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TWO CENTS 4
Hooper Is
Summoned
by Harding
Executive Calls Labor Board
Head to Capital for
Interview on Rail
Strike.
Hammer Slayer Suspect,
Her Husband and Victim
Trial Opens
for Strike
Randall Is
in Lead for
Governor
Good Will Winners Get Credentials
Kidnaoings
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( Confers With Senators
Washington, July 21. Determined
to obtain a first-hand view of the rail
road strike situation. President Har
ding today called Chairman Hooper
of the railroad labor board herl from
Chicago, for a personal interview to
morrow.
Trior to summoning the labor
hoard head the president received
Chairman Cummins and Senators
Kellogg and Watson of the senate in
terstate commerce committee, who
reported on their conference last
night with eastern railroad executives
and later the whole question was
taken up for discussion in a prolonged
cabinet session.
The president was represented as
desirous of hearing from Mr. Hooper
on account of the positions taken by
the leaders of striking- shopmen, the
. rail executives and the board itself
during the negotiation aimed at a
strike settlement, but which . now
have broken off. Some conflicting re
ports in the matter have been re
ceived at the White House, especially
since the conference held last night
by. the three interstate- commerce
committee senators and .the execu
tives of the larger eastern trunk
lines.
Daughcrty Receives Borah.
Meanwhile, Attorney General
Daugherty conferred at the capitol,
first with Senator Boran, cnairman
of the senate 1aborcoinmittee, and
then with Mr. Cummins, the discus
sions involving the possibility of
legal action in both the. railroad and
the coal strikes, although the attor
ney general stated afterward that no
immediate legal proceedings were
under contemplation.
' During1 the day, Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, issued a statement calling
upon the government to open "direct
negotiations" between union chiefs
and employing corporations both in
transportation and coal mining, and
suggesting that the "helpless and de
funct railroad labor board" 'be set
aside in the matter.
Find Seniority an Issue.
Senators Cummins, Watson and
Kellogg during their visit to the
White House, told the president, they
had found the seniority issue the chief
obstacle to settlement of the railroad
strike, but also indicated that the
leaders of the striking shopmen were
also demanding that a new federal
board of mediation be sef up to conv
sider transportation labor controver
sies. ' . ,
Railroad executives, the senators
reported, would not reinstate return
ing shopmen in the service positions
they formerly held, even should the
strike be called off. because they
claimed nearly 240,000 men had been
employed to fill the places of 400,000
(Turn to Paa Two. Column ge"D-
Havelock Shop
Plans Abandoned
Burlington Retaliates for Al
, leged Lack of Protection
in Strike.
t.fflcoln. July 21. (Special.) W.
F. Thithoff, Omaha, general manager
of the Burlington, in an open letter
to citizens of Havelock. the Burling
ton shop town five miles from Lin
coln, intimates that corftemplated en
largement of the shops at Havelock
has been abandoned and the Burling
ton will seek' another town for these
improvements. ' . ,
The reason assigned by Thiehott
in his letter is the alleged lack of
'protection given by city authorities
of Havelock to men who desire to
work while the strike is in progress.
Recently the city council at Have
lock riled a petition, for an injunction
against the Burlington, demanding
that it discontinue the use v of a
searchlight installed for the purpose
of watching the section immediately
outside the shops to prevent fire or
disorder. ; ' ' '
. Several men sent to Havelock as
guards are said to have been run out
of town by strikers.- .
U. S. May Be Paid for Rhine
Troops by German Dyes
Paris. July 21.-(By A. P-)-The
American government would receive
.its qnota of German dyes amounting
to more than $3,000,000 annually, as
part payment for maintaining its
army on the Rhine, under the terms
of a plan which now is being work
ed out by the American government
with the aid of the reparations com
mission. All that remaine to put the
ian into effect is th final approval
of some of the-allied powers. This
approval is expected within several
Th. narations commission re
gards the plan as .-successful solu
tion of how the United States is to
be paidxfor keeping it forces on the
Rhine and it is indicated that the
American government has endorsed
the plan.
Mrs. Georw F. Morrison Dies.
Montclair. N. J Jnly 21. Mrs.
George F. Morrison, wife of the vice
president of the General fciecrnc
died at her home here
from, an overdose of sleep-inducing
nowder which she had taken to quiet
her nerves. Mrs. Morrison, who was
-tted over preparations for am out-
ins on Lake Ontario, appeared ill hn-
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mediately ancr raicmg xne
ncUed before physicians arrirea.
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charged with beatinr Mri. Alberta Meadow. 20-vear-old widow to
death with hammer, because of
23-year-old wife of a Los Angeles
Ariz., and brought back to Los Angeles to await trial. ,
A. L. Phillips, the Cause.
Los Angeles, July 21. Mrs. Clara
Phillips, whose trial for the murder of
Mrs. Alberta Meadows has been set
for September 18, is believed to have
purchased an automatic .pistol two
days before the young widow was
beaten to death with a hammer, ac
cording- to a story the Los Angeles
Times published today.';
The limes located a duplicate rec
ord of the sale of the pistol which
police departments require all deal-
Meeting to Devise
Restraint on Coal
Profiteers Called
Hoover to Confer With
Operators on Exorbitant
Prices and Rationing
Plan for Fuel.
Washineton. July 21. (By A. P.)
The government is prepared to
"stand pat tor a period oi iu aays
to two weeks in its attitude toward
the coal strike, it was indicated to
day, in- order to ascertain whether
sufficient production will . be ob
tained through the reopening of
bituminous mines under guarantee of
federal protection to assure the iuel
requirements ot . essential industries.
In -the meantime, however, plans
for distribution of the curtailed sup
ply of coal are to be pushed, it was
said. Secretary Hoover announced
tonight that he had called a meeting
here next Monday of representatives
of producing districts, in Pennsyl
vania, West Virginia, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Alabama and Virginia to
dikiuss the proposed "rationing" plan
and to formulate a policy designed to
restrain profiteering. - .
While all three parties to the re
cent conferences jn Washington
the government, operators and union
seemed satisfied that the situation,
as it t now stands, was hepelessly
deadlocked, a new move for restora
tion of peace in the coal, fields was
seei in the resolution introduced in
the senate today by Senator King,
democrat, Utah, who proposed crea
tion of a commission ot live to in
vestigate both sides of the contro
versy and report its. findings. No
provision was made in the resolution
for enforcement of the findings made
by the commission, but Mr. King
express, the opinion that such - a
body, set up by positive legislation,
would have more authority than did
the conference requested by the pres
ident. ' - -
Everybody's Pocketbook
Lightened $5 During Year
Washington, July 21. Every
body's pocketbook was lightened by
nearly $5 during the past fiscal year,
according to the statement of money
in circulation on July 1, issued today
by the treasury.
Per capita circulation of money on
July 1 was $39.87as compared with
$44.78 on July , 1921.
The treasury's per capita figures
were based on total circulation of
$4,375,555,653 on July 1. and a total
population of 109,745,000 persons as
compared with a total circulation of
$4,839,611,851 on Julv 1, 1921. and a
total population of 108.087.000.
The figures excluded fr6m money
in circulation all forms of money
held by the Federal Resenre banks
and federal reserve agents whether
as a reserve gainst federal reserve
notes or otherwise.
jealousy, Mrs. Clara Phillips (abcjve),
oil promoter, was arrested at Tucson,
Mrs. Alberta Meadows, Victim.
ers in such articles to keep and found
the salesman, John II." Raney, who
said the woman who " purchased the
weapon seemed to resemble in evesy
detail the newspaper pictures he had
see of Mrs, Phillips.
A statement from the sheriff's of
fice declared the purchase of the pis
tol sucfi a shbrf time before the slay
ing of Mrs. Meadows "was consid
ered additional evidence of premedita
tion" on the part of Mrs. Phillips..
Big Steel Merger
Legal, Daugherty
Says in Opinion
Attorney General Declares
Bethlehem and Midvale
Combinations Makes Only
for Efficiency.
Omaha Bee Leased Wire
Washington,- July 21. Attorney
General Daugherty in an opinion
submitted to the senate today in re
sponse to a resolution adopted May
8, held that the . Bethlehem-Lacka-wanna
and the Midvale-Inland. Steel
mergers are not in violation of the
Sherman act, the Clayton act or the
Webb act.
The attorney general declined to
state, however, as to whether or not
the mergers constitute a violation of
the federal trade act.
The poinion holds that not every
contract or combination in restraint
of trade is -prohibited under the Sher
man act. Such act only applies to
combinations' and. contracts in Unrea
sonable restraint oMrade it declared.
The motive which nromots the Beth
lehem company to acquire the, Lacka
wanna, the opinion "holds,, is solely
the desire to secure greater efficiency
and economy in production. ,
The opinion holds that nothing m
the Midvale'-Republis-Inland merger
viofatesthe Sherman act and that
there is not the slightest' ground to
believe that restraint ' of trade or
monopolistic " control wjlLt result. It
holds there is -but'tme underlying
purpose in the combination, that is,
to enable the new company to com
pete with the United States Steel cor
poration, which, because of the wide
distribution of its various plants and
their easy accessibility to the sources
of raw materials, is enabled to pro
duce and sell its products much
cheaper than other manufacturers.
Stationary Firemen Out
99 Per Cent, Says Officer
Railway stationary firemen and
oilers are out 99 per cent on all lines
in the Ufrtted States, according to
C. L. Shamp, international secretary
of their organization, on his return
to Omaha from Chicago.
Mr. Shamp estimates that 190 fire
men and oilers are on strike in Coun
cil Bluffs, but says that a large part
of them were on strike before their
organization authorized the walkout
last Monday morning. The organ
ization has a membership of about
38,000 in this country, Mr. Shamp
says. '
Gas Price Cut in Oregon.
, Portland, Ore., July 21. Gasoline
prices have been reduced one half a
cent a gallon in territory in Oregon
outside of Portland, due to reduced
freight rates effective July 1, accord
ing to annuncement by. four leading
oil companies. Crude and fnel oil
4 was reduced 25 cents a barrel
Speci'V? h Sawed
' - . ' - neatly lor
ijntney at Fre-
, -" mont Hearing.
Scores Volunteer Here
Fremont. Neb.. July 21. (Special
f Telegram.) Danger of violence in
connection with possible strike disor
ders in Fremont has practically
passed over, with a preliminary hear
ing of 15 railroad strikers and sym
pathizcr charged with the abduc
tion of 11 strikebreakers nearly com
Dieted.
Adjournment of the hearing was
made this evening and tomorrow
morrjjng the jemaimng witnesses will
offer their testimony.
With, the Northwestern planning
to bring in strikebreakers, predicted
by Mayor oreen in his 'address to
the J 50 citizen deputies, an outbreak
Is feared, though union officials have
promised their co-operation toward
maintaining peace.
Tonight the liU deputy sheriffs
gathered at the courthouse where
companies of 15 . men each were
formed, with a captain as leader.
These companies are scheduled to
report each morning for guard duty.
The companies are , made ' up of
business men, professional men and
members of every occupation but
railroaders. Sheriff Condit. in charge
of the situation, is prepared with 25
sawed-off shotguns and 1,000 rounds
of ammunition. He swore In the
guards Thursday. , ,
Compelled to Leave.
In the band of 15 men arraigned
on the charge of abducting the men
brought here by the railroad and
.compelling them to leave town by
force, is numbered'Toles P. Winter-
steen, former deputy to Sheriff Con
dit, and defeated candidate in the
recent primaries.
The hearing was slated to be heard
in justice court. Upon motion of
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney John
uumb, the case was dismissed in dis
trict court and transferred to police
court before Judge A. K. Dame.
Attorney Arthur H. Bigelow, Oma-
representative of the Nebraska branch
of the American Federation of La
bor, was in charge of the defense.
Witnesses of the prosecution, at
the request of the defense, were sent
from the courtroom. A motion to
quash the information against all de
fendants was made by Attorney Bige
low,, claiming . insufficient evidence,
the request was overruled.
Saw Truck Pass.
Herbert Groetzinger, farmer, re
siding on road between Fremont and
the count yline, where the strike
breakers were exiled, testfied that he
saw the Iruck pass by. He was able
to identity Wintersteen and Satchell,
striker, he said. 1 nomas Lottrell,
station guard, stated he idendtified
Ellis Hobbs and Harry Sawyer, two
of the strikers who were later arrest
ed as ring leaders. Cottrell stated
that he heard cries of "scabs" and
other loud talking, but was unable to
say who made the remarks.
Anton Mank, car foreman, testi
fied that he was in a dining car near
bv during the demonstration. He
stated that he saw 'members o fthe
crowd carrying clubs. L. A. Sayl,
Northwestern car inspector, testified
that he had been threatened person
ally by Sawyer and others.
Witnesses were called to the stand
to bring out the fact that a crowd
had gathered around the baggage car
in which the strikebreakers were
brought to Fremont.
The 15 defendants were released
under $500 bond on their own recog
nizance, the hearing win De con
tinued Saturday morning.
The courtroom was filled to ca
pacity this morning when the .trial
started with sympathizers, curious
citizens and deputies. The 11 men
(Tarn to Page Two. Column Seven.)
Denver & Rio Grande
; in Receiver's Hands
.Denver. Colo.. Julv 21. The Den
ver & Rio Grande Western railroad
late today was ordered placed in the
hands of a receiver.
The receivership was granted on
request of attorneys representing
holders of defaulted mortgage bonds
secured by the property of the rail
road. Joseph fl. Young, president
of the road, was named receiver.
The order granting the receiver
ship was signed by Circuit Judge
Roberjt E. Lewis and District Judge
Foster Symes, sitting jointly in
the United States district court here.
Ask Mrs.
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results.
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prove conclusively the result-producing power of Omaha Bee
"Want" Ads.
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desirable tenant through the "Rooms for Rent" column in the
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Mayor Dahlman is here seen signing credentials for winners of The Omaha Bee Good Will election,
who will leave Omaha tonight to sail for France under the auspices of the American Committee for Devastated
France. .
Standing, left to right, are five of the eight election winners,- the other three already having departed
for New York. They are: Miss Anna McNamara of M. E. Smith & Co.; Miss Nellie B. Donn of the Union
Pacific system; Mrs. J. J. McMulIen, chairman of- the committee sponsoring the election in Omaha, who also
signed the credentials; Miss Irene Rice of the Burlington railroad in Alliance; Miss Ella Fenrt, Advo girl, and
Miss Elizabeth Kaufmann; who was elected by the livestock interests.
Limerick Taken
in Attack by
Free State Force
National Army Guns Shell
Waterford Troops Capture
Asylum and Infirmary
City of Cork iQuiet
London. Tulv 21. (By A. P.)
The city of Limerick has been cap
tured bv the Irish national army
says a Central News dispatch from
Dublin this afternoon. .The nation
als, took many prisoners together
with arms and ammunition... w
Cork. Tulv 21. (Bv A. R) An
official bulletin issued early today by
the republican insurgents headquar
ters here says that national army
forces are shelling Waterford from
Mount Misery. The shelling was re
opened yesterday evening after ;
comparatively quiet afternoon.
Free state troops yesterday after
neon took possessin of the asylum
and infirmary in Waterferd,.says the
statement. Republican snipers frus
trated repeated attempts of the en
emy to cross the river in boats, the
nationalists fire from across the river
killed two civilians and wounded four
others! Many inhabitants have left
the city because of the bombardment.
A laree. oartv of fre state trooos
landed on a little Island below Wa
terford last night, and under cover
of darkness crossed King s sound -to
the mainland in barges. There was
fierce firing at intervals during yes
terday by big guns and machine guns
and sharp rifle firing occurred at
various pints.
There was considerable activity on
the part of both forces 'in County
uare and iouth ualway.
The official bulletin reports two at
tacks by a free state armored car
upon republican posts in Limerick.
which were repulsed, and also in con
clusive fighting in the Limerick area
on July 19. Several civilians were
wounded by the nationalists' fire, the
statement said. ,
The city of Cork is comdarativelv
quiet and a few telegraph wires are
sun open. v
ennsylvania Mayors ,
Beg Lewis to End Strike
New York, July 21. John L.
Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, was understood
to haVe conferred here today with
a delegation of mayors of cities in
the Pennsylvania anthracite districts.
After appealing to him to send his
men back to work to stop suffering
and business stagnation, the mayors
left for Vashvngton
Reid !
If Mrs.." Hattie Reid, 124
South Thirty-first Ave.,
is convinced that it pays
to use ' Omaha Bee
"Want" Ads.
, UShe rented her room
immediately after the
accompanying advertise
ment had appeared in
one issue of The Omaha
Bee. whereas the same
Mayor Dahlman
Bids' Good Will
Girls 'Godspeed'
Animated Group Receives
Credentials on Eve of De
v parture on Trip to
France.
Mayor Dahlman bade an official
"Godspeed" to Omaha's Good Will
delegation in his offices yesterday
morning.
Mrs. J. J. McMulIen, chairman of
the sponsoring committee of Good
Will -electioil Montagu Tancock of
. i ct - i . t r ' . A T
me vruunuei oi commerce ana o.
Brewer, general manager of The
Omaha Bee, also were on hand to
see that the girl delegates received
their credentials.
The girls assembled in the mayor's
office at 10:30. They formed an
animated group with sparkling eyes
and pink cheeks that would bring
despair to the heart of any rouge
salesman. With them came groups
of friends, frankly envious, but with-
all happy over the journey which
the' girls are about' to take.
Presentation Informal
"If all the other delegations are as
fine as you girls, it 11 be a .wonder
ful, a most wonderful thing," ex
claimed Mrs. McMulIen "The Amer
ican Committee for Devastated
France should rejoice and so should
Pranrf
There was nothing formal about
the little presentation reception in
the mayor's office. Much eager chat
ter, happy laughter, and now and
then a sober "remark, which showed
the girls, for all their eagerness for
the long journey, realize that theirs
is a mission of kindness' and charity.
And now,. with the strife and com
petition of election in the back
ground, the girls are - the best of
friehds. Miss Irene Rice of Alliance
was received yesterday morning ,by
the other girls with open arms, bhe ar
rived m Omaha only Thursday, out
10 minutes after meeting the others
she was oi l; of .them and won by
them. Or perhaps they were won by
her, with her demure manner and
eager' eyes what matter?.
Scroll Presented.
Mayor Dahlman and Mrs. McMul
lin signed the' . credentials, which
liter will be signed "by ' a long list
of European notables, including the
president of the trench republic. Mr.
Tancock presented a scroll bearing
the official Chamber of ' Commerce
and Ak-Sar-Ben seals to Miss Nellie
B. Donn, head of the Omaha delega
tion. , , - -
To Miss Elizabeth Kaufmann was
intrusted the delivery of credentials
to the three Good Will girls who al
ready have gone east: Miss Katherine
O Brien, Miss Kathleen Rossiter and
Miss Elizabeth' Pace. These three
will meet the main delegation at the
Waldorf in Jew York.
The delegation of five -Miss Donn.
Miss Kaufmann; Miss 'Ella Fenn,
Miss Anna McNamara and Miss Rice
will Jeave from .the Burlington sta
tion here at 6:J0 tonight. They will
sail for France on the La France
on July 26. ,
Rock Island to Petition
for Restraining Order
The Rock Island will today peti
tion Federal Judge Woodrough for a
temporary restraining order asainst
striking employes, according- to
Judge E. P. Holmes of Lincoln, gen
eral counsel.
The Rock Island is the sixth rail
road to seek federal aid.
Ex-Governor Bankrupt
Pensacola. Fla July 21. Sidney
Catts. former governor of Florida,
who is under indictment here on a
peonage charge, filed a petition of
voluntary bankruptcy in federal i
court here. Total liabilities amount
to $43,03273 with assets given as
?1,910, ,
Allah Ryan Goes
Bankrupt With '
Enormous Debt
Spectacular Wall Street Oper
ator, Son of Thomas For
tune. RyaCj Takes Finan
cial Tumble.
New York, July 21. Allan A.
Ryan, generally regained as one of
Wall street's most spectacular oper
ators during the "war boom" period,
and the sod of Thomas Fortune Ryan,
from , whom he has been estranged
for years, went bankrupt today, list
ing liabilities at $32,435,477, of which
$27,806,984 are secured claims, and
his assets af $643,533.
His voluntary petition in bankrupt
cy, which comes as a startling climax
to one of the stormiest financial ca
reers of the present generation, indi
cates the wiping out of a fortune va
riously estimated from $5,000,000 to
$JU,UU0,UU0.
Wall street, which began to count
young Ryan out as soon as he was
expelled from the New York Stock
exchange on June 23, 1920, follow
ing his sensational, corner of Stutz
motor stock, was nevertheless shock
ed by the immense amount of liabili
ties the young financiar had assumed.
Makes No Comment.
Neither Ryan nor his attorney,
George F. Lewis, would make any
comment on the bankruptcy proceed
ings, beyond stating that "the sched
ule tells the story." The schedule lists
the assets and liabilities of Allan A.
Ryan, personally, and "the firm of
Allan A Ryan & Co., of which he
was president.
Ryan's greatest exploit was his
sensational corner of Stutz motor
stock which, with his resultant expul
sion from the stock exchange, is held
by his friends to have been directly
responsible for his fininciaPruin. In
the early part of 1920 stock of the
Stutz Motor company, of ' which
Ryan was- then president and a di
rector, began to undergo perplexing
market fluctuations.- Before 'many
weeks had passed, Wall street woke
up to find that an apparent corner
existed and that thousands of shares
had been sold "short" with no pros
pect of "covering."
Stock Taken Off List
Ryan and his associates are alleged
to have bought 31,000 shares of the
stock for themselves during the
month of March, -end to have used
the alleged corner to .force up the
price of the stock until it - reached
$391 a share." On March 31, trading
in Stutz Motors was suspended and
an indefinite moratorium . was de
clared," in which there could be no
calls for delivery of shares.- Later,
at the request of Mr. Ryan, the stock
was stricken from the list.
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State Troops Will Not Be
. Called for Strike Duty
Lincoln. Tulv 21. (Special.) Fol
lowifle an investigation of strike
conditions yesterday at fans city, u
was stated at the' office of Adj. Gen.
H. J. Paul that there is nothing so
serious there as to warrant calling
troops. The Nebraska National guard
will hold an encampment at Capital
Beach, near hee, July Z5-Z6.
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Purblo ivlenui). .
LRandolplt Man Paito Mc
MulIen m Vote in 1,879
Precinct Official Count
Now Rcing Taken.
Spillman Leads Dorsey
The close race between Charles H.
Randall of Randolph and Adam Mc
MulIen in the republican guberna
torial contest continued to engage the
interest of many yesterday, when Mc
MulIen started the day with an ap
parent lead of 209 and Randall fin
ished with a lead of 333 votes in
1.879 of the state's 1,913 voting pre
cincts. The vote from these 1.879 precincts
gave Randall 49,413 and McMulIen
48,080.
Of these precincts 302 reported the
official count by telegraph to the
Associated Press, while 69 were of
ficial except that the mailed vote un- ,
der the absent' voters' law was not
included. Even with the official
count received from some of the
counties, some political observers are
of the opinion that it will require the
official canvass at the secretary of
state's office to determine whether
Randall or McMulIen will be the
republican standard bearer this fall
against Charles W. Bryan of Lincoln,
the democratic nominee. ..
Spillman Leads Dorsey.
The republican and democratic at
torney gneeral races continue! to ndi-'
cate uncertainty between O. S. Spill
man of Pierce and William Dorsey
of Lincoln for the republican nora
natjon, and betwen H. B. Fleharty of
Omaha and Kenneth W. McDonald
of Bridgeport for the democratic
nomination. The last totals reported
show .Spillman leading Dorsey by
626 and Fleharty leading McDonald
by 192.
The republican votewas: Spill
man, 2,852; Dorsey, 27,901. The dem-,
ocratic was: Fleharty, 16,093; Mc
Donald, 15,901.
Additional returns tend to confirm
the nomination of W. M. Stebbins of
Gothenberg for the republican nom
ination for state treasurer, 1,640 pre
cincts giving Stebbins 26,861 and
Charles D. Robinson of Red Cloud,
23,918.
For the democratic nomination for
governor, with 1,840 precincts heard
from, the vote stood: Bryan, 27,267;
Butler. 24,021.
Totals on U. S. Senator.
The latest totals on United States
senator are:
R. B. Howell, 37,986; A. W. Jef
feris, 24,631; Clarence A. Davis, 24.
092; Charles H. Gustafson, 17,242,'
Frank John, 4,321; John O. Yeiser,
3,405 (1,777 precincts). V
G. M. Hitchcock. 47,036; J. O.
Shroyer, 15,957; Anthony Manahan,
9,826 (1,826 precincts).
The democratic Fourth congres
sional district contest appears to have
been settled by the nomination of
H. B. Cummins of Seward, against
C. P. Fall of Beatrice.
John A! Smith, ranchman and in
surance agent of Thedford, Neb.,
announced that he will get into the
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Capt. Amundsen
Delayed by Ice
Unfavorable Conditions in
Bering Sea Hold Back Start .
Airplane Flight-
Seattle, July 21. (By A. -Unfavorable
ice conditions in Bering
sea have delayed the arrival of Cap
tain Roald Amundsen's exploration
ship Maud at Point Barrow, Alaska,
and delayed the start of his projected
airplane flight across the North pole
to Spitzbergen or Grant's Land, ac
cording to advices received here from
several sources. , .' ;, f .
Wireless position reports from the
Maud, -received in this country as
late as July 18, fixed the ship's posi
tion somewhere in the neighborhood
of Good Hope bay, Kolzbue sound.
This is hundreds of miles from Point
Barrow and only ' a few . hundred
miles from Nome. The fact that the
Maud reported the same position
July 15 led friends of the explorer
here to the belief that the ship was
lying to in the Good Hope bay an
chorage, waiting for more favorable
conditions in Bering sea and th
arctic ocean. x - .
Nome advices were to the effeel
that the breakup of ice in the north
ern waters was later this season than ,
for many years and that heavy fW
ice was hampering the movement ol
vessels north of Cape Prince ; oi
Wales. ' ' t
No fear was felt here for the safety
of the Maud as the wireless messag
received by a friend of the exploret -several
days ago reported "all's wen."
Aerial Police Spend
Busy Day at Venice, Cal.
Venice, Cal., July 21. An aerial
police service for 24 hours a day has
been established here.
Jt is composed of three aviator-policemen,
each on duty for eight hours.
Each has his own airplane. Duties
of the aerial squad include aid to
victims of accidents; locating and ar
resting-automobile bandits; prevent
ing smuggling; rushing life preserv
ers to victims of ship wrecks, and
fighting forest fires.
Chaphin Succeeds
Wilson in Parliament
Newtownards. North Down. I. .
land. Julv 21. (Bv A. P.UMii '
Gen. Rt Rev. J. M. Sims, former
chaplain-in-chief of the British ex-
peditionary forces, has been elected
unopposed to succeed the late Field
Marshal Sir Henrv Wilson a mrm.
ber of parliament, it was announced"
loaay.