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VOL. 32-KO. S6.
Feud EndslGood Highways Built Up
in Mil win
I" XfX 111 lllrl
on Street
Tool Hall Owner Kill Man
With Hiotpiin Fire
Sevr n Shot From Win
Iow of Home,
Calmly Waits for Police
A sWgun murder closed feud
at Thirteenth and Pacific streets at
JO .V) yesterday morning.
Standing at a window of bis dome
over his pool lull at I!').' Smith
'Ihirtecnth street, Jim Marino, J5,
lireil seven loads
from a shotgun
il the body of
Sim N'anfitu, 4'),
I72J South Four
teenth street, who
wat crossing the
ttreet toward flic
pool hall,
Nanfito wat in
the I r 1 1 be
Iim i lie curb
ind a trcrt car
track ' wrn Ma
rino fired first
thot and mitsed.
At Nanfito dodg
td toward the
building Marmo
8am Nanfito.
firetl attain and trorrd a hit. Then,
while Nanfito, who lay on hit fare
at the curl), ttrugglrd to get hold of
a J8 ralilirr revolver he carried in
hi coat, Merino stood at the window
and fired live more charge, three of
which took effect.
Waita for Polka.
After killing hi enemy, Marino
tat down in fua home and calmly
waited for police to arrive. i
"Nanfito wa a black bander,"
Marino laid after he arrived at Cen
tral police headquarters, "and recent
ly, alter failing to make me dis
gorge another ium of money to him,
he tired two thott at me while I wit
putting my car in the garage. He
had threatened me and recently had
been roiung to mv pool hall to mi ft
me, hut 1 had always run upstairs
when I aaw him coining. When I
looked out this morning and taw him
roming I began firing; that wat the
only way."
Fired at Officer.
Kanfito, who leaves a widow and
(our children, the youngest 2 werkt,
while alleged to be carrying booze,
fired two thott at J'. K. Payne,
emergency officer, and Val P. ifuglr
virz, detective, in the winter of
at Thirty-sixth ttrert and l'axton
boulevard and wat known to the po
lice at a dangerous man.
The story told hv Marino delves
Lack into the crime pages of Little
Italy.
On May 1, 1920, Joe Marino, hit
coutin, Ninth ttrert and Missouri
avenue, wat murdered at Thirteenth
and Spring ttreett. The claying fol
lowed hit testimony in behalf of
Kanfito, who was tried on a charge
of assaulting Mrt. Luciat Kadicio.
The Padtcfos were arrested for the
murder, hut found not guilty.
"Nanfito came to me and waited
me to testify that I taw Kadicio fire
the thots at my cousfn," Marino
said, "and I refused, after which hi
began to extort money from me. I
gave him $25 last January and $50
in April. He came to me for $100
in May but 1 told him I had a wife
and three children to support and
would not give it to him.
"In order to escape him I moved
to a farm and remained six werkt.
then returned in July. Shortly after
that he took the two shots at me."
In.
1
Wayne Cattlemen See Film
Dealing With Bovine UU
Wayne, Nct Aug. 21. (Special.)
The Wayne County l'urebred
Breeders' association held a picnic
on the lawn of Harve Minor, one
mile south of Wayne, Wednesday
night. This meeting was arranged
through the efforts of Dr, Swim,
local federal veterinarian, and Dr,
D. D. Tobias, state veterinarian, in
the interest of the tuberculosis erad
ication work that is being pushed in
Wayne county, "Out of the Shad
. ows," a two-reel picture film made
'by the United States Department of
Agriculture and circulated by the
Omaha Livestock exchange, was
shown. This film deals with tuber
culosis of livestock in general and its
importance in relation to . public
health.
A second meeting was held at
Carroll Thursday night on the lawn
of Mr. Morris, where pictures were
shown again. Dr. C. II. Hays,' in
charge of tuberculosis work lor the
government, and Dr, Spencer of the
Omaha Livestock exchange ad
dressed the meetings.
lNVbrafla Entirely Free
From Bonded Indebtedness
New Yotk, Aug. 21. The state
governments of the t'nited States
rave a total bonded inh:htelnos of
$1,071.51)0,981, or $I0,1M per capita,
according to a survry made public
fcy the lUnk ol America. New York
has the largest nnliviitll.il slate lleht,
totalling f .'o7,M tKHi, but its per
capita debt ol $15 H7 is comparatively
low, South laktt has the largest
per capita debt, $7.5 02. while Kan
sas. Kentucky. Nrbraska and Wis
consin hare no bunded ilidi-btednrts. i
The pre.rnt per capita stale dt ht I
It approsimatefy )e same as the I
ter tapit federal debt of f lOfil in
11.1 lb pteseiit public dibt of.
She fedrrsl government is $.' I,V.'2, '
muss, tr -"iiiim'tc!y f.'r j er
tapi!,
N l.lll.ll llll t
Ftlier Huns U.rr out It ,
With Antoin.ibiJe Tnuk
Madi.on, Kh, Aug. (Si'-
tUI ) tilrd Ksleli a culeMally .
t m his son. Will-am. 14 with
an aut nb d tiutk. ih n
s pelting a for Y father on
1asph MsM.n's farm, ts ol Mli
.n, ae.l Mr H.mltit htt s.mti. t
the tiu.k. . of the tiotit vittf.ls
jsn I mo I hd's t.l v N-t
I n. s w s b' A rt.
Sftsa KIM ti at
J Under State Code System)
Economy of Centralized Control, Impossible Under;
Former Administration, Pointed Out '
by Secretary of Department of
Public Works.
By PAUL GREEK.
Lincoln. An. 21 .The ov-rtand
trail, on which the freighter! and
settlers in cotered wagons crossed
Nebraska lost their impnrt.n'e wi'h
the development of the railroad. It
wat not until about I'vlu that the
rue of the automobile umpired the
present rood roadt movement
l!y FI6 the congress of the
I 'luted States had come to realize
the need tor hitfltft sy improvement,
and psied the f r-t federal aid road
law, Py tin. rt the federal treas
ury w authorized to tav half the
' fiit of constructing s'ate road., he
re.f.crtive s'ates to pay tie other
half The Nebraska legi.lature of
I VI 7 accepted thee teitii. and the
state engineer, with a f r of from
two t' five men, brjrn rriillm ng
plant. Then the war fame in, hatt
ing alt public improvement pro
grams. It was not iiiitd alter the arrniitir
that road building began in earnett
in Nebraska. 'I he tae engineer in
the spring of J V I V began luring re
turned aerviee men st rliaftumen and
engineers. From $X,'fW a month the
expenses of the state engineer's of
fire ran quirkly up f 10 times that
amount.
Activities of Department,
All this took plarc before the civil
administrative code came into effect,
August I, )';I9. The important thing
thing to note is that if the state wat
to have a system of good road, ex
penditures were bound to g' up, arwl
that this proms artually began be-
Drill Hailed
at Guard Camj)
by Nijrlit Hain
Kegimental Review Will He
viur ToIayWork
on Range Slopjred by
Muddy Koad.
I'lattsmouth, Neb., Aug. 21
(Special.) Kain last night put the
drill field at Camp Kerry m such
shape that movements on it were
prevented. Also the road to the
rifle range was rendered unpayable
for ammunition trucks. Xm. Amos
Ihomns expressed the hooe and the
opinion last night that the drill field
would be dry enough tomorrow night
lor the third regimental review.
The First battalion went through
a snappy reviewstonight at the ball
park with the Second and Third
battalions looking on.
The rain last night practically in
undated a number of officers tents
and these were today moved to
higher ground by order of Col.
Thomas.
8h Second and Third battalions
have completed prone position fir
ing from the 300-yard range, and
the First battalion will finish in the
irorning. The next number on the
firing program is prone position fir
ing from the 500-yard line.
Pistol firing on the range will he
started tomorrow morning by the
First batallion.
Five men of the Second and Third
battallions scored 47 hits in a pos
sible 50 from the .100-yard line. The
high Omaha man was Pvt. Martin
C. Haas, Company L. He scored 46,
In official check up of scores from
the 200-yard line it was discovered
that Sirt. Ralnh Wood of Head
quarters company of the Second bat-".
lauion was nign wun a perieci scuir.
It had been announced previously
that Private Gilinsky of Omaha was
high with 49.
Reveille, which was advanced one
hour from 5 a, m. to 6 will sound
at the later hour from now on, Col.
Thomas announced tonight. It was
at first thought that the men might
benefit bv the advance in getting out
on the rifle range before the heat be
came oppressive.
Pome Continue Search
For Four Escaped Convicts
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 21. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Officers and posse
men are making a minute search of
the Reaver Creek district in Min
nesota in the hope of locating the
four escaped convicts from the
Sioux Falls penitentiary who are be
lieved to be in that district. Clear
weather again enables the fugitives to
take cover in cornfields, making
search for them extremely slow.
-Somewhere
in Omaha
It a person who will find
your apart room Just what
ha wanta. Your price and
location will suit him.
How are ynu going to find
that desirable twnant? Thafa
, easy)
f riaea your "Want" A4 In
Tha Omaha flea under tha
"Kooma for Rent" rlasalfl
ration, Dennl.s tha room
or rooma you have Ita
location, privileges, prlca,
rtt
Thnuaanda df propla read
Tha tmha Ilea "Want"
Ails each day-sums rf them
may be looknlg fr destrabls
rooms,
Omaha Ua "Want" Ads ara
guaranteed In product as
gustd or better rtsdtts as
any aearst thruugh athsr
Omaha ip prs) tr
money rsfundsd,
I. is,-.
f..r
1 'nt.
the rrl system went into ef
In the fare of what wat in
evitable, the p.rlitaii attempt f
blame the code system or flic present
administration fur the cost i f road
budding loses f.itce.
'J he code ilepartment of public
works expendrd fl.W2.Xoo. tn the1
lisral year ending July 31. The five i
Other CJe fjepartnif nts taken to
gether spent lese than one-sixth of ;
thit sum, Ol course, not a!) this i
money went fur Inglmays. "I he
public works (b ( srtinriii itistt
touiities with brirTge plant - eys
and inspection; it fegisle vv
,.l,.,t... t,n,,.;.t.r. J.
vehicle.; admiiiittrrt '' (V.L'
art, testing all bff. aV
fre they ran .
examines all 1
leaset tter' . .
e;
and
re-
tate
tain own A a.1 . irriga
tion and r ujeett; main
taint a shop 4 repair of ttate
and county r i marhinerjr as a
measure of earonomy; ais's coun
ties pnrdiasit'g road buildirig erjuip
ment. runs ronvid road gangs;
maintains ttate parks, and super
vises the maintenanre of state high
ways in good condition.
Theft Mora Difficult
Since having been assigned to the
rluty of licensing automobiles, the
department has installed a triple
system of rcgi'tration instead of the
mere numem at record that formerly
was kept by the secretary of state.
The object sought is to make the
proper ownership of any car as de-
ITwai faa-e Ts, f oluma Ms.)
Prcsidnit Vetoes
Mondell Flan to
Adjourn Congress
Harding Reported to Feel
Tbat Completed LegtV
latjve Program I
IVeeeisary.
Washington, Aug. 21-fSpccial
Telegram.) President Harding to
day definitely turned down ie pro
posal made by Republican Leader
Mondell and other republicans that
congress adjourn until December
after passing strike legislation, with
out passage of the tariff bill and
without action op the bonus and ship
subsidy.
The president is reported to feel
that while it is true attacks may be
made on the tariff bill before elec
tion whkis t licit will be little time
to answer, it will be better to go
before the country with a completed
legislative program,
Accordingly, the house will act on
strike legislation and then recess un
til such time at the senate and ho'Jte
conferees may have had time to re
port on the tariff bill, which will be
about October 10.
Bonua Action Certain.
The decision makes it certain the
senate will pass the bonus bill, which
the house members report the presi
dent is still determined to veto. Sen
ate leaders, however, believe the
president will accept it when he is
presented with the arguments in fa
vor of signing it.
Ship subsidy appears to have gone
by the board for this session and
will be taken up after congress con
venes in December.
The determination to go through
with the tariff bill and the bonus
legislation means the senate will
take up the latter measure in a more
leisurely fashion than was at first
anticipated, and many pages of the
Congressional. Record will be filled
with speeches. The senate now has
228 house bills before it and will
have plenty to do while the house
members are back home.
Borah Plan Radical
A conflict concerning formulae to
be adopted in organizing the fact
finding coal commission is now evi
dent. Saturday the president as
sured Senator Borah he accepted his
method of organizing the commis
sion, which squints in the direction
ot nationalization of the mines. To
day Representative Window held a
conference with the president and at
its conclusion announced he would
introduce a bill of his own, which
will not have aiy reference to
nationalization. Mr. Winslow
promptly introduced his bill and it
was taken up by the committee on
interstate and foreign commerce.
The explanation lor the change of
front on the Uorah bill is that the
president merely accrpted the Uorah
formulae in principle, bt not in such
a uiannrr as to indicate' approval of
the nationalisation srhrmr.
I. C. C. Uphold Rale
on Coul to Neliraka
j Washington, Autf. 21 (Sprcial
iTclrgram )A complaint lileil by the
'Waliath and Sherwood Lumber com
I pany and the I'pdikt Lumber d
i ( oal company with the Interstate
! Commerce commission, ( luring that
ntes on batd C'tl shipments from
j llaua. Wis,, t'l MmiM ( lare, Nib,,
and on coal shipped Irom M, Louis,
Woodward, AU.. and Ynungstown,
(., ItJ points III Nebraska V.e "un
1 put and timrssouable'' vas dismissed
, I.Silay by ! commission, Tht
(complaint at against I ha New
j Vol k t rntial and other f cads.
MnliUiia Hank Closed,
1UI !'. M.mt, Ana il Noii' t
sat li sted iii ii li.int duo ut the
Anifpiati ,S!"nl bank hers, stat
if , at H'.tt th bsii )ii In e it tlc4
pen ! na imtfUt turns ll.Mti S Its cin
It, .II. r ! the i Hiieiuj, '1 h Anieii'
i SjI -if si hik is on. fl the
tnulitr f snks t l l' ' w iS a
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OMAHA. TUESDAY,
Allies Hear
Ultimatum
by France
(Otrriiliirnt Drtrniilnnl to
Make (aVruiany Vay for
lljiiiMKe? Iii War, l'oin
(!arr Telia Coumil.
Act Alone If Necessary
liar l.e Due. F ranre. Aug. 2I
(f!y A. P.) France is determined to
make Germany par fr the devasta
tion it caused in the war, and rath
rr than depart from this fixed in.
tuition, will art al"ie. Premier
I'oinrare declared, at the opening
meeting of the general council of the
department eif the Heme today, in
a stieeih generally regarded as the
complete official declaration of
Trench reparations policy.
The necessity and justice of the
payment of reparations by Germany
were emphasized by the Frenen
premier, who placed the blame for
l'ie present situation on tne a
t.ttide of the commission of repara-
tions and the failure of Great
Hrttain to understand the desperate
plight of its allies in the need for
the payment of the inlemmty.
Quotes Figures.
M. Point are recited figures tn an
effort to prove that Germany was
responsible for i's own collapse and
had deliberately failed to live up to
the demands ol trie reparations com.
mission. He vigorourly denied that
France eought to enslave Germany
in revenge for the rvastation of war.
Premier Poincare held out the
hope of German and French co
operation with both nations working
together some day, if Germany
would change ita tactics and do ita
best to repair, in peace, the damage
If caused in war. France was eager
to co-operate with its allies, he said,
but would take indepenlent action
rather than be deprived of just
compensation.
Favors Allied Conference,
The premier spoke at length of
the divergent courses now being
;iken by France and F.ngland. He
declared that it wa only natural that
nations, like people, should think
first of their own interests, France
could not continue to bear the
burden of all the allied compromises,
he asserted.
He went on record as advocating
an allied conference for the settle
ment of war debts, which would be
attended by all the nations interest
ed," "without exception." The latter
phrase was taken to mean that he
referred to the t'nited Slatei,
Police Hun Down
Thief Who Stole
Dennison's Auto
Tlirilling Battle for PoMetmlon
of Cadillac Car Ii Staged
at Downtown Inter
aettion. Detectives Edward Vanous and
Valentine liuglewicz staged a movie
thriller at Eighteenth and Farnam
streets Sunday night while arresting
Joe E. Williams, driving an automo
bile stolen from Tom Dennison.
Vanous jumped from the running
board of the detectives' car to the
running board of the stolen machine
as it crossed Eighteenth and Farnam
Streets.
Williams refused to stop the ma.
chine and kept on driving, with Van
ous grabbing at tne wheel. liugle
wicz ran the police car into the path
of Tom Dcnnison'a machine and
Williams brought it to a halt.
Big Crowd Watches.
A crowd of more than 100 on their
way to the movies witnessed the
genuine thriller. There were nickel
plated revolvers waving about 'nev
erything, Williams, who said he was from
Kansas City, told police that a stran
ger gave him the machine, but ac
cording to Dennison, Williams and
a companion drove the machine out
of a garage at Twenty-fourth and
Farnam streets, where they had been
storing another tar, thought also to
have been stolen.
Dennition had no insurance on bis
car.
Thieves Dislikaennison,
"The thieves don't seem to like me
very much," he said, "This is the
third time a machine has been stolsn
from me. The first car was recov
ered, but the second one never was
found.
Sunday was a banner one for
Iluglrwica and Vanous. llrsides the
Dennison car, they rt covered two
others.
Live Snake Serves an
Handle for Milady'
Sumhade In London
London, Aug, 21 Tht place
long held by tht dog as a family
pet and stitet companion thrtatsns
to bt usurptd by tht monkey and
othtr ssotic crttturts. Woman art
sssn csrrying marmosets, mon
goosts, toast and parrots.
Psopla also ait (tiling accut
tomsd la tht woman with a young
while fog on a siring, anothsr with
thist fata and tht chimpanist that
ii'Us In motor car,
Hut tht most startling Innovt.
(Kin tn family ptis was obstrvttt at
a Uwq party tvhtit iutst carti4
what appsarsd to U a sunthslt
win. highly dtcoittivs bandit.
Closer insptstlon rtvtal.d tht
"bandit la bt bttuiilully msrksd
srukt, psrlttily motionless and
SSrsWstly IwiMtd vr lis fait
wni i arm an4 around her sun.
ha I.
AUGUST 22, 1922.
Next on the
A d m i s t r a t i o n
Tariff Measure Is
Returned to House
Delay In Reprinling Post
pone. Sending of Rill to
Conference To Limit
Debate on Floor.
Wathington, Anjr. 21. The house
got the administration tariff bill back
from the senate, but did not send it
to conference. This next step in the
now long-drawn-out journey of the
measure must await a reprinting of
ibe amended lill, which is expected
to be completed Tuesday or Wednes
day. The experts had hoped to have
it ready today, but they found the
senate rial mane so many and compli
catcd changes in the original house
bill that their task proved far more
difficult than they had anticipated.
When the reprint is ready, republi
can houte leaders plan to send, the
measure to conference under a spe
cial rule which may permit little or
no discussion on the floor. At the
same time the house conferees will
be named and they will have their
first session with the senate man
agers, probably on Thursday, , as
Chairman McCumber, of the. senate
committee, expects to be occupied in
the senate Wednesday with the sol
diers' bonus bill.
Quorum in House.
In anticipation of acting on the
tariff the house had a quorum today
for the first time since it reassembled
last week. The announcement of the
senate. clerk that the measure had
been passed by the senate and a con
ference requested was greeted with
mingled applause and laughter. As
the measure was not laid before the
house, that body went ahead with
other work, but the tariff formed the
chief topic of private discussion on
the floor and in the cloak rooms.
Some senate rates, principally
those in the cutlery schedule, appar
ently are opposed by a number of
house members and these, along
with American valuation and the
duties on dyes, are expected to furn
ish subjects of sharp controversy in
conference. Some leaders of the re
publican agricultural bloc in the
house, expressed approval of the ag
ricultural, sugar arid wool rates as
fixed by the senate.
Valuation First Question,
It was the judgment of a majority
of the conlcreet that the American
valuation question would be the first
subject criming up for settlement in
the conference. They pointed out
that until this was out of the way It
would be Impossible to agree upon
the ad valorem duties, The house
conferees are divided on this ques
tion and Chairman Fordnry favored
I direct vote by the house.
The four democratic confereet
named by (lie bouse ami trnate prob
ably will tit constantly with the
tlx republican mrmhrrt, tome of
whom favor calling in tht demo
crats after the woik of adjustment
had been completed and the bill
whipped Into shape for Imtl ai'lion
by the sent ami house llihett of
th majority managers thought, how
ever, that the ilemovrait shniild bs in
attendance after ih valuation quel
lion bad been settled and a irgism
ot procedure mapped mil. Some
majority rulifeiret explained it was
not fiislmittrv tn have tht d'tun.
crals present throughout lbs t ljust
ment work.
New Vttfk Shivers.
Ney. Yotk, Aug. 21 - A lief on id
lk uaititrtt tprlls ot tbt War, ,S'w
Yoik si nr.. it. day on the uJ.lrtt
August 21 in tbt weather buieaa't
hisl.iiy ally In the ,Uv tht lem
I'MSiiiie si St degicrt, j htlw I lie
tr.uhl fur August .'I. On Aognt
!", tt mertury iopp4 Ii Jl,
lil.t Limit icnid l"f tlit month
t ta II im.Ii tstl. sat tsatss.
f UN l rttOi
Program Will Be a Sprightly
Sew York Women In
Air Over Their Hlghti
to Smoke on Streets
New York, Aug, 21,Women of
New York arc ttiil in the dark about
"their right to tmoke" on the ttreett,
because Police Commissioner En
right declined to five Ins opinion on
the one case in point until it comes
before him officially.
When asked what position he
would take on the action of a patrol
man, who was said to have rapped
the knuckles of Mrs. May Sladden
after forbidding her to tmoke on the
street Friday night, he said;
"The matter has not been cflinally
brought before me, and I have noth
ing to say at this time."
License Probe
PJan of State
Arretit of Auhurn Garage Man
May Result in Investiga
tion of Detail.
Lincoln, Aug. 21. (Special.) Dis
covery by State Sheriff Gus Hyert
that Luther Gritz, Auburn garage
man, hat never taken out a private
license for his cart used in private
business, and has been using a rfcal
er'a license, threatened today td open
a state-wide investigation of N'e-
braska garages to ascertain if the
abuse has crept into the handling o i!
deabr' license. !
ir tniz nas been aousing his
dealers license it may be that mm
r'reds of other Nebraska garage men
are doing the same thing," a state
official said today. "I understand
that the defense out up by Gritz is
that the "other fellows' do it.
"If this is true it if a shame and
unfair to the owners of individual
automobiles. A man 'like Gritz, who
owns a big garage, probably uses the
roads of Otoe county more than any
one else and by declining to take out
a private license is failing to con
tribute at much to county road
maintenance as the tenant owner of
a Ford."
It was reported here today that
a quiet iuvettigation may be made of
this alleged practice of certain garage
men in dodging their share of the
road fund and if allegations prove
true drastic action may follow.
Heavy Wind and Rain Storm
Razed Telepltoiift Lines
Huron, S, D., Aug. 21. Many
telegraph and tHrphnne wires were
down as a result of wind and rain
which twept accota South Dakota
Sunday. The storm came from the
west, covering a path approximately
50 miles wide, extending from just
south of Huron to Mitchell,
Weather bureau here reported tint!
as tne storm went eastward it in
creased in violence, becoming worse
near Madison, where ,97 inthes of
ruin fell, Sioux Falls received the
same amount while Mitchell re
ceived .76 inches ami Huron .26,
Some property damage was re
potted, but communication was cut
otf from points hardest hit,
Xellllc Donn Gives
Omaha Testament
to Mayor of Verdun
Pant, Aug 21.-Omaha, teprs
seined by Nellie It, I limn, preieyied
an illuminate i testament to ths
mayor of Veidun last I ri.lay dur.
iff th visit of the (. -od Will ilslt.
gallon them. The testament ram
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Juggling Act.
Omaha Is Host
to Nebraska and
Iowa Merchants
Visiting Dealer and Familiei
Requested to Register at C.
of C. for Prize
Drawing.
Omaha manufacturing and jobbing
captains are hosts to visiting Iowa
and Nebraska merchants who began
arriving early yesterday for Mer
chants' Market week.
All visiting merchant! and their
families are requeued to register at
the Chamber of Commerce, 17th floor
of the Woodmen of the World build
ing, to participate in the prize draw
ings, according to W. A. Ellis, assist
ant commissioner.
The Ak-Sar-fcen show last night
was the attracion for the men while
the visiting women were entertained
at a theater party in the World
theater.
Lake. Manawa will be the scene of
fun for the risiting merchanft to
day, while on Wednesday they
will be taken on au automobile tour
of the city, thence to Peony park for
a picnic and dance. The festivities
will close Thursday nighr in the
Auditorium.
T 1 i C . 1
York Man sentenced
for Attack on Wife
York, Neb.. Amr. 21. (SneciaLV
Isaac M. Good wat tentenced to 30
flays in tlie county tad by Judge
Ward, in police court, this afternoon
for assault and battery on hit wife at
her home. Mrt. Good it in the hot-
pital.
Night Patrolman Pollard, who
lodged the complaint against Good,
testified that he was called to the
home of Good about midnight and
through the window saw Mrs. Good
standing with her back against the
wall while her husband stood in
front of her with his fists clinched.
Pollard declared he gained' entrance
into the home and Mrs, Good
screamed to save her.
Good declared his wife became
hysterical and he tried to quiet her.
He maintained that she fell, causing
the blood to run freely from her
face.
Rail Guard Held lo Grand
Jury on Charge of Murder
LI Paso, Tex , Aug. 21. W. R.
Petty was held for the grand jury
a a preliminary hearing, on a
charge of murder in connection with
the death of Henry L, Dillon, Iloth
men were railroad guards in local
yards.
Dillon was killed with bncktlmf
from a shotgun and Petty, after be
ing hunted for 4K hours by otiirrrs
in I I i'atit and Juarez, surrendered
at the sheriffs idtiir,
Fire Deatroyi Motor Car
uud Garage at Beatrice
Headier, Neb., Aug, 21. (Special
Telegram.)- A slitut riruilt on tht
Ovrtlatid car leli namg .i Harvey
Andiras, tiaveluig man, is suppos-d
to have started a (ire m W. A. Kant-
dell's galas' whiih destroyed tht!
building and machine, Lost is est),
mated at tl,5isi. 1 lie car was dm en
inlit li building 10 minutes befiit
Ilia fir broke out. Iheit Kelt
1 1) galiniis of gssUu In Iht gttaae,
but it wts sswil,
Mail Sot ting Ch.iiiipiiinthl
JO i.i ilia lim.,.i ,.i,.n.. ! . .u.
pailmei.t $ muniied t.n.bl. at I a ;
'i.r.t btr wrttMi; bit.i. -. . ,! by I
j ,.mi .l.ul.ng .V r;i in h,mh J
TWO CENTS
Hopes for
Rail Peace
Given Jolt
AntrrJraii Federation of La.
Imr Issue Appeal to Mem
her fur Moral am)
Financial Support
Policy of Roads sScored
OimIm s I ssisea) Wirt,
Washington, Aug. 21. An appeal
by the Amrriran Federation of
t.altor to Ht 4,0'i0,0(J members to
g.ve moral and financial support to
'he railroad shopmen strike served
tsi jolt roti'iih table the optimism in
t'lmimatratioa qusrtert that rht
tfrike would be settled at the media
tion eonlerence between the railroad
brotherhoods ollirials and railway
executives at the New York con
ference this week. ,
Following the statement Issued by
ftmuel Gompcrs, president of the
Ainerkan federation of I-abor,
Saturday, declaring President Hard
ing's 4irr$ f) congress on the in
dtittrtal situation to have been "un
fortunate" and predicting that it
would restrain rather than facilitate
the peace negotiations, the execu-,
five council of the federation this
afternoon issued the appeal for wide
spread support of the strike, ,
Text of AppcaL .
The federation appeal addrettcd fo
"all organized labor," it in part at
follow t:
Tlx executive council of tht
American Federation of Labor ad
dresses thit appeal to all organized
labor throughout America in behalf
of the organizations in the railway
employe!' department, whose mem
hers are now on s'nke to resist the
imposition of unfair termt and con
ditions of employment,
"It must be clear to all wage
earners and to all thinking men and
women that the policy which has
been purrued by tht railroads hat
been entirely in harmony with the
policies of all organization of em
ployers which, since the armistice,
have been seeking to weaken and
drtiroy the voluntary organization
of the worker.
Co-Operation Attempted.
"Th? railroads ruve been engaged
!n this effort from the moment gov
ernment eontrol was relinquished on
March 1, 1V20.
"For1 two and a half years the
railroad 'workers, now on ttrike,
made every potsible effort to co
operate with the railroad labor
board, In order to give the law
every possible trial and to secure,
if possible, just ends for the workers
and continuous operation of the
'', , .. . ,
"No amount of eoritoenliout ef
fort and forbearance on the part of
the workers, however, could over
come ibe attitude and the polidea
dictated by the small but powerful
group of banker who control tht
finance of the railroade and who
have compelled the adoption by the
railroad of a policy of bitter antag
onism to the organizations of 4he
workers.
Rapt Labor Board,
"Finally, the decision of the
board compelled resistance on the
part of the workers through sus
pension of work. Awage of 2J cents
an hour was established for section
men and this wage it the basis upon
which all other wages are calculated.
"In addition to this, the board or
dered the abolition of the payment
of time and a half for work done on
Sundays and holidays. It was sought
to impose grave injustices upon the
workers through rulings ot the la
bor board, while the railroads had
consistently violated and repudiated
rulings of the board from the be
ginning." Ke ports persist here that the rail
strike, if ended by the negotiations
now in progress, would be settled by
meant of "a gentleman's agreement."
Notwithstanding the denial of T. De
Witt Cuyltr, president of the Asso
ciation of Railway Executives, it was
reported on good authority that the
proposal under consideration pro
vided a means for both sides lo
."save their faces,"
Neither Side to Yield.
In other words, neither side will
"yield in principle" regarding the
seniority jusue. The seniority ques
tion will remain technically unsctijed,
but the men will go back to w'ork
under a, "gentleman's agreement"
that they will get back the old places
or jobs equally as good that is, if
the reported basis of settlement goes
through.
Senator Uorah of Idaho sent a
telegram to Mr. C'uyler:
"May I respectfully urge all who
shall convene on Wednesday to con
sider ways of settling the strike that
at this time throughout the fruit ami
potato regions ol the west thert it a
pronounced shortage ol cart and an
utter inability to move these perish
able products to the market,"
Governor' Day Postponed.
Governor's day at the national
guard encampment at Plattimouth,
which was scheduled for today, was
postponed on account of th ram
until neat Friday, according to an an
nouncement by Colonel Amos
Thomas, (
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ibghtly rtKilr Tuesday,
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