The Omaha Sunday Bee
VOL. 52 NO. 7.
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Traffic Is Demoralized
A terrific storm swept over Oma
ha, northeastern Nebraska and
northwestern Iowa Friday night be
tween 10 and 2, doing great damage
to property of alt kinds by lightning
and without and wind.
The atorm centered largely upon
the territory contiguous to the Mis
souri river from Omaha northward.
The wind here attained an average
velocity over a five-minute test pe
riod of 34 miles an hour, according
to the instrument at the United
States weather bureau. But this in
dicates that there were moments
when it probably blew 50 miles an
hour.
1.94 Inches Rainfall.
The rainfall here was 1.94 inches.
At Sioux City it was 3.24, at Te
kamalf 4 inches; at Atlantic, la., 2.26.
Lincoln had only .26 of an inch,
Ashland .79. Columbus .88, North
Loup 1.12. Some other parts of the
state report serious damage. Pilger,
Neb., was flooded by a four-inch
'rainfall.
The storm came up gradually here
with lowering clouds out of the west
at sundown and lightning started
about 9. The heavy wind began
lashing and the almost continuous
Only one trail the Blue Grass
was possibly passable Saturday
morning, according to reports
gathered by the Omaha Auto
club, and even it is in such bad
condition all motorists were ad
vised to remain in Omaha.
The Lincoln, . K-T, River-to-RiveO
White Pole, Iowa Short
line and Pioneer trails all were
held impassable. '
Rains were general all along the
Omaha-Chicago Shortline and
cloudbursts in Colorado were re
ported, . v ' ' .
Busses have been unable to pass
between Omaha and Shenandoah.
: The road to Fremont is open;
the O. L. D. trail is impassable to
Ashland, but open west; the Nor
folk road is blocked, and there's
no chance to get through to Ne
braska City.
Report after report showed a
general deluge.
thunder began reverberating with, the
lightning flashes about 10, and soon
after that rain began, coming down
at times with the volume of a cloud
burst. This condition continued in
termittently during the night.
Bluffs Suffers Heavily.
Council Bluffs suffered thousands
of dollars in damages from the storm
and street car traffic in the center of
the city was completely tied up early
Saturday morning because West
Broadway was buried under a vast
sea of mud extending from Ninth to
Thirteenth streets. The mud was
carried up when the waters of In
(Tnrn to Page Two, Cplumn One.)
Commission Approves
Railroad Financing
Washington, July 29. New rail
road financing to the extent of ap
proximately $10,000,000 was approved
by the Interstate Commerce commis
sion, and an application to issue close
to $7,000,000 additional securities re
ceived. The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
was authorized to issue $3,034,000 in
5 per cent bonds to be turned over
to the Illinois Central, its parent cor
poration. The securities will be taken
m consideration of money advanced
by the Illinois Central.
The Wabash railroad was given
permission to assume obligations io
the payment of the interest and prin
cipal of $4,245,000 in equipment trust
certificates, which will be issued and
sold to procure funds for buying tne
road new rolling stock. .
Boehler Vindicated in
" ' U. S. Court Contention
Edwin C. Boeh!r, United States
Commissioner, was vindicated yester
day in his contention that he was ad
mitted to practice in federal court,
six vears aeo. in Hastings, Neb.
When the question arose, a week
ago, R. C. Hoyt, clerk of the federal
court, could find no record of his
admission.
Boehler wrote to the deputy clerk
at Hastings, who investigated the
record of that division and found the
entry, March 8, 1916, By an over
sight at the time the fact was not
filed in the records of this division, as
it should have been.
C. B. & Q. Declines Aurora's
Offer to Move Shops There
Aurora, Neb., July 29. (Special.)
- Immediate response to the , tele
gram of Mayor F. M. Scott inviting
the Burlington railroad to move its
Havelock shops to Aurora came in a
letter from General Manager W. F.
Thiehoff, in which he states his ap
preciation of the stand taken by the!
citizens and officers of Aurora in
favor of law and order. He. how
ever, expresses the opinion that the
Urge shops now being constructed
at Denver will avert the necessity of
building any more.
State
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Mine Operators
Predict Early End
of Coal Strike
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Those in Close Touch With
Fuel Situation Banking on
Return of Miners by
August 5.
Chicago, July 29.(By A. P.)
Coal men throughout the middlewest
regard the bituminous strike as Hear
ing the end and express confidence
that an early resumption of union
production may be expected.
Jobbing markets today reflect this
view, which is supported by Presi
dent John L. Lewis of the United
Mine Workers, and substantiated by
the withdrawal of certain heavy con
sumers of industrial coal from the
present highly competitive markets
in the central field.
Those known to be in close touch
with the fuel situation, to some de
gree already are banking upon a re
turn of union, miners to the soft
coal pits by August 5, notwithstand
ing conflicting or indefinite retiorts
from Various quarters as to the exact
status of the strike.
News from the Philadelohia- con
ferences between President Lewis
and eastern operators is to the effect
that powerful interests have
brought great pressure to bear on
recalcitrant operators for a confer
ence with the workers' leaders. The
report of the Cleveland federal re
serve bank today declares that the
iron and steel industry is feeling the
coal shortage.', '
v A wage agreement was reached
Cincinnati last night affecting S.OTO
miners i nthe Kentucky-Tennessee
field, including 25 operations. The
agreement was reached at a meeting
of union leaders and representatives
of the operators and grants the
workers an increase of approximately
$2.50 a day. It becomes effective
August 1. Another meeting was
scheduled to be held next Tuesday
at Middelesboro, Ky., to discuss a
similar agreement for that field.
Fuel Control Machine.
Washington, July 29. All produc
ing coal mines of the country will be
given first call on railroad coal cars
as soon as the organization of the ad
ministration's emergency fuel cohtrol
machine is completed, it was an
nounced today by Secretary Hoover,
chairman of the federal coal distribu
tion committee.
The priorities on cars to producing
mines will be passed upon by the dis
tribution committee, Mr. Hoover said,
so that an coal may be obtained un
der the fair orices agreed upon to
prevent profiteering. The commerce
secretary said it would then be up to
the states to maintain prices within
their boundaries by the prevention of
resales and profiteering.
Mr. Hoover plans to make public
soon proposals being sent to all of the
states for the organization of local
fuel control bodies.. The federal plan,
(Turn to Fags Two, Column Six.)
Tecumseh Pastor in Auto
Accident at Kansas City
Tecumseh, Neb., July 29. (Spe
cial.) Rev. Wfllard McCarthy, pas
tor of the Tecumseh ' Christian
church, on his way by automobile to
Thayer, Mo., suffered an accident in
Kansas City, when two automobiles
and a street car collided. Rev. Mr.
McCarthy was not seriously injured.
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just the place you've dreamed about is offered in the Real
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tion of this issue.
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Ej ect Oil
Squatters
Acting Secretary Roosevelt
Orders Officer and Hand
ful of Men to Teapot
Dome Reserve.
Drilling Now Under Way
W.nluiio-lrtn. Tnlv Arfino Sre.
retary Roosevelt ordered Mai. Gen.
i.ejeune, commandant ot tne marine
corn. to arnct nne officer and three
or four enlisted marines into the
Teapot Dome naval oil reserve,
Wyoming, at a place about 40 miles
from Casper, to eject oil squatters
who have begun drilling for oil.
The secretary said he issued his
order on the basis of information for
warded to the Navy department by
the Interior department some months
ago, of the presence of the squatters
nn nival r.crv. arirl after warn
ing had been given the squatters to
vacate.
Time for Action.
The head of the group of squat
ers. Secretary Roosevelt said, had
notified the Navy department that he
would "like to think it over" be
fore abandoning his drilling. Mr.
Roosevelt added that after consul
tation with officials of the Interior
department he had decided that the
time had passed for . "thinking it
over," and so issued his order to
Gen. Lcjcunc.
Askrrl as tn the number of marines
to be sent into the Teapot Dome re
serve, Mr. Roosevelt said he had in
formed Gen. Lejcune that ne tnougm
one officer of discretion ana a
handful of men would be sufficient
to eject the squatters. The officer
and his men, it was said at the Navy
department, probably would leave
the marine barracks here for the re
serve Sunday or Monday.
Marines to Clear Field.
Denver, July 29. S. H. Keou
ghan, vice president of the Mutual
Oil company, announced that he had
been advised from Washington that
TTnlt.rl taroc ttiarin have been
hv thp KFsvv defiartment to
eject representatives of the company
trom tne soutneast quarter 01 section
20 in the Teapot Dome naval oil
reserve in Wyoming, where they are
drilling a well.
The Mutual Oil company is oper
ating under a contract with individ
uals who have a clear title," Mr.
Keoughan declared. .''The title dates
back to 1890 and was granted by the
United States eovernment under the
placer laws."
If United States marines appear
on the property and order us to
leave, we will leave, but under pro
test," Mr. Keoughan stated.
Jury in Obenchain
Trial Deadlocked
Los Angeles, July 29 The jury de
liberating in the second trial of Mrs.
Madalynne Obenchain reported to
Judge John W. Shenk, late Saturday
that it was hopelessly deadlocked and
asked to be excused. The judge re
fused the request and instructed the
jury to reach a verdict if possible.
They returned to the jury room to re
sume deliberations.
German Mark Falls to
152 Cents a Hundred
New York, July 29. Extreme de
moralization was shown by German
exchange today, the mark falling to
15 cents a hundred, the lowest quo
tation ever recorded her?. This rep
resented an overnight decline of al
most 2 cents a hundred. The normal,
or prewar price of the mark was 23.8
cents each.
Disappointment over a delay in the
settlement of the reparations ques
tion, together with the troubled state
of the German domestic situation, are
believed to be responsible for the
further depreciation.
"Brother Charlie" Not
Guest at Democratic Powwow
Lincoln, July 29. (Special.)
Charles W. Bryan, democratic nomi
nee for governor, stated today that
he hadn't been notified he was to be
on the speaking list at a democratic
powwow at Krug park, Omaha.
Weeks ago he had made a "date"
with "Brother William" to hold a
business conference with him in Iowa
and the "date couldn't be broken."
Nebraska Governor
Ranked as Discoverer
Lincoln, I til v W (Special) Gov
ernor McrKlvie's name should he
placed in the dincovcrrrt' hall of fame
am! every husband should itive him
a vote of thanks for trllinu the world
that the way to tell "friend wife" what
you think of her without the husband
getting verbally ruffled is to use the
radiophone, according to a letter writ
ten the the governor by S. Toledo
Sherry of South Sioux City, Nrb.
"Prior to your wonderful achieve
ment the echo has been the only thing
on earth that could prevent a woman
from having the last word," he wrote.
"Compared to your discovery the
Declaration of Independence is but
a vision and the Emancipation re
clamation only a dream. Radio is the
realization of man's supreme eman
cipation. "My good wife, like your own, is
away on a vacation. I must close
now and hunt ud a radio sending station."
Randall Has Lead
of 886 in Returns
From All Counties
Randolph Man Safely Ahead
With Complete Count Sent
in by Telegraph to As
sociated Press.
Official returns telegraphed to the
Associated Tress from every county
in the state gave Charles H. Randall
Randolph 49,507 votes for the re
publican gubernatorial nomination, as
compared to 48,621 for Adam Mc-
Mullcn of Beatrice, Mr. Randall's
nearest contestant.
It is not believed the official fig
ures given by telegraph will vary
greatly from those mailed by the
various counties to the secretary of
state at Lincoln, as there was very
little difference in the unofficial vote
as reported county by county by the
Associated lJress shortly alter the re
cent primary, and the official vote
reported today. The possibility, how
ever, of small errors in telegraphic
transmission is involved, but ooliti'
cians who have watched the progress
of this hotly fought contest do not
think such mistakes, if any, can ma
terially change th? standing of the
candidates. ' ; .
The race between Mr. Randall and
Mr. McMullen was unusual in that
it was so closelv run that it reauired
nearly every one of the state's 1,913
precincts to determine which of them
was ahead. For a time during the
progress or the unofficial vote only
one and two votes separated the two.
The small difference between the
votes for the two is illustrated by the
official returns by telegraph from
each county in the state, as follows:
Countlc. Randall. McMullen.
Adams, .
Antelope
Arthur . .
Banner . .
812
80S
61
121
Ot
763
427
62
102
102
756
522
274
429
963
284
478
440
286
198
190
407
667
138
369
879
160
275
651
197
247
660
6,205
168
569
201
619
540
2.504
222
172
233
Blaine
Roone J, 081
Box Butte
39H
440
408
1,145
799
315
Boyd
Brown ....
Buffalo . . .
Burt
Butler ....
Cass ,
S77
redar 1,309
Chase 138
Cherry 276
Cheyenne 562
Clay 490
Colfax 248
Cuming 3:H
Custer ., 820
Dakota 69(1
Dawes 329
Dawson 714
Deuel 279
Dixon 927
Dodge 880
Douglas 7,053
Dundy 173
Fillmore 622
Franklin 87
Frontier 25
Furnas 35R
Gage 728
Garden Ififi
Garfield 63
Gosper 117
Grant 51
Greeley 88
Hall 559
Hamilton 4 Si;
45
97
651
558
Harlan
170
245
Hayes
Hitchcock
Holt
Hooker . .
Howard ..
Jefferson
Johnson .
Kearney .
41
145
762
87
114
409
393
201
308
71
230
677
56
263
857
895
290
401
122
299
257
3.476
957
137
42
96
773
469
355
365
799
50
785
1,018
87
280
243
468
255
370
815
199
780
275
661
1.152
928
372
194
151
114
682
119
216
473
413
218
631
109
809
4a, 621
Keitn
Keya Paha 148
Kimball . .-. 402
Knox 946
Lancaster 8,490
Lincoln 708
Logan 1R4
Loup 39
McPherson
lladison 1,376
Merrick 505
Morrill 337
Nance 403
Nemaha 2 7
Nuckolls 272
Otoe 451
Pawnee 368 '
Perkins 121
Phelps 269
Pierce "51
Platte 806
Polk 18
Red Willow 245
Richardson 80s
Rock 232
Saline 559
Sarpy 287
Saunders 523
Scotts Bluff 1.250
Reward . .....'... 776
Sheridan 667
Sherman 1"
Sioux 1511
Stanton
Thayer 485
Thomaa ....... 98
Thurston "9
Valley 21
Washington 17
Wayne
Webster 369
Wheeler Jl
York 733
Totals U.5Q7
Fighting in South Ireland.
Dublin. Tulv 29. (Bv A. P.)
The principal fighting in the south
at present is taking place around
Kilmallock and today's news would
seem to indicate that the town may
fall at any moment. With Kilmal
lock in the hands of the free state
troops. Mallow and Fermoy may be
the scene of the next irregular stand
in which both flanks would be en
dangered. The irregulars are expect
ed to fight desperately to avoid such
a catastrophe,
Main Service Affected
Omaha Strike
Chief Called to
Harding Meet
Furge Summoned for Confer
ence; Guards to Chadron;
Ammunition ArriVes; In
junction Granted.
Official 'notice for B. H. Furse,
president of Union Pacific federation
of shop crafts, to be in Chicago for a
conference on President Harding's
proposals for a settlement of the shop
men s strike, was received m Omaha
yesterday morning. , j
President Furse is one of trie 30
members of the executive board, di
vision No. 1. He is now in the west,
inspecting various strike centers on
the Union Pacific system.
Other system federation officials
here expressed confidence that Presi
dent Harding has taken the proper
step to settle the railway walkout.
Governor McKelvie announced in
Lincoln yesterday that the state has
sent 25 deputies to Chadron to
guard the Northwestern shops there.
These deputies are ex-sheriffs and
peace officers from all parts of the
state.
A shipment of 100 guns, holsters
and ammunition for equipment of
deputy United States marshals as
signed to strike duty was received
yesterday by Marshal Dennis Cronin.
The Missouri Pacific railroad ob
tained from Federal Judge Wood
rough yesterday a restraining order
against striking employes. Affidavits
of Ralph L. McKay, Hotel Castle,
that he was restrained by strikers
from entering the Missouri Pacific
shops in North Omaha, and J. A.
Cathers, Falls City, that he was
forced to leave town by threats of
violence, were attached to the appli
cation. ,
A resolution by railway trainmen
meeting in the Swedish auditorium
Thursday night assuring moral and
financial aid to the striking shop
men was received by H. E. Gates, lo
cal strike chairman, yesterday, to
gether with a money donation.
Money and food donations are being
received for the strikers in large
quantities, according to Chairman
Gates.
Memorial Engravings i
Being Issued by Legion
Relatives of soldiers who died in
France are receiving from Douglas
County post, American Legion, me
morial engravings signed by Sam W.
Reynolds, commander, and Harry C.
Hough, adjutant.
The gifts bear the following note:
"Given in deepest sympathy by
Douglas County post of the Ameri
can Legion to (the name of the near
est relative) of (the name of the de
ceased soldier with his rank, name,
outfit and branch of service), who
responded to the call of his country
in its time of need."
Former Omahan Is Dead.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 29.-(Special.)
George G. Stumbo, 88, former resi
dent of Omaha and halls Lity, NeD..
died Wednesday night at his home
m Livonia, N. Y., to which he re
turned 12 years ago. He is survived
by his widow, who was Harriet A.
Johnston of Falls City, and four
children.
Official return of the primary
in Douglas county, which were
completed late yesterday after
noon in the office of Election
Commissioner W. D. McHugh,
will be found on Page 9.
(Cpplfrlsht, IKS.)
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Body Is Rescued
from Clinic by
Four Brothers
Relatives Discover Mistake in
Identity of Douglas
County Farm
Inmate.
The body of William H. Helm, 57,
who died April 22 at the Douglas
county farm under an assumed name
and is said to have been the owner of
considerable property in St. Joseph,
Mo., was rescued yesterday from the
clinic of Nebraska university.
Vernon Helm, a brother, of James
ville, la., yesterday afternoon was
on his way to Waterloo, la., to see
three other brothers and raise a fund
of $300 to take their dead brother
there for burial.
Helm gave the name of John Helm
at the county farm.
Mistake in Identity.
John Helm, 1321 South Twenty
fifth avenue, chef at the Fontenelle
hotel, is a nephew who has lived
estranged from his uncles.
After the death of William Helm,
his body was taken in charge by the
Hulse-Rieperi Undertaking company
and a telegram was sent to the Wa
terloo and Jamesville uncles about
the death of "John" Helm;
They disdained a reply, and the
body was delivered to the university
clinic. v
Mixup Untangled.
Then John Helm was seen walk
ing on the streets of Omaha and the
uncles received a letter from a friend
asking "How come?"
Vernon Helm rushed to Omaha to
investigate and Police Officer Al Sin
clair untangled the mixup.
"But we have been unable 'to learn
why he went to the county farm,"
Vernon Helm said. "He had lived
several years in St. Joseph and ac
cumulated considerable property. He
never let us know about his condi
tion." Additional Steel Mills
Closed Due to Coal Famine
Youngstown, O., July 29. The
open hearth department of the Brier
Hill Steel company here, including
11 furnaces, has been shut down, it
was annouiiaad at the company's of
fice. Six of the furnaces, however,
will be started again Sunday night.
The six to resume use natural gas
as fuel. The shutdown is due to
the coal shortage.
The Youngstown Sheet and Tube
company, which until the present has
been enabled to keep up a high oper
ating schedule because of its heavy
coal reserve, will bank one of its four
blast furnaces. The Republic Iron
and Steel company announced clos
ing of one pipe furnace and of a
plate mill.
Horse Declared "Ringer"
Is Spirited From Track
CJeveland, O., July 29. War Re
lief,' the runner accused of being a
"ringer" at Maple Heights Thurs
day, was mysteriously spirited away
from the track late Thursday night
and because of that suspicious act
the management of the track has re
opened the investigation of the horse
that it inaugurated when tipped that
the filly might be a ringer.
4 Killed in Airplane Wreck
Berlin, July 29. The pilot and
three passengers, the latter believed
to be Americans, were killed in the
crash of a German postal air
plane at Boutzeenburg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
by Strike
Warden Koster
Launches Drive
to Save Chickens
Game Wardens Aire Rushed
to Western Nebraska Fol
lowing Reports of Ruth
less Slaying.
Lincoln. July 29. (Special.)
George Koster, state fish, and game
warden, opened a drive today on
game law violators in the sand hill
country, when he sent five extra
deputies to that country and an
nounced he would send five more
next week.
"It has been reported that they are
shooting prairie chickens out there
now," Koster said. "This is the sea
son that the young chickens are un
able to fly any lenath and killing
them is not sport.1 It is cold-blooded
murder.
"There are more chickens in Ne
braska this year than in the last 10
years and we're going to do every
thing possible to protect them. The
large number in that country his
summer no doubt is spurring hunt
ers into starting out before the sea
son opens and before the chickens
are old enough to give them real
sport."
Koster is dividing the sand hill
country into distircts and will appor
tion certain counties to his deputies
who work in pairs. The deputies em
played today are in addition to regu
ler deputies who are now in the sand
hill country.
"These men will remain on duty
during the open season as well as
now, Koster said, "and they have
been instructed to inspect hunting
camps during the season to ascertain
if more game is in camp than the law
permits. There can ' be 10 prairie
chickens and grouse in a camp at one
time and SO ducks. Also we intend
to prosecute those found in a camp
who have permitted game killed to
spoil."
The open season on ducks and
geese opens September 16 and closes
December 31. The season on grouse
and prairie chickens opens October 1
and ends November 1.
Anderson Spent $1,280
to Secure Nomination
Lincoln, July 29. (Special.) Wal
ter L. Anderson, Lincoln, successful
candidate for the republican nomina
tion for congress in the hirst district,
spent $1,280 in" his campaign, accord
ing to a filing of expenses. He makes
the following comment in his state
ment relative to the existing cam
paign expense law:
"I cannot see why the law should
require publicity as to the advertis
ing expense of a candidate, which he
could not hide if he wanted to. and
omits so many matters which are
capable of being hidden."
Adam McMullen, republican can
didate for the gubernatorial nomina
tion, puts $906 as the expenses of his
campaign. C W. Taylor, one of the
defeated nonpolitical candidates for
state superintendent, spent $1,296 in
his campaign.
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Seniority Issue Scouted
San Francisco, July 29. The
striking railroad shopmen in the ,
west are willing to return to work
under the reduced scale promulgated
by the railroad labor board on condi- j
tion that such reduction is "immedi
ately reconsidered and negotiations
opened to modify it" by the board,
L. S. Gordon, secretary of the Fed-
eration of Railway Employes of the
Southern Pacific company, said here.
"We will make no further concei-
sions," Gordon said.
Gordon referred to the .insistence
of the carriers that they will not
recognize orior priority rights of the
strikers aJ "camouflage.''
"The men who were hired to take
the places of the strikers will be re
leased when the strikers return, be
cause they are not mechanics, so
what docs their seniority amount
to?" he said.
Gordon said that Ray Focht, Los
Angeles, general chairman of the
electrical workers, and W. A. Mc
Carthy, El Paso, gneerat chairman of
the sheet metal workers, left for
Chicago upon summons from B. M.
Jewell, the national strike leader, to
attend a conference relative to con
sidering plans to end the strike.
Prospects for Peace
in Rail Strike Brighter
Chicago, July 29. (By A. P.)
The conference table stage of the
railroad strike apparently . has been
reached and today, as the suspension
enters its fifth week, peace is in
prospect.
Confidence was expressed in rail
circles this morning that the next
week would bring about the long
hoped for resumption, and the begin
ning of a move toward normal in the
transportation field.
The settlement plan drawn up by
President (Harding is to be con- '
sidercd at separate meetings of rail
road executives and union officials
at New York and Chicago next
Tuesday and it was regarded as- ali 4
most certain that the meetings would
end the strike.
Details Withheld.
Details 'of the plan were still with
held today, but the president was said
to feel that they offered a basis upon
which the two sides should be able
to come to an agreement.
After announcing that the general
J strike committee of the shopcrafts'
unions wouiu De convenea in cm-
cago to consider the proposals on the
same day the rail heads meet in
New York for that purpose, B. M.
Jewell, leader of the shopmen, left
Washington for Chicago last night,
apparently prepared to recommend
favorable action by the committee. . '
The spokesmen of the rail execu
tives who have conferred with the
president indicated that the seniority
issue was a doubtful point in the
Harding proposal, but added that
the difficulty was by no means insur
mountable. ,
Settlement of Grievances.
While the president's plan was not
made public it was learned from au
thoritative sources that it embraced
settlement of all strikers' grievances
except the wage question, which
would be submitted to the railroad
labor board for a rehearing.
Under the plan outlined the rail
roads stand for recognition of the
rights of men now at work would
be carried out. Union shopmen who
did not strike would be placed at
the head of the railroad seniority
lists.
Union shopmen who went on
'Torn to hn T. Oolumr Eight.)
Rural Mail Carrier at
Sterling Badly Injured
Tecumseh, Neb., July 29. (Special
Telegram.) Robert Sick, rural mail
carrier at Sterling, is in a Lincoln
hospital suffering injuries from a
kick from his trotting horse or from
being thrown from the sulky.
He was found at the roadside half
a mile west of Sterling Friday night
in a semi-conscious condition. His
nos? and jawbone 'were broken, some
teeth out, flesh of face lacerated and
his lip torn and cut. Sick could not
say what had happened. , The horse
and sulky were there, with no evi
dence of a runaway. The man's
father, Rev. C. Sick, and Will Ehmen
took the injured man to a Lincoln
hospital at midnight.
Attempt on Life of Poincare
Plotted in Berlin, Report
Paris, July 29. (By A. P.)-The.
French government, it was made
known yesterday, has received what it
considers absolutely trustworthy in
formation that an attempt against the
life of Premier Poincare is being
plotted in German monarchist circles.
Hughes to Sail on Shipping
Board Ship to South America
Washington. July 29. Secretary
of State Hughes, who wilt head the
official mission from the United States
to the Brazilian Centennial exposi
tion, has decided to go to Rio de
Janeiro on a shipping board vessel
instead of on a naval Tegs el, '