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Rift Jars
Harmony of
Democrats
Butler's Friends Score "Wet
Dry" Combine of Hitchcock
Bryan Cite Ingrati
- tude of Politics.
Letter Causes Furore
By PAUL GREER.
viome outstate editor indites a para
graph on the ingratitude of politics.
Uaii a. Uutler, he points out, started
a municipal coal yard in Omaha and
then showed Charles V. Bryan, who
is a city commissioner in Lincoln,
how to operate one there. Instead
of pulling his coal wagon over to
the side of the road and letting Mr,
Butler drive on toward the governor
ship. Mr. Bryan whipped up his owu
team and hogged the road.
Mr. Butler sits in his office in the
city hall reading indignant letters and
telegrams, and answering telephone
calls from sympathetic and angry
. supporters and receiving visitors, all
of whom wish to discuss the subject
. of democratic harmony. AH because
of the efforts to unite wet and dry
democrats, in a drive to elect Hitch
cock senator and Bryan eovernor.
. "From the way people talk out in
the state, Hitchcock is hurting him'
self," Mr. Uutler said. It he is
not tied up with Bryan he ought
to issue a statement to that effect
over his own signature.
Denies Report.
Those harmony clubs that are an
nounced in so many towns, have
drawn up a slate which does not in
clude Mr. Butler. His friends say
that several men whose- names were
given as attending the harmony club
meeting in Omaha were not present
and do not approve of the plan. Peter
Stafford, a democratic leader of Nor
folk, has telegraphed Mr. Butler that
in spite of the announcement in Sen
ator Hitchcock's paper of a meeting,
no harmony club was organized
there. ' ,
"If the leaders are to get together
nd pick candidate?, let's go back
to the convention system," Mr. But
Jr suggests. "The people of Ne
braska are able to think for them
selves, and do not need Hitchcock or-
Bryan to make up their minds tor
them. This to-called harmony move
ment is in violation of the whole spir
it of the primary system. In one
breath Bryan praises the ' primary
while in the next he violates it."
"I haven't said anything against
Hitchcock as yet, but from the way
people talk, he is hurting himself."
Explains Stand.
Details such as these should not
he allowed to de'.ract attention from
Mr. Butler's platform. Reminded of
this, he readily explained his stand.
"The first thing I will do if elected
governor is to repeal the code bill."
he said. "We have to- reduce taxes,
and one way to do this is to fire
useless secretaries and clerks and
abolish a lot of the boards and
bureaus."
Mr. Butler spoke of the fact that
sometime two or more inspectors
traveled ovc the same routesf on
different errands'. has the idea
that their duties might well be com
plied. The possibilities of a situa
tion in which a school inspector would
also examine the scales of the local
elevator, check up the state bank,
and act as hotel, dairy, food and
road inspector come to mind, but
one does not interrupt Mr. -Butler.
"The next things I would do," he
continues, "is to abolish Gus Hyers'
tribunal. Let the local authorities
enforce the law.- That's what they
are paid for. The people could save
$200,000 by eliminating the state
sheriff."
Expects 2 to 1 Vote.
Quite generally about Nebraska
wet democrats incline toward Dan
Butler for governor. He has other
strength, of course, and he expects
td poll a two-to-one vote over his
opponents in the party primary. In
Fillmore county, for. instance, there
is strong sentiment for him among
the democrats. "Bat" Koehler, well
known as a Hitchcock leader, takes
the position that there can really be
no truth in the reported Bryan alli
ance, and he is for Butler. A major
ity of 1,500 in Platte county is pre
, dieted by M Butler in answer to
the recent Harmony club meeting
that left him off the slate.
"As far as the wet and dry issue
is concerned, that is settled," Mr.
Butler said yesterday. 1 "I am for
strict enforcement of the law. When
the women voters asked me about
this. I told them the matter of any
modification was up to the legisla
ture. I would be a fool and unfit
(Torn tm Put Two. Column Hat.)
Cancel Tax Levy
Bloomfield, Neb., July Z (Spe
cial.) Over 300 voters of Morton
township attended the meeting at
the chy hall, called for the purpose
of canceling the 5,100 tax. levy made
for township purposes. The propo
sition carried unanimously and the
county treasurer will be notified to
cancel the lew. The township 'now
has about $12,000 on hand and $2,500
of back taxes to collect, with out
standing indebtedness of about
$1,000.
Reward on Herrin Slayers.
. Chicago. July 12. Attorney Gen
eral Edward J. Bnmdage today of
fered a reward of $1,000 for informa
tion leading to the arrest and con
viction of the persons who committed
murder and assault in connection
with the strike of the coal miners in
Williamson county (Herrin) 111,
President Orders Trains
Run Without Hindrance
Directs All to Refrain From Interfering With Com
merce and Mails Says Men Willing to Work
Have Indisputable Right Citizens
Urged to Give Aid.
Washington, July 12. President Harding last
night issued the following proclamation :
Whereas, The United States railroad labor board
is an agency of the government, created by lav and
charged with the duty of adjusting disputes between
railroad operators and employes engaged in interstate
commerce; and,
Whereas, The United States railroad labor board
has recently handed down decisions, one affecting the
wage of the shopcraft employes, the other declaring the
contract system of shopcraft work with outside agencies
to be contrary to the intent of the transportation act,
and, therefore, that such practice must be discontinued;
and,
Whereas, The shopcraft employes have elected to
discontinue their work, rather than abide by the de-
cisfon rendered, and certain operators have ignored the
decision ordering the abandonment of the contract shop
practice ; and,
Whereas, The maintained operation of the rail
' roads in interstate commerce and the transportation of
United States mails have necessitated the employment
of men who choose to accept employment under the
terms of the decision and who have the same indisput
able right to the work that others have to decline to
work; and,
Whereas, The peaceful settlement of controversies
in accordance with law and due respect for the estab
lished agencies of such settlement are essential to the
security and well-being of our people ; now,
Therefore, I, Warren G. Harding, president of the
United States, do hereby make prociamation, directing
all persons to refrain from all interference with the law
ful efforts to maintain interstate transportation and the
carrying of the United States mails.
These activities and the maintained supremacy of
the law are the first obligation of the government and
all the citizenship of our country. Therefore, I invite
the co-operation of all public authorities, state and mu
nicipal, and the aid of all good citizens to uphold the-'
laws and to preserve the public peace, and to facilitate
those operations in safety which are essential to life
and liberty, and th security of property and our com
mon public welfare.
Goal Men Agree '
to Arbitration
Plan of Harding
Only Condition Is That Defi-
nite Time Limit Be Set
for Commission to Fix -Wage
Scale.
Washington, July 12. The pro
posal put forward by President
Harding for arbitration of the dif
ferences in the coal industry was
formally accepted late today by the
anthracite operators.
The acceptance . was announced
from the White House after repre
sentatives of the operators from the
anthracite fields had called on the
president. It also was clear when
the anthracite operators lett alter
the call that the response to the pres
ident's arbitration offer had- been
favorable to acceptance and that the
only condition made was to fix a
definite limit in time for the arbi
tration commission to take in fixing
new wage scales. The president
was said to he satisfied with the pro
posal and the anthracite operators
arranged to make their letters of re
sponse public at once.
Banker Will Return
to Serve Prison Term
Lincoln, July 12. (Special Tele
gram.) A telegram from S. M. Rid
ings, former president of the Farm
ers' State ankat Minneapolis, di
rected to Attorney General Clarence
A. Davis, was received here today.
The telegram read:
"Am informed of decision. Am
leaving here for Nebraska tonight."
Yesterday the supreme court 'af
firmed a decision of the Thomas
county district court which gave
Riding one to ,10 years for issuing
false certificates of deposit. Ridings
was out on boitd pending the court
decision.
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Eight Children
Are Killed by 75
Millimeter Shell
Souvenir 'of War Kept by
New York Man ExV
i plodes Believed to
Be "Dead."
Watertown, N. Y., July 12. Eight
children, ranging1 in age frotn 11 to
16 years, were" blown to pieces late
Wednesday by the explosion of a
75:millimetershell on the back porch
of a house in Dimmick street, oc
cupied by Edward G. Workman and
William L. Salisbury.
The dead:
Morris Salisbury. 16.
Francis Wiley, 13.
Vivian Jones, 12.
Olin Brown, 11.
Anson Workman. 13.
Edna Workman, 13.
Sarah Barden, 13.
Donald Horton, Pulafki, N. Y.,
who was visiting the Brown boy.
'The shell, which was owned by
Mr. Workman, was one which he
had kept as a souvenir and used on
the rear porch to hold the door from
closing. It as believed to be "dead."
The children were playing croquet
in the backyard. The shell is be
lieved to have either been set off by
the sun, or to have been struck by
one of the victims with a croquet
mallet. Windows within a radius of
two blocks of the explosion were
shattered.
Merchants Close to Help
Clean Up in Storm Area
Bloomfield. Neb., July 12. (Spe
cial.) Bloomfield business places
were closed luesday iollowing a
proclamation issued jointly by Mayor
H. F. Cunningham and H. R. Van
Auken. president of the Commercial
club. The proclamation stated that
whereas the storm of Saturday night
had wrecked four sets of farm build
ings in the community and these peo
ple needed help in cleaning up the
wreckage, all business places of the
city were asked to close and the men
of the community to go out and aid
in the worthy cause.
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Senator Norris Returns
to His Work at Capital
Washington, July 12. (Special
Telegram.) Senator Norris re
turned today from Nebraska where
he attended the funeral of former
Representative Kinkaid. He said he
was in Nebraska too short a time to?
learn anything about political condi
tions. Senator Norris will commence
work on his Muscle Shoals report
at once.
George J. Gould Marries
Alice Sinclair in Paris
New York, July 12. George J.
Gould was married in Paris about a
week, ago for the second time.
Knowledge of the second marriage
was made public through cablegrams
to members of the Gould family. The
bride was Mrs. Alice Sinclair, an
actress, who achieved some success
in a musical comedy several years
go.
Hague Meet
on Russia
Collapses
Russians Refuse to Make
Promises on Foreign Prop
erty Compensation Until
Loans Arranged.
New Meeting Unlikely
The Hague, July 12.-(By A. P.)
The conference with representatives
of soviet Russia here broke down at
1 o'clock this afternoon without ap
parent hops of further meeting.
Maxim Litvinoff of the Russian
delegation, said on leaving the con
ference chamber that further meet
ings were unlikely, as the non-Russians
insisted upon the Russians
making promises with regard to
property compensation and giving
guarantees winch were impossible
until the Russians knew what credit
and loans would be granted.
For One Month.
M. Litvinoff added that the Genoa
nonaggression peace pact would
held for one month 'after the last
meeting.
In the conference session today
Sir Philip-Lloyd Greame' of Great
Britain after hearing the Russian ex
planation concerning the restriction
of confiscated foreign property, an
nounced that no useful purpose
would be served in continuing the
discussions.
To Consult Colleagues.
Sir Philip said he would, consult
his colleagues as to whether any
good could be served by a fuhther
meeting of the subcommission on
property. Sir Philip found the re
plies of the Russians unsatisfactory
because they declined to make any
promises concerning compensation.
M. Litvonoff declared that Sir Philip
LIoyd-Greame of England, M. Alp
hand of France and others of the
non-Russian representatives -had in
sisted upon beginning work just
where the Genoa conference began
and had made progress impossible
by threshing over old straw and de
manding replies from the Russians
which they could not possibly make
until the other powers told them
what would be done financially by
those powers toward Kussian re
storation. "We cannot say how long it will
take To restore Russia until we know
what our resources will be," Litvon
off insisted.
Sorenson Registers
as Republican Voter
Lincoln, July 12. (Special Tele
gram.) C. A. Sorenson, legale ad
viser .of the Nonpartisan league and
one of the signers of the third party
pact at Grand Island, has registered
for the primary , election as a repub
lican. His wife has registered as a
democrat.
Sorenson's law partner, F. L. Bol
len, who filed as a democrat as well
as a third party candidate for nomina
tion for' attorney general, has regis
tered as a member of the third party.
It was stated here today that as J.
N. Norton, third party and democrat
ic candidate for gubernatorial nom
ination, lives inya farming communi
ty, he is not obliged to register. A
bill forcing farmers as well as city
residents to register party affilia
tions was passed by the last legisla
ture and is being held up pending a
referendum on it at the regular elec
tion. The referendum was obtained
largely through the efforts of Nor
ton, Sorenson, Bollen and others who
are charged with playing "both ends
and the middle" in politics.
Omaha Actor to Earn Way
to West Coast on Bet
Norfolk, Neb., July 12. (Special
Telegram.) W. H. Walters, an
rOmaha vaudeville actor, arrived in
Norfolk Tuesday en his way to Los
Angeles, after visiting Chicago and
New York on a tour undertaken as a
result of a bet. Mr. Walters left
Omaha January 26 with $5 in his
pocket. He must travel on first class
trains, stay ui regularly recognized
hotels and earn his way by writing
cards and giving entertainments be
fore lodges, clubs and other organ
izations, i
"Flappers" Subject of First Editorial
Submitted in Bee Contest for Prizes
What subject, dear reader, do you
think was chosen for the first edi
torial received in The Omaha Bee
editorial-writing contest?
The railroad strike? German rep
arations? The tariff?
All wrong!
It was nothing else thai "Flap
pers." And, if the editor is any judge, the
writerMiss Buddie Kenyon, 9fl
North Thirty-third street picked a
subject more interesting to many
persons than some others that have
drawn more comment in editorial
columns.
That is one thing that makes for
good editorials an interesting -subject.
There are other elements the
benefit to the public, the clarity and
force with, which views are expressed,
the information conveyed to the
reader.
This editorial on "The Flappers"
is the first submitted for -The Bee's
Disregarding
U. S. Marshals on
Guard at "Katy"
Shops Kidnaped
One Man Shot and 12 Taken
to Woods and Beaten by
Mob of 1,000 at Deni
son, Tex.
Denison, Tex., July 12. One man
is reported to have been seriously
wounded and several others severely
beaten in railroad shop disorders
here early today.
Paris, Tex., July 12. Phil E. Baer,
United States marshal for the east
ern district of Texas, said that re
ports to him showed that 18 of a
party of 30 men sent from Dallas to
Dennison had ben kidnaped . bv a
mob, taken to the country and badlyl
oeaten. these men had not been
sworn as deputy marshals and were
not armed, Mr. Baer said. He ex
pected, an official report on the situ
ation at Dennison today.
A request to the governor of Texas
for troops to preet Texas & Pacific
workmen at Dallas was made by J.
L. Lancaster, receiver for the road,
and was forwarded to Governor Neff
at Stephenville by the adjutant gen
eral without comment.
Fort Worth, Tex., July 12. Ac
cording to a report received here this
morning, and confirmed at the Santa
Fe office in Cleburne, a general fore
man employed in the shops at Cle
burne was taken from his work last
night by a crowd of men and as
saulted. The foreman remained in
the shops when the shopmen struck.
Exams to Fill Postmaster
Vacancies Will Be Held
Washington, July ' 12. (Special
Telegram.) The civil service com
mission announces that examination
will be held August 12 for presiden
tial postmaster for following places.
Nebraska: Bassett, salary $1,900;
Boehis, $1,100; Carroll, $1,300; Gret
na, $1,500.
Iowa: Ackley, $2,200; Luverne,
$1,700; Schleswig, $1,500.
South Dakota: Bonesteel, $1,800.
Wyoming: Parkerton, $1,600; Sho
shoni, $1,800.
Miss Ethel Harty was appointed
postmaster at Dante, Charles Mix
county, 'South -Dakota, vice Mijinie
Harty, deceased, and Clinton W.
Hester at Normal. Lancaster county,
Nebraska, vice Bess A. Mahannah,
resigned.
prize list of $25, $15 and $10 for the
best editorials submitted by its read
ers. In addition, the three winners
will compete with winners in contests
conducted by 24 other Nebraska
newspapers for-three prizes of $100,
$50 and $25 for the best all-Nebraska
editorial.
"Flapper" Editorial
Here is "The Flappers" editorial:
There has been so much comment
of late regarding the "Flapper" that
I think it is about time the "Flap
pers" speak for themselves.
I am a "flapper" and I believe
I am in a better position to speak
about the "flapper" than anyone
else who is not in that class.
Here are some of the "bad
points" always connected with the
"flapper" which I must confess ap
ply to me:
1. I am in my teens .
2. I use powder.
( Pace Twn, Mw Twa.)
the Public Safety
(Copyright
Five Killed, 40 Hurt
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in neadon collision
Kansas City, Mo., July 12. Five
persons were killed and 40 injured,
most of them seriously, . when the
Missouri Pacific Scienic Limited
flier, west bound from St. Louis to
California, collided headon with a
local freight train near here tonight.'
Heirs Seek Will
of Judge Kinkaid
Estate Estimated at $150,000
to $250,000 Believe Docu
ment in Private Safe.
O'Neill, Neb., July 12. (Special
Telegram.) Congressman Moses P.
Kinkaid of the Sixth Nebraska dis
trict accumulated but . moderate
wealth in his long career, investiga
tion of his affairs discloses. The es
tate is estimated by his heirs between
$150,000 and $250,000. Between $30,
000 and $40,000 was in liberty bonds,
some in -other investment securities
and much in land, scattered widely
over the United States.
Whether Judge Kinkaid left a will
is problematic. A pencil sketch of
one, found in his office here and made
within the last three years, stated
that, it was the first one ever made'
by him. Since then he had dictated
several wills but destroyed (hem be
fore having them attested and exe
cuted. Several friends believe he left
no will.
His four nephews believe he left a
will to be found when his private safe
and safety deposit box in Washington
are opened by the administrator of the
estate. 1 he heirs made application
Tuesday in county cOurt for appoint
ment of S. J. Weekes of this city as
administrator, carrying out the ex
pressed wish of the judge.
The pencil will found in his local
office made bequests to the O'Neill
Presbyterian church ' and ' the local
Odd Fellows organization.
Judge Kinkaid's age, of which he
was reticent, was disclosed by the
relatives attending the funeral. He
was born a twin in 1850 and his twin
sister, Mrs. J. H. States of Buffalo,
Kan., died several years ago.
Strikers Refuse Day's Pay
Under Labor Board's Scale
Lincoln, July 12. (Special.) Four
strikers from Burlington shops at
Havelock are doing excavation work
for the new $5,000,000 state house at
wages below those ottered them by
rafl roads.
Hundreds of strikers lined up at
the' Burlington station here today to
receive " pay checks for work done
prior to the strike. i They refused to
take pay for July 1, the first day
that the labor board's new wage
award became effective.
E. Flynn, superintendent of lines
west, declared that 503 men are
working in shops in the Nebraska
district. The number oj employes in
shops in the district prior to the
strike was 2,881, Flynn asserted.
Restraining Order on School
Board at York Removed
York Neb., 'July 12. (Special.)
The temporary restraining order is
sued some time ago enjoining the
school board of District No. 56,
Bradshaw, from further operation
until a meeting of the electors of
the district could be called has been
lifted and the injunction suit in the
district court has been dismirsed.
Voters in the district brought suit
in the district court to enjoin the
school board from selling the bonds, .
buying adjacent property and from
letting the contract to put up a new
building i, X " I
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Block Signal
Roads Complied
With Board Ruling,
Declares Official
Burlington General Manager
Replies to Havelock Peti
tion Against Hiring
New Shopmen;
In a reply to a petition circulated
in Havelock against the- hiring- of
new men to take the place of strik
ing, shopmen in Havelock railroad
shops, signed by. many residents of
Havelock, W. F. Thiehoff, general
manager of Burlington lines west,
has sent a letter to C. C. Pinkerton,
city clerk of Havelock.
Mr. Thiehoff, in his letter, calls
attention to the fact that "as a rail
road we have complied not only with
the decision of the labor board in
reducing rates of pay of employes,
but with the orders and decisions of
the Interstate Commerce commis
sion in reducing' rates."
The shopmen who failed to return
before July 10 and thus retain their
seniomy rights and pension privi
leges have "voluntarily removed
themselves permanently from the
service of the Burlington railroad and
we are now employing mechanics to
equip our roundhouses and shops to
their tull capacity in order to con
tinue to' perform service to the cub'
lie that we are obligated to perform
as a railroad, says Mr. Thiehoff.
"As taxpayers and citizens the en
ployes of the Chicago, Burlington
& Uumcy railroad are entitled to
the moral and physical protection re
suiting from the enforcement of ex
isting laws, and I make formal re
quest through you as city clerk on
the honorable mavor and city coun
cil -of Havelock, Neb.j for such pro
tection and aid in having the citizens
obey the injunction issued under
date of July 10. 1922. aeainst inter
fering with the. employes of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad
or its properties. '
Eight Go Out, Seven Walk
in at Kearney U. P. Shops
Kearney, Neb., July 12. (Spe
cial.) Eight Union Pacific shopmen
walked out here and seven walked
in. Of the latter four had been
previously employed by the road
and were taken from the payroll
when the recent curtailments of ex
penditures were ordered. No trouble
of any nature is anticipated. At Ra
venna a group of 16 special deputies
are acting as guards, averging one
each for every man who deserted
his post in the shops.
Fairbury Federation Calls
Meeting to Discuss Strike
Fairbury, July 12. (Special.)
The Fairbury Shop federation has
called a mass meeting for 'Thursday
evening at the Lit Park auditorium
to enlighten the public on its side
of the strike issue.
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Rail Chiefs
Refuse to
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Executives Declare Issue Not
One for Connideration Be
tween Carriers and Rep
resentatives of Unions.
Up to U. S. Labor Board
Chicago, July 12. (By A. P.)-A
flat refusal to meet with D. M. f
Jewell, head of the striking shopmen,
to discuss peace proposals was the
answer of railway executives to a
proposal made by Ben W. Hooper,
chairman of the United States rail
road labor board.
In a letter addressed to Mr. Hoop
er, the executives declared that
"the-issue raised is not for considera
tion between the carriers and the
representatives of the organized
crafts on strike, except through the
further orderly processes before the
United States railroad labor board."
Asserting that . the strike was a
refusal to accept the decision of the
labor board, the letter declared that
no conference contingent on .the
abandonment of the decision of the
board was "permissible or tenable,
because it would place the carriers
participating therein in apparent co- -operation
wjth those on strike in
seeking to find measures to subvert
the decision of the labor board."
Suggest Recall of Strike.
The letter added, however, that
"a prompt recall of the strike order
would permit the resumption of for
mer methods of conference and per
mit the consideration of any mat
ters which representatives of em
ployes might desire to submit."
The letter, which was signed by
Samuel M. Felton, president of the
Chicago & Great Western railway,
L. F. Loree of the Delaware & Hud
son; B. F. Bush of the Missouri Pa
cific, and Whiteford R. Cole of the
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis,
follows in full:
"Replying to your inquiry to
Messrs. Bush, Cole, Loree and Fel
ton 6n the occasion of your call this
morning, we beg to say that while .
we, as chairmen of conference com
mittees relating to railroad matters
in the several sections of the coun
try, are without authority to speak
for individual companies,' we have no
reason to believe that a meeting be
tween the railroad - companies and
representatives of the striking men
can be arranged under present con
ditions. All Parties Heard.
"This strike is a refusal to accept
the results of the arbitration of the
United States railroad labor board
pursuant to law, after exhaustive
hearings in which all parties con
cerned were fully heard. On June
30, last, the board, of which you are
chairman, called a public hearing by
citation to the proper representatives
of carriers and organizations named
in the order of the board for the
purpose of an inquiry initiated by the
board under section 313 of the trans
portation act of 1920.
"Notwithstanding the full response
by carriers to this citation, repre
sentatives of the organiaztions, mem
bers of which are now on strike,-re-v
fused to attend and persisted in their
refusal to do so and thereby aid the
board in the performance of its pub
lic duty irf the further inquiry into
the circumstances relating to the
strike then threatened.
"After respectful consideration of
your inquiry the conclusion seems
necessarily to follow because of the
'strike thereafter called in defiance
of the decision and order of the
United States railroad labor board
decision No. 1036 and the control
ling act of the transportation act,
that the rfssue thus raised is not one
for consideration between the car
riers and representatives of the
organized crafts on strike, except
through the further orderly pro
cesses before the United States rail
road labor board as contemplated by
the transportation act."
Conclusion Confirmed.
"This conclusion is confirmed by
the statements which have appeared
in the public press to the effect that
these representatives are only willing
to abandon this strike and return to
service on the condition that thev
be relieved from acceptance of ma
ture decision, of the labor board in
the case referred to. No conference
for that purpose is, in our judgment,
permissible nor tenable, because
ii would place the carriers participat
ing" herein in apparent co-operation
with those on strike in seeking to
find the means to subvert "the de
cision of the labor board.
"On the other hand, a prompt re
call of the sjrike order would per
mit the rtstimption of former meth
ods of conference' and permit the
consideration of any matters which
representatives of employes might
desire to submit.
"In closing we should add in ad
dition, however, that, we have no
reason to doubt the prompt response
by the carriers of the country to
any summons by the United States
railroad labor board to anv further
hearing that may be called in con
nection with this subject in the
event the board should determine
upon that course."
De Valera in Dublin.
Belfast. " lulv 12 fRv A P i
Eamon De Valera tfie roniiMiVnn
leader, is in Dublin and today visited
the republican offices in Suffolk street.
a uuDitn dispatch states, - -