The Omaha Morning Bee
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OMAHA. THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922.
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neauy Man
Shot Dead
by Woman
Sam Freiden Slain at Home
of Mrs. W. II. Taylor, a
, Former Employe in i,
Council Bluff. i)
Defense, Unwritten Law
v.. rreiacn, i. real estate man
and head of the newly organized
Citizens Ice St Coal company in
lourrcii mutts, was shot and in
stantly killed at noon yesterday by
Mrs. W. H. Taylor, 38, at her home,
822 Avenue 4.
Freiden lived at 625 Wilson ave
nue and if survived by his wife and
a son, Joyce, J 2. lie was president
r the Sioux City Trust and av
ings bank in Sioux City, la., where
he lived for 12 years, and he later
operated a general merchandise store
at Silver Uty, ia.
In a statement to Frank E. North
rop, assistant countv attorney, Mrs.
Taylor said that Freiden attacked
her at her home on July 18, during
the absence of her husband, and that
she killed him when he appeared at
the house yesterday because she be
lieved he had returned to repeat the
attack.
Murder Charge Filed.
The woman and her husband are
held at the city jail and a charge of
first degree murder has been placed
against her by the assistant county
attorney. No definite charge has
been filed against Taylor, but he will
be held until investigation of the
case has beetn completed, police say.
Mrs. Taylor formerly did domestic
work at the Freiden home when the
family lived at Seventh street and Ave
nue D. M. I. Ansitc partner of Freiden
said the latter went to the Taylor
home yesterday noon to ask the
woman to clean a vacant house
which the partners own at Twenty
first street a.nd Fifth avenue, in
preparation for new tenants.
Monday Taylor and liis wife went
to the office of the county attorney
to request the prosecution of Freiden
upon a statutory charge. The woman
changed essential details in three
repetitions of her story of the at
tack, officials say, and C. E. Swan
son, county attorney, told the couple
that he could not build a case for
them against Freiden.
Mat Buys Gun.
Taylor purchased a revolver for
his wife, according to Frank E.
Northrup, assistant county attorney,
following the refusal of .the county
attorney to prosecute Freiden; The
husband was at the house when
Freiden approached yesterday, but
says he did not witness the snooting,
"""freiden was shot as he stood at
7"flsr6nt door of the Taylor home.
Three bullet holes are in the screen
on the door, two of them close to
gether, and a third far to the right.
The woman fired only three shots
and two of them struck her victim.
According to neighbors, the
wounded man ran from the porch
and collapsed in the front yard near
the fence. He died there before
police arrived. Mrs. Taylor, scream
ing hysterically, followed Freiden in
to the yard with the smoking re
volver in her hand. Her husband
ran from the house a moment later
and wrested the weapon from her.
Widow Collapses.
Freiden is a brother of Ben Frei
den, president of the Hercules Prod
ucts company; a brother-in-law of
Sam Freiden," clothier, 236 West
Broadway, and a brother-in-law of
Sam Snyder, real estate and loan man.
Jack and Dave Freiden, nephews,
went to his home at 625 Wilson ave
nue after the shooting and informed
his wife of the tragedy. She fainted
and later was taken to the home of
her parents in Omaha. ,
While their parents are in jail,
May Taylor, 5, and Helen Taylor, 3,
are being cared for at the home of
their uncle, Lawrence Taylor, 1622
Avenue J.
Redding of Marilyn Miller
and Pickford Set July 30
Los Angeles. July 26. The date of
the wedding of Marilyn Miller of the
stage to Jack Pickford of the screen
has been advanced from August 1
to July 30. The advancement and the
announcement of it were both made
by Jack's mother, Mrs. Charlotte
Pickford, also mother of Mary
Pickford, the wife of Douglas Fair
banks. Miss Miller arrived here yesterday
and she and her fiance were discuss
ing their plans for being married
August 1, when Mrs. Pickford inter
rupted : ,
"No, they'll be married next Sun
dayat 7 o'clock Sunday night; so
there will be no interruption in the
picture work."
The wedding will be at Doug s and
Mary's home in Beverly Hills.
"All right," said Jack and Marilyn.
Omaha Party Leaves for
Cheyenne Frontier Days
Frontier days celebration at Chey
enne this week wouldn't be a success
unless Omaha was represented. So,
at 4 yesterday afternoon, a special car
of Omaha business men pulled out
from the Union station to make
Cheyenne what it used to be.
Charles Gardner is leader of the
Omaha gang.
Among the Omahans in the party
are: Fred Hamilton, Clarke Coit. T.
H. Shellberg, Thomas Donahue.
George Brandeis and Nelson B. Up
dike are already at Cheyenne. At
least 25 South Omaha live stock men,
' commission men and bankers accom
panied the Omaha party.
They will return home Saturday,
i
Band Concert at Seward
Seward. Neb., July 26. (Special)
A free band concert will be given
at Seward next Sunday afternoon
from 2:30 to 4:30 by the famous Ne
braska State band of Lincoln, of
which Arthur J. Babich is director
t &4 Ralph Fetterman aanageoj " ,
Wouldn't Set Date for
Wedding, Girl Alleges
cab
Young Rothschild
Sued for $500,000
by French Girl
Young Woman Starts Suit in
New York, Alleging She
Came to U. S. on Prom
ise of Marriage.
New York. July 26. Tames Henri
uc ivuiiiscimu, sun oi oaron rienri
de Rothschild, head of the
famous Rothschild family of France,
was sued for $500,000 damages in
state supreme court today by Marie
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i'orquet, a trench girl, who alleged
she came here last spring upon his
;romise to marry her and that he
has since refused to fix a date for
the marriage.
A statement issued by the baron s
counsel, Edgar T. Brackett, declared
the French nobleman "denies most
strenuously the statements of the
plaintiff and says that the claim that
he ever promised or contemplated
marrying her is absurd and without
the slightest foundation."
, In Paris.
Rothschild now is in Paris. The
complaint was served on him here
June 27.
In her complaint Mile, i'orquet
alleged the baron promised her in
France, April 22, that he would wed
her within a reasonable time if she
would come to the United-. States.
She agreed to become his wife and
arrived here about May IS, the pa
pers said. She declared Rothschild
has refused to agree on any date for
the marriage though more than a
reasonable time has elapsed since
her arrival.
Deny Proposal.
Answering the complaint, Roths
child's attorneys deny that their
client proposed to Mile. Porquet in
France or that she came here under
such a promise.
lhis is one ot those cases where
man is confronted with the alter
native of either paying a large sum
of money or fighting out the issue
regardless of publicity, said the
statement by Mr. Brackett.
M. De Rothschild, according to
Mile. Porquet's attorneys is the
eldest son of Baron Henri De
Rothschild and is 27 years old. He
married and was widely enter
tained when he came to the United
States in March for a tour of this
country. Mile. Forquet is 4 years
old and is hiding in New York City,
the attorneys said.
Brig. Gen. Duncan
Assigned to Omaha
Washington, July 26. (Special
Telegram.) Brig. Gen. George B.
Duncan, U. S. army, has been re
lieved from command of the Fifth
Infantry brieade at Camp Lewis,
Wash., and is assigned to command
the Fourteenth infantry brigade at
Fort Omaha.
Governor Given Gold Cane
by Friend in Guatamala
Lincoln, July 26. (Special.)
Governor Mckelvie received today
gold-tipped cane sent to him by
Paul L. Vance, a boyhood iriend,
nw an neinecr in South America.
the cane is made of Corozo palm
wood. On it is inscribed the follow-
"From P. L. V., uuatamaia.
The letter from Vance to the
governor reads in part: i
"This is sent you as a reminder of
our wild and wooly youth."
You Can Make
It Pay, Also
flMrs. J. H. D., 2419 Cali
fornia street, had a spare
room vacant. Among the
scores of people in Omaha
who rent rooms, she knew
there was just the one for
her room.
f To reach this person she
tried the "Rooms for Rent
columns of the other Omaha
newspapers without success.
Then, she inserted a "Want"
Ad in The Omaha Bee. After
it had appeared four days,
she called up and said :
"Please cancel my 'Want
Ad. Secured a satisfac
tory roomer through The
Omaha Bee."
She made it pay! So can
yon. Telephone AT-lantie
1000 and ask for a "Want"
Ad taker.
Good Will
Girl&S&l
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Friends , .'. icr to Sec
Departure Ambassador
Jusserand Attends Din
ner for Delegates.1 '
Given Party at Theater
New York, July 2o. (Special Tel
egram.) After dodging newspaper
photographers for a day and a night,
The Omaha Bee good wilt delegates
finally got safe aboard La France to
day and waved their farewells to the
groups of friends who crowded the
dock to sec them off. The weather
was perfect, bright sun, blue skies
and cool enouch to be pleasant.
Ambassador Jules Jusserand left an
important conference at Washington
to represent his country at the Good
Will dinner at the Waldorf last night,
He arrived late, accompanied by Con
sul General Licbert, and was given
a rousing ovation. The dinner was
held in a special room. The tables
were decorated with flowers and can
dies. French and American flags
draped the walls. M. Jusserand spoke
briefly and feelingly, commenting on
the wonderful opportunity before the
delegates and entrusting them with
his esteem and admiration to Miss
Anne Morgan who, he said, "has thee
business abilities of her father and
trie heart ot Anne Morgan.
Miss Hasse Speaks.
Airs, (.iilucrt Montague, vice
chairman of the committee, presided
There was no time for much speech
making. Everyone was anxious to
be off to see "Capt. Applejack," one
of New York's best comedies. Never
theless, everyone wanted to hear from
Mass Lesette Hasse, the Detroit dele-
gate, who polled more than a half
million votes. She expressed very
simply her joy in being able to make
the trip under such auspices. At
the theater the delegates had the
front rows. M. Jusserand, M. Lie-
bert and M. Maurice Leon were in
the boxes with officials of the Amer
ican Committee for Devastated
France. The theater was decorated
in honor of the delegates.
Taken to Boat at 10.
This morning the delegates were
up betimes, roused by insistent pho
tographers and reporters. They were
all escorted to the boat at 10 o'clock,
where again cameramen clustered
about them. The delegates got to
know each other and the officers of
the committee in the crowded hours
before sailing. Some also managed
to see a bit of New York,
The delegation includes four Gold
Star mothers, whose efforts to win-
the trip were stirred by the wish to
see the graves of their sons. They
are Mrs. Herman H. Birney and Mrs.
William B. Abbey of Philadelphia;
Mrs. Otto Brewer of Wichita, Kan.,
and Mrs. Clay G. Stephens of Nash
ville, Tenn.
"You mothers are going with over
flowing hearts to kneel upon that bit
of French soil that will be forever
American," was the way Mrs. Mon
tague greeted these four. "Doubly
blessed will be your message of
friendliness and sympathy to our sis
ter republic."
But aside from this one little vein
of sorrowful memories, the Good Will
(Torn to Page Two, Column Five.)
Fanny Ward Breaks
Right Arm in Fall
London, July 26. Fanny Ward,
American film actress, was in a seri
ous condition in her London home
last night following a fall Monday
at Pourville, near Dieppe, when she
fractured her right arm and then pro
ceeded here without surgical atten
tion. Sir Alfred Fritt, the king's per
sonal physician, tonight announced,
after an examination, that Miss
Ward's arm was farctured above the
elbow and she had lost one pint of
blood internally through moving
about and not having the hurt at
tended to. The patient has a hign
temperature tonight.
Miss Ward attended the opening1
of Pourville over the week end and
during the jollification Monday night
some one in the main hall down
stairs switched off all the lights in
the Grand hotel while Miss Ward
was descending the stairway. She
tripped and fell, breaking her arm.
Chicago Boy Who Was Locked
in Box Car Found at Casper
Chicago. July 26. Francis Denni-
son, 14, who ran away from home and
was locked in a box car enroute west,
is located last night at Casper,
Wyo., according to messages receivtd
here.
The vouth was playing with com
panions in the railroad yards Satur
day afternoon. He entered the pox
car and dared his companions to take
a trip west wnn mm, accoraing io
their story. When a switchman ap
peared the other boys ran. Francis
was locked in the car, the switchman
failing to see where he was hidden in.
a darkened corner. A short time
later the car was switched onto a
train and the long journey began.
Special Delivery Service
of Postoffice Curtailed
Washington, July 26. Special de
livery letters will not be sent from
any postoffice in the country after
11 o'clock at night, under new pos
tal regulations issued today.
Letters not delivered prior to that
hour will be "delivered as soon as
possible after 7 the next morning."
Boy, 6, Nearly Drowned
Trying to Rescue Sister, 7
Fresno, Cal., July 26. Six-year-old
Trover Martin nearly lost his life
yesterday in a futile effort to save
his 7-year-old sister, who was
drowned in Fresno Slough. Trover
tffigl, " ' " yt.
Allies Will Answer
Germany After Meet
roprrlsht, Ittt.
rant. July 26 The reparation
commission has decided to wait un
til after the allied meeting in London
the first of the week in Augutt be
fore answering urrmany s request
i for a cash moratorium of 30 mould.
Payment of 50,000,000 gold marks
is due on August 15, and the London
meeting apparently has been delay
rd for a few days on account of the
Italian ministerial crisis, and there
fore the moratorium decision will be
taken at the last moment.
The British are delaying the
acknowledgment of Premier Poin-
care's announcement of his willing
ness to come to London August 1,
because Italy is a dependable sup
porter of British policies.
Girl Accused by
'John the Barber's'
Wife Shot to Death
Mate of Former Manager of
Jack Dempsey and Sons Ar
rested After 'Co-Respondent
in Suit Slain.
New York, July 26. Miss Bertha
Katz named as corespondent in a
separation suit filed last' Novembet
by her sister, Mrs. John J. Reisler,
against "John the Baroer," was shot
three times and fatally wounded to
day in her Brooklyn bedroom. Po
lice arrested Mrs. Reisler. her two
sons, Morris and George, and the
slain woman's brother. Max Katz,
charging each ot them with homicide.
After rushing Miss Katz to a hos
pital, detectives, who said they' found
her sister, brother and rtephews in a
room adjoining the bed chamber,
took all of them to the death bed
where, the detectives declared, the
dying woman identified Morris Reis
ler as the one who shot her. Her
sister, Mrs. Reisler, the police al
leged, declared that she and not her
son, did the shooting.
"I hope she dies if she doesn't
I'll choke her I have been waiting
a long time to get her," they quoted
Mrs. Reisler as saying on the trio to
the hospital. 1
Call Police.
Mrs. Reisler's husband, formerlv a
Harlem barber, now an automobile
supplies salesman, was once man
ager of Jack Dempsey, it is said.
icreams ot Mrs. Jennie Katz.
mother of Mrs. Reisler and the slain
woman, aroused neighbors, when the
shots were fired, and they called the
police. The police said Mrs. Katz in
formed them that "Morris did it,"
and that Mrs. Reisler, upon hearing
these words, turned to her mother
and said "you lie."
The elder Reisler. well known in
sporting circles, visited the home of
Miss Katz last nieht. the Dolice sairf.
and from there went to a police sta
tion and asked that she be protected
against violence. A detective accom
panied him back to her home, but
returned to headquarters in the be
lief that his presence at the Katz
apartment was unnecessary.
Accused of Intimacy.
Miss Katz. it was said, had hepn
cashier in Reisler's barber shop, and
police said they were told he had
given her money so that she might
attend a business school. The
Reislers were married 27 vears asm
The oolice said Mrs. Reisler smit.H
her husband of having been intimate
with her sister for the past IS years.
Informed that her sister had died,
Mrs. Reisler said, according to the
police:
Good, I m glad of it."
In her comolaint for a separation
last fall, Mrs. Reisler said that while
her husband was riding around in
his automobile with her sister she
was compelled to "ruin her evrsitrht
by making bead bags for her neigh-
Dors to Duy oread tor her children.
Canadian Railroad
Shopmen Favor Strike
Montreal, July 26. A strike
against wage cuts recently inaugu
rated among Canadian railway shop
men was favored by 97 per cent of
the voters in a ballot just completed
by local unions, it was announced.
R. . tallon, president of division
No. 4, Railway Employes division of
the American Federation of Labor,
followed the announcement with a
telegram to Premier Kins: makine
fcnown the result of the strike vote
and asking if the railways had agreed
to withdraw the reductions. Definite
action by the unions will be with
held until the premier answers the
message, Fallon told him.
Strike Causes Shortage
of Refrigerator Cars
Sacramento, Cal., July 26. The at
tention of President Harding was
directed to the possibility of a re
frigerator car shortage in California
as a result of the railroad strike and
the "prospective inability of the car
riers to return equipment promptly"
in a telegram sent the executive by
Governor W. D. Stephens.
The telegram declared that the
situation is "bound to bring about
serious and irreparable losses to the
farmers of California in the im
mediate future."
Beatrice 1922 Heat Record
Broken; Mercury Hits 104
Beatrice, .Neb.. July 26. (Special
elcgram.) Heat records for the sea
son were broken today when the
temperature reached 104 in the shade.
Farmers say it is fine weather for
corn.
Hurt in Speedster.
Denver, Colo, July 26. On the
eve of his departure for home, after a
vacation, William Finnelly, 21, of
Kansas City, Mo, was injured se
riously late today when a large mo
tor ear struck the small speedster in
which Finnelly was riding. The
speedster was owned and driven by
Elmer PhiUipi of Kanjai City
Just as We Were Nearing the Top
Tariff of 33 Cents
Pound on Raw Wool
Passed by Senate
Rate on Clean Content Final
ly Approved 8 Cents More
Than Approved by
House.
Washington, July 26. A raw wool
tariff rate of 33 cents a pound on
clean content, 8 cents more than pro
posed by the house, was approved by
the senate, 38 to 16. Four republi
cans voted against the rate and six
democrats supported it.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska
voted against the rate.
The committee amendment to the
bill as finally approved is in the
same form as the provision was
written into the bill by the house,
except that the house provision for
a limitation of 35 per cent advalorem
was stricken out. The finance com
mittee majority withdrew at the last
minute its original amendment pro
viding for graduated bracket rates
dependent upon the percentage of
the shrinkage of the wool when
cleaned. This bracket arrangement
was recommended by the republican
agricultural tariff bloc and was the
second time it had been before the
senate. '
Before acting finally on the sub
stitute committe amendment, the sen
ate rejected, 38 to 19, an amendment
by Senator Wadsworth, republican,
New York, to make the rate 28 cents
a pound.
Senator WadsworthSs first move
with respect to the wool rate was to
increase the house rate to 28 cents.
but this amendment was rejected, 54
to 6.
By a vote of 43 to 22, thee senate
previously had defeated the Lenroot
amendment proposing a limit to 60
per cent ad valorem the maximum on
coarse wools. Eight republicans sup
ported the amendment and seven
democrats voted agtmst it.
Before the vote on the Lenroot
priVosal, the fight over it, which be
gan three days ago, waxed warm,
with Senators Kellogg and Lenroot
supporting it in addresses, and Chair
man McCumber of the finance com
mittee and Senator Gooding of Idaho
opposing it. Senators Lenroot and
Gooding had several clashes, in the
course of ?'hich the Wisconsin sena
tor declared that the Idaho senator
was "the worst enemy o fthe farmer
in America.1'
George Marshall, Omaha
Civil War Veteran, Dies
George Marshall. 80. 4114 Lafay
ette avenue, 26 years an Omaha real
estate dealer, died Tuesday of per
nicious anemia.
The Grand Army of the Republic
will conduct funeral services from
the home at 2 this afternoon and
burial will be in Forest Lawn ceme
tery.
Mr. Marshall is survived by his
widow and two daughters, Mrs.
Harry Weller and Mrs. James Weart
of Cherokee. . Ia.'
He was a Mason.
Strike of Southeastern
Express Clerks Averted
Atlanta. Ga., July 26. The threat
ened strike of clerks of the South
eastern Express company has been
averted, it waS announced by H. C
Caldwell, general chairman of the
clerks' brotherhood, after a confer
ence which he and other union of
ficials held here with J. B. Hockaday,
president of the company.
"All differences have been araic
abbr djuited, Mr. Caldwell sajej. j
t
t'rtBi, i:n
Railroad Guard
Who Shot Strikers
Taken to Red Oak
Man Who Wounded Pickets
With Shot Gun Removed
From Creston to Thwart
Possible Lynching.
Creston, Ia., July 26. (Special.)
J. H. Fears, a Burlington railroad
guard, who shot down two strike
pickets here this morning, was hur
ried to the Red Oak (Ia.) jail to
night to prevent a possible lynching.
Following the shooting, which was
with a sawed-off shotgun, Mayor
Keith asked the railroad company to
deprive its guards of the shotguns.
A few hours later the guns were
stacked in the roundhouse.
The two strikers, C. A. Blodgett
and Kay McCloud, are in a serious
condition in a hospital here. Blod
gett may die, but McCloud is ex
pected to recover.
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State Sheriff Hyers
Nabs Auto Thieves
Lincoln, July 26. (Special.) State
Sheriff Gus Hyers caught two con
fessed auto thieves on the main street
of Lincoln. t
This mor.ning a friend called Hy
ers and t old him he had seen two
young boys driving a car with a
Wyoming license number.
Hyers jumped into his bog state
car and drove over the city. He failed
to find the car.
Next he abandoned his car and
took a stroll through the pool halls.
From the pool halls he went to the
moving picture shows.
In front of a wild west movie he
saw two lads looking at the posters.
He talked with the boys a short time
and then i.nvited them to his office.
"I've got something I want to tell
you," he said.
In his office Hyers finally obtained
a confession and learned that the car
was stored in a garage. The boys
admitted they stole the car at Cas
per, Wyo., three weeks ago.
Aged Homesteader Dies
Eight Days After Mate
Eight days after the burial of his
wife, the body "of Edward Rohr
bough, 87, was buried in Forest Lawn
cemetery Tuesday.
From the moment that he followed
the casket carrying the body of his
wife from Newraymer, Colo., to
Omaha, v Rohrbough seemed to de
cline. Sons who had marveled when their
father went to Colorado at the age
of 82 and settled and proved up a
farm of 320 acres, doing virtually all
of the work himself, were amazed
at the change that took place in him.
Rohrbough died Sunday at the
home of a daughter. Mrs. J. W. Mil
ler, 2024 Chicago street. Two sons,
E. M. Rohrbough of the Rohrbough
Enirineerinir company, and E. E.
Rohrbough of Omaha, and five other
children survive.
Survey of Coal in Lincoln to
Be Made by C. C. Committee
Lincoln. July 26. (Special.) The
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce to
day reappointed the coal conserva
tion committee of 1919-1920 and re
quested it fo make a complete sur
vey of the city's coal supply. Fol
lowing the survey the committee is
requested to make a report to the
Lincoln city council and that body
in turn is expected to ration coal
if the situation revealed by the com
mittee's investigation warrants sucb
dctionj
Even the Weather
May Be Topic for
Editorial Prize
Common Subjects Might Pro
vide Escape Valve for Con
testants' Humor Contest
Open Until August 10.
"I don't know what to write
about," you may say as you contem
plate entering The Omaha Bee's
editorial-writing contest for prizes of
$25, $15 and $10, and grand prizes
of $100, $50 -and $25.
"You know what to talk about,
don't you?" we answer. "Well, edi
torial writing is merely 'talking by
wholesale.' "
"But I talk about the weather and
such common things," you object.
"The weather. Well, you can write
an editorial evep on such a subject,
a humorous one, probably. You can
write an editorial on anything in tne
world that rouses your interest, af
fects your emotions, tickles your
sense of humor or causes the pathe
tic tear to flow.
The "human interest" editorials
often are the best. But the argu
mentative or the mere observational
and on current affairs may be great
and profound.
In this contest write on only one
side of the paper, write not more
than 500 words, put your name, ad
dress and occupation at the top left
corner of the first sheet. Address it
to Contest Editor, The Omaha Bee,
Omaha. The contest closes August
10. You may submit one, two ir
three editorials.
You may be the "born editorial
writer," and fame may be yours.
Write one or two or three and send
them in. No professional writers
are allowed to participate in this editorial-writing
contest.
Auroro Invites Burlington
to Locate Shops There
Aurora. Neb., July 26. (Special
Telegram.) Mayor T. M. Scott of
Aurora tonight wired General Man
ager Theihoff of the Burlington rail
road inviting him to bring the Have
lock shops to Aurora. He guaran
teed protection for the property and
for the lives and liberty of the work
men of the railroads.
At a meeting of the Commercial
club with the Aurora Rotary club to
night the mayor was asked to urge
upon the Burlington the location of
its shops at Aurora.
Lincoln's Double Dies.
Louisville, Ky., July 26. MaJ.
Job E. Stevenson, aged 93, former
congressman, often referred to as
Lincoln's double, will be buried at
Circleville, O., today, it became
known here today. He died Monday
at his home jn Corinth. He gained
the title of major during the civil
war.
The Weather
Forecast.
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Hourly Temperatures.
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President
Appoints
Coal Board
Four Men Named on Commit
hi on to Carry Out Hatiou
in;.: Plan Proposed
by Hoover.
Asks Rail Men to Return
Omaha Hr Mir.
Washington, July 2( Important
devclpnietits came thick and fast in
the strike situation, emphasizing the
gravity with which the administration
now views the industrial crisis.
The high points of the day in
Washington were:
Tresideut Harding, in a message to
J. Cleave Dean, chairman of the
Railway Employes Publicity asso
ciation of Chattanooga, Tenn., sug
gested that the rail strikers accept
the decision of the railway labor
board and return to work pending
"a rehearing on any question con
cerning which theie is a reasonable
doubt about the correctness or the
justice of the decision made."
Secretary of War Weeks was
authority for a statement that such
states as Illinois, Indiana and Ohio,
with large bituminous deposits,
would be expected to mine their own
coal and would not be permitted,
under Tuesday's emergency order, to
obtain their supplies from nonunion
states until they had made every
effort to relieve the shortage by min
ing within their own confines.
Harding Names Commission.
Tresidcnt Harding announced the
appointment of Attorney General
Daughcrty, Secretary of Interior
Fall, Secretary of Commerce Hoover
and Commissioner Aitchison of the
Interstate Commerce commission to
act as a national coal distribution
committee to carry out the Hoover
coal rationing plan. Mr. Hoover is
chairman. A fifth member will be
added. to undertake the administra
tive direction.
Secretary Hoover, as chairman o'
the committee, sent out telegram:
to the governors of the states call
ing upon them to set tip state or
ganizations to co-opertae in dis
tributing the available coal supplies
to the points of greatest need.
The Interstate Commerce com
mission, frankly declaring that th
emergency is "most acute," tele
graphed the various state commis
sions asking for their co-operation
in carrying out Tuesday's order de
claring a national emergency.
Beginning with a conference with
W. W. Atterbury, vice president ol
the Pennsylvania, President .Harding
made a new effort to induce the rail
way executives to abandon their
stand on the seniority rule which is
blocking the way to settlement of
the shopmen's strike.
Answers Attack.
The president's telegram to Dean
urG nrnnrnfpH hv a mpssape from
Dean assailing' Mr. Harding, charg
ing that he was aiming at "involun
tary servitude" in proposing to oper
ate the mines and railroads by mili
tary fon:e and by drafting men into
mining and railroad service.
Secretary of War Weeks declared
that thoe states which have plenty
of coal within their confines must
"mine their own" and not expect to
benefit by any assistance the federal
government is able to render by pri
ority arrangements for the shipment
of coal. They musf not sit idly by
and complain about their drastic min
ing laws standing in the way of oper
ations. The secretary referred specifically
to Ohio. Indiana and Illinois, -where
he said there were large quantities of
coal so near the surface that it could
be mined by steam shovels. These
st,ates, he said, should, through their
own agencies, be able to afford pro
tection to workers and to meet the
needs of the state for fuel.
Can Hardly Expect Aid. "
"With an abundance of coal at
hand." the secretary said, "the state
authorities can hardly expect the fed
eral government to assist them in
bringing coal from, say, West
Virginia.'
Secretary Weeks was asked con
cerning a report that surplus army
officers were to be used by the fed
eral government in carrying out the
government's priority plan. He said
lie had heard nothing of such a plan,
further than that Secretary of Com
merce Hoover had suggested he
might be able ttf-tise a certain army
officer, who is about to retir? in the
administration of the plan.
Declaring that the emergency was
most acute, Commissioner Atchison
wired state railway and public untili
ties commissions as follows:
"Commission desires to know
whethir, of local developments con
nected witH our general service or
ders require, we can rely on having
active assistance of yaur commission.
This possibly may involve survey
certification and policing certain
local needs under priority orders is"
sued or to be issued. Emergency
most acute and requires best efforts
of all under common plan if distress,
wlncn will come, is to be mitigated.
Little Progress Made.
Mr. Attctbury's visit to the White
House was believed to mark the be
ginning of a series of conferences by
the president with rail executives in
an effort to gring about a solution
of the seniority problem. Mr. Atter
bury's statement upon emerging
from the White House indicated that
the president had not ben ahlp tn
make much progress.
It is believed that Mr. Atterbury
informed the president that the Penn
sylvania could not restore seniority
rights of striking employes. T. De-
(Turn la I'air Two. Column Torre.)
James Edgar Hays Named to
lie Lincoln Land Office Head
Washington, July 26. President
Harding today nominated James
Edgar Hays, to be register of the
uncoin, Aeo., land office, and Harry
B. Drum, to be land office register at
Billuuv Moat .
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