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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 51 NO. 4. Irish Fi htlHereew 9mrl!ler InA.F.ofL. Waxes Hot Substitute Resolution Ignoring Boycott Effort Against England Precipitates Bitter Battle. Exclusion of Japs Urged Denver, June 21,. The forecasted bitter fight over the Irish question . was precipitated upon the floor of the convention of the American Fed eration of Labor late today and was at jti height when President Samuel Gompers adjourned the convention until tomorrow. The debate started when the reso- yhnjons committee reported a substi tute fr the four resolutions intro-ducecr-by Irish sympathizers, which ignored vthe effort to initiate a boy cott against British manufactures '.and imports. The committee" report disposed of the Irish quest on by asking the vviiiMiuuti w ivauiiiM lis omailljr for the Irish cause, by urging recog nition of the Irish republic and by urging trial and punishment for Bri tish army men guRty of atrocities in Ireland. ,K . ' Want Boycott or Nothing. N sooner had the committee's report been read when Cornelius Foley, delegate from the Barbers' union, took the floor reading a tele. gram from Harry Boland, secretary of hamonn de 0(alera, "provisional , president of the Irish republic," which said: 'The organization (American Fed eration of Labor) is. looked on to do something for Ireland, We want the boycott or nothing." ; Mr. Foley declared that "there is only one place where we can hurt England and that is in her pocket-book-Christian M. Madsen of the Chi cago Federation of Labor, then moved, to amend the committee's re port by adding a clause calling for a boycott by American labor, against British goods and British companies as long as the British government pursues Us barbarous and destructive policy in Ireland." Adjourns Convention. A point of order was raised that this could not be introduced because it was part of resolutions already re jected by the committee. President Gompers sustained the point of' order and adjourned the convention while several delegates were strug gling for recognition of the chair. The resolution reported by the cnmwiftfsi was virtiiallv. identical 4r." one submitted by a committee Petcr'fifyof 'New ,lT6rk, except that r some of ; the . more, drastic phrases were omitted: The commit tee also struck out a paragraph de manding that President Harding, his cabinet and congress tae necessary steps to demand from Great Britain the defaulted interest and loan due the United States and now used in part to promote the brutal campaign in Ireland." Urges Recognition. The resolution reaffirmed the ac tion of the Montreal convention in supporting the Irish people in their struggle for-freedom and for recog nition of the Irish republic, instruct ed federation executive officers and asked all national and international unions to urge the administration oflicials at Washington and alL mem b"rs of congress ' to immediately ttss legislation recognizing the Irish republic; provided for the send ing of a special communication to the British premier, his cabinet and members of parliament, protesting against the "campaign of violence in Ireland;" instructed federation offi cers to take up with trade unions of Great Britain, her colonies and do minions a proposal to inaugurate a campaign for the trial and punish ment of members of the British regu lar and auxiliary forces guilty of atrocities in Ireland in a ' manner similar to that in which German offi cers now are. being tried and pun ished for violation of the rules of warfare in France and Belgium. The boycott resolution, which was eliminated by the committee's, report, was introduced by Irish sympathiz ers as the official resolution of the "Irish republic." It was also re sponsible for the split among the delegates as many of tbem opposed any such action claiming that a boy cott would "work against the inter ests of the organized workers of Great Britain and her colonies and " dominions.'' Directs Boycott Fight. Sam Evans, personal represcnta t U v.',..;,, ,,ore rfj. .ecting the fight to have the boycott adopted. - That labor and capital contribute equally to production and therefore we equally entitled to the profits of ndustry, was the doctrine advanced jy Glenn E. Plumb of Chicago, au :hor of the Plumb, plan for lv.Ucy.J . ... .ii ai aaurosi Luorc the . wii?ioa.' ; Speaking of "industrial -democ-lacy," he declared that "if there is any surplus from industry, labor is :ntitled to an equal share with capi nV He insisted that, despite 'resident Gompers declaration that r.bor was not a commodity, but "it tiH was being treated as a com uodity, bartered - for over, the rounter,- just' like any other mer chandise." The American Federation of La Sor convention today went on rec ,jrd as favoring . total exclusion of Japanese and other Orientals from I TT-1..J C.,.. U1G uuiicu ?iaic. The executive council was in jtrocted to take steps to prevent any modification of the Chinese ex clusion act They were urged to work for the repeal oi "gentleman's agreement" with Japan. "The 'gen tleman's agreement' has proved to be a failure because the Japanese in a (Tw m ran Tv. Colons) Fire.) E!tn4 M MMtf.CItt OmM P. 0. Vaaar .. nmencan region John G. Emery of Grand Rapids, Mich., who served as the national vice commander of the American Lc gion, has succeeded the late Col. Fred Galbraith as the commander. Mr. Emery, who is in the real estate business in Grand Rapids, entered the army as a captain of infantry and went overseas November 27, 1917. He was discharged March 31, 1919. He is a member of the state executive committee of the American Legion and of the Military Order of foreign Wars. He served on the special committee of the legion that crew upthe four-told plans of ad justed compensation that later were embodied in the Fordney bill. He is a member of-the, Carl A. Johnson post. No. 2, of the Department of Michigan. Two Men Missing As Result of Call OfKuKluxKlan Two Texas Oil Field Workers Eclipsed as Silent, Mysteri ous Shadow of Organiza- tion Envelops Them. Goose Creek. Tex.. June 21. The silent, mysterious shadow of the Ku Klux Klan passed over Goose Creek last 'night and today B. L. Bloods worth and Olan Jones were missing. Early last night the two men, both oM field workers, were tsked to-step to one Side. They then were seized and carried away. At midnight Bloodsworth, wearing a coat of tar and leathers, was hurled from an ; automobile that sped through the streets. A little later Jones was brought in. He, too, was covered with tar and feathers. The men told almost identical stories. ; They said they were quietly spirited away, carried into the coun try and given a' hearing on charges of being undesirable citizens. When found guilty tar and feathers were applied. A placard was fastened to Jones' back, giving the cause for punish ment and containing a warning that he must leave the community before daylight. Similar instructions had been given BToodsworth verbally by Klan leaders. v . Both victims were given a gasoline bath to remove the tar and feathers. Clothing was provided for them. They were not in town today and their friends said they had obeyed "instructions." Nomination of Kinsler Is Confirmed by Senate Washington, June 21. The nomi nation of James C. Kinsler of Omaha to be district attorney for Nebraska was' confirmed today by the senate. v World's Greatest Detective Cases How the world's greatest detectives solved the dark est, deepest mysteries re corded in the crime annals of recent years is set out in a series by Nazarienne Daan Kannibelle, starting in The Bee next Sunday. The first story is a recount ing of thrilling incidents involved in bringing to jus tice the perpetrator of The Murder on Top the Sphinx Kannibelle, .recognized the world over as an expert crime " investigator, writes i n ' fast-moving narrative ' style that makes the finest of summer reading.; The mysteries he covers in The . Bee ; series (actual cases with which detectives have dealt) range from bank' rob-, beries to murders, , from ' Iowa to Egypt You will find this series an important k addition to the exclusive features offered by THE SUNDAY BEE. F:;:.. V':-.:.:v.v:.-: " J I Hitter Mt It. ItSS. mi Art IKrtk S. II7S. Cut in NavaljSlScash Expansion Is Probable House Conferees Agree to Ac cept Borah Amendintnt Calling for Curtailment By Three Nations ' " TO Action Follows Ohio Bolt By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Hee loused Wire. Washington, June 21. An agree ment reached by the conferees on the naval appropriation bill today paves the way, it is now believed, for the triumnh of the Borah amend ment providing for an international curtailment of naval expansion. Facing a spreading republican re volt in the house against tne admin istration attitude on the question, the house conferees gave up their fight to eliminate or modify the Borah amendment and agreed to accept it. The senate conferees were forced to yield the elimination of nearly all the $98,000,000 increase in the ap propriations by the senate. The surrender of the house con ferees will bring the Borah amend ment souarely before the house, where it is expected that its adoption will speedily follow, although Rep resentative Mondell, republican lead er, and Representative Porter, chair man of the foreign affairs commit tee, insist they will continue to press their disarmament proposal, which has the backing of President Har ding. , Requests Naval Curtailment. The Borah amendment unani mously adopted by the senate, re ouests the oresident to enter into negotiations with Great Britain and Japan for the curtailment of naval building. Ihe substitute, dratted Dy Mondell and Porter with the admin istration's approval, would involve the curtailment of naval building in the endless and intricate controv- ersy over general land disarmament and would express the concurrence of the house in the president's ef forts to effect a reduction of arma ments. ' Charges have been made that the substitute proposal was designed to kill the Borah amendment. Repub lican leaders in the house announced last week that they would press their substitute to a vote as an entirely separate resolution on Monday. When they began a canvass ot the situation thev discovered that there was a strone sentiment against their plan among the republicans and that they would have to combat a healthy in surgent move allied with the solid democratic strength. Ohio Decides to Bolt The Ohio delegation, composed en-i ttrely of republicans, held a confen- ence and decided to bolt, although: there were differences as to the method of bolting. Some of the Ohioans announced that they would stand by the Borah amendment whie others wanted Representative Bur ton, one of the leading industrial authorities in congress, to draft a substitute, but the republican mem bers of the foreign afafirs committee turned it down. Then the Wisqon sin delegation went on the rampage and decided, almost unanimously, to support the Borah resolution. With this situation behind them, the house conferees went into the naval conference in a badly weakened condition. The argument was made that dragging in the whole question of disarmament on land as well as on sea would involve the question of cutting down naval expenditures in hopeless entanglement. On the other hand, it was pointed out that the United States; without waiting for action of other powers, has cut the size of its army to 150,000 men, leaving hardly enough for policing purposes. . England Favorable. Another influential factor in the situation was the speech of Pre mier Lloyd George yesterday in which he expressed willingness on the part of the British government to enter into a naval building holi day with the United States and Japan. In this connection, Senator Borah issued a statement in which he declared that public sentiment in all three countries is practically united in favor of the cutting down navy expenditures. "The opportunity is here for the United States to lead the way," said Senator Borah. "If we falter, or re fuse, the situation will be, so far as the naval race is concerned, prac tically as it was between Germany and England after their failure to jet a conference from 1900 to 1905. To continue on'such a course is sheer madness." . Fails to Get Senate Vote On Mine Disorder Prohe Washington, June 21. Senator Johnson, republican, California, failed again today to obtain a senate vote oli his resolution proposing an investigation of the recent disorders in the Mingo, W. Va.,) mine district. Opponents of the inquiry blocked a vote by long discussion of the mea sure. . Santa Fe Freight Drops Through Bridge; None Hurt Albuquerque, N. M 'June 21. A Santa Fe freight train went through a bridge across a small stream east of La Junta early this morning, ac cording to a report received at Santa Fe offices here. Five cars went into the stream, but no one was injured. Transcontinental traf: is tied up. Harding Invites Western Bankers for Conference Washington, June 21. President Hardinjr has invited a group of 20 western bankers to confer with him Thursday in the-second of the series of conferences recently initiated by the chief executive with leading fi nancial interests of the nation, it was announced today at the White house, OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 22, 1921. Laredo, Tex., June 21. A party of 55 alleged bandits, mounted on horses, said to have been purchased in Texas, crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico late yesterday at a point between Hildalgo and Columbia. Neuvo Leon, visited the ranch of Combonaciano Echavarria, mayor of Neuvo Laredo, robbed the mayor of his clothing, shoes, watch and all monev they could find. ' The band then disappeared into interior Mex- ico taking w ith them fiscal guards of the Neuvo Laredo district. Troops are in pusuit of the band today and itv is reported two of its members haVe been captured and jailed at Neuvo Laredo. Two American soldiers in uniform, who had crossed into Mexico were captured by the bandits, but later were relascd with their hands tied, but not otherwise mistreated. , New Volstead Measure Headed For Scrap Heap Special Rule Not Be Granted For Immediate Considera tion of Drier Dry Law In House. Chicago Tribune-Omah Re Leaaed Wire. Washington, June 34 The drastic new Volstead bill designed to make prohibition prohibit, appears to be headed for the legislative scrap heap as a result of the dissension raging in the "dry" ranks. Chairman Campbell of the house . rules committee announced today that a special rule would not be granted for the immediate consider ation of the Volstead bill. At the' same time he introduced a copy of the anti-beer bill which Senator Willis of Ohio introduced yesterday in the senate. This bill eliminates the provisions of the Vol stead bill which are , causing the present friction among the drys and P confines 7 its scope .largely to the prohibition of beer prescriptions by doctors. " ,- - Will Ask Favorable Report. Mr. Cafhpbell'announced that he would ask the judiciary committee to make a favorable report on the measure tomorrow. In view of the fact, however, that Representative Volstead, author' of the discarded measure, is chairman of the judiciary committee, indications are that the Campbell-Willis bill will meet some opposition. Representative Campbell declared that if the original features of the Volstead bill, particularly those tightening up the restrictions on the use of industrial alcohol,, were ad hered to the legislation would be :-j Treasury department allowed, n.,. "The 'constitutional amendment." Mr. Campbell said, "provides only for the prohibition of liquors for beverage . purposes. The arts and industries are interested in alcohol only for legitimate purposes and we have no constitutional right to pass laws that will prohibit or even em barrass them." Representative Blanton of Texas, democrat, speaking in the house, vehemently berated the rules com mittee for holding up action on the Volstead bill. He also read into the record a copy of a statement issued by William H. Anderson, head of the Anti-Saloon league, condemning Kev. E. C Dinwiddle, former chair man of the legislation committee of the Anti-Saloon league of America, for opposing the Volstead bill.. Plans Under Way to Prosecute Building Firms in Big Combine New York. Tune 21. (Bv The As sociated Press.) The Department of Justice plans to ask congress for $250,000 to press prosecution of 1,500 individuals and corporations alleged to be involved in nation-wide com binations revealed during the build ing trust inquiry conducted by the Lockwood legislative committee of New York. The list of prospective defendants includes some of the largest manu facturers, jobbers k and dealers in paints, cement, iron erecting materi als, stone, marble and other building supplies. . Plans ' called for assem bling of a bis force of prosecutors ,and investigators. Washington, June 21. The gov ernment will bring suit in New York within the next few. days against a j certain open price association, Attor ney Oeneral Daugherty announced today. He did not name' the organ ization, but said- it was involved in the investigation of the Lockwood committee into the building trades. Hastings Women Oppose Legion Post Carnival Hastings, Neb., June 21. (Special Telegram.) Opponents of carnivals in Hastings won a partial victory last night when -they succeeded in getting the council to refuse to per mit a carnival here on July 4, though permission was granted to hold one in the remainder of the week. The American Legion post asked for the permit and was opposed by a dele gation from the Women's club, in cluding Mrs. G. H. Brooke and Mrs. F. C. Babcock. Without the Fourth of July date the carnival probably will not be held. Railroad Men at Norfolk Favor Strike Against Cut Norfolk, Neb., June' 21. (Special Telegram.) Federated shop crafts working on railroads here have com pleted their strike vote. Discussions with some of the union men indicate they voted favoring the strike rather than accepting a reduction in wages. infill" I See-Saw ' I ; t . 1 II . : : ; i jl : , j Air Mail Pilot Escapes Unhurt In Plane Crash Steps Calmly From Wreckage, Lights Cigaret and Hurls Invectives at Motor Which Balked. Air Mail Pilot Robert H. Ellis es caped uninjured yesterday afternoon when his plane crashed at Ak-Sar- Ben fieJd when Jt.landed. from Cheyenne, ' , ; The motor .was torn completely from the cock-pit of the plane. Stalling of the motor in mid-air forced the pilot to volplane to earth. Finding no favorable wind, the plane struck a ditch on the south side of the field, crashed across the road and bobbed upward into a telephone cable. . Plane Wrecked; Pilot Unharmed, Mechanicians from the air mail station rushed to the scene, expect ing to find Ellis' body. Instead, the intrepid pilot stepped from the plane, lighted a cigaret and hurled invec tives' at the torn motor. He was unhurt. The plane was badly damaged. The nose was smashed, the landing gears crushed and the fusilage cut in twain. "I was trying to catch the wind when the motor stalled on me," de clared Ellis. "I don't know the' field very well. , Again, the ship had been rigged especially to Pilot Pickup's style of flying. One of the wings was quite low. I tried to catch the motor on a spark while I was' volplaning, but 'it, never ,re sponded." In Several Accidents. . Though Pilot Ellis has had several mishaps while in the air service on different divisions in the country, he never has had a serious accident. . He was transferred to the Omaha Salt Lake City division several weeks ago. He was a crack flyer on the Cleveland-Bellefonte division. Ellis is 26 years old. During the late war he was a lieutenant in the aviation section of the army, sta tioned in France and England. Ellis entered the air mail service with Jack Knight, crack air mail pilot. ' , ' Blue Coats Will Maintain Order Upon Sims' Arrival New York, June 21. One thous and blue coats will be stationed to morrow at the White Star Line's piers to maintain order when Rear Admiral Sims steps ashore from the Olympic. - Tolice Commissioner Enright made .this announcement today in connection with reports of demon strations on account of his speech in England attacking Irish activities in the United States. It was announced yesterday that the public would be barred from the pier. Ex-Solon Would Put Tax on All Lumber to Save Forests Chicago, June 21. Government control, through "the forest service of the lumber industry and a tax on all lumber cut, to go directly into reforestation, was urged by former Congressman Martin L. Davey of , Kent, O., before the Chicago Ro tary club today. America must awake to the serious situation it faces, Mr. Davey declared, and stoppage of wastefukmethods in cut-: ting timber and reforestation were the solution of the problem. C W. McCune at Dek Charles . W. McCunc, collector of customs, spent a .few hours at his desk in the federal building Monday after a long illness. U.lll Juki 25. ky Mill (I Vr.v Dill Onttlot 4th Zoaa (I r). Dili Black Hills Sioux Pressing Claim to 100 Square Miles Ten Delegates From Four States to Confer Here To day With Attorneys From New York. Charles Evans Hughes, jr., son of the United States secretary of state, will be in Omaha today as attorney for the Great Sioux nation. . . . - T,n delegates of th; Siouslriation .from 10 reservations- in North and South Dakota, Wyoming and Mon tana will be at a conference in, the federal building at 10:30 this morn ing on the Black Hills Sioux claim which involves 100 square miles of land. The present secretary of state was attorney for the Sioux until he ac cepted his present portfolio, when the business was taken over by his son. Two other members of the Hughes firm are to be here for the conference.- "The Indians claim that the 100 square miles was obtained by fraud by the white men," said Thomas Tuttle, one of the Sioux delegates, whose home is at Ft. Thompson, S. D. : Japanese May Take Control of Hawaii Due To Labor Shortage Washington, June 21. Walter Dillingham, head -of a delegation from the Hawaiian legislature, told the house immigration committee today that industrial and political control in the island soon would pass into the hands of the Japanese unless the present agricultural labor shortage was relieved. The emergen cy demanded immediate action, Mr. Dillipgham said, urging that the sec retary of labor be authorized to lift immigration restrictions on alien la bor for specified periods. Japanese . in the islands are for saking labor in the fields to go into business for themselves, the witness said. , "They are getting control of many sugar and pineapple plantations," re fusing to work for Americans and others," Mr. Dillingham added. "Ex cept for the Chinese, there is no la bor in the rice fields and the in dustry is dead. Domestics attract ed by high wages and school chil dren have gone to work in effort o save the pineapple crop." Deputy Attorney General Killed in Auto Accident Sioux Falls, S. D., June 21. E. R. Winans, assistant attorney gener al of South Dakota, was kilted and C. H. Bartlett, prominent criminal nftnrnrv nf thfs ritv. and Ole Hoaor- land, editor of a newspaper at Platte b. v., were injured, tne -lorracr ser iously, in an automobile accident near Platte last night, according to ad vices reaching here today. Winans and Bartlett, who were brothers-in-law, were on their way to Murdo to try a case. ' The injured were taken to a hospital at Geddes. Alfnlfa anil Cinvpr Ittiri Used for Tubercular Cure . Washington, June 21. The juices iof alfalfa and clover are aiding to JA. .1. - ...! ..1 T uwiioy viz mucrcuiusis Kenn, jur. jHyman Lischner of San- Diego, Cal., icciarea xouay ai me convenuon or he American Institute o Home- path v. Both grasses, Dr. Lischner said, are being used effectively in lie dvnaniotlHTapluc treatment of former service men at the Alpine sanitarium with which he is ,c6n- nected. ' Sua., VM: OiHy Only. W: Sun.. Saadv. lit; Dally 0l. 112; 8u Oily. M ourt Dismisses Suit for Damages Against Railroad Judge Goss Holds Mrs. Yarn's Affections Not Alienated Since She Appeared as Witness for Husband. . The suit of Eugene J. Vara against the Union Pacific railroad for $75,000 for alleged conspiracy to cause him to lose another suit for damages for $75;P0O and for -alienation of his wife's affections was -thrown out of court yesterday afternoon by District Judge Goss on grounds that Mrs. Varn s affections had not been alien ated because she appeared as wit ness for her husband. This is the fourth suit against the Union Pacific, in which John Yeiser was attorney for the plaintiffs, which Judge Goss has taken from the jury in the last few months.- The other three were those of John O'Hara who. was blinded by an explosion; J. Larson who lost one eye, and Nellie Ward, whose husband was killed. Judge- Goss declared that Mrs. Varn had given perjured testimony either in her. divorce suit or in tes tifying in her husband's damage suit. He declared he may take action to have her decree of divorce set aside. This divorce suit has been appealed to the supreme court. Confessed Slayer Of Father Did Not Do It, Says Judge St. Louis, June 21. Mrs. Daniel E. Miller, 17, before her recent mar riage, Ursula Broderick, confessed slayer of her father and stepfather, did not kill the former, it was an nounced in juvenile court today. Judge Hartmann made this an nouncement in paroling Mrs. Miller, under a 10-year sentence for the death in 1919 of her stepfather, Joseph Woodlock. "This woman has told me she did not kill her father, Thomas Broder ick, in 1916, but confessed to the crime in defense of her mother," the judge said. Mrs. Lillian Woodlock. the moth er, is under a 10-year sentence in connection with Brcxlerick's death. The girl was exonerated of her fath er's death on testimony that she shot in defense of her mother. She said she shot, Woodlock to defend her honor. , Stratton Farmer Shoots Himself Through Heart Stratton. Neb., June 21. (Special.) Hubert Lorenz. farmer living near here, shot himself through the heart yesterday, dying instantly. He left a note on the wall of the granary, stating that the act was voluntary and on account of ill health. Charles G. Dawes Chosen as :.U. S. Comptroller of Budget .Washington, June 21. Charles G. Dawes, the Chicago banker, has be"en selected by President Harding for controller of the budget under the budget law recently enacted by congress. - The Weather - Forecast. Wednesday fair; not much change in temperature. Hourly Temperatures. a. m. ..6 p. m. a. m. a. m. ' a. m. a. m. .Tl .: .7 .to .14 p. m. p. hi. l. m. p. m. P. ni. P. m. p. m. . . . .00 ..t) . .92 ..I ..1 .. ..17 m. m. ..M '1 noon IT S THREE CENTS Planes Sink U-Boat in 16 Minutes Quick Victory' Scored in Naval Bombing Tests by Direct Hit From First Sffuadron. NC-7 Crashes Into Ocean Bj Th AoMH'Intod Fra. On Board U. S. S. Heriderson, ofi Cape Charles, Virginia, June 21. Within 16 minutes after the first di vision ot naval seaplanes Had at tacked the former German subma rine, U-117 today, the submersible was resting on the bottom of the Atlantic, SO miles from the Virginia capes. A direct .hit with a 163-. pound bomb did the work. Only three naval planes had a chance to attack. Washington, June 21. Naval avia tors scored a quick "victory" today in the first of the bombing experiments arranged by the government to put to the test the claims of some air- plane advocates that aircraft rapidly are making capital ships obsolete. In two attacks at an altitude of 1,200 feet, three naval planes of the F-S-L type sank the former German submarine U-117 at anchor 50 miles off Cape Charles, light ship. One di rect hit was scored in the second at tack when nine bombs were Munched, and the submarine disap peared in 50 fathoms of water in 16 minutes. The squadron Scoring the "vic tory" was the first to be dispatched to the attack and naval officers were surprised that, they were successful Vith such a limited number of bombs. In - the first attack three bombs were launched, "one by each plane, and all struck near the sub marine. Nine bombs, ithree from each plane, were dropped in the sec ond attack. , 1 -Many Plane Ready. Nearly half a hundred other naval planes were ready to proceed to sea to drop bombs had the first sqnad- Ton not been successful. jMany army planes also were, prepared to attack had the naval aviators, not sunk the craft. Naval seaplane NC-7 caught fire while 150 feet in the air and fell into Hampton Roads todav with its crew ol three officers and seven men, the Navy de partment was advised by the com mandant of the Hampton Roads na- val station. The' machine was re ported a complete wreck, but none of those aboard was injured, though, one man was made ill by swallowing a mixture of salt water n gasoline' while struggling in the water. .The crew was rescued ty a nearby tug, but the plane could not be -saved. The report to. the depart ment said the big air craft, of the same type as the NC, the first heavier than aircraft to cross the Atlantic, was on its first practice flight and 'that it was not participa ting in the bombing experiments against the former German subma rine U-117 off Cape Charlel. Cause Is Unknown. The plane had only recently beu completed and was running low over the water when an explosion occurred. It quickly caught fire and dropped into the water. The cause of the explosion has not yet been de termined, but a naval board of in quiry will conduct an investigation. A total of 188 bombs, each weigh ing 163 pounds, was carried in the 47 bombers included in the flight.. With the former German undersea terror anchored 50 miles .off Cape Charles, with its decks awash, . the initial task of the airmen was to locate it. Concentric red,, white and blue circles had been painted on the U-boat's deck as a distinctive mark ing to insure the safety of other craft. -. . , , ,. Mayor Breaks Woman's Leg In An Argument Lincoln, June 21. (Special) Alleged love turned to hate today when Mrs. Lorena Aten of College View suffered a broken leg in an alleged altercation with S. J. Quan tock, cashier of a College View bank and mayor of the town. The story as told by the town marshal is that Mrs. Aten slapped the mayor and in endeavoring to retaliate, or defend himself, the mayor broke her leg. Lancaster county court records show that A. E. Aten, husband of the injured woman, has sued Mayor Quantock for alienation of affection. The case was tried and a jury re fused to give a cent. Employes of the bank said tonight that Mrs. Aten called to complain regarding the dis position made of stray College View dogs by Mayor Quantock and an ar gument ensued which ended with the broken leg. Mrs. Aten is 51. Some British Coal Mines Have Opened Since Strike London, June 21. Although some of the collcries have reopened and a considerabfe number of miners have reported for work, there has been no general drift back to the mines. Generally the industrial situation con tinues chaotic as ever, awaitinar the test of the miners' ca!r for a general siriKe or unions t:ireatene.i with wage reductions. Anti-Reds ' in South Sihcria Are Completely Defeated Pekinar. Tune 21. Anti-KnUhevitr ' forces commanded hv Cin Rimn yon Ungern-Sternberg which were' invading southern Suhena have been completely defeated by, the army of the far eastern rrnnMi,- ur a ti- patch received here from Cliinta. It . t. . i , , , . - says mc rouoer ranus were virtu ally annihilated and that the sur vivors have fled into Mongolia, J
