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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
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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, .
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"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
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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.
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