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STAR 11 You Are. LookiuK for a Home, a STAR WANT ADwilltind it5. CITY EDITION Today's News Today INEBBASK A'S BEST' NEW SHAPE KZE EIGHTEENTH TEAR. LINCOLNv NljIB THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1920. PAGES two cents; 1 THE LINCOLN DA ft it it A tfr ft lrftftft 8 PERCENT-HIKE R.

I. HEADS MB ELUDES POLITICS UNPLEDGED MEMORIAL DRIVE Of REBELS MEXICAN CHARGED TWELVE DEAD IM WEST VIRGINIA PISTOL BATTLE Detectives Clashed With Citizens and Police of Coal Mining Town. Deputy Sheriffs ArmSd With Rifles Patrol Streets and Quiet Prevails. Campaign' to Raise 000 for New Gymnasium and Stadium At State University Opens With Enthusiasm Students and Business Men Subscribe Liberally. 1 Subscriptions totaling $15,000 wer 'J received from atudentt at ths mass meeting at the university Thursday morning.

The actual average per student waa $33. This waa ths first day of a week's campaign for sub A-" aonptions to the Nebrssks 'Memorial among university students alone. Saturday morning every student wilLbe solicited at his horn or pises of iuaineas. autos havs been offsred tor this oanvaaa. 1 The general campaign throughout the atate will begin ths firat week in June.

The Nebraska Memorial campaign among the students of the unlvere-- Ity for at least $160,000 toward ths million dollar gymnasium and stadium was launched with a burs of enthusiasm Thursday morning at a special mass meeting In Memorial hall. The crowd waasmall in comparison to what was expected by tit managers, but the students wero i quick to respond to the urgent ap- peals of the speakers and subscript tlons taken at the close of the meet. lng averaged close to $50 per stu dent Several pledges for $100 and more were received. One pledge of $2,000 was reielvsd front the senior class, which waa specified 4o be usod for the main arch In the hi startlum Th Uni verslty Players' Stock company subscribed $1,000, and one member of the faculty signed for $400. Campaign Manager Guy Read explained that the subscriptions might be paid in any way that the sudent desired, exendlnar over anv time whlrh considered necessary.

ihe sum which is raised among the students is to i intn tha nniiti. athletic stadium which when com-' pleted will have a seating capacity ot 25.000 people. This will be built to sections, depending- UDon tha ratat that the cash Davmenta mi. ceived. rt Plans For Gymnsaium.

Manager Reed stated that tha Va. braska Memorial gymnasium will ha I the largest avmnasium in th try, the main floor of it being 10S ay no ieet or rive times the size of the present gymnasium. The swim- lnb- Dool will he An tn equal lo the sice of the chapel in the present Memorial hall. A kitchen, ha -explained, will be built 82 by 90 feat with facilities for serving from 5, 000 to (,000 people at one The hall Will accommodate from 000 to 10,000 people seated In chairs and the bulldinv Will he avallahla at all times for conventions and other WKATHER CONDITIONS NEBRASKA: Part)y cloudy 3 Thursday and Friday; probably beepming unsettled In aoutheast Portion; "not much change temperature. a.

bo a. ,59 .60 1 .92 a. 68 s- a. (7- 10 a. 68 Wind velocity.

41 1 p. m. ,2 p. miles Pr hour. Weather throughout the state today cloudy in northwest; cloudy elsewhere.

HcKii.xt temperature a year ago at today, 65; lowest. 75, Dry Wet Bulb Bulb Hum. 7 A. M. 55 51 76 12:30 T.

M. 91 59 62 Sun and Moon. Sun rises at) 9:09 am. -ar Run sets at 7.42 p. Moon rises 732 a.

m. Moon sets 10:25 p. m. SINGLE DISPOSAL Engineers File Report On Sew ers and Sewage Disposal With City Officials. Complete Survey of Situation Made Final Cost Estimated At $500,000.

The report of the engineers on the sewers and sewage disposal ques tions for the sanitary district, of which Lincoln forms the chief -part. was received by the city engineer and the mayor. Thursday morning. It contains a comprehensive review nf rnnriittnnn here. nast.

nresent and future and recommends the building of a single disposal plant north of Lincoln for the present and a series of improvements that will total ap Droxlmately a half million dollars. Alvord and Berdick, a Chicago firm, has handled the work, as con traded with the sanitary district trustees. They recommend a sys tem of tanks and sprinkling filters for nuriflcation of the sewage De foro it is deposited in the Salt creek basin. They would place the plant between the railroad tracks and Salt creek and the state fair grounds ana Twenty-seventh street or In that vi cinity and would get the' sewage there by pumps. The cost of the plant proper is es tlmated at $830,200 and of the ne cessary extension of the main inter cepting sewer from Ninth street east to the nlant at 1140.500.

Then they figure that the plant can be run for about 112,500 per year, wrereas some vatema. both cheaper and those mors would cost from that" figure up to 177,000 per year to run. The sewage from the suburbs would not be treated at this plant at the nresent and would still be dumped Into Salt creek until future conditions justify tne. estaDiisnmeni of a new plant east of the one or the enlargement of the main piani It is said that the system recom mended does not purify the sewage as completely as some systems buc that it Is more than sufficient for th nurnoscs needed and will relieve Salt creek. It will eliminate odor and be the most economical metnoa ot disposal for the city of Lincoln In the opinion 6t the engineering firm.

The figures are based on the 1930 conditions as the engineers estimate them. They consider the tctal population then will he 100,000: An 1940. 130,000 and In 1950, 175,00,. They add that by that time Lincoln will hav-A reached out and swallowed all present suburbs and In 1950 the area of the city will nave increasea irom Its present 8,000 acres tc ZJ.ow acres, most of this extension to the southeast and the northeast City officers were only starting si perusal of the long report Tnursoay noon an! would not comment upon the "recommendations of the plans th.v Yamtnd the matter more carefully. Lincoln and other cities in the district are onx-inn.

tn have final nlans decided updn so that within the near future the situation which Is so displeasing to ,1. i all along aaii creen, win vu polsheviki Push role Forces LONDON. May 20. The offensive begun last Friday by the bolshevikl against the Poles alone a fifty mile line on the northern front Was continuing successfully up to Wednesday, according to an official statement from the. soviet received by wireless from Moscow today.

The Polish retreat was continuing aad waa panicky at some pbints, the; statement declared. 'The capture of a large number of prisoners and Immense amounts ot srJpplics la claimed. Ths bolshevlki report their advance In the Cherkassy region, along ths DnicpcT. to the south of Kiev to be Continuing; but state that therj Is no change in the situation In the region cf Kiev Itself. Natenberg Tells Knife and Fork Club of Boys' Republic The meeting of the Knife and Fork club which was held at the Lincoln hotel Thursday noon, was given over to discussion of the Boys Brotherhood Republic of America.

Phil Natenberg. who helped organize a club of this kind in Chicago, told the members of the i club how he organised the ooys in Lincoln, and of the thing the boyr do at the olub. The club which Mr. Nat enberg has organised In Lincoln is Tmade up mostly of, newsboya, and with the idea of giving mem tomo place to go. The boys' club room is in the fourth floor ovar(tne American State bank building.

F. O. Kelly. C. A.

Lard, E. F. PLAN FOR LINCOLN With Son-in-Law Escapes to Gunboat Progreso, Says I Refugee Official. Reported At Zacatlan by City Papers Tues- day Obregon Looms. (associated Press.) EL PASO.

May 20 The El Paso Times today prints a story quoting a refugee Carranza official here as having advised other Car-ranctstas in the United States that Venustlano Carranza, deposed president of Mexico, accompanied by his son-in-law, General Canaido Aguii-ar, has found refuge pn the Mexican gunboat Progreso. Carranza, this information said, dodged through the net of rebels surrounding the besieged presidential party In the mountains of the state of Puebla. and, after a hard ride through tropical Jungles, made his way to the gunboat, tho Captain and crew of which remained, loyal to Carranza when Vera Crutf- turned rebel. The report further aald that Cafr-ransa has Issued a manifesto aboard the Progreso directed to all his former officials and partisans, saying he wanted them to stick to their posts and he would guarantee their salaries. Carranza Is believed to have carried a large sum of gold aboard the gunboat.

East of Mexico City. WASHINGTON, May 20. Mexico City papers yesterday reported that Carranza was at Zacatlan. east of Mexico City Jn the direction of the Tuxpam.oU district today's state department summary said. They also reported General Obregon as returning to Mexico City from San- Luis Potosl without having completed his proposed trip to Tamplco for conference there with Generals Arnuifo Gomez and Manuel Palaez.

OE LIVING HANDS OF PEOPLE WASHINGTON, May 10. Frankly confiding to his colleagues that the clothes on his back were threadbare and Batched. Senator Thomas, demo rVtljtMitA 4lnln In unnthr 1 senate broadside on de clared ths people themselves and not legislation must break the sweeping wave of high prices. Linking the overall movement, started as a protest against the cost of clothing, with widespread price reductions, reported from many cities. Senator Thomas said the public had found the remedy In Its own hands.

"The ovesall campaign was a good thing," the senator said. "The papers today are full of messages from all parts of ths country announcing drastic cuts In clothing prices. Did legislation do It? No. the people did it themselves." The attack on profiteering was opened by Senator Kenyon, republican of Iowa, who urged social ostracism and criminal punishment for the offenders. 'Corporations principally and retailers were held up as prime profiteers.

Some of them were characterized by the Iowa serv-ator as robbers and traitors. In urging publicity as a means of sweeping dealers demanding excessive profits 'to the Junk heap of disrepute." Senator Kenyon declared department of Justice prosecutions' had failed to bring relief and that the people should elect a president who would break the evil by naming an attorney general "who cares more about enforcing the laws than he does about running for Hensley and Bates Struggle With Mud for Seven Hours Commissioner Hensley and "City Engineer Bates wish enter a contest for the snaus race irom Ashland to Lincoln, having consumed seven hours of valuable- sleeping time Wednesday nlghr In astruggle along that road. The two officials went to Omaha at noon Wednesday to try to secure for tha city the use of a sewer dig ger which it was estimated would save several thousands of dollars for the city if It could be secured. They found the roads excellent but found the owner of the machine out and so failed to make a bargain. Tha return trio found them con fronted) with miles of mud mad) dur.

lng the day by heavy rains in the vicinity of Ashland. They were stuck time and again and finally reached Lincoln hardly an ftouf before sun-' light. Canadian Forest Fires Threaten Several Villages QUEBEC. May SO. A forest fire i.

FtAllarhajiitA nnnntv threatening destruction of the nt St rum tile. HL Fab I en. Panet and: Daaquam according to telegraphic appeals for aid received here today. Daaquam was taid to be in great. danger and the Inhabitants were reported leaving their homes.

i mrtiM of women and chil- Am MfiiMM wr hrousht out of REMEDY HIGH OS puonc gatnenngs. it is to a bulldlnr for the nwnl. of tha attta I and ia being built by popular sub- Til OF State Board Equalization Boosts Valuation for Assess-, ment $4,531,097. Increase Uniform As to Steam Roads Injterurbans Left Unchanged. Kight per cent increase, aggregating $4,681,097, in the assessed valuation of Nebraska railroads was voted unanimously by the state board of equalization Thursday morning.

The new total valuation for all liwes. as thus fixed, is This Increase is what The Star forecasted a week ago at the time the state board started Its task of making up the railroad assessment. The figures given are counted on one- fifth of actual value. One railroad company, the Santa Fe, was decreased from 15,000 to on acount of the fact that it owns no trackage In Nebraska but runs into Superior, on the southern border of the state, over the Missouri Paclfio's rails. It had previously been assessed 'on a trackage basis.

Ths board did not raise the Kansas City A Northwestern, which Is not now in operation, but assessed tt the -same as last year, subjeot to a hearing and further action on the company's claim that the property should be listed at no more than its Junk value. Three interurban lines operating out of Lincoln and Omaha were also left unchanged. All steam railroad lines, other tbsn the exceptions noted, are In creased uniformly I per cent. The hew assesment of each road, and the Increase In each case, is herewith shown Ftallroad Assessment increase Burlington Union Pacific 1,981.003 1,940.911 Northwestern M. fcO.

748.861 I.R61.68 2.302.834 794,734 1 OS. 000 129.600 21.600 18, 00 1,000 ST.S70 1S.260 18.000 1,890 697.389 190.124 170.526 58.869 8.000 800 800 7,000 Missouri Pacific Rock Island St. J. to G. I O.

ft L. Ry. L't. Great Western Omaha Bridge ft T. Milwaukee Illinois Central Wabasl Santa Fe K.

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(lntb'n) O. ft S. (lntb'n) Decrease. 14.121.097 No Evidence to Support Charge Against Higgins Justice Stevens has dismissed the complaint against Joe Hlgglns, a salesman for the Lord Auto company charging Higgins with reckless driv inir. Information reaching the coun attorney had been to the effect that Higgins was'tne rt river or a car which forced the Ford machine driven by Miss Lena Pack off of the road.

The complaint contained two counts and the county attorney vol untarily dismissed the count aiieg ins- Higgins had failed to render as slatance after the accident It de veloped that Higgins knew nothing about the accident. Tnere was no evidence to support the other charge of fast and reckless driving. It developed that Mies Dack had sent her ear off the paving wnen sne anemm-ed to avoid a third car coming from the opposite direction. Friends Mr. Higgins are tndlg nant over the groundless charges.

which were made to the officials by spectators, who It developed were not even near the place of the accident. Asks Women to Notify Dealers They Will Not Pay More OMAHA, May 20 Mrs. C. G. Ryan, state fair price commissioner, today ajiked women to notify merchants they will not pay higher prices for aulta next fall and that they will not buy them If the styles are changed to any marked degree Mrs.

Ryan said price-cutting developments of the last week have shown women their power. Skinner Succeeds Howe As Head of Packing Company OMAHA. Mav SO. Red-field. Dr.

Robert Ollmore and C. M. Skinner, brother of; Lloyd and Paul Skinner, were elected new of the Skinner Packing company at a meeting yesterday. Lloyd Skla-i ner was elected president to succeed R. C.

Howe. The plant will continue under ths supervision of Superintendent Henry C. Hunt HEALTH REPORT. There were sixty-six deaths in Lincoln and 105 births during the mpnth of April The death rate was 111 for aft estimated population of 60.000 and The birth rate S0.SI The city physician made 150 residence calls and 10 hospital calls. The public health nurse made 10T visits outside of the office, the tuberculosa nurse made 124 such Visits The report shows seven people- still in isolation hospitals.

There were iltinapecttona of eating places with twenty Of them ordered, to improve. There were Sl houses placarded for diaeasea and ST houses quarantined. TWO BOUND' OVER. Lynn Warring and Oiariee Richards, both were bound over te the federal grand Jury by United States Commissioner Whitmore Thursday afternoon on a charge of transporting a stolen automobile from Nebraska te Council Bruffa. The men waived pre.

Itmlnans healing and were held nnder tl.SjOO bend each. They were unable to put up security. be gfrih government depoelts in banks. tne ireesury department aas created a section to be known aa the division of deposits. vl MI NEBRASKA ROADS WILL ROLE 0 More Than Majority G.

0. P. Delegates Are Without In- structions and Can Name Presidential Candidate Gen'l Wood Shows the Most StrengthManagers Agree No Choice On First Ballot. (Associated Press.) CHICAGO. May 20.

With the republican national convention only eighteen days away and 899 of the 984 delegates already elected, the situation facing the republican candidates la that no candidate will enter the convention with enough vote pledged to him to give him ny deolded advantage oyer hla ap-ponenta. Forty -seven of the fifty-three atatea and territories, have choaen their delegations and are sending to Chicago 887 uninstructed delegates, forty-four more than a majority of all those who will alt In this convention. Major General Leonard Wood, on the face of return to date, will show the most strength on the first lot, for qf thoae delegates who have been Instructed or who have expressed a preference. 115 ana pledged to him. In addition; he, carried the preferential primary In Vermont, but that state's eight delegates have not yet been chosen by the state convention.

Senator Hiram Johnson of California, who commands an even hundred votes, -Is second, while Governor Frank O. Lowden ol Illinois, with votes pledged to him, la third. Senator Warren J. Harding of Ohio, has II votes from his home state. There are, however, contests pending In twelve states and the district of Columbia, lnvollng 104 delegates.

Thirty-five -of the contests are on Wood delegates, alx on Lowden men and 63 among uninstructed delegations. The credentials committee will meet here May It to thresh out these contents. No Choice en First Ballot. managers at Clcago for fhfi various candidates agree that here will be no nomination on the first ballot. Tile complimentary vote for the large Mat of "favorite eons" may, In fact they say, be so large that it will desttoy the usual significance of the" first ballot as an Indicator of the strength of the var- ieus oandldMe.

Among those candidates who are expected te divide the uninstructed vote tha ballot, la many cases commanding all or part of the delegates from their home, states, are Governor Bproul, Pennsylvania; Governor Collldge, Massachusetts; Sefl-ator Sunderland. West Senator Potndexter, Washington; Senator La Kollette. Dlsconsln; Dr. Murray Nicholas Butler. New Tqrk; Herbert Hoover, California, andJudge Prtt-cherd.

North Carolina. Senator Pplndexter has fourteen Instructed votes from Washington; Judge Pritehard seventeen from North Carolina: Governor Coolldge thirty-five from Massachusetts, and the other or expect to have, varying numbers. Campaign managers here of the three candidates who are leading in delegates actually instructed have made definite claims as to the vote they expect to receive in convention. Major General Wood's head-Quarters has Issued a statement claiming he trill' have from 297 to 303 votes on the first ballot; that he will gatn from II to 20 on the second ballot; and that he will be nominated on the third or fourth. The Johnson managers here, say renorts from their w.jrkers throughout the country show they will have 336 votes on the first ballot and that the senator will be nominated on the tljird or fourth.

CLflSSTF THIRTEEN Naturalization Agent Praises Course In Citizenship Training. Thirteen candidates for naturalisation were granted diplomas from the United States bureau of Wednesday evening after having finished the prescribed courses In citizenship training In the night schools of Lincoln. The courses sre conducted with a view to fitting fri-igncni for and fr making them better cltlxeris. Cal R. i.aturallzation clerk, conducts tiv courses lo citizenship In addition the course in reading, arithmetic and elemutary ttudus which ire taught by the regular night school teachers.

The following were granted diplomas after being examined by F. w. A mack. United States naturalisation examiner: George Ixifink, Michael Egan, Fred Schneider. John Bcheasler, Conrad Fuss.

Lucas Hpomer. George Kaiiffman, Peter Schwarts. Alexander Horn. Oujtave H. Zipp, Samuel C.

Zlpp and Albert Wedel. Mr. A mack, who has been In Lincoln conducting the examinations, aid he had never examined a better class In any section of the United States. The men thoroughly understood the institutions and form of the government of the United States, he said, and showed the results of car and painstaking Instruction. He stated that special credit was dua Mr.

PhlUlpl for tlA excellent wsrk he has been doing among ths foreign population of Lincoln In rMng them to better clti- FOREIGN BORN ARE GIVE I IN LINCOLN Railway Officials' Discuss Plans 'for, Uriion Depots Ridley Tells Lincoln Men Unification Only Solution of Problem to Vacate Antelope Valley. High Rock Island officials, whose special train stopped forty minutes In Lincoln Thursday noon, promised chic officials to come fully half way. on any unification plan for a union depot, after prominent Lincoln citizens had taken them over Lincoln by automobile. Two plana were suggested to the railroad officials elevation of the Rock Island tracks which now interfere) with the state fair grounds. An telope park and connection of tha two university campuses or unification with the result of getting the Kock Island out of the Antelope valley and the heart of the city.

William 2. Ripley, professor ct economics at Harvard and a director of the.road. declared that unification was tne oniy permanent soMti-m the problem for the cltv of Lincoln and for the railroad. He said that steps In this direction should be taken at once. Prof.

Ripley and M. Bell, of New York O.ly. jre.nral solicitor for the road and reorganize? of ths eld company under the federal railway were tufen to the viaduct over thd P.ock Island at the fair grounds, which a view of the city. From 'hat of vantage Dr. George E.

Condra. chairman -f the city planning committee of the Lincoln Commercial club, and Chancel lor Samuel Avery, of the university, pointed out the city's heeds. Ready to Come Half Way. Mr. Bell said the road would come half way on any remedy the cKy would suggest, tf the city would do Its share.

He declared that eleva tion of. the tracks, however, had proven generally Impractical and was frowned upon by the road. Professor Ripley, who wa Inter ested In ascertaining what the city would do on its part In co-oper ating, was assured by Mavor J. E. Miller that the cltv would take over the Antelope right of wav at any disinterested appraisement, and would have available for substitute track age for a unified terminal near the Burlington depot the 160 acres of land the city recently acauired from Judge W.

B. Stewart for park pur poses in the north Salt creek bottoms. All the-officials promised to give sympathetic consideration to plans to am in Lincoln development. waoa sny included. H.

Gorman, of Chicago nreaident: T. H. Beacom. vice president and general manager; L. Fritch, of Chicago, vice president in charge of construction and maintenance: Prof Ripley, whose books' on railroading are recognised economic authorities on tne subject, and Mr.

Bell. Mr. Bell after the trip over the aty promised to take tip Immediate iy the question of restoring Rock kock island trains; No. 13 and 14, Omaha-Chicago, removed during the war, and the Question of making more safe thci Rock Island crossing at the street entrance to Antelope para, An Eight Day Tour. In the automobile party that took tne official the other nilmH stations In Lincoln, around to the fair srounaa, Daca past the capltol and through a small portion of the southeast residence district were Mayor J.

E. Miller; President BJ. C. Hardy and Secretary W. 8.

Whltten of the Uncoln Commercial club; Chanoeljor Samuel Avery and Dr. George B. Condra, ot the University of Nebraska; and S. H. Burnham, president" of the First National bank and George Holmes, manager of the First Trust company, and R.

M. Joyce, chairman of the tran-portation committee of the Lincoln Commercial club. Judge BJ. P. Holmes, counsel for the Rock Island in Nebraska, was In charge of reception arrangements, along with Dr.

A. R. Mitchell, Rock Island surgeon and B. H. 8 tiers.

Rock Island claim agent for Nebraska and Kansas, all with headquarters in Lincoln. The Rock Island was travelling by special train over the system, and had been out on the road eight days. Ltn- fcoln waa the first 'stop after lsavlng IColorado Springs. Wednesday night. Half hour stops were to be made In Omaha, Council Bluffs and Des Moinea, and the train was to reach Chicago closing the Inspection tour early Friday morning.

Association May Locate Pro ject in jLtncoln Now. Seeking Sdat On Exchange. A big terminal grain elevator, pos sibly In Lincoln, which will be owned by stockholders of the ISO Farmers' Union elevators In Nebraska, is contemplated In the near future by the National Co-operative association. Incorporated in Nebraska bv a large group of these elevators. No definite plans for ths elevator and no estimate of Its Cost have been made up to the present time, according to those In charge of the association.

C. H. QustafsMi. of Lincoln, presi dent of the Nebraska Farmers' union. Is president of the association, which is strictly a farmers' union affair.

The association Is now made up of about forty station elevators. The association la now at work to secure a seat either on the Lincoln or the Omaha grain exchange, and this matter will be dlsposVd of be fore the elevator project la put on foot. Officials say the elevator may be erected either In Omaha or Lin coln. The place where a grain ex change seat is procured, wll) not nee; ssariiy tnflironce the location of the elevator, it said. FARMERS' UNI PLANS TERMINAL GRAIN ELEVATOR Miss Anna Yockel, Dismissed by Board of Control, Says Action Part of Plan to Fill Offices With Republicans-Board Says She's 1 Political reasons are declared by Miss Anna Yockel to be responsible in part for her dismissal by the board of control as assistant accountant, which took place Thursday morning.

"Incompatibility" is he cause given by the board for discharging Miss Tockel. She was called ict" i' hoard's "f-ce and notified tJiat he- services would not be required after May 31. Miss Tockel asked if the ooard was demanding her resignation, and Mrs. Peterson, one of its members, replied that it was not. She stated that she would demand a hearing before removal, but the board inAmated that this would not be granted.

From statements made both by Miss Yockel and by members of the board, it appears) that the dismissal followed her failure to assist the new accountant. -A. H. Schlegel of Lincoln. In familiarizing himself with th.

system of bookkeeping for state Institutions. She claimed that the previous accountant, H. E. Basler, had never showed her how he kept his books, and that his successor to be able to undwstand them without her help. i' Miss Yockel herself had been an applicant for the accountant's posi tion, and Chairman Oberlles of the board says she would have been In lire for It If she had been able to (Continued on Page 13.) EQUAL AND EXACT FOR ALL Vice President Opens Indiana Demo Convention Urges Jail Sentence for Profiteer.

No Man Will Be Read From Party Because of Treaty Belief. Associated PresO INDIANAPOLIS. May 20. A boom started for Vice President Thomas R. Marshall at the democratic state convention here today for the prea idcntlal nomination at San Francisco was nipped in the bud by the vice president.

He said he did not seek the presidential nomination. The boom was started after' the keynote speech, by former Gov. Samuel M. Ralston, the permanent chairman, who declared the vice president was "presidential timber." Mrs. Alice Foster McCulfoch of Fort Wayne waa named on.) of Indiana's tour delegates-at-large to the democratic national convention and three other women were named alternates, when tle conviction adopted the report of the committee on rules.

They were not Instructed. Few contests were expected to materialise, today. The thiity delegate to the national convention 26 district and four at large will gt It was ald. There were no candidates for the demycratic nomination for presldwit in Indiana this year. "Eoaial and exact justice to tn as a remedy for unrest was prescribed by Vice President Marshall, in his keynote address tods-y before the state democratic convention.

He also urged jail' sentences for profiteers and Increased production to relieve the high cost of living. The vice president expressed ths hope 'that President Wilson and the senate would reconcile their differences over the peace treaty and that It would be ratified; but said no man should be read out of the democratic party because of his opinion on the league of nations. "This was. as I understand -tne vice president said. an American war.

The peace should be an Ameri can peace. The war couia not nave been fought successfully aa either a democratic' or a republican war. Tha peace can- not bring that real peace which the American people want ir it be made either as a democratic or a republican peace." Vice President Marshall said his comments on the treaty would be brief for ha had no hope, of lighting the "Cimmerian darkness which now envelops it" but added: "A lifelong advocate of a resort to courts and not to tore. 1 gave my unqualified endorsement to the altruistic views of the president in the defense of whjoh views he has broken his body. Any let up in the enforcement of national prohibition until legal change has been marie In its provisions was opposed by Marshall.

"While the prohibition amendment remains It must be enforced ra ac cordance with its be said. "If crystallising public senti ment does not sajhe days go by get back of It. the people win find a way lawfully to lessen what some deem to be Its rigors." Restoration now thai ths war Is ended, of freedom nf speech 'and of the prens with punishment for those seeking to create disorder or over throw the government by any other tban legal means was urged by Mr. Marshall who also advocated read justment of taxation aftor govern ment expenditures have ''been reduced to a minimum, in order to slace ths burdens upon those most able to bear them. While omitting any direct reference to soldier bonus' legislation, the vice president said he would sat the former service men "sound of body and they- can obtain, almost anything they want from congress.

i MARSHAL WANTS JUSTICE scripuon irom tne people or tne state. I Business men and alumni havs rev sponded liberally, Mr. Peed Several men were quoted as saying that they were ready to tflvs from $1,000 to $5,000 out of their own 1 The alumni in Omaha were approached for subscription and when told they would be erpeutad to raise $150,000 thev said: "If Lincoln Is goinsr to raise 1200.000 we'll raise another $200,000." I (Associated Prese.l MATEWAN. W. May Thirty members of the state police force arrived In Mate wan this morning, and assisted by deputy sheriffs, started patrolling the streets.

There has been no recurrence of the disorders last night when ten persons were killed in a pistol battle between authorities, citizens and detectives of the Baldwin-Felts agency. A death list carries 12 names, but authorities assert there were only ten killed. They have been unable, however, to ascertain which of the names should be eliminated. Twelve Are Dead. MATEWAN, W.

May 20. With one hundred deputy sheriffs, armed with rifles patroltng the streets and detachments of the state constabulary expected to arrive at any moment, the situation in this mining village, the scene of the killing of twelve persons last night in a battle between private detectives and citizens was quiet early today. Last night's shooting. In which Baldwin-Felts detectives with citizens and Matewen police, resulted, according to authorities from action of the detectives who evloted a number of miners from the Stone- Mountain' Coal- company houses yesterday. Two Stone Mountain company mines were closed recently when it became known that an effort was being made to unionize them.

A shot, said by authorities to have been fired from a coat pocket by Albert Felts, a detective and which ended the life of Mayor Cabell Tes- terman of Matewan. started the battle. An instant after he fired, Felts, according to authorities, was killed by "Sid" Hatfield, chief of police of Matewan. The shooting then became general and when the battle ended seven detective, tt) mayor and four coal miners were dead and three other persona badly wounded. Urges Preventive Meaaurea.

WASHINGTON, May 20. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, here In connection with coal miners, wage negotiations, sent a telegram' to Governor Cornwell of West Virginia today commenting on the disturbance last night at Matewan and urging that measures to prevent lawless activities" by "murderous hirelings of the coal oper ators" be taken. In a statement Luwls said' "We have repeatedly called attention of Governor Cornwell to the terrible conditions existing in the Guyan river, Tug river, Little Coal river and Pocahontas coal fields of that 8 tale. In all of these districts police powers have been assumed by the private detectives in the employ of coal companies.

There Is no warrant in law or Juetlc for the action of private detectives In' assuming police powers. That power belongs exclusively to state." DENVERJSTKRGER (Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. May 20. Denver. Colorado's largest city, which ranked as the 27th municipality of the country-in.

1910, has outgrown Louisville nhd Paul, which ranked 24th and 26th, respectively, ten years agB. The census bureau today announced Denver's population at an Increase of or 20.1 pertoent over 1910. Louisville's population has been, announced as 234,891 and St. Paul's as 284,696. Tacoma, increase, 18,222 or 16.K.

New London, Conn. 2S688; increase 6029, or 80.7 percent. Elizabeth, N. Increase, 22,273, or 80.3 percent. Dallas Tex.l 168,976.

Utlca, N. 94,136, Altoona, (0,881 Rockford 111., Inereasas: Dallas, or percent Utlca, 19,717, or 2( 5 percent. Altoona, 8,204, or 1B.T percent. Rockford.s 20,250, or 44.6 percent Increase (99, or 10.6 percent. Ambridge, Increase, 7,626, or 144.fi percent.

Enalewood, N. 11.617, Increase, 1,93. or 17.1 per cent 3- 19.381, increase or 89.9 ptr cent. Hamilton Ohio, containing Cincinnati. increase or 7.2 per cent.

Hamilton county was 'the first county to be announced In complete form with all minor civil divisions. Cincinnati's population was cor rected In the county atattstlca. making the number of inhabitants Instead of 401,138 as previously announced. Theta Sigma Phi, Journalistic Society 1 Elects Officers Theta Sigma Phtj women's journalistic sorority, met for luncheon Thursday at the Commercial club, following luncheon, "-business mating was held. The following officers for the coming school yar were elected: President Atrae O'Laugh-lln vice president.

Jessie Watson secretary. Marian Mote; treasurer. Katherlne Brenke. historian and keeper of arehlevea, Dorothy Barkluy. It waa decided te hold Initiation of new members at the next meeting HAN LOUISVILLE Mr.

Reed appealed to the students) -by saying that the state of Ne-. braska waa annrtlnv tram tKAA i $1,000 to educate each student and mat isebraska stulents are not asked to pay tuition as most all other state universities are. "Thl. ia first time in th history of the instl- 4 union mat siuaents nave peen called upon to contribute money for the tn stltutlon and state," he declared, Prof. George E.

Condra and. R. D. Scot opened op the campaign with their customary energy and en- thUSiasm. Prof.

Alton Hnnll aruska for the men who had suffered prt- vations and a few of them death In France, and, she appealed to the'" students to contribute liberally I this magnificent tribute to thslr memory. As the students passed out of tha building yelling and waving thelf hats after the mass meeting, Prof. 11 G. Bi Condra took a reel of mo- tlon pictures to be used in advertising the campaign throughout tho Annual 'Compet' of Uni. Cadets to Be Held Friday: The annual competitive drill university cadets will take place I Friday afternoon on ths athletlo field.

Seven infantry companies and' three battalions of field artillery wilt' i compete with fifteen minutes allowed for each company and twenty mln-, utes for each battalion. The pro gram will begin at 1:30 m. Individual competition between three men from each company In spell down of manual will follow the drill competition. The prises are to be presented by Denn P. M.

Bu-k. Friday evening the annual "shirt tall" parade headed by ths winning company wlty storm Lincoln's- streets. 1 Won Wife and $700 Then Leaved Town, Sheriff Says How one fortune hunter secured-a wife. $700 worth of merchandise, some of the receipt of a church where" he had suddenly, become aa ardent worker and then dlsnprcared from David City, the 'scene, of nil v' these activities is told In 4 letter -to Chief Hyers from, sheriff West. The man.

it is claimed, was a ViKer who srilved In th town last i '-ter vi hla ft a' courtship of two weeks, received some a -u 1 1 fundus tnuther-ln-luw to enter the bnkery bHfltnesa on his own behalf, gained ths confidence. nl romp or tne tunoa or a meat church, and then after cashing som rth worthless checks oh a Haturdny night left without leavlnar-hls address. A re ward, of $150 Is offered for his arresi the first district early today by a Quebec central train- which had to fight its way through burning wopds. Water had to be druwn from toe tender to quench tha flames which licked about tha coaches. Timber valued at more than is reported In ths path of the fir.

Volunteers with fire ight-ing equipment and Cross' sup. pltesihave been sent from-neighboring districts into Bellechasse coui- i. Snavely and Oorge Hager also told how this organization would benefit the boys Of Lincoln. The members of the Kntfe and Fork club decided to visit tha boys clulj room Friday Si V- 1.