The Omaha . Morning Bee
VOL 62 NO. 46.
Ice Broken
in Mining
Deadlock
Both Union Chief and Ope r
ton Predict Coal Strike
Will Be Settled This
Week.
Illinois Holding Out
Omaha Ur .ur Wtr.
- Cleveland. Aug. 9. Coal operator!
and miners union officials were
thoruting that the ire is broken in
the bituminoui strike ami that the
next five) or-nx day will see re
sumption of mining well on its way.
J he producers -miners conference mrt
for five minutes this afternoon and
took mother 24 hours recess, in the
pope that the Illinois and Indiana
, Operators' association might change
ihjir minds and decide to participate.
Word over the "grapevine wis that
the Illinois producers are still stand
ing pat on their original attitude,
white the same goes for the Indiaju
crganizaiion, aim me wora now is
that J Thursday afternoon the con
ference "will begin to function." to
use the phrase of John L. Lewis, in
settlement of the mine suspension..
About 3l) per cent of the tonnage
of the central competitive field was
present at today's session, a total of
Vetween 55.000.000 and 60.000.000
1 'ons; the great bulk of it was from
. western Pennsylvania and northern
Ohio. .
Effect Settlement
'Washington, Aug. 9. Administra
tion officials, it was learned in an au
thoritatie quarter, confidently expect
a general settlement of the coal strike
before the end of the week.
' They are looking for a settlement
which will embrace all the operators
and miners to follow the conference
between 'mine leaders and a portion
of the operators now in progress at
Cleveland.
, The administration optimism is
based upon information receied from
confidential sources. The operators,
it is declared here, are known to be
far less antagonistic to a satisfactory
(compromise than they have been at
any time heretofore. The mine work
ers, as indicated by the leaders now
at Cleveland, are not disposed to sub
mit terms less drastic than those they
hae been insisting upon
. Influences at Work.
The information raaawa by the
president and his advisers is that
strong influences are at work among
the operators who compose the Na
tional Coal Operators' association in
or of accepting the following pro-
gram:
The restoration of last year's wage
scale until next March, with contin
uation of the "check-off" system.
Creation of a coal commission to,
investigate the coal situation and to
recommend a new agreement.
Postponement of further contro
versy until next spring. By that time
. the proposed investigation of the in
dustry w ill Jiavc been completed.
A. M. Ogle, president of the Na
tional Coal Operators' association,
who has opposed any compromise
which would continue the wage
. agreement covering the entire central
competitive field, is declared by the
administration's informants to be fa
vorable to the plan now outlined, and
willing to use his influence to bring
an end to the strike on this basis.
Senator Takes Hand.
: Senator McKinlcy, Illinois, it is
learned, also has interested himself in
the negotiations in behalf of the pro
posed agreement and through agents
m Illinois has been, in communica
. tion with leading Illionis operators.
Advices have reached him that of
ficers of the Illinois Coal Operators'
association are .inclined to enter an
i agreement tipon the terms proposed
provided it is generally accepted.
The reports to the president,' it is
'said, indicate the trend of sentiment
is ' favorable to the proposal so
strongly as to justify the expecta-
tinn that the end of the strike will
reached before Saturday. Just
1 how the settlement will be negotiated
I is a matter of detail not disclosed
here, but it is . confidently believed
that whatever agreement is reached
by the miners and independent op
erators at Cleveland will be followed
by a general agreement which will
permit immediate resumption of min
ing pn an expensive scale.
Harding Plans Action.
If these plans fail the president, it
Is declared, will remain determined
to force coal production. His plan
. will be to seize the mines and oper
ate them under protection of federal
troops. Unless the settlement comes
this week, the plan, officials here de
clare, will be put into operation as
.soon as possible.
: The president may await the re
turn of the house to get congres
sional sanction to the proceedings he
hrs in mind. The settlement negoti
ations now under way are said to
Uavc been carried on a large meas
ure by William A. Glasgow of Phila
delphia, a lawyer for the mine work
ers, and Ralph Crews of New York,
for the operators. Both have been in
Washington and at the Cleveland
conference and are ' in touch with
operators who declined to participate
in theCIeveland conference.
Relief Planned.
Relief for acute fuel shortages on
railroads in Illinois, New Jersey,
Michigan and the southwest was
planned by the president's central
coat distribution committee.
Primarily priority classifications j
. r:ndcr the interstate commerce com
'. mission's service order No. 23 were
.suggested as a means of Kettinsr fuel '
to the railroads, but it sw adecided
temporarily to leave the matter in
the hands of the committee's district
,4rganizaions because it was thought
time would be saved in supplying tbe
luel. , -
The committee bad tinder discis
sion the Question of the liability of
coal dealers on contracts where coal
is diverted to the use of railroads.
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Buckeye Slate G. 0. P.
Chooses Harding Man i
Administration
Candidate Wins
in Ohio Primaries
Carmi Thompson, Republican
Regulars Candidate, Given
Nomination for Governor
by Large Majority.
The republican regulars retained
their strong hold in Ohio, democrats
of the Buckeye state gave substantial
pluralities to organization candidates,
T, C. McRae, held a lead of more
than two to one over Judge E. P.
Toney for renomination in Arkansas,
and Judge W.'W.' Brandon was ap
parently the democratic nominee for
governor of Alabama, as a result of
yesterday's primaries in the three
states.
Republicans in Texas went into
their state convention at Fort Worth
today to make the full party slate
for the November election.
Columbus, O., Aug. 9. Candidates
favoring wine and beer and pro
gressivism within the republican
party went down to defeat in the
statewide primary election in Ohio,
according to returns early today
from more than 4,500 of the' 7,836
precincts in the state..
The nine cornered race for tHe re
publican nomination for governor
in which these issues were para
mount, aooarentlv was won by t
large majority by Carmi, A. Thomp
son of Cleveland, who was strongly
supported hy President Harding's
administration and . by the Anti-Saloon
lcasrue. Thomoson began life
as a coal miner, became wealthy in
oil, was elected "secretary of state,
later became treasurer of the United
States end now is engaged in the
iron ore' business.
Endorsement of Harding.
In nominating Thompson, Ohio
failed to join Indiana, Pennsylvania
and Iowa, in a list of progressive vic
tories. The outcome was considered
by many as a vote of confidence in
President Harding, himself an
Ohioan.
A. Vic Donahey of New Philadel
phia, who was the democratic nomi
nee for governor two years ago, will
again lead his party state ticket in
November, the returns indicated. He
had more than a two-to-one lead over
his nearest opponent, on returns from
4,129 precincts.
Senator Atlee Fomerene ot canton,
democrat, who was opposed both by
organized labor and by the Anti
Saloon lcairue. was' renominated for
the United States senate over former
Congressman John J. Lentz of Co
lumbus, who was strongly endorsed
by the big railroad brotherhoods. On
returns from 4,226 precincts, Pome
rene had .65.828 votes as compared
with 39,256 votes' for Lent, his only
opponent. .
Congressman bimeon u. ttss oi
Ycliow Springs, fqrmer college presi
dent,' and until recently 'chairman of
the republican national congressional
Committee, apparently had received
the republican nomination for sena
tor from a field of four contestants,
one of whom was former Senator
Charles Dick of Akron, author of the
Dick national guard act.
Like Pomerene, rcss was attacked
by organized labor, but he had the
Anti-Saloon league's support,
Coneression Charles L.. Knight ot
Akron, who made a spectacular bill
board and .newspaper campaign as a
"Roosevelt progressive." -was running
second ,to Thompson for the repub
lican gubernatorial nomination on
available returns this morning. C.
Homer Durand of Coshocton, who
declared for the return of wine and
beer, held fourth position.
All three of the candidates for the
democratic nomination for governor
were endorsed by the Anti-Saloon
league.
McRae Wins in Arkansas.
Little Rock. Ark.. Aug. 9. The
combined endorsement of labor, the
Ku Klux Klan and at least , a fai.v
percentage of the women's vote, ap
parently has swept the state in vic-
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shifted from its foundation. Neigh
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Senate Concurs in House Ac
tion, Taken Over Year Ago
in Kemoing Duty on
Hides and Leather.
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hc tariff free
' Vh thus lon-
tin. Imiir
Tnrrc was
vii hides and the
, 2b against the coni
" of 2 cents a pound on
.. pickled and 6 cents on
bide.
V Most of the marked lines which
have developed in. the senate during
the tariff fight disappeared on this
vote, b(ut about the only surprise
was that a majority of the republi
cans voted against making hides duti
able. Not only was there a split
among the majority leadership on the
question, but also in the finance
committee majority and even in the
republican agricultural tariff bloc,
which, through its chairman, Sen
ator Gooding of Idaho, had asked
for 2 cents on green hides and 0 on
dried hides.
Only two members of the finance
committee majority C u r t i s and
Smoot supported the duties while
four members Caldcr, Dillingham,
Frejinghuysen and Sutherland
voted against them. Chairman Mc-
Cumbcr and. Senator Watson of In-i
oiana, ine otner mcniDcrs present,
were paired and unable to -vote. Five
members of the tariff bloc broke
away on the ballot Spencer, Willis,
New, Keyes and Townscnd.
Smoot Proposal Adopted.
With hides sent back to the free
list, Senator Smoot, Utah, for the
committee, moved that the senate dis
agree to the amendment proposing a
rate of 12 cents a pair and 5 per cent
ad valorem on boots and shoes and
varying rates on band, rough and
sole leather, belting and harness
-leather and various other kinds of
this product. The motion prevailed
without a roll call and as a substitute
the senate approved the house prbvi
sion proposing a duty of 20 per cent
ad valorem on chamois skins, piano
forte, pianoforte action, player piano
action leather, enamed upholstery
leather and glove leather, finished in
the white or in the crust.
Without roll calls the senate then
cut froni4 to 3 percent the proposed
duty on bags, baskets, belts;- satchels,
card cases, pocketbpoks, jewel boxes,
portfolios and other boxes and cases
wholly or in chief value of leather.
On such articles permanently fitted
and furnished with traveling, bottle,
drinking, dining or luncheon, sewing,
manicure or sirir sets, the duty
was made 45 per cent ad valorem in
place of the 60 per cent originally
proposed.
Fight Against Duties.
In the six hours' debates which
preceded the vote Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts, the republican leader,
snd Senator Walsh of the same state,
a democratic member of the finance
committee, were found fighting side
by side against the duties.
Senator Lenroot, republican, Wis
consin, and Pomerene, democrat,
Ohio, also extended arguments
against removing hides from the free
list,, while Senators Bursum, repub
lican, New Mexico; Jones, demo
crat, New Mexico; McLumber, re
publican, -North Dakota, in charge
of the bill; Stanfield, republican,
Oregon, and Gooding supported the
committee's recommendation.
Senator Lenroot charged that 5 per
cent ad valorem protective duty pro
posed by boots and shoes was a
"bait to get votes for the tariff on
hides." ,
There was a sharp disagreement
between proponents and opponents
as to hpw much the proposed hide
duties ould increase the price of
shoes and as to whether the cattle
raisers the Chicago meat packers
would get the benefit from the tariff.
Opponents placed the increase on
shoes at from 20 cents a pair to 27
cents, while advocates said the in
creased cost would range from 3li
cents to 6 cents a pair.
North Platte Physician
Dies After Short Illness
.North Platte, Neb. Aug. 9.-(Spe-cial
Telegram.): Dr. Nicholas Mc
Cabe, 67, for 35 years a practicing
physician of this city and well known
in .state politics died after an illness
of several weeks ' He was active in
the business affairs of the commun
ity, served as mayor, was pwncr of
the hotel McCabe building and was
regarded as a foremost citizen. He
leaves a wife, three sons and a
daughter, the sons living at home
and the daughter a convent sister ati
Notre Dame. Ind.
Prompt Passage of Bonus
Is Predicted hy Watson
Washington, Aug. 8. Senator Wat
son, Indian, predicted yesterday the
senate will pass the long-delayed bo
nus bill in record time after the tariff
bill is disposed of. Four days, in his
opinion, will be sufficient time for
the senate to get the bonus bill over.
The Indiana senator made this pre
diction, despite the fact that efforts
of senate leaders behind the McCum
ber bill to induce the sponsors of
Other 'bonus measures to withdraw
them, have been unavailing.
Michigan Factories Used as
Shops for New York Central
Adrian, Mich., Aug. 9. Seven Ad
rian factories, in response to a re
quest from A. H. Smith, president of
the New York Central lines, have
agreed to allow the use of their
plants for car repair work until the
railroad has made an intended ex
pansion of its car shops here
OMAHA, THURSDAY.
alarmed at the severity of the tre
mor. Capt. J. H. Tudhope of the CarTa
diau government airdrome at High
rivrr was struck by lightning while
flying 4.00(1 feet above the Rockies.
rule he lay unconscious for two
minutes the plane glided swiftlty
down. It was 300 feet from the
ground when he recovered conscious
ness and saved himself,
State to Oppose
Mathews' Release
From Penitentiary
Judge Leslie Declines' to Fix
Bond for Ex-Banker After
, Talk With Assistant
Attorney General.
The path of Willard V. Mathews,
former president of the now defunct
Pioneer State bank, which yesterday
morning seemed to lead straight out
of the penitentiary, wound back with
in tho walls yesterday afternoon after
District Judge Leslie talked by tele
phone with Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Dorsey at Red Cloud. Neb.
"Wc want to contest letting Math
ews out on bond at all," said Judge
Dorsey. "In a case of that sort, where
a man pleaded guilty, we do not be
lieve he can be released by the su
preme court on bond even on a writ
of error. The writ of error, we under
stand, was issued bv a clerk in the
absence of most of the judges of thc
supreme court and we want time to
take the question up and argue it be
fore the supreme judges."
Judge Leslie said last night he be
lieved there was strength in Mr. Dor
sey's position.
He declined yesterday afternon to
fix a bond and postponed further ac
tion in the case till next Monday when
Judge Dorsey will be here to contest
Mathews' attempt for freedom.
Mathews was sentenced last Febru
ary to a term of one to 10 years in
the penitentiary after he had pleaded
guilty to a charge of embezzlement
from the Pioneer State bank.
His effort now to be released is
based on the theory that the law
under which he was sentenced was
"repealed by implication" when an
other law was enacted by the legis
lature, -February 25. 1921. .
J. S. McCarty of Lincoln, Mathews'
attorney, was here" to "have the bond
fixed yesterday. Mrs. Mathews also
was in court all morning anU ex
pected to go to "Lincoln with the bond
and welcome her, husband from the
penitentiary.
Gov. Allen Approves
Stand of Rail Chiefs
i
Oskaloosa, Kan., Aug. 9. Ap
proval of the stand of the railroad
executives' in demanding that the
seniority rights of the men now
working in the railroad shops be
protected was voiced here this after
noon by Governor H. J. Allen in an
address at the annual reunion of the
old settlers and, soldiers.
The governor cited guarantees
given the men now at work of a
"square deal" and declared that "to
require these companies to break this
pledge with these men would be to
advocate bad faith." Popular opinion,
the governor said, now demands that
the honor of the government should
not be compromised and asserted
that tho' people of Kansas feel that
President Harding should urge such
an amendment to the railroad labor
act "as would make the decision of
the board final in a controversy
which affected transportation.''
Gravel Pit at Kearney
Shows Traces of Oil
Kearney, Neb., Aug. 9. (Special.)
Someone recently discovered oil
seepage on and about the Herbert
gravel pit. The news leaked out and
for the next few hours the gravel pit
was the most popular spot in or near
Kearney. Everyone pursed visions
of fortunes made over night and a
pessimist in- that crowd would cer
tainly have invited a ducking.
Serious-minded individuals in the
crowd sent for an oil expert to find
out just what the gravel pit and ad
jacent grounds hold forth as a pros
pecting field for oil.
Similar traces of oil have been no
ticeable for years' along the Platte
channel, but none have ever ventured
to shoot any dollars into prospecting
or development.
Open Port Law Is Invoked
by Governor at Gainesville
Austin, Tex., Aug; 9. The entire
olwn of Gainesville was placed un
der the." provisions of the open port
law by Gov. Neff yesterday. A
detachment of state rangers, under
Ranger Capt. W. L. Wright, has been
ordered there to enforce the law.
The open port law was invoked
following information given the gov
ednor in a conference Sunday with
rangers who have been to Gaines
ville recently. In making the an
nouncement, the governor called at
tention to the provisions of the law
allowing offenders to be tried in
counties adjoining those in which the
laws are in effect.
Ex-Farmer Dies at 100.
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 9. Rufus
G. New-land, until eight years ago a
wheat farmer near Dayton, Wash.,
died this morning at. the Masonic
home, near Puyallup, just 50 days
over 100 years of age. He was a
member of the first Washington ter
ritorial legislature and in 1880 was
speaker of the house in that body.
Mr. Newland came to eastern
, Washington from Iowa in 1861
AUGUST 10, 1922.
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Dead Congressman Lost
.in Primary, Indication
Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 9. Com-,
plete returns received last night in
dicate that W. C. Salmon has de
feated the late Congressman Lemuel
P. Padgett for the democratic nomi
nation for the Seventh Tennessee
district. Earlier returns gave Pad
gett, though dead, the nomination
by several hundred votes. He died
the day before : the primary, Au
gust 3.
The lead of Mr. Salmon is only
51 votes in 10 ; counties, and it is
probable that an' official count by the
states' democratic executive commit
tee on August 23 will be necessary
to decide the winner.
Bryan Endorses Issues
as Outlined at Convention
Lincoln, Aug. 9. (Special.)- The
state issues raised by the Lacaster
county democratic convention yes
terday are those which Charles W.
Bryan, democratic nominee for gov
ernor, will ursn. placed in the plat
form to be adopted by the demo
crats at Omaha, August 15. Bryan
asserted today that . the resolutions
adopted by the convention practical
ly embodied his idea on issues to be
threshed out at the coming election.
Fifteenth Child Is Born
to Blair Couple 43 and 42
Lincoln, Aug. 9. (Special.) A
birth report received at the state
health bureau from) Blair. Neb., states
that a baby born July 30 to Mr. and
Mrs. N. Warrick. 45 and 42, respec
tively, makes the 15th child in, the
family. Fourteen are living.
Dies of Rattler Bite.
Reno, Nev., Aug. 9. Bob Pierce
Robinson, 5-year-old son of Dr. La
Rue Robinson, was dead here today
from the effects of a rattlesnakeT)itc.
received Monday,
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British and French
Premiers Disagree
Lloyd George Opposes Estab
lishment of Customs
Barrier on Rhine.
London, Aug. 9. (By A. P.) As
a result of a three-hour conversation
between Premier Poincaire and Mr.
Lloyd George, the British prirrie min
ister, today, it was depided to refer
back to the committee of experts
Premier Poincare's plan for control
of German finances, with the request
that the points upon which the Brit
ish and French are not in agreement
be re-examined.
Mr. Lloyd George agreed to the
French suggestion regarding the col
lection of 26 per cent of German ex
ports at its frontiers, which would
be paid into reparations funds. He
also agreed to the suggestion for
taking over the state forests and
mines in German occupied territory.
The important points on which the
iwo premiers were unaoie 10 agree
were the establishment of a customs
barrier along the Rhine providing for
duties on everything going into and
coming from the Ruhr region, the
principal purpose being to tax coal
going to the rest of Germany, and
allied participation in German indus
trial concerns.
Although the conversation took
place without the appearance of any
personal (aspersions, both the pre
miers were described as tenaciously
holding their respective viewpoints.
The British cabinet will meet to
morrow to consider the situation
growing out of the conference it was
announced this afternoon. It was
announced at the same time Premier
Poincare will consult with his col
leagues. Rupture in Entente
Feared by Lloyd George
Paris,' Aug. 9. (By A. P.) Prime
Minister Lloyd George last night ex
pressed the opinion that a ruptpre
in the entente was probable, if not
inevitable, according to some of the
Frehch newspaper correspondents
attending the allied conference in
London, one of whom is "Pertinax,"
political editor of the Echo De Paris.
' The British premier added that
this was regrettable, both from the
English and French viewpoints, but
that Premier Poincare's attitude left
no option.
. The correspondents say. that Sir
Edward M. Grigg, Mr. Lloyd
George's private secretary, summon
ed the British newspaper men to the
prime minister's official residence in
Downing street and made a statement
to. this effect. .
Indian Accused of Slaying
Because Refused Home Brew
? -Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 9. Willie
Jackson, an Indian, is in jail here
charged with the killing of Capt.
Harry C. Lott, former Port Town
send ' (Wash.) , shipping man, near
Thane, Alaska, July 25. According
to a statement, said by federal offi
cials to have been 'given them by
Willie Hanson, another Indian, who
was Jackson's companion ' on the
night of the murder, Jackson killed
Lott because Lott would not give
him home-brewed beer. .
First Woman Delegate Is
Named by G.O.P. in Alabama
Mobile, Ala., Aug. 9. The Mobile
county republican convention yester
day elected Miss Lucy L. Lauren
dine of Mobile as a delegate to the
state convention to be held in Bir
mingham, September 7. Miss Lau
rendine is the first woman to be
ejected to a republican state conven
tion in Aiaoama. j
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Federal Judge
Hears Charges
in Rail Strike
McCook Man Sentenced to 30
Days in Jail Six Strik
ers Dismissed; One
. ... .. . k , Fined. , . . v: .
Lincoln, Aug. 9. (Special Tele
gram.) Federal Judge J. W. Wood
rough sentenced B. Thayer of Mc
Cook, a strike sympathizer, to 30
days in jail for throwing" stones with
a slingshot at Burlington electricians
working on a pole. At the hearing
it developed 1 haycr was out on
parole from McCook county tail.
The union attorney explained to the
judge that if he had known of
Thayer's past record he would not
have defended him.. The attorney
also asserted I hayer was not a
union member.
Philip Krumm, charged with
threatening life of a guard in tin
coln, was dismissed for lack of evi
dence. '
Deputy United States Marshal T.
C. McClung arrested six more union
men today on a charge of intimidat
ing workers on the Burlington and
Northwestern in Lincoln. McClung
also visited all picket lines here and
at Havelock and ordered pickets to
discontinue carrying clubs.
Judge Woodrough dismissed five
Havelock strikers for lack 6f evi
dence after giving them a warning
ana lined raer 1. Kum, the sixth
striker, $10. These men were ar
rested Sunday morning by govern-
mejit officers.
Fascisti Declare for
End of General Strikes
Rome. Aug. 9. Protection of the
workers' legitimate interests, aboli
tion of tie general strike forever and
the defeat of the elements which
have "blackmailed" the government
were the claims made by the fascisti
in a manifesto following their at
cision to demobilize.-
The manifesto says that the fas
cisti s battle was won on every front.
It declared that thev had drasticallv
punished for a long time those who
agitated strikes. It is said the fas
cisti was always friends of the work
ers and enemies of those who are
agitating the workers against the
country. The manifesto urired all
fascisti to prepare "for the greater
battle which will crown our work.
Twice Dry Candidate for
President 111 in Spain
Granada, Spain, Aug. 9. (By A.
P.) John G. Wooley, twice pro
hibition candidate for president of
the United States, who is in a se
rious condition at a hotel here, is
being well cared for by the hotel
rtaff. He was visited yesterday by
the British consul.
Mr. Wooley arrived here on Au
gust 1 from Seville.
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TWO CENTS
Rail Unions
Back Strike
at Joliet
Three Brotherhoods Support
Engineers in Hrfuoal to
Work While Troops
Are on Guard.
Conference Is Called
flcvrlaiul, Aug. 9. --(By A. P.)
Railroad brotherhoods chiefs here
practically served notice that their
members might decide for them
selves whether objectionable work
ing conditions at railroad terminals
in connection with the strike of shop.
men justity their remaining away
from their jobs.
"We arc not going to have our
men shot or beaten up or threatened
hy armed guards at railroad slioiu
and yards." Warren S. Stone, proi-
dent of the Urotherhootl of Loco-.
motive Engineers said, when told that
several hundred members of the "Big
rour brotherhoods had gone on
strike at Joliet, 111. "When the men
cannot go to work without having ir
responsible armed guards endanger
ing their lives, they may go home
and stay there until the condition
is removed," he said.
"There will be 100 more similar
rases soon if conditions are not
changed," said he.
Does Not Require Approal. ,
Asked if the walkout at Joliet met1
with the approval of the brotherhood
cheifs, Mr. Stone said: -
"The action does not require any
approval. Our men are not expected
to work under such conditions as now
prevail at many railroad terminals."
Brotherhood engineers have al
ready been notified that they may re
fuse to take out locomotives in At
fective condition, but have been cau
tioned not to be "too technical."
The three railroad brotherhoods
with headquarters here have tele
graphed their representatives at Jol
iet backing up the refusal, of 1,300
engineers, firemen, trainmen and
conductors and switchmen of the El
gin, Joliet & Eastern railsoad to re
turn to work while tstate troops arc
on guard.
Conference Called.
Joliet.- III.. Aug. 9.-(By A. P.)
First effdrts to get together to re-,
store industrial peace here after sev
eral rectic days of disorder, including
the killing of two men and wounding
of another, the arrival of state troops,
the arrest of a half dozen men for
carrying concealed weanpons near
the Elgin, Joliet aod Eastern railroad
yards strike zone, and the solemn
burail of two victims this afternoon
each attended by nearly 2,000 people,
was seen in the announcement that a
formal conference had been called be
tween E. J. and E. officials and lead
ers of the "Big Four" Thursday.
Although the strikers and railroad
executives withheld information they
admitted that meeting had been
called for some time Thursday.
Union officials casually remarked
that "maybe it would be held at 10
Thursday morning."
It was also hinted that the strikers
would meet the railroad executives
outside the meeting place and there
decline to go into conference before
troops had been withdrawn from the
vicinity of the "J" yards.
Operation of the lards was practi-.
cally at a standstill as a result of the
walkout of engineers firemen, con
ductors, maintenance of way men,
brakemen and other workers last
night.
Irish Nationals Take
Newcastle West in Battle
Dublin, Aug. 8. (By A. P.) Irish
nationalist forces entered Newcastle
West, Monday, after a 12 hours' bat
tle, in which 12 irregulars were killed.
Taking little respite 'after Sunday's
labors, the nationalists advanced from
Rathkeale Monday morning and by
middav were in sight of their fresh
objective. Armored cars entered the
town and machine gun fire was di
rected against a party of irregulars,
causing many casualties.
. When the artillery went into ac
tion against the headquarters of the
irregulars the latter fled precipitateljl,
along Cork road.
Owing to the slow progress in the1
operation in southern Ireland the new
meeting of the Dail Eireahn, sched4
uled to open Saturday, will be posN
poned again, it was announced las
night.
University Commandant
to Be Retired September 30
Lincoln, Aug. 9. (Special.) CoI
Amcricus Mitchell, University of Ne
braska military commandmant, irf
charge of the R. O. T. C. for the
last year, will be retired from the
United States army, September 30,
under orders received from the War
department. Col. Mitchell has been
in military service 32 years.
Four Railway Shopmen
Are Indicted in Georgia
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 9. Four rail
way shopmen on strike here .were in
dieted yesterday by the county grand
jury for assault with intent to conv
mit murder in connection with an at'
tack n a party of negroes said to be
employes of the Central of Georgia
railroad.
Receiver of Lincoln Bank
Makes Refund to State Fund
Lincoln. Aug. 9. (Special.) X
$55,000 refund was placed in the state
guaranty fund today by E. M. War
ner, receiver of the failed American
"State bank, Lincoln. This made the
third refund from this hank to the
fund, all three totalling $165,000.
- Entertain Norfolk Scouts
McCook, Neb., Aug. 9. (Special.J
McCook Rotarians and Boy Seoul!
welcomed the Vnrfnltr Rrtv srMife nA
their way to Colorado, entertaining
me scouts ar me rastime park.