. m., p. m.. 7 p. in.. . ...7t ..-70 ...IS ...7 ...It It lrv . . ."J OMAHA WILL CCl'JIflllOilOfl OF HERO DEAD Business of Entire City Will r Be Suspended While .Thou sands Will Visit Cemeteries To Pay Tribute to Departed. BLUE AND OLIVE DRAB UNIFORMS IN PARADE Public Services Will Be Held In Municipal Auditorium at 2:30 Boy Scouts Given Prominent Part. Omaha will pause todav in Its busy routine of every-day activities, to honor the memory of soldiers and sailors who have died in the service of their country. , the Grand Army of the Republic veterans in blue their ranks thinner lhan a yeftr ago will have charge of the formal exercises of the dav. 'with the American Legion boys i I their O. D. bringing up the rear. J The priuripal event of the day will be a program in the Auditorium at 2:30 p. m-, following a-parade which wjll move from the post office at 2 n. m. .. .. . - . I ne spirit of the occasion is fi'iore general this year. Most business houses 'will be closed all day. Re tail stbres will be closed at noon. There will be no mail deliveries to day. , Banks and . all public -offices and buildingss will have a whole holiday. Musical programs at the parks will include . patriotic num bers. The grave of every hero buried m Omaha cemeteries will be deco lated and every Omahan will give some expression to the thought for, which Memorial day was estab lished." ' ' Minister To Make Address . The public is invited to attend the memorial exercises in the Auditor ium this afternoon, beginning at 2:30. E. W. "Johnson, chairman of he Memorial Day-committee hnd past commander of George A Cus ter Post No. 7, Grand Army of the Pepublic. Rev. Frank G. Smith of -the First . Central Congregational church will deliver the principal ad dress, and Perry Miller of the Span ish War Veterans will read the roll of honor. Anan Raymond, for the American Legion, will . read Lincoln's Gettysburg address.- An invocation will be offered hy Rev. Ward, L. Austin and the.benedic twr "frf; be given by Rev. W. H.' . Underwood. Taps will be sounded by C. B. Mapes and Mrs. Otis Spickler will play a saxaohone solo. J. S. Davidson will read General (Continued oa Face Two, Column Three.) Strong Desire for . ? Friendship of U. S. in1 Japan, Vanderlip Says San Francisco,: May 30. Frank A. Vanderlip and a party of financiers who left this country in March to j tour Japan, arrived .here on the' steamer Korea .Maru. - " ! Mr. Vanderlip declared the party fpund the Japanese people greatly -interested in the United States. There is a strong , desire for the . friendship of this country in Japan, Mr. Vanderlip said. The party was entertained by a number -of high government officials, he. said, and as an interest, held in , the United States, told of a meeting where more than 7,000 persons heard him. deliver an address from which so many were turned away that he was forced to address an overflow meeting:- ..r'v ... t . , -. . T Members of the Vanderlip party included: Jacob G. Shurman. president of Corirell ' university; H. W. Taft, brother of former President Taft:' Seymour Cornell, vice president of the New YorkStock exchange ;'Ly-" man T. Gage, former secretary of : the treasury; George Eastman; Dr. -Edward Mulligan, L. B. Davis and Harry. Benedict. ; . Third Hand on Clock Will Be Added to Stop -Confusion in Ohio" Chillicothe, O., May 30. A third hand will be added to the dial in the court house clock to orevent a con stant cpnfusion, caused by the clock running on central time and tne city on "daylight saving" time. Although Council legislated, 'daylight saving" time, the county commissioners re- fused to change . the courthouse clock. , ' .' , ' The new hand, which will he painted gold, will indicate time bv daylight saving schedule. ' The old hands are painted black. c " ' Plan Branch Reparations . Commission in Berlin Berlin, May 30. It is intended to establish a branch of the -reparations commission in Berlin, the Acht Uhiblatt says it, learns -from au thoritative sources. This ' branch will consist afFrench, British, Ital ia and Belgian representatives, says the newspaper, but the question of participation by the United State . is still the subject of negotiations. - Edwin Spillsbury Dead. New York, May 30. The death of ' Edmund Gybbon Spillsbury, promjnent nietalurgist and president v of the American Institute of Minim? Engineers in 1$96, was announced here Saturday. He was ' stricken with heart disease after an operation. V in ! V 11
