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Daily Bee 4VOL. 60 NO. 272. Euan at fcacMf-Ctail MaMar Nay it, ISN. OMAHA, SATURDAY, "APRIL 30, 1921. Until )h M. ay Mali (I Vr.), Dally I Sua.. K M: Oallr Only. (9: Sua.. .M uatalla 4th Zaaa (I yaar. Oally a tuatfaj. tit; Oal Oaly. till uda Oaly. M THREE CENTS Oaalia I". 0. VU Act al March S, U7I, JJJJ Iowa Man Probable Six I. .y J; Knox Peace Resolution Attacked Complaint Against U.S. Steel Filed Mail Flyer Killed As jBlair JIQ kjucccddui iu i lays By Hitchcock As "Ineffective" riane atcnes nrei ortU.S. Chiefs AreL i ' M, The Omaha Italy Supp Is Cremated In Airplane Mail Flyer, Delayed By Fo& Plunges Into River Bank On Trip From Chicago To Cleveland. . , ; Nebraska Senator Says Proposal Would Be Attempt Row In Russia To Dictate Policy of President Harding In Treaty Making. In Yap nil Note to Secretary Hughes Ex presses Confidence in Amer ica Just Decision for All Wanted. Harding Discusses Case By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. tlilrafo Tribune-Omaha, Dae Iu Wire. Washington, April 29. Italy has been won over to the support of the United States in the controversy with Japan and the other allied powe'rs over the allocation of the important Yap cable center and other former German islands to Japan without .American consent. This was revealed today concur rently with the further disclosure that the senate committee on foreign relations has devoted two sessions this week to discussion of the atti tude of Japan. At one of these meet ings, attended by President Harding, at was decided that on account of the rituation in tle Pacific steps towards r. reduction of naval armament ihonld be postponed. . The endorsement by Italy of the 'American position in the Yap con troversy was communicated to Sec rttary of State Hughes this after neon by Vitterio Rolandi Ricci, the Italian ambassador. He stated that Italy "completely agrees" with the Hughes note, which called on the powers to reconsider the mandate as signment under which Yap was turned over to Tanan instead of be ing internationalized, with equal cable and radio rights guaranteed all na tions. " Council to Decide Issue. France already has notified the United States of its intention of bringing the matter before the su preme council and the statement of the Italian ambassador indicates that Great Britain joined France in that proposal. Japan has not replied to the Hughes note and has not indi es ted its attitude thereto. The Italian ambassador's com munication to the secretary of state follows: 'Italy Is fully convinced that the United States is not asking for any privilege in the island of Yap which is not equally granted to every; other nation, including Japan. Italy is also convinced that the United States intends to protect their interests in the island of Yap with full considera tion for the interests of other na tions. Italy therefore has not hesi tated to express itself in a way. which completely agrees with the text of the American note of the fifth of April concerning the quality of rights among mandatories in the ex ercise of the mandates. . . Wants " Justice for All. "Italy wishes and trusts that the ii:st rights of everybody concerned be recognized always and every where in the island of Yap as well as in every other place and circum stance with perfect equality and jus- tlC"italy seconded the Anglo-French proposal which confided the study of the Yap question to the judicial committee and the conference of the ambassadors in Paris and it now expects that the conference will pro nounce itself with equanimity in such I (Tom t Tmg Two. Column Tro.) Alamito Dairy Will Cut Milk and Cream Prices 20 Per Cent , i ' The Alamito Dairy company an nounces a reduction of about 20 per tent in milk and cream prices, begin ning next Sunday. ' Milk prices will be reduced 5 to 30 per cent, according to the grades, and wholesale milk and cream prices will be lowered 10 to 30 per cent. Milk now being sold at 13 1-2, 14 and 18 cents a quart will be sold for 11, 13 and 17 cents. The one dollar ticket rates will.be changed in one case from seven to seven and one half quarts and in the other from eight to nine quarts. "We have been able to decrease our buying costs and also our open ing expenses," said C R. Snyder, general manager, "and these reduc tions will be reflected in the new prices of milk and cream. We will maintain the usual standard of quality-. We want our customers to know that when they receive Alamitopro ducts they are getting the best. Earl of Derby Will Confer . With Sinn Fein Envoys London, April 29. Conversations between the earl of Derby and Irish Sinn Fein representatives will' be re sumed in a few days when the earl . returns to the island, said the London Times today. He will take no written proposals from the British govern ment, but will be empowered to soeak as Premier Lloyd George's accredited envoy, the newspaper said. The earl had another long interview with Mr. 'Lloyd George yesterday. Assertion was made by the Daily Mail that arrangements have been made for the earl of Derby to have a personal conversation with Eamonn De Valera- Substitute for Bone Black, Sugar Decolorizer, Found Wilmington, Del., April 29. Dis covery of a satisfactory substitute for bone black, or bone char, the stand ard material used in decolorizing and refining sugars and various liquids, syrups and oils, was announced today by the Atlas Powder company. Scientists have searched for 60 years for such a substance. It was said. The invention will even permit the , making of white granulated sugar di rectly at the raw sugar mill, the an nouncement said. Ilia -r jV' i ''Washington. April 29. Selection ot jonn i. Adams ot towa, vice chairman of the republican national committee, to succeed Postmoster General Will Hays as chairman is expected by many republican leaders in congress. The national committee meeting to elect a new chairman will be held early in June, it was said. Supporters of Mr. Adams' can didacy said President Harding ap peared to view the Iowa man with favor. Elmer Dover of Washington also has been urged for the post. Youths Break in Movie and Start Show of Own Boys' Plans to Operate "Cut Rate" Tbeater Suddenly In terrupted When Police Swoop Down on Place. , Chicago, April, 29. Three small boys, their plans of careers as mov ing picture house managers suddenly interrupted, were held today by the police while the hopes of several hundred children of witnessing screen dramas at greatly . reduced prices were likewise brought to an abrupt termination. - - ' ' The youths, aged 13, 12 and 11 years had' gained entrance to a neighborhood theater which was closed for remodeling, according to the. police broke open a drawer con taining films and then opened the house for business, charging 2 cents admission. Several boys were employed as musicians. Two policemen passing the place last night hearing music, investigated and found a large number of youth ful spectators enjoying the program. Upon the'' appearance of police the patrons fled. . ' The boys were said to have de stroyed several hundred dollars worth of film while operating the machine. Probe of Clothing Industry Proposed V By Senator Moses Washington, 'April ' 29. Senator Moses of New Hampshire intro duced a resolution in the house yes terday for thorough investigation in the clothing industry. In a formal statement explaining-the resolution he charged that the clothing workers' unions arc attempting to sovietize the industry. ' - " The resolution was referred to the committee on audit and control of contingent expenses. It probablv will be brought up at an early date. In. the preamble of the resolution it is stated that as a result of strikes in the principal clothing, manufactur ing centers, production has been ' limited to about . 25 per reiit of normal and that this has been a strong factor in keeping up the" price of clothing. ' Report of Capture of Mexican Rebels Denied San Antonio, Ter., April 29.' Denial of a report that Generals Candido Aguilar, son-in-law of the late President Carranza of Mexico, and Francisco Murguia, both of whom were said to be in ; revolt against the Obregon government, had been captured by United States agents on the Mexican border, wa made here, by Department of Justice agents. '-. La Prenza, a Spanish lan guage newspaper, published 'a news story from Mexico City that the two former Carranza generals had been driven -out of Mexico and as Un crossed the Rio Grande were taken into custody by the United States government agents. They were beinij held at Candelaria, on the border, according to the paper. Aguilar and Murguia are still in Mexico, according to General Juan Barragan, chief of staff of 'the Mex ican army under Carranza, who . said he had received) private advices, Twenty Persons Injured In Interurban Train Wreck Los Angeles, April 29. Twenty persons were injured, three - seri ously, when a Pacific electric rail way three-car train left the track and turned over on its side today at El Monte, 14 miles. east of here. The train, which carried 150 passengers, was en route from San Bernardino to Los Angeles. ...... Explosion Kills 10 Pampto'na, Spain. April 29. Ten workers were killed and a dozen others badly fcurned by an acciden tal explosion last nieht m a cartridge factory. . Leading Instigators of Anti War Activities of "Wob blies" Believed to Be in Soviet "Cabinet." Haywood Propagandist lly Tha Aaaociated Press. Chicago, April 29. The real lead ers in the group of Industrial Work ers of the World convicted for anti government wartime conspiracies have jumped their bond and now are believed to be furthering revolution ary ideas, federal officials said today after a final check-up of the 47 men who were to. report to the Leaven worth. Kan., penitentiary following refusal of the United States supreme court to review their cases. Nine convicted men are at liberty, the others having reached the peni tentiary, or being on their way, it was said. Of the nine who are free six arc looked on as chief instigators of the anti-war activities. Three of these six, under 20-year sentences, are be lieved to be holding "cabinet" posi tions in the Russian soviet govern ment. Bill Has Job. "Big Bill" Haywood is authorita tively reported to be minister ot propaganda for the soviet govern ment. Officials have virtually lost hope that Haywood will return to this country. ! Vladimir Lossief is in Petrograd, j according to information here, and , has been appointed commissioner ot immigration. ; . Charles Rothfiser now is enroute to Czecho-Slovakia, according to in formation received by federal of ficers, and will represent the soviet government in that country. Six Are Ring Leaders. George Andreytchine, also under a 20-year sentence; Fred Jakkola and Leo Laukka are missing. These six men, Haywood, Lossief, Rothfiser, Andreytchine, Jakkola and Laukka, were the men who actually organized the I. W. W anti-war ac tivities, according to District Attor ney Clyne. Patrick J. Brennan, chief of the federal bureau of investigation here, said he "was prepared for trouble" Sundav. but did not expect any here. A parade is scheduled, but Chief of Police Fitzmorns has barred the red flag, though permitting the carrying of soviet slogans. ' , . Circulars advocating overthrow of the government and a May day revolution were distributed in Au rora, 111., secretly Wednesday night, and in Gary, lnd., last night. Ansonia, Conn., April 29. Cir culars bearing .the caption, "The First of May the Day of Reckon ing and Liberation," and purporting to be issued by anarchist groups of United States and Canada, were found here this morning. In them workers are advised to refuse to pay taxes and rents, refuse to obey laws, take possession of the land, factories, mills and mines and to go armed to mass meetings or parades. Red Circulars Passed Out. Chicagd, . April 29. Circulars signed, "The communist party of America," and advocating a May day revolution were distributed in some sections of Chicago last night, according to federal officials. Broad cast circulation of the literature was prevented by the arrest of several men, the officials said. The men arrested will be held in communica do until after May day. Arrangements were made today to place special guards around fed eral and city buildings Sunday. Officials said that recent raids had disclosed information that Gary, lnd., was headquarters for radical activities in the middle west. Aurora Banker Given One to 1 0 Years in Pen York. Neb. Aoril 29. Tudge George F. Corcoran overruled a mo tion for a new trial of the case of Charles W. Wentz, charged With embezzling funds from the Farmers Mate Bank of Aurora, and sentenced Wentz to. an indeterminate term of from one to 10 years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. Attorney J. P. Ready of Omaha, of counsel for the defense, will carry the case to the supreme court. Condemned Murderer Asks Scaffold Be Painted White Lake Charles, La.. April 29. Joseph Barry, negro, wbo is to be hanged here on May 6, for murder, has requested that the scaffold in the jail yard for his execution be painted snow white m keeping' with the white suit, shoes, tie and socks he is to wear the day of the hanging. He .also asked that the execu- tioneer and attending deputies be clothed in white. - ' .' . War Department Opposes " Resolution Aiding Bundy Washington, April 29. The War department is strongly opposed to the adoption by the house of the Flood resolution asking why Briga dier Omar Bundy was not recom mended for promotion by President Harding, Secretary Weeks says in a letter to Chairman Kahn of the military committee, laid .before the house today. Man Sues for Divorce When Golden Wedding Day Nears Topeka, Kan., April 29. Within six months of his golden wedding anniversary August Zart, 71, today filed suit in the district court here asking a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Amelia Zart, who, the petition al leges is now living with her daugh ter. The couple were married iu Germany, Octoocr 24,871, Washington, April 29. Adoption of the Knox peace resolution would be an attempt to dictate the interna tional policies of President 1 larding, i'enator Hitchcock of Nebraska, ranking demecrat on the foreign re lations committee, charged today in the senate. Tlie Nebraska senator attacked the measure as "idle and ineffective" and declared that it was being "railroad ed" through like a gas franchise through a city council, "when the votes can be depended upon." The resolution is to be voted on tomor row. Quoting from President Harding's address to congress in which he op posed any statement of policy by congress, Senator Hitchcock i said congress in this resolution did "as sume the function of the executive." "It assumes," he says, "to dictate the terms of the treaty which only the executive has power to negotiate. Driver Escapes As Truck Plunges Over 30-Ft. Bank Man Close to Death as En closed Vehicle Topples at Edge of Hill Suf fers Bruises. Attempting 'to turn his truck around at the top of the Spencer ave nue hill, Council Bluffs, Oscar Woodward, 26, driver for the John Beno company . in Council Bluffs, experienced a miraculous escape from death late Thursday afternoon, when the truck, which is an enclosed affair, toppled on the edge of the hill and crashed over an embank ment, 30 feet to the bottom. Woodward suffered bruises and was taken to Mercy hospital where an examination revealed he had escaped otherwise uninjured. The truck was badly damaged. Woodward' said he backed his ma chine too far, and the rear end skidded over the edge of the em bankment, dragging the rest of the machine on its side. He could not jump from the driver's seat. Lauck Says Railway Employes Scapegoats For Past Misfortunes Chicago, April 29. The railway employes fighting against wage re ductions before the railroad labor board, delved into the economics of the present industrial depression to day. The future, the employes declared, would again see normal conditions on American railroads and the tem porary difficulties of the present, they contended, should not be shouldered off on the employes in wage reductions. . The financial performances of the railroads in the past were recited in exhibits presented by W. Jett Lauck, economist for the unions. The ex hibits cited alleged ficticious stock issues, inadequacies and mismanage ment for which, Mr. Lauck said, the employes should not be made to suf fer. "We have been made the scape goat of your misfortunes in the past, due to financial; mismanagement, Mr. Lauck said. "As the result of these financial performances, you are trying to recoup your present losses by taking it out of the employes' wages." Man Allowed toiCeep Two Wives and Kiddies Ckicafo Tribune-Omabs Bee Leased Wire. Akron, O., April 29. Guiseppa Sarniola will be allowed to beep his two wives and three hildren, federal and Akron police officials juled to day. The arrangement was entered into when Sarnilo brought wife No. 1 and No. 2 to police headquarters. Wife No. 1 had his 10-year-old son by the hand and wife No. 2 led' a little boy and carried the other baby. "I love them both" Sarniola de clared, as he embraced them both. "J love them all. I keep them all." He said he married No. 1 in Italy 10 years ago. He sent for her four years ago, but because of the -war she did not come. Then he took No. 2 as a common law wife In Pennsylvania arid they had two chil dren. Confronted by the eternal triangle he solved it by stating he will run two homes. The officers let it go at that. Burlington Subscription Books Cloge at Noon Friday New York, April 29. J. P. Mor gan & Co., and the First National bank, acting as syndicate managers, have informed participants in the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway financing that subscriptions to the $230,000,000 bond issue will close at noon tomorrow. This be speaks the success of that offering, the largest domestic financial under taking since the close of the war. Immigration Agent Tells Of Japanese Smuggling Ring Seattle, April 29. An organization engaged in smuggling Japanese and other aliens' into the United States exists in Yokohama, Henry M. White, United States immigration commissioner for this, district, said today. He returned yesterday from a three months' trip in the Far East, where he was 5nt on a soccial mission of the Department of Labor. What has become of the far-famed co-operation between the various branches of the government? Is the president's request to congress not to interfere in his constitutional power to be flouted at the first chance? Is congress to dictate to the executive what sort of a treaty he is to ncgp tiate with Germany? "The manner in which this matter has been handled in the senate is per haps without precedent. It is ap parently to be put through by ma chinery. Not a speech has been made in support of it, not even a speech by the senator who introduced it. No discussion as to its merits; no consideration of its effects. "A resolution involving the foreign policy of the United States and as suming to dictate to the president of the United States is to be pushed to a vote here without apparently any effort to explain its meaning or jus tify its enactment." Radical Changes Are Reported in Tariff Measure Amendment Continuing U. S. Control Over Importations Of Dye6tuffs Adopted by Senate Committee. Washington, April 29. The senate finance committee practically com pleting its work on the emergency tariff and anti-dumping bill, ordered a favorable report on the measure with the exception that the bill will be taken up in the senate Monday or Tuesday. The .committee will meet Saturday to read the report which is to accompany the bill and probably will submit it to the senate immediately after the meeting. . Radical changes were made by the senate committee as compared with the bill which passed the house two weeks ago. It adopted the amend ment offered by Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, continuing govern mental control over importations of dyestuffs for six months and trans ferring the war trade board sec tion of the State department, which lias carried. on the supervision of dye imports, to the treasury. Only ope change was made in the amendment as offered by Senator Knox; the appropriation of $50,000 which it carried was stricken out and funds to conduct the import supervision will be provided in another way. Another new feature of the meas ure as it will go to the senate is the provision which prohibits for eign . exporters from further ship ments to the United States in event the firms refuse to permit examina tion into their books by American agents to determine costs and sales prices. Present laws provide only a monetary fine for ' such refusals and customs experts, in view of the measures adopted against anticipated dumping, argued for a stronger weapon against the seller who seeks Jo defraud this government by un dervaluation or other means. The committee accepted the ex perts' statements and advice on every subject and the draft of the bill is therefore theoretically com plete. ' Lincoln Cathedral Debaters Defeated By Omaha Central High The Central High school debating team added anotser laurel to its al rtady long list of honors yesterday when it defeated the Cathedral High speakers of Lincoln by unanimous decision at the Central High audi torium. Central took the affirmative side of the state question, which was used, and the visitors the negative. The Central team was composed of William Cejnar, Eleanor Hamilton, and Karl Kharas. Clarence Roir dan, Paul Haberlan, and J. H. Cody spoke for Cathedral High. The judges were President E. L. Rouse, Peru State Normal school; Dd. J. T. House, Wrayne State Normal school; and Mr.' Paluka, Council Bluffs High school. The Central High debaters will close, the season May 13 when they go to Lincoln to compete for the Amherst cup. ' Governor and Mayor to Talk At Odd Fellows' Convention ' Odd Fellows of Nebraska will cele brate their 102d anniversary with an all-day convention in the Auditorium Saturday. Visiting Odd Fellows will register at the Auditorium Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon there will be exemplification of various de- i grces, and for the .first time in the history of the order the public will be invited to attend.' Governor S. R. McKclvie, Mayor Ed P. Smith, A. O. Peterson, Esther ville, la., major general of Iowa Odd Fellows; W. O. Naylor, Chadron, and W. K. Knight, Nebraska City, past patriarch, will be the speakers during the afternoon. At 8 p. m. the Odd Fellows will enjoy a military ball, which will be Concluded at 11 p. m. with the braid ing of a May pole which will be set up in the Auditorium. Minneapolis Miller Dies Suddenly; Had Many Mills Minneapolis, April 29. H. C. Stebbins. 56, president of the Red wing Milling company, member of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce- and identified with several flour milling interests in the state, died suddenly late yesterday at his home here. A widow and three daughters survive. I Trade Commission Charges Unjust Competition in Inter state Commerce 11 Sub sidary Companies Named. Thirty Days for Reply By The Aaaocialed Iraa. Wriitiitifrfntv Anril 20 A lortnnl .......... .ovv.., - nmrt:iinfr nfrditlc ill. 1T,HH Ktntp Steel corporation and 11 subsidiary companies, alleging unfair competi tion in interstate commerce, was is sued today by the federal trade com mission. Thus the commission finally has decided that it has sufficient jurisdic tion to take up the long standing complaints by various users of steel products and others against the al leged use by the corporation of the device known as the "Pittsburgh plus prce." It was announced, however, that the commission was divided, three to two, Chairman Thompson and Commissioners Gaskill and Murdock dissenting. The steel corporation and its sub sidiaries, are given 30 days to make formal answer to the complaint, after which the case will proceed to trial on its merits. M IJB Action Under Anti-Trust Act The complaint was issued under the Clayton anti-trust act and the law establishing the commission and the commission's announcement said the case was "an outgrowth of con ditions complained of by more than 2,700 manufacturers of steel in the Chicago, Duluth and Birmiilgham districts, by legislatures of three states, by several municipalities and by Chambers of Commerce and many business organizations throughout the United States." The "Pittsburgh plus price'' is de scribed at length in the commission's announcement, which says that under it "all steel except rails, wherever made and whether made in the United States Steel corporation plants or by its independents, is said at the f. o. b. Pittsburgh price, plus an amount equivalent to the freight to point of destination," and as an il lustration says that this "means that the Gary steel fabricator, who runs his own truck to the Gafy, lnd., steel mill and purchases steel manu factured at that place, mut pay the price charged in Pittsburgh, plus an amount equaling the freight rate from Pittsburgh to Gary." Control Charged. v 'The complaint is not limited, how ever, to the alleged ase of this device. It charges specifically that the steel corporation "owns and controls the ultimate iron ore supply in the United States," and that because of "its pow er and influence" through the large percentage of the steel manufactur ing business done by it and supported by it, its consequent potential power to embarrass or destroy its competi tors by unduly lowering its price schedules is "tantamount to the nam ing by the steel corporation of prices that are to ie charged by all the steel manufacturers in the United States." The charge also is made that the steel corporation "for at least seven years, has issued from time to time, price quotations and schedules cover ing rolled steel manufactured by its subsidiaries and that these quotations are adopted by all of the respondent subsidiaries and their competitors substantially as their quotations of priceh and that this alleged practice of steel manufacturers in fixing uni form prices succeeded the custom which formerly prevailed whereby such manufacturers openly met at intervals and agreed upon prices which they were to charge and main tain." ' Body of One of First Two Americans Killed - In Italy Is Honored Venice, April 29. The body of Richard Cutts Fairfield, one of the first two Americans killed in Italy during the war, was yesterday trans ferred to the monument in the Mestre cemetery, near Venice, purposely erected to receive it. Fairfield left Harvard university at the age of 18 to get into the war, enlisted in the British Red Cross and came to Italy with one of the first contingents. He was killed in 1916 by an Austrian bomb. . Italian soldiers and sailors and a detachment of American blue jackets rendered military honors as the cof fin, covered with American and Italian flags, was carried to its last resting place by a detachment of Italian soldiers and sailors. The mother of Fairfield, Mrs. James Cummings Barr, of New York, witnessed the ceremonies. Four Mail Robbers Shoot ' Baggageman in Holdup Bayonne, N. J., April 29. Matthew Lyons, baggagemaster on the Jersey Central railroad here, was shot and seriously wounded today by one of four men who held up a group of postoffice employes and es caped with three bags of mail, one of which contained registered mail. The men drove away in an auto mobile after turning in a fire alarm. Reorganization of Commerce Department Is Discussed Washington, April 29. Reorgani zation of the Department of Com merce to enable it to meet better the needs of the industrial and commer cial community was the object of a conference called for today by Sec retary Hoover, with some 4Q repre sentative business men of the coun try. , Davenport Bank .Robbed. Davenport, la., April 29. A lone bandit held up the Peoples Trust and Savings bank at noon toda and escaoed with about Sl.OOQl o JJ.CMstemenX Army Fiscal Bill Under Hot Fire In House Debate Provision on Withdrawal of Troops From Germany Spe cial Target of Acting Dem ocratic Leader. Washington, April 29. The army appropriation bill was shot at from ambush and the open during a five hour fight in the house today on some of its provisions, especially one which was admitted to mean early withdrawal of American troops from Germany, regardless of action by congress on the Knox peace reso lution. In the midst of the fighting Rep resentative Garrett, Tennessee, act ing democratic leader, iptroduccd a resolution requesting President Harding to inform congress, if not incompitable with public interest, whether he intended to order the troops home immediately upon pas sage pf the Knox peace resolution. The house ; cooled down after Chairman Kahn of the military af fairs committee had attacked the bill because of the section fixing the en listed force at 168,000. Mr. Kahn declared that with the- world in tur moil the total was too small. His amendment increasing the number to 175,000, however, was not reached. Other members declared they would fight to cut the total lower than the bill provides. Asked pointly by Mr. Garrett whether rumors that an amendment would be offered directing the presi dent to withdraw troops from Ger many, Chairman Anthony of the sub committee on appropriations in charge of the bill, declared he had never heard of it. "But if the Secretary of War ad ministers this bill Is written," Mr. Anthony added, "he will be forced to withdraw the troops, from Germany and decrease other forces outside the territorial limits of the United States." : The .peace question bobbed up again while Chairman Kahn was pleading for his amendment to in crease the appropriation, set aside for the army intelligence service on' the ground that the Avhole world was off its balance, and no man could say how soon trouble might break. Davis Abandons All Attempts to Settle? Printers, Squabble Washington, April 29.--Hope for a settlement by national agreement of disputes between printing trade unions and employers over wages and hours was abandoned by Secre tary Davis, after a scries of . con ferences. Union representatives left the city without having been requested to re turn. Lack of an organization of printing employers . authorized to sign any national agreement was given by Secretary JDavis as. his rea son for abandoning his-attempt to replace the local agreements which expire xMay 1. Settlement . of. disputes is now in the hands of the various employers and local unions, the secretary said. Some of them have been settled by sgreement on the part of the - em ployers to recognize a 44-hour week, which is the main point at issue in most cases. - Richard H. Collins Resigns As Cadillac Motor Head New York, April 29. Acceptance of the resignation of Richard H. Col lins, as president and general man ager of the Cadillac Motor Car com pany was announced by the General Motors corporation today. He of fered his resignation on January 14. Herbert H. Rice, a, vice president of the General Motors corporation, will assume the duties as Mr. Collins' successor in the near future. The Weather . The Weather. Partly cloudy and warmer Satur day. Hourly Temperature. a. nt a. m 40 1 p. Bl. ....41 ...,4S 4J ....5 .... t p. m 61 8 p. m ....' 4 p. m M 5 p. m S p. m 02 7 ft. S a. m ft. ra...., 1ft ft. m , It ft. " ... " , j v-' It BOOn..Jf-a.i;SO I p. m t'.iii.C53 iOnce on Omaha Division. Air Mail Pilot J. T. Christcnacn, formerly of the Omaha-Chicago di vision, but recently transferred to the Cleveland division, was cre mated late yesterday afternoon wheii his plane plunged into the Cuyahoga river bank at Cleveland and was de stroyed by fire. Christensen left Chicago with the regular run of mail for Cleveland yesterday morning. He was delayed in his trip by a dense fog. Pilot Christensen joined the Onu-ha-CliicaRO division of the air m;vl service May 20. He asked for transfer from'thu Cleveland-New York division in or der to get bark "near the scenes of his childhood" and in closer touch with Nebraska relatives and friends. He was later transferred to the Chicago headquarters, alternating, in trips to New York and to Omaha from the Windy City. , Born in Blair. Pilot Christensen was bom an J reared in Blair, Neb. Mrs. Christensen also comes from Blair. His first ' aviation experience was gained as a lieutenant in the army as test pilot at training fields in Texas l and Florida. , " i He first joined the air mail service in March. 1920. On December 14. 1920, Pilot Christ ensen distinguished himself in the air mail service by bearing 400 pounds of mail from Omaha to Chicago in two hours and 42 minutes, flying time. His trip at that time was in terrupted with but one stop, at Iowa City, for fuel. The distance is 440 miles. ' Held New York Record. Christensen also held the record for the New York-Chicago division with a flying time of 5 hours and Jl minutes. ChristensenV last trip to Omaha was February .24, according to Supt. William I. Votaw of the Oma-' na air man sianon. "His death comes as a great sjiock to us at this station." said Mr. Votaw. " 'Chris' was a good pilot. He'll be-missed. "Why. when 'Tex Marshall flew in from Chicago yesterday, he told m he had arranged to swap runs with 'Chris' next time so 'Chris' could Come down to Blair to see his wife for. a few days." Wife Now in Blair. " V Mrs. Christensen is now in Blair visiting her mother. Christensen's mother also lives at , Blair, where Christensen spent his boyhood and was graduated from Dana college. Christensen married six years ago. His wife was formerly Miss Lena Davis of Blair. Pilot Christensen's body will prob ably be brought to Blair for burial, according to Superintendent Votaw. Weil-Known Actress -Will Get Estate of Late Steel Magnate Pittsburgh, Pa., April 29. EMie Fay, well known actress and widow of the late Samuel A. Benner o New York and Pittsburgh, who died suddenly in Buffalo, N. , Y., "on . March 26, probably will inherit her husband's entire estate which is val ued at between $1,000,000 and $l,250r 000. -: j Benner, who had been a steel man. left no will, it was learned todav. His brother, Assistant City Solicitor J nomas Uenner, lias gone to Nr York to take out letters of adminis tration for the estate but nothing could be learned as to whether or not members of the family would contest Miss Fay's rights. ?- Benner. although formerly a resi dent ot Pittsburgh, was a legal resi dent of New York for sometime, j Under the Pennsylvania laws the. widows dowery in her husband estate is one-third, regardless of any. I conflicting provisions or bequests. The New York law gives the estate to the nearest ot kin where there is no will or other provision. . Ships Advance Sailings To Avoid Mariners' Strike Baltimore, Md April 29. Sailing! dates advanced on outgoing steam ships, urgent haste in loading car goes and unusual efforts to sign up crews m advance of the threatened strike of marine workers on Satur day marked Baltimore shipping ao tivitics touav. Instructions from the -United States shipping board, it was stated, speeded up the actions of agents winch operate owned vessels. Oberlin College Observes Oldest Alumnus' Birthday Oberlin, O.. April 29. The 98th , birthday of Edmund A, West of , Evanston, III., was observed by the entire student body of Ober-: lin college today. He is tha oldest i alumnus of the college, having been graduated in 1843. House Immigration Board O. K.'s Bill for Restrictions Washington, April 29. The house immigration restriction bill was re ported favorably today by the senateJ immigration committee atter elimin ation ot provisions to accord special privileges for entrance of minors and rersons subject to rejigious perseci,. tioa,
