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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 51 NO. 24. Cat.r4 h Smia-CliM Mttter May JS. I9M. it dull r, 0. Uadtr Act f Mtraa J. I79. OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1921. By man (I yur), Dttly ni tuiday. 17.90; Dally ly. Ml Sunday, $2.50; to lat la United Stalo, Cauda aad MulM. THREE CENTS I. V I. 1 DeValera Confident Of Success President of Irish Republic, In First Interview in Lon don, Declares Peace Out look Brightest Ever. Resume Meeting Today (By The Ataoetattd Prcu.) London, July 14. (By The Asso ciated Press.1) Eamonn De Valera K and Premier Lloyd Gtorge con- ' ferred (or more than two and a half , hours iodav over the question of an Irish settlement. The republican leader arrived at the prime minis ter's official residence in Downing street at 4:30 p. m. and left at 7:10 n m At the conclusion of the confer ence Art O'Brien, president of the Gaelic league in London, stated that it had terminated amiably. As has been agreed upon, a com- muniaue regarding the conference was issued and stated that a free ex change of views took place be tween Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. De Valera and their relative posi tions were denned. The conference will be resumed at 11:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. Outlook Bright. The outlook for a lasting peace in Ireland is brighter than it has ever been in history, said De Valera, as he was about to enter into confer ence today with- Mr. Lloyd George, the British prime minister, in an at tempt to find a basis for an adjust ment of the -Irish problem. "I am sure" he added "that the atmosphere in England and Ireland is right for peace. The only thing that is necessary now is for us to get down to rock bottom." De Valera arrived at No. 10 Downing street at 4:30 o'clock for the conference. The republican leader's first appearance at the prime minister's official residence was punctual to the minute. Mr. Lloyd George was awaiting him, and their conversations over the peace ques tion were begun immediately. Notwithstanding a drizzling rain, a great crowd which had gathered at the entrance to Downing street waited patiently for some announce ment from the momentous meeting. Shortly after Mr. De Valera entered the prime minister's house, the crowd knelt in Whitehall and began to re cite the rosary. - , . The Irish republican leader drove directly from the hotel in Bucking ham palace road used as headquart ers by the Irish delegation to Down ing, street in a motor carHe was. accompanied by ' Arthur OBrien, president - i of . the Gaelic league in i London. , ' . :. ; ' ' ' . S , U First Interview. It was the first time Mr.' DeValera had spoken for publication since his arrival in London Tuesday evening. - "This is simply a private confer ence with Mr. Lloyd George instead of a long range bombardment to see what can be done at close quarters, said the republican leader, who was in a bright and cheerful mood in talking with the correspondents "I have been told," he said, ' that you have been rather disappointed in my not talking more freely with you, but I am sure you quite under stand the difficulties of the moment. 1 have come to tell you that it is not that I do not wish to say a number of things to the people of Great Britain, but that the moment is not opportune for it. . Should Know . Conditions. "As far as I can see from your press here.' which I have studied very carefully, there is no country in the world which needs more to under stand, the aspirations c4 the Irish people and the right and logic of their case than your own people here. , "I- shoufd be very glad, indeed, to put the case before your people, but as I am putting it. before the rep resentative of your nation, I think it unwise to put it before your pub lic." Reports published today that an agreement was reached at the recent Dublin conference between Eamonn De " Valera and the southern unionists regarding the terms which would be demanded from the British government at the . conference in London were categorically denied at De Valera's headquarters this morn ing by Secretary Childers of the visiting Irish party. "There was no discussion, direct or indirect, of any such terms,", said Mr. Childers. "The conference con fined itself exclusively to discussion of Mr. Lloyd George's invitation to a conference and of the arrange ments regarding the truce." Harding Sends Bastille Day Message to Millerand Washington, July 14. A message on the occasion of Bastille day was sent by President Harding to Pres ident Millerand of France. "On this occasion which com memorates the independence of France," the message said, "I send you, Mr. President, my friendly greetings and I voice the sentiments of my countrymen in expressing the earnest desire that the French and American peoples may continue the most cordial friendship and that the traditional bonds of sympathy and esteem may ever be strengthened." Marine Corps Colonel Dies at San Franccsio Washington, July 4. Col. Al bert C, McLemore, United States marine corps, died today at the naval hnaniral. San Francisco. He 11? was assistant adiutant and inspector of the department of the west, a native of Franklin, Tenn., a grad uate of the naval academy, and saw service in the Spanish war, Philip pines and West Indies,' winning brevet rank for distinguished con duct during the Spanish mt at Bandits Get $25,000 In Messenger Robbery Seattle, July 14. Two bandits to day snatched a bag containing $25, 000 in currency from a messenger for the Northwest Trust and Safe Deposit company, and escaped in an auiomoDiie. Lelond C. Higby, 19, the tnessen ger who was carrying the satchel, was accompanied by Curtis Fisk, 18, another messenger for the bank. Higby said he had come from the federal reserve bank and had walked 30 feet down Second avenue when the two men approached. One of them gripped him around the neck, pressed a pistol against his ear and told him to "drop it." Higby dropped the satchel and the two men jumped into their automobile. Higby and Fiske, according to Higby, shouted lor a taxi and attracted the attention of the driver who took up the chase. The car in which the two men es caped bore a Washington number and was reported to have been stolen. Packers' Request For Reduction in Wages Refused Judge Alschuler Holds Drop In Living Costs Not As Much As Claimed by Employers. Chicago, July 14. Employes of middlewestern and western packing houses, parties to the arbitration agreement with the government, will continue to receive their pres ent wage rate probably until next September, when the agreement ex pires. Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler, arbitrator under the Department of Labor, today refused the petition of the packing house companies for a 5 cents an hour cut in wages. The number of men affected by the order, is estimated to exceed 100,000 in the packing plants of Chicago, Sioux City, Omaha, Fort Worth, Milwau kee and Oklahoma City alone. The action of the Chicago stock yards in cutting wages of its stock handlers 8 cents an hour, however, was confirmed. The judge pointed out that the stock handlers are paid on a monthly basis and as a rule re ceive more than common labor in the packing plants, where hours are irregular. About 1,000 stock handlers are affected. . ' . In the packing house decision, the arbitration declared the recession in the cost of living is not as great as the packers contended, and in some instances there has been no decline. At' the rsame--time;-' taxe are on-, stantlv mountintr." street car fares re main 60 per cent higher than pre war prices, while gas, electricity ana fuel continue at high rates, the judge days. f ' - Judge Alschuler said 11 per cent of the employes of Swift & Co. receive less than 45 cents an hour; 30.7 per rent rpt 45 cents: 27.3 oer cent from 45 to 47 cents; 12 per cent from 47 to 50 cents, making 81 per cent of all employes who are paid 50 cents an a . . 1 n hour or less. Ui tne remaining per cent, he added, two-thirds re ceive less than 60 cents an hour and the number being paid 70 cents or more i neelieible. This analysis, the judge added, is typical of all plants anected, witn tne exception i common labor at Fort Worth and Oklahoma Gity is 3 cents an hour lower. Attempt Made to Wreck Valuable Express Train Cleveland,' O., July 14. An at tpmnt to wreck an American Rail way Express company train of 14 cars, carrying a cargo valued at nearly $1,000,00, was made two miles west of Willoughby, J early to day, according to officials of the New York Central railroad after it was discovered that more than 15 spikes had been pulled and plates removed from the rails. Railroad detectives report that the comoanv tool house near Willough- bv was broken into and tools re moved witn wnicn tne pixes were puled. I he train jumped tne tracic after plowing along for ZOO feet be fore it was stopped. No cars were overturned. 1 Sioux City Territory Is Refreshed by. Inch of Rain Sioux City, Ia.,Ju1y 14. Nearly an inch of rain last night gave Sioux City relief from the severe heat of the last two weeks. There was a drop of nearly 40 degrees in the temperature. The mercury reached the 92 mark but the humidity made it one of the hottest days of the year. The rain was general in this territory. World's Greatest Detective Cases How John Wilson Murray, Canada's most brilliant de tective, solved the baffling mystery of "Dead Man's Swamp" is told in another of the thrilling stories by the ex pert crime investigator, Nazariene Daan Kannibelle. The "Dead Man's Swamp" case began in England and ended in Canada. The details of its unravelling filled European newspapers for many weeks while the crime was under investigation and later during the trial of the perpetrators. This story in the series on the "World Greatest Detec tive Cases" will appear com plete in Next Sunday' Bee "Inside", of N.P.League Demanded Attorney General of Nebraska Wants to Know Who Op poses Paving Fort Crook Road and Why. Asks Property Showing Lincoln, July 14. (Special.) The "inside workings" of the Nonparti san league in Nebraska, how much money it has at its command, wheth er it is a corporation and numerous other facts about which the public has expressed curiosity may be learned at the order of the Lan caster county district court. Attorney General Clarence A. Da vis, in a motion filed today, asks the court to demand the following information from organization of ficers: . . Whether the "Nebraska Nonparti san league is a corporation or ganized and doing business in Ne braska, legally organized to trans act business in the state and wheth er or not it is a taxpayer in the state. Seek "Executive Board." The precise location of the "exec utive board" of the league and whether its suit against the $75,000 Fort Cropk road appropriation was brought oh behalf of the league and by its authority. In what county, if any, the league has been lawfully incorporated and upon what property, if any, it pays taxes. The residence of each member of the board and property owned by each member upon which he pays taxes. These demands front the attorney general following the filing of the in junction suit of the league against the $75,000 appropriation for the Fort Crook road comes in - the form of a motion demanding more definite and certain information about the plaintiff, the Nonpartisan league. Question Appropriations. Davis also requests the court to demand the "league" to show whether Sarpy" county has provided $25,000 as its share of the cost of paving the Fort Crook road, and whether the federal government has appropriated $150,000 as its portion, in accordance with the legislature's requirement that $175,000 be raised from those sources before the state fund of $75,000 becomes available. In addition, Davis requests that the "league" show wherein its charge that the"$75,000 is :o vbe 'Ostd tior.' 'purely local purposes and for the direct benefit of a particular locality, as well as the extent of the benefit." This motion was looked tipon here as important in that if upheld by the court would torce tne. Nonpartisan league to lay all its cards on the table and give the public at large an opportunity to learn the "who. why, what and where" of the organ ization. Navy Yards to Go on Five-Day Week Basis Washington, July 14. All , navy yards and shore stations will be put on a fiye-day week basis of opera tion temporarily, Assistant Secre tary Roosevelt announced today, in an effort to prevent so drastic a re duction of personnel as otherwise would be necessary under the re duced appropriations now available. Saturday has been selected as the enforced holiday, though some pro test had been voiced on the ground that during the summer most sta tions were permitted to give half of Saturday as a holiday, under normal conditions without deduction of pay. , "Th department hopes this order will be accepted in the spirit in which it is promulgated," Mr. - Roosevelt said, in his letter explaining the purpose of the action. Changes in Federal Court System Under Discussion Washington, July 14. Reorgani zation of the federal judiciary sys tem was discussed today at a con ference attended by Attorney Gener al Daugherty, Chief Justice Taft and the special committee of judges and district attorneys, headed by Judge John E. Sater of Columbus. Mr. Daugherty said that a plan was be ing worked out for a scientifically organized judicial system, which would be framed as a bill for pre sentation to the president. . He in timated that consideration was being given to legislation permitting the assignment of federal judges from one district to another to clear up temporarily crowded , dockets. Myron Herrick, Ambassador To France Reaches Paris Havre, July 14. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Myron T. Herrick, the new American ambassador, ar rived here today on board the liner France. He was greeted by a com mittee of French government officials and Americans.' Later he left for Paris, where he will this evening be received bv Pre mier Briand. , Broker's Wife Taken Recently as Thief Tries to Kill Self Chicago, July 14. Mrs. Etta Heil, wife of a prominent broker, who was placed on probation recently after her husband had made good nearly $60,000 worth of household furnish ings taken by her after securing em ployment with prominent families as a maid, attempted suicide last night at a railroad station here by swallow- jns i JS? fluaaiitX fit Stoffi loiM,undjsi a SiflKU.SSMiYfiJiead. Nebraska and Iowa Welcome Cooling Rain Heat conditions through eastern Nebraska and western Iowa have been alleviated by a rain which was welcomed in this section. The maximum rainfall in Nebraska was 1.53 inches at Blair and in Iowa it was 1.2S inches at Atlantic. The precipitation in Omaha was .93 inch. The average maximum tempera ture during the first 13 days of this month in Omaha was four degrees higher than any correspondingperiod during the last 40 years. House Concludes General Debate On Tariff Bill Members Ready to Begin Con- sideration of Amendments Under Five-Minute Lim itation Rule. Washington, July 14. The house concluded general debate on the Fordney tariff bill late tonight, after the longest session of the six days since unlimited discussion began. It is ready to start tomorrow on seven-day stretch of consideration of amendments and of debate under five-minute limitation. Schedules open to amendment from the floor will be taken up according to announcement of Chairman Ford ney of the ways and means commit tee in the following order: Hides, dye stuffs and dye control, oil, cotton, and asohalt. J. he committee which, by special rule, is permitted to offer amend ments to any paragraph, has many changes to recommend in correction of errors. Representative Chandler, republic an. Oklahoma, a member of the com mittee that drafted the bill, charged that attempts to compel withdrawal of the duty of 35 cents a barrel on crude and 25c a barrel on fuel oil, were traceable directly "to propa gandists for the Standard Oil com pany." He declared also that the Standard was responsible for "the nation-wide impression that there is a shortage of oil, and that American oil deposits must be preserved. A tariff, he contended, was neces sary to maintain American suprem acy in oil. Representative Treadway, repub lican.. Massachusetts, also a member of the drafting committee, inveighed against the schedule because of the discrimination which he said would result from an oil duty. He de clared it would cost Massachusetts industries $5,000,000 a year in extra manufacturing expenses while at the same time there would be an addi tional demand for coal throughout New England. Haywood Fighting ToSaveLW.W. Communists Try to Wreck Or ganization at Internation- ale Meet Riga, July 14. (By The Associated Press.) William D. Haywood, the American radical, is making a fight before the congress of the third m ternationale at Moscow for con tinued support by that organization of the American Industrial Work ers of the World, according to Mos cow newsoaoers received here. Against him are representatives of the communist party of America, who desire to follow the plan ad vocated by Leon Trotzky and Karl Radek, which involves working through organized unions. Haywood made a vigorous protest on July 6 against an attempt in the congress of communist trade unions, which is now meeting in Moscow, to break up the Industrial Workers of the World organization. The fact that 25,000 members of the Industrial Workers of the World had been either arrested or killed, said Haywood, was proof that the organization was ' persisting in the class struggle. He argued that it always had been the policy of the Industrial Workers of the World to educate the workers and prepare them not only for revolt but to lead in the industrial life of the country. Had the Russian workers been so prepared, he declared, there would be no paralysis of industry such as now existed in the country. Rioting Breaks Out Again In Cork Street In Belfast Belfast, July 14. (By The Asso ciated Press.)-rRioting broke out again in the Cork street area this morning. A bomb was thrown and damaged a grocery store, which also was looted and another house was set afire. A number of people were slightly injured by snipers. Several windows were broken. The police managed to restore or der without being compelled to use firearms. Scotia Girl Killed When Run Over by Automobile Scotia, Neb., July 14. (Special Telegram.) Lavenna Ammerman, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Am merman, was killed here when an automobile driven by Roy Shoe maker, a merchant, struck her and passed over her body. Shoemaker was driving slowly witnesses say. Mr. Ammerman is manager of the telephone company. Government May Combine War and Navy Departments Washington, July 14. The gov ernmental reorganization committee is understood to be giving serious consideration to a proposal to com bine the War and Navy departments Boy Is Rescued From Kidnapers; Father Murdered Kansas Child, Missing Since May 1, Located by Police at Globe, Ariz. Abductors With Him Globe, Ariz., July - 14. Orval McKinstry of Laktn, Kan., who was kidnapped from Syracuse, Kan., told newspaper men here today fol lowing his rescue . by jdeputy sher iffs, that Walter Hudson, a former employe, of his father, kidnaped him after the elder McKinstry had been killed. The boy told newspaper men that he and Hudson met 1. C. (Skinner) Eddington at Albuquerque, N. M. Both Hudson and Eddington are under arrest here waiting'word from the Kansas authorities. The boy said the two men were directed by Mrs. Eva , Miller, cook on his fathers ranch, to take him to his uncle, Jim Hayes, in Arizona. Boy Talks Freely. "Mrs. Miller just put one over on them," he added. "Jim Hayes is not mv uncle. The boy talked freely concerning the murder of his father and his own abduction. He said his father was killed at his ranch, 12 miles from Syracuse last February by Bill Vise, a tenant on McKinstry's land. Eddington said he too, was pres ent at the killing and both he and the boy discussed it freely. Killed in Argument The elder McKinstry, the boy said, had an argument with Vise over rent from thee land occupied by Vise. Finally Vise pulled a revolver and fired just as his father threw up his. hands, the boy said. He said the bullet went through the hand and his father turned to run, where upon, Vise fired again the bullet entering McKinstry's back, killing him. - "On the afternoon of Sunday, May 1," the boy said, "Mrs. Eva Miller, cook on my father's ranch sent me to Syracuse to get some medicine she said I needed.- I went and wait ed for the dooctor at his office until 5 o'clock, but he never showed up and when Walter Hudson came along in his automobile1 and said, 'come on let's take a ride,' I went with him. . - Made Colorado Town "I asked him where we were go ing and he said he didn't know. We tried to make Holly, Colo., the first night but had to camp out. Walter worked on the Z ranch, which be longed to my father. "A few days out from Syracuse, hee told me that Mrs. Miller had paid him to take me to my uncle, in Ari zona and gave him $35 to make the trip. The money played out in Al buquerque. The second day in Al buquerque we met Eddington and he had $6. . . "At the first town out of Albuquer que we pawned our- watches and got $9.50 and that lasted until we got to Solomonville." Blue Law Ordinance Unconstitutional, Is Judges Decision Los Angeles. July 14. An ordi nance of the city of Pomona, near here, prohibiting Sunday amuse ments for which an admission fee was charged, was held unconstitu tional today by Judge Burnell of the superior court. The judge declared the draft was class legislation be cause while prohibiting theaters and similar enterprises from operating on Sunday it allowed churches to take up a collection, which he said was virtually an admission fee at Sundav service The Armistice Paves tCopjrif&t: M81: Bar The Chloafo Trifcuna.f Four Killed When Airplane Crashes Ship Returning From Trial Trip at Time of . ' Accident. Oakland, Cal., July 14. An air plane from the Jacuzzi Bros.' air plane factory in Berkeley fell at Modesto, killing the pilot and three passengers, today, according to word received by the Oakland Tribune. The airplane was piloted by "Bud" Coffey, a commercial pilot, and the passengers were Gioconda Jacuzii, builder of the machine, and John Kauke and . A.r MacleishT employes of the Jacuzzi works'. ip war due to- return here today from Yosemite valley from a trial trip ' that began yesterday. The machine caught fire in mid air and in falling struck a high vol tage electric wire. The occupants of the machine were burned almost beyond recognition. Negro Suspected of Woman's Death Sought Police are searching for Toe Lum- kin, a negro, suspected of having been implicated in the death of Edna Coats, who was found dead with a bullet wound through her head in her apartments at 1516 North Twenty-fourth street, where she conducted a. hair dressing parlor. .Police visited the Coats home I uesday night in response to a call that the woman had quarreled with a negro. It is alleged that Lumkm was seen running from the scene of the shooting yesterday morning. England Wrote Wilson About Cancelling Allied War Debt Washington,' July 14. A letter from Premier Lloyd George to President Wilson dated August 8, 1920, dealing with a proposal for cancellation of inter-allied war debts was placed in the record of the sen ate finance committee today by treasury officials during hearings on the administration s allied loan re funding bill. A cablegram on the same subject from the British chancellor of the exchequer to R. C. Lindsay, repre senting the British treasury in this country, which was transmitted to then Assistant Secretary Leffingwell of the Treasury department also was presented. Man Drives Cattle to Market To Avoid High Freight Rates Denver, July 14. For the first time in about 20 years, a herd of cattle was driven into Denver by their owner from the Elk river dis trict 200 miles navy, arriving at the local stockyards today. The herd consists of 66 steers and was driven to Denver by A. E. Sager. who was accompanied by his son and a hired man. . i Sager said he drove the cattle in "to .save paying the heavy freight rates. The steers, according to cattle men,: are in the best condition and they predict the practice of driv ing stock to market will be revived by men in the mountainous districts. Big Reduction Reported In World Ship Building New York, July ' 14. Merchant ship building in all countries fell off nearly 900,000 tons for the quarter ending June 30, as compared with the previous three months, according to a report made public by Lloyd's register of shipping. This decline, the report . said, is the sharpest recorded since construction reached its height in the fall of 1919. American shinpinir dropped nearly 400,000 tons and British about 270,000 tons, with all other countries about 250,000 tons. No report was ob WJSSfl mm vengao the Way Woman Drowned In Cloudburst Near Andrews Five-Foot Wall of Water Rush ing on Crawford Rail roads Tied Up As Bridges Are Swept Away. Alliance, Neb., 'July 14. (Special Telegram.) One life was lost, much live stock was drowned, several bridges were swept away and a num ber of homes destroyed as tht result of a cloudburst early today near An drews, a small station on the Chicago and Northwestern, about 17 miles west of Crawford, Neb.Y Mrs. John Barrett, an elderly worn an, who lived alone on a farm near Andrews station, was drowned. Her house was swept away in the flood and her body was recovered later in the flood waters some distance be low, where the cloudburst struck. Damage to crops is jecorted as ex tensive uiougn no estimate has been made of the loss. The town of Crawford, which is located on the White river, is mo mentarily expecting a five-foot wall of water to rush down the river. The waters from the cloudburst sepa rated a short distance below An arews station, one wall of water rushing down White river comolete- ly filling its banks, and the other going down Kyle creek. The first flood waters reached Crawford ahout 5 this evening and apprehension is felt and precautionary measures are being taken to prevent loss of life and minimize the damage when the five-foot wall of water, reported to De rusning down White river, reaches the town. Five bridges were reported sweot away on the Northwestern railroad between Crawford and Andrews and trains have been tied up in Crawford. Several wagon road bridges were washed out over a territory of sev eral miles between Andrews station and Glen, a flag station on the North western. Several farmhouses are reported to have been sweot awav. Telephone and telegraph poles and wires were swept away for some dis tance along the railroad tracks. French Warship Fires Salute To Yanks on St. Lawrence Montreal, Canada, Tulv 14. (Soe- ciai.; American visitors to Mon treal, members of the St. Lawrence expedition, were oaid a nrettv tri bute today by the French warship Dys,' which is anchored here. The commander obtained ' permission of Canadian authorities to fire a royal salute of 21 guns as the boat carry ing the Americans passed down the harbor. I his he did, he said, in recognition of American aid given France. . . In return an impromntu chorus of Americans, including ' Congressman Jefferis of Nebraska, sang the Mar- seiwaise. The Weather - Forecast Nebraska Generally fair Fridav and probably Saturday; not much cnange in temperature. Iowa frair Fridav and orobablv Saturday; not much change in tem perature. ' Hourly Temperatures. s . m ..11 9 m. m 10 I p. J p. S p. 5 p. P. m ....gt 11 . m . .S4 m....I M m. ........ .80 m .....R7 m S7 7 ft. in . .7 8 a. m . m .15 .78 10 m 11 a. m. .80 7 P. m M IS noon , .HS S p. m. .81 Highest Thursday. Cheyrnn ... ...SO Itavennort ..1...M Dnvcr AS rnrbl ;.S Rait lht St Kanta Fa M Bherldan 88 Hlonx City BO VtaaUnaM vtm MoIiim SS Dodve CUT ...M Japanese Agree to Conference Formal Invitation to Attend Disarmament Meeting Is Received at the Capital. ' China to Send Delegate By Th Axftorlntfd Treu. Washington, July 14. Japan's ac ceptance of President Harding's suggestion that a conference to dis cuss limitation of armaments was received at the State department to day but made no reference to the question of the discussion of the far eastern question. Unqualified acceptance by the Chi-. tiese government also was received. State department officials would make no comment on the form of the Japanese reply which was not made public in text. Silence of the Japanese govern ment as to discussion of far eastern problems was not believed, however, to have interposed any serious ob stacle to the carrying out of the plan, It was indicated that the formal in vitation would be forwarded to Japan as to the powers which have trans mitted full and unqualified accept ance, and in the end, officials be lieved Japan would agtee to partici pation in the dual program. It was not indicated whether the United States would make further inquiry, formal or informal, as to the attitude of Japan. The Japanese . reply was made through the American embassy at Tokio. which is understood not to have supplemented it with any ex planation. Unofficial dispatches from Tokio and from London have creat ed the impression that Japan would be willing to join in a frank discus sion of the far eastern questions, although other informal dispatches also have indicated that the Tokio government must move with caution on account of the political factions and schools of thought in Japan. Communists Vote To Wage Class War Resolution Passed Declaring Necessity Exists in World. London, July 14. Resolutions de claring it a necessity that class war . be intensified in all countries were -adopted by the congress of commun- . ist trades unions at Moscow on Mon- . day, says a despatch from that city, to the Daily Herajd, organ of labor. The vote of the congress on the res olutions was 282 to 32, and this action was taken, according to the dispatch, with a view to "ending capitalistic control of labor and con sequently the political power of capi talism, by establishing closest unity between the various sections and forms of the revolutionary labor movement." The congress also decided to take Steps to unite all trade unions into one fighting organization, with the , congress of communist trade unions as the international center. Close contact would be established with the Third Internationale by joint representation on executive committees and in joint conferences. It was asserted the connection thus established would prepare for revo lutionary action. , , Condemned Men Stage Free-For-All Fight Chicago, July 14. Eugene Geary, sentenced to hang for the murder oi Harry J. Reckas, is. occupying a new apartment at the county jail fol lowing a free-for-all fist battle in . , murderers' row. The fight is said to have started when Geary chareed Harrv Ward. . who is to haiyj Friday, with being a spy for the Yellow Cab company and attacked him. Geary was ac quitted of the murder of a cab driver three months before he killed Reckas and since that time he has ascribed nearly all of his troubles to the cab company. The men were all in court when the .trouble started and Frank Li gregni, convicted of killing his wife, came to the aid of Ward. He was felled bv a blow from Gearv's fist. Other prisoners joined in the fracas and it was not until a score of guards had been summoned that quiet was restored. No Disclipinary Action For Three Balloonists Washington, July 14. The naval court of inquiry on the free balloon flight into the Canadian wilds last December by Lieut. Louis A. Kloor, pilot, and Lieutenants Stephan A. Farrell and Walter Hinton, pas sengers, called for no disclioinarv action and. held that differences be tween Lieutenant Hinton and Lieu tenant Farrell, which came to blows., were adjusted in a manly manner." The court filed its report during Secretary Daniel's tenure of office but was not accepted until Secretary Danby approved it and made it pub lic' Ships Flying Danzig Flag Arrive at Newport News Newport News, July 14. The oil tankers Baltic and Zoppit, both fly ing the flag of the tree city ct Danzig, are at a shipyard here for repairs, but their German crews have not been allowed to go ashore. The steamers, each of them about 17,000 tons, are owned by the Stan dard Oil company. They are the first ships to entef this port flying 8S ifiiUC l!a