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SAY PACKERS J: '' ' ' n- . Great Food Concerns Ordered -to Dissolve, Prepare to ObeyWhat Will be Price Effect?" Speculation. TWO YEARS" GIVEN (By Associated Press) ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Reorganisation of a gigantic industry, involving capital of moro than -one billion dollars and affecting 87 corporations, will result from tho compromise reached by the government and the five big packing companies. Under tho agreement reached last night and which will be made binding by an Injunction decree; the business of Swift Co., Morris & Co., Wilson Co. and the Cudahy. company will be restricted to meats and provisions. Two years are given to comply with The packers forever disassociate themselves with all linos unrelated to the ' meat packing Industry, which means they will exerciso no further control ovor tho marketing of livestock, or the retailing of meat products, and will quit the field of meat substitutes, except eggs, butter, cheese and' poultry. Furthermore the packers agree to submit to tho jurisdiction of the Federal courts and under the decree they will be prohibited from maintaining any combination or attempting to monopolize any food 'products in the United States. U. 8. Food, Table Free. The decree, Attorney General Palmer said in a statement thereon, "establishes the principle that no group of men, no matter how powerful, can ever attempt to control tho food table of the American people." The compromise followed the government's anti-trust action against the packers, started last summer at the direction of President Wilson as a high cost of living. Tho fight against the packers, however, s had been a long drawn-out affair, extending over a period of years, involving thousands of dollars in investigations, and causing bitter feeling in politics, and bus incas. " -. " l-J .. . ... .a . 11 i."tii Villa towtnna. -Jjespiut .uw. nw. trw . ing government regulation of the packing Industry,- now before .the,, aenate agriculture committee, will not be abandoned according to their authors, Senators Kenyon, and Kendrlck. Senator Kendrlck said ther - decree was "merely a step, though a very long one, toward ! the goal w have , been seeking to attain." CHICAGO, Doc. 19. Probable trend of prices of food products formerly handled .by . the packers, during the two year period in which the Swift, Armour, Morris. . Wilson and Cudahy companies must disassociate themselves from all other than the meat and provision- business was the subject of general speculation. Following announcement of the com promise agreement resulting from Institution of anti-trust actions again Bt the 87 cornorations and 49 Individuals making up the "big five" packers. varying opinions as to the probable effect on the cost of living were expressed. ' "Thft nrlee of meat is within the control of the people themselves," said A. Mitchell Palmer, United States attorney-general. In announcing the agreement between the packers and the departmet of Justic. Statements by J. Ogden Armour for Armour and company, and Louis F. Swift for Swift and company, insisted that the packers position was "economically sound and unassailable from r leeal standpoint," and that the step

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department of Justice and in spite of the fact that there is no law requiring it. .... Action begun in Chicago against ine packers is at an end, according to District Attorney Clyde. "The Chicago district is no longer concerned in the packer prosecutions," he said. "The books are closed here." Intended Break in Parliament Denied by British Leaders (By Associated Press) LONDON", Dec. 19.-rRumors that it is Intended to dissolve parliament in February are absolutely denied by government whips, and party agents assert that no preparations have been made for a general election. It is stated in political quarters that these rumors have been traced to laborites who are said to be working for an election, recognizing .the possibility they may be able to force a crisis. The alleged determination of labor to fitart a general strike early in the New Year unless nationalization of mines is conceded, has recently become a perpetually recurring report and it is apparently where belief prevails that a strike will be called that expectation of a February election Is strongest. Official coalition circles, however, scout the idea of an appeal to the country unless entirely unforseen events make it necessary. President Enjoys First Snowstorm of Winter (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. President Wilson enjoyed the first real snow storm of the winter today, spending an hour on the south portico of the White House wrapped In a fur coat. ' Earlier in the morning. -tha president walked about his room and the adjacent corridor for a short tlmes Rear Admiral Grayson, his physician, satf. .

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Earl J. Houck, move, and Special Attorney General H. Dale Souter. Earl J. Houck, special agent of the department of justice, is one of the leading figures in the prosecution in the Michigan election fraud cases involving Senator Truman Newberry and 134 others. With Prosecutor Frank C. Dailey he cleaned up the election fraud case in Indiana some years ago. Special Attorney General H. Dale Souter is the right-hand man of Dailey, now in .charge of the prosecution in the Newberry case. 43 SAILORS ARE DROWNED IN WRECK (By Associated Press) HALIFAX, N." S., Dec. 19 Fortythree members of the British steamer Manxman, wer drowned yesterday when the ship foundered In mid-ocean, according to a radio from the BritisbJ steamship British Isle, picked up here today. -The rest - of ' tho crew, numbering more than a dozen, have been picked up by the British Isle, which is due in New York Monday.The message said that among those lost was the captain, first mate fourth engineer and wireless' operator. The rest of the officers, including the chief steward, were saved. $209.50 Paid for Mother Hog and 9 Pigs, at Study Sale; Breaks County Record The friends of Charles Study rallied in force at his farm sale on Thursday. The Study farm was recently sold to Herbert Rose, who will take posses sion on Jan. 1. and the sale on Thurs day was a clean-up, preparatory to removal. The Study sale made what is probably a new high Wayne County record on sows with broods, outside of registered sale circles. One Big Type Poland mother and brood of 9 promising pigs sold for $209.50, and another family of fix brought $117.50. The balance of the hogs went at as good prices as any sold in many months. The top paid for a cow was 1136, cordinc to ape and quality. Corn in crib Sold for $1.57, oats brought 79c per bushel, and hay $28 per ton. Will Lewis, president-of the First National at Williamsburg, was cashier of the : eaie, and reported a net of $3,132 on balancing the books. Hih Cost Hits Decennial Census; Ask Appropriation (By Associated P-ess) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. The high cost of living has hit the fourteenth decennial census, which is to be taken next year. Director Rogers, of the uAurLaU jfTraS n $2,550,000 in addition to $15,000,000 already granted for the expenses of the census, said that enumerators cannot make a living wage on the old per capita basis,' and that provision must be made for a per dlem wage or the . payment of traveling expenses.- The additional funds sought would be used to increase the enumerators' pay over the proposed basis of four cents for each Inhabitant; 0 cents for each farm or industry and 50 cents for each irrigation or drainage enterprise. Boston Townshin Farmers in Favor of County Agent A majority of those at the meeting of the Boston Township Farmers' association, in Boston, Thursday evening, went on record as in favor of a county agent. Ralph Test. Henry county agent, gave an Interesting address on the phases of his work in conjunction with the farmers' organization. E. F. Murphy, county secretary, .gave a report on the state meeting held in Indianapolis. :' The board of directors of the county organization will : hold a meeting ' In the directors' room of -the First National bank, Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. : Action in regard to a county agent for 'Wayne county will be taken at this meeting.

TREATY COMPROMISE GAINS GROUND; R. R. BILL MOVES ALONG

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. On the eve of the expected holiday recess, the movement in the senate for a peace treaty compromise, apparently was gaining ground today, with plans taking shape for a conference early next month between Republicans and Dem ocrats who want ratification. It was Indicated that neither , Sen ator Lodge, the Republican leader, nor Senator Hitchcock, in charge of the administration forces in the treaty fight, would be a direct party to the original negotiations, although later it was noped both could be brought in. Former President Taft has reopen ed communication with the mild reservation Republicans, and is understood to have made suggestions along the line of such a bipartisan agreement and Democratic senators also have heard from W. J. Bryan, who is said to have approved the compromise con ference plan. The only possibility that any com promise suggestion will approach the stage of formal action before the re cess lies with the foreign relations committee, which will meet tomorrow to consider the resolution of Senator Knox to declare a state of peace. A member said today that it would prob ably be altered by the committee. It was generally believed however, that thre would be no effort to get senate action until after the holidays. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Hope of passing the railroad bill tonight or tomorrow at the latest, permitting adjournment over the holidays, brightened today in the senate. Good progress was made on the few remaining amendments. The proposal of- Senator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, to strike out the clause requiring approval of the proposed transaction board for new railroad lines or extensions, was defeated 23 to 44. Senator Smith and others declared the board could be a "political body" while Senator Cummins, Republican. Iowa, in charge of the bill insisted that the provision was necessary to protect the public against unnecessary delay. Berlin Food Places Shut as Protest Against Decree (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Thursday, Dec. 18. Every restaurant, cafe, bar and eating house, even the Kosher kitchens in the poorer north and east ends of Berlin closed today, in retaliation against the food ministry's new regulation suppressing illicit trading in food-stuffs-'Whiebr-' they denounce as . more drastic than any law of the old militarist regime. .' - Herr Eretschmar, one'of the promoters of the "strike," after an automobile Inspection of the city today, returned to headquarters with the verdict that the "strike" was "the sublimity of cruelty but absolutely necessary and that it would he repeated in every city, town and hamlet in Germany in January if the government fails to annul the food ministry decree." Mrs. Blake's Fate Rests With Insanity Experts (By Associated Pres ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Dec. 19. Mrs. Esther Miller Blake, charged with murdering her five-year-old son, James Blake, by throwing him into the ocean will be held for the action of the grand jury unless alienists appointed by the court decide she is insane. This was announced today following the verdict of the coroner's jury, which last night found the boy came to his death at the hands of his mother while Bhe was laboring under a state oi mental aDerrauon. The alienists, Drs. Clarence Garra - brant and J. T. Beckwick, both of whom testified at the inquest that Mrs. Blake was nervous and excitable, said other experts would be called before they announced their final decision as to her condition. Should they find her to be insane, it was said, Prosecutor Gaskill would not press the murder charge and would offer no objection to placing her in an institution. Mrs. Blake is still In the city hospital under police guard. Her condition is somewhat improved, but she was permitted to appear at the inquest. COAL CAR CATCHES FIRE A car of coal which caught fire from unknown causes about 2 p. m. Friday at Harsh'B coal yard, south of Main on First street, was extinguished ! without damage. An interurban car and city street cars were held up by hose laid across the track. I Weather Forecast j For .Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Cloudy tonight and Saturday. Rising temperature Saturday. Moderate variable winds. Today's Temperature. Noon 22 Yesterday. Maximum 19 Minimum 12 For Wayne County by W. E. Mo0re Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Rising temperature Saturday and Sunday. General Conditions The snow is quite general over Indiana during the past 24 hours. A severe cold wave Is now central over eastern Canada, and the New England , states. It is 48 below zero . at White River, Ont. and Toronto; 24 below at Northfield, Ver.; 22 below at Canton, N. Y., and 6 below at Boston. A warm wave covers the west and northwest. ' It is ' 46 above at Medicine Hat and 50 above at Calgary, 40 to 60 above over Montana where last week It was 40 below zero. A general reaction to warm weather within the next 36 hours' is

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The Most Recent Photo of Senator Warren G. Harding. Senator Harding, of Ohio, mention ed often fts'a Republican presidential possibility, has .announced his intention to seek tha nomination. BERGER BOBS UP IN WISCONSIN VOTE MILWAUKEE, Dec. 10 Victor L. Berger, Socialist, who was refused a seat in the -house of representatives on bis certificate of election in November, 1918, is a candidate in the special election held today to fill the vacancy in the fifth congressional district. Henry H. Bodenstab. fusion nominee, running on the Republican ticket, is the other candidate. During the campaign the Socialists upheld the acts of Mr. Berger,' for which he was convicted under the espionage law while the fusionists attacked what .they termed "Bergerism and Bolshevism", and made "loyalty" the basis of their arguments. At the close of the campaign Bodenstab In a statement said he wanted the votes of "those who believed in America or those who cherished institutions which have made this the greatest, the most worth-while country on earth". Berger in his closing statement declared the question of his re-election was "not a personal one, hut a case of representative government Officials of the Republican and Democratic committees said a light vote would favor Berger, while a heavy poll would be to Bodenstab's advantage. Registry lists in the district contain approximately 63,000 names. Berger is conceded " 20,000 vntAfl hv Vila nnnrtnonfa wViltti la oVtrhut j 3,000 more than he received in Nov. 1 1918," when 'the candidates of the two old parties together - polled 22.854 votes. Berger early in the day said his majority would range . from 5,000 ' to 10,000 and Bodenstab predicted that with, a heavy vote he would be successful by several thousand. Millerand to Succeed Clemenceau, is Report (By Associated Press) PARIS, Dec. 19. Alexandre Millerand, former minister of war, and at present governor of Alsace, will according to reports, succeed Georges Clemenceau as nremier of France.. i says the Echo de Paris. j it is asserted that M. Millerand will in addition to being premier, hold tho portfolio of minister of foreign affairs Stephen Pichon, . at present foreign minister, is considering retiring from the cabinet because of his health, it is said. Wages of Clothing Makers Increase 68.4 Pet Cent, . According to Labor Report WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 Increases in the payrolls and the number employed by the majority of 13 representative industries in November compared with November 1918, are shown in the figures made public to day by the bureau of labor statistics

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manufacturing. Increases in the amount of payrolls of 11 of the industries are reported, the largest, 68.4 percent being in men's clothing. - - i SURPRISE FOR FRED. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Frederick Van Nuys, of Indianapolis, was nominated . by President .Wilson today to

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VICTORY; CONFERENCE WITH ENGLISH STOPS ' (By Associated Press) ; HELSINGFORS. Dec 19. General Deneldne has gained an important victory between Tsaritsin and Kamishin. in the Volga valley, according to news paper dispatches received here, it is said he has taken 10,200 prisoners besides capturing, five cannon and 25 machine guns. . . - Esthonia has agreed to return arms to the northwestern Russian army and participate in ah attack on Petrograd If the allies and Admiral Kolchak of the Omsk .government recognize the Independence of Esthonia, according to newspaper dispatches received here. It is said this agreement was incorporated into an answer to allied note received by Esthonia recently. Discovery of an anti-Bolshevik plot is reported In Petrograd. Nine hundred persons including several French and English citizens have been arrested. ''Three hundred and - fifty have been executed following trial by a revolutionary tribunal. COPENHAGEN, Dec. 19. M. Litvinoff, who as representative of the Soviet government, conferred here re cently with James O'Grady, British delegate, on the problem of exchanging prisoners of war, said today that the breaking off of negotiations was due to the attitude of the British government. When asked whether he intended to take further steps relative to peace, he replied in the negative. "We must leave the matter to the red army," he declared. "We understood from Premier Lloyd George that he wished us to deal first with Admiral Kolchak and General Deniklne. That is what the Bolshevik army is succesfully doing." Eight thousand Russians who returned to Germany with Colonel Ava-loff-Bermondt, commander of the recent offensive against Riga, have been disarmed and are being confined at Danzig. Nauen and Grabow. Posen. They will be held until opportunity is given to send them back to Russia. Colonel Bermondt told Gustav Noske, minister of defense, according to the Vosslsche Zeitung, that the majority of the Russians desired to return to the Russian northern front. Herr Noske has declared that they will be sent there as soon as possible. Transport of German troops from East Prussia to inner Germany began today, according to announcement LONDON, Dec. 19. Severe fighting in the vicinity of Narva on the Eston ian front, where the Bolshevik! broke through wire defenses and captured several village, is reported" in an offi cial-statement issued by the soviet government at Moscow today. MAlOT!ltiENTw -VICTORY-PALMER (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Termination of the soft coal strike; was -not a' settlement but a victory for the gov-, ernment. Attorney General Palmer told the senate sub-committee investigating the strike. "The government has won its fight", Mr. Palmer said. "There was no settlement in actuality; the men and the union officers have complied with our demands and returned to work." Urge Non-Partisan Body to Settle Mexican Troubles (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Dec. 19. Appointment of a non-partisan commission of Americans and Mexicans to investigate the causes of the persent friction between the two nations will be urged by speakers at a mass meeting tonight in Carnegie hall. The call for the meeting was issued by a citizens committee, . consisting of . educators, churchmen,' men and women prominent in - civic movements and newspapers and magazine writers. Attention will be called to the treaty of Guadeloupe, still in effect which provides for arbitration of any difficulties arising between the United States and Mexico. Among the speakers will be John Farwell Moors, of Boston, S. Guy Inman, of the committee for co-operation with LatinAmerica and Arthur W. Pone, of the League of oppressed peoples. Can't Decide on Hun Payment for Scapa Flow (By Associated Press) PARIS. Dec. 19. Allied experts are not agreed as to what demands should be made on Germany as reparation for the sinking of the interned German fleet at Scapa Flow, according to the Matin. Some are disposed to ac cept newly constructed ships from the Germans, while others would require the immediate delivery of German light cruisers. It is .probable the newspaper says, that a compromise will be reached. Such, a . step is now being discussed by British delegates who will submit it to the British cabinet. Insurance Companies Won't Guarantee Louisville Liquor LOUISVILLE, K., Dec. 19, Still without a' place so far as learned to HUnnia nrnfitiMv nt 8K ftflft (Wlft pnllnna mugt be out ortne country, Kentucky company , branch office here, that liability for whiskey could not further

be provided by the company. This action was taken by tho company, It was announced, because of the fact-, that no valuation ' can " be placed on the liquor now that it can not be sold, j While no. other insurance company has taken similar action,, whiskey men were said to forecast further announcements of ' this kind shortly, . which, it was . said, would endanger, the safety of their stocks from fire or. other damage. --

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Prince William of Weld. Prince William of Weld, formerly prince of Albania,' has been indicted by the German government on tne charge of smuggling airplanes into Sweden. CAMPANINI, FAMOUS CONDUCTOR SUCCUMBS (By Associated Press) CHICAGO. Dec. 19. Cleofonte Campanini, director general of the Chicago Grand Opera company, died of pneumonia this morning. Campanini waa born September 1, 1860, in Parma, Italy, and first studied music in the Conservatoire . there. While still a youth he took the first violin desk at the Parma opera. At the age of 23 he was director of the Parma opera and conducted "Carmen." his brother, Italo Campanini, a famous Unor, playing Don Jose. . The opera at Parma served as a stepping stone and he was called to direct the famous La Scala at Milan, where ha was praised by Verdi. Henry Abbey, the American impressario, was so Impressed with the production "Carmen," that he offered the young man an engagement at the Metropolitan . opera house, New ' York. ' His 'reputation . firmly- established, Campanini . went from one musical center to - another until he' had conducted ' in every big opera house in France, Spain, Italy and South America. For nine years he held the baton in Covent Garden, London. Every singer of note in the last 30 or 35 years has sung under his direction. ASK FOR CONTEMPT CITATION OF MARTENS NEW YORK, Dec. 19 Deputy Attorney-General Berger today asked Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum to extend time of service until Monday on his orders, returnable today, to Ludwlg C. A. Martens, "ambassador" of the soviet government and Santerni Nuorteva, secretary of the soviet bu reau, to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of the joint legislation committee investi gating seditious activities here. Martens and Nuorteva refused on the ground of diplomatic immunity, to answer certain questions or to produce the confidential books and papers of the bureau upon the committee's demands. They "left the city last Tuesday" on a mission to Washington, it was said. Hearing on a similar order served on Dr. Michael Misley, former secretary of. the Russian socialist federation, will be given Tuesday. No Cut in Freight Rates; Lack Cargoes (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 No drasticc cut in freight rates will be made because of the difficulty in securing cargoes tor government vessels, officials of the shipping board said today. Shortage of cargoes is attributed to two causes by the board: one is the number of bottoms available because of the restrictions - on coal exports, and the other is the foreign exchango situation. When the coal restrictions are lifted, which officials expect will bo shortly, the return of the coal carrying vessels to that trade, is expected to 'increase the demand for bottoms. Officials hcsite&ted to predict how long present foreign - exchango conditions would affect shipping, but stated that the board would reduce rates to meet competition, but not a situation. Americans To Be Tried Speedily in Mexico (By Associated. Press) - WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Every ef fort Is being made to obtain a speedy and, fair trial for the two c American sailors arrested at Mezatlah, November 12. after a street fight with a Mexican, it was said . today at' the State Department.'. ' The men, H. - V. jjeonara ana n. o. Martin were rrom the submarine tender Pockomoko and have been in jail since their arrest.

ASSASSINS

TRY TO KILL LORD FRENCH Lieutenant-General of Ireland Unharmed 1 in - Attempt ; on LifeSevcral Attendants, Assailants Killed. V ; - SHOTS FROf THE FIELD (By Associated Press) DUBLIN. Dec. 19. An mttemnt waa made at 1 o'clock this afternoon to assassinate Viscount French, the Lord ueutenant of Ireland. Lord French was drivinc , Mvmii the Ashton gate of Pheonix park and tne vice-regal lodge, when a shot waa fired. A civilian nearby was struck and instantly killed by the bullet, and a policeman was wounded. Several shots are said to have been flred by Lord French's assailants. The military present promptly returned the fire and one of the assailants was shot dead. His body lay by, the road side. Ambulances were immediately rushed to the spot. Information Indicated that the assassins flred from a Held while the Vice-Regal party was passing along the road. The most Intense excitement prevailed. Two tanks passed through the streets at about 2:30 p. m. Lord French, however, escaped the fate evidently intended for him. "A number of men were hiding in a field 'beside the road when Lord French motored past. . The first shot fell in front of the vice-regal but the second entered the side of the car and another pierced its back. A cyclist policeman acting as escort was hit in the foot. Soldiers Hurry to Rescue. The military escort which met Lord French at the Ashton station was some distance behind when the attack occurred but quickly galloped to the scene, being summoned by a woman who was driving a car containing Lord French's baggage. She turned back immediately on hearing the firing. The attack on Lord French was made 200 yards from the Ashton station. Policeman Loughlin was talking with a civilian as Lord French passed. Loughlin was killed during the shooting. The civilian with whom he had been talking, fired at Lord French and another policeman killed him. The attacking party fled across the field in the direction of Dublin. None of Lord French's assailants was caught One report said the attack waa made with revolvers and bombs. . The civilian who- was killed la declared to have had bombs in his possession. Two loaded revolvers also were found on him. He was killed by a shot In the head. Bombs Dig Big Holes One bomb exploded and dug a big hole In the road near the Ashton corner. Portions of another bomb were found. The attacking party Is believed to have numbered 5 or 6 persons. An automobile which was following that containing Lord French, bearing other members of the party, was shattered, and its driver was Injured. New's Confession May Be Brought to Court; Girls at Trial are Scolded (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19. The question of whether the alleged confession of Harry New that he killed his sweetheart, Freda Lesser, may be introduced as evidence, was before the court when the fourth day of the trial began today. Attorneys for both prosecution and defense said they expected a sharp legal fight over this question. Aside from the alleged confessions the evidence to be offered by the state may be all in before the end of the day according to .Thomas Lee Woolwlne, district attorney. Mrs. Alice Lesser,. the dead girl's mother, chief witness for the state, told of New's plans to marry her daughter and of the last time she saw the girl just as she left for an automobile ride with New. "He promised to bring her back safe to me," the mother said, "but he never brought her back." It was the next morning, that of July 5 last, according to other witnesses, that New surrendered to the police, leaving the girl's body outside in the automobile. Judge Gavin Craig, presiding at the trial, gave from the bench an expres sion of disapproval of attendance at the trial of girls of school age. Conference is Planned to Check Clothing Prices (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Steps' to check the rising price of clothing wDl be discussed at a conference here early In January of persons Interested in the production of wearing apparel, from the producer of raw material to the consumer of the product. , : The calling of the conference was announced today by Assistant Attorney-General Pigg, who said that la addition to affecting economies at In operation, it was planned to provide for the production of standard cloth and garments for sale at a reasonable price as an inducement to the public to check extravagance in purchasing. j' Captain Alcock, Conqzercr ! of Atlantic, Dies in Crezh , : : ,- .. -.. !(By Associated Press) 1 . ROUEN, France, Dec. 19. Captain Sir John Alcock. tfce first avtator to make a non-stop ' aeroplane ' flight across the Atlantic ocean, died here this afternoon as: a result of injuries received when his plane crashed yesterday near Cottevrard department of Seine-ln-Serleure. Normandy. -