Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel], May 11, 1920, Image 1

About Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975

Image provided by: Maine State Library

                
TUESDAY: **
~ufi *?.ses 5:’6
jUn Sets 7:5*
ergtn Dav "S* 37
~=v ncj-B—e 5 : 46
* L. a May 11
% N. M. May *8
5 F. Q. May 74
$ F. M. June 1
(A3*u«» T'jne)
WEDNESDAY: fair
Want Acts wail a nave to be you*
aew ■‘menus. >f you are *aitt?ful t*»
■eaC'ng and anrwer-ng there. Feed
Journal Want A a* evgry 3ay.
~TAELI5HED 1S25
AUGUSTA. MAINE. TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 11. 1920,
PRICE THREE CENTS
DANIELS AFTER SIMS’ SCALP
ADMIRAL JUGGLER OF TRUTH
COVETED BRITISH RIBBONS
Secretary of Navy Before Senate Committee
: Answer to Charges Against Navy’s Con
rad of ^ ar—Some of Charges Without
Foundation, Others Unjustified. He Avers
—Declares Admiral Always Showed Weak
ness tor British Honors and Love of For
e:m Decorations—Six Points on Where He
..ed to Measure L p to Expectations
i_\ .ElS hits back
Ma 10.—Secretary
a vigorous courier
::st Rear Admiral Shns
appeared before the
- ratmir oonrnuT-tiee to
Trade by the officer
• ;.— Department's con
ac war
• a mutism of Admired
■ •• . Mr Daniels most of
'..i a carefully pr**
xr.vT.'. His attack came
• • ns answers to the
„ - - .1 failure and i&ck of
le unsparingly ar
imirai for "pro-British
. •; - • ’ violation of naval
.re -ritacasm of the
- - z and successful ef
: ■ : ’ "tv -fficers.
. -air Today with Ad
- m. hurzes that delay by
: .rttnest lfl'-i prolonged tne
rr tsart]" d.rrptarr DameiS
■ > war record stood
.uid . r „;i time re
-• . :s:n from withm or
•35er.esti Navy's part
- ..t ir." be said, "there ar**
.pinions at home or abroad.
•'■.■St aer ous harzes made hr
- ms . r Without foundation
••< rr'iistiried. Upon
:: . what he ''.'ills »r
ziai' : utnda*ion of facts,
-iir.s a...- reeled a towering
Eirnrititm and m:s
• sus: he had always r«*
• iimiroi's desire for
f glitter
lea an ~age t—Coi. 5}
Maine Wire Briefs
£•' a"2*' motel Lafayette
— >Su *—The James Can
:-=-aas • urs wntrs if the Lafay
.a '« accepted pauxa made
••.- Miller and Mayo of
.:>« --r.r: Ixamend of Bos
• n<- -30m extension to the
The addition will ix> made
npr'-ss at root side of the
— and is to be a c: nunuous
Jit* iueen Exports Temper
.ml.. M • .. May 9 —Annie Rs.T
:nd -y-pKy queen. ran
T.rbe's encampment m
• vise her husband ate
rtfored her -tinned
.may r-icfit. Deputy
:..ied and . >ok her and
'"•n... -on J„ into custody
- > f disturbing’ the peace,
an i .no. a dozen others in
'■ unooie to quell her
r-- roused over the in
— -is ~ u c n —awston Canai
'Jay i*>—Joseph Para
T. ikmaa qua-died i4on
'■ —..r.g as rair.peient to take
f : nose sfrenuous mov
T *ien he. his horse and
—<■ quarts -went into the
■Kim: iaer« it trasses
; of Cedar street. Inca
• arms were pure milk
■ c : ranger. Paradis was
a as the horse, but the
stall rest at the box
.arm..
' ~~ —axes Stili Icebound
■ the urge lakes m the
~ ’ on of the State are still
.-ut :t .s reported that
"able for their opening
-me The Maine Central
-icpimtnent continues to
' iFiaerahie number of in
the probable opening of
t-1 applicants are kept
is :o ftshmg conditions,
port that they are hav
nuuines relative to the
j~ ■ and .t :s believed that
r me to the ?tate for this
a-naecord Cotton Damaged
“f; May JO.—Forty haies of
mated to be worth 55.900
” ■ n the big cotton house
' T>“- Manufacturing- Com
—ri'■n street, were badly
■'esxerday. The fir*
been •-xt: ngmabed.
•voter being poured on the
renoon. It is believed b>H
•tat t will be possible to!
* Part of the cotton. The
“■ Sre is not known, but it
•u he tnaae had been
nr mer it had been an
a freight some days ago.
overed by insurance.
SORRY HE RECOMMENDED
The fact that not one life was lost
hi transport-tig the army ~j Prance,
teas "answer to most of the cr:t.
oisms heard by the ■omraittee,'’ hi
Daniels declared, and added that had
he "known facts developed during
the investigation. be tol.I not ha -■
recommended Situs to Congress for a
life commission as a fail admira.. ’
Referring to the Sims aarge that
detays on the part of the Nay De
partment prolonged the \» f ar
months and cost 300.000 lives un
necessarily ilr. Daniels declared ne
had talked with many admirals of
the British navy and not one w.tuiu
subscribe to the charge .
Admira, Sims' statement that just
prior to sailing tor London :ie - -
eeiT»d the “explicit a dmomtion '
"don i let the Erttish puil the wool
over your eyes, tie a aul as soon
fight them as the Germans" r**v- .v<—_i
considerable ar.em.on from the se- -
resary. If the adm.ra. considered the
words an -explicit admonition ’
violated three sections of naval rt-g
ullauons in maa.ng them public. M.
Dameis cieoiared.
Aam-rai snn? criticism • nat Ac
‘mira. Benson, former hief of na "til
operations was antt-Bnnsh was en
tireiy unfounded and unjustified. in
w tress sa.CL
“Sims genuflected to British . i
mirabtj- ideas and acc .k-c Ertt ,-n
•clews so fully ami '"t.' t-d rrttisli
honors so earnestly that ne came to
regard as anti-BniiSh such a rigged
American as Admira- Benson w ho
‘ail American, neithf r pro' ter,
with reference -o ary other court"
3 Charges Against Veaze Maaman
Banger, Mr.. Ma ‘ '—Ge rge Si.
etanchheid. aged ”4 at V- azie, • he
paroled Slate hosp-ta. patient. who
short’:-- after midnight Saturday at
tempted to kill ais former sweet
heart by shootthf her with a shotgun
and set fire to two farm buildings
with heavy oss. was held today un
der Ha'.tW' bah—K..itiK' n each of
three charges—'wo for firing the
auiloings ahd one for a: tempted
murder.
The victim of the maxai = assaa.t
is expected to recover.
Casco 3sy Line to Seil 3 Steame-s
Portland. May ia—Three steamers
of oid Casco Bay <ic Harpsw- 1 .:r.ee..
the Maqucit, the Forest jueen ana
the Emita. have been offered for sa.e
by the newly organized Case- Bay
Lines of which Hon. Edward P.
■Winslow .s president and Edward W
Cram treasurer and temporary sup
erintendent. It is the .ntennon d.
the officials of the new steam:-cm:
line to retain the steamers Ffigrim
and Aneocisco as the nucleus of a
new fleet and it .s pianned to piace
these stearners in service June L ta
peaks' Island and to other points .a
the upper and .ower bay.
Sen. Spmer-f* Located
Bangor. Me.. May 10—The new
four-masted schooner Spindrift,
which sailed from Machias April IZ
for Halifax, to load for the United
Kingdom and has been missing ever
since, has been heard from, a tele
gram received in Machias today re
porting that she was blown 7(W miles
south of Bermuda, where she was
spoken by a steamer witu n brought
letters from her master to an
American port- The schooner was
'Tiaitmp for a ust Indian port r-he
is commanded by Captain John
Mitchell and earned a crew of Ma
tthias men who shipped on.v ;r the
run to Halifax.
Stop Govt. Money
Aid to Exporters
Washington. May 10.—F: nancial
aid for exporters was w indrawn by
the government today. A: the re
quest of Secretary Houston the War
Finance Corporation suspended fur
ther advances to aid in sti'pments
abroad except such as already have
been authorized
Mr. Houston said that if more ioans
were made by the War Finance Cor
poqation the government wouiu :uiain
have to enter the borrowing heid.
This, he said, did not seem adv saui«
under existing circumstances.
The corporation has loaned he en
tire amount of its capital stock. SJtin.
060.306. as well as its surpms. A ooc
onuthts of ioans. Mr Houston ‘laid,
would compel a new issoe of War ;
Finance Corporation bonds.
WEATHER EYE
Uncle Sam on Inter
Allied Commissions
SuDerv jf Germany's
3T 2 sa^Tarent Ciauses of T--aiy
3eing C ose y Water>ec Despite
Amercan Secr-esentat:o"
Washington. Mi *>■—3" 'Jae _*_<•:>
P~~s- —P-espim 'hr ^;>setjtie .'f
.±.rr.ir..-ili. ~f-prHSf-.nuiuv«* oa it :nter
rar.tr:-. commissions it? supervise
ae lutaUmesi :>y 2.-rasas y af the tus
ahtnamt-nt clauses .ii the :rra:v. a*>
-tates c. v nii-T.: .t wa'.htut^
'•r" s. ia .
Thr Ameruiui paint of % rtv of the
“s:»*at tr? rasas ramp-saare s:ta the
nF^rmiLnit'Ti i of ■. nt* ir*ent”*,
*"'••''•1 •• rm an imporxu sub:e<:
Spa • ..
nurtzed litre iGiiows
•'
>jnp .in w ;:i ; - iiiuimutiie:;* t -
visions attracting a-tienum here .e the
■ u..ur- " *dut*e irmum mil. tury ~i
s Ahouc . piedired *o reduce
t r - iruiar arm 251' •* 5* April IK
-l,ir una ••-* - uiy :t». the -ec
". ;ar . r*n r'-m; ns u:>r r oat. mate y i5?>. **.
n ' m' ...t at tt..ra**c «■• .•!a«
.... '
-•" '; arc .r»i>r x::Tia* Ay >*.*». ** home
:mar is are r*-guroed as i .*'.niaijCin of
• -
treat; .ua.m .ha: these forces ar nieces
-a:" •’• na.nter.unce f inma. arte -
-s nsiatred here at refuted • nc
u.l ur~ those :. r-es to ope won the
recent r*n uprisings
' -• ■• * - •■
• ■ • htw i pro
* " • ’ i- i urtratn : »r uie
• n: n.<*a ma.r:: -mm e -f «. r**rular ur
nr t 5' w a::- - Jtuy
' h*-- tr.: hauce w: h • .r *r**a
;n** - jertnar general staff jfitenfiiMy
1 hi..- -..-.r. a. *''*p.'r:s h ****•' .:«*y :he
narleuis a r^nerai staff continues v»
■*■* main:a.n • rta.r. -/aae?. -t s
. -* . •
' r ..ns 1 tans a: he f-:•**-urn offer
ptr-iie ■. «• r : t’**v1ouf staff du’ifs.
f • a m atm armnur. non Germany
iestr • March V*. !•».
• fc ■ k .!iia ‘U a ip > auziuar** u.
1!- * a.tout -T.e—: ;ar*-*rs of 'he amount
tiau Ures disposect of.
S ' far vS s known her? secrets .n
he ir.anutacTur of ^as a:td other mu*
n. t tons -»vn: c h lermany agreed * o aip
ciose to the Allies before April ID. have
opt yet been di’owiifreu.
M.'.ttar^- .aumi reported as roanpk*‘e
y rtmphcei w :h tnclude. Adaption of
"ew tables of -r:ran:aa:.Dn. non-nmr.u
facrure of atuxsittons nnn-:nipo?^atioii
of munition*- aboiltion of universal m.I
tary service- ana the test ruction of
Shine f:*rti3cationF.
As :n the *r lltary clauses, the most
noteworthy v da: cm of the na"al
: a user :s ons^yea r. the provujion for
tht- reduction U - ?fee::x**e The ronrin
ued ensMsict* >f the second and fourth
marine hr?trades m excess of the au
th 'trned lU."* s part:ruiar'*y reported
sin re these irtpaaes ^onm: ruled he m
or par* f ie s -called Ba.up trooph
rfesponsii’ e fur the Kapp revolution.
m y ha-f f the KuamameF and war*
sh.ps t : be broken up by the Germans
r»ei »re April li» hav^ destroyed.
Similar ' t .« esunmted, iarue storks
of naval runs anu ammunition which
.-houid ..are *een destroyed by Febru
ary lit st.il remain n German hands
I-AGe information u* av&.lapie nere
^anoerr.inff Germany -« compliance with
.he a.r taupe of the treaty.
In scenera.. G**rmany ;f estimated here
to have si w*t a ompiiance with *he
c isarmamer.: cl a uses f the treaty of ap
pmx.mately -r» to sC« per ntmr
Mill Engineers
at Lawrence to
Return to Work Today
Lawrence, Mass.. May W* — Union
srL&Uonary eng-neers -mpioyed .n the
mills of the Ahlencan "Women Com
pany here, yno went on strike last
Thursday for a uS-hour week and a
i.nimum wag“ of from *40 to *60 a
week. Will return to work tomorrow
morning. according to a statement
tonight by Business Agent James F
Hughes. He gare no reams lor the
iecisKii to return, mo company of
tiria.s said they had not granted the
demands in wtiole or :n part.
Engineers .n several other textile
mills struck at the same time as
those employed by the American
Woolen Cimpart' union leaders
pitt'. :ng the number at about sixty
and ompany affinals claiming a
much smaller trumlier. It was esti
mated that about one naif of those
who wa.ked out wer" employed in
the nulls of the American Wooten
Company
Flier Smith Again
Breaks Altitude
Record Carrying Three
E! Centre. Cal.. May ID—Captain i«ow
eil H. Smith, commanding officer of
Pur- ear Fed acre, arnke what Is pa.J
re lie the wor d s altitude mold for an
airpiene am ::ig a pilot and three pas
sengers -oday »Uen he ascended IT.lttP
itm. The airplane was in the air two
hours and forty minutes.
■*
Party Strife Looms Big
In Ranks of Socialists
In Convention at N. Y.
Platform as Framed By “Con
servative^ Group Not to Lik
ing of Radicals—Convention
Acting As Committee of
Whole to Wrangle Over
Wording Today
Xew X mt. Mar lit—Shcuung fur
the radicalism of German. Frencn.
Lallan and Russian aoria.ism. the
Illinois delegation to the cojjvem.an
■i the 5<*naast party jf America to
day launched a convened attach on
uonservatave" ieaders and their
platform demands for popular ad
mtniBtrauon of pn'-ate property 'for
the acnent of a_l. '
Following the immdamon of a
de-..arat.on of principles'’ and par-.'
platform drafted under the leader
snip -if Moms Sillquit. tae 'fighting
minority from Chicago" led t:.c:r
stale's representatives into wnat
may develop into a party warfare of
threatening aspect. :t wasfcstated >
nighi.
i Louis Engdan.. samue. H Hol
land ana W iliam F Kruse, a.i f
■'hicagn, ana trie .ast two under sen
tences for vitiation of the wartime
Espionage Act. captained the raiivu
eitment s troops today When the
fiiiinuit platform • was sut'mined
with the motion that it be adopted.
Holland earned the floor ami r a tu
rn tilt f waving sands ana shouts.
I acn ' ake tins pauform at ail. ’
he med. It .-lutaons not mug m.
nice Phrases MTe have had no op
portunity to consider .:. T-t Hill
• nt has the audacity mwe its
adoption. Wha: are they trying ta
do. thr ;w it it wn our throats
HLlquii sharply arraigned t a
•aiding f suspicion hy ne deiegau n
rpon another without concrete -ause
as an act f ‘hstrtimcnisLs instead
f radicals. He said the delegatas
wr.uid find the platform sunmnied
worn ay -*f dost attention, although
eyiui •t.joveu parages ar** missing
from it '•
The convention Anally voted .p *no
uon hy Municipal Court Just.- Ja
cob Pun ken f X-.w Y irk. which
quit d*">iar«M ac-"p’abie. :-j consu
late user a commute- if tiu wn
to consider -he platform t onr.-irow
-nom.ng. This was carried y a
■f *tii a* :.l
Eefor" adjournment for t e fo •
•he convent:on set non Thursday
afternoon for 'he ■nomination .if .-an
diaates for President ana
President. Eugene V I-ei.h. i<-w
serving ten years for vit-.ation -f tht
Espionage laws, already uas Pet n
proclaimed as trie party's pr :;a~ >■
•aadiaate ft r President.
Jury Secured for
Zimmerman Girl's
Trial for Murder
Springfield. Mass.. Slav IP—The urn'
for '_he trta. o’ Miss Jessie Z.itnne
of this city charsteii with the muraer
of her cousin. Z't Henry Zimmerman.
August T .ast. was completed late n.s
afternoon hi atper-or court befrr*- J 4;
Xeison P Brown after — .f the ve:..r
ol 112 men had been examined. T-mor
row mcramg District ATcmev Jhar.'es
H. Wright will make his opening
r'peech.
Aaimg the men chai'enged fry :hr ne
fense was Meyer Pint-hack of Holyoke,
the only memoer of the pane; of me
same religious liuth as M.as Znnmer
tnan.
After P‘.nchuck had been examined
by J uage Brut. Miss Z.mmemar who
had remained calm and emotionless pre
viously. wrr rose from her sea; n the
prisoner s dock and in a uoif voice sa. ::
"I .hu.ier.gi ’ immediattHy she lost con
trol and with a sod dropped into her
?ba.r with her head in her hands, weep
ing. it was the only tnstanee f the
day wien Miss Ikmurnaa showed
signs of weakening.
Louisiana Action
on Woman Suffrage
to Come Next Week
3a:or Hinge. La.. May lb— Fintu
action on w man suffrage legislation
will not be taken by the Louisiana
legislature befor» next week. SufT
"age leaders decided just before th
genera, assemniy eonvnad today no’
to introduce the ratification measure
until nert Monday.
THE WEATHER
FAIR
Xorthern Sew England gcneraJlv
fair Tuesday and 'Wednesday.
Southern New England: shower*
Tuesday Wednesday par*’v cloud?"
Porecas* East Xew Tark: local
showers Tuesday . Wednesuay snow
ers.
Boston -arecast
Forecast for Boston ami vicinity
Tuesday afiowers- IX ^dnesnay partly
cloudy moderate to west winds.
General Forecast
It is jonsidembly cooler :n tap
middle Atlantic. States. A.t a rule
however. :"inperamres differ but Ti
tle from the seasonal average.
It will be somewhat cooler Tuesday
n the south port, on *uf the middle At -
Antic district.
Winds off Atlantic coast, nor* a of
Sandy Hook: moderate northwes?
cloudy. „ _ __ _ l
*
SENATC** LODGE — Who will
Tune Heycte saeecn cf P-ss:
3«nt:a( catnca gn at C^t^agc Con
v^rt^on sf Reouai'Can party on
June 5.
Sen. Lodge Chosen
Temporary Chairman
Chicago Convention
hi*:-age ’.la;- -senaUT Bfenry "u
11 •' m. * — -1. • I Cp nil U - -A ■ ■
Sen.. . e.a • ** r .t L> .ce
• •*— i T!F r Leap *• * N«;.t*ns
•O' ^r.a: ri; scond e k-"note T the
"?r. ng •>*• s .a. rampaim .* ■ <. aa
.a. ".*t> ..n nv»ni.{«ii ‘hi ajp
• June
*
set."'fi S**nn r .*r *ernpt‘rary
na.man ^ i vmed ■ n re'-ommend ij
' • • r;■. on::■ .u vometmt- erne e
nuaen p^maiifai ::a.rmk;; ::> ****:;eve
... - ■ a g • e
t4 -i.r • * .»r;- ago Ser
u: -r Horline . hiO filled
join jxist. . T.s.
The -iiimniitve - r-- mim ::datjtm. ac
?■'miner •; sever;.. • m:r:. * ** rr «r.. pr»!'*
. w pave Tie wr y ; r Tie seler -
nr. of ' .'mer Sena:. r Albert ... Bever
-re «.: India:.;: ♦erma.nen: •.•rxnnar..
The name :«f Senator Bnradi. eanoi
jate : ■ !fc rs : *he Sena-i: r
H.mm W Johns n :ampa.gn f r
nent huirman. wi? r: * mer.uor.ed .ar
ise he ..s. ussier. ..iirddng to Fred
V nnam. na: -r.ai 'tt±f: rer
’ha.man TVliI ' I-.., ^ f the nation
al comic;! tee rep Ted j>n conferences
it-id as! wek . Sena e i:«a<rs
ashinsr-m tp-m S*-r.u;: r Lcriee s se
er Tan «ut :rge- h> ^enaiors Snr.x ..nd
Branaec'***- and others
hurt.-- “ader! sa he League -if Na
tions : r:.: ucacu.rredh would be touch
*-w: n tiy Sena: r Lodge, and ..at a
piaak endorsing 'he peaee treaty and
• he League f Nations -ovenant wih
,ie resser' ai. ns -:ea :«y the Republi
can mayiriy :n 'engross would be iii
••••■'eh. ;n the p.m: >rai.
Lerte B. Leasim of New Y :rk.
«-e-reiary of the las: wo Republican
•on -entions. was again chosen T-mpo
BITING LIQUOR
FOR DRV AGENTS
RULED LAWFUL
Boston. Mi. ' »—U. 5. nmmissumer
Ears* today —cieci that rara a person
.s .nduced - . prohibition arps: to bar
’ia.uor for ;ia and does not honae.f
profit by ‘he transaction, he dees no;
violate ‘.he prohibition aws.
The ml ins came in disposmir :if ‘he
-ane nf Moms Barenboim. 3 XairrfBc*
lac:, ilr*■ or who nii: arrested urn trt*pks
apo after four prohibit ion acents bad
induced :.;m to obtain icjnor for ‘hem.
The mart was diM :iarsed.
Standard Oil Co.
Again Boosts Price
Gasoline—Now 34e
N-w York. Mav hi—Motorola lo
ony became the a'.**st -scrims if ad
vancin* prcres.
The Stun oar1 Oil r ompasy of Xew
Y rk announced rha: the price of
-ras'eine to garages woui d b* -aised
ut 3(i "wits a gaitun. an in crease of
ne and one-haif -ants. wnile nde
pendents were reported to he quoting
■ras" ae ..urn as .13 cents. Tbta. :t
was said, would mean *ha: the -"tail
price wa-uid i»e at -east T4 -ents. To
rn s advance brines advances since
January to 33 per cent.
EXECUTIONS GALORE
MARKS INCEPTION NEW
MEXICAN REVOLUTION
DIGS AND BOOSTS
For Attorney Genera,
in House
Caust.c Comment ay Mew York Rec
"ese-tat. ve Met by Democratic
Memoer s Deforce — Says More
Heip arc Less Criticism Would
Hem Recuse H. C. of L.
"tVosiungion. May 10.—Attorney
Genera. Pa.mer was attacked and de
fended ;n the House today during
consideration at the sundry civil bill
carrying slu apprt priauon of two
nullum dollars ::>r the Department of
Justice.
Representative Mu-. C'-at . Repub
".i-ar.. Xetv Yura. said '-inn no rad
icai .eader m :i-s generation uad
"dune more to unsettle tin.’ nerves of
the American peep ** than the Aitor
ner General."
"He has not cor.-.ci.-,; ary profit
eers." the York memt'-r .nam
ed. ‘hut he has been teilmc peopie
how to cook hunt roust and 3Uuir
it taste ,:ke strioia steak. If the
Department of Justice .s to tie con
verted _nto a department of hi use -
hold economies .: should be put n
•• tiara® of one of the millions of
American women now trying to
-.hunge pa's pants into s: n s pants,
wniie the Attorney General s at
tempting' to make presidents, gar
ments out of tite iffli -u. clothes he
IS W-ULTing."
Representative MiKsovra Demo
•rat, Oklahoma. declared that when
■he reds had attempted to kill iSr
" ..me" "t was not right for Congress
t lay down on him."
A it tie more hetp and a htt!e
.••ss criticism would enu. ie the At
torney General redutn? the high
•ust of uving, " he added. i
Bigamist-Murderer
Owns Up to Ninth
Murder of Woman
Loa Angeles. Cai- May !♦» — The
.':>nfjssed t-gam-st-murderer sen
tenced here, today to ife -mpr-son
meirt under idle name of yames P.
Watson. -Jus afternoon, acrord.r.g to
District Attorney Thomas Dee W:»©i
wne. told that official of the murder
of a ninth woman nr: .m. and stated
his true name was Dan Hoiden and
.hat he was a native of Arkansas.
The ninth aileged murder was that
of Eleanor Frazier, whom, according
to "he district attorney Hidden ad
mitted he had drowned n the Spo
kane rrvt - above the faks. near the
itv of Spokane.
Hoiden was ducted by 'he distr-ct
attorney as saying he had married
the Frasier woman n Seattie a year
.Co and “had pushed her nto the
r“ver and thought she had been c.ar
r;ed over the fads and crushed on
the rocks beiow ’
This account was taken to ciear up
•he mystery surrounding the fate of
a woman known previously to officers
oniy as "Eleanor ' They had obtain
ed .nformauon concerning ner from
papers found .n his possession.
Christian Scientist
Fined $1000 for
Death of Daughter
Newara. X. J- May Id.—Andrew
Walker. a Chnst.an Scientist con
victed last week on a charge of man
slaughter in connection with the
death from diphtheria of his nine
■•ear id daughter. Dorothy, today
was fined Si.L'OP by Judge Harry V
Osborne.
The child died May 4. 1919. TTtaker
failed to summon a regular physician,
but had the child treated by three
Christian Science nractit.oners.
Walker's counsel announced he w .1
appea. the case.
Unfilled Orders
of U. S. Steel Are
Largest Since 1917
New York. May 10—The United
Slates Steel Corporation announced
today tna; unfilled orders for the
month --it ding Apri! 30 totalled 10.36S -
147 tons, a s»-n of H^S.bYl tons over
the previous month.
The total unfilled orders -was
‘"rought up to the highest point
since August, 1317, when the unfilled
tonnage was slightly more than 10,
Court Forbids Sale
Ex-German Liners
Washington. May It*—The shipping
hoard, under a de<-ree signed today j
by .TuatK- * Bailey in the district su
;ir»me coui". is perpetually enjoined
from seiUne the 79 former 'German
mers seised when the United Stales
• titered the war An appeal in the
:ase by the wiard was noted some
time ago.
Today's decree resulted from a suit
far an in;unctlon brought by W n. j
Hearst in hia capacity as a tax payer, r
Latest Turnover in Southern Republic Run
ning- True to Form — Stories of Wholesale
Slaughter of Political Prisoners by Carranza
Followers and Counter Killings by Rebels—
Carranza Captured in State Hidalgo—More
Mexican States Join Revolution
U.S. WARSHIPS LINING UP
FOR ANY POSSIBLE TROUBLE
NEWS VAGUE, UNCERTAIN
Washington. ilay I'.—<3; The As
soc.area Press •—Mexico's latest
revciiuncn. after g. . _ni: oncer way
with a remarkaUie absence if 3 chi
me. apparently has act he-. s wihuut
tile usual tropica. season of mod*
'.eiting.
Prom t>efc.iid the vett which ob
scures thr. -vents of the las: few laps
are beginning to :r" ate the stones
of whOiesa* political - i-. aliens,
counter—.•xeeuiienfi and other accom
paniments which have do frequently
marked strangles far sup-emac-y .a
the La tin-American countries.
Whereaaouts Car-anna a Mystery
Carranza, various v repcrted cap
turcu. a: h.nht. or m hiding; Cand:do
Aguilar, hns *on-m- aw and Minister
of Foreign Affairs germed vti Gen
eral Francisco Murguia. ■ 'tnmande
.tf The gnr-'Hon .n M x:co • ity after
a wholesale -dititrhter of political
prsobers. Deluding :i::een generals
forces of the revolution n control of
the capital and most of the metro
•Oiitan cities of the country, while
.vmerican warshnw tnd marines con
tmued to neve r.to strati me posi
tions. were tie - . ."-‘tnas: features d
today's news.
Communication bet-v^en .he United
.States and tne Mexican capital c-tm
unued intermittently and incertain
’y Reports received here f the
"jtt:ng of ‘he te.-egmph :nes which
car—y cable despatches :iv<m:and from
Continues on *sge 4—Coi. £
Abandon Plan for
Retail Sales Tax
a*r Soldier Income
Washington. Ma • 10.—Repub.mar
members f the House ways ar.d menus
mmir.w agr*-ea ‘oday id bring :n a
substitute for he soldier bonus bill w:h
the proposai for a one Tier cent -a:; cm
sa.es “iiminuied ns n means f m.sirg
the necessary funds, ‘.‘the** ms ;r*
risers i ‘Tie would he extended
over ;.ir*-e years under he agreement.
Under 'he new hill rniapensatToa : r
home service :s reduced from Jl.£ to &
for each day af aerr.oe. while payment*
for foreign sere: re -erna»r. at Sl.£ a day.
Payments would ue nuuif for service
from April 6. fill" : i July I. yi*. under
•he new bill instead of from Apr! 8,
31". to Januarv l. 32'. as under the
pending measure.
Payment of the cash bonus would be
gun April 1. 32. and re ont.nued ;n 3
quarterly instalments. The four -:>p
' ons for the cash ronus. home -or farm
aid. paid-up insurance and rail.on for
education, wou.d have a per cent. in
crease in ra.ue over the ,-aah bonus mi
ner the substitute measur- r.gtead f
being determined >n basis :>f SLIT 3 li
ft each day of .service.
The piar. of reclamation r* fang as SB
to provide "arms was changed n 'he
substitute bill to e.urinated the not*
loan and also to recur* the authoriza
tion “or tarry ns "it "he scheme from
•saei.mm to *»• m «*•. The Republi
cans estimated fiat r.pprox.mateb tn*' -
obb.Mr n the cost of the original meas
ure has ‘.men e.mtir.atad and that The
-emoceied bill would .taJl 'or a totai
“xpenditur*- of C a* (W> oft Taxes levied
by the bill wcuid become effective next
December and would .nt luae the in
crease on incomes, tobacco and -eal es
tate sales and a new levy on stock arid
gram exchange Transactions
Plan Vote on Knox
Peace Resolution
Friday in Senate
■Washington. Mar 10.—A. vote *tv
Thursuuv or Friday on 'he •*»*. •lution
to end the State of war with <Ler
many and Austria was the aim of
Senate lenders m arrmaging today for
•ailing up 'he restitution tomor*
morturtg. The Republicans plan to
keep it continually !«efor- the Senate
until *he vote is reached ntid ^eade-s
of both parties sa_d '.irtle i: scission
was anticipated. i
I
ZI Paso, Tex.. May 10—• My Tha
Ao-sec-iated P-ess —All of Mexico ex
cept tie states of T ucstan. Cam -
pecie aid CTupas aid tie northera
part of tie t“rntary of la.-w'-r Ciu
forttji. is .a tie Pan os of tie rev#; u
Tiomsts. aerord-ng to a bulletin giv
en out tonight by tie ocal eonauiat-*
of tie liberal Constitutional party.
Tie bullet,a c tirmwj tie report
of tie caprore of President Carranza
near Aptzaca. H.aa.co one gave de
tails.
"It s a.sc .-•oniirtnpd.” tie bulletin
said, “that Gene-a.s Murgaia. Cr
qmzo and Bar-agar, tae latter tie
tumous chief of the staff of Carran
za. ware executed."
It t» confirmed. too, via: Cvneml
'ahdido Aguilar son-;n- aw of Car
ranza. and Mamie! M. Inegticx met
their lives in i tight tie state of
Vera Crus -i which -jitter, Alberto
Salinas. nephew of >, 'ar-ansa. rom
mander of tie aviation eciooi. was
wounded and captured .
Offer Guarantees to Carranza
v**ra 't-jx. May 't'—By be Asaocua*
ed r r»‘W—An officia, luiiettn rerejc «a
her--- from Mexico anE-.’umwo that
P- SMient Carranza s ra.n ,s on the
Mexican railway between Ap.zaco and
E--perar,za. it adas that a ."’nit.ssu-n
ias oeer t:spa: bed *—-m tie capita! to
approach Carranza and . iTcr lum guar
ftDiees.
Wilson Stand on Pact
Would Ruin Party
Belief of Sen. Reed
Washington. Ma- :* — President
'V'’ ..son s rail to tilt* Democratic party
*o tarry •Jit* rr«*ary ratification issue
into thee ..mtiaign drew t:pr"ssirRS
Unlay f-om two memiiers of his own
party. W.Iliarn J Bryan and Senator
Reed of Mmsc aru and also from
Senator Johnson >’l 'anforttju leader
of the Republican r-nconcflable
group in the Senate treaty bartle.
Senator Reed, .n a statement, de
clared that such a piatform would
mean tor the Democrats the .as of
■yery state north of the Mason and
Dixon line and the breaking up of
the “soiid south."
Senator Johnson, also in a state
ment. said he oou.d respect the pres
ident - one:stent advocacy of unre
served rattricatjon. but be ban no re
spect for men whnse views stated
"with the carving popular wind."
Mr 3ryan. at his home in Florida,
reaffirmed h.s dec iaration for imme
diate ratification by joint act.on of
tile Repubi.caa and Demornatir
treaty freunds “in order to take the
■a out of the MiMia '*
U. S. Taking Over
Island of Taboga
No Business British
London. May l!*—Major Ohrtsfc*
pher L, whnr. c la.i'ion .imomr.'
asked the House Jf C mmons today
whether the government s attention
had been called 'o the report that th**
United States :ad seised the island
f T&boga. whiijj is the property of
Panama, for the purpose of erecting
fortifications. and whether, in new of
Great Pritain s desire to protect the
—.gilt j of stna.I natii rm.it.es. a pro
'est would be made to ’he United
Srates, and. further, whether the
matter could be referred to the Lea
gue ’ of X araons.
Cecil Harmsw' rth. trad* *- secretary
fy reign affa.rs m replying, described
the preposa; of the United States In
ISIS to erect trace for the spur-pose of
protecting tite entrance to the canai.
and America s later decision to post
pone action. Mr Kirasw-nii added
that it did not appear to be a mat
ter in which the British government
was ualled upon to interw***.