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VOL. . 50 NO. 39.
Catar IwK CIih Matttr May 2t. IMS. at
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OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUSTS, 1920.
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THREE CENTS
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ASK RAISE IN
INTRASTATE
RAIL RATES
Roads Request Commission to
Boost Tariffs ,to Coincide
With Increase Granted by
Interstate Commerce Body.
NATIONAL OFFICIAPS ..
FAVORABLE TO RAISE
Start Readjustment of Whole
Rate Structure With View
Of Putting New 'Schedule
Into Force by September 1.
LincolrtT Neb., Aug. 2. (Special.)-
Public hearings of the ap
plication of Nebraska carriers for
ar. increase in intrastate rail rates
bi'giu here tomorrow before the
state railway commission.
Members of the commission said
tl:ey could make prior to the lu-ar-
- ' ings no comment -on the reconi
i.iendation that intrastate rates be
, raised except to call attention to
"the fact that4he interstate, com
t ntcrce commission's action in
: tiianting ' "the $1,500,000,000 in
crease last wee was taicen wan
unrlpratanstftiir tVint ctatf rati-
AVuj commissions would permit
corresponding increases in in
trastate rates.
)
Favorable To Increase.
Washington, -Au. 2 'Reasons
requiring .an increase of interstate
rates are very persuasive .of the
nee4v for . increase in intrastate
rates" declared a report sent to
'various state railway commissions,.
today by the three representatives
of those commissions who sat with
fhe Interstate Commerce commis
sion during public hearings on the
billion and a half dollar railroad
rate case
"When all matters are consider
ed," says the report, "and remem
bering that where 13 men are con
sidering controverted questions and
proposed, policies thejr differences
of opinion must be composed or de
cided by the majority,' we believe
that the conclusion, considering all
things, is just and fair and we .give
it our approval.
"A part of the responsibility to
meet the situation rests upon the
, state, commission!. Such increases
as will be made in intrastate rates
should, if possible, be made effec
tive September 1. 1920."
The report is signed by WUham
' D. B. Ainey. chairman ,iubli(j ser
vice commission or Pennsylvania;
Rotl C. Dunn of the Florida rail- i
road v commission and John A
Gttfher, of the Iowa railroad com-
, mission. '
Effective By September 1.
Readjustment of the whole rate
structure of the nation's transporta
tion systems was started today with
h view to putting into effect by Sep
tember 1, the freight, pasenger Pull
man, excess baggage and milk rate
increases authorized last Saturday
the interstate commerce comnris-
. won. i ,
WhileNtariff experts are working
on the general rate schedules. the;
carriers will make application to the
various state commissions for ad
vances in intrastate rates to corre
spond to those in interstate ras.
Reauests for advances in passenger,
Pullman, milk and excess baggage
.tariffs are expected to be the same
'for all stalei--as the increases in
these charges authorized by the Fed
eral commission were general for
the entire country,. They. were 20
per cent onpassenger, milk and ex
cess -baggage charges and 50 per
cent on rates for sleeping and parlor
car space.
.'In the case of-freight rates, til
states will be asked to advance these
tariffs to corrtspond with the in
creases granted by the federal com
mission for the territory in which
the state is located. The interstate
- increases authorized are 48 per cent
in eastern territorv, 25 Jn southern
and mountain-Pacific territory, and
35 in western territory. ,
. The railway executives have not
calculated the total increased reve
nue to be derived from the rate ad
vances, but the sum has been unoffi
cially approximated 4rt $1,500,000,000.
(Coattaawal Ml Pag Two, Column four.)
Hulks of Five German Ships
Are Due at New York Today
New York. Aug. 2. Hulks of five
former German warships, allocated
to the United States for experi
mentation and to be destroyed with
in one year, were iue to arrive in
Vw Vnrk harhor todav. Thev will
be anchored for two weeks In thei
Hudson river and "will be open for
, public inspection.
After remaining in the Hudson or
two weeks, the Frankfort and three
- destroyers will be taken to Newport
News, Va., and the dreadnought
( Ostfriesland probably will be taken'
' for a tour of . the Atlantic' and Pa
cific ports.
Suicides in New York
. Show Alarming Increase
New York, Aug. 2. Suicide cases
In the first six months of 1920 have
shown an alarming increase over the
corresponding period last year, the
Save-A-Life league reports. In the
first half of 1919 the league received
reports of 2,063 suicides, as, com
pared with 2,771 so far this year, in
cluding 225 children.
Baby In Gocart Dragged "
r. ; Three Blocks by Tram
Racine, Wis., Aug. 2. A go-cart
- containing a 2-year-old child rolled
'off sidewalk here today and Hts
handle was caugnT by a passing in-
" tcrurban -car. The cart was dragged
three blocks before frantic pedestrians'-signals
stopped the car. The
itifaQt was unhurt
SENATOR BUSY
ON SPEECH' FOR
LEAGUE DEBATE
Opponent, to Meet Hitchcocl
At Winona Lake, Has Not
Yet Been Chosen.
By E. C. SNYDER,
WMhinftoa Correspondent of The Omaha
Washington, D. C, Aug. 9. (Spe
cial lelegram.) Senator Hitchcock
returned to the capital from Atlantic
City, business and politics demand
ing the senator's attention prepara
tory to his speech on the league of
nations, to be delivered at Winona
Lake, August 9. Just who the senior
senator from Nebraska will have as
an opponent at Winona Lake is still
undecided,, that matter being left
wholly in the hands of Chairman
Hays of the national republican
committee.
Senator Harding was asked orig
inally to name some one to meet Mr.
Hitchcock in debate at Winona Lake
on t4ie league of natiqns. but the re
publican presidential nominee, scent
ing all kinds of trouble for himself,
should he designate the speaker to
oppose the league of nations as it
came from the hands of President
Wilson, very wisely concluded to let
Kays select Senator Hitchcock's
antagonist in the joint debate. So
far as Mr. Hitchcock is advised the
man selected to meet the champion
of the league in the senate has not
been agreed upon. S
After the Winona Lake meeting
Sentor Hitchcock will speak at Dix
on. III., August 15. and at Merom,
Ind., August 27, the original dates
scheduled for the senator to begin
his speech-making for Governor
Cox.'
7 I
Arrest Ringleader
Of Nationwide Gang ,
Of Counterfeiters
New York, Aug. 1. James Bentz
was arrested in Boston charged with
counterfeiting. He was one of the
ringleaders, i. not the head, of a
gang of 11 meji indicted here Octo
ber last for altering and raising $1
federal reserve notes to $10, accord
ing to United States secret .service
nffirMe hpre.
Five1 received prison terms of from
f've to eight .years, being convicted
largely on the testimony, it was
said.f Bentz' sweetheart.
- The arrest' closed a nation-wide
hi:nt by secret service men, during
which they turned up similar notes
in St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit and
some Pacific coast cities, and found,
they said,, that Bertz had gone into
the navy and then deserted. ,
finance Director of
Central Department
Has Big Shortage
Chicago, August 2. Lieut. J.
Donald Nolan; director of finances
of the Central department of the
United States army, has disap
peared and auditors who are check
ing, his accounts have found a dis
crepancy amounting w $4,000, it
was announced. The audit of the
officer's books is to continue.
A ,rA'rri - f rrtn alfi rn marl
public today. Lieutenant Nolan left
home July IV telling nis-wite.t sne
said, that he harf been called to
Washington, ,
Army authorities stated that
Lieutenant Nolan depisited in a
c?.f in his offirp. the combination
of which he alone knew, sums
ranging trom $Z5,UW to iuu,uw
during the course of 'a month's
routine. Authoritiesysay no money
was found there. '
Will Return Woman
..For Murder Trial Who
Threw Acid on Hubby
New York, Aug. 2 Coroner Mix
of New Haven, Conn., arrived here
today to arrange extradition of Mrs.
Aexandra Sokolowky, who was ar
rested last night charged with the
murder of her husband, a pominent
labor leader, at their New Haven
home, June 26. He said a state
ment would be issued later in con
nection with th? confession the
police say she made soon after her
arrest.
The alleged confession stated ttiat
Are QrtkrYlr.wckv reTfA 1 mi
; her husfiand's face as he slept, with
j ihe intention of 4isfiguring him
after she tound a letter written to
him by another woman. Sokolow
sky js believed to have swallowed
some of the-acid, causing death.
K. of C. Annual Convention
Open Tuesday In New York
' Nejv York. Aug. 2. Delegates
were arriving .in large numbers to
day to attend the opening session
tomorrow of the 38th annual con
vention of the Kr.ights of Colum
bus. Representatives , from 14
states were already here, having
come by special trains.
The supreme board of directors
today considered a request of Jo
seph E. Doyle, oi Shanghai, that the
work of the order be extended to
China.
Stiff Blow on law,
Starts Teeth Flying,
But Saves Man's Life
Fremont, Neb., - Aug. 2. -(Special
Telegram.) A haVd blow to
the jaw saved the life of Arthur
Thomas, emplove of the city light
department, 'fhemas .was Hest-
ing for a short Circuit when a
plug he held came in contact
with a high voltage wire. His'
scream attracted Clyde Newlon.
who knocked him loose, as well
as several teeth but Thomas is
mighty glad ,
NEW STEPS
itjilVE
iutL FAMINE
Commerce Commissioner Is
sues Order Prohibiting Over
One Reconsighment of Coal
When Loaded on Cars.
ANNOUNCE PENALTY TO
. STIMULATE UNLOADING
Railroads Are Authorized to
File New Freight Tariffs
For Reconsignment 'and De
.murrage Rules.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bw 'Leased Wire.
Washington, Aig. t 2. Further
steps desjgned to relieve the coal sit
uation were taken by the Interstate
Commerce commission. Orders- were
issued prohibiting more than one re
consignment of coal when loaded in
cars, and imposing a charge' of from
$2 to $5 per car for making efren the
single reconsignment. '
The commission also announced
that emergency penalty charges
would be put into effect to stimulate
quick unloading of all open top cars,
particularly those loaded with coal,
coke and lumber, These emergency
demurrage charges df $10 per day
for each day cars-are held over the
free time allowed in existing rules
will be effective until January 1, 1921.
"The railroads are autborizcyi to file
new tariffs establishmar the .recon-
signing and demurrage rules effective
upon five days notice.;
fThe order limiting the reconsign
ment ocars is expected not only to
speed -up the movement of coal but
to reduce the car shortage and alsot
make it more difficult for speculators
to boost prices to abnormal levels
Charge for Reconsignment.
- The orde of the commission pro
vides that in the case of the one
reconsignment a charge of $2 per
car shall be made if, the reconsign
ment order is received in time to per
mit instructionso be given to' yard
employes prior to the arrival of the
shipment at the billed destination.
This rule applies to reconsignments
at air points of the United States.
If the reconsignment order ig re
ceived in time to permit instructions
to be given to yard employes; with
in twenty-four hours after the ar
rival of car at destination a charge
of $5 will be madtt ,Th' arge
applies only to' reconsignments , at
points within ,ihe territory ,f a&tgf
the Illinoisflridiana state line, not
including Gary and points wifhin
the .Chicago switching district, and
on and north of the Ohio river; and j
also points on the Chesapeake &,
Ohio, Norfolk & Western and Yir-;
ginian roaas east ot Cincinnati, vv nen : e(j to Ihe Associated Tress by Geu
reconsigned under other conditions ; crai Garcia.
the charges at all points in the Unite-J While declining to discuss plans
ed States will be the same as Jocar, for combating the movement, the
rates to--and from, points of recon : general said the government could
signment plue $5 per car,
Stiff Storage Charge.
The order relative to emergency
peralty charges provides that a stor
age charge of $10 per car will be asJ
sessed for each day or fraction of a
day that a car loaded with lumber
is held after 48 hours following the
hour
at which' free, time begins to
Xiina U ffsmitrroarn rnffc On
ii n ,.,,. oil rare inartpd
,..;.i, 'i V. t- r, r.Uo.rt with.
with coal or coke not released with-
in the free time prescribed in the
demurrage rules a storage charge
of $10 per 3ay or fraction of a day
will be" , made until car is released.
The reconsignment restrictions ap
ply on all open top cars and coal Ind
coke in all cars.
Christen Baby on Steel ,
" Girder Above .Street
New Orleans, Aug. 2. (By The
Associated Pres.) Fourteen stor
ies from the street on a slender steel
girder, Ole Peterson, structural iron
worker, held his S-month-old son
today while lev. William Reese per
formed christening ceremony.
Fifty members of Iron Workers:
union No. 58 -were named godfathJ
ers. They occupied positions on
nearby girders.
Below the christening party there
were no floors, and through the net
work of steel could be glimpsed the
concrete basement. yThe baby ap
parently was bored;
A. F. L. to Press Amnesty Plea
For Prisoners Next Week
Washington, Aug. 2. Officrals of
the American Federation of Labor
will press their pleas for general
amesity for political prisoners "next,
week, according to a federation an
nouncement toda. Attorney Gen
eral Palmer has been asked to re1
ceive a delegation oft labor leaders,
headed by
c v l f, ;
SainueKl.Gompers at
rs. '
whith the general adhesity resoH
tion adopted by the plontreal L3
bor coiventirfn will be presented.
Grand Jury Will Probe
Cause of Famine of Coal
Chicago, Aug. 2. Judge Robert
E. Crowe, chief justice of the crimin-r
al court, directed the August grand
jury today to investigate the coal
famine which threatens Chicago and
determine whether "or not any per
sons, firms or corporations are en
gaged, in a criminal conspiracy to
bring about a. coal shortage (or the
purpose of manipulating the price.
Flour Takes Another Drop. .
Minneapolis, A.- 2.- Flour took
a further drop of 50 cents, a barrel
at the i principal mills here today.
Quotations on family patent in 48
pound cotton sacks, carload lots,
were from $12.35 to $1275. Today's
drop follows a recession of 40 cents
last Saturday and com na res with
prices of $14.50 to $14.75 a barrel
in July 2. V -
AN-UNDERGROUND
SYSTEM' TO BRING
JAPANESE TO U.S.
Thousands Brought Into Coun
try by Way of Honolulu '
And Mexico.
Tacoma. Wash., Aug. 2. Definite
location ot the " underground; sys
tem" on the Pacific coast by which
thousands of Japanese are smug
gled into the United States yearly,
was announced "here by Congress
man Albert Johnson, chairman of the
house subcommittee on immigration
and naturalization, which he assem
bled to investigate Japanese activi
ties in the northwest. '
"Unjil we came to the northwest
we had only an indefinite jdea of the
operations by which JapaneesfJfe be
ing brought surreptitiously into the
United States," said Chairman John
son. "Now we have the key, so to
speak.
"We have found that the Japanese
underground system begins at Yo
kohama. . From thence it leads to
Honolulu and extends on across the
-Pacific to Guaymas on the Gulf of
California. Here, either by water or
across the border, the Japanese in
vaders are smuggled into the dinted
Stales. '
A perfect system 'of escort has
been established. . In Honolulu and
at Guaymas, posts have been estab
lished which take care of the details
of the smuggling. Mexican guards
are known to have been bribed with
$10 at the United States-Mexican
border. The same carefiil system
of escort has been established both
at Yokohama and Honolulu.
"Once the Japanese is smuggled
into California, he is taken in tow by
some member of the Japanese asso
ciation, branches of which are in
Oregon and Washington.' He is
taken to the bank and his credit es
tablished by a substantial deposit.
"Then he goes out into the vine
yards or1 into the agricultural dis-
tvicts and hides fo"r five years. At
the expiration of this time he can
come out of seclusion. If he is
questioned by the government au
thorities as to his residence here, he
can quickly establish this by taking
the authorities to the bank where
five years before he made his first
deposit. This establishes his bona
tide residence of five fyears as re
quired by the statute."
GOVERNOR CANTU
IN OPEN REVOLT
r AGAINST HUERTA
i '
Government Capable of Placing
60,000 Soldiers in Lower Cal-
. -'forma, Garcia Says. . ;
Mexico City. Aug. 2. Gov. Este
! ban Cantu of Lower California has
declared himself ir opeilrebellion,
according to advices received bv the
War department today, as announc-j
concentrate 60,000 men at any point
in ttlR rTnU1if 'hpr rKplinn micrlit
weak out. The theater of operations
against the governor probably will
be in the southern part of Lower
California, not near Mexicali, where,
it is thought Cantu would not at
tempt to force the issue.
Efforts wilt be made to avoid con
flict with the United States authori-
ties, the general adOd.
The declaration of rebellion is said
not to come direct from Cantu, but
from other sources
Governor Cantu reported "no
news" to the War department yes
terday. San Antonio Man Who Met
Villa Now Is Missing
Waslington, Aug. 2. Disappear
ance of Jose Bruzas Perez of San
Antonio, Tex., following a confer
ence with Francisco Villa, the Mexi
can rebel chief, was reported to ;the
State department today by the
American consul at Chihuahua.
Perez, whose wife says he is an
American citizen, is known to have
visited Villa at La Boquillas, Chi
huahua, about May 20. According to
information gathered by the consul,
Villa accused Perez of having
robbed him and ordered the visitor
taken away. Friends of Perez fear
h was executed. s
Judge Pronounces Portion
Of Industrial Law Invalid
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 2. Constitu
tionality of the criminal phases of
the Kansas Industrial court law will
be tested in the supreme coflrt, fol
lowing decisidn in the Wyandotte
county district court, Kansas City,
Kan., in which Judge McCamish
held as unconstitutional the pro
vision of the law making liable to
arrest, persons influencing other's to
Giiit work,
This was announced by
, r .. I
members or tne mousiriai couri.
t-, . . . , t ct;
The case involved Jerry Scott, a
svitchman, arrested during the
strike last. April.
i
Toronto Uni Rowing Crew to
Challenge Olympic Winner
Toronto, Aug. 2. President
Douglas Huestis, chief executive of
the University of Toronto Rowing
club, said today the university crew,
which won the nationaheight-oarcd
championship, will be sent to com
pete in the Olympic games at Ant
werp, provided subscriptions are re
ceived for $5,000 to defray ex
penses. Soldier Raiding Melon
Patch Killed by Farmer
v Columbus, Ga., Aug. x2. Private
George Melich of Coatesville, Pa.,
stationed at .Camp Benning here,
was shot and killed while raiding
the watermelon patch of H. F.
Sims, a farmer, according to county
officers who arrested Sims. The
soldier's body had 48 wouitds from
'the load of shotgun.- .
Political
. (Copyright. l20; b The Chicago Tribune)
OLD STYLE POLITICS. - NEW STYLE POLITICS.
Th primmrin anf to bt hmld by m mall bunch . Tk mw yt i pelitict iiacfaWtt danc; tmr
f boa m in tk btteh room of itlMa. " laJiot mnd ontlomon.
77i old ityU hum a aloon - to
The old stylo political picnic
carouse and ana-third oratory
windjammers. '
G.O.P. UNITED IN
STAND AGAINST
NATION LEAGUE
Statement From Headquarters
Declares Republicans Solidly
In favor of Harding's
Position.
By The Aaaoclatrd Press.
Marion, O., Aug. 2. A claim cf
complete republican harmony behind
Senator Harding on the league of
nations issue was made in an official
statement issued to4ay by Harding
headquarters her
. "Chairman White of the demo
cratic national committee," the
statement said, "nas undertaken to
answer some questions' recently ad
dressed to Governor Cox. His
statement is chiefly a complaint be
cause both, Senator Hiram Johnson
and Former President Taft have ex
pressed approval of Senator Hard
ing's position. It is easy to under
stand how such evidences of repub
lican unity are displeasing to Mr.
White, but it was not anticipated
that he would thus early in the-campaign
make such -frank acknowl
ednent. Demos Admit Defeat.
"In as - much as Mr. WKite has
thus publicly and handsomely ac
claimed that all elements of repub
licans are approving Senator Hard
ing's attitude it may be. added th.it
he had sensed the situation with ad
mirable perspicacity. Republicmis
of all sedtions and groups are "solidl
in favor, f Senator Harding's atti
tude. (
''This is proved by thousands, of
letters and telegrams from every
state, among which the numbers
from states commonly democratic
are not less than amazing.' A large
percentage are. moreover, from
men who' describe themselves as
having heretofore been democrats.
, Note Democratic Accord.",
'Chairman White has made cor
rect discovery that the republican
party is completely unified. Re
publicans are quite as satisfied in
noting the complete accord of the
president and the nominee chosen
by the democratic party."
Among. Senator Harding's callers
today was Representative C. Hicks
of New York, who has just com
pleted a trip through the west.. He
tolc" the candidate that although
there was sohie disappointment
there over Senator Johnson's defeat,
for the nomination in Chicago, the
people now were "satisfied" and that
the Harding candidacy was growing!
rapidly in strength.
. Currency inflation and other fiscal
subjects were discussed with the
unjectr we
nominee by
Yale..
Prof. Irving rishejr of
Plane Drops; Two Hurt.
Lancaster, Pa., At.g. 2. Capt.
J. Newpiullcr, 28. of Shamokin, and
Ray S. Nutt, ' mechanician of In
diana' were seriously injured when
their airplane' crashed down near
Marietta. -
MethodsOld
vjpowr iM MfKiy .
- alooit canvas: Tho new ttyh mathod U to gioo a grand polit
ical banquot at which both man and women do tha
speaking.
Was two-thirds
by professional
The new style political picnic is a clean, i
spectable oufing with the whole family present.
MAN ON PAROLE IS
SENTENCED TQTPEN
.
ON FORGERY C0UNT1
Tells Judge He Thought pro
bation .Time Had Expired
and Needed Money. '
"Why did you forge these
checks?" District Judge Troup asked
Roy Horscns, Wh was brought be
fore him yesterday. "
"I needed the money," said the
tall young man in prison garb.
"That's a fine excuse," said the
judge. "The sentence of the court
is' that you "be confined in the state
penitentiary for not less than one
nor more than 20 years."
Horsens waff arraigned May 23,
1919, on a charge of forgery and was
paroled to the adult probation offitJ
ccr. He was arrested last Friday
fcr passing a forged check at ihe
Dcs Moines hotel, Thirteenth ana
Howard streets, - '
"I thought my-probatTon time had
run out," he told the judge.
"So you thought it was all right,
for you to go ahead and forge some
more, did you?" asked the judge. .
"No, I thought I would square np
the checks by the time : they came
back to me," said Horsens.
Jenkins WiD Start
Damage Suit Because
Of His Imprisonment
.. ' . '
Mexico City, Aug. 2. William O.
Jenkins, former United States con
sular agent at Puebla, Mexico, will
institute a damage "suit for his re-'
cent imprisonment, according to a
Puebla dispatch tq El .Universal. The
identity of the defendants is not dis
closed. Mr. Jenkins is said to have
copses ,of alleged faUe testimony
and other documents.
The 'trial against Jenkins for al
leged 'false declarations willA be
speeded up. according to the. attor
ney general: .,...
Despatches received from Puebla
late in June stated that . testimony
was being heard before the third
criminal roue there.
v : :
Treasurer of Northern
Pacific Dies of Pneumonia
St. Paul.. Minn., Aug. 2. Charles
A. Clark, treasurer of the Northern
Pacific railroad since 1897, died of
pneumonia at a local hospital,
where he had undergone an oper
ation for stomach trouble; Pre
vious to going to the Northern Pa
cific in 1882, he h.-wl-bcen connected
with ther Denver & Rio .Grknde. -
Thp Weathe
Forecast
Nebraska .Fair and
Tuesday. . 1 ,
Hourly temper atures:
warmer
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SHIPS WILL HOP
OFF EARLY TODAY
Oil VAYTO FRISCO
All-Metaf Planes to Leave
At 9 This Morning to
. Finish Trip to San '
Francisco.
Hop-off of the three all-metal pasT
senger planes enroute from New
York to San .Francisco to blaze a
transcontinental , aerial mail route;
will take place at Ak-Sar-Ben field
at 9 o'clock today.
- Motors in the planes were tuned
yesterday for continuance of the
strenuous trip. , -.
Bertram Aasta, Spanish aviator,
will pilot the first of the three,
planes. Eddie Rickenbacher, Amer
ican "ace;" John Larson, owner of
the planes; E.E, Aline, Cleveland
business man, and Ernest . Buehl,
mechanician, will be passengers in
Acosta's plant. c
. S. C. Eaton, jr.," youngest of the
three pilots, will pilot ; the second
plane, accompanied by.Maj. Lent,
superintendent of the aerial mail
service; J. A. Bockhqrst, photogra
pher, and Harry Myers, mechanician.
',To Stop at Cheyenne.
The third plane will be piloted by
Col. Hartney in the capacity of a
United States army officer. Lieut.
Colt will act as -navigator m Col.
Hartney's ship.
The first stop of the, planes, as
scheduled, will be at ': Cheyenne,
Wyo., thence on to Reno, Nev., to
San Francisco.
' The three planes are scheduled to
be in Omaha on their return trip to
New York in two weeks.
Two flights were made in one of
the huge Larson planes, piloted by
Acosta, yesterday afternoon. More
thar 100 person watched the as
cents. , . ' , t
Representatives of the board of
Ak-Sar-Ben governors were on the
field. The first flight' saw Lord
Roberts, Liliputian actor at a local
theater this week, a surprised pas
senger. .'
- Woman Passenger. .
Lord , Roberts weighs 48 pounds
and. stands 36 inches tall.
"They wanted me for ballast," -he
remarked after hi flight
Mrs. Bert Acosta. R. S. Landcroft,
Bert Smith, manager of the aerial
mail station, and Fied Saunders, also
were passengers on the first flight.
Clark Powell, Miss Willow
OIBrien, Miss Margaret Weaver and
Frank Diet were passengers on the
second flight. N " -
Rickenbacher is Accompanying the
pilots and Mr. Larson across the
continent for "the moral support of
aviation," he declared yesterday.
Body of Frank Hanly
Returned to Indianapolis
. Dennison, O., Aug. 2. The body
of J. Frank Hanly, former governor
of f Indiana, who -was killed near
here yesterday when a freight train
struck the automobile in which he
was riding, was taken to Indian
apolis early today.
VILLA SELLS
HIS LOYALTY
TO FEDERALS
Bandit Chieftain Is Promised
Immunity From. Prosecution
For Crimes Qommitted on
Mexicans and Americans.
U. S. CONTINUES POLICY
OF 'WATCHFUL WAITING',
No Move Made hv Government
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Despite Fresh Reports of
Outrages Against Citizens .
Plan to "Pass the Buck."
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNIMA
thlrnco Trlliuna-Olhaha Bra I .faded Wire
Washington, August. ZDetaili
received today of the "surrender"
of Francisco Villa, which thev ad
ministration continues solemnly tc
treat as seriously as, does the new
Mexican government, disclose that
the transaction was really a pur
chase of the bandit's future loyalty,
if not good behavior. '
Villa is to be a commander ol
rurales, his men are 10 receive i
year's pay and the government also
is to reimburse certain victims oIn,
his Jextortions.
Villa is given immunity by the
Mexican government from prosecu
tion for the crimes be committed
against Mexicans as well as Ameri
cans. Although scarcely a week has
passed in the ast few years without
adding more counts to the Ameri
ca case against Villa, the State' de
partment having received only today !
a report of his execution of an Amer
ican in May, no move has been made
by the Wilson administration to ob
tain the extradition of the bandit,
who was indicted In Texas for the
Columbus murder, despite tre fact
the president considered, this crime
of suchenormity in 1916 as to justify
the Pershing punitive expedition at
a cost of the lives of American sol-,
dicrs and many millions of dollars.
' Continues Past Policy. (
The general understanding here,
however, is that alth ough outrages
uppn Americans still continue under
the new Mexican government, of
ficials intend to continue its policy
of "watchful waiting" with a view
to bequeathing ,the entire Mexican
problem to either Harding or Cox.
The State department's report of
.Vila's -execution of anotker Ameri
can follows: '
"Jose Bruzes Perei of San An
tonio, Tex., claimed by his wife to
be an American citizen, is reported
missing since May 20, following a
business talk with .Francisco Villa,
the Mexican bandit chief, the State
department was advised today by
the American consul at Chihuahua.
"Information gathered by the
consul to the effect that Perez,
who had visited Villa on business s
matters on a number of occasions,
went to see Villa at Loboquillas, '
state of Chihuahua, on May 20,
that Villa accused Perez of rob
bing him, and that Villa became
very angry and ordered Perez taken
away, ana mat it is Denevea at wni
huahua that Perez was executed the
same day under Villa's orders. The
governor of Chihuahua is investi
gating the case."- . '
Account of Surrender.
The State department also issued
the following account of the "sut
render" of Villa:
"The surrender of ' Francisco
Villa, the Mexican bandit,, to the
representatives of ' the Mexico City
authorities is complete, . according
to reports, said to be authentic, for
warded to the Slate department to
day in a telegram from the Ameri-
(Ontlnued, on Page Two, Column Sii.)
150 Carloads Of Raisins
Sold In New York at Auction
New York, Aug. 2. One hundred
and fifty carloads of raisins owned
by the California Associated Raisin .
company were sold at public auction
at the Mercantile exchange here this
noon. Prices ranged from 22 to 24
cents per pound. v -
- The raisins, which are for Octo
ber delivery, were sold at auction as
a result of cpnt&ntion by the federal
trade .commission, "that the com
pany had been charging more than
a fair and reasonable price for its
raisins." ,
The company expects soon to es
tablish a price for the remainder of
its crop.
New York Demos to Ask.- ;
Congress to Ease Dry Act
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Aug. 2.
A committee headed by former Con
gressman John J. Fitzgerald of
uiuuKijii as uraiiea -a Tentative
platform to be submitted to the res
olutions committee of the unofficial
democratic state convention tomor
row. The tentative draft is reported
will contain planks endorsing the
Wilson administration and the na
tional platform, pledging support to
Cox and Roosevelt, and while not
flatly advocating the repeal of the:
Volstead prohibition enforcement
act, will suggest that congress
modify its provisions.
Hitchcock to Debate Pact .
Mitk ft fl D CnAntsAM A.'.m A
Washington, Aug. 2 Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska, who was
the administration leader in the sen
ste treaty fight has been selected by
Governor Cox to represent the dem
ocratic party in a joint debate on
the league of, nations to be held at
Winona Lake, Ind., August 9. The
republican national . committee will
select a debator in opposition it was
said today at Senator Hitchcock's
office. ''
Senator Hitchcock will - speak
iater at Dixon. III., and Big Meron,
ind., on the same iasuc
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