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THREE CENTS
m e r i c a
First Plan
Of Harding
President, Speaking at Arling
ton National Cemetery, Says
Nation's Dead Did Not Die
in Vain.
Urges Middle Courses
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
I htrafo Tribune-Omaha Bee J.eaaed Wire.
Washington. May 30. Rejecting
a policy of isolation, but taking care
to surrender none of its indeoend-
ence, the United States will not only
co-operate with other nations, but
accept leadership m the restoration
of normalcy in the war-torn world.
This was the declaration of Presi
dent Harding in his Memorial day
address at Arlington National ceme
tery after reviewing the veterans of
the nation s struggles in arms, from
the tottering survivors of the civil
war to the lusty youths of the war
.. ..I. .
lo do our full part in helping to
stabilize the world, to restrain am
bition for .empire still rife and to pre
vent the 'disaster to civilization that
would flow from a denial of the
equality of sovereign states or per
sons to aid in accomplishing these
purposes, the president said, is a
heritage of responsibility from the
sacrifice of those who gave their
lives for the nation, that we cannot
evade, if wc would.
Will Take Leadership.
The world is looking to us for
leadership and it will not look in
vain, "for mankind is fallen on times
when there is no hope for it if some
communities seek isolation while
others indulge in unrestrained, am
bition for empire."
"While rejecting 'the doctrine of
isolation of the extreme "irrecon
cilablcs" the president would shun
the other extreme which would have
landed us in the league of nations.
"I am not counselling surrendered
independence," he said. "Our main
tained freedom is the source of our
might. Only the American con
science may command this republic."
America Come First.
The president made it clear that
wc would have the United States
participate in the peace undertaking
of world stabilization as it partici
pated in the undertaking of war
without any hard and fast alliance
but in untrammelled association
with the other great powers.
To accomplish this mission effec
tively we must attend to the needs
of America first and . "make our
selves strong, firm, secure."
'r crmriseJLno selfishness, no mtie
Americanism, no mere par w. nud
ism," said the president, "when I
urge that our first duty is to our
own, and that in the measure of its
performance we will find the true
gauge of our capacity to be helpful
to others."
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Text 01 AQoress.
The text of the president's address
in part follows:
"We are met on sacred soil today
for a solemn hour of sacrament and
consecration. But the soil whence
wc come is itself sanctified through
the sacrifices of those who lie here.
Wherever our flag flies, within the
boundaries ofthe republic, it is oyer
.lands whose freedom and security
have been wrought through these
sacrifices. ' ...
"It is the privilege of this com
pany to utter our tribute ot love
;md gratitude in the sacristy ot
beauty within sight of the national
ta;n;a!.' But others, i.o less devout,
will assemble all over our land and
other lands, under foreign skies and
among alien peoples to pay like trib
ute of love and memory. There
is no discordant note in the hymn
of gratitude, no sectionalism in our
tneinorial. Above the murmurings
of grief is the swelling concord of
union and the dominant note is our
iaith in the republic.
Tribute ofMany Tongues.
"tt will be a tribute today spoken
In many tongues, and by diverse
races. Wherever men are free they
are wont to give thought to our
country's service in freedom's cause.
Where men may but, aspire to a
freedom not yet achieved, their in
stinct turns the eye and the thonght
f hoDe this way and they pray
mat tneir cause may buu v-
probation. They know that we
have never drawn the sword of op
pression, that we have not sought
what was not our own,' nor taken all
that we might have claimed. They
have seen our protecting arm
stretched over the outposts of
liberty on every continent.
"For., more than a century our
plighted word warned tryanny from
half the world; then, when the gauge
was taken ut by mad ambition, men
felt the blow that arm could strike
when freedom answered in its ut
most might. Across the seas we
sent our hosts of liberty's sons,
commissioned 'to redress the eternal
scale. Today the sons and daugh
ters of other lands are placing witH
loving hands their laurels on Amer
ican graves, not less reverently than
we are doing here. To me no
thought comes with more of inspir
ation than this, that now our me
morial day is become an internation-
. al occasion.
"There are gathered here the
ashes of a great army of those' who
fought in the struggle which pre
served our union and insured our
high place in the community of na
tions. We will not over-appraise
their sacrifice if we say that had they
failed their failure would have so
weakened the forces of liberty , and
. enlightenment that these would
.have been doomed, in the more re
cent worm xriai, 10 laijurc ana uc
ieat. A divided America would have
l.een incapable of the effort that was
demanded to hold our present-day
civilization secure.
"Our own generation will not per
form a party worthy of its heritage
if we do less than our very utmost
(Tun to Faft Twe, Col tuna One.)i .
Pershing Decorates
Graves of Relatives
Chicaeo. May 30. General Persh
ing joined Chicago today in deco
rating the graves of its soldier dead.
The former commander-in-chief of
the A. E. F. visited Oakwoods cem
etery and placed nags on tue graves
of soldiers buried there, and the
graves of his father, mother and
brother. Cant. Ward B. Pershing.
.Accompanied only by his brother,
James F. Pershing, and C. L. Frame,
a relative, the general, in civilian
clothes, first visited the family plot
and placed roses on each of the
graves.
He was recognized by soldiers
who were decorating nearby praves
and joined them for a few moments
before leaving for Princeton, 111.,
where" are the graves of a sister arid
another brother.
Profs Named To
Probe Naughty
Annual Views
Chancellor Avery . ' Says
'Student Life' Section More
Of Fool's Business Than
Degenerating Result.
Lincoln. May 30. (Special Tele
gram.) Chancellor Samuel Averv
let down the bars tonight, appointed
an. investigation committee and
gave it power to go "as far as it
liked" in an investigation of students,
particularly fraternity and sorority
lite, in .Nebraska university.
The members of the investigation
committee are Dean W. A. Seavey
of the College of Lav; Prof. E. H.
Barbour and Prof. Clara Conkling.
The investigation follows a storm
of criticism of alleged vulgar stories
and pictures of sorority girls attired
in teddies, nightgowns and pa
jamas in the "student life" section
of the Cornhusker, University of
Nebraska annual.
At the time he announced the apr
rointment of an investigation com
mittee, Chancellor Avery announced
that disgusted students who paid
$5 for the Cornhusker could return
the book and get the money re
funded. 2,000 Copies Sold.
There probably are 2,000 copies of
the annual which have been sold.
The university has refused to
purchase copies of the Cornhusker
for distribution to high schools of
the state, as is customary. These
must be rebound with te objection
able ' "student life" section elimi
nated.
Chancellor Avery declined to state
whether an effort would be made to
learn from the sorority girls hov
their pictures were obtained by the
Cornhusker staff, when the pictures
were taken, who took them and the
motive, which called for the taking
of these pictures.
All that lies with the commit
tee," the chancellor said. "Person
ally, I believe it is more of a fool's
business than the result of any de
generating strata working, in the
minds of the students of today."
Similar Trouble Before.
Continuing, Chancellor Avery
stated that similar trouble arose nine
years ago.
lhe book then was more vulgar,
but the articles were not as libelous
as the ones appearing in the Corn
husker this year," he said. "Then
everyone clamored for direct action
and I accommodated them. Then a
storm of protest and criticism arose
over the action I had taken."
The chancellor issued a statement
early in the week relative to the ill
ness of Provost Lees the faculty
censor, which resulted in the stu
dent editors "slipping it over", the
faculty this year. Asked if libel
suits against the Cornhusker man
agement were threatened, the chan
cellor said: "I don't know."
Responsibility Not Placed.
"The committee can investigate
any part of the university life it
thinks necessary to arrive at the
source of the trouble," he said. Mean
time, an attorney has been employed
to ascertain the amount of money
that must be refunded to Lincoln
merchants,- should it finally be de
cided to recall all the Cornhuskers.
The name of all students who pur
chased the books are on file.
"Do you know who is responsible
for the student life section?" the
chancellor was askerL .
I have heard two stories, he re
plied. "The investigation committee
will determine.
"One thing is almost a certainty
This fool 'student life or joke sec
tion will be a thing of the past after
this year." . .
Lloyd George Is Silent on
Conference With De Valera
London? May 30. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) No. 10 Downing
street, official residence of Prime
Minister Lloyd George, has been in
undated with requests for confirma
tion or denial of reports from Bel
fast that Eamonn De Valera and
Mr. Lloyd George had held a con
ference. A definite answer to this
query is being withheld.
Those usually informed of the
prime minister s movements, how
ever, have been unable to verify
his whereabouts during the week
end of May 21.
Two Killed, Eight Injured
In Excursion Train Wreck
New York, May 30. Two persons
were killed and eight others injured
when a Pennsylvania railway excur
sion train, bound here from Atlantic
City, crashed into the rear end of a
local passenger train at Burlington,
N. J., officials of the Pennsylvania
railroad announced tonight.
One Killed; 30 Injured
In Trolly Collision
Burlington, X. J., May 30. A con
ductor was burned to death as the
result of a head-on collision between
two trolley cars today near Roebling.
Nearly 30 Passengers were injured,
Patriotism
Keynote of
Memorial
Nation Must Be Held Sacred
For Principles for Which
" It Was Established, Says
G. A. R. Spokes;
H
onors
An impress.- jtte mem
ory of the eot, jrueroes and
words of patrit tnd inspiration
for the living w$fe the keynotes of
the annual Memorial day program
yesterday afternoon in the City au
ditorium. Deeds of valor on the field of bat
tle for the cause of freedom were re
viewed by the speakers, and the
audieuce was thrilled by instru
mental and vocal rendition of appro
priate selections.
John S. Davidson was chairman
of the observance, and Capt. CE.
Adams, past commander-in-chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic, de
livered the address of the day.
The American Legion band played
several numbers with admirable
spirit. Lloyd Holsapple, chaplain of
the American Legion, offered the inr
vocation. Mary Jordan of New York
City sang "O, Rest in the Lord" and
"In Flanders Field," accompanied by
Mrs. A. M. Borglum. W. H. Russell
of the Grand Army of the Republic
read GerC John A. Logan's Memorial
day order, issued on May 30, 1868.
John H. Hopkins of the American
Legion read Lincoln's Gettysburg
address and Charles L. Clines of the
United Spanish War Veterans read
the roll of honor. Creighton Uni
versity quartet sang two numbers.
War Mothers Honored.
Sections of seats were reserved
for members of the World's War
Mothers, Grand Army of the Re
public, Spanish war veterans, Ameri
can Legion and other organizations.
"This commemoration today," said
Captain Adams in his address, "is
not only for love and patriotism of
our country, but on account of the
many obligations that emanate from
a free people. One of these obliga
tions is the Americanization of
America. This nation must be held
sarrpd in the future for the prin
ciples for which it was inaugurated
and established.
"There should be but one lan-
guage ana Dut one nag aim win
flag the American flag, the emblem
of our nation and the record of our
glory. .
"If there should be any in our
midst who cannot subscribe to these
principles, let them be told that the
portals of our xonntfy "swing out
ward as well as inward. During
recent years despicable propaganda
has invaded our country to break
down our constitutional government
and the pillars of liberty.
Incinerating Vat Needed.
"The old melting plot of nations
has been surrounded by consider
able myth. This nation must ' get
rid of a conglomeration of hybrids."
We should have an incinerating vat
for the I. W. W., slackers and
others of that class, that they may
go through a transformation before
being admitted to this land of free
dom. "These obligations of which I
speak and which have been handed
down to us, are among the most
precious heritages of the world. It
is thus fitting that we should give
thought to these matters on this
Memorial Day."
The captain reviewed the wars of
ancient Europe, showing that the
men whom history has recorded as
brave knights in armor were for the
(Tarn to Page Two, Column Four.)
Man Who Jumped Into
Pool to Save Child
Dies Shortly After
Alliance, Neb., May 30. (Spe
cial.) Plunging into a pool of cold
water, while overheated from his
work,, to save the life of a drowning
child is believed to have contributed
to the death of John J. Vance, 63,
who dropped dead of heart disease
a short time after he had rescued
the child.
The three-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Moxon of this city fell into
four feet of water in a hole which
had been excavated for a cellar. Mr.
Vance was building a cement side
walk nearby. Hearing the screams
of the child he jumped into the pool
and rescued the boy, who had none
down for the second time. He re
turned to his work and in a few min
utes dropped dead.
Mr Vance had lived here 12 years.
He is survived by his widow and
two children, Jay Vance and Mrs.
Frank Rowe of Alliance. He for
merly lived at Wymore, Neb., for
25 years. The body was taken to
Wymore for burial.
Frisco Marine Engineers V
Reject Settlement Offer
San Francisco,' Cal.f May 30.
San Francisco members of the Ma
rine Engineers' Beneficial association
voted to reject the United States
shipping board's new proposals of
fered as a possible means of set
tling the maritime strike. J. J. Seary,
secretary of the organization, said
the vote was practically unanimous.
The local association has a mem
bership of over 50(.'.
Premier Announces More
Forces Will Be Sent to Ireland
London, May 30. (By The As
sociated Press.) Prime Minister
Lloyd George announced in the
House of Commons today that it
was proposed to strengthen the
crown forces in Ireland, and that
a statement would be made to parlia
ment on the subject when the ar
rangements were 'completed.
W n
Interurban Bandits
Foiled by Motorman
Denver, Colo., May 30. Four
armed masked bandits late last night
attempted to holdup a crowded in
terurban railway car as it crossed
the station known at "county line"
on the outskirts of Denver near he
border of Jefferson and Denver
counties. Quick wit of Motorman
M. K. Butler foiled the quartet.
The bandits are alleged . to have
driven alongside the street car just
after the car left the county line sta
tion. They 'leaped from the auto
mobile and formed a cordon in front
f the car and with drawn revolvers
imanded Buttler to stop. The
.orman threw himself flat to the
or, shifted the controller into high
gear and the car sped forward, forc
ing the alleged bandits to clear away
to avoid being struck.
Unveil Bust of
Washington In
London Church
Graves of All American War
Victims in England Dec
orated Harvey Pre
sents Gift.
London, May 30. The grave of
every American soldier buried in the
British isles was decorated today in
observance of the American Me
morial day, while in St. Pauls ca
thedral a bust, of George Washing
ton was unveiled as a gift from the
American people. A message from
President Harding expressed the
hope that the gift might "inspire a
continued reciprocation of the estab
lished friendship of the American
people for the British nation."
The bust was placed in the crypt
of the ancient cathedral near the
resting places of the ashes of Nel
son and Wellington and amidst effi
gies of hundreds of England's noted
dead. It was donated by the Sul
grave institution, which cares for the
Washington ancestral home at Sul
grave manor and some 70 allied
American organizations, sailors and
marines lying buried in English soil.
These services were under the aus
pices of the London post of the
American Legion and the American
societies in London.
Harvey Presents Gift.
The cathedral ceremony was at
tended by Ambassador Harvey, Rear
Admiral Sims, members of the
American embassy and many other
Americans and British. At the con
clusion of the unveiling, held in the
crypt of the cathedral, where Am
bassador Harvey made the presenta
tion address, the message from
President Harding, and messages
from Premier Lloyd George, General
Pershing and former Ambassador
John" W. Davis andTJttrcrs were read.
Harlicr members ot the American
Legion placed wreaths on the graves
throughout the British isles, while
Maj. Oscar N. Solbert, military at
tache of the American embassy, and
Commander Wright of the navy laid
a wreath ot blue ana wmte nowers
on the cenotaph in Whitehall, and a
similar wreath on the grave of the
British "unknown warrior" in West-
mnur Abbey. As a further tribute
to the. British comrades in arms
wreaths ' aisi, were placed in some
20 English cemel"'ies.
General Pershing's message said
it was fitting that "the ties of friend
ship existing between the English
speaking nations should in a meas
ure be confirmed by gifts appropri
ate to the dignity of the two coun
tries." Davis Sends Message. '
Fowner Ambassador Davis, in his
message, pointed out how. fit it was
that Washington should stand "in
monumental form on the fruitful soil
from which his lineage sprang."
Ambassador Harvey, before un
veiling of the bust, characterized
Washington as "brave as your great
nation, as daring as our great ad
miral," with a nod to Admiral Sims.
The ambassador declared America
was not ashamed of being called a
"melting pot."
"As a melting pot we have never
lost our perspective," he added, re
marking that only two presidents of
the United States were not of Eng
lish descent.
Washington, he said, was a pru
dent, far-seeing, thoughtful, and
kindly man, and President Harding,
he added, "has many of Washing
ton's attributes".
Former Omahan Held
On 'Moonshine' Charge
Ft. Morgan, Colo., May 30. (Spe
cial.) Robert Price, formerly of
Omaha, was arrested north of this
city by officers who say they caught
him making "moonshine" whisky
with the largest still ever found in
this country.
Sheriff Morse of this city and two
Colorado rangers saw smoke com
ing out of a ravine and the still was
located 5n a sheltered spot. Fifteen
barrels of mash and 100 gallons of
the finished product were found.
Price offered no resistance and
was lodged in the county jail. He
claims to have come to this county
from Omaha last fall.
Omaha Boy Gets Wesleyan
"W" For Good Track Work
Lincoln, May 30. (Special.)
Colin Hodge of Omaha was award
ed the "W" for excellence in track
work at Nebraska Wesleyan univer
sity where he is a student. The
award was made in the presence of
a large company' of students and
faculty who manifested their ap
proval with loud applause.
Hot Springs Man Arrested
On Charge of Embezzlement
Dcadwood. S. D., May 30. (Spe
cial.) Everett Basset, Hot Springs,
was arrested and brought to Dead
wood on a charge of embezzlement.
It is alleged that he' borrowed an
auto from m". Springs friend,
drove it to D wood and sold it to
jajeUucu ox jja cjty, 1
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France Joins in
Observance of
Memorial Day
America's Day for the Dead
Has Become Almost a
French Rite Ambassador
Wallace Speaks. .
By The Asoclatd rrem.
Paris, May 29. France joined
with America today in the first two
days' observance of Memorial day
for the Americans who died in the
war. With British, Belgian ' and
other allied participants, the French
people symbolized their reverence
for the boys who fell by a ceremony
at the arc de trimphe, where sol
diers and civilians placed wreaths on
the tomb, of France's unnkown sol
dier, while Hugh C. Wallace, Amer
ican ambassador, coupled his tribute
to the dead with an expression of
the world's admiration for the spirit
of France.
Wherever there : were American
graves memorial services were held
in the French churches, and in Paris
there were observances in all Eng
lish churches. America's day for the
dead has become almost a French
rite. '
The ceremony at the arc de tri
omphe served as a symbol of the fra
ternity ,of the comrades in arms in
the war when a composite batalion
of the American forces of occupa
tion from the Rhineland, with its
band, playing "Madelon," swung up
the Champs. Elysees, under the arc,
and passed the French guard of
honor, with other allied uniforms in
the massed forces at the arch. As
the Americans, tall and straight,
marched past the guard, the pride
of the American spectators was
stirred by the laudatory comments of
the French veterans.
Baby Hurled Through
Windshield in Wreck
Madison, Neb., May . 30. (Spe
cial.) An automobile driven by
Mrs. William Bogenrief of Enola
collided with a car driven by a school
teacher whose name-was not learned.
The teacher's .baby was driven
through the windshield, receiving
serious .lacerations: on the head.
Other passengers in the car were
slightly ; bruised. Both . machines
were practically wrecked.
. The school teacher, with his family
and a truck of h6usehold goods, was
moving to a consolidated school dis
trict near Sioux City. He was fol
lowing the truck and it is claimed
he was , on - the' wrong side of the
road, the dust from the truck pre
venting Mrs. Bogenrief from seeing
the car in time to avoid the crash.
The accident occurred on the Mer
idian highway, 7 miles north of Mad
ison." . ,"
Overseas Vet Buried at
, JVIcCook on Memorial Day
McCook, Neb., May 30. (Special
Telegram.) The burial here of
Bernard Elbert, whose body just ar
rived from France,, accentuated the"
observance of Memorial day, both
members of the G. A.' R. and Amer
ican Legion organizations vieing in
the largest observance in years. At
tendance, upon the funeral and the
decoration services were record
breakers. , . .
Alexis' I. Dupont Dies .
Wilmington, Del., May 30 Alexis
I. Dupont, secretary and director of
the E. I. Dupont de Nemours Co.,,
died her todav after an illness of
Rewards of 1921
ft CkwriM7 19217 B7 The Chicaro Tribune'
.1921 will rmomri writ.
Two Reported Dead
In Elevator Crash
On New York Road
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee leased Wire.
New York, May 30. Third ave
nue, the Bronx, elevated trains col
lided here tonight First reports are
that two were killed and many in
jured, Several cars were derailed; some
burned hanging over the structure.
Chicago Firemen
Get Stuck on Job
Fire in Paste Plant Extin
guished When "Flames Stif
fen, Une Man bays.
Chicago Trihune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, May 30. The brave fire
men stuck to their jobs until the
last! Some of them stuck longer
and tighter than others. But all of
them stuck.
The fire was in the basement of
the United States Paste company's
building. Most of theadhesive was
in open bins in the basement, a
powdery, starchy substance that
give no hint of possibilities when
the fire fighters arrived to extin
guish the blaze that had started in
a rubbish pile. Fireman William
Murphy gave a thrilling account of
the troubles encountered. '
"A peculiar set of circumstances
saved the plant," Murphy said. "The
flames became stuck in a vat of
liverated glue, holding the fire in one
place so f that it was unable to
spread. Wlien we turned our
streams orr those- paste bins, the
whole place was running with paste.
We didn't know what it was until
our feet began to get heavy and
then we thought we were just tired.
But when we got stuck fast to the
floor we knew there was something
wrong. Our escape from death was
miraculous, the fire finally creating
so much steam that the paste was
loosened and we were freed.
"The glue that fell on the flames
stiffened them. I . hear that a lot
of scientists are coming over to
morrow to see the stiffened flames."
Relatives Alarmed Over
Disappearance of Farmer
Ashland, Neb., May 30. (Spe
cial.) Authorities have been asked
to aid in a search for Eriett Wood
ford, 30, farmer living .five miles
north of here, who has disappeared
mysteriously.
He left his farm Sunday morning
in ehis automobile to take . Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Hanson to their home
near David City. Neb. Arriving at
the destination he started on the re
turn trip about .2:30. the same day.
Relatives became alarmed when he
failed to put in an appearance at
his' home and notified authorities.
Woodford is married and has one
child. He is five feet, six inches in
height and weighs 135 pounsd.
Causes Arrest of Man She -Says
Broke Husband's Jaw
Aurora, Neb., May 30. (Special.)
William Grieser of Hampton was
arrested by Sheriff J. E. Howard on
complaint of Mrs. Rens Misner, who
declared that Grieser had felonously
assaulted her husband. Mr. Mis
ner is now in the hospital at York
with a broken jaw. It is reportcf!
that he will have to have his jaws
wired together for six weeks as the
fracture is at the junction of lower
jaw and skull..
The fight is said to have started
over damage done to Grieser's gar
den by horses. He is alleged to have
ylaimed t hey belonged to jfigneg
19Z1 will reward fighttr:
1921 will reward notoritty. (
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Vladivostok Is
Still in Control
Of Anti-Red Army
Head of Nev Government De
clares Primary Task of New
Regime Will Be to Main
tain Order.
Tokio; May 30. (By The Associ
ated Press.) Anti-bolsheviki are
still in control of Vladivostok, which
is quiet, although the general politi
cal situation is somewhat obscure, it
is said in press and official advices.
The city is gayly beflagged with the
old Ru.ian colors.
M. Merkuduff, ' head of the new
government established in . Vladi
vostok, has issued a statement say-
king the primary task of the new re-
irae is to maintain orucr.
The formation of the administra
tion will follow the popular will, the
legliative powers of the old assemb
ly wil not be altered, although com
munis, s will be urged to serve.
Membe,"s of the old government, ex
cept thoje liable to criminal prose
cution, will be liberated from prison
and the freedom of the . press is
guaranteed.
There have been reports that
General Semenoff, Cossack anti
bolsheviki leader, would go to Vladi
vostok from Port Arthur to direct
the new movement, but it is de
clared his leadership will not be ac
cepted. General . Verbitsky, com
mander of troops formerly under
the' leadership of the late General
Kappell, has arrived in " Vladivostok
and is trying to reach an agreement
with the Japanese relative to the ad
ministration of the city.
Premier of Poland
Offers Resignation
Warsaw. May 30. (By The As
sociated. Press.) The Polish cabi
net crisis, due in part to the inabil
ity of the government to solve the
upper Silesia problem which contin
ues to eelop unfavorably to Polish
desires, has reached a stage which
caused Premier Witos to offer his
resignation. The resignation, how
ever, has not been accepted, and
it is said that the president will en
davor, to persuade the premier to
withdraw it. .
Already the cabinet has suffered
the withdrawal of three of the min
isters. '
The Polish mark yesterday reached
its lowest level, being quoted at 1,000
marks to the .
Russia Bankrupt, Lenine
7 Is Quoted as Remarking
Riga, Letvia, May 30. (By The
Associated Press.) According to a
direct Moscow dispatch received to
day from independent sources, Niko
lai Lenine, soviet Russian premier,
declared yesterday that communism
was in complete bankruptcy and
asked , the presiding officers of the
all-Russion central executive com
mittee to approve the unlimited re
turn of capitalism and the recall to
Russia of the constitutional demo
crats and other parties to aid in re
building the state.
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Army Board
Ends Probe
Of Accident
Pilot Exonerated and Machine
Found Not Defective
Storm Held Responsible
For Wreck.
Third Largest Traged)
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee leaned Wire
Washington, May 30. An army
investigation board, which com
pleted an examination of the wrecked
Curtiss Eagle army plane, which
crashed to earth near Indian Head
Saturday night, carrying seven men
to their death, held today that the
tragedy was not the fault of the
machine or its pilot, Lieut. Stanley
M. Ames.
The investigating board com
prised Capt. W. B. Ocker, Lieut.
Paul T. Wilkins and Lieut. L. M.
Wolfe, all of Boiling field, who will
make a formal report to the War
department. Their report, it is
understood, will set forth that the
plane was not defective in any re
spect, that Lieutenant Ames was in no
way rsponsible for the fatality and
that the collapse of the giant ambu
lance plane must be attributed to the
violent electrical storm which struck
with unusual sharpness.
Secretary of War Weeks, who has
taken particular interest in the trag
edy, tonight said that he believed
the disaster" to have been unavoid
able. Eye-Witness Found.
An eye-witness was found to the
accident which cost the lives of
Lieutenant Ames, A. F. Batchelder,
chairman of the executive commis
sion American Automobile associa
tion; Maurice Connolly, former rep
resentative ' from Iowa and sales
manager of the Curtiss Airplane
company; Lieut. Col. Archie Miller
of the army war college, Lieut. John
M. Pennewill and Sergt. Mechanic
Richard Blumenfrani. He is Lieut
A M Hnnninmann of the dragoons
f of the station near Morgantown, Md..
who saw the Curtiss Eagle dive to
earth a quarter of a mile away short
ly after 6 Saturday evening.
"The crash was caused by lack of
'lift,' " said Lieutenant Hunninmann.
I stood a quartet of a mile '
where the plane divcl into the earth
and watched Lieutenait Ames vainly
seek a safe landing spot as his plan
with its six passengers staggered
drunkenly through the storm-buffeted
area. '
"By 'lack of lift it is meant that,
buoyancy was suddenly reversed
from the wings of the great plane by
a gust of-wind, consequently allow
ing it to crash to earth. This very
rarely happens when planes are fly
ing low; in fact, it is once in a
thousand.
. Sought Landing Place. ,
"It was about 6:20 when I saw
the big ambulance plane come over
Morgantown. It was tipping peril
ously,, as the 100-mile gusts of wind,
struck it. Twice it circled the town,
the pilot evidently seeking a place
to land. "
"After the second circle the pilot
dived sharply for a field very clost
to where I was standing. He evi
dently thought the ground too soft
there and swooped up to escape a
little group of trees directly in his
(path. He cleared the trees and
kept the plane on an even keel by
magnificent maneuvering and then
it happened. .
"Just as the trees were cleared
and safety seemed to lay just ahead,
the huge plane poised for- a split
second in the air, seemed to shudder
for an instant like a mighty ship
bucking a huge comber and then
plunged in a perfect vertical dive,
directly into the earthy
"I was the first to arrive ftt the
scene, although several farmers and
townspeople came close behind: As
I reached the plane three figures
were draped grotesquely over the
smoking motor. This led me to be
lieve that there were only three oc
cupants in the plane, as the others
were buried in the wreckage and it
was too dark for me to see them."
Congressmen Not Afraid.
Congressmen Campbell of Kan
sas and Walsh of Massachusetts,
who went to Langley field Saturday
in the ill-fated ship, but who re
turned home by boat, declared that
they had not failed to make the re
turn trip through fear of danger.
Both men said they had been in the
air a good part of the day, having
observed bombing experiments in a
Martin bomber after reaching Lang
ley field, and they had found the air
in the closed plane bad on the trip
down.
Congressman Campbell stated that
the plane, had been efficiently pilot
ed on the trip to Norfolk and that
though the air was bumpy the pilot
had handled the great machine com- !
petently.
Saturday's tragedy wa the third
largest in loss of life in peace-time j
aviation. It was eclipsed by the col-
lapsing of the giant Caproni t
Rome when 15 were killed and that
of a dirigible in Chicago when three
fell to their death and several were
fatally burned when the blazinar deb
ris crashed through the roof of the '
Illinois irust and Savings bank.
Secretary of Navy Denby
Speaks in South Carolina
Beaufort, S. C, May 30. "Only
splendid memories" of the heroic
dead of the north and south remain
and the "bitterness engendered by
the nation's great sectional conflict
is over," Secretary Denby declared
in a Mcmqrial day address here.
Anti-Soviet Refugees in '
Japan Go Back to Vladivostok
Tsuruga, Japan, May 30. Man
anti-bolsheviki refugees who have
been here since the collaose of the
czarist regime in Russia have sailed
for Vladivostok, jubilant over the
success of the Kappell soldien in
that cit.