The Omaha Morning Bee
VOL. 52-NO. 35.
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OMAHA. FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1922.
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TWO CENTS
Indiana to
Take Oyer
Coal Mines
.Governor Says State Will
Operate One or More Pits
if Strike Is Not Settled
by August 1.
Conference Is Suggested
Indianapolis, Ind., July 27. Gov.
crnor McCrty, in a statement ad
dressed "to the public," announced
today that "if the strike is not deter
mined within five days from thia date
I will take over one or more mines
and supply the people of Indiana
with fuel.
Indianapolis, Ind.. July 27. In
diana operators would meet with
miners' representatives in a four-state
conference if operators of the other
states in the central competitive field
would enter the conference, Gover
nor Mclray of Indiana said in a
massage today to John Hessler,
president of District No. 11, United
Mine Workers of Amenca.
"Have Won Strike."
Philadelphia. July 27. Tohn L.
Lewis, president of the miners union,
aid here this afternoon that he had
every reason to believe that an in
terstate joint conference of the cen
tral competitive fields will be ar
ranged within a few days."
Standing in the lobby of the
Bellevue Stratford hotel, where he
has been conferring with district
presidents of the union from Penn
sylvania, Ohio and - Indiana, .Mr.
Lewis dictated the following state
ment to newspaper men:
"It if undoubtedly true that to all
purposes and effect the mine work
ers have won their pTesent strike
and it is almost universally rec
ognized in industrial and financial
circles throughout the codntry that
no wage reductions can be applied to
the mining industry.
"It only remains for an interstate
joint conference to be convened in
order to permit the immediate
negotiation of a new wage agree
ment. This is the only way by
which a settlement cart be made.
There will be no district or separate
settlements.
"I have every reason to believe
that an interstate joint conference of
the central competitive fields will be
arranged within a few days. Such
an arrangement will permit a re
sumption of mining, a relief to em
barrassed industries and a suffering
public."
Increased Loadings.
Washington, July 27. (By A. P.)
Favorable action to the govern
ment's efforts to stimulate coal pro
duction despite the miners' strike
was seen today in figures assembled
by the railroads showing that 13.083
cars of coal were loaded on Monday
at operating mines as compared with
9,860 cars last Saturday and with a
daily average of 10,941 cars dur
ing the six working days previous to
WJdiuiuajr.
Rescinds Call.
St. Louis, Mo., July 27. (By A.
P.) President Frank Farrington of
the Illinois mijiers today recinded
his call for a state miners conven
tion at Peoria, August 3. He said this
action was taken because of what he
. termed "premature newspaper an
nouncements of the convention."
In a statement issued this morn
ing Mr. Farrington said that state
ments made to The Associated Press
by members of his executive board
had created a false impression as to
his plans.
Organize In Iowa.
Des Moines, la., July 27. (By A.
r.) Organization of a state wide
fuel commission to insure Iowa's se
curing its share of coal, from the
other states and to equalize its dis
tribution was begun by Governor
Kendall today.
On receipt of a telegram from
Secretary of Commerce Hoover late
yesterday asking his co-operation in
handing: of coal in Iowa, Governor
Kendall at o.nce commissioned
Charles Webster as state fuel com
missioner. Protest Made Against
Location of Hospitals
Chicago. July 27. (By A. P.)
Col. A. Sprague, chairman of the
American Legion's national rehabili
tation committee, made public a tele
gram to President Harding asking
him to reconsider the decision to
build two hospitals for army neuro
psychriatic patients, one at St. Cloud,
Minn., and the other at Camp Custer,
Mich.
Col. Sprague, who Tuesday pub
lished correspondence with Brig.
Gen. Charles A. Sawyer, the presi
dent's personal physician, asking him
to "step aside" and cease blocking
the program of relief for wounded
men, told President Harding that
'best medical opinion" does not fa
vor the locations selected.
The Camp Custer site adjoins an
artillery range and the St. Cloud
location is too far from medical cen
ters, the telegram says. The same
objection. Col. Sprague adds, applies
to the hospital to be located at Chu
licothe, O.
U. P. Clerks to Confer With
Officials Upon Differences
4mirahl uiti.mpni nf differences
is expected at a meeting here August
ll) of-representatives ot me uram-
rhvi4 nf Pailivov f"1rV on the
Unkxn Pacific system with Union
Pacific officials. The clerks in Oma
ha took no stxike ballot, according to
rail chiefs.
No important developments were
reported in the strike situation here
Thursday. Rail officials said that
more men were being hired. Few,
it" any mechanics are returning to
work, according to officials of the
shopmen's unions.
Youths Caught in Chase
Confess Omaha Banditry
Ray Conklin, left, nd on the right, E. R. Evans, alias Edwards.
Two youthful motor bandit sus
pects who were raptured by police
Wednesday afternoon after a thril
ling chase at Sixtieth and Q streets,
were identified and confessed yester
day morning, Charles H. Van
Deusen, chief of detectives, an
nounced. With their arrest the police claimed
a record of eight alleged bandits cap
tured within a week.
The prisoners are Ray Conklin, 22,
1407 North Seventeenth street, and
E. R. Evans, 25, 2420 Leavenworth
street, whose reeal name, police say,
is Edwards.
. They were identified by John Stei
ger, 2615 Dodge street, and Charles
Carey, 3819 Martha street, as the
men who held up them and Walter
Andreasen, 2623 South Thirty-second
street, and three cirls at Seventieth
and Center streets the night of July
23.
A. E. Moore, 1542 North Eight
eenth street, and V. E. Coate, 3212
2,000 Men Fight
Raging Forest
Fire on Coast
Flames Sweep 6,000 Acres at
Base of Mount Diablo in
Contra Costa County,
California.
Oakland, . Cal., July 27. Firemen
from here and from surrounding
towns, together with forest rangers,
early today were directing 2,000 men
in fighting a destructive forest fire
raging at the base of Mount Diablo
in Contra Costa county. Telephone
messages said the fare was sweeping
over an area of O.UUU acres, witn
shifting winds carrying it on all sides
of the mountain.
At last reports no farm' houses had
been destroyed, but farmers in the
region expressed the belief that hun
dreds of cattle had perished. The
towns of Concord, Clayton and Dan
ville were threatened by the flames.
Residents of these towns remained
awake all night ready to move out
with their belongings if the fire ap
proached.
Water Hauled .in Sleds.
Every available means was being
used to combat the flames. Water
was hauled through the fields in sleds
and wagona and back-firing was re
sorted to. At midnight Fire Chief
Sam Short of Oakland left for the
scene with 20 men and four pieces
of apparatus, reinforcing a battalion
chief who had gone early in the-even
ing. 1 he hre had covered more wan
15 miles. I he glow was visible on
San Francisco bay and for a dis
tance of 20 miles.
Evidence of Incendiarism.
Olympia, July 27. Unable to cope
with an increasing forest fire menace
as a result ot the shortage ot neip
and an alarming number of new fires,
the state forestry service will direct
efforts to save what property it can,
Supervisor Fred E. Pape said last
night.
There is evidence if incendiarism
in a great many ot the Diazes re
ported by wardens, according to
Mr. Pape and in some cases, mem
bers of the fire fighting crews have
been discharged after old fires mys
teriously have broken out anew or
new fires have started under condi
tions arousing suspicion.
State Legion Auxiliary
Prepares fop Convention
Lincoln, July 27. The state de-
Dartment of the American region
auxiliary is making extensive plans
for the national convention to be
held at New Orleans, La., October
16 to 20. Nebraska will send from 11)
to 15 delegates who will be chosen
at the state convention to be held at
York, September 18 to 20.
There will perhaps be a better rep
resentation of the auxiliary this year
than in former years. During the
past year the Nebraska auxiliary has
increased its membership.
Tram Strike to Start in
Chicago Tuesday, Warning
Chicago, July 27. Warning to
Chicago to prepare for a street car
strike next Tuesday morning was is
sued by William Quinlan, president
of the surface lines employes union.
The notice was given following is
suance of a call to the 15,000 mem
bers of the local union to attend a
meeting Monday night.
Plan to Cut Rates Rejected
Washington, July 27. Proposals
of eastern trunk railroads to reduce
by about 20 per cent the rates on
iron ore coming from the Great
Lakes water line to steel plants in
various localities were rejected by
the Interstate Commerce commis-
I sion.
Marry street, identified them as the
baidilt who held them up in the
Fairacres district 20 minutes later
the same night.
Thirty thousand dollars bond each
was fixed for Conklin and Evans
when they were heard before Judge
VV. F. VVappich in Central police
court yesterday morning and held for
district court. Bond was made
$10,000 on each of three counts,
robbery, highway robbery and motor
theft.
Conklin and Evans admitted those
crimes, according to the police, and
also confessed that they field up L.
L. Turley of Craig, Colo., 'ami L. Z.
Withers of Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday
night at Seventieth and Center
streets, and stole a Hudson motor
car from Dr. J. E. Summers, 3624
Dewey avenue
The bandits carried a long handled
hammer under a coat, giving it the
appearance of a shotgun, and used it
to damage the spark plugs of 'cars
to prevent pursuit
G.O. P. Members
Continue Fight
on Wool Schedule
Committee Amendments
Tariff Bill Approved
on Roll Calls in
Senate.
to
Washington, July 27. Continua
tion of the republican opposition to
rates in the wool schedule; a demo
cratic proposal for a "scientific tariff"
as a substitute for the pending bill
and the virtual rewriting of the silk
schedule by the finance committee
majority were outstanding develop
ments in the tariff situation in the
senate.
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin
and Nelson, Minnesota, voiced the
protests of a small group on the
majority side against the wool rates,
but on roll calls the committee rec
ommendations were approved by
overwhelming majorities. Senator
Lenroot told the senate he realized
the "utter futility" of undertaking to
bring about any changes in the pro
tective duties proposed.
"It could not be done, no matter
what facts were shown to the sen
ate," he declared. "The votes are
here to put the rates through jus
as the committee reported them."
Moratorium on War
Debts Urged by Copley
Aurora, 111., July 27. (By A. P.)
Congressman Ira C Copley of this
city, who has just returned from an
extended economic survey of Europe
for the United States government,
favors a moratorium on international
obligations, he said today.
"No man, after visiting the ruined
towns and villages of France," said
Congressman Copley, "can question
France's moral right to great repara
tions. But if France were to get that
which it asks it would bring about
the economic collapse of the civilized
world."
Mr. Copley said that the first step
necessary to restore prosperity to the
United States and the world was an
agreement to a-moratorium of at leat
two years.
He declared himself -satisfied that
France, in the economic interests of
the world, must reduce its demands
for reparations to actual costs of
repairs, which he figures at $1,500,
000,000. If France should insist on
the payment of the $54,000,000,000
awarded by the Versailles peace
treaty, Germany would be compelled
to continue on its lowered standard
of liying and this would bring about
a lower standard in the United
States, and over the entire world, to
meet the competition of the German
workmen, Mr. Copley believes.
Heavy Rainfall Breaks
Dry Spell at North Loup
North-Loup, Neb., July 27. (Spe
cial.) The threatened "dry spell"
was broken Monday night by a rain
fall of nearly three quarters of an
inch. While the corn was not suf
fering, it needed rain.
Threshing has begun in many
fields. Wheat is yielding from 18 to
30 bushels an acre. The quality is
excellent The oats crop is rather
light, the straw being very short
Corn prospects are the best they
have "been in many years, as the crop
is nearly two weeks ahead of other
years.
Woman's Hip Fractured
Falls City. Net.. July 27. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. L. D. Grush suffered a
ftactured hip and severe bruises when
the horses she was driving become
frightened by some men . carrying
long . fishing rods, and bolted, throw
ing the woman out of her buggy
against a fence. .
Court Holds
Woman for
Fatal Shots
Mother of Two, Acr of
Murdering Bl-'f
Husba.u Is
Released
Mrs. Linda Taylor, 38, drab little
woman with shaggy blond hair
pointed nose, sallow complexion and
deep-set eyes, waived preliminary
hearing in Council Bluffs police
court yesterday morning and was
held without bond for first degree
murder. William Taylor, her hus
band, was released. ,
Mrs. Taylor shot and killed Sam
C. Freiden, 41, real estate dealer,
former banker, former merchant.
Shriner and president of the newly
organized Citizens Ice and Coal com
r.any on the porch of her home at
oil Avenue U at noon Wednesday
In cood spirits after a night of re
freshing sleep in jail. Mrs. Taylor
laughed and joked with Lawrence
Taylor, her brother-in-law, and his
wife and smiled down upon the baby
that Mrs. Lawrence Taylor carried
in her arms. She seemed greatly
pleased wnen her husband was
freed.
Smiling and Joking.
The gravity of her plight seemed
not to weigh heavily on her mind
and she was still smilling and jok
ing when an officer tapped her on
the shoulder, then led her back to
her cell.
Mrs. Taylor's defense is that
Freiden attacked her in her home
Jiy ig ad that she shot him dead
after failing to obtain relief from
county authorities.
Charles E. Swanson, county attor
ney, to whom Taylor took his wife
to pour our her complaint before he
is said to have bought the revolver.
that she might protect herself, views
the women s defense as untenable,
"Suffering Hallucination.
"Mrs. Taylor is suffering hallucina
tion and has built up the story of
the attack from her imagination,
Swanson said. "She told three dif
ferent versions of the attack to me
and to mv assistant. Frank E. North'
rop, and when we pressed her for
details changed her story on material
points to justify discrepancies as they
appeared.' We became convinced that
she had imagined the details ana ae-
clined to file a complaint against
Freden."
Taylor said yesterday morning he
was convinced that his wife was at
tacked. He told how she revealed
her story to him at night four days
after the alleged attack androf their
visit to the county attorney's office.
Seek Another Motive.
"They told me my wife's word
wouldn't stand against Freiden's be
cause he was a big business man,"
Taylor declared, "and we left know
ing that the law wouldn't protect
her."
Despite the husband's confidence
in his wife's story, authorities are in
vestigating the strange case for an
other motive.
On one side they have a drab little
woman whose history extends back
to a grade school house in Harlan,
la., then builds up' to an early moth
erhood of two children, and on to
the life of a domestic living a rather
colorless existence in a little home
here she aooeared to be peacefully
content in the apparent affections of
her Husband.
Appearing in court yesterday
morning, she did not seem strange to
the role of domestic the kind of
woman that Sam Freiden would go
to see about cleaning up a house for
new tenants.
Other Side.
On the other side of the mystery
is Sam Freiden. former banker, a
successful real estate dealer for years,
a man hisrh uo in fraternal circles
esteem, happily married, the father
of a boy of 12.
Whv the oaths ot ireiden ana Mrs.
Taylor crossed Wednesday is a phase
of the case over which investigators
are puzzling.
"He went to see her about cleaning
(Tarn to F(c Two, Column Two.)
Omaha Planes Race to
Tarkio for Air Meet
Mail plane No. 177, piloted by L.
H. Garrison, and a Bellanca sedan
monoplane, driven by Air Mail Pilot
W. C. Hopson and carrying three
passengers, raced yesterday between
Omaha and larkio, Mo., where a
three-day air meet is in progress.
The Bellanca made the trip in 45
minutes. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Roos
ajid Thomas Donahue were the pas
sengers. E. J. Stafford accompanied
Garrison as a mechanic.
The Bellanca is entered in 10
events at the air meet, which will
close Saturday.
The mail plane was expected to
return to Omaha late yesterday aft
ernoon with the first mail pouches
during the meet.
Week Day
Real Estate Offerings:
To be informed on Omaha real estate values, read not only
the Sunday real estate advertising in The Omaha Bee, but week
day advertising as well. Wide-awake dealers securing first-time
and exclusive listings usually advertise them in the next issue
of The Omaha Bee. For example in today's "Want" Ad section you
will find the latest offerings of the following dealers:
D. K. Back Co.
Harrison Y Morton
D. V. Sholw Co.
W. H. Gate
Byron Reed Co.
Rasp Bros.
Seavey Htntaoa Co.
GIotct at Spain
First Truit Co. .
Home Realty Co.
George ft Co.
A. P. Tukty ft Son
Edman A Eriekaon
Amoa Grant Co.
C W. Martin
Willard Slabatigh
"Seems Like We Will Never Get
Roping Record Is
Set at Cheyenne
Frontier Contest
Oklahoma Rider Ties Steer in
20 4-5 Seconds, Winning
World's Championship
Thrilling Features.
Cheyenne, Wyo., July .27. (Spe
cial.) Some of the fastest time ever
made at the Cheyenne Frontier Days
was scored Wednesday in the world's
championship steer roping contest(
me teature ot tne secona aay oi tne
twenty-sixth annual affair.
Ben Johnson of Isnker, Ok!., pull
ed down a mark of 204-5 seconds.
Fred Beason of Arkansas City, Ark.,
ran him a close second with 21 1-5
seconds, and Roy Kivett of the Y-6
ranch, near Cheyenne, was a good
third with 221-5, leaving the three
leaders of the day only 1 2-5 seconds
apart. Eddie McCarty and Phil Yo-
der, two topnotchers of former years,
got into the under-30 class.
Panther Pete and Miss Greene,
whose names were scarcely known to
the crowd as bucking bronchos,
broke into the spotlight by throwing
Orville Merrill and Don Brownell,
respectively.
Mabel Strickland shoved herself
closer to the McAlpin trophy for the
best all-around woman .rider by car
rying off the relay race for the sec
ond time in two days, and also doing
some extremely clever work in the
trick and fancy riding. Bonnie Gray
succeeded in climbing under the
belly of her mount, thus doing some
thing no other woman has performed
this year and which she herself failed
to achieve the opening day.
One animal fell in the wild horse
race "and the rider suffered a stiff
jolt. Another rider was thrown, but
not badly injured. There were no
serious mishaps. The usual quota of
thrills were on tap. Roy Quick yank
ed a calf high in the air in the course
of his act in hogtying the future col
lection of beefsteaks. In the girls
relay, Mabel Strickland and Vera
McGinnis, winners of first and sec
ond prizes, respectively, brought
shriek after shriek from the grand
stands as they made flying leaps from
one horse to another. In the In
dians' relay, one mount ran into an
other, sending the latter's rider fly
ing. Nearly 6,000 persons were present.
Expelled by N. Y. Exchange.
New York. July 27. L. W. Wae-
ner, head of the firm of E. W. Was-.
ner & Co., which failed last Decem
ber, has been expelled from the New
York stock exchange, it was an
nounced today. federal -fudge
Augustus Hand this week signed an
order confirming: a clan of settle
ment for the concern's affairs agreed
upon by creditors.
W. Farnam Smith Co.
C G. Carlbeif
Payne A Carnaby
Benson A Carmichael
Glover A Moretl
Temple McFayden Co.
R. F. Clary Co.
Small Tornado Hits
. Central City Stores
- Central City, July 27. (Special.)
A small tornado struck the upper end
of Sixteenth street at 11 last night,
completely deroofing four business
houses, which with the heavy rain
that immediately followed caused
thousands of dollars worth of dam
age. The upper portion of the front of
the building that houses the Beaty
confectionery was completely torn
away, bricks, cement and debris fall
ing to the street. Trees were up
rooted" in different "sections of town.
A corps of men were kept busy trying
to sweep the torrent of water out of
the buildings. No lives were lost.
One man was slightly . injured by
a flyijng brick. An inch and a half
of rain fell.
Army Blimp Starts
Nonstop Flight
C-2 Leaves Washington for
Practice Trip to New
York and Return.
Washington, July 27. Army dirig
ible C-2 left at 5 Thursday afternoon
for" a round trip nonstop flight to
New York for the purpose of train
ing pilots in night flying. The ship
was expected to arrive over New
York about 10:30 p. m., and through
arrangements with the Aeronautical
Chamber of Commerce of that city,
searchlights were to pick it up as it
circled above the city at about the
time theater crowds were homeward
bound. The ship planned to pass
over Baltimore, Philadelphia and oth
er cities and return here about day
light Friday.
The crew consists of Cap. W. E.
Kepner; First Lieuts. G. Harris and
Ernest S. Moon, and Serg. A. D.
Albrecht. Lieut. Moon is pilot, and
Serg. Albrecht engineer.
C-2 is a huge blimb, the bag meas
uring 192 feet and having a carrying
capacity for a crew of 12. Its home
station is ait Aberdeen. Md., for
service in connection with gun-testing
at the army proving grounds.
m
Coin Flipping to Decide
Democratic Nomination
Lincoln, . July 27. (Special.) The
flipping of a coin will decide tomor
row who will get the democratic
nomination for state representative
in the 1 hirty-titth district, which em
braces a part of Lancaster county.
There were no candidates filed for
the job. The names of Mrs. W. M.
Morning, wife of District Judge
Morning, and Dr. E. M. Cramb were
written in on the ballots. Both re
ceived two votes.'
The county clerk notified them to
appear tomorrow and a flip of a
coin would decide the nominee.
Man Sought Over Nation
Surrenders at Chicago
Chicago, July 27. After police all
over the United States had searched
for him for more than six months,
Leslie P. Harrington, sought in con
nection with the disappearance of
about $1,000,000, obtained for in
vestments from foreign-born stock
yards workers, surrendered himself
in criminal court and was released on
$15,000 bonds.
Longest Blimp Flight
Belleville, I1L. July 27. (By A. P.)
The longest flight ever attempted
by the army lighter-than-air service
was completed today when the
dirigible balloon A-4 arrived at Scott
field, near here. The blimp arrived
from Langley field, Virginia, a dis
tance of approximately 1.100 miles, in
40 hours and 40 minutes of actual
flying time. Two stops were made.
There. Buddy"-
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Rain Halts Picnic Plans
of 40,000 at Battle Creek
Battle Creek, Neb., July 27. The
annual picnic of the Madison County
farmers was called off today on ac
count of prolonged rains during the
night and Thursday. Elaborate prep
arations had been made to entertain
at least 40,000 people. Business over
the county was practically suspended
Thursday in spite of the cancellation
of the picnic. Many prominent
speakers including J. R. Howard,
president of the American rarm Bu
reau federation ot Chicago were
present.
Former State Senator
O'Neill Dies at Lincoln
Lincoln, July 27. (Special.)
Richard O'Neill, 72, a resident of
Nebraska since 1872, died today at
his home here. At one time O'Neill
was a member of the Nebraska state
senate and grand chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias.
THe Weather
Forecast
Probably showers and cooler
day.
Fri-
Hourly Temperatures.
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END OF RAIL
STRIKE NOW
SEEMS NEAR
Peacf or .Truce Believed Close
at Hand Following Con
ference of Both Sides
Willi President.
Proposals Are Drawn Up
Washington. July 27. (By A. P.)
Tentative proposals for th settle
ment of the railroad shopmen strut
wers drawn up after a series of con
ferences between President Harding
and labor leaders headed by Mr.
Jewell of the shopmen's union.
It was understood that the sug
gested plan for settlement details of
which were withheld by those par
ticipating in its formulation would
be submitted later to executives
the railroads.
Omaha Rn Lfaard Wire.
Washington, July 27. Peace or a
truce in the rail strike was believed
to be close at hand, following a day
of conferences, extending far into
the night, at the White House be
tweeen President Harding and repre
sentatives of the warring factions.
Although the utmost secrecy pre
vailed concerning the outcome of the
conferences, the belief grew during
the day that the end of the strike was
not far off. In some optimistic quar
ters the impression prevailed that an
order would go out to the striking
shopmen Friday to return to work.
B. M. Jewell declared, however, that
he had no intention of issuing such
an order.
The attitude of the executives, it
was understood, was unchanged
concerning the seniority rule, the
chief obstacle of peace, notwithstand
ing pressure brought to bear by the
president to induce them to aban
don this stand.
Basis Narrows Down.
The basis of an armistice, there
fore, has about narrowed down to
this: That the striking shopmen re
turn to work with the assurance that
the railroad labor board will grant
fthem a rehearing of their grievances
and assume jurisdiction over the
much-disputed seniority question. It
was pointed out that this plan might
be followed without the acquiescence
of the railway executives. The men
would return to work and if their
old places, under the seniority rule,
were denied them, they could carry
the dispute to the labor board, which
would then proceed to deal with the
seniority question.
President Hardvng began his con
ferences early Thursday morning, be
ginning with T. DeWitt Cuyler,
president of the American Associa
tion of Railway Executives. After1
Mr. Cuyler had left the White House,
Mr. Jewell, the shopmen's 'chief, and
the presidents of the various shop
craft unions arrived from Chicago
and went at once into conference
with Mr. Harding. They remained in
session for a short while and then
left the White House but returned
in the afternoon and spent more
than three hours with the president.
Jewell Makes Statement.
Mr. Cuyler also returned to the
White House later in the evening.
Only the most noncommital
statements were given out by the
shopmen and Cuyler after the con
ferences and nothing was forthcom
ing from the White House.
Jewell made this statement:
"Our conference this afternoon was
a continuation of our conference this
morning, at which we continued our
statements of our views 6f the situa--tion,
There can be no statement
now as to what has beeen said at the
conferences."
Mr. Cuyler made a similar state
ment, merely saying that he had pre
sented the viewpoint of the execu
tives. Both Cuyler and Jewell statee
they would remain in Washington tc
await developments.
Confer With Johnston.
Immediately upon their arriva'
frnm Chiracn anH hefore coinsr tc
the White House, the strike leaden
had a conference with William H
Johnston, president of the Interna
tional Association of Machinists. Mr.
Johnston- then went with them tc
the White House. The others whe
accompanied them were: .
Timothy Healey. president of the
firemen's organization; J. W. Kline,
president of the blacksmiths; J. A.
Franklin, president of the boilermak
ers; M. F. Ryan, president of the
car men; James Burns, vice presi
dent of the sheet metal workers'
union and Edward Evans, vice presi
dent of the International .Brother
hood of Electrical Workers.
Few Developments.
Developments in the coal strike sit
uation in Washington' were few and
relatively unimportant. Secretary of
Commerce Hoover was busy per
fecting the organization of a national
coal distribution committee, of which
he wsa made chairman.
Favorable replies have been re
ceived from the presidential coal dis
tribution committee for the formation
of state control organizations.
Responses -he said, have been re
ceived so far as New Jersey, Con
necticut, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsyl-
cania.
He declared that organization of
the administrative personnel of the
president's committee was being
rushed in order that the coal distribu
tion under the emergency plan could
begin as soon as possible. Priorities,
he said, could not work effectually
until the organization wider the presi-
dents committee had been formed,
but would be done as soon as hu
manly possible.
1 i
Mountain Climber Killed
Glacier Park. Mont.. July 27. Dr.
Frank B. Wvnn of Indianapolis, na
tionally noted as leader in mountain
climbing activities in the United
States, was killed in a fall here while
at the head of a party ascendins
Mount Siyeh