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The Omaha Daily Bee ) VOL .11 NO. 253. OMAHA. SATl'IlDAV. APRIL t. .22. KUI II (Mil. ' Mill tt .' 111. ( IK I IM 4" t (i mill Vl Mil. t4, MUI ', TWO CENTS Soldiers Ordered to Coal Fields Martial Law Declared in Gal 1 1 j I Dictrirt of New Mexico l'nl lowing Report of Strike Riyti. Judgeship Bill Passed by Se;e: Hundreds of Friends Who, Had "Forgotten" Rush to Aid Rose Coffhlan The Office Team Commences Spring Training u ..ii ihi it;; i J Crowd Stones Workers r tti. .tMutlalnl Pr.. N.tiu Fe. N. M . April 7. Martini Uv tut tlft-lurn) in the Gallup coal muting field tlu afternoon, in a I'l'Kl.lllUtillll isslll'd liy Gov. M. C. Mfcliui. Ilrailiiiurtort troop at Al buquerque and Troop D of the Na I'oiul guard at S.utta I f. were or lcie to proceed at once to the ticld. I lie proclamation was issued on yfmrt of hii appeal (roni t lie lirnll i Mrkmliv county, who rcportcil "ii riot at Mentniore camp. No dc t.oU of the riot uerc Kien. Strikebreakers Stoned. A!liiiiirnpio. N. M . April ".The Mt disturbance in tlie Gallup coal ( tills occurred at Mcnttnorc today, aomlmg ' reports reaching litre, v In n a crowd of men and women Iiiiinliarded mine workers with stoma a they Ictt the mine. No one was iiiimed, according to the report. I'lic headquarters troop of the New Mexico national guard was nio hilieil this morning following word l.i-t night that 9WI miners in the Gallup held hail been organized and v. ere parading through the streets. Advices from the governor's ofhec in Santa Fc today, however, stated that no immediate movement of troops was contemplated, the guards men merely being held in readiness in rac of a call for assistance from (iallup. 1'nion officials say not more than 1011 men arc working in the mines and operators assert that .12 per cent of the miners arc at work today, compared with 9(1 per cent up until csierdav. Prevent Clash. Charleston. V. Va., April ".State police, headed by Sergeant Hays, yesterday prevented what seemed a threatened clash between mine strike sympathizers and nonunion miners In Wheeling on the line between Mar shall and Ohio counties, when 60 or iiiore men on their way to work wcr intercepted by strike sympathizers. Arguments arose and were fol lowed by hissing and angry words, but the arrival of Sergeant Hays and his detachment of police stopped the ... outbreak and t lie nonunion men wefe enabled to go to their work. "Gaining Strength." Indianapolis, Ind., April 7. The first week of the nation-wide sus pension of work in the coal mines, ordered by the United Mine Work ers of America, ends today. At union headquarters William Green, secretary-treasurer, asserted that the "strike is gaining strength in non union fields," particularly central 1'ennsylvania and West Virginia, he raid, however, had no detailed fig ures, adding that reports from the coal fields were going direct to President John L. Lewis at New York. Hits Steel Industry. Yoimgstown, O., April 7. Further effect of the coal strike upon the steel industry was felt here today. The Republic Iron and Steel com pany, which had announced that a Bessemer plant, idle for a year, would resume operations has can celled the order, owing to the strike situation in the Fayette county coal fields. Back Rational Officers. Washington, April 7 Miners' ujiion represntatives, now on strike in central Pennsylvania, backed up the national officers today in appear ing before the house labor commit tee to urge federal attention to the industry. "Our belief is that an industry which gives pnly 100 days' work a year needs a reorganization," John Rrophy, president of District No. 2, Vnitcd Mines Workers, testified. "To get this we must have the facts ascertained by impartial federal com mission." 400 Quit Strike. Chattanooga. Tcnn.. April 7. Probably the first break in the coal miners strike in the 19th district oc curred yesterday when more than J00 men employed at Soddy, near here, notified the Durham Coal and 1 ron company, that they were ready to return to work under the scale and conditions existing before the walkout. ' Ray Kegeris Retains Backstroke Swim Title! Los Angeles. Cal.. April 7. Ray Kegeris of the Los-Angeles Athletic club retained his title of national annteur athletic union 150-yard backstroke swimming champion by winning first place in the champion-; hip event in the Los Angeles Ath letic club's tank tonight. His time was 1:59 3-5. Theater Owners Fined. Chicago. April 7. Fred Linici; and Raymond L. Jacoby. owners of several Chicago moving picture theaters, pleaded guilty, before Fed eral Judge Carpenter to charges of failing to turn over to the govern ment SIJ.iKHl of war taxes collected on admissions to their establish ments. Judge Carpenter deferred his decision for 30 days. Cotton Exchange to Close. NfiV York. April 7. The New York Cottt I.xchangc, it was an nc::ced today will be closed on Arril 2- in order to facilitate the Moving of its equipment to tempo rary rusitfrj in Wall Street. Op rn:rs wi'.l be resumed May 1. The rrcmt hor.ic of the exchange will bei lorn down and a uew 22-story struc ture erected, ! if ;- " fc I. Hose New York. April 7. (By A. P.) Ro.nc Coghlan, 71-year-old comedy star of an earlier generation, has been delightfully converted from her belief that nobody in the world wants a broken old woman, and she no longer pray tor death as the only way out. News that the distinguished ac tress of the '80s was 111 and almoV penniless in hef rooms just around the comer from" Broadway today brought an avalanche of friends to her aid. And Rosa Coghlan walked for the first' time in weeks. The door bell buzzed and buzzed. Now it would be the postman with another Lasker Favors Tariff to Build Merchant Fleet Chairman of Shipping Board Recommends Section of Jones Act at Hearing on Subsidy Bill. Washington, April.". The most economical way to build up an American merchant marine would be to put into effect section 34 of the Jones act, which provides preferen tial tariff duties to insure goods im ported in American bttoms. Chair man Lasker of the shipping board I said today at the joint congressional hearings' on the administration ship subsidy bill. ' : Forced to turn to an alternative by the refusal of Presidents Wilson and Harding to abrogate portions of commercial treaties with certain for eign nations which prohibits the United States government from giv ing American ships preferential treat ment as against foreign vessels, Mr. Lasker said, shipping board officials with presidential approval had worked out the subsidy program now pending before the senate com merce and house merchant marine committees. "It will be more expensive," he added, "but it is the only thing we could do." . The shipping board head pointed out that the discriminatory duties proposed in section 34, would have mured the beiieht- ot shippers and not to that of ship owners. Such aid, hovevcrt would have provided full cargoes, insuring expansion of the American merchant B'-arinc, he add ed. Discussing direct aid provisions of the subsidy bill, Mr. Lasker pre dicted that in 10 years indirect aids would be sufficient for maintenance of the merchant marine, and that the government would no longer be re quired to pay 'direct aid. He added that it was for this reason that he favored 10-year contracts with ship owners instead of 15-year agree ments, which, he said, some opera tors desired. Be sure to get your "Want" Ad in by 9 p. m. for the big Sunday Bee 17th and Farnam ATlantic 1000 V.. 'V . v ' J - I 1 t Coghlan. sheaf of solicitioiu loiters. Now it would be a llorit's boy with more roses. Now an old friend calling in person to inquire after the health of Rose Coghlan and otfer aid. The telephone, too, poured in a steady stream of sympathetic calls, while all the way acro.-s the con tinent from a woman who hat! never even seen Rose Coghlan act came an offer of a big home. An automobile to ride in, pretty clothes to wear for the rest of her life. Friends to Watch Over Her. "Mother thinks that is the most won derful of all," said Mrs. Rickard pi'.- (Turn to Pni" Two, Column Thrw.) Tornado Wrecks Iowa Farm Home: Woman Is,Killed Six Children Made Motherless When Tiernan Home Near Granger Is Demolished hv Windstorm. Des Moines, Ia April 7. Six children were left motherless this morning when a tornado, the worst twister that has been seen in this part of Iowa in many years, destroy ed the home of Will Tiernan, killing Mrs. Tiernan. near Granger, la. Mrs. Lorctta Tiernan, the mother, had just finished her household du ties when the storm broke. Accord ing to her husband, she rushed up to the attic to nut clown the windows. As she reached the top of the stair way, the tornado struck the house, tearing the roof off and leaving the home in ruins. Mrs. Tiernan and her son, Gerald, 3, were picked up by the twister and carried out into the storm. "My God. save me." she "screamed to her husband, who rushed up stairs just as the house collapsed. He struggled free of the debris and hur ried outside into the yard. By this time most of the storm's force had passed and he could hear the screams of his wife seeming to come from mid air. Tiernan made a search of the debris-strewn yard. He found Mrs. Tiernan hanging head down from a tree about 100 yards from the house. She .died in his arms a few moments later. Tiernan, with his other children, started to search for the missing baby boy. Near the barn be found the babv, Gerald, lying face down in the mud. To all appearances he was uninjured excent for a few scratches about the body. The path of the storm seemed to lead from Dallas Center northeast. The path of de struction was about three-quarters of a mile wide. Posse Searching Hills for Alleged Bootleggers New Lexington, O., April 7. A posse of deputized National guards men and citizens, headed by Capt. Rodney W. Cullen of the local Na tional guard company and Sheriff Mcnshall of Perry county, tonight was searching the hills near here de termined to capture two men who successfully resisted the sheriff when he attempted to arrest them. at Pcnd ville on a lootlegging charge. Mem bers of the posse said the men would be captured dead or -alive. Charles Brooks, one of the men. who is known as a gunman, and his companion barricaded themselves in a cabin when the sheriff went to arrest them, and drove him away with a shotgun. Brother of Governor Is Seriously III in Omaha Lincoln. April 7. (Special Tele gram.) Orthelio McKclvie of Falr f'eld. Neb., is critically ill at trie Methodist hospital in Omaha. Ite is a brother of Governor McKciv:e. The governor remained at his iiec siuc until a late Iiouil laH night. ' rril J? iirries Iy Vote ' ..f I I t - After Warm ! Debate. ' Dial Amendment Added llitmh Hr l rMil lr. 4hingtou, April 7. Amid public ' exhibition ot log-rolling almost p.it.illil in miiuic-, the (.enate, by j.i oie it 41 m .'I, pitl the bill j creating '. additional ledcia! di j trict judgeship and one iVdcral tin int judijchip. I Jut beiore the fmal p.is-.tae of 'the bill, the Mii.ite adopted, without a tecord vote, the iKil auu'inluu nt, . originally aimed at f -.ludgf l.andi !ol ( hicauo. forbidding lidrr.il judges tiom acicptiiig out Mile employment. I Mi" ami ndmrnt piovide that "every ,tui'f h.tll roido in the diMritt or , i .tcuit or me tif the districts or liniiit lor which he i appointed and fall ii vote his tune to the duties ' of his t.fitic. and h.i!l not engage ! i... .. in nii.t siiiii in 'it 'l .in ii i i.'i , i.. .. he receive c.nipcnalion, and for oi'iVndiut: agaiu-t the provision of this sect tun' shall be deemed, guilty of a high misdemeanor." Before Judge Lambs' resignation every cil'ort by Senator Dial to put through the amendment was blocked. hen he ottered it today a rising j vole was demanded and the nuasure I v. on by a narrow margin. I he vice president did not announce the ! figures. Four Judgeships Added. The judgeship bill, dubbed 'The Judicial Pic Bill." by the democratic opposition, originally provided for 19 new district- judges to help out con gestion of the federal court dockets, particularly in those sections of the country where prohibition cases have been accumulating. Before it emerged from the senate it had been treated to log-rolling processes, which added four more judgeships one in Florida, one in New Mexico, one in New Jersey and one in western Missouri. With the congressional election approaching, practically every state in the union was found to be badly in need of more federal judgeships capable of being translated quickly into politi cal plums. Some of the log-rolling deals failed to work out successfully, but all efforts to cut down the num ber of new judges were voted down impatiently. Shields Wins Fame.- Senator Shields, Tennessee, demo crat, carved himself a niche in the j hall of fame and flabbergasted his I colleagues by spurning an extra judge for his state, lie helped to defeat an amendment giving Ten nessee another judge. It was whis (Turn to Pnite Two, Column Two.) Landslides Occur on Coast Mountains Hood River, Ore., April 7. What is believed to be a landslide of con siderable proportion is visible on Mount Adams, in Washington, across the Columbia river from here. A large cleft on the west side of the mountain near the summit was visible plainly and seemed to grow hourly. Last spring a slide left a scar two miles wide and five miles long on tlie mountain. This slide, scientists said, was composed of earth, old ice and snow, the ice and snow tearing off a layer of earth as it came down. Landslide Near Los Angeles. Los Angeles, April 7. A land slide about 10 acres in area is mov ing down a mountainside near the head of Topange canyon, about 20 miles from here, according .to re ports reaching here last night. The slide began moving slowly his after noon and late last iright was con tinuing at approximately the same speed. At 10:45 o'clock last night the mass of earth was said to have moved 600 feet from its original position and the few buildings, fences, trees, shrubs and a section ot a scenic highway upon it were all reported moving with it, with no change in their relative positions. Lure of Gambling, Lore of the Old Texas, Love of Women, Luck of Cowboy these form the plot of "No Dramatis Personae" By J. Frank Davis RiMionl Vidionf This Blue Ribbon short story in next Sunday's Bee will hold the interest of every reader" who samples the first few paragraphs. Come Into the Kitchen With Omaha Brides A page of unusual photographs in next Sunday's Rotogravure Section presents poses of recent Omaha brides at work in their kitchens. "Battling Snowdrifts in the Yellowstone" is a page of pictures showing difficulties encountered by railroad crews in opening lines into the park for spring traffic. The Bee's Sunday sports pages, comprehensive Woman's Section and additional magazine offerings are among the features that have made the favorite Sunday newspaper in thousands of Omaha homes THE SUNDAY BEE Weeks Asks HavneslSt. Louis Girl to Keep Dry Agents Out of Canal Zone Secretary of War Desires to Give Governor Morrow Free Hand in Enforc ing the Law. Washington, April 7. Scretary Weeks was understood to have re quested Commissioner Haynes to keep federal prohibition agents out of Tanama canal zone, for a tl:ne, at least, and allow Governor Mor row to continue the administration of the zone without assistance from other departments. Appointment ofvjolfn T. Barrett, formerly of Revere, Mass., but now in the canal zone, as federal prohibi tion director for the zone, was announced recently by prohibi tion headquarters, but it was said to night that the commission had not as yet actually gone forward. Mr. Haynes was understood to have acceded to the war secretary's request and it was said at the bureau that the installment of Mr. Barrett and a force of prohibition agents in the canal zone would be held up until the matter could be taken up between the two branches of the government. Application of the national pro hibition law to the canal zone is provided by the Willis-Campbell act which was enacted a few montlis ago, but enforcement agents under prohibition headquarters have not as yet been sent there. The position taken by Secretary Weeks in a letter to Mr. Haynes, is that the establishment of a federal prohibition director in the canal zone would result inevitably in 'raising a question of authority and possibly lead to friction. Governor Morrow is now the su preme authority resident in the zone and, acting under the War depart ment, has control of everything in dividual within the limits of the zone. Shoots Father for Abuse of Mother Victim, in Serious Condition, Tells Authorities He Shot Himself Girl, However, Admits Deed. St. Louis, April 7. Miss Maud A. Ritchie, 18. a telephone operator, to day shot her father, George A. Ritchie, 53, a butcher, whom she as scrtcd was abusing her mother. Ritchie was taken to the city hos pital where his condition was pro' nounced serious. He suffered two bullet wounds in the left side. Hearing the shots, police entered the home and found Ritchie on a bed. "1 shot myself." Ritchie was quoted as saying. "1 have been sick." Several blocks from the home, however, police found the girl with a revolver and she readily admitted firing the shots, the police said. Naval Radio Measure Sent to the President Washington, April 7, Legislative action was completed today on the navy radio bill, which would extend until June 30, 1925. the time in which Fnvernment nwnpd radin u-nlllrl hf ! nprm iff fr tiiiUflln iiracc nA rrml. mcrcial messages across the Pacific. I The conference report was adopted by the senate as it had been yester day by the house and the measure now goes to the president. An exception is made in the measure, however, in that such mes sages shall not be accepted for Chinese stations after January 1, 1924. This was necessary, it was explained, because of provisions in treaties negotiated at the armament conference. Fublic use of the naval controlled wireless would have expired June 30 of this year, and the house, in its original measure, proposed a one year extension. The senate amended the bill so that the extension would have been for live years. The con ference committees finally compro mised on the three-year limit. Migratory Workers Plan Nation-Wide Labor Bureau Columbus, O., April 7. Kstablish ment of a country-wide employment bureau, under the direction of the national secretary of the Migratory Workers' union, designed to help members establish a fixed place of residence, as well as obtain jobs, is called for in a resolution adopted at the national convention of the union. "This organization represents mil lions of workers who, on account of their nom;Mic life, are deprived of the right to vote,'' John Kelly, Chi cago national secretary, said. "If the men arc sent to their jobs from a certain point with the understand ing that they are to be furnished transportation back to that point by tlie employer, they may establish their rciIcnce there. By doing this they will take a long step forward in ihr effort to ihmv ;ocirtv that the Li ditiLin vtwirtii in nti 11 11 , ail i iai- tor in the economic life of the nation and not an ordinary "bum." Hardin"; Si"iis Resolution Kxtending Austrian Pay ' Washington. April 7. The joint icsolution. recently adopted by con j grcss. authorizing a 25-year exten i moii for pavment bv Austria of the 1 advance of "$24.000.tKKI for purchase ; 'i flour and other foodstuffs through j ihe I "nited States (irain corporation. I was signed today by President Hard ' ing Escaped Convict Captured After He'd Made Good Pride Over Approaching Fa therhood and Desire to Tell Parents Clue That Permitted Arrest. Lincoln, April 7. (Special.) Ed Wittstruck, married and rcspecjed citizen at Walker, Minn., until five days ago, when the discovery was made that he was an escaped con vict from the Nebraska penitentiary, was brought back tonight by Warden W. T. Fen ton. There was no smile of satisfaction on the face of the warden when he arrived in Lincoln with Wittstruck, who es caped five years ago. "You know I wish I hadn't known where he was," said the warden, "for he certainly had made good." Won Love of Girl. Wittstruck, after his escape, fled to the lumber camps. There he found work and worked continually for five years for one man. A year ago he fell in love with a girl. He told her of his past and licr love was strong enough to forgive, if neither of them could forget, the haunting thought of officers seeking him. When Wittstruck learned of ap proaching fatherhood, he couldn't suppress the temptation to write to his parents in a Nebraska town, to tell them of his happy life, bright future and inform them he had made good. For five years officers had watched for just such a letter. It was his undoing. Anxious to Get Out. "When I arrived he had bade fare well to his wife," the warden said, "and urged me to hurry back with him, so he could get out in as short time as possible to return to his home, his wife and the baby, which will be born in a few weeks." Wittstruck had served only six weeks of a one to 10-ycar sentence for burglary at Plattsniouth, when he escaped. Warden Fcnton said tonight he would ask the board of pardons and paroles to parole Wittstruck when he served his minimum. "Everyone up there had a good word for him," the warden said. Man Sick Three Days in Box Car in Norflok Yards Norfolk, Neb., April 7. (Special Telegram.) Joseph Adluiii, 31, Osceola, Mo., on his way to Okla homa from Casper, Wyo., was found sick in an isolated boxcar here by police, lie said he had been in the car for three days and was brought food and water by tramps. Adluin, who is suffering from rheumatism, had to be carried to the police sta tion. He was sent on to Omaha under county expense. He says his widowed mother lives at Osce ola, Mo. The Weather Forecast. Saturday Fair and cooler. Hourly Temperatures. n. m. a. in. . .4 1 I p. in. . 47 i p. m. . IS I 3 p. ni. . ..Ml 1 I p. ni. . . ."ill , ." p. m. . ..V! i (I p. m. . . M 7 p. in. . .,V I X V ni. .W'.l M .HI I .! I -HS I l I hll it. in. n. in. Highest Friday. rhfyi-nn . . . . Mavfiiport ... rpnviT llr Mninr . I wl? I "i r y . . l.nl-r . . Nuitk I'ialla . . r- I'llrblt, . . . ...Tit UHPi.l i'ir Salt Luke . . . Snt i I'V . ...' sht i-iii ii . . .. ..V-' Smil I'lty ...;')iVi.!'ii',n , Six Die as Ships Fall in Flames Pilot. Met lianii mid Pa -en-1 f.vr Killed in CoIImoii of Piiti- and London Aerial l!prei Plunrii. Wreckage Catches Fire Pan, April 7-lHr A. I'.)--The l'aiii and London anul t'pirr collided in midair lhi aftrtnumi otrr the tillage Tluciillny. .'( mite not iti of lut. Thr pilot of both airplane, thire parngrr and one mechanic were killed in wreckage that fill il.iiiniig to ihe ground. The French airplane, piloted by Aviator Mire, aided bv a mechanic, was cirrxiug three iaeiiget. It left l.chmirili t, in the rnvnonj of , I'atU. at noon, for Loudon, i The Hutiidi airplane, whuh If it ! Croydon, in the Loudon area, this 'illuming, tarried mad and mi ; in.titni.-il titily by a pilot. The passenger in the Paris were: M. I'.ouritv; M. and Mine. Julien ; I'.m-i. The aeri.il express .rrice between London and fari was stalled in the spring of I'M'' and ha come to be. regarded as one of the dependable means of ttausportatioit between the two capitals. At first only patron ized by travelers of an adventurous turn of mind who wauled to luvc the thrill of air travel, it has de veloped within the last two years, with the element of danger reduced to the minimum, into a steady daily route. The trip is made in a little more than two hours and at least half of the pascugcrs have been women. Hurried Trips to London. Prominent officials have frequently availed themselves of the air route to attend hastily called conferences in cither Paris or London. During the peace conference ISonar Law oi the British delegates made hurried trips back to London to attend to routine official business, often returning the same day. King Albert and Uucen Elizabeth of ilelgiiim have also been passengers. These luxurious air Pullmans carry 10 or 2 persons in large com fortable chairs. Kach seat has a separate porthole through which the passenger can view the landscape. Round Trip $60. The aerial fare has steadily 'de creased since large numbers of pas sengers have taken to this form of travel, and round trip tickets cost about $60. Another and incidental develop ment of the air service has been the amount of merchandise carried. Each plane has a certain carrying capacity for goods and Parrs dressmakers fre quently deliver gowns in London in this way. Recently a load of prize pigs was brought from London to Paris by air express and many dogs have also made the trip. Collisions between airplanes were not unusual during the war when flocks of machines were moving swiftly in a comparatively circum scribed area. The meeting in mid air of these two aerial expresses, however, almost inconceivably trav ersing the very same air channel out of the virtually innumerable ones available, constitutes one of the most remarkable happenings in the history of aviation. Only One Other. Only once before today's collisions has there been a fatal accident in this service. This occurred in De cember, 1920, more than a year after the service was inaugurated, when a big air liner, just as it was leav ing Crycklewood, near London, fouled a tree and crashed to the ground in flames, killing the pilot, his mechanician and two passengers. Swanson in Omaha to Promote His Campaign Dan Swanson, commissioner of ' nublic lauds and hllildintrc ua in Omaha Thursday in connection with nis campaign tor rcnoiiunation on the republican ticket. In support' of this ambition, he cites the record of $141,000 increased receipts in his department, with less appropriation for its operation than for any other and a 15 per cent saving from that, County Official Expires of Wound in Election Fight ' Albuquerque, N. M April 7. Cclso Lovato, county commissioner of Valencia county, died in a hos pital here today of a bullet wound sustained at Bclen Tuesday night following a heated election. Lovato's brother-in-law, Santiago Baca, is being held at Las Lunas pending an investigation. He says a revolver he was carrying was ac cidentally discharged. Man Arrested for Death of Roosevelt Released New York, April 7. David Zalkin, municipal bus driver, who was held on a charge of homicide after the death of Robert B. Roosevelt, jr.j from injuries inflicted by an auto mobile, was discharged by Mag;s tratc Nolan on recommendation of Assistant District Attorney Good man. Mr. Goodman said Roose. velt's relatives were convinced Zalkin was not to blame for the accident. I Man 50 Minutes Late Fined SI Minute hy Chicago Judge Chicago, April 7. Held in con tempt of court for being 50 minutes Ir.te in appearing, Paul F.crnnek was lined at the rate oi $1 a minute by Jude John Cavrrly. the total being $.'0. Bcrantk was summoned in con i ii :iou with a fiaudulcul check ihaigc