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N, Y. DEFEAT
Ex-State jjiayjfnj. H. Bennett
Pledged to Johnson Suffers, 'a
Crushing Defeat No Jojinson
Candidate. Elected in Any of 12
Congressional Districts Hoover
Candidates Also Defeated First
: "Dry" Primary Is Orderly.
NEW YORK, April 7. New York
state's "big four" uninstructed dele
gation to the republican national con
vention rolled over the opposition of
former State Senator William M.
Bennott, pledged to the presidential
eandidacv of Senator Hiram W.' John
son of California, in yesterday's pri
maries, according to virtually com
plete returns early today.
With only 126' election districts out
of 2,571 in the city missing the vote
for the "biff four" was: Nathan L.
Wilier 70,043: Senator James W.
Wudsworth, 'Jr.,' 70.39G; Senator
William M. Catde'r, 73,501; Colonel
William Boyce. Thompson 88,104.
Bennett's voto was 25,501 of which
his Ihotnc boroueh, Brooklyn, con
tributed 14,317. The vote was lighter
than anticipated by party loaders.
Scattering returns from up state
where the voto was also light indi
cated that the organization candi
dates had! won over Bennett by a
wider margin than in tho city. No
candidate favorablo to Senator John
son was clecled in any of tho twelve
congressional districts where contests
were waged.
The organization mon also defeated
two candidates pledged to Herbert
Hoover in tho. seventeenth congres
sional district in Manhattan !v a ra
tio of about two and one half to one.
This was tho only district in the state
where candidates favoring Mi-. Hoover
wero entered.
There wero no contests among the
democrats and the party vote was
proportionately smaller than that cast
, for the republicans.
Women turned out in large nnm
berstand proved active workers, par
ticularly as watchers after tho clos
.ing of tho polls.
It was the city's first "dry" pri
mary and political leaders and po
lice officials declared it was tho most
orderly ever held hero.
Not a single arrest in connection
with the primary was made.
Canada I. W. W.'s Sentenced.
WINNIPEG, Man., April (i. Five
convicted lenders of Winnipeg's gene
ral striko were sentenced here today
to one yenr in iail on each of the six
seditious conspiracy counts against,
them, and to six months on the one
count charging that thev committed
a common nuisance. Sentences will
run concurrently.
Lumber Prices Drop.
DENVER, Colo., April 7 Lumber
prices dropped approximately five
per cent in Denver today. Deniors
announced "decrease in production
costs" was responsible.
STATE GAME WARDEN
DECLARES WAR
PORTLAND, Ore, April 7. Wur
has been doclured on comnierci.-J
fishermen who are now being tempt
ed to operate Illegally during the
closed season on account of the un
usual demand and high price for sal
mon, according to Carl D. Shoe
maker, state game warden. The Co
. Iumia river inv the vicinity of Port
land seems to be the favorite haunt
and in the last ten davs seven fisher
men have been arrested near Port
land and their gear has been taken
and sealed.
"In order to put a stop to closed
season fishing," savs the game war
den, "I have issued orders to all of
the wardens to confiscate nets and
boats, remove the gear from the fish-
T 10 SET
PICKFORD'S
OF DIVORCE
RENO, Nov.. April 7. A suit
to set aside the decree of di-
vorcc granted to Marv Pickforil,
now Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks, v
will be filed next week by the
attorney general of Nevada, ac-
cording to a statement mado to-
day by Robert Richards, deputy
attorney general, who has been
investigating the circumstances
under which the decree was
granted. The suit will be based
on allegations that collusion and
conspiracy wero resorted to in
conducting the case and that be-
causo of the insufficiency of tho
residence of cither party to the
case the court failed to acquire
jurisdiction. '
E
First National Immiqration Congress
Held in New York Agitation
Against Foreign Born Opposed-
Many Laborers Leavinq Country
America Short 4,000,000 Workers
Unskilled Workers a Crying Need
NEW YORK, April 7. The first
national Immigration congress ever
held In America began here today to
discuss naturalization and immigra
tion laws, the shortage ot labor, the
exodus ot emigrants from America
and the condition of unrest among
the foreign born with a view to for
mulating recommendations to con
gress. Tho meeting was under tho
auspices of the intor-racial council of
Now York and delegates included rep
resentatives of thirty racial groups
and spokesmen for Industry, agricul
ture, capital, and labor.
William H. Barr, president of the
inter-racial council and spokesman
for Industry and General Coleman Dii
Pont, chairman of tho hoard of direc
tors of tho inter-racial council, op
ened tho meeting. A statement pro-
pared by E. T. Morcdith, secretary of
agriculture, was read.
"America is 4,000,000 men short
as a result of the dwindling of Immi
gration since tho war," General Du
Pont said. "Thousands of immigrants
are going back. Other countries aro
making organized efforts to attract
immigration. Tho United States is
not.
"The indiscriminate denunciation
of the foreign born, which has been
taking place in America, is resulting
in many of them leaving this country.
It is resulting in growing misunder
standings between native and foreign
born residents and in a general 'de
moralization of industrial and social
life.
"The immigrant no longer will
come -to America to enjoy freedom of
worship or the right of free speech
but the "imlpelllng reason will be eco
nomic," Mr. Barr said.
ennan and put that man out of busi
ness until the opening of tho season
The spring closed season from March
1 to May 1 is designed to permit the
fish to migrate upstream to the
spawning ground. Wc have five pa
trol boats on the river, nil of them of
the high-speed tvpe. and, together
with the two boats which the state
of Washington has on the river, the
Columbia will be better patrolled this
year than ever before.
"Violators who are caught will not
onlv be required to pnv their fine, but
will suffer loss of their gear during
the remainder of the closed season
The commission will decide later
whether it will be disposed of or tun
cd back on May 1, when the season
LAUNCH
MOV
CHECK EXODUS
FOREIGN
BORN
opens, . . . .
H
WALK
IN
8,500 Members Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enqinemen
Defy Union Officials and Walk Out
Complete Tie-Up of Traffic Is
Feared Enqinemen Refuse to
Work with "Scabs" Buffalo
Switchmen Declare Strike.
CHICAGO, April 7. Representa
tives of 8,500 of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
employed in the Chicago switching
district today had defied their union
officials nnd voted to join the unau
thorized switchmen's striko called
nearly n week ago.
Freight traffic through the expan
sive Chicago district already was re
stricted seriously and both sides
agreed that if tho force of strikers
was augmented such traffic would be
brought virtually to a standstill. The
voto of the! engineers and firemen
came in the face of predictions of
grand officials of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen and the Switch
men's Union of North America, that
by Saturday tho strike would be
broken by loyal union men rushed here
from other cities.
The engineers and firemen declared
thev Would not work with "scabs" as
they termed tho loyal union men, and
also demanded nn increased wage.
Engineers nro paid $5.70 a day -and
they demand $1.50 an hour: tho fire
men, paid from $4.16 to $1.28 a day,
demand $1 nn hour.
Passenger trains would not he in
terfered with, the strikers said.
Meanwhile supplies of certain foods
and fuel were beginning to run low
in Chicago and nearly 20,000 em
ployes had been thrown out of work
nt tho stock yards by tho stoppage
of receipts of cattle. It was stated
that unless receipts of livestock was
resumed shortly, approximately 50,
000 men would bo made idle.
Railroad offices announced this
morning that passenger trains were
moving virtually on schedule time,
and. that considerable nuantitics of
trcight were being moved.
Only eighty cars ' of livestock
reached the stockvards this morning
us compared to a normal daily re
ceipt of 1,100 cars.
The switchmen continue their strike
under nn ultimatum from tho Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen that thev
will forfeit their union memberships
unless Ihey return to work bv to
morrow night. They also would lose
their seniority standings with the
railroads.
Their strikers claimed early today
(hat 10,000 men already were out in
the district nnd that by night 25,000
would bo on strike. Railroad offic
ials said about 2,500 switchmen and
yardmen wero out. Office clerks nnd
superintendents joined the union
strike breakers in the vnrds yester
day.
William L. Bond, treasurer of the
switchmen's rinion, said 19 trunk
lines and five belt lines "were para
lyzed" by the strike. Eighteen rail
roads were affected to some extent,
officials admitted.
Switchmen's strike leaders early to
day said delegations had been sent
to Milwaukee, Kansas City and other
cities to call strikes.
BUFFALO, N. Y., April 7. Five
hundred switchmen on tile night shif's
of all railroads entering Buffalo with
the exception of the Erie and Penn
sylvania lines, went on a strike last
night and this morning, virtuullv tio-
ing up all freight in and out of the
city. Up to 10:30 o'clock this morn
ing the day shifts had not reported
nnd it is believed the strike will be
general.
F. J. Sheehnn, president of the
Switchmen's union, said the strike
was unauthorized.
CLEVELAND, O.. April 7. W. S
Carter, president of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men had received no official report
early today of members of his or
ganization joining the striko o
switchmen in Chicago.
"So far as this orgnnistition is
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CA
E OF WALES IS
GUEST OF SAN DIEGO
GIVES BRIEF SPEECH
SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 7 Ed
ward, Prince of Wales ami heir to the
British throne, arrived off Point Lo
mo early today and there the cruiser
Renown, currying him lo the Anti
podes, lay to and awaited events
planned hero for today and tomor
row. The prince nnd members of bis
party are to be guests of Snn Diego
for tho two days. A committee of
citizens and prominent British resi
dents wen; taken to tho Renown at
11:30. Thereafter luncheon was
served aboard tho New Mexico.
After luncheon the prince and his
party came ashore and were guests
on nn automobile rule to nearby
points. The ride turininaled at Snn
Diegoi's outdoor nuditorium, where
the prince spoko briefly, using a
sound amplifying device that was
tried out when President Wilson was
linnirl Incit ,,,! 1... (I, ..J.l .,(
which it is said that 50,000 persons
can hear a voice.
Tho prince will he! taken to the
hotel Del Coroniulo, tonight where he
will l.n Mm ,li,. ,. ., i- II ...;
Mrs. Wildo of San Diego. The day's
events will conciudo with n hall. ,
UNDONE FLEES
ON BRITISH SHIP,
AIDEJS KILLED
.'CONST A NTRN'OPLK, April G (Dy
AHHodatod Press). General Denlklno,
former commandor ill nnti-Dolshovik
forces In southern Russia, arrived
hero last night, and Is today a fugitive
on board a British warship. Immedi
ately after ho landed ho went to tho
Russian embassy with General llo
manovsky, his formor chief of staff,
and it was whllo ho was there Hint
tho lultor was asxasHlnnlcd. Uoncral
Denlklno is believed to 1io in danger
because of tho high feeling that pro
vails among Russian officers hero,
and went on board the warship undor
a guard of British soldiers.
'General HomanCvsky's murderer
has not been apprehended and there
Is littlo chanco he will lie caught as
attaches at the Russian embassy say,
so far as they can dotermlne, nobody
saw the tragedy. j
Generals Dcnikino and Romnnovs-
ky were talking with Princo Gergai ln
and several other Russians In the sit
ting room at the embassy nnd Ho-
munovsky left to arrange for a motor
car to bring his luggage from the
steamer. A few minutes later revol
ver shots were heard and General Ro
manevsky was found In a dying con
dition In the billiard room. General
RomnnoVBky was unpopular with the
officers and soldiers.
CHAMBER COMMERCE
BALLOTS 1ST BE IN
BY 8 O'CLOCK TONIGHT
All Chamber of Commerce
members are requested to have
their primary ballots into the
headniutrtors before 8 o'clock
tonight, when the polls close.
' This does not mean that thev T
ojm be mailed before 8 o'clock
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A
BY BOSCHE
Occupation of Neutral Zone is Con
demned as Violation of Justice,
Reason and Humanity Treaty of
Versailles Did Not Prevent Resto-i
ration of Order No Disorders Re
ported in Ruhr District England
Embarrassed.
BERLIN, April 0. The German
chargo d'affaires In Paris was in
structed today to hand tho Fronch
government a note protesting against
tho French occupation of Frankfort
and other territory on tho right bank
of the Rhine.
"We must in tho namo of Justice,
reason and humanity," tho Gorman
note says, "make tho sharpest pro
tost against the action of tho Fronch
army, it cunnct possibly hnvo been
tho intention of tho treaty of Ver
sailles to prcvont Germany from re
storing order as quickly as possible
In the part of Its territory most ser
iously disturbed by bands of robbers.
"Tho movement in tho Ruhr region
if it had not boon quicjtly opposed,
would have shaken tho republic to1 Its
foundations both politically and eco
nomically.
"Everywhere that tho troops ar
rived, tho movement quickly col
lapsed." I
Tho note points out that allogod
violations of tho treaty must, undor
tho terms of that instrument, bo re
dressed by ull tho signatories on the
allied sido and not by a single ono,
acting independently.
Occupation Is Peaceful
COIDLWNZ, April 7 Two thousand
communists havo crossed tho Rhine
into tho British zone of occupation
and havo been interned. Twelvo hun
dred more are expected to arrive to
day. Flight of largo numbers of the
communists Into occupied territory Is
considered an indication that tho ro
volt in tho Ruhr region Is near nn
end. Tho situation in tho Ruhr val
ley is bad and living conditions are
almost unbearable A ruilroad strike
at Essen Is roportcd and no trains
aro running. i
Tho reaction locally to tho move
ment ot Fronch troops into Gorman
cities cast of tho Rhino has not die
turbed tho population. Firm convlc
tion is expressed by Germans that tho
action of tho French will solidity
moro than over sentiment all over
Germany against tho allies.
Tho chief of staff pf Amorlcan
forces hero has repeated his declara
tion that ho has no direct concern
with any action outside of American
occupied territory except on spocific
instructions from Washington. ,
Fuulnnd KmbaiTasscd -
LONDON, April 6. There Is littlo
probability of Great Britain particl
Dating in tho French advance Into
Germany ns fur as can bo ascertained
at present, and, according to a state
ment current In some quarters the
British government feels itsolf placed
In an awkwnrd position by the Fronch
occupation ot German cities.
When such a move wsb discussed
recently at the meeting ot tho ambas
sadors' council, It Is said Great Bri
tain and Italy dissented or at any
rate strongly urged tho necessity of
careful consideration boforo talcing
any definite steps, consequently it
was net expected that France would
proceed to occupy tho neutral zone
without their formal approval.
NEW YORK. April 7. The follow
ing statement was issued at' the na
tional headquarters of the Hoover
National Republican club at the Hotel
Vnndcrbilt bv J. F. Luccy, tempor
ary chairman of the organization:
"In view of the discussions as to
the large expenditures that it is said
tire being made in the primary elec
tion, about which the people hnve a
right to be informed, I deem it mv
duty to state Hint not a single con
tribution in excess of $1,000 has been
received by the provisional Hoover
National Republican club. Approx
mntelv $5000 has been spent on its
work up -to date, ll for the ordi
nary routine expenses of clerical
Jiire stationery, quarters and the liki
necessities of organization,
ERNOR EDWARDS IS
JUBILAN1 OVER VOTE
JERSEY CITY. N. J., April
7. Governor Edwards today de
clared tho vote for him in the
Mjehigun primaries "indicates
an awakening of the people to
the dangers of an invasion of
their personal liberty." lie was
enthusiastic over tho results,
notwithstanding ilatest returns
indicated ho ran behind Herbert
Hoover.
"It was not opposition to pro
hibition so much as opposition
to being deprived of a personal
right without an opportunity to
pass upon tho question that
brought out tho voto for mo in
Michigan," ho said. "It was
spontaneous. I did not lift a
hand for it and no one cam
paigned for mo in that state."
SEATTLE BURNS
2 ARE KILLED
Spectacular Fire in Family Hotel
Early This Morninq Leads to Dar-
Intt Rescue Society Girl of Berko
ley, California, and Father Junip
to Death.
SEATTLE April 7. Another body,
believed to bo that of Miss lilancho
Crowe Seattle, 20, was found in the
uins of tho Lincoln hotel hero today.
Mjss Crowe, it was thought, was an
emplovo of o Seattle restaurant.
Chief of l'olico Joel F. Warren said
today ho believed possibly more bod
ies would bo found in tho Lincoln
ruins. "I fear there aro more dead
to bo found" he said. "There were 300
people in tho hotel and wo have n
way of telling how many escaped.
Firemen continued pouring water
into tho smoking ruins today. Ihey
said they did not belicvo a search for
bodies could be mndo until lato to
day. KF.ATTT.F,. Anril 7. Two nersons
ura bmiwn 1m ,lmid. five hlilH'nd
and a number of others received
minor hurts as tho result ot tiro
l,;,. ,.-t,, l,l .1,, el I thn Hn.
tel Lincoln, a family hotel at Fourth
avenue and Madison street, in the
downtown district, with a property
loss estimated at approximately
$-100,000.
Tho dead :
l,'.n.l n ir,,i,,',llmi fin. IWkelilv.
Cal., killed bv leaping from fifth
lloor.
MVuu f!,. IIM,ill 91 dniiirl-.tpr
of Fred R. Hamilton, iumped from
filth floor.
The injured:
Charles L. Cusse, fireman.
Martin Elliott, fireman.
H. Folgelquist, fireman.
C. W. Tebaull, newspaperman.
An unidentified woman.
Jump to Death
II, .,!,, r.l.. ,,n,,r,,l,,,-u ,rn 11, ,,.-!
in tho streets saw Hamilton nnd his
20,000 ACRES,
MtUSCATINE, la., April 7. A
break in the Mfisenlino island levee
nt a point about twelve miles south
of this city late last night has inun
dated thousands of acres of farm
land and tho overflow of a consider
able part of south Muscatine is
threatened.
At least 20,000 acres of farm hind
will be covered bv from three to six
teen feet of water. Hut littlo live
stock was saved.
Hundreds of workmen are engaged
in erecting a barrier across a slough
which extends upwards from the
flooded area to the city. Only the
HOTEL LINCOLN
SOCIALISTS
VICTORIOUS
WISCONSIN
Socialist Mayors Elected In Milwau
kee and Rhinclander LaFolletto
Candidates to Republican National
Convention Endorsed Labor Party
Candidates Victorious In East St.
Louis and Other Towns In South
ern Illinois.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. April 7.
Complete but unofficial returns from
Milwaukee citv election show thnfc
Mayor Daniel W. I loan, socialist, was
re-elected over Clifton Williams, pres
ent city attorney, and running on a
non-partisan tiskct, by a majority
of :i;)7x -
Under a new law Hoan's term will
run for four yours. Honn led hia
ticket nnd was the only ono of tho
three principal officors to pull
through. His voto was' 40,004 and
Williams' 37,231.-
The list of delegates to tlio repub
lican nntional convention appears
mostly to bo thoso npprovod bv Sena
tor LaFolletto, though only a fow
hundred precincts havo been board
from. Tho LaFolletto candidates car
ried Governor 1'hilipp's homo coun
ty, Milwuukoo.
RIIINELAJsDER, Wis.,' April- 7.
Sam Perinier, socialist, was eloctn'l
mayor of Rhinclander over J. N. Bil
ker, non-partisan cnndidutti in tho
municipal election hero vostordnv 1y
a two to one. voto. Ho wns supported
bv a stronar labor voto, it was said.
This is the first time a socialist has
been eloctol mayor of this' city, i
VIST OT TI-1TIIH 111 Ani-il 71
Cmnpleto returns today showed that
the recently organized laiwr party
was victorious in yestordaV's muni
cipal elections hero and in Belleville,
Hnrrisburg nnd Eldorado, ; . '
Reports from five other counties
in tho southern Illinois mining dist
triet indicato that tho labor party is
in the lead. '
daughter jump to their deaths. Fire
men, climbing tho sides of tho build
ing with scaling ladders, rescuod a
number of guests whoso cscapo had
ben cut off. Oivcr two '. hundred
guests, scantily clad, mado tnolr wny
to safety down smoko filled stair
ways. , - '
The building, a seven-story brink
nnd frame structuro with basement
and sub-bnseinent, was wrooked by
falling walls. Littlo of tho contents
was saved. ' ,' , .
A. A. Wright, night olork, sitting
at Die telephone switchboard, heard
the tire start with an explosion in the
basement. Smoko immediately began
to pour up tho elevator shaft. Wright
stuck to his switchboard, working ns
fast as 'ho could ringing; the room
telephones and arousing tho guests.
Ho said ho had no idea how many
rooms ho renched. Wright worked
nt the board until he was' ho choked
by smoko he could not speak. .
Froncji Pnilu Iturfc I
One firo victim, Leon B. Hanan,
who said he was n Fronch war veto
ran, leaped from tho second storv in
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E LEVEE H
THREATENS THE CITY
success of this enterprise will stop
the necessity of sovoral thousand
people leaving their homes.
The lower part of Musnntine island
which is famed for its' truck orops,
is nn inland sea many miles in ex-
U'lll.
The break occurred within a mile
of tho point whero a similar flood
originated four years ngoi A 30-foot
gap soon extended the length of a cjty
block and the roar of the onrushing
waters could bo heard miles away. '
It is expected that the break horo
will result in a lowering of the stago
at other points, thus reducing tho
dnngor of floods elsewhere.