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The Omaha Daily :B EE x VOL. 50 NO. 265. A viyittTYi Roil-W. W.ChieftainSaid 7 AUHTo Have mped Bond' Jvept Ready For Action Geiifr.nl Pershing Placed a: Heml of Skeletonized Or ganization With Super vision Of All Forces. Plans Cover Wide Scope 3y ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. .nicaga iTiounc-uman lira tuta n vt. Washington, April 21. "In the vent of another waf I want it to 5c possible to issue -an order that iiill put the army on" the move or. in hour's notice." ; . Thus spoke Secretary of War vVceka in announcing the decision if the president to place General Pershing in charge of plans of great v tiagnitudc for the war organization jf the army. General Pershing will be appointed - head of a skeletonized general head quarters of the army which will , ha, ve supervision of all organization si -the land force.saand national re sources to achieve , complete pre paredness for war. . In the event of war. General Per shing or his successor after his re tirement would become' automatical ly -the commander of the army. In tine of peace thechief of staff will remain the military head of the army. It is not unlikely that General Har bord, lo-was GencrSl. Pershing's chief ot staff in France, will succeed General March- as chief of staff of the army. - ' . . . . Keep Constantly Ready. "We are going to have a skelton ixed general headquarters established in the' War department." said Sec retary Weeks. "Its purpose will be to keep us instantly prepared for active military operations. The de tails will be given out later, but General Pershing will be the head of the activity. Details of the plan are difficult to arrange,, owing, to the wording of the laws, but the chief of staff will continue to direct the administration of the army m time of peace. ! , ,' ; "In this ,way the army is to be made ready in time of peace to act instantly and effectively in time of war. Before the late, war Marshal Joffre had beetl selected to command the armies ot France and had pre oared ske!tonid headquarters that would be available for instant action in case of warand it so functioned when war was oeciarea. we. can ao no better' than, follow that success ful example." , . - , .,. - . Harding Favors Preparedness. J . There have, been several Confer- , " entes on Hh'e- matte? -particiat-i'f hv the president. Mr. eeks General' Pershing.. , These - discus 'stons are said to have taken a wide range and to have included con- sideration ;f international relations and general policies' of national de fense. The president is reported to huve expressed himself strongly in favor of adequate preparedness .for war. I' . . .. - '.. - . One of the most tragic lessons Of the great war; in the opinion of Tara ra Tira. Column Three.) Bureaus for Care of . . Disabled Service Men Ordered Consolidated Washington, April 21. Transfer from the public hcEith service and consolidation with the 'bureau .of war risk insurancc-of 'all vork, of fices and personnel of the public " health service connected with the ( medical treatment, of disabled war ' veterans was ordered by Secretary ' Mellon. ? An exception ?s made, however, in the operation of hospi tals and dispensaries, which will re main under the pubtie health scrw ic . I ' -: - " ' :- Tlte consohdafion was. recommend . ed by the presidents special committee.- .1: '. ;. j; . The secretarv announced that all field agents of the public health serv- . , . ... : , r. j ice eneaffea in examining: ana nuu ir.ff suitable' beds for the service men bureau, as would alt contracts' with private institutions for the treatment of such men. Daugherty Refuses to See- , Man Charged With Murder Washington. Aor'rl ''21. Attorney General Daugherty refused to grant a personal interview to Cap. Robert Rosenbhith fNy York, who is charged tt Tacoraah, "Wash., with . having ordered the shooting of "Maj. .Alexander Cronkhite at Camp Lewis i,t 1918. -. , Captain Rosenbluth was accom panied by Senator. Calder of New York, vhd, was assured by the at torney general that the charge against Rosenbhith -would be tnves- ; ugic inor-iugniy.. - '.". Attn. jl(l'krm.n it n9i .vnllin.' I At the dc rtment it was explained ! , Mr; Daugherty, in refusing to see,' Rosenblutlf, - held that since he planned to make a personal inves- ; ligation of the case, he should not : VVVI a a axiflViayia viiyil'. .1 VII Wb ; from a defendant. - - . . , j ' ;; '. m "-, ', : ' ; l ; Satem;-- Vi.'April 21. Henry Explosion Wrecks Garage; ," Dameron, 25, a descendant of. pi-r'-n J rr " nf " oneer Virginia settlers, who .worked - t Two Killed, Two Missing on his ucWs mountain, side farm Detroit. .r April two persons are dead, -two are reported missing and several ethers are bodily in jured following an '.explosion in a garage. The dead are Lawrence Burnett and a woman believed to be Mrs. George Herman. ; ; . The cause of the explpsion,wbicli wrecked three buildings and dam aged several others, is pxt -.crv. n Police advanced the thecty it was caused by a gas tank.; J Quake at Los Angeles. " " Los Angeles,' Ca. .Vi.f:i 2!. An earthqua':e chock -.-is -'fi; :i:rc, at 7:37 o'clock this n-.orto: r. Tho uock -was slight and of brief duration. No damage yaa reported; - ' ' f Mrt u Oatha-P. r yp Ifl William D.. Haywood. Chicago, ' April 2!. Federal offi cials today received confidential in formation , that William D. Hay wood, secretary of ' the Industrial Workers of the World and 'scheduled to begin a sentence at the Leaven worth, Kan., penitentiary this week, had fled. from. the United States and now is in either Moscow or Riga. Charles l. Clyne, district attorney, announced that a . search had been started for Haywood. , Insurgents Are ; : Barred From WaOaWaMeetins ' it'". Peace and Harmony Prevail in Sessions-of Iowa Head Camp at Council Bluffs, Say Lodge Leaders. , i . ,-, . , i Feelings of absolute peace "aiH harmony marked the initial business session of .the. Iowa head camp of the Woodmen of the World in Coun cil . Bluffs yesterday afternoon, ac cording to lodge leaders. There are no insurgents . in ' the -ranks of the Iowa Woodmen, they say, and. out siders who, may attempt . to start trouble are barred 'from the mcet- mgs. "; - 5, - Only accredited f delegates; "from the Iowa camps w'ere permitted to etr -thf aRj4iefe the session waj an-rtteld; yesterday afternoon. One Jf cceded, kk obtaining entfance.Ut Iwki reported, hut was ejected, by, Door-keeper George Davis. Other reports state that ariti-Fraser. literature wa3 distributed outside of the hall by three or four men early in the after iiooii. ... ';r? . ' " State ' officials and officers of the local lodge deny that there was any disturbance at the hall or . that there is any insurgency in the -Woodmen ranks of the Iowa hd tamp. They jadmit that only accredited delegates ;are permitted to attend the sessions, I . W. Frascr.. sovereian . com mander, made the principal address" at the imtiau session, which "vas at tended by 200 delegates ; from- all parts of the state. He explained thi raise in rates, and reported that the organization is on solyent basis. The delegates received and concurred in his report unanimously. ' ' . , A unanimous" vote was taken to extend thanks to tlie officers of the sovereign lodge for their efficiency. Reports of the state officers were submitted, all indicating a spirit of pwoerity and harmony throughout the Wcodman lodge. ; ' , The delegates were entertained at dinner last evening at the Danish hall by Council camp No. 14.' Fol lowing the banouet, there .was,, at exemplification of the protective" de gree and an athlctic .program of en tertainment. The next, session wi'.l convene at 10 a." m.-.today. :; ;'... i li.,nJ U UUi As New Revenue Head " Washington, 'April 21. David H. Blair; of Winston-Salem, N, C was nominated today by President Hard ing, to be 'commissioner, of internal revenue f f. : , "; '' Charles F4. Marvin was renominated by President Harding to be thief of the weather bureau. " ' ' Thel nominatiott of Claudius H. Huston, of Tennessee, to be assistant secretary of commerce was also-sent to the senate." - . : Trank'W. Howbert. of Denver, was nominated to be collector of internal revenue for the district of Colorado, nd Arthur F. Odlin. of Florida, was nominated- to be United States judge for the district ot forto kico. - i Farm Hand Diieovers. , $14J03 Buried in ' Metal Pot on Farm neir here from sun p to son down at $10 a month, often, dreamed, he said, of finding a treasure and buy ing a farm of his-'.own.t- April 9, while ' plowing " hear the foot of Brush's mountain, his plow, revealed a peculiar looking object." . Inverti gatioii revealed r it to b? a .small 'etal pot irrapped fir buckskin, con taining gold apd silver coins valued !fl' '.ASsV V3 gold, $600 in' silver, and the "balante in currency . so badly disintegrated that the denominations could not be distinguished. TJie latest, : date ! of any of the coins was 1823."; - : ; ' Young Dameron was fearful that his fortune might be taken from him and lceot bis discovery a ecret-until Sami - CltM tUttw Utt U. I 0, UlM Ait ! r a. . ! lUt. MaiiHiulinltT. w.o.w. Files S Chairman of ''In Asks $15,000 From Oma hans Accused of Throw ing Him From Stage. Injuries . Serious, Report Suit for $15,000 for personal in- " j .. .11 j ... t,,.. juries ana uu.aK, uu,Scu iu ..... been received wnen ne Avas tnrown from the stage runway, in a scuffle at the Woodmen of the World state convention at Columbus, Neb., Mon day, was filed in district court here late yesterday afternoon by John Henry Ellsberry, 2535 South Ninth street, against J. Raymond Loncs of the Yates & Lones law firm, and C O. Bradshaw. brother of D. Brad shaw, attorney general for the W. O. W. state organization. Both defend ants are Omaha men. Ellsberry was thrown from the runway as he was attempting to take his place as chairman of .the "insur gents," who took control of the meet ing m the opera house after an alter cation over the -delegates' creden tials committee. He fell to the floor, suffering injuries first reported to be severe bruises and a sprained knee. ' Injuries More Serious. Extent of the injuries, however, is much more serious than at first sup posed, according to Charles . Unitt of Omaha, leader of the "insurgents." An examination has led physicians to believe that Ellsberry was injured internally and X-ray photographs will be taken, according to Unitt. Ellsberry alleges that Lones and Yates are the two men who pulled him from the stage approach to the floor. According to Unitt and other members of vthe "insurgent"' group, the attack by the regulars yas brutal and wholly unwarranted. The session of the Woodmen opened at the Columbus opera house at 10 Monday morning. Earl B. Stiles, state consul for the lodge, pre siding, After the usual prelimin aries. Stiles announced adjournment until afternoon, stating that only those delegates' whose credentials were accepted by the committee would be admitted to the conference, i . Motion for Committee. "Who are the credentials commit tee?" asked Charles Unitt. Upon Stiles' reply , that the per sonnel , of .the committee would be announced later, Unitt moved that a committee, be appointed . and. sug gested th names- of three Tfcri fof this position. ,. Stiles ignored the mo tion and left' the stage. After-some deliberation - the ; "ur- surgents'- decided to continue in ses sion and named Ellsberrv- chairman of the meeting. The scuffle in which Ellsberry is alleged to have been at tacked by Lones and Bradshaw fol lowed. - . "WtteiVthe commotion subsided, Stiles and his-followers left the building and held a separate session at the Evans hotel. , : Spanish Count Freed : On Insanity Charge; :f Says Action Frameup r L03 Angeles, April 21. Count Ar man D'Aieria of .Spain, whose wife was the widow of United States Sen ator George Nixon of Nevada, ar rested recently on a complaint charg ing insanity, sworn to by his moth er, Countess Marguerite D'Aieria, of Pasadena, was ordered released by the Los Angeles county superior court, after a hearing in the psycho pathic ward of the county hospital. ' The count declared at the 'hearing that the charge, of" insanity had been preferred against him because he had refused to join his mother in an al leged plot to put his wife in an in stitution for. the mentally deficient and then take possession of the for mer .Nixon estate, i.. :- ' He said his mother had proposed that they ''plant" drugs ia the apart ment of his' wife, engineer a raid by officers apd have his wife commit ted to an asylum. .' ': , Crew of Freight Steamer Blamed for Collision Seattle, April 21. Charge's 'that the shipping board freighter,- West Hartland, .was - "entirely to blame" for '.the ; collision ". hi -which it rammed and sunk the steamer, poy ernor, with the loss of eight lives on the morning of April 1 are- con tained in a libel filed with the United States district .- attorney today by counsel for the Aubrey-Becker Sales companyy a Colorado corporation! Federal steamship inspectors placed the blame on officers of the Gover nor. ' . ; .,i The libel alleges that the collision was due to willful violation of the navigation regulations by officers j of the West- Hartland, iu that thev "failed to take due, prudent and timely measures to avoid the col llision." -. . Plan to Speed Up Grain and ' Packer Control Measure ' Washington,' April 21. Agree ment to speed up consideration of the bill . to regulate future trading on grafp exchanges and the packer con trol measure . was reached by the house agricultural committee. ' The former' will be taken uo Mondav. 'with hearings extending through rnmy ana tiic latter will De con sidered during the week beginning May Z . . ; -. , . Bandits Get $25,000 v . Chicago, April 21. Five youthful automobile - bandits held up; John Amberg, vice president of a real estate firm, today' and escaped with $25,000- which he was takinir -to a downtown bank, . . OMAHA, FRIDAY, ks $5,000 Reward S. D., April 21. There j tv that the first reward ! offered by Tostmaster ys lor the capture, dead bandits who rob or slay one connected with the postal cc may be awarded South Da is in connection with the cap- j turp here of Howard Finlcy, Harry Cox and William Larson, who con fessed, police say, U slaying Clar ; ence Hetland, storekeeper at Ta i coma Park, near this city, last Sat i urday night. I Authorities here are investigating j to ascertain if Hetland had a com ' mission as postmaster at Tacoma j Park and if proof can be obtained that he had those instrumental in I running down and capturing the trio , Qf .(9 ,t .g da;med be ehgi- Die to me reward. John Hall, a storekeeper of Ord way, near the scene of the murder, was first, it was said, to give infor mation concerning the whereabouts of the three suspected of the crime. Deputy sheriffs and others who aid ed in .the rapture also may share in the reward if it is bestowed. ' Appointment of Harvey Subject . Of Senate Debate Southern Senator Opens Scathing Attack Against New United States Ambassador To Great Britain. Washington, April 21. The ap pointment of Col. George Harvey as ambassador to Great Britain, con firmed by the senate last week in executive session, was attacked and defended for four hours today in one of the most remarkable and unusual sittings witnessed in the senate cham ber. Shortly after the senate had con vened at noon, Senator Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, said he had sought to consider the Harvey nom ination in open session, but had been blocked, and then launched into an attack on the new ambassador, and his appointment which, for vehe mence, the senate had not for years heard the equal. He described Mr. Harvey "as a. creator of prejudice and a stirrer of strife", and as "a vindictive, se,lf auointed, intolerant,' political acci dent" and charged that the appoint ment would be regarded by "millions of patriotic Americans, regardless of party affiliations, as a crowning affront to the invalid who recently vacated the White House.. ' . Republican senators for a time- sat fairly aghast. Then followed con ferencesj including several ,btw-etn-Senator lodge, republican leader; and Senator Bandegee of C6nnectir cut, a close friend of Mr. Harvey. Many republicans: left the chamber, while democrats, as Senator Harri- i son proceeded, smiled and gave other j evidences f, their approval ; ; y i j a ' , Reed Defends Harvey. :- ,When Senator Harrison had con't eluded and, while the galleries ' bent forward, to see if a -reply would come from the republicans, Setator Reed, democrat, Missouri, started '& i.eply, in, which , he .accused his col league of seeking to embarrass the new ambassador; declared President Harding was within his right in ap pointing Mr. Harvey and :asserted I Mr. Harrison -had been burning the midnight , oil .to light his taper at the hres of venom. . ; . Opposition ot Colonel Harvey to the league of nations was praised by Senator Reed, who taunted iis col leagues with , declarations that the league issue had proved their undo ing in the last election'. ', ' ' When Senator Reed coricludcd, Senator- Lodge declared that never in his memory had a man appointed to office- been- attacked after his nomination Jiad been confirmed and after he had become a representa tive 'of the . United States. He de poted the attack as "a sorry bit of political tactics" and praised him as "an American through and through." Wide Range Covered. Subjects brought, -in to the .discus sion by Senators Harrison, Reed and Lodge, ranged from publication dur ing the last political campaign in Harvey's weekly, "of the Immacu late Conception" - cartoon-' to the league and the break of 1911 ber tween Colonel Harvey and Wood- i row Wilson. - ' l ;r i . Senator Heflin, democrat, Ala bama, eulogized Mr. Wilson, dis cussed the last ; political - campaign apd - ended with a tribute to the league of nations, ; which brought scattered handclapping from the gal leries and a warning from Vice Presi dent Coolidge that the galleries would be cleared in event of another demonstration, v ' "--- ; .. Senator Norn's of Nebraska, the sole republican who . voted against confirming the Hatvey, nomination, explained his vote as' due. to his be lief that the nominee lacked fitness for a diplomatic post. The long and free discussion then ended with Sena tor Ashurst, democrat, Arizona, reading the -correspondence between Mr, Wilson and Colonel Harvey, fol lowing their break in relations. Negro, Sheriff Forgot to Hang, Has Sentence ; Commuted by Board , Shrevcport, La.". April 21. The dedth sentence of Lonnie Eaton, the negro the sheriff of Ouachita parish forgot to hang last month, has been commuted by the state pardon board to . life imprisonment, according to reports received here today , from. Baton Rouge. ' , ; Eaton was convicted of, murder several month ago; and wastrought from Ouachita parish to the Caddo parish jail for . safe keeping, i As he afterward wrote to Governor Parker, the sheriff said he was'so busy with other affairs in his office that he for got the day that he wa to. hang f aton, .. , . ..i'j, - . ; -cc APRIL 22, 1921. He Wanted Only One Thing, and He May Have To Fight to Get That 'fr m Sorry',; but everything's j May Day Outbreak Planned in Mexico Radicals Make Elaborate ' Ereparations for Huge bemonstration. Mexico City, April 21. Elaborate preparations for May day celebra tions -throughout Mexico are being made by radical elements and in some quarters there is. apprehension that the observance of the day may lead to disorders. J ' , Government authorities, while' in clined to look on the demonstrations as mere outlets for radical enthus iasm, are prepared to meet any emer gency. .- , , ,Mav' - dar probably will find th? vjaduatrial situation 5ii, ;Mejt-' ico " quite disturbed.. ' At pres ent there exist almost a dozen labor, controversies which have, de veloped in. actual strikes or which threaten walkouts. . The strike, of railway men, apparently settled .some time ago, is declared to hold possibili ties of a sudden eruption.' ' ; Linn A. E. Gale, an American rad ical, who was expelled from Mexico on Aoril 1. as a pernicious1 foreigner. jhas Returned, to .this city, according j to an apparently -wen autnenticatea report;. ,-' 'y ;':'- ;-;1 American Wishes in t Cable Case Accepted i By Japan and France '. Washington,' April 21.-By ; ttie Associated Press.) 'Japan and France are understood to have ; ac cepted the American .' principles of distribution of 1 the former . German Atlantic and Pacific cables at .a ses sion of' the international communica tions conference held at the State dc-I partment. While details of the; operation of the cables Jo be allo cated, are to be worked out, the ac ceptance by Japan and Frail ce of the American view, is expected to make possible an early-agreement on such questions., j j . . . . - ' Actual working, out of .the 'distri bution of the Pacific cables by which, it- is understood, the Uhit?d States will receive the 1 line from Guam to Yap, and Japan that part of the line from ' - Yap extending tormerly - to Shanghai, it was jii dicated tonight, ,. will be - deferred pending -cleaning; up of the status of Yap.. Li .) ' Blue Sky Bureau Bill : " Advanced by Senate jsirri - '' ; cy'"-: Lincoln,-April 21. (Special Tele gram.) After an all afternoon deT pate the. senate advanced the admin istration blue sky bureau bill, which greatly enlarges- the powers pf ' the bureau of securities. V ; : t' ' ; The fight amc on a substitute motion by Senator Hoagland to post pone the bill and adopt a .substitute measure, which he drafted, abolish ing the securities bureau. Hoagland made a vigorous fight" on the floor of the senate in : support : of his measure, pointing out life numerous stock issues vrich had been, floated in this state in the1 last two years, which Cost ; the investigating public millions of dollars. He was only able , to muster eight votes in sup pott of the bill to. do away(with the securities bureau, ', i '; . -. The vote in the senate indicated that the securities bureau bill will go throusiHhe upper branch on fim.l reading nd passage. It has already passed the house. ; ;The senates held a ; night session in order to clear the paths for ad journment Saturday afterrlooti.L1 . . Noted .Author Dies : . V Oberlin. O.V April .21.i-Gedrge Frederick Wright, 83, noted gcolo-' gut, author an) educator, died at his home here today, after a month's ill riess. His books on glacial periods, of which he was one of the fore most, authorities, have been - . trans bic. -isis aiunsiaua' tesswr By Mtll II mrl. lMl4tk fcoa. Oatty 0uMd4tk teat (I mil. Dtll) aaa Tornado Sweep Otoe County; One Man Injured Syracuse Narrowly Esca . Storm Traveling Near Path - Of Disastrous Berlin Wind of 1913.' Syracuse1 Neb., .April 21. (Spe cial.) Traveling . within a mile of the trail of the disastrous tornado that destroyed Otoe (then Berlin) in 191 J" a tornado - swept through Otoe county yesterday leveling buildings and killing some live stock. " "J ' . This city was threatened; but the ijiorjutose in ;tbe air just before 4fc. reached the city. Near Douglas Wil liam Diescn suffered a sprained arm from the storm. . Buildings on a dozen farms, were either destroyed or badly damaged. ' . Hail that accompanied .the storm is believed to have killed what fruit, survived the recent freezing weithe. ! An estimate of - the loss, cannot be : determined, i v s; . ; , ; -. Near here buildings Were wrecked orj thej W. L. Rodgers.'J Frank- Lil libridgc and - Steadman - farms. All of the buildings on' the James Le mon ds farm near liere and the Ollis Stratt'fann 'near Douglas were des troyed. The Stratt family ' saved their1 lives by taking 'refuge; in "a cave. ' ' ' f The O. D.; Strrfub farm near Una dilla was blown (down and buildings damaged on the farm of Carl Hun ter, E.- O. Malone. Cr Smith, v Wil liam Diesen and, Ollie Stratt "neaf Douglas. "k - i- i' ' . ' Legislature Plans to , End Session Saturday Lincoln. Aprih21rr-(Special Tele-. gram.) If night sessions between' tonight,' and Saturday will iend the session by ; midnight Saturday, well and good. . ' , ' . , f . If not, . conscientious members, who think more of . taxation and ap propriation problems of their .entire, state than of their crops, business or hunger for , hoine cooking will . re main .in' Lincoln .for a few days next week to give Senate -File 65, the big revenue and taxation, bill, thorough consideration, as wejl as the big ap propriation hill iwhich fwas boosted more than : $1,000,000 .by the house and senate. '. - ; t-1 ; ' -- ' The house and senate today ap proved a " plan to appoint a joint committee to 'decide; on a definite' date - for adjournment. i' That com mittee in a j-eport today urged haste so h adjournment could be effected Saturday." but in its report 'left suffi cient':"ifs" and, "ands" tomake 'a continuation of the session until next week possible. j" V ' ' . ' " Lord Sholto Douglas to ; h' Wed. Mrs. B. Mosselmans London.-April 2l.J-Anndunce'ment is- made that jLord Sholto Douglas, tntro'son of- the late .Marquis of Queensberrjv witlbe; married 'next Saturday to Mri.r Bafnard Mossel mans of Park; Lane, this city. She is a , daughter of a wealthy Dutch man. .Lord Pouglas-was given a-di-vorce, on May. 21, 1920, from Loretta Moonev-the' California dancer, to whom he-was married in'May, 1895. .''.. : . Prcniier's Conferences to t ' Be 6f. Private Character -Paris, April 21. Premiers. Briand and Lloyd George plan strictly pri vate conferences -at the -meetinir to be held1 at Hythe, England, on Sun-! day-v No others will be present ex cept one secretary -for each. Philiooe J. L. Rertheot. general secretary qf tne trench .toreign, othce, will.proba. bly act,in,thatcapacity for M.- Br and', " V-' . , r ' ' .. ".. Greeks in Counter Offensive ; Constantinople, - April 21: The Greeks arer delivering. a heavy counter." offensive-against -the Turks. artiY, Ml Dill Bl. M:.iijv M aj. til: Dally Only. HI: iurnlii Only. It Law Violated by Receiver of Road Reduction of Wages Without Authorization is Bit terly Scored. CUicago, April 21. The railroad labor board in a decision today ruled that the receiver of the Atlanta, Bir mingham & Atlantic railroad in re ducing, wages -of its employes in compliance with a decision by Fed eral Judge S. H. Sibley had acted ni violation, of the spirit and letter of the transportation act. ' 1 The board declared that it waj powerless, to take action in the case at present and suggested that the employes, most of whom now are on strike, again hold conferences :VUf ihe.owiiers aaj,--fv!V 8TC!' Went is not reached,, bring the case to the labor board. ; "The duty to obey a decision of this board is not any tess an obligi tion on the receivers of a road than, on the owners of a road," the de cision said, i ' Yanks in Germany on Duty ' "Punish' J Sweets, Y;M. Report Shows : Coblenz," April -21. American sol diers,' whose predilection ior ' sweets has often caused Frenchmen tp gasp with amazement, are stilj world champions in this respect, it is shown by figures compiled at the Cafeteria, the largest restaurant ? in Coblenz, undr the management of the Y. M. C. A, ' 4 :i- t ' During the past: year, j American doughboys ate . at that restaurant alone 233,138 puddings, 475,843 tarts and cakes, 310,874 . cookies and doughnuts,. .63,151 cream puffs' and eclairs,, 624,906 dishes of ice cream, 366.351 chocolate sundaes, 61,378 pies, 223,787 apples and other fruit, 282. 741 glasses of lemoiiade and 43,792 oranges. " . ': . Qmaha Delegation . Hosts to Legislature h ' ' -. ! Lincoln. April 21. (Special Tele gram. )--:Membcrs of the, state legis lature learned tonight that the Oma ha fellows; weren't such i'bad guys after all.? . - . - : ; . The discovery was. made .when the members .attended a big banquet at the capital city's leading hotel given by members of the Douglas county delegation. . , : ; 1 Music, -stunts and, "good , fellow ship" predominated, .'.t ,! - It fell - to representatives of the Omaha j newspapers to put on "the stunt". of .the evening. , This conir prised dressing , in convict clothes, borrow;ed .from, state prison early in the dajy searching "Bob'' Druesedow, Omaha representative; Tom Benton, a well-known lobbyist, .and pus, Hyersi state sheriff, -for the "stuff that used to flow,", without any sue-. Cess. - The dinner was. followed by a series of ;"kidding" and "good, fel lowship" talks riot witnessed at auy previous entertainment. ' , . . " i in' ' - 1 1 i," -V. Texas Publishers Protest ' Freight Rates on Paper .'Washington, April 21; Complaint against - rates on news, 'print, paper was filed with the Interstate Ccan tnerce 'comrnissioit bv publishersTpf the Fftrt Worth Reco'rd. Eort'W'orth Star-Telegram, . The News," Evening Journal,' Dispatch and'Tiihey-Herald of Daltas and the ;Galyestdn News." Request w;as made for" reparation. f . The Weather - ' ; ' , FrefasV,," (t .:; ; Friday,; fair;-not' mitch change in temperature ,1 , v.y.-. ' ?';' ' ' Hourly Temperlture.' ' ' t'p, 8 p. -im: I p. :m.... 4 p. m ......... . 5 p. m. . p. in.,... . ... ft 1 'P. M.tiMuT.w.M ' a a. m . . . ft 9 a. ,.., . ...St t a. m. ,. . . ., . i.M a. m..,.. t a, m. ........ .KS 10 a., m. M 11 a. ,- , aa 113 ' aooBuauxau3 .i -. . THREE CENTS Appeal of Germany Is Refused President Harding Declines to Act as Mediator to Avoid Coercive Measures Plan ned by France. Hughes Sends Answe. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNIING Clilraco Trlbiiiia-OmaJm Ilea lnwl Wlr. Washington, April 21. President Harding today declined to accede to the request of the German govern ment to act as mediator with the allies on the Question of reparation and to fix the amount, the. German people are.to pay. At the same time the president, in replying to the German appeal, expressed- conditionally the willing ness of the American government to act as an intcrmediatory between Germany and the allies in bringing nbout a resumption of negotiation for a settlement of the reparations terms. llf the German, government, tin president said, would formulate ne" proposals constituting a "proper basis for discussion" he would con sider bringing the matter to the at- tcntion of the allies "in a manner tccentable to them." The Berlin government's appe.il for American mediation to avert the contemplated coercive measures of the French and British was deliv ered to American Commissioner . Dresel and immediately transmittel to Washington ' where it arrived . early this afternoon. . Text . of Note. ' The German note follows: ' "In the name of the German gov ernment and the German people, the undersigned, notwithstanding thn still existing technical state of war, respectfully petition the president of the United States to mediate hi the reparations question and to fix the sura to be paid by Germany to the allied powers." , They earnestly urgr him to secure the consent of the allied powers to such mediation. They solemnly de clare that the German government is ready and willing to agree, with out reservation or qualifications, to pay to the allied powers as reoara tinns, such sum as the president, after examination and investigation, mav find just and right." "Thev formally pledge 'Ihemselvr' to fulfill in letter and fn , spirit, all the provisions of any award that mav be made bv him. With abiding faith in the r.iehUousnes of this re quest and with undeniable sincerity, of purpose, ; the ' German people- through their government, submit their apneal to the president of the United States with the confident hone that it will be granted, to the end that the final award may be made in-accordance with right and justice, to meet the heartfelt wishes of all civilired nations to avoid the immeasurable consequences, of the (Turn to race Tiro, Colnma Four.) Governor of Reserve Board Favors Loans : To Aid live Stock Men Chicago." - April 21. Legislation directing the secretary of the treas ury to turn over $100,000,000 of the profits of the federal reserve bank to federal land banks, and to be loaned by the latter institutions on Stock cattle for the purpose of as sisting cattle producers, has been recommended by W. P. G. Harding, governor, of the federal reserve board, according to a statement by Everett C. Brown, president of the National Live Stock exchange. " , Enaction of such legislation, in the opinion of Mr. Brown, would enable a multitude1-of live stock men, "who' might otherwise have been forced out of, the business" to continue pro- dttction. "Consumers also should ve--. ceive a benefit from the increase in production thus made possible," the statement declared. '. ,,.. '. v ReUrement Rules for U. S. ; Postal Employes Revised ', Washington, April 21. Revocation ' of therpostofnce order "fixiuir retire ment age of .employes, at 62. years, for w omen and. 65 fof, men. w as 'an nounced byf Postmaster General Hays. Postal employes eligible for , retirement under, the-, act, .but who desire to remain in service will here after fill out questionnaires and caclv"" ease will be passed on by the post master general's office. ; Where, vacancies exist requiring'' .experienced . workers, former em ployes who, resigned may -be rein stated, being placed - one grade be- : low that they licld when retired, ac cording to the new policy and all reinstatement cases of the last year are to be passed on their merits. ' Police Seek Susepctcd - Slayer of German Count i --Atlantic- CityN. J., April 21. i ' The owner' of the salt and pepper cap found near the body of Henry Buehler. identified ' as Count ' Hen rich von Pickler, is known to the police, it was announced today. It is - believed that Von .Pickler was murdered either because of, difficul ties, over a woman or in connection with his suspected connection with the'German, secret service. The otlw er suspects beside the man with the salt and pepper cap are .bring sought by the police. t . UN ..-.M lll ,. , , . Baltimore Man Arrested On Embezzlement Charge Baltimore,,", April .21. Gustave ' Grossman,'--who, - according : to his biisineycards, is a geeologist , and petroleum engineer, was arrested here today for the Wyoming author ities on the charge of cmbeziling $7.00O. flrossm.in . liat Yirrn livino' ia JBaltiiaore or pearly, ft yeaf , ' 3 t