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lif* V:i?' "X ij 1 r-.i 'J- h: 1 E E N I N E IT I O N #i VOL. 15, Na 79: Expelled Mm Take The De cision Of Assemblymen More Or Less As A Joke Twenty-Four Hour Session Precedes Voting. Albany, N. T., April 1.— Five So cialists, Louis Waldman, August Claessens, Charles Solomon, Samuel A. DeWitt and' Samuel Orr, all of New York Gity, the entire delegation of their party in the New York as sembly wore expelled from the leg islature today. The majorities In favor of unseat ing the men suspended on the open ing day of the- legislative session on charges of disloyalty, were sub tantial. •, Ol Voting came ... after twenty-two -lours of oratory, parliamentary csvrangles and filibustering. '.fixtra Session Necessary. Owing to the fact that the men "nre expelled after midnight on MAT-rch ri*gkfd 1 &1, there .can be no special ..'ctions to fill their seats in the as- wibly L«Jfected 1 unless an extraordinary ses- Buflii of the legislature is to be con Mo 4*7^* jheodore Roosevelt. Republican, against" expulsion, having Kn-gued with the assembly during the r.i^ht that it had no right to exclude party Sheefjy its action the assembly estab .ed a precedent, as never before' I in entire' party, delegation been I frofift any legislative body. At No Party Lines. Party lines disappeared in the-vot ing. The Democratic minority, which was supposed to be pretty well unit ed in favor of reseating the Socialists, polljed a majority of one vote in favor of expelling Waldman, Claessens and Solomon. Twenty-one Democrats voted to reseat DeWitt and Orr, while fourteen favored their expulsion. The Republicans, by a division of" 9s to ll, voted to unseat. Waldman, Claessens and Solomofi and on the DeWitt-Orr votes they stood 89 to 2?, When the aMembly adjourned, aft er thrg seats of all live Socialists had been declared vacant, it had been' in continuous session 23 hours, and 40 minutes. The final chapter lacked the thrills that many of the spectators had ex pected. Speaker Thaddeus C. Sweet closed the debate at 9:36 a. m., and within two minutes the calling of the roll had been begun in the case of Louis Waldman. A Long Debate. The debate lasted about twenty four hours and "more than forty mem bers participated. The chamber was crowded with spectators from the time the assembly convened at 10:3ft a. m. yesterday, .until long after mid night. Many of the vfeitora remained tlirojisfaput the night and heard "th'o assembly record. its Verdict.'" For the members of,'• the lower hotjlfethe session was trying. The was operating under a close, rhich meant that no one was Id to leave the outer portals of fehamber without a pass signed i'e speaker. Luncheon and sup jier-were brought to the members by thff'pages. Scpfds Xote to MoCuc. At the (conclusion of the speech of AsseniblyiXian Martin Cr. McOce, Democrat, from New York, in which the Socialist members were called by such epithets as "traitors," "-cursf' •aTiyd ."whipped dogs," Waldman sent a note to McCue, reading as follows: "Marty—be good' sport and move that be given t^e floor to: answer you. Will you do it?" Assemblyman McCue did not. re ply. In the early morning hours while the debate was Blowly dragging its weary waiy towards a roll call, Wald man and Soloman appeared in the midway, as the main corridor be tween the assembly and senate cham bers is known. A little. band of newspaper men and senators who had organized a "Midway Choir" greeted them with a song familiar in the slx -ties, but with words adapted to mod ern conditions: WORLD'S WAR VETERANS CONDEMN N. Y. LBGISLA+CJRE Minneapolis, April the war, that ho "required' an inde pendence that could not be preserved in uniform which would render him subject to the orders of superior "of ficers ignorant'of and- not interested iin the peculiar services'* performed by him. Wild man anil' Poloman^ remaiued ported today by government observers at the capitol throughout the deliber- as follows: ations. Both (appeared to be highly amused at the proceedings and smiled fi'equpntly.. The other three men under ('"fire were not present. 1 "We shall meet, "but we shall miss them." "There will be five vacant chairs." The suspended assemblymen ac knowledged the greeting with smiles and handclapplng. JPqflsooal Bitterness. The early hours of ihe delibera tion were marked by outbursts of personal bitterness and animosity which cropped .out in the bick.erlngs and wrangles' over parliamentary iechnicalities ih the course pt an at tempt by the .Democrats to/postpone consideration Qf the casp today when it Would be too late for. Governor Smith to call special elections/to fill the vacancies resulting from the ex pected Unseating' of the five men, Minority Leader D.: Donfchue and his colleagues were said to feel that it would subject the e^efejiitive to un necessary embarrassment either to call or refuse to call the "specUi elec tlons. 3'j.^atetN*' WsortciirN^^^gi During thto stage of the procesdlogs* the deportment of the assembly tiiAes approached the disorderly. S*« changes of perSonalities^betwcen A* semblyman McCue and Louis a. Cu% pier raised tense situations: at night, 'hdwever, when Mr. in ft speech had reached the it "of: Invefcfiye against' the So s, Mr. QulUvicr marchied smil lowh to where the reporters were and said: Mi boy! Jlartv la fanning thejm f-now." !",-'• incidents of the 24 hours' sesslon were the *peeche« of lieuten ant Colonel Theodore, Roosevelt and MissMargaret L. SW«tl», RfPubli oans. Colonel Roosevelt urged th^ relwaUpg of. the SoclaUsts. Miss Smith Mlvocated their, expulsion. '3a Ydwig against the five men, 1 «ui|:J!Pt touog against SMalwm,'? Mii*vgml«"«a|d^ "If wrong, princi pjes ^ayejci*p|, lhto their party plat fonb^f parly must correct that *%y» tried to vSte Is tor #re,:" Ml* th«! good eak«r #we«t, or the :i^^4^ine wsom orders. Railroads the iron ranges r^jport themselves in ^ne condition, with ex tra crews linedrtapv ready to tackle the job of moying'itho ore from mines 'to dock pockets. Ice conditions' in Lake Superior.'tife key to the elirly or late start of the big fleet that Wintered here, 'are' re- In western Lake Superior the ..high winds of the week have moved the fields, out from Duluth- and smashed them back again. Over the. central portion the fields arc aioving with the winds and breaking? ui* while the fields have disappeared off Grand Marais, and -open watery-is visible -at White fish Point the ice in Whiteflsh bay is breaking up and much open water ap pearing St. Mary's river is opening. There is more ice this year than last season. FOUR INDICTED FOR ALLEGED LEAK IN COURT Men Are Charged with Con vispiracy to Defraud Ciovernment. Washington, April 1.—Indictments against four persons were returned to day by the District of Columbia su preme court grand jury investigating an allege.^ leak in the United States supreme court's decision last Novem ber in the Southera Pacific oil lands case. Those indicted are Ash ton F. Em bry,: 'former secretary to Associate Justice MoKenna, of the supreme court Jant^s Ilarwood Graves, former assistant attorney in the department of justice Barnett. E. Moses, Wash ington, lawyer,vand B. Millard Mayer, Jr., New-Tork stock broker. The' lnfdletmenta charge the four men with conspiracy to- defraud tne United'States of Its right to secrecy surrounding opinions of the supreme court prior to public Announcement of the court's decision. Bmbry is charged in the grand Jury report with furnish ing a "tip" on the court's decision whereby th4 other: stockholders were able to sell "short'' 600* shares of Southern Pacific stock at a profit of *1,^2 50. RAtfflCAHON OF XSipKAGE LAW IS I LOST IN DELAWARE NORTH DAKOTA'S 11.—Resolutions condemning the action of the New York state assembly for expulsion of. the. five Socialist members today were ^adopted by, the first state and north western district convention of the World War Veterans,..and tha conven tion voted to send a telegram to the assembly, declaring the expulsion an "act opposed to democracy." Debate over resolutions protesting against deportations 6f radicals ocCu- pied a large portion of the session this surprised iri^ithe Farmers' State bank, morning. A section disapproving de- of Cedar, Minn The men are to portation3 "except after a trial by: be brought to the Hennepin county jury," was stricken out, and the reso- jail here today for 'safe keeping, lution carried as opposing deportation Anoka authorities announced today, of aliens Tor tho expression of politi- A special, session of the cal opinions of any son, so long as county, grand jury has been called'for they did not conspire to commit acta Saturday to consider the charges of violence." against the men. Another resolution adopted branded Lodging of the burglary and lar universal military training as "Prus- ceny charges early today followed sianism"" and stated that such legisla- the recovery of (1,200 in Llberty tion would have a tendency to en- bonds and $500 in war saving* courage war. The resolution protested stamps by Sheriff U. S. Pratt and against any form of universal military County Attorney training or conscription except* in Anoka county. Th^ loot wasUfound time of war. hidden deep in a corner of/the hay Lester P. Barlow, temporary na- loft on the Charles "•1, McGfll ... farm tional chairman of the World War where the men were captured. The Veterains, was commended in a reso- search also disclosed another auto State officers of the Minnesota or ganization will be elected tonight. EAEYOPENiNG OF LAKE SEASON SEEMS LKELY lution which said,' explaining why he matic pistol hidden in the hay loft../ Was not in the military service during Calls For Ore byt Steel Mills Will Induce Shippers to Start Boats Early. Duluth, Minn., April '1.—Practically every Indication favored today an earlier than usual opening of lake navigation from the Head of vthe' Lakes. Downloke steel mills, especial ly tho independents, are reported run ning shbrt of iron ore and piled up with orders, for finished steel, and word has gone put to Northern Minne sota min«s th*t the ruiafc of ore down Par,is, ^D1 :v -Members who-voted tqr the attend-' ment subsequently changed for, the purpos« of later moving to recon sider. Tji« vote'^a flrially announced '.was 10 6. -.irV., .' -,i»- nrro* Money isRecoveried After Running. Battle With Men Yesterday. confederal eommittl® dlilitrdfr the, result of resolutions^ pariWsd t£t-- ilia1 meeting here 'today.. Thli movement Will be urged 'in accord with the syn dicalist Internationale for tfye purpose: of showing the solidarity of Social ists. Forty Per Cent of Harbor Traffic May Be Tied' Up by Action. NewfYork, April 1.—-A general strike order, effective, immediately on' all railroad boats except' ferries, was issued by the Marine Workers' affilia tion this afternoon. Workers on ferry, boats of railroad companies were or dered to quit work at 8 o'clock to night. The union announced that 5,000 men Would obey -the order, and that the strike would tie up forty per cent of all harbo^ traffic. MANY *AINTDfGS RBCEIVED. Pittsburgh, April 1.—l£ore than 800 paintings have been -received, here for the seventeenth, international art exhibit to be held in the Carnegie Institute, galleries beginning April 29, it was announced today. -They represent the -*Mrk of many Ameri can painters, wnile every country ih Europe, with the exception of the central powers, .Is included. MS s? Dover, Del.j April 1 .—-Ratification of the equkMit^ttfage amendment ,waa defeated ii| th«k lower houseVof the legislature today. The vote 'was 21 tOC 9. 't. Foreign Affairs Committee ^Wqr]k9 on Reaolutioni ^r\T6day. 1 (A ^e" for alttHWih cratic lei MSi &• tiam y&ii* 1 Minneapolis, Minn., April, 1.— Charges of burglary, larceny ,and as sault with Intent 1 to kill have been lodged ag&inst the ifou# men captur ed by a posse early yesterday morn ing following a running battle which began when' the -bankf robber* were 1 Anoka W:\A~ Blanchftrd of 1 There will be no "noticeable" lakes thii' is expected, and re- w6rld-'*Jde l^W.ij dimonstratiftO in milred,: t» 'r breek" iar'eVl'oua record th«-torCT -4 hour, str) Tbrovemehts tot, ^"liable the trade to All will be undierUken ^by the natloi l. LEWIS SEEKS NEW CONTRACTS 1T0R THE HARD COAL MINERS New York, April 1.—The new wage agreement of the bituminous 'mine workers, disposed of, John L. Lewi*, international president] of the united Mine Workers, today turned' his at-' tention to the negotiation of a new contract for the anthracite ftiiners. He declared that steps would be tak en to bring: about a "satisfactory" ad justment in the' hard coal industry without further delay. 'More than 400,000 mine workers will receive the 27 per cent wage in crease in the new contract which goes into effect today and continues for' two years. vlnr ere as® in production in the- bitumin ous fields as a result of the signing of the new wage agreement, accord ing to T. L. Lewis, secretary of the New" River Coal association. of West Virginia. He said' it would be prac tically impossible to increase the out put until the mine owners were as sured an "adequate car supply." WORLD WIDE STRIKE ON MAT 1 WIllL BE ATTEMPTED,REPORT l^i^»i^ljpiisii#»(i= *r 4^^ Washington. April It—^The' Repub ltcan effort to terminate the ^tate of war with Germany, formally launch ed ip the house yesterday with the introduction of a joint resolution to that effect occupied -the Attention of affairs commlttee to" agreement. wlui N lefs. It will not itjirett! house until npxt Ifi Porter-of thji .» the .resolution was •fter he had thrown It Into the feouM hopper, planned to hold brief tngs before fiportlng'T the way paved for riishUig ft.... the house uadsr a' speciaa rpt* to -wl AMll I.1 iia*. an« •it'. GRAND FORKS JX. THURSDAY, APRIL 1 1920. **"7Q BREAK SUaM.H£CDRDS •••Am*1m,. 'April-1 .-—Tommy Mil ton,' well known automobile racing driver, who captured flrst honors in the aprint racing card at Los Angeles Sunday, has shlppedhis eight cylinder Duesenberg to Dayiona, Fla., where be Will attempt to shatter all existing tfifi8 will be staged early In April Milton will try to HMtter down the marks established bjr R*lph De' Palma* In his Packard tw«lve«a»-year ago last February at thr Ftttad* tr*ek. ON No Action Taken by Presi dent to Keep" His Name Fnjm Appearing. Washington, April' 1.—President Wilson took no steps to prevent his name appearing on the presidential primaiar*ballot, in Georgia, it was said today jat the Wlhite House. .'. The president had- until 1 o'clock, Washington time, today to act. A pstlttisn signed' by ,t.he requisite number of Georgia Democrats,asking that the president's name be on the ballot, in tha- Georgia•'primary April 20, was 'filed with the state commit tee last Monday. Office Men in' Certain Dis tricts Tidce to Wearing Overalls. '^2"^': v! TanApa, Fls... April 1.—To combat the rapid rising 'prices of dcthiug. "Overall clubs" are being organized throughout/the state. A club here several! hundred members, inQlUding shipyard workers and buai neas rnen^ Reports, from Center Ilill, a small town, aret that a club organ-j i*ed there is 65 strong. Other towns are, planning to ftllow suit. Mississippi Hfose Ratify .... ... slk^ake Uie amendment effective. --vLeadsrs of bot! I Republicans and ^Democrats are-w etching the situation .because ojt its admitted effect Campaign this year. Which erer- P*rty is in jontrol of the' legis lature tliat puts ihe amendment into the, constitution Mil claim the- sup port-ofthe women's vote in Novem ber. 'Chairman BteAS. of the Republi can national congressional commit-' tee, recently stated" that an adverse vote in Delaware] where the Republi cans ar® ta powir, might cost the party, .the presidency and control of the senate and h^use. TO INCLUD* TWIN CITIES. St. Paul, Mlnn4 April X.—Extension of the New York-Chtcago air liner route to the. Twiii Cities will be insti tuted July. 4 next, it was stated there today by Alfred: Lawson. The an nouncement followed Inspection of the site here proposed for the Twin Cities municipals landing field, arranged by its backers, vthe (The Russian collection was sent from Venice, where.it had been taken ftut before the outbreak of the war for the international exhibit there. Twin City- Aero clubs, as a 'commercial!aviation field for all purposes. The* Bite- was tested by Mr. Ldwsun by an.airplane trip today, to investigate tlie possibilities for good landings 'and eage in' finding. Handbag Cdataining $45,000 Taken ^n. Kansas City X\ day. Kansas City, armed men in a the' messengers oi ers, on the 2Srd thls morning and handbag contain! ig !|lo., April 1.—Two motor car held up/' Swift & Co.. pack street, vladucT here ped with escap MB, 840. APRIL Tou may bnf placing an April Fool joke on ijurself everj' day and may jot If you are it's serious these firt fot, then you are t|je dvertlfements, In If®'*. 4* "basla^a it TOMMY FU1JLMAN DECLARES Work Willvbe Resumed To- morrow, According to Announcement. (The following Is the latest news regarding tho stbekyards strike rooelred by The Herald): Chicago, April I.—The strike which has titid the Chicago stockyards for four days and threatened to dose all packing plants here was settled today, the men ag&etnic to return to work and arbitrate .their waga differ ences. Work wllJ be resumed at the yards tomorrow. .About 10,000 packing house employes were thrown oat of work when feeders and stock handlers at the yards quit. Canadian Millers Ask Modification Of Grain Regulations Ottawa, April 1.—Canadian millers today asked the government that regulations of the Canadian wheat board be modified as the price of flour, must be advanced if increased cost of manufacture is to be met. George A. MacDonald. heading the delegation, sfcid that continued re strictions on flour prices and lack of export markets had brought Canadl an mills face to face with a serious situation. He added that cost quan tities of flour available in the United States for export complicated the Ca nadian problem. Closing down of many of the dominions 500 mills has resulted in 4.000 men being thrown out of employment Scarcity 'of mill feeds is directly traceable to lack of flour markets and the consequent decrease in the volume of domestic .milling, accord ing to the millers, who ask that the government co-operate in Inducing foreign buyers to take a reasonable proportion of Canadian wheat as flour. %km& MAY IMPROVE RIVER. Los Angeles, April 1.—The prob lem of improving the basin of the Colorado river will be discussed by more than fifty speakers from all parts of the United States at the an- nual convention of the League of the A 111 ai^etrtciiUeJif rgy and- resttjt iii'ttfie .... ..~:rrrT. .- .jsouthwest's. supporting a- popula.£i»«Ve Was1»ltigi6n, A prtl 1.—Action of of 58 0tf0 000. T.eyening. iliii Mississippi »use of representa- Officials of the Jeagufe have ex-! According to this Muenster. report ttyw.in refusing o. ratify the federal!pressed the hope the coffrentlon would the Bielefeld agreement is to-be Car suffrage amendm int focussed the at- result in unification of ."till interests in ried, out in its entirety." with tile tention of ofllcia Washington today support of some ofie plan for im- change regarding amnesty, provided oh the Delaware legislature, where proving the*.Colorado basin for the the same, questioi is pending. benefit'of the entire southwest.1 workingroen by noon on Friday, Only one mor« state is needed to Negotiations Over Shantunfir Show Signs of Friend liness. Tokio, March 2.—(Mail).—Unoffi cial exchanges between the Chinese and Japanese in. Peking in regard to Shantung shows a gradual Entente, according to advices. They seem to agree on the following -conditions: 1. Kiao Chau Bg.^ shall be re turned to China and made an open' port. 2. Railways shall be a joint en terprise between Chinese and Japan ese, both contributing the same amount of capital, the shares for Chi nese to be paid by the' Japanese for the time being and to become prop erty of Shantung province. 3. Mining rights shall be disposed of inv a similar.' manner, Japan shall be given the precedence for develop ment and transportation at coal and irm mines,, cotton, salt and food stuff^. Indirect negotiations are reported to have been completed and direct negotiations will/be opened before long. MANDATEFOR INDIFFERENCE OF NAVY DEPARTMENT CAUSED TROUBLE Washington,, April Tho only 'personsv in the1 navy de-:' partment who would'listen to h|s pleas for' more men and material preparedness were the assistant sec retary and members, of the general board, the officer declared. UGvr VOTE Rxmrraa). the to Black Sea Wbulc ged, Acqor^ng to Plans. .Paris, April 1.—(Havas.)-fA man- night With the problem. Nelson, date for Armenia has been offered the barber, who ha^ liyt in Duluth League of Nations by the supreme Al- alfd on for a number of yr lied icounell. All Armenian terrl- I»r. Koppnian while thft- under French protection. Ap outlet to the Black sea wojjld rbe provided by the arrangement un der contemplation. GARY NOMINATED teltw, Asrll 1.—Hahseii new consul pen«ral t' nominated tbday by Presl te be minMwJI wUl BltwpentAi -'Vit St. Paul, Minn., April ,1.—A light vbte is expected in the Democratic. precinct primaries to be held ?????. men meei as in? beak convention and pick the four delegates at large, COMPROMISE MDON RUHR REGION hoflrevec, and itt meeting extectjsd''' or.'lhe. U-^ras- pM^»oncd' mm: #llt 1.-—Because iint0 required action is taken by the Udt JMsdpllne. population is without protection. T^aHftPa th* thro* fiAniaIfgf PRICE FIVE »v«,.•'.iff. of, the navy department's policy of "In difference" no effort was rdade to bring the navy to a state of prepar edness before the war. Rear Admiral Fullam, former coAtmanttr of the Pacific reserve' fleet declared today before the senate naval' invert igating committee. fh7SoutPrMTnnSta tonight to ei«t PntSSr Mon™7l£V d^lega^ to^oun^^onvSnUons^ to be -er. director of the phitadelphla^ held Saturday in the eighty-six coun- ties. Polls are open ftom 6:30 to 8: JO p. m., and there is no opportunity on the ballots as arranged to express a presidential preference. In many precincts only caucuses will be held. One delegate Is elected for each 40 votes cast in 'J 910 for Wilson. At the county conventions Satur day delegates will be chosen' for the district and state conventions, and these bodies in turn will select the delegates for the national Demo cratic convention at San Francisco. The Time for Acceptance of came* Earth. Bielefeld Agreement is Extended.! Dusseldorf, April 1,—(By the Asso ciated Press)—An agreement was reached at Muenster last night upon a compromise arrangements for settling the troubles hi the Ruhr district, ac cording to the editor of the moderate labor newspaper, in this city. The reported compromise extends D._. !'JJ®'5'*!^ Southwest which opened a three-day session here today. providing for amnesty foi-those con According to the engineers, im- cerned, in the Rj£r provement of the Colorado river! "°°n ^l®.C3CecUtLVe °u would 'eliminate floods in the south- 5 working men here had west save water to irrigate millions: be lfn Untu ^ta^orwioon of Amsterdam. April 1.—-Disintegra tion of the communist army in the time, reasonable expla^toiil Add! Ruhr valley and the lack of discipline tional confirmation of^thie explaMi among the men have a dded to the tlbn is given bv the fauSt^tfiat our dlc serioiisness of the situation there, says' coveries also prove tKttt 'aJl the cle the Dusaeldorf correspondent of the! mental atoms, so wonderfully explo Handelsb.lad. At Dulsburg and the jifve in the itan. are structural' pro surrounding country plundering, car- (.ducts of hydrogen." ried on under the guise of "requbri- 1 tions" is the .order of the day, he says, A while on Die northern front of the communist army great estates have. been robbed and burned and the entire I Leaders 6f the three Socialist par ties emphatically declare a soviet die tatorship must "not be proclaimed in the Ruhr district. They assert it 1 never was planned, and that they are fighting only against unreliable gov- I ernment troops. I To. Contteur Strike.. and there were excellent prospects for a satisfactory settlement. The strain upon the workmeit. he said, has been1 relieved by news- that' Gen eral von Watters, commander of-gov ernment troops at Wesel, had been ordered not to-advance. Essen, April 'l'.*^-'(By the ..Associat ed Press)—-Decision to. continue the general strike here has been, reached by the workmen's committee in view of the failure to reach- a settlement with the government. The workmen insisted that no additional terms be inserted in the-Bielefeld agreement.! The government granted an extension St. Louis. April 1.— Ten extra depu of the-armistice for f(8 hours to give ties were on duty in the civU court workmen's delegates time to return here today at the resumption of the from Berlin to Essen and consult Conferences between delegates of workmen's committees and.:, govern ment representatives at Muenster ended last night without an agree ment, the government delegates fall ing- to make concessions demanded by the workmen.. DULUTH BARBER CONVICTED jDF MURDER TODAY RAG8 OIVKN fO Ky., April tags presented TER TO TODAY •^1. Duluth. Minn.. April 1.'—"Gdilty ol murder in the third degTee," was the verdict brought in today by a jury in the case of the state of MMties^ta' ^against Casper. N. Nelson, irtdictea -for. murder of Dr. C. Hoppman, Feb ruary 22. The pehaitT' is, imprisonment in the state beniU-ntlary for frdm sev en to thirty years. Thjt jury went out with the cade j«ifu ufi iui umiiuci u, jcauls, fihoi }Dr. Hoppman while thfy were.' qua£- torlfs WQUld be Included with the ex- reling. Dr./Hoppman died the" h^kt da$* of Cllicia, which would vbe left I at a hospital. The trouble between the two extended oyer aboutx14 yeira. It was alleged. Nelson claimed self fehse, to state or KentuWr *9 Childreft of Ih tueky raised thO flags nS&Ksr elnh VW IM2* Confutes of Scdar Gordrta^^., mm Says Astronomer. :v\V'. Philadelphia. April l.-^The efjMi was passing through the outet^-ogji fines of the corona or exterw-^wa* vwlope of the sun on the March 22 wheii the inhabitants Of t^ei northern portion of the United fltatea the BTeat servatory. The astronomer declared In a irtate ment to The Associated Press "that the "univeroal .force of radlocation" the sun "hurled the final atoms of *n explosion, namely, electrified hydrt gen and probably helium, straight ,' earth." Snyder's Vimn. Professor Snyder's obeervatio* foV tow: "The recent aurora Is a fine induc tion of the explosive atomic disinter gration which takes place at the stir- face of the sun and is peaponsiblp, Its prominences, spots and corona.'wir discovery of the magnitude aadjffc- The state convention and all the various district conventions will be. held in the Minneapolis armory, April I atomic order of. the «plos»dnjof 6. District delegates will caucus and the chemical elements In^the choose their two delegates each and *n stars generally. Jeata tg then meet as th? state convention ceptions of the aurora and the ac- storms, which are beyond- any as to their validity. "During the hours of Mohd^' nl^t fV last, the earth was. in very- sense, and to the dellgtlt Jof. passing through the outer conlnea,-.*"* t.be solar corona. The sun#' Uitiye force of radiocaition which grates the atoms in stupendous local ised Krakatoas, or Mont Pelees, on Ule sun, and produces the .hydrogen of the coronal streamers, men. also buried the final atoms of that explosion, namely, electrified kydrDg«rn. a&id. probably helium, straight to the earth. "Only within about a montti of the •equinox, vernal, or aqtumnal. is the earth in an orbital position to be thjis successfully bombarded. The moving electric hydrogen is, of coarse, an electric current, and is therefore oar? ried toward the poles of the earth and round them by the earth's magnetie forces. The fascinating color* of the aurora are due to the changing elec tric excitation of the hydrogen and other gases. The theory of Vegard. the Swedish physicist, which has explain ed the wonderful curtained auroras due to hydrogen particlei, of positive electric ..charge Is now shown to be unquestionably true, in that it is1 but a logical result of the explosive erup tion of the electric hydrogen from jTh«!- ir^il^iqwn 'delay, or Mme, •bjMvwOii.'' the' jlpiar-- -eru|i^ji4M»« the appe^rajpee nf tfie ma^netlc ^t^rm.: «^tCjMPt«dKaiiying aurora, 'ejtrAf^-luiout 45, hounl, is dtje.-iOiwe.' ttt&n'i<j$- the h£drog^h' Kanmt^ ttiwl, flroijii'-tbe sun to the eajlh.:'1Jt«. •. rite of travel i« about 375 millM second, or somewhat in excess of the rate of the upward, movement of t|w gases in some of the great solar pronft inences. "The numerous and •^nnpiex. 'd«^ tails of the &nrom ijSK«i^ffii are found thus to reditfOliCtil^ MORE GUARDS NECESSARY If I Girl is Being Tried at St. Louis For Killing Stepfather. -f tri*l with the general conference here. old, charged with first degree murdjer General. Leitner, commander-in for chief of the workers' forces here, said Woodlock. who was shot to death last night the situation .was clearing April 14 last. The extra guard was {yesterday ^afternoon and struggled all assault h|s atep-dau^tM*: ynrala" s, Ursula Broderick. 1« years killing her stepfather, Jos. F. assigned to forestall a repetition .of the trouble that occurred yieeterday. during an. intermission, in the triji!. when Mrs. Woodlock. the defendants mother, was attacked by Mrs. Briclge£ Corcoran, a sister of Thomas P. BTod- 7 erick, Mr*. Wood lock's first husbalai'd. •. who was shot to death by Ursula four Sf| years ago. The girl was exonerated at that time, claiming that she «hot in defense of her mother. Mrs. Woodlock. the. first witness .for the defense, took the stand when tl\eL trial was resumed today. Her -testi mony is expected to ^figure promt- .'j nently in establishing the plea of' tliey^ defendant that she killed WocmUo&C a tb protect her honor, having previa! ously 'armed herself with a revolver on account of threats .which she a3- '. leges Woodlock made: Mrs. Woodlock, who is chained second -degree murder in «onl*ec tion with the killing of her h' will vbe tried later, I. The state rested l^te yesterday. aC the eonclusion of the testimony, of WilliamIV.- Bright, a neighbor of ,&e Woodlock*. the principal wltusas .the prosecution. St. -I«ouh|. Mo. April 1.—Josejpb Woodloek mtade'nupierou^ attempts Broterl^k. If fled to at th«: charge of first her loetf "driai'-'.. ith^tagueaee a*4ea»i the Bightytourth, api dlvwon. U. a JtL, It -Met Oan» Zachary Taylor In. lilt t»f Ibmmu «r. I. «n been cda.s*d'9CeH irtiKh they «»nn «M, It -was-^tOTUr tfW todto','-»n:.^ murder 4