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The Omaha Morning 'Bee VOL 62 NO. 45. (Mm m tMeiM4 mmim in sa, imm. m Saoao P. 0. ? Art 1 Iwt 1 14t, OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1922. Mill (I rtl Belb too Seieif. Ml , Il.lt. MX . OtMH II 411 MM 0 rWII Pally-MS IHt Mlfc It. TWO CENTS Thompson Leading in Ohio. Vote Administration and Dry Can didate Leads Two to One in Early; Primary Returns. Progressive Is Third Columbus, O., Aug. 8. (By A. P.) -iai j returns irum toaay a eiaic wide primary election in Omio how ed Carmi A. Thompion of Cleveland, a former senator of the United States aand organization candidate, leading by a big margin in the nine-cornered contest for the republican nomination for governor. This race developed the two main issues o fthe campaign, progressiveisra and prohibition. Betidri being an organization man Thompson had the strong endorse ment of the Anti-Saloon league. Senator Atlce Pomerene had bet ter than a two to one lead on the same returns over his opponent, For mer Congressman John J. Lentz of Columbus, who had the endorsement of organized labor. Conrcssman S D. Fcss former chairman of the national republican congressional committee, had a Sub stantial lead in the early tabulation over his three opponents, former Senator Charles Dick of Akron; for mer Lieutenant Governor John H. Arnold of ColumVus, and David W. Wood, a civil war veteran of San dusky, for the republican senatorial nomination. Big Vote in Arkansas. Little Rock, Aug. 8. Scattering unofficial returns from 31 precincts in eight Arkansas counties give Gov ernor T. C. McRae, candidate for the democratic nomination for governor, 1.104 votes and E. P. Toney, 686. Early reports indicate an unusually large vote. The normal democratic vote in Arkansas is about 150,000. Brandon Leads in Alabama.. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 8. (By A. P.) scattered newspaper returns front, 25 counties tonight indicated that Wv W. Brandon was leading Bibb Graves for governor in eachVsf these counties. Charles S. McDowell had a long lead for lieutenant governor in these counties, early returns indicated. Scattered returns in the Eighth eon- fressionaj district indicated that Representative Ed B. Almbn was leading Mrs. W. B. Edmundson. A record vote was polled in today's primary. then May Attempt to . Starve Sun Yat Sen Pekin, Aug.: 8. (By A. P.) China's parliament, resuming today the sittings begun August 1, after a lapse of nearly five years due to in ternal disorders, faced strong repre sentatives for the adoption of a con stitution as speedily as may be. Li Yuan-Hung, president, and Wu Pei Fu, the man whose military successes paved fthe way . for Li's resumption of the office, whence he was ousted in 1917, both have gone on record as favoring an organic law patterned after that of the United States. Canton, Aug. 8. (By A. P.) Lokchong,' about 30 miles north of Chiuchow and 130 miles north of Canton, has been captured by the Chen Chiung-Ming forces opposing the expedition which has been driv ing 'southward in an effort to re capture Canton for Sun Yat-Sen, de posed president of the southern re public. Although Canton is in possession of Gen. Chen, Sun Yat-Sen has re mained in the harbor aboard his cruiser, the Wingfung. It is reported however, that. Chen now is formu lating plans to starve out Sun by blockade and perhaps to capture him. Friends of Einstein Insist He Stay Hidden Berlin, Aug. 8. (Jewish Tele graphic Agency.) Friends of Pro fessor Albert Einstein insist upon his remaining abroad, where he is under stood to be hiding from the "Deutsche Nationale" plotters, by whom he has been blacklisted, to gether with a number of others. The fear of Professor Einstein's ' friends is justified in the opinion of The Berlin Tageblatt, whose editor, Theodore Wolff, is included in the monarchists' blacklist. "Professor Einstein's continued concealment is advisable," The Tageblatt declares, "because the assailants of Maxmitian Harden and Mathias Erzberger have not been . apprehended. Professor Einstein's enforced absence is a blot on the German name and honor." Big G. O. P. Vote Gave Reed Victory, Declares Long St Louis, Aug. 8. Breckenridge Long, defeated by Senator James A. Peed for the democratic senatorial nomination at last Tuesday's pri mary, today issued a statement say ing he will neither ask a recount nor file a contest. Declaring he still considered him self the choice of the democrats of Missouri for the senatorial toga, the former third assistant secretary of state declared between 40.000 and 0,000 republicans voted in the dem ocratic primary, but "owibg to a de fective primary law, there is no legal remedy.' Reed's plurality was ap proximately 6,000. Men Plead Guilty Moberly, Mo, Aug. 8. Walter Bundridge. former president, and his brother, Verne Bundridge, , former cashier of the defunct Farmers and Merchants' bank here, pleaded guilty to embezzling $400,000 from the bank, and were sentenced to 10 and five years, respectively, in. the penitentiary. Quick Wit of Farmer Boy Savei Passenger Train From Disaster Ton du Lac, Wis, Aug. 8. The quick wit and presence of mind of an unknown hero a farmer hoy savea a speeding imcsko & .North western passenger tram, carrying many wciimy reciUCMS irom IM' eago and other points to summer homes at Green Lake, from plung ing into a deep creek early yeiter day, 11 miles west of here. The heavy tram was speeding westward when the boy, who had noted the washing away of a bridge on the right ol way, flagged the tram. 'He then started on his way, det taring that he "had a date with his girl and had to hurry." Before anyone could secure his name he had disappeared in the storm. The heavy rains had wa:hed out the bridge and also several sections of track. Lewis Predicts End of Coal Mine Strike This Week Plan to Be Considered Tomor row Calls for Re-Establish' ment of Wage. Contracts That Expired March 31. Cleveland, O., Aug. 8. (By A. P.) With a definite program for end ing the soft coal strike ready for consideration tomorrow, the joint conference of the leaders of the striking union miners and coal operators today marked time await mar the expected arrival of ' other operators, especially those of Jilt' nois and Indiana. In addition. operators were expected from sev eral other states for the program contemplated"" a settlement on sub stantially a national basis. No sessions of the joint conference was held today and interest was cen tered largely-in Chicago ana Indian apolis, where operators were expected to de termine who would attend the conference t o - morrow. President John L. Lewis of the miners and lead ers among the operators here were optimistic regarding the probability of a settlement. Mr. Lewis has John L. Lewis, expressed the opinion that this week will see the end of the bituminous coal contro versy. an for Settlement. In brief the program for settle ment called for re-establishment of the wage contracts that expired March 31, and the creation of an ad visory commission of inouirv through whose influence it was expected that future disputes would be settled without strikes. The re-established wage contracts would continue in force until next April 1, and mean while the commission would draft recommendations for future con tracts. . The "check off" system of operators collecting union dues would remain through the re-estab- (Torn to Page Two, Column Two.) Rural Mail Carriers of State in Convention Central City, Aug. 8. (Special.) Nebraska rural mail carriers closed a two-day convention here today. About 100 carriers were present. E. H. Bishop, local postmaster; Attorney J. H. Grosvenor, formerly postmaster at Aurora, and .W. H. James, member of the executive board of the. national association, were among the spakers. ; Robert Rice, president of the Business Men's club, welcomed the delegates to the city. Nebraska Youth Killed in Ball Game i Albion, Neb., Aug. 8. (Special.) Leonard Green, a youth of this city, was almost instantly killed dur ing a baseball game at Bradish, a town near here, when a pitched ball struck him near the heart. Young Green crumpled to the ground .and died a few moments after being struck. The ligaments around his heart were torn loose by the impact of the ball. Father of 8 Children Slain. Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 8. Po lice today were searching for a man responsible for the fatal shooting on Third East street here hrte last night of P. M. Keysor, a dentist. Keysor, the father of eight children, was attacked as he was on his way home after a night of laboratory work in the dental office of his brother, Dr. E. M. Keysor. vi" s The Best Place to Offer Your Used Cars for Sale is in The Used Car Market of Omaha, the "Automobile for Sale" column of The Omaha Bee "Want" Ads. The Market Place -vhich is "open for business" every day which offers daily a wide and varied choice of real bargains to the prospective buyer -and which is attended by members in thousands of homes in Omaha, twice every week-day. and once on Sunday. Meet these Buyers and Seller through the "Want" Ad columns of The Omaha Morning Bee THE EVENING BEE (two papers for the price of one). Loophole in Mathews Case Found Omaha Banker Who Admitted Embezzlement May Obtain freedom rro- e -AT St ahVr.j -'elective LiVisy . 8.-fSDecial Tele. gram.,v ' '.ding satisfactory bond is proa ,u in Douglas county dis trict court tomorrow, Willard V, Mathews, former president of the Pioneer State bank of Omaha, will walk from the Nebraska state peni tentiary a free man after serving five months of a sentence of from one to 10 years for embezzlement The length of his freedom will de pend upon the rapidity with 'which the supreme court disposes of a writ of error filed with that court today by attorneys for Mathews. In the writ it is charged that the statute under which he pleaded guilty was repealed by the legislature when it enacted a new statute covering em bezzlement without putting a clause continuing the old law in effect as to offenses already committed. After the writ was filed the su preme court issued an order admit ting Mathews to such treatment as the Douglas county district court sees fit. An attorney left for Omaha with the order this afternoon. His. attorneys say there is a fed eral charge against Mathews as result of a federal probe of the Pio neer failure and it may be necessary to file a bond' to cover' that charge. Mathews started serving his sen tence February 25. He has been a "trusty." and from time to time has asserted his innocence, explaining that he pleaded guilty in order to save money for friends who were involved in the bank with him. Hale Withdraws Financial Bid to Grain Growers Reorganization Plans to Have Marketing Machine in . Operation by Sep tember 1. Chicago, Aug. 8. Reorganization of the United States Grain Growers, Inc.. with resignation of all officers, includes abandonment of the Offer by B. F. Hale. Chicago broker, to fi nance the marketing system of the grain growers, it was learned today, Mr. Hale offered to back the gram growers to the extent of $1,000,000 in purchasing a seat on the board of iraae ana esiaDiisning rnariceiing la cilitics, but the agreement was aban doned. . 1 . .-tl" ,. xf f - C. E. Gunnels, now treasurer of the grain growers, announced today that since the reorganization,' plans had been effected to enable members of the grain growers to market their grain through the new machine by September 1. Selling arrangements will be completed at terminal mar kets within the next week or two, it was said. Bernard M. Baruch, New York fi nancier: Alexander Legge. president of the International Harvester com pany, and Frank C. Wetmore, presi dent of the First National bank of Chicago, were added to the advisory board by the reorganization, and Sec retaries Wallace and Hoover of Pres ident Harding's cabinet were invited to became ex officio members. E. H. Cunningham, secretary of the Iowa State Farm Bureau federa tion, becomes president of the new organization, and the other new offi cers are: vice president, H. L. Keefe, Walthill,Neb.; secretary, J.H. Mehl, Chicago; treasurer, C. E. Gunnels, Chicago. ' J. W. Coverdale. E. H. Cunning ham and W. S. Hill, all state farm bureau officials, formed the investi gating committee which recommend ed the new plans. Presidents of the farm bureau organizations, in eight middle-west states were added to the new board, of directors. 1 os Angeles Man Gets Italian Decoration Los Angeles, Aug. 8. David E. Havden has received his third dec oration for bravery in the world war. Through Cavalier hnrico Tiana, Italian consul, Italy has presented to Hayden the Italian Merito Di Guerra for his gallantry in rescuing a wounded comrade, despite a wither ing hail of machine gun bullets, at the battle of Thiaucourt, in Septem ber, 1916. Nebraska Statutes Now Being Printed ae-aaBaMaaW Lincoln. Aug. 8. (SueciaO H. C. Lindsay, state librarian, announced today that copies of Nebraska ready for sale within two weeks For several years no attempt was nude to compile the statutes into rne book and after cich session of the legislature a separate book was printed containing laws passed by that legislature. This made necessary me use ot numerous books in look ing up laws. The republican legislature took hold of the proposition and provided tor the printing of an up-to-date statute book, containing all laws in one volume. The book contains J,Z40 pages.. Sugar Tariff Is Increased: Potash Is Free Bounty It Denied Producers of Chemical Manufac turers Buy Supplies in Europe. Washington, Aug. 8. The senate approved today an increase of 3-10 of a cent a pound in the tariff on sugar; rejected a plan for a government bounty of $9,500,000 for domestic potash producers and rescinded its former action in voting an Impost of 2 cents a pound on white arsenic. Potash and white arsenic were placed on tne nee list. The sugar rate of 2.3 cent a pound was a compromise between the 2.5 cent duty urged by Louisiana cane and western beet sugar producers: and the 2 cents proposed by the house and approved by the finance committee majority. It was J-lOths of a cent above the tariffin the ex isting emergency act and 1.05 cents above that in the Underwood act, The compromise as offered by Sen. ator Smoot of Utah, ranking republi can on the iinance committee and was accepted by the same vote that the senate rejected the Z.5-cent duty, 37 to 35. Vote on Potash. The vote against the bounty on potash was 32 to 30, with 12 re publicans opposing and three demo crats supporting. The republicans: Borah, Capper, Cummins, Edge, Jones of Washing ton. Lenroot. Mccormick, Oddie, Sterling, Townsend, Wadsworth and Willis. The democrats were: Jones of New Mexico, Kendrick and Rans- dell. Before considering the bounty, the senate voted, 66 to I, to strike out the provision, by which the tariff duty would have been imposed on potasn for five years at the same rates that it was proposed to pay the bounty of 2J4 cents a pound for the first two years. Z cents for the third years, yi cents for the fourth year and 1 cent for the fifth year, "senator short- ridge, republican. California, alone voted against eliminating the duty, explaining that he thought the indus try should be fostered by a tariff and not by a federal bounty. Lenroot Fights Bounty. The committee substitute amend ment proposing to pay potash pro ducers a bounty over a period of five years led to a sharp fight, during which Senator Lenroot, republican, . t . . i 1 1 : Wisconsin, denounced inc proposi tion as one which would open tne door of the federal treasury for a steady drain of the same sort in the future. "Adopt this amendment." he said, "and we embark on the sea of boun ties of which we may never return." Senator Smoot replied that as he saw the situation it was a question whether the United States was , to five its industry an opportunity to evelop or permit the German and French cartels to have compie te domination. The senate was told by the Utah senator that S. D. Crenshaw of Rich mond. V.a.. vice president of the Vir ginia-Carolina Chemical company, had made a deal whereby 34 Ameri can manufacturers of fertilizer hod signed contracts with the German and Frenech concerns for their entire supplies of potash for this year to the exclusion of American producers. Reed Raps Trust Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, declared that to him it was "utterly intolerable" that American manufac turers should be permitted to sign contracts with foreign concerns that would even have a tendency to ex clude American products from the American market. "That is trust practice in its worst form," he said, "and I think that any American manufacturer who would do it ought to be sent to toil for a good long term, because he not only is suppressing competition but doing it m the interest of foreign producers as against American producers. Under its unanimous consent agreement the senate tomorrow will dispose of amendments to the para graphs dealing with duties on hides, boots, shoes, leather and leather goods and then before recessing on Friday will dispose of the flexible tariff provisions proposing " broad power for the president over tariff rates and the amendments to the tariff commission act, the so-called scientific" tariff proposition. Japanese Clothing Buyers After Latest U. S. Fashions New York, Aug. 8. Three cloth ing buyers from Japan were among the passengers arriving aboard the Royal Mail liner Orduna from Ham burg. One of them Kanji Koiama, a clothing merchant of Tokio, said all three had been looking over4 the European market for women's $nd children's apparel, but had passed up even the French dressmakers for Jhe American market American women's styles are rap idly being adopted in the cities of Japan .according to Koima. There is a wide demand for American and European clothing for Japanese children, Wife of Striker Is Found Guilty Under Injunction Havelock Woman Fined $25 by Federal Judge for Paint : ing "Scab" on Neigh bor's Door. Lincoln, Aug. 8. (Special.) Fin ing Mrs. Charles L. Munson, pretty blonde wife of a Havelock railroad striker. $25 and costs for painting scab on the home of Mrs. John L Bilson, a neighbor whose husband continued working, and dismissing charges " filed against Henry Beltz and Conrad Debus, Lincoln strikers, charged with throwing gas in the face of Mrs. Henry Hitzer were high lights in hearings held today before Federal Judge J; W.' Woodrough in contempt cases growing ont of fed eral injunctions against excessive picketing. Mrs. Munson is the first person to suffer punishment for violation of the federal injunction in Nebraska, Fully a dozen strikers and their wives took the stand and testified that at the time the Bilson home was paint ed Mrs. Munson was at labor temple. Mrs. Bilson was the only government witness. Wrong Men Taken. Following several hours spent in hearing testimony in the case of Beltz and Debus, Judge Woodrough asserted he doubted whether the right men had been apprehended. However, a dastardly, cowardly and shameful crime was committed in this attack upon the mother of five children and any cause guilty of having its followers perpetrate such a crime is injured." Judge Woodrough said. The case against Amos swaha of Ravenna was dismissed for lack of evidence to substantiate the charge he beat a man desiring to work. Swaha was the only witness. He. said the man who made the com plaint called him the "fighting name." Guard Threatened. Phil Krumm. Krumm, Lincoln, a striker, was arrested today charged with threatening the life of a North western guard. He was arraigned before Judge Woodrough and releas ed on ?500 bond. Other cases will be tried tomor row. 1 he courtroom was packed with strikers and strike sympathizers. Deputy United States Marshal J. C. McClung announced that railroad at torneys prepared all cases and a deputy federal attorney conducted prosecution at request of Judge Woodrough. "Prince Henri Louis" ' Believed Factory Hand Boston, Aug. 8. "Prince Louis Henri de Bourbon," who left a glit tering Russian uniform behind in his New York apartment when the police went there to find out whether he was riot in fact HaroI3 Schwann, a New Britain (Conn.) .factory, hand, was being sought by Boston police officers on suspicion of bigamy. Officers were at work checking up reports that four women had been married to the man at various times in a career that included a job as a dishwasher at the Tunton insne hos pital; that the first wife was said to be Miss Ethel Abets of New Britain, Conn., whom the "baron" "is alleged to have married in Hartford in 1918, and the second wife, Miss Catherine Lynn of that city, a department store cashier. The third is reported to have been a nurse in the Taunton insane hospital, and the fourth a Brooklyn (N. Y.) girl who was em ployed in the Metropolitan hospital on Welfare island, , His Favorite Book Tomorrow Is Last Day to Try for Editorial Prize Contributions Mailed Before Midnight of Thursday Will Be Eligible for Award Money. ., Tomorrow Is the last day to enter an editorial in The Omaha Bee's -editorial-writing contest, for prizes of $25, $15 and $10. Editorials mailed before midnight tomorrow will be considered. The three bet editorials submitted to this paper will be judgd in com petition with editorials from 23 other papers in Nebraska and the three considered best, of all will be awarded grand prizes of $100, $50 and $25 by The Omaha Bee. The writers will also : be brought to Omaha and will be guests of honor at a banquet to. be given by The Omaha Bee to tne Nebraska Press association September 1. It isn t too late yet to write an editorial. Make it 100 to 500 words in length, write on one side of the paper, on any topic, and place your name, address and occupation on the upper left corner. Address Editorial Contest The Omaha Bee. No em ployes of newspapers can enter this contest. The Omaha Bee is conducting also a separate editorial-writing contest exclusively for men and women em ployed on Nebraska newspapers. Prizes are $100, $50 and $25 in that contest York Truck Driver Struck by Train York, Neb., Aug, 8. (Special.) Charles Hacker was probably fatal ly injured when his truck was struck by a Burlington & Quincy train on the branch road north of here this afternoon. Hacker was hauling sand on the Meridian highway graveling project and as he neared the rail road crossing a cornfield obstructed his view. The truck was smashed into splinters and Hacker was hurl ed 10' feet. The engine was slightly damaged and the tram was delayed. Hacker is in a hospital here suffer ing from internal injuries. Mexican Captain Playing William Tell Shoots Woman El Paso, Tex., Aug. 8. Captain Roberto Bravado - shot and killed Mrs. Eomeli De Lo Rosa at Santa Rosalia, Chihuahua, while playing William Tell, according to travelers who reached Juarez. The captain snapped a telephone wire with a bul let from his pistol, shattered an elec tric light globe and shot a glass from Mrs. De La Rosa's hand. "Let's see you shoot this hat off my head," said the woman, placing the captain's cap on her head,' ac cording to the story. The captain pulled the trigger and the woman fell with a bullet in her brain. The of ficer was arrested. . Mathilde Shops in Paris. Paris, Aug. 8. Miss Mathilde lie Cormick spent most of her time yes terday in Paris shops making a large number of purchases preparatory to going to Switzerland Wednesday or Thursday. She and her father, Harold F. Mc Cormick of the International Har vester company, both maintained silence concerning future plans and refused to distuss a report that Mathilde was buying her trousseau for her mariage to Max Oser. Swiss riding master. t- L Bumper Crops Are Forecast by Government Favorable Growing Conditions in July Cause Prediction of Record Yield of Corn in United States. ' Washington, Aug. SV-(By A. p) Bumper rops in general this year, resulting from highly favorable grow ing conditions during July, was indi cated by the government's August crop report, issued today. A 3,000,000,000-bushel corn crop, for the fourth time in the history of tarming in the united States, was forecast. A record crop of hay, estimated at 93,100,000 tons, , is being harvested, surpassing the record made in 1919 by 1,300,000 tons. The second largest cro of white potatoes ever grown was reported in prospect,- the total production being forecast at 440,000,000 bushels, or 2,000,000 bushels less than the record crop of 1917. . Sweet Potato Record. Sweet potato production this year will probably make another record, according to the August forecast, which equals the record crop of 1920. The fourth largest crop of tobacco ever grown is forecast with a total production of 1. 425.000.000 pounds. Another 200,000,000 bushel crop of apples, the 11th in 33 years, is indi cated with this year's production more than double that of last year. Peaches are a plentiful crop with a total production this year second only to the record year of 1915. July Weather Helps. - July weather influence on the growing crops was said to have been extremely beneficial, as indicated by the increases in forecast of produc tion this month as Compared with those of a month ago. Soring wheat showed an increase in its production forecasts amounting to 15,000,000 bushels; corn. 157,000,000 bushels,; oats, 64,000,000 bushels; barley, 000.000 bushels; white potatoes, 11, 00,000 bushels; tobacco, 10,000,000 pounds; apples, 12.000.000 bushels, and peaches, 1,700,000 bushels. The-ffreat corn croo made vast improvement during July in the lead ing producing states, the improve ment in- Kansas having been 30,000. 000 bushels over the July forecast; Missouri. 25,000,000 bushels: Illinois, 26.000,000 bushels, and Nebraska, 177,000,000 bushels. Iowan Kills Young Bride Then Ends His Own Llife Cedar Rapids. Ia.. Aug. 8. The too of her head blown off, Mrs. John Ross, beautiful young bride of threei months, was found lying beside the almost decapitated corpse of her hus band in their residence at Manches ter, la., this morning. Police believe Ross, who was 0I4 enough to be his wife's father, mur dered her in a fit of jealousy and ended his own life. The Weather Forecast Fair and warmer Wednesday. Hoarly Tenpormtart. S a. m. .. a. m. .. 7 a. m. .. 8 a. m. .. a. in. .. ..ST ..87 ..S ..S ..1 ..11 ..It 1 . Bl. tp.mu SP.Bb .., S p. m. p. m. 1 p. la. S p .m. , 1ft a. at. ... It a. at. .. It B Cheyenne Davenport Denver . . ...? Hlfheot Taeoday. TtlPoeMa .... T2 Rapid City 708alt LaVe .. ......SO Santa Fe .. . So Dodge City Lander .Sll Sheridan .a North Flatte HI Valentine IS President Seeks Aid in Strikes Congress Will Be Asked to Help in Crisis House Requested to Remain in Session. Sympathy Strike Loom By GRAFTON WILCOX. Omaha Bm learnt Win. Washington, Aug. 8. Balked at every turn in his efforts to compose the threatening industrial situation due to the coal and railroad strikes, President Harding is turning to con gress to help him in the crisis. The president today let it be known that he desires the house to remain in regular session when it re turns from recess next Tuesday in stead of carrying out its plan of fur ther recess to await senate action on the tariff ball. Notice to that effect already has gone from the White House to Republican Leader Mondell with the added suggestion that the president desires a full attendance. The president desires the help o! congress in the coal and railroad strike problem, now that alt his ef forts at mediation have failed or are about to fail, while the chiefs of all the railroad workers' organizations are speeding to Washington to dis cuss making the rail strikes more ef fective than ever. Seriousness Is Realized. Administration officials are not. trying to fool themselves over the latest move of the railroad shopmen's leaders in summoning the heads of the "big four" brotherhoods, the train operating unions, to conference here Friday. They realize that the next move will be to spread the strike to the train crews and to tie up transportation systems of the coun try. What the president's next more may be is not known, but in some official quarters it is predicted that his patience and conservatism in the crisis are about exhausted and that he is preparing to "use the big stick" to protect the welfare of the country. It is declared in some quarters that Mr. Harding's determination that congress be at hand next week indi cates clearly that he has in mind an appeal for legislative assistance and that this means he proposes to ask for authority to take over the rail roads and coal mines for government operation in the strike emergencies. It is further suggested that Mr.' Harding will ask congress to amend the transportation act to give the railroad labor board authority over issues arising during a strike, snch as the present question .pf..senjoritarii Discuss U. S4ContrbUt .: Discussing the probability of the government taking- over the rail roads, officials of the shopmen's or ganization said today that they would not return to work if, the government took over only a small number. If it should take over all of them they would return on terms stated by the president July 31. The prospect of a general trans portation tieup assumed a still more menacing aspect tonight as a result of the response of the various rail road labor organizations, not now on strike, to the appeal of the shopmen for support in making the strike more effective. Their replies to the call sent out by - the shopmen leaders indicated willingness to co-operate in what ever measures may be ,deemed nec essary to make the strike a success. Eleven of the 16 railroad labor unions have answered the telegram and an nounced their intention of participat-' ing in the conference in Washington Friday "to formulate a program hav ing for its purpose protection of the public, preservation of the. rail road industry and an honorable basis of settlement for the managers and the employes." Private as- (Tnrn to Pace Two, Column Two.) Leader of Fascist Orders Forces Disband Rome, Aug. , 8. (By A. P.) Benito Mussolini, leader of the fas cisti organization, has instructed the secretary general of the fascist to order, by telegraph, the demobiliza tion of alt the fascisti throughout Italy, it was announced today. German Cabinet Condemns French Action on Debts Berlin, Aug. 8. (By A. P.) The German cabinet after discussing the French "retortions" now being en forced for Germany's failure to promise payment in full of the pre war private debts owing to French men, 'voted to issue an informal statement condemning Premier Po incare's procedure, as illegal, es pecially in its relation to the Ver sailles treaty and the Franco-Ger man agreement concluded at Baden concerning titles to private prop erty. No official counter demonstration or formal protest is planned for the time being, as the government is ap parently desirous of awaitintr the outcome of the allied discussions in London. French Pilot in Glider Flies for 37 Seconds Clepmont, Ferrand, France, Aug. 8. (By A. P.) Flying for 37 sec onds in a glider. Pilot Boussoutrot raised the hopes of the spectators at Camp Mouillard yesterday when, for the moment, they thought a flight in a motorless airplane was a reality. Boussoutrot said that he landed intentionally, as his flight was only a qualifying flight, requiring that he remain in the air but 10 seconds. His machine was a biplane with fixed wings and flexible tips and weighed 300 pounds.