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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 60 NO. 277. rtr.d Steon-Clit Matter Mir Sfc lW. it OnalM P. 0. ilittn Act of Much S. 1171. OMAHA, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1921. -UfU Jy M. ay Mill (I Vr ), Dally & ., I7M: Daily 0ly. : u . II M Canute 4tn ZMa (I year. Only and Suataj, IK; Dili Only, lJ : 8mi Only. 15 THREE CENTS -iMail Flyer , Pilot Just Released Pli vfti man View from Air of Pilot's Military Funeral rom Hospital Killed j J Cremated in Second Fall lakes otand ForStillman Allies Hand Ultimatum ToGerniany Document Demanding Cate gorical "Yes" or "No"' on Reparations Civen to Ger man Ambassador. .Walter Bunting Is Burned to Death When Mail Airplane Noses Over and Catches Fire. Left Hospital Recently j j Walter M. Bunting, air mail pilot, 1 ' was burned to deatU at Rock Springs, Wyo., yesterday when his plane turned over, trashed to the ground and caught fire just after he had tak en off for a flight to Cheyenne with the mail. t Too early return to his hazardous v.ork befni'e he was thoroughly re covered .from injuries susti:ned at Ak-Sar-Bcn field December 24 may have contributed to the accident: Hunting was 26 years old and en tered the air mail service as pilot November !5. 1920. On the day be fore last Christmas, while trying to i 1.. f .. .J .' . .I......?. nniHctnrm - , , . - . . J - -II IS kIII -1 V II liv,u n,, v , ., ....... - nose-aivcu 10 me grounu. In Hospital Here. Th' young flyer was unconscious when he was taken from the com pletely wrecked plane that time and it was i.iatiy hours later when he re covered consciousness in Nicholas Semi hospital. His injuries consisted of a fractured skull and a broken hip. During the many weeks that he , lay in the hospital bed, the youii nan s thoughts were chietiy ot get I tlltf yV ton ting back to the service. Mipenn- i.nrli-m V'ntniu nf Ak-Sar-Ben field and rivers of the mail service visited l.im otten and cheered nini up. in spite of his narrow escape he was a'ways talking of returning to the UN. Back in Service. lie went back April 3. His plead ings lvd availed to put him back in his "ship" at the earliest possible time. In spite of the injury to his Ho he insisted that he was quite able t; take care of himself and his plane. Fight sacks of mail were entirely destroyed in the (ire which also bnrncd the body of the aviator. Kunting is the second aviator killed ir- ine mail service within a week. The other was J. T. Christensen whose funeral was held in Blair, Neb., Wednesday. Second Mountain Crash. (Bunting's fatal crash occurred on wlu.l is considered the most danger ous stretch of the trans-continental nail route, the "mountain division," between Cheyenne and Salt Lake. He is ;he second pilot killed on that wtinil einrc it was established, ine tti. t-Q a Pilnfr TnVm Wnndtvnrrl. j;ttv v'w j .... , . - - . nnar T.arami last fall. The wife of Bunting lives at Car ncys J'oint, N. J.. and his mother lives in Camden, N. J. In Omaha Sunday. Bunting spent last Sunday in , Omaha. He flew here from Chey enne with mail last Saturday nd flew back to Cheyenne last Mond .v. Flyers alternate on the Cheyenne division, taking a trip from Chey enne to Omaha and then a trip ftor.i Cheyenne over the mountains. Superintendent Yotaw of Ak-Sa:-Bcn field aid yesterday that Bunting ' was in good physical condition . n.! recovered from! the accident of lat December except for a slight limp. He discredited a report from Cbey . enne which said Bunting had to be i ' assisted in and out of his ship .uid hut for his injury might have '" caped from his plane before it caught firei - Votaw's wireless report of the ac cident said the gas tank of Bunting's machine exploded. T;it Frnn!.- -Vncpr took off from Cheyenne at 11:30 a. m., planiiing a trio to Kock Springs ana return yesterday. He will return to with tlip rharred mail ntj M".. ...... pouches carried by Bunting. He was Chevcnne expected to return to v.neyennc ai 5:30 p. m. " Yager carried westbound ma:l taken to Cheyenne from Omaha and North Platte by Pilot Harry G Smith. )' Woman Arrested on Charge Of Settina Fire to Home .,- 4 Spokane, May 5. Mrs. Anna U Corbin, Northwestern, railroad build er, was held in the city jail today following hfT, i-t'wUsion. according to Prosecuting Attorney V. C. Mey er, that she set fire to her palatial home here last Friday to collect the insurance. The house was damaged about $10,000, it was estimated. .Two Killed, Two Missing In Gasoline Explosion ; Scranton, Ta.. May 5. Explosion j ot a gasoline tank in the plant of I the Diamond Oil and Paint coin- j pany here resulted in the death of two persous, the serious injury of j two others and the almost complete , destrurtion of the. building by fir?. ; Two other men were unaccounted I for. Slacker Lists to Go in Congressional Record W ashington, May 5. The WW j department slacker lists as issued i from time to time will be publishcj ! in the Congressional Record. Rc- j quest for such publication was made in the house today by Representa-1 tive Johnson, republican, South Da- j vkota. a former service man, and I ahere was no objection. j - 1 New Destroyer Launched Philaredphia, May 5. The d-:- strover Tender Dobbin was launched j today at the Philadelphia Navy yard. J The vessel was named in honor of James H. Dobbin, secretary of th;' navy under President Pierce. The Dobbin is a ship of 1C.00O tons, de signed after a svrvcy of the cifect ot German torpedoes. l Walter M. Bunting. Senate Leader rs Continue Fight Over Tariff Bill Senator Penrose Delivers First Extended Speech in Nearly Two Years in Support Of Measure. Washington, May 5. Senate de mocratic leaders continued their at tack on the emergency tariff and anti-dumping bill today, although friends of the measure headed by Chairman Penrose of the finance committee, fought them at eveiy point. Mr. Penrose delivered ati liour's speech, his first extended re marks in nearly two years, in sup port of the measure. Senator Simmons, democrat, North Carolina, charged republicans with attempting to transfer "a lot of commodities from the ire.e to the dutiable list" by use of the anti dumping clause and argued that those provisions were certain to prove a handicap instead of a re lief to agriculture. Mr. Simmons predicted a clash be tween the senate and the bouse when the measure goes to conference. Mr. Penrose's speech was largely to explain technical provisions of the bill,-although he submitted es timates of government actuaries showing tarift items in the bill would produce approximately $105, 000,000 in the six months the law would be effective. He added that the amount was $45,000,000 larger than the revenue received from the same sources under the present tar iff laws. The senate recessed tonight in order, that the debate might be taken up by priority when the senate 'cost- venes tomorrow. Two Men Arrested ! In Connection With Finding Big Still ' Joe Koster of Omaha and Bert McCann of Woodbine, la., were ar rested by Sheriff Groneweg yester day on a bench warrant. The two men were jointly indicted with Bill Mooney, all charged with owning and operating the big still found on the Mooney farm in Dutch Hollow, northeast of the city limits. It was the biggest and best plant the officers here have yet discovered. All the paraphernalia had been in former use in a big- distillery. There were two stills, one of 41) and the Other 30-gallon capacity. Nine five-' gallon cans and 50 gallons of mash also were taken. 1 Koster and McCann were jailed in default of $1,000 bonds. Mooney was arrested at the time of the raid. Koster and McCann toldlhe of ficers they "found" the big commer cial plant on the Lincoln highway. 'Somebody drop it from a dinner pail?" queried County Attorney Swanson. j Latvian Envoy Expresses -Thanks to People of U. S. Washington, May 5. Charles L. Seya, who has just arrived here as the official representative of Latvia in the United States, called on Sec rrtarv Hoover and delivered a mes- sago of gratitude from the people of Latvia to the American nation for aid and relief work during the war and later tinder the occupation ot the bolshcviki. Her intuition told her that her husband was in volved in an entanglement. He had aecrcts. She re solved to have a secret of her own. Thoroughbred By Bruno Lessing , Another BLUE RIBBON Story Complete in i Blue Ribbon Action The Sunday Bee I Secrets of Hysterical Woman j Related hy Buffalo Doctor i In Divorce Trial of . ! Banker. Letters Also .Admitted, By A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. Ihlranit Trlbune-Oinuhu Be? Leased Wire. New York, May 5. Secrets of a hysterical woman confessed to her family physician, were used against Mrs. "Fifi" Stillman today in the divorce hearing of the suit of James A. Stillman. , Dr. 1 lugh Kussell of Buffalo, physician for the Stillman family and the Rockefellers, related that Mrs. Stillman told him Fred lieauvais, the Canadian Indian guide, was the lather of the then unborn Guy Stillman. Dr. Kussell told Stillman visit ing Mrs. Stillman at a Buffalo hotel while she was under his treatment, when Dr. Russell and Mrs. Still man consulted about her admission that the child to be hem in about six months was not Stillman's, but the child of the Indian guide. Stillman's visit to Dr. Russell and Mrs. Stillman evidently was the re sult of Mrs. Stillman's ''hysterical" letter to Stillman. Letter Admitted. Another setback was suffered by Mrs. Stillman's defense when Ref eree Gleason allowed exhibit "B" of the Eeauvais letters to Mrs. Still man to be introduced in evidence and become part of the record. The "B" letter begins. "Dear Honey," and contains endearing phrases. The other letters from Beauvais to Mrs. Stillman have not yet been ad mitted to the record. Mrs. Still man heard the accusing testimony by her family physician. She is said to have shown no emotion during the recital. For hours her attorneys resisted with every legal weapon at their command, Jlie plans of Stillman's lawyers to have Dr. Russell bare the professional secrets. Referee Gleason finally ruled that Dr. Russell could testify because of a clause in the state code providing a doctor can give information not necessary to treatment of a case,. Dr. Russell is an osteopath and the rich of New York sate re numbered among his clients. H testified that he was called into the Stillman family to attend Mrs. Still man about five years ago, and that in April of 1918 Mrs. Stillman came to his offices in Buffalo. Reluctant to Testify. It was there that Mrs. Stillman told him, according to the physician, that Stillman was not the father of her child. In Buffalo, Mrs. Stillman stopped at the Iroquois hotel. It was on the second visit that Mrs. Stillman ii;ade the statement involving the legitimacy of her child, according to Dr. Russell. The alleged confession was brought out in the divorce hearing during the direct examination of Dr. Russell. He was reluctant, ap parently, to testify. He was pinned down to the legitimacy issue by the point blank question by one of the Stillman attorneys. Dr. Russell explained that Mrs. Stillman was in a hysterical nervous condition at the time. Mrs. Stillman stayed at the Iro quois" hotel several days. Mr. Still man appeared one day at the hotel and met Dr. Russell and, Mrs. Still man, it is said, evidently in response io Mrs. Stillman's so-called "hysteri cal" letter to Mr. Stillman. This letter has been barred from the court records as a privileged communica tion between husband and wife. Dr. and Mrs. Russell and Mr. and Mrs. Stillman made a trip to Niagara Falls during that visit of Mr. Still man. , Charles R. Kellar, clerk at the (Turn to I'age Two. Column Sercn.) Two Sinn Feiners Killed In Clash With Officers Dublin, May 5. Patrick Maloney, alleged to have been a prominent official in the republican army, and Zan Duffy, a leading Sinn Feiner, are reported officially to have been shot and killed in an affray with the police, 19 of whom were sent to sur round a suspected farm at Surth drum, Tipperary. When approaching the farm the police were fired on. They replied and then pursued the fugitives half a mile, killing two. Postal Inspectors Catch Alleged Forger After Chase Cambridge, Neb., May 5. (Special. Telegram,) A man giving the name of Nelson, who is alleged to have passed a worthless check for $40 on I W. Luther here, was captured at j Edison by postal inspectors, who had j been following him. He attempted j to escape, but was captured after a ! chase through the streets of Edison, j He was bound over to the federal j court at McCook. : Cambridge Baby Killed j By Fall From. Corn Pile Cambridge, Neb., May 5. (Special Telegram.) The 2-y ear-old daughter of Charles Brandt, living near here, was killed by a fall from a corn pile while piaying near a shelter. She was not missed for several hours and when her mother started j a search she found the lifeless body. ! Trainload of 'Vinegar I Shipped From California Watsonville. Cal., May 5. Twenty-five carloads, a solid train of vin- ' egar, each car containing 125 barrels, ; left here tor eastern points. This record shipment from here follows ' a reduction in ircicht rales. - Building Unions j New Wage Scales j Men Want to Sec Work Boom, j Head of Carpenters and j Joiners Organization ! Savs. ! Cincinnati, Mav 5. Practically all t lie building trades unions are w illing j j to submit wage reductions ta arbi tration, William Hutcheson, prcsi ! dent of the Lnitcd Brotherhood of ! Carpenters and Joiners, announced j tonight, after a meeting of the cxecu- tive council ot the building trades j department of the American Fedcra I tion of Labor. I While the council has gone on rec ord against wage cuts he said that the unions were willing to consider and accept any equitable wage adjust ment that would be fitting in view of any reduction in the cost of liv ing.' "We want to be fair and see build ing boom," he added. He declared building material con cerns apparently were attempting to direct public attention to wages in stead of reducing their prices. He said building operations apparently were at a standstill, awaiting adjust ment of the new wage and working agreements. Labor Heads in Conference. "Even if settlements were made in a number of cities," he added, "we have no promise that our men will be given work." The executive council of the American Federation of Labor be gan its 10-day conference today with an informal discussion of general labor conditions and the situation in southwestern Ohio. "We are just getting under way, said President Samuel Gompers. "We have considerable routine and our reports to prepare for the annual convention at Denver in June." He assailed the "open shop movement and declared that it has reached "its peak and has begun to decline." . "What the employers call their 'open, shop' " he said, "is really a closed shop to organized labor. Or ganized labor can meet the issue." Says Printers Winning. The "open shop" attack by the employers has not made a "dent in the American Federation of Labor," Frank Morrison, secretary -of the federation, said, adding, "organized labor will emerge, victorious and triumphant from the struggle." Mr. Morrison said reports showed that the printers were winning their fight for the 44-hour week. "More than 50 per cent of the shops were signed up previous to May 1," he added. Asked regarding the report that he would not be a candidate for re election as president of the Federa tion, Mr. Gompers replied: "The position of president of the American Federation of Labor is such an exalted one that I do not discuss it outside the convention hall." He pointed out, however, that the report emanated from ar.ti-labor sources. Scottsbluff Church Runs Free Movies Scottsbluff, Neb., May 5. (Spe cial Telegram.) A new experiment in movies is being conducted in Scottsbluff this week. . The Metho dist church is producing "The Stream of. Life" and asking but a free will offering to defray expenses. The announcement of the coming of the picture threatened 'for a time to bring about a revival of the fight for Sunday movies, but Rev. E. C. Fintel, pastor of the Methodist church, has announced that after a conference with movie show man agers he has agreed not to show on Saturday and they have agreed not to provoke the Sunday fight. . Theater men are considering join ing with the church in showing once a week films, vouched for as "charac ter building." Sioux City Council Turns Down Tram Fare Increase Sioux City, Ia., May 5. The Sioux City council today turned down the Sioux City Service com pany's plea for an increase in street car fare and announced it will fight for the 6-cent rate. The service com pany, in addition to demanding a fare increase, called for a ban on the jitneys. The council took no ac tion on the jitney motion. It is ex pected the service company's next move will be in the courts. North Platte Chain Stores Lose Heavily to Burglars North Platte, Neb., May 5. (Spe cial.) Each of the three grocery stores operated by Springer & Gam ble were entered this week and robbed of goods and money. The biggest haul was at the parent store where $600 in cash and checks. were secured. Police believe local parties are guilty. Hershey Man Fined $100 For Assaulting Woman North Platte, Neb.. May Z.- (Spe cial.) Harvey Beam of Hershey was fined $100 in county court for as saulting Mrs. Zepha Evans of Hcr shev. The as?ault occurred when Beam called at the Evans' home to collect a bilL These are views of the unusual military funeral held at Blair Wed nesday for Air Mail Pilot J. Titus Christensen, who sacrificed his life in Cleveland last week. Above is the fleet of Omaha air planes and their pilots, who, swoop ing from the cloudless sky over the open grave, scattered flowers on the final resting place of their dead com rade. This picture was taken just before the fleet left Omaha for the cervices. In the center is a picture of the Cemetery during the services just before the body was lowered into the grave. This was taken by Cli'f Meyer, staff photographer of The Bee, from an Ashmusen plane pilot ed by L. L. Bowen. Below shows the pallbearers car rying the casket from the Blair city hall. Lincoln Airman Injured In Fall In Stunt Flight Wife Watches Aviator Plunge To Ground at Holdrege Meet After Spectacular 1,000-Foot Tailspin. Holdrege, Neb., May 5j (Special Telegram.) With his wife in the crowd of spectators Ed Gardner of Lincoln after a series of spectacular acrobatic stunts plunged 150 feet to the ground after making a tail spin, dropping a sheer 1.000 feet. The stunts were a part of the first day's exhibition of the Holdrege airplane tournament. Gardner's plane was wrecked and he suffered a broken collar bone and possible internal injuries. Physicians do not think his injuries, are fatal. Miss Elsie Smith, the only aviatrix in the field of 15. contestants, run the nose of her machine- in the soft ground in making a landing. She was not injured and. her machine only slightly damaged. Over 10.000 spectators from all parts of Nebraska arc watching the first state exhibition of aifcraft. Pilot Smith of Grand Island flew to the tournament accompanied by his wife and a pet monkey. Two army machines from Fort Crook took part in the opening exercises, returning this afternoon. The three-day program includes acrobatics, spirals, hurdling spot landings, weight lifting and a cross country flight. Prizes will be award ed the successful airmen after the Friday exhibition. Methodist Minister Is Shot As Leaves Belfast Mission Belfast, Mav 5. Two shots were fired as the Rev. William Maguire, former vice president of the Metho dist church in Ireland and his son-in-law, the Rev. FranR Mettrick were leaving the headquarters of the North Belfast Mission last evening. The Rev. Mr. Mettrick received a wo'ind in the forehead while a passerby was wounded in the eye by fragments of glass from a shattered dorr of the mission. The Rev. Maguire is a prominent orangeman and o'ne of the best known clergymen in Ulster. All Sensational Copy Goes to Waste Basket As Pastor Edits Paper Denver, May 5. Newspaper stories of sensational type were sent to the waste basket by Rev. W. H. Ray Boyle, pastor of Central Presby terian church, during a one-day edi torshin of the Denver Post. He was limited to take actual charge. of the paper for one day, following a ser-i mon criticising newspapers and the manner of displaying news. Among news stories the minister "killed" were those on the Stillman and Stokes divorce cases. 'All items relating to boxing were eliminated from the sports page and the sport ing comment of Otto Floto also was "killed," while "Casey At the. Bat" was reprinted. Page one was given over to a two column editorial on "The Ideals of an Editor," an appreciation by Dr. Boyle, interviews with prominent at torneys urging improvement of the jury, system now Iprevailing. a Story about Governor Shoup vetoing bills for a normal school at Trinidad, and t five telegraph items carried by news j associations. Budget Measure Passed by House Provision Made in Bill to Have Bureau Independent of Treasury Department Washington, May 5. The budget bill was passed today by the house, "x but with -some changes as adopted j by the senate. It now goes to con ference. The vote was 344 to 9. The bill as passed by the senate provides for erection of a budget bureau in the Treasury department, with both its director and his assist ant to be appointed by the president. The house retained the senate meth od of appointing both officials, but voted to make the bureau independ ent of the Treasury department. Provision is made for abolishment of the office of comptroller of the treasury and creation of a comptrol ler general to be selected by the president. The measure as approved by the senate, provided for a seven year term for the comptroller general and made him subject to removal by joint congressional resolution which requires the signature of the presi dent. . As passed by the house, however, the bill provides for his removal by concurrent resolution, not requiring the president's signature. Recognition of Mexico Urged in House of Commons London, May 5. Recognition of Mexico on the ground that ' Mexico never would. become stable until it secured recognition was advocated in the' house of commons by Maj. Christopher Lowthcr, during debate on foreign affairs. Cecil Harmsworth, under secre tary) in replying, admitted recogni tion would be an advantage, both to Mexico and Great Britain and de sired that it might become possible, but regretted to say that the reports of the lack of security and stability still existing in Mexico rendered im possible recognition by the British government. Burning Ship Raced Into Port to Save Passengers Falmouth, ' Eng., May 5. (By The Associated Press.) The Harri son line steamer Ingoma, on fire, dashed into Falmouth today after a race of 100 miles to save the lives of its 88 passengers and its crew. The Ingoma was bound from Lon don for the W:est Indies. The tiro was discovered 100 miles off Fal- tmouth while the passengers wcr asleep. The captain of the vessel kept them .in ignorance of their dan ger and, having prepared the boats for launching, made for Falmouth under full .steam. Man is Found Not Guilty Of .Murdering His Parents Rensselaer, Ind., May 5. Ralph M. Davis was found not guilty of the murder of his parents by a jury today. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Davis were found in the ruins, of their burned home near Morocco, January 21. The state contended that Davis killed his parents when his, father refused to make good $1,400 that the former is alleged to have em bezzled while secretary of the New ton County Farm bureau. i Jonas Kuppenheimer Dies. Chicago, May 5, Jonas Kuppen heimer. 67. for many years president , and ore of the founders of the cloth ing firm bearing his name, died at j hi home here yesterday. ; Driver Suffers Fatal Injuries In Crash In Bluffs Sustains Severe Fracture of Skull When Street Car Collides With Buggy on Main Street. J. K. Estal, 45, sustained a frac tured skull that probably will prove fatal, when a street car collided with his team and buggy at Eighth avenue and Main street, Council Bluffs, yesterday afternoon. He was taken to the Mercy hos pital, where it was found that he was suffering from a gash nearly 10 inches long. His skull was frac tured and he was still unconscious last night. Dr. M. E. O'Kccfc, at tending surgeon, said that it was doubtful if the patient would recover from his wound. According to witnesses, Estal drove his team around the end of a standing street car and onto the tracks-in the path of a car approach ing from the opposite direction. The crash was terriffic. The buggy was demolished and the ffront end of the street car was crushed. E. E. Brock was the motorman operafing the stieet car which struck the buggy and iRay McKeeman th conductor in charge. The police ambulance was called to convey the victim of the accident to the hos pital. . Pleads Not Guilty To Murder of Woman North Platte, Neb., May 5. (Spe cial.) Victor Moss pleaded not guilty in county court to a charge of fire degree murder in causing the death of Mrs. Linton several weeks ago. Moss was a roomer at the Linton home, became infatuated with Mrs. Linton and when she rebuked him it is charged that he pulled ' a gun and-shot her, her death follow ing a few days later. Moss after shooting-Mrs. Linton turned the gun upon himself and has just recov ered from the injuries inflicted. Moss had been employed at the telephone exchange prior to the shooting. Magazine Solicitor is 'Held on Check Charge North Platte. Nb., May 5. (Spe cial.) J. R.. Nolan, alias Varrcll. is confined in the county jail on charge of raising a check from $1 to $25. Nolan, who is a solicitor for maga zines, is wanted at Glemvood Springs, Colo., on a check-raising charge. Former Florida Governor Indicted on Fraud Charge Jacksonville, Fla., May 5. The Rev. Sidney J. Catts, whose term as governor of Florida expired last Jan uary 3, was indicted in connection with bribery Charges by the Brad ford county grand jury at Starke late yesterday, according to advices re ceived here today. . The Weather The Weather. Tartly cloudy Friday; not change in temperature. much Hourly Temperatures. 47 1 P. ..41 . .IN . ,M . ..".! I P. S p. 1 p. 5 P. n.t I H p. B.1 ' 7 p. H , S p. U.S. Asked toSendEnvoy Washington, Mav 5. Sir Auck land Gcddcs, British ambassador, carried to the State department to day the formal invitation to the L'nited States from the allied powers to h represented on the supreme couiic)', the reparations commission and the council of ambassadors. The invitation was cabled front London last night. London, May 5. The allied ulti matum issued to Germany today summons it 16 reply categorically by May 12 at the latest whether it will perforin its unfulfilled obligations under the tracty of Versailles, pri marily as to the payment of repara tions to the allied powers. Should Germany fail to comply, the allies give notice that they will proceed on May 12 with the occupa tion of the Jiuhr valley, "and to un dertake all other military and naval measures." The terms for Germany's payment of its debt to the allies arc to ne given it by the allied reparations commission by tomorrow.. i Ultimatum Delivered. Meanwhile the allies, the ultima tum states, are to continue with a'.! necessary preliminaries for the oc cupation of the Ruhr. The ultimatum was handed to Dr. Sthamer, the German ambassador in London, this morning. It reads, after reciting Germany's unfulfilled treaty obligations with regard to disarmament, reparations, the trial of war criminals and other matters, in substance as follows: "The allied powers, taking note of the fact that despite the successive concessions made by the allies since the signature of the treaty of Ver sailles, and despite the warnings and sanctions agreed upon at Spa and Paris, as well as of the sanctions announced at London and since ap plied, the German government is still in default in fulfillment of the obligations incumbent upon it under the terms of the treaty of Vcrsalles as regards: "First Disarmament. Payment Due May 1. "Second The payment due May 1, 1921, under article 235 of the treaty, which the reparations com mission already hat called upon it to make at this date. "Third The tria! of war crimi nals, as further provided for by the allied notes of February 13 and Mav 7, 1920, and, '" "Fourth Certain other important respects, notably those which arise under articles 264 to 267. 269, 273, 321. 322 and 327 of the treaty, de cide: "(A) To proceed from today with all necessary preliminary measures for the occupation of the Ruhr. val ley by allied troops on the Rhine under the conditions laid down. "(B) In accordance with Article 235 of the Versailles treaty to invite (Turn to Tnice Two, Column Two.) De Valera and Ulster Premier r Conference Belfast. May 5. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Sir James Craig, premier designate for Ulster, and Prof. .Eamnion De Valera, the Irish republican leader, had a conference on Irish affairs in Dublin today, it w?s announced officially. It , was added that they exchanged their respective viewpoints. The discussion between Sir James and Professor De Valera it was said, was quite apart from the po sit:o"h in Ulster which remains un ehmged. i , Dublin, May 5. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The meeting of Sir I-iires Craig and Prof. De Valera to hy is regarded here as of great im portance, in view of Professor De Vnlera's proclamation to the Irish people early this week, in which he referred to provision for such devo lution in the administration of home affairs as to make for satisfaction and contcntnffnt. Sir James a few -days ago exressed a wish to nwt the republican leader. French Military Leaders Pay Tribute to Napoleon Paris, May 5. Marshal Foch, Marshal Petain and other military leaders, with M. Barthou, war min ister, paid tribute to the genius ol Napoleon today, before the tomb of the unkown soldier of France in the nrighborhood of the Arc de Tri- omphe. The ceremony marked the second day of celebration of tin 100th anniversary of the death of the "little corporal." President Miller and, Hugh Wallacn, retiring Amer ican ambassador, and a detachment of the American Legion were pres ent. " Troops from all branches of ths service were drawn up in vast cir cles. New Zealand Court Rules Against United Statci Wellington. N. L. May 5. A de cision rendered by the New Zealand court of appeals in a patent case was to the affect that the United States, having assumed no obligations under the Versailles treaty, could not claim for itself or its nationals any rights conferred by that treaty. Mexican Destroyer Disabled Los Angeles. Mav 5. The Mex ican destroyer Vaqui is in a disabled I condition 5(H) miles south of I-os Angeles, according to a w ireless message received here bv the Los I Angeles Evening Expre. A tug i w as repot tod on the way to the ves : sol. jirrparcil to tow hrr to S.mta ! Ko-alia.