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
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Art IKrtk S. II7S.
Cut in NavaljSlScash
Expansion
Is Probable
House Conferees Agree to Ac
cept Borah Amendintnt
Calling for Curtailment
By Three Nations
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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