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The Coconino sun., 1919-02-21
LUKE, ARIZONA ACE,
 LOVED BY THOUSANDS

Daring Frank Luke, the youthful Phoenix lieutenant who went to his death last fall while battling the leu tonic aerial forces, is paid a glowing tribute by his fellow fighters in the publication known as "The Plane News Staff" and printed by the American fighters right up in the front line trenches, where the sound of the printing presses was drowned out by the shriek of the shrapnel and the believing of the American and en- emy field pieces, and where the odor of printers ink was to some extent neutralized by the acrid smell of burned powder and the gas waves which came from the direction of the enemy trenches.
 The article which appeared in the trench publication is produced here with in full:
 LUKE IS GONE, BUT MEMORY
 WILL LIVE LONG. IN AVIA-
 TIoN HISTORY. Daring of Intrepid Young Aviator
 Won Him Undying Fame as r.. a Balloon Strafer.
The Coconino sun., 1919-02-21

"R. c. P. !"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16

of il in Louisville alone, ordinarily
worth at wholesale. $40O, 600, 600.
The former saloon keepers, after
setting the stage for = wet" period.
continued the sale of soft drinks
while the distillers, with exporta-
ton apparently the only avenue
open to them, flocked to the GUS
tom house for export stamps.
Pcssimism. however. was evident.
Couldn't Get Cases.
Difficulty in obtaining the ire
mendous railroad equipment, csti-
mated at 5000 freight cars and the
comparatively short time limit was
pointed to as an indication OF I'M
possibility to remove only small
fraction of stocks to the seaboard
before January 10, when, according
to a ruling of Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue Roper, all whisky
intended for export, must be out of
the country.
One distiller, manufacturer OF
famous brand. apparently voicine
majority opinion, said he intended
to keep his stock of 5000 barrels,
in bonded warehouses and see
what would happen"
Meanwhile, in view of the supreme
courts decision. Louisville distillers
and wholesale whisky dealers who
recently disposed of large quanti-
ties of liquor under protection of
federal court injunctions are being
subjected to fresh scrutiny OF Dis
trict Attorney Gregory with view
to probable prosecution on chages
OF violating the wartime prohibition
law
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Pick Up Men at Sea
From Wrecked Steamer

Basic, Dec. 15.-Advices received
from Stettin, report that the steam
er Kriempild met ship which took
on board 10 persons saved from a
wreck. The advices say these per-
sons declared they were on the
American steamer Libentela, 10000
tons. bound from New York to
Euden, which struck mine and
sank. No trace of the rest of the
crew of AZ men could be found it
was said.
The Kriempild is not listed in
shipping records and it is believed
it may have become confused with
the American ship Liberty Clio,
which was reported to have struck
a mine off Terschellipg, Holland,
December 5.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Article of Reds Pact With
EsthOnians Prohibits Army

Copenhagen, Dec. 15.-A belated
dispatch from Dorpat gives the fol-
lowing summary OF the third article
of the peace terms of the bolshe-
wiki:
No army shall exist in Esthonia,
except the national Esthonian
army; complete disbandment of the
northwestern military and naval
forces is required, with neutraliza-
ton of all the northwestern army's
stores and materials until such time
that the soviet government notifies
Esthonia that civil war in Russia
has ended; the entire personnel of
the northwestern and other forces
opposing the soviet are forbidden to
join any force hostile to the soviet;
no military or naval forces or sup
plies for any army except the Es-
thonian national army are to be
allowed passage through Esthonia;
the formation or existence in Es-
thonia of any organization other
than the national army is forbidden.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Mayor Sure Davis
Is Man Who Hit Him
Continued From Page One.)

Continued From Page One.>
! got to my feet and they tried to
shove me into an automobile. | re-
sisted and then we started talking
there.
"One fellow asked me to order
the policemen inside the building
not to fire on them. Il refused to do
this. Then they said, Well over
come the police and the sheriff $
force and get him anyway / re-
piled, But we have te1ephoned for
troops and you won't overcome the
United States army
Davis Swore at Him.
"Then Davis said with an oath,
Well, we'll fix you before the army
gets here, and he struck me a ter
rife blow on the side of my head and
| became unconscious.
when | regained consciousness /
was on Harvey street just east of
Seventeenth, and a rope was being
flung over the lamp post and fasten-
ed around my neck. | felt it tighten
and that was all that | knew until
woke up the next morning in the
Ford hospital"
All day yesterday until after 4 in
the afternoon was consumed in Sc
curing jury.
Mayor Smith was the first witness
called. His cross-examination will
proceed this morning.
Davis IS a very large man about IS
years of age. He is vegetable and
fruit peddler and lives at 1912 North
Twenty-eighth street. He was in
dicted by the grand jury November
J and arrested in Lincoln November
IS. He was released under $4,000
bond. Two charges besides the ones
on which he is being tried, are pend
ing against him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Leaks . on High Court
Decisions Being Probed
Continued From Page One,

general information on the South.
ern Pacific case. He. denied also
that there was leak in the supreme
court. He claimed that as others
were putting up the money for him
he had nothing to lose.
Minor Attache Blamed.
1.-THE man in the Department oil
Justice implicated holds minor po-
sition and upon interrogation by
Department of Justice officials de-
MES that he knew any one in the SUI
preme court who would give out
any such information as has been
stated Or that he had been in any
such deals as were charged.
"The attache of the supreme court
denies also that he had any con-
nection with the affair and there is
nothing to show that he did.
"The investigations is not COM
pleted and it is very unfortunate
that the matter has gotten in the
papers at this time. However, the
investigation will be continued"
Capt. Burke, in giving out the
statement verbally, said that Moses
had seen the supreme court attache
only once.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Wartime Prohibition
Act Declared Valid

even be said that the man power oil
the nation has been restored TO a
peace footing, we are unable to con-
clude that the act has ceased to be
valid"
Act Not Confiseatory.
The wartime act, the court also
said, is not confiscatory, asserting
that more than nine months were
given distillers to oppose of their
stocks, which time the court be-
lieved to be adequate. The act also
was not repealed, the court said, by
the prohibition constitutional amend
ment, which it asserted is binding
not only in peace but also in war
times.
Announcement was made tonight
that the house agriculture commit
tee will meet tomorrow to vote on
the motion to table the bill of Rep
rescntative Gallivan, democrat of
Massachusetts,, which would re-
peal the wartime act.
Internal revenue officials ex-
planned tonight that the courts opin-
ion would not affect the bureaus
plans for enforcing national pro-
hibition in the least as all prepar-
atoms had been made upon the as
sumption that the act was con-
stitutional.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16

warned the crowd and asked what
reason he had for supposing the
crowd would not disperse without
hiring being necessary. he replied.
II think it quite possible that
could have dispersed the crowd
without firing, but they would have
come back and laughed and l
should have made fool Of myself
My view was that the situation at
Armitsar was serious | looked at
the crowd of rebels and considered
/. my duty to fire, and fire we'll
Lord Hunter, chairman of the
commission asked the general:
"Was there any other course
cpen?" General Dyer replied
mo sir. | looked upon it as my
duty-a horrible duty"
General Dyer asserted that 1850
rounds were fired and between 400
and 500 persons were killed, and
about $500 wounded. The soldiers,
he testified, continued firing until
they had run out of ammunition. He
said he had made up his mind that
i order were de6ed he would shoot
straight away and that he had telt
he had to do something very
strong"
Justice Rankin, member of the
commission, asked:
"Was it not a form Of frishtful-
ness?" .....
Lieutenant Governor Approved.
General Dyer replied he figured it
was best to shoot we'll and strongly,
so nobody would have to shoot
again. He said there was no mid
die course" Asked if his idea had
been to strike terror into the hearts
of the inhabitants, he answered he
had found they had disobeyed his
order and he meant to punish them
ard give them lesson. From
military viewpoint, he said, the
demonstration of force was bound
to make wide impression through
out Punjab.
One of the commissioners then
read telegram from Lahore (seat
of the British lieutenant governorl
TO General Dyer. 1t read:
Your action correct. Lieutenant
governor approves.
Lieutenant Governor"
(Note-The lieutenant governor OF
Punjab is Sir Michael Francis
O'Dyer, who has held that post since
1919.
General Dyer testified he avenged
the outrage on the missionary by
picketing the streets and not per
hitting a single Indian to pass with
out crawling.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Winter Wheat Planted
Is Less Than Year AGO

Washington, Dec. l5.-The winter
wheat area sown this fall is 38.770,-
000 acres, the Department of .Agri-
culture announced today. The re-
vised estimate Of last years area
was announced as 50,48o000 acres.
The condition of the crop Decem-
Der | was 85.2 per cent of normal.
compared with 98.5 on. December |
last year, 1913 in 1917 and Sos the
,0-year Dec. average.
The area sown to rye is estimated
at 5,530,000 acres, compared with
$4,000 acres the revised estimated
area sown in the fall of 1918. The
condition Of the crop December l
was 1913 per cent Of a normal COM
pared with 800 on December last
year, BAL in 1917 and 9l.6, the 10
year December l average.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Salmon Law Upheld.

Washington, Dec. 15.-By refusal
of the supreme court to review ap-
peals from the Washington supreme
court, decisions of the latter court
holding to be unconstitutional the
state statute of 1917 prohibiting
possession within the state during
the closed season, except for per-
sonal use. of salmon caught beyond
the three-mile limit outside the
Columbia river, will stand. The lower
court held the law, which is similar
to one in Oregon, to be an Interior
ence with interstate and foreign
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
/. w. w. MANIFESTO
RELATIVE TO WAR
READI INTO RECORD
Official Pronouncement of Gen.
eral Executive Board
duced at Trial.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 15.-Wha,
was characterized as the official pro,
nouncement of the general execu,
tive board, the controlling body Of
the Industrial Workers OF the
World. toward war and CONSUMPTION
was read into the record at the trial
in the Kansas City, Kas.. federal
court of 81 I. w. w. charged with
violating the espionage act.
The document issued during the
war period, after denouncing both
war and CONSUMPTION, warned men,
bers that if they found them
selves unable to avoid military serv-
ice they automatically forfeited all
connection with the l. w. w.
The organization arranged to
make every possible effort to as
sist members in obtaining their re-
lease from service, according to a
purported letter from William D.
Haywood, secretary-treasurer, to
Dan Buckley. an I. w. w. official
at Minneapolis. Mimi, also read.
The letter stated that Fred Moore
of Seattle, chief counsel for the de-
tense in the present trial, had been
employed at a salary of 5000 a
month and expenses to act as gen.
eral counsel for I. w. w. men,
bers drafted.
Resolutions declared to have been
adopted by the general executive
board at meeting in Chicago,
July ;, 1917, one of which provided
for the purchase and Shipping of
a printing outfit to the Russian
revolutionaries, were not reached.
Evidence introduced included cor
by which the govern
lnent announced it sought to show
the Non Partisan league negotiated
with the |. w. w. in 1917. when the
latter organization is said to have
attempted to gain control Of the
food and fuel supplies in Oklahoma
and Kansas. The letters. it was
contended, indicated the league de-
sired an understanding with the
agricultural branch of the !. w. w.
regarding the hiring of farm labor
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
SENATOR NORRIS
INTRODUCES new
RAILROAD BILL
Proposes Public Ownership
And Government Operation
Warning Against With
draWaI of Protection.

amidst unusual silence, land Their
fall into hopeless confusion, with
two-thirds Of them quickly ending in
recc:vership."
Senator Cummins insisted con-
gress should turn back the roads il
satisfied the people believed in that
policy. !.
"They can go back on January l.
in perfect safety" he said, IF the
country is assured of the bills en-
actment il. one months time"
In hope OF expediting the meas
ure the senate remained in session
at night, but as new fields of argu-
nlent were opened there developed
little indication of final action this
week. Leaders insisted. however,
that the bill would be passed by a
narrow margin before Saturday.
when the holiday recess is expected
to begin.
Storm OF Discussion.
Senator Smith, democrat, Georgia,
rising to inquire If it would not be
/ best to defer consideration of all
railroad legislation until January,
provoked a storm of discussion and
drew from republican senator's a
warning that there was no indication
OF any change Of mind on the presi-
dents part.
Reminding the senate of the presi-
dents statement to congress in May
that the roads would be handed
ta 81 ~ ~, a a,J &c ~. "a L., Hoe x,n,r
Senator Watson, republican, In
diana. called attention that no word
had come from the White House to
indicate any change in the presi-
dents position.
Answering Senator Smith, who
said he could not believe the presi-
den. would carry out his announced
intention, the Indiana senator said
that ii,asmuch as no additional in
formation has been Forthcoming the
senate was warranted in assuming
that the president stood pat, in which
event. he declared, it was imperative
to remain here and enact necessary
legislation"
Both Parties Interested.
During the all-day debate the
principal attacks on the Cummins
bill were made by Senators Lenroot,
republican, Wisconsin, and Stabley,
democrat. Kentucky, the former in
xisting that the roads shdhld be re-
tanned by the government until
spring.
Senator Stanley, speaking in sup
port of his amendment to eliminate
the anti str.sae provisions assailed the
section. as 'the most drastic and ex-
asperating' ever devised to afflict la
boring people,
The anti-strike provision, Senator
Stanley asserted, was put in the bill
over the protest OF 100000 railroad
men who had declared they would
not wear the yoke.
III After Senator Stanley had de-
ferredt the resteof his speech until to-
morrow. the senate went to work on
amendments. One by SenatorsWalsh
democrat, Montana, permitting the
roads to retain all earnings for new
construction work for 10 years, was
adopted, as was an amendment by
Senator Jones, republican, Washing
ton, limiting jurisdiction Of the
transportation to inland water ways.
An amendment by Senator Curtis,
republican, Kansas, extending the
Bills provisions to short line rail-
roads. was passed over temporarily. |
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Foreign Trade Of U. S.
For 1919. $11.OOO,0 QO,0 600

New York, Dec, l5.-The foreign
trade OF the United States for 1919,
the first year following the war,
will probably exceed $ll,000,000,0M
as compared with $4.25o000,000 FOR
The fiscal year OF 1914, all Of
which preceded the war, accord
ing to approximate figures COM
piled by the National City bank.
Despite this great gain, which is
partly due to increased prices,
Great Britain still retains the lead
er ship of the world trade. accord
ing to the banks statistics, with a
total for 1919 that will probably
exceed that of the United States.
possibly reaching the Sl2,000000-
900 mark.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
BY L. r. MURDOCH.
Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
Special Cable Dispatch.

| London, Dec. 15.--A blood curd.
ling story of massacre has been re.
vealed by the British commission
investigating the recent riots in
India. 1t shows a British general
deliberately ordering so troops ia
attack crowd of 5000 civilians and
to fire until their ammunition was
exhausted. The command was
obeyed to the letter.
| Five hundred persons were killed
and l,500 wounded 1t was the
bloodiest slaughter of civilians by
western troops in modern history.
The evidence shows that this act
was approved by the British gov
ernor general. News of the affair
has just reached London from India
with the reports of the government
commissions hearings at Lahore.
The slaughter took place at Arimit-
sar last April and was ordered to
put down the riots there which were
part of general uprising that
threatened to engulf the whole sur
rounding districts and spread all
over India.
Adjudged Open Rebellion.
General Dyer testified before the
commission that he arrived at Ar
mitsar on April IL. A1th ,ugh mar
tai law was not declared he took
over the administration from the
deputy commissioner. He was IN
formed that the situation was grave
in many districts, including Lahore
and ordered that the alleged sedi-
tious meetings cease Immediately.
On April IS, according to his tes-
timony, General Dyer informed
crowds at Armitsar that meetings
were forbidden and that assem-
blages were likely to be fired on
without warning.
Later he was informed of big
meeting which he judged to be not
merely a disorderly meeting but
open rebellion. He marched Is
British rifles, rs Indian rifles and 40
Gurkhas armed with knives to he
scene and discovered an agitator
haranguing crowd of 5000. Con-
t'nuing his testimony. General Dyer
said:
Il deployed my men and within
so seconds ordered them to fire.
he firing continued for about 10
minutes. My object was to disperse
the crowd, and little firing would
have been insufficient to achieve
that object"
The general admitted he had not
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Will InternationaIize
City of Constantinople

Liverpool, Dec, 15,-Premiers
Clemenceau and Lloyd George in
their conferences last week took up
the delicate problems connected
with Turkey and decided to inter
nationalize Constantinople, accord
ing to the Post
This, says the Post, may serve
as an inducement to America to
Join the entente in administering
the region she refused to take an
Single handed"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Sentence Pandolfo Today.

Chicago, Dec, 1s.-Federal Judge
Lands today overruled a motion
for = new trial on behalf OF
Saumel c. Pandolfo, late president
and fical agent of the Pan Motor
company, St. Cloud, Mimi, re-
Gently convicted of using the mails
to defaud. He will be sentenced
Tuesday. The maximum sentence
which can be be given Pandofo is
twenty years in the penitentiary
and fine of $4,000.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Believe Ship Sunk.

St. Johns, N. B., Dec, l5.-Tne
British steamer St. Claire Theriault,
recently reported in sinking condl-
ton 200 miles off shore, with part OF
its crew sick and disabled, is be-
lieved now to have gone down: a
report that the ship had reached
Yarmouth, N. S, proved to be er-
roneous
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Grey to Return Home.

London, Dec. 15.--Viscount Grey,
ambassador to the United States,
has been granted a leave of abb
sence from Washington in order to
come to England to discuss several
important questions with the gov
ernment, it is announced by Pre-
mier Lloyd George at this after
Moons session of the House OF
Commons. s4... g.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Journal of Commerce Sold.

San Francisco, Dec. 15.-Andrew
Lawrence, former publishder OF
the Chicago American and the
Chicago Examiner, announced he
had purchased the Daily Journal OF
Commerce. The publication will be
continued under the name OF
The Journal of Commerce. as a
commercial newspaper according to
the announcement.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Iolts Kentucky Distillers.

Louisville, Ky, Dec. l5,-Ken-
lucky distillers and more than 800
Louisville former saloon keepers
were jolted today by the decision of
the supreme court holding wartime
prohibition constitutional, The dis
tillers, it was estimated. had 10000
900 gallons Of whisky in Kentucky
bonded warehouses, 9,500,000 gallons
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Lynch Two Negroes, Then
Throw Bodies Into Greek

Huntington, w. Va, Dec. Is
Two negroes, accused of numbering
E. D. Meek, a resident of Island
Creek. Logan county. were taken
from a train at Chapmanville and
lynched, according to reports reach
ing here. The bodies were then
thrown into Island creek, the re-
port says.
Island Creek is in the Guyan coal
field region and Chapmanville is
nearby.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Investigation Of Recent
Riots in India Reveals
Blood Curdling Massacre

British General Deliberately Ordered Troops to At
tack Crowd of Civilian Natives and Fire Until
Out of Ammunition Justified His Act by Stories
of Riots Destruction of Property, Murder and
Outrage of Missionary.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16

To Heal A Cough
Take HAYES rHEALING HONEY. 35e PET bottle.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-16
Knit Underwear
for Women

Silk and wool union suits,
ankle length, are either
high neck with long
sleeves, or Dutch neck
with elbow sleeves, priced
So a suit; extra size, $8.65.
Mercerized union suits,
low neck and knee length,
So a suit.
The camisoles of flesh
colored glove silk with
lace and ribbon trimmings
are very lovely, priced
$4.65 each.
Second Floor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-22
TEBBETTS NOMINATED
BY DEMOCRATS FOR
OFFICE OF MAYOR

The general caucus Of the Demo-
cratic party 10 nominate a candid
ate for mayor was held at the Armorv
Friday evening at S O'Clock The
caucus was called 10 order by s. L.
Berry, chairman of the Democratic
City Committee On motion l..
+. ThaEer was elected permanent
chairman and Harold Dubord secre-
tary. In placing the name Of Leon
Q. Tebbetts In nomination for the Of
fee Of mayor By s. L. Berry. he said
that upon the Democratic party rest
cd the responsibility Of placing in
nomination men Of sterling character
and ability who would faithfully
back up the government al Washing
ton in the great reconstruction of the
affairs of the world created by the
greatest world war the world has ever
known. Mr. Berry paid his compli-
ments TO those members Of Congress
who are belittlinG the endeavors or
President Wilson in his efforts to es-
tablish a league OF nations for the
continuation OF peace and prosperity.
which must come 70 the people of the
world He then called attention to
the high regard Of the citizens OF