The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 103.
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OMAHA, SATURDAY, OCTODER 15, 1921.
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Railroads
To Ask New
Wage Cut
Carl Grey of Omaha Named
On Committee of Executives
To Confer With Union
.. Leaders.
No Rate Reduction Now
Iy ihm Aworlatrd Tnm.
Chicago, Oct 14. There will be
no immediate ri (taction in freight
rate, but the United States rail
road labor board will be petitioned
t once to further reduce ihe wages
of employes, the Associatior of Rail
way Executive. announced late to
day aftei an all-day meeting. A
committee will be appointed at once
to confer with the union leaders
over wages, it was announced, in
response to an invitation from the
union heads for a conference,
Fear Bankruptcy.
The icntinunt at the meet'iig, it
.was said, was that 19 reduce freight
'.rates now without awaiting a fur
ther reduction in waies would throw
the roads into bankruptcy.
The 'members of the committee
appointed to confer with the union
heads are:
'. C. ,H. Ivfarkham. pred 'ent .of the
Illinois Central; W. VV. Atterbury,
vice r-s:den of the Pennsylvania;
J. E. Gorman, president of the Chi
cago, Kocl. Island and Pacific; Carl
R. Gray, president of the Union Pa
cific, and Ralph Budd, president of
the Great Northern.
No date was announced for the
conference, but it is expected to
take place toni"ht or tomorrow.
The July wage reduction of 12 per
cent ordered by the railroad' labor
board, the executives aeciarea. mere
ly staved off bankruptcy for many
roads. '
Set Strike Date.
The strike vote of the brotherhoods
and shop crafts resulting from this
wage cut, it was declared by 'the ex
ecutives, was but a move to ward off
any further wage reductions - Some
of the bunion leaders admitted that
the vote did not mean a general
alk out of the railroad employes,
d been TeSvelv agreed
the union heads for sectional
ber 30
unon bv
strikes of the employes if strikes
wtre nna v neciaea.uDon.
Warren S. Stone, grand chief of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Ln
gineers, today requested a conference
with the railroad executives tn ses
sion here on behalf of the six big
railroad unions which have yoted to
strike.
Officers of 16 railroad unions went
in session shortly before noon at one
hotel while more than 100 railroad
nresidents are meeting at another.
The railroad presidents notified
Mr. StOne'by telephone that his let
ter -would be considered at -their
meeting. , . . .
The railroad crisis was rendered
more acute this morning whon the
labor board handed down a decision
providing for the restoration of pce
work. The railroad presidents were
iitbilant. while union leaders feared
the effect on their men, more than 80
per cent of whom have already voted
to strike rather than accept further
wage reductions or rules which they
oppose.
New Mexico Physician
Slain in Chihuahua
F.I Paso, ' ' Oct. 14. Dr. M. B.
f recii, physician and chiropractor of
Columbus, N- M., was found dead
vesterdav. lvine beside his automo
bile at a point between Ascension
and Casas Grandcs, Chihuahua,
about 100 miles south of the
American , border. Four bullet
wumds were found in the dead
triad's hand. Cowboys who found
the v body expressed . the opinion
the doctor had been shot down while
f xing a tire. News of the tragedy
was received by United States Con
sul J. W. Dye at Juarez. The mes
sage contained the information that
Governor Ignacio Enriquez at
Chihuahua City had ordered a rigid
investigation and promised every
thing possible would be done to run
down . the murderers. .
Doctor Held Subject to
Fine for Having No License
Lincoln, Oct 14. (Special.) Dr.
P. R. Carpenter of Long Pine, Neb,
is subject to a fine for practicing
"napropathy" without a license, the
supreme court decided today.
Carpenter contended that, because
napropathy is not specified in the
Nebraska laws as a science for the
practice of whxh a license must be
obtained, he did not nerd a license.
The hgh court "! that the bw
cannot be expected . to specify by
name all the various healing sci
ences. Clarence D arrow of Chicago, fa
mous attorney, argued the case for
Dr. Carpenter in Lincoln some time
ago. '
Sioux Falls Man Named on
War Finance Corporation
Washington. Oct. 14. Appoint,
ment ot William Ontjes of Sioux
Falls, S. D as assistant to the di
rectors, and of George P. Lynde of
New "York, as secretary, was an
nounced today by the war finance
corporation.
Mr. Ontjes Is a former chairman
of the executive council of the state
banking association ot "south Ul
HOI
Named Immigration
Commissioner in N. Y.
Robert E. Tod of New York lias
been chosen by President Harding
for immigration commissioner of the
port of New York, Secretary of
Lalor Davis announced recently.
This is an important post, where
much good can be accomplished for
the welfare of the future American.
He succeeds Frederick Wallis, a
democratic appointee.
Mellon to Keep
U.S. Expenditures
Within Limit Set
Program of Harding and Ways
And Means Committee Prov
; ing Satisfactory, Secre
tary ofsFreasury Says.
Washington, ; . Oct, :14.-Federal
I xpcnlitures ; for jhe. ' current fiscal
J
t of $4,034,000,000, Secretary
Mellon declared, in a statement
denying reports that additional de
ficiency appropriations of 4370,000,
000 would be asked. The program
limiting1 expenditures- to the above
figure, which had the sanction of the
president and the house ways , ami
means committee, is being carried
out satisfactorily, according to the
statement. ; ;
The original' program made allow
ance for estimated deficiency appro
priations which "it was1 realized
would be. necessary, in connection
with certain government activities,"
Mr'. Mellon explained. These in
cluded particularly the settlements
with the railroads growing out of
federal control and vocational train
ing for the former service men, but
Mr.Melion added that his informa
tion indicated' the revenue require
ments of the government still would
be amply, provided in the $4,034,
000,000. -
Congress has been advised, the
secretary said, that it could proceed
with the framing of revenue laws on
that basis and there now appeared
no reason to alter the plan. The
tax program, therefore, was not af
fected, he added.' ,.
Some deficiency appropriations
will be submitted during the current
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tarv. who reiterated that they
been taken into conideration in the
estimating of ' actual expenditures.
Mr. Mellon said that so far as treas
ury officials could now foresee, fi
nancial, plans for the coming year
would stand unchanged.
Silesian Decision of
League Due Next Week
Paris, Oct. 14. The opinion pre
vails here that it will not be neces
sary for fhe supreme council to rati
fy the Silesian deefsion of the coun
cil of the league of nations, conse
quently the council of ambassadors
will communicate the decision of the
allies to the Berlin and Warsaw gov
ernments probably in the beginning
of the week. .
Berlin; Oct 14. The inter-allied
commission on Silesia has issued an
appeal to the people, according to an
Oppeln dispatch, to accept the deci
sion of the council of the league
quietly and peacefully.
Charlie Corning Home
Names of Trvo Beauties
Linked With' Film Slar
Some Say It's to Wed
Los Angeles, Oct. 14. Charlie
Chaplin is coming home from Eu
rope. 'v . ... .
Dispatches from abroad intimate
he's coming home to wed.
"A sentimental attraction in Hol
lywood," said a recent dispatch
from a Paris news : correspondent,
"is reported as the cause for Chap
lin's abrupt termination of his Euro
pean tour."
Confidential adnees from Paris
mentioned two names.
One was May Collins; the other
Claire Windsor. ' . - . -. -
Claire Windsor," blonde and beau
tiful, isn't saying.
May Collins, brunette and ditto,
won't admit anything. ...
nscai year, accoroing to me secre-.p
Allied Debt
Refund Plan
Approved
Government Refines Policy
Providing for Payment of
Obligations in Series of
Long-Termed Notes.
Will Push Legislation
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.'
thlraio Tribune-Omaha Br. La4 W lr.
Washington, Oct. 14. When the
Washington conference convenes
the American government will have
defined a policy contemplating the
payment of the $ 11. 000,01 H),000 allied
cbt to the United btates with lull
interest and providing for the re
funding of the whole debt into defi
nite long-term obligations.
With increasing persistency conic
reports from allied capitals that
European delegates to the confer
ence will bring torward the pro
posal of reciprocal cancellation of
war loaus among the allies or will
use the question of the payment ot
the debt to the United States as ;i
pawn in the negotiations on the
limitation of armaments.
With a view to getting the debt re
funding legislation through con
gress before the conference meets,
President Harding accepted the pro
posed apicndments to the bill com
mitting the refunding to a com
mission and requiring the consent
of congress to the substitution of
German or Austrian indemnity
bonds for the bonds of any ot tne
allies. The administration approval
will be conveyed to the ways and
means committee in a letter from
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
tomorrow.
List of Debts.
. A tabulation of the allied debts to
the United States follows:
Total debt
to the U. S
including
unpaid i n -
tcrest.
y- 12,969,786
24,777,380
409,287,557
;; 9.02S.500
Armenia
Austria .
Belgium
vuua. .. . y . . . .
Czecjio-Stovaltia' r;
Esthonia .
Finland .....
France . ......
Great Britain.
Greece
Hungary . . , .
Italy .
Lativa . , , . , .
Liberia ......
Lithuania .
Poland
Roumania . .
t.vets.eu
8,880,265
3,634,911.801
'4,573,621,642
15,000.000
1,736,410
1.809,112,931
5,510,249
27.568
5,479,790
145,499,103
39,606,029
Russia
218,721,857
Serbia.. ....... ......' ,55,931,958
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Total : $11,084,802,341
Ihe world war foreign dcht com
mission as proposed under the
amendment suggested by the ways
and means committee, would be
made ud of five members, one of
whom would be the secretary of
the treasury. The other four.mem-
ibers would be appointed by the
president and any appointnment
other than that of a cabinet oHicer
would require the confirmation of
the senate. .
To Name Cabinet Members.'
It is understood that President
Harding intends to appoint one or
more ot his cabinet members in ad
dition to Secretary Mellon. It is
thought that Secretary of Commerce.
. (Turn to Page Two, Column Three.)
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Chinese-Mongolian Tangle
Pekin. Oct. 14. (By Ihe Asso
ciated Press.) Bolshevik Russia has
offered its mediation between China
and the' Mongolian republic in an
effort to establish amicable relations
it is asserted in a statement issued
by the soviet official Rosta News
agency in Pekin. The . agency
makes public a note addressed to
the Mongolian revolutionary gov
ernment now controlling outer Mon
golia under the military auspices of
the soviet administration in Moscow
Pekin regards unfavorably the
presence ot a soviet army at Urga,
the capital of the Mongolian revo
lutionary government, and soviet in
fluence there. It is declared not to
be disposed to accept Russian medi
ation, but to be willing to negotiate
with Mongolia on the basis of the
autonomy clauses of the tripartite
agreement signed in 1915.
Grand Jury Urges Repeal
Of New York State 'Dry' Act
New York, Oct. 4. A present
ment urging that the state prohibi
tion act be tcpealed immediately
by the legislature was handed ddSvn
by the Bronx .county grand jury.
Two months' investigation has con
vinced the jury, the presentment
said, "that bands of men akin to
pirates are robbing each other and
breaking into the homes of respect
able citizens to carry away what
liquor they can confiscate.? .
The presentment, after praising the
New York police department for
"its wise and bkillful administration
of its duty under this harsh and
undesirable statute," says the jury is
unable to understand "why the fed
eral government has practically
ceased to enforce the prohibition
act" ,
Australian Delegate Sails
Melbourne, Oct. 14. George F.
Piercy, minister of defense and Aus
tralia's delegate to the Washington
conference, sailed for America yesterday.
Colonel House Calls
On Woodrow Wilson
Washington, Oct. II '
ward M. Ilon.c, who "v
known, has not seen 'rt
dent Wilson ince flu VV
vrlopmeut of differcr. t .cn
them during the peace .otiations
at Paris, more than two years ago,
railed at his resideence here yester
day and lift his card for the former
president and Mrs. Wilson.
While it has been reported sev
rral timet since that these differ
ences had been fornottcn, Colonel
House' relations with the former
president as confidential adviser on
political and international affairs
during the first six years of hit
presidency were understood never
to have been resumed during his
tenure of office.
"Lewis Traitor,"
Declares Head of
Labor in Kansas
Action in Deposing Howat
Called Desertion to Ranks
Of Industrial Court
Supporters.
Topeka.- Kan., Oct. 14.
iiur the action of John L,
-Describ'
Lewis in
denosim; Alexander Howat as
treacherous desertion to the rank
of the industrial court supporters,'
. E. freeman, president of th
Kansas state federation of labor, to
day appealed to all local unions in
the state to cive financial assist
ance to the striking miners in the
Pittsburg region.
Two Sets of Officials.
Pittsburg. Kan., Oct. 14. With
two sets of union officials function'
ing in the Kansas coal fields as a
result of an order by John L. Lewis,
president of the international union,
suspending members of the Alexan
der Howat administration and ere
ating a provisional organization to
take charge of district affairs, m
tercst in the situation today centers
about a mass meeting of miners at
Franklin at which it was understood
a pcrmament program would be de
tennined.
The suspended officials so far have
declined to permit Geome L. reck,
local member . of the . international
board and Thomas Harvey, desig'
'it&tpth by- 'President LeMs-'a safitn
president and secretary, respectively.
of the district to take charge. .
John Fleming, acting president
since President Howat and, August
Dorchy, union vice president, went
to tail at Columbus for six months
for violating the criminal section of
the industrial court law, stated that
no action in the matter would be
taken pending the outcome of the
mass meeting. The suspended lead
ers continued to transact business.
Meantime Peck and Harvey, estab
lished in headquarters at a local ho
tel, were preparing letters to be sent
to each local union calling upon all
miners now on voluntary strike over
the commitment to jail of Howat
and Dorchy to return to work lm
mediately. .
According to Peck, several hun
dred miners returned to work yes
terday.
President Pleased
With Results of U. S.
Employment Meeting
Washington, Oct. 14 President
Harding told' newspaper correspond
ents at their . regular conference
with him today, that he regarded the
results of the unemployment con
ference, which closed here yesterday,
as very beneficial.
The iHTCmployment conference,
said Mr. Hardine; "has borne rich
rewards to the unemployed' of this
country." . . -
The conference already has stima-
lated an increase in employment in
many sections of the country,
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, said.
Representatives of the American
labor movement" can r adily give
support to the pronouncements of
the conference, he said, since all, of
the manv proposals purporting to
the interests of the working people,"
which were offered, were rejected by
the conference.
Japanese Naval Cruisers
To Stop Week at New York
New- York, Oct. 14. Word was
received at the New York navy yard
that the Japanese cruisers Idzumo
and lakumo. under command ot
Vice Admiral Tetsu Taro Sato, di
rector of the Japanese naval college,
and carrying a class of more than
600 naval cadets on a world's cruise,
would arrive here October 28 for
a week's stay.
The ships will be received by rcpi
resentatives of the commandant of
the New York navy yard and
assigned to an anchorage in the
Hudson river. While here the offi
cers and cadets will be entertained
by consular representatives of their
country and by the Japanese society.
Colombian Senate Ratifies
Treaty With United States
Bogota, Colombia. Oct. 14. (By
The Associated Press.) The Colom
bian senate, after three sessions dur
ing which there wan much discus
sion, today ratified the treaty with
the United States by which- Colom
bia is to receive $25,000,000.
The treaty, which was ratified by
the United States senate last April,
is an outgrowth of difficulties be
tween the United States and Colom
bia in connection with the acquisi
tion of the Panama canal
Irish Conference
Postponed Until
Monday Afternoon
Sinn Fein Delegates Delay to
"Englishmen's Passion for
. Week-Ending" Several
To Return Home.
By The- Aswwbtted Prem.
London, Oct. 14. Adjournment
of the Irish conference until next
Monday afternoon has no political
significance, it was understood to
night. Postponement of the sittings
was attributed by the Sinn Fein dele
gates to the "Englishmen's passion
for week-ending1."
Some of the Irish delegates are
taking advantage of the interval to
visit .Ireland m order to deal with
what was described by the Sinn
Fein publicity department as import
ant departmental business. They
will return Sunday night. '
Considerable attention was given
here today to a sensational report of
the ordering of uniforms tor the
Irish republican army and for
mation of a company to come to Lon
don and escort the JJail delegation
back to Ireland upon the conclusion
of peace.
The storv, however, was ridiculed
by Sinn Fein leaders who say no
uniforming of the army is going on
and that there is" no question of any
detachrnent coming to London-,
oince the truce there has been no
nterference by the military with the
Irish republican army uniformed or
not, and its existence has been of
ficially recognized for truce purposes,
with the co-operation of liason offi
cers of the Irish republican army
and the British army.
Man Wanted for Iowa Swindle
Game Arrested in Denver
Denver, Oct. 14. The second man
arrested in connection with an al
leged $100,000 swindle ' game in
llount Union, la., was fpprehended
here when Deputy Sheriff J. W.
Ronaldson took J. A. Ward into cus-
today. Ward was lodged in jail, to I
await instructions from the shentt
at Mount Union.
L. J. Reysa, alleged to have been
associated with. Ward, is now in the
custody of Iowa authorities, accord
ing to the authorities here. He was
arrested here last Saturday. As a
result of an alleged confidence game
with which Ward and Reysa are
charged with having had connection,
Iowa farmers are said to have been
swindled out of large sums of money.
Man Convicted of Slaying
Wife Sentenced to Death
Seattle, Oct. 14. James E. Ma
honey, convicted of first degree mur
tion act be repealed immediately
Kate M. Mahoney, and burying her
body in a trunk in Lake Union, was
sentenced tq be hanged January 6
at the state penitentiary at Walla
WaHa, Wash.
Teach Chinese at Harvard .
Cambridge, Mass.. Oct 14. The
Chinese language will be taught at
Harvard this year. Appointment of
Director Yuen Yen Chao to have
charge of such a course for the sec
ond semester was announced todav.
Chinese was taught at Harvard 40
jears age
Another Kind of Home Brew
Omahans Finally
Will Go To Trial
Defendants in Canada Liquor
Case Have Many
Witnesses. ' .
Estavan, Sask., Oct. 14. (Special
Telegram.) The trial of Leroy
Comptorv Axel F. Pearson, Arthur
Henshaw and Jack Howard, all of
Omaha, who have been held in jail
at Regina for the last four months,
is expected to start in the king's
court here tomoff ow, following a de
lay of several days due to the ab
sence of several Jewish witnesses
against the . men, because of the
Jewish holidays.
Twenty witnesses for the defense
have been in Estavan since Sunday
awaiting the opening of the trial.
Many of these witnesses are from
Omaha. They include the parents
of Jack Howard and a sister of
Compton. , .
The four men, against whom
seven charges in all have been filed,
since their extradition from Ovnaha
four months ago, have been confined
in jail at Regina, but last Sunday
were brought to Estavan,. where
they now are confined in the city jail.
The offense for which the men are
to be tried include the theft of $2,000
worth of liquor and the forgery of
$60,000 in checks. The offenses
were committed last November at
Gainsboro, Sask.
Sinn Fein Conference '
Resumed and Adjourned
London, Oct. 14. (By The As
sociated Press.)- The conference of
Sinn Fein leaders and members of
the British cabinet; convened at 11
o'clock this morning in Prime Minis
ter Lloyd George's official residence
in Downing street with the view of
reaching an agreement as to a basis
for settlement of the Irish question,
adjourned a 1:30 o'clock 'his aft
ernoon until 3:30 p. ni. Monday.
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Dry Agents to Check Sale of
. Material for Rum Making
' Washington, Oct. 14. Prohibition
agents "will be directed" to use
every effort to check sale ot in
gredients and aparatus used in manu
facture of intoxicating liquors, it
was said in a statement issued from
the office of Prohibition Commis
sioner Haines. Attention aUo will
be given to the advertising of such
articles in newspapers, prohibited
under the Volstead act. '
.The statement said a pr?ceden
was established for the raids on deal
ers in such articles by raids in Wash
ington on several concerns dealing n
malt, hops, fruit sugars and bottling
appliances.
Special Episcopal Service
In Churches Armistice Day
New York, Oct. 14. November 11,
Armistice day, will be observed bv
special services in all the Episcopal
churches of the world, says an an
nouncement by the Right Rev.
Thomas F. Gailor, D. DM president
of the church Council.
Special prayers will be said for
the success of the conference on arm
ament which opens in Washington
that day. and Sunday, November 13,
also will be set aside for similar
erviccs,
Box Car Thieves
Are Desperate,
Records Prove
Raid on Bluffs Farm Recalls
Breaking Up of Lonergan
And Tierney Gangs,
Year Ago.
The thrilling" ra'H on 3 hand
suspected box car thieves yesterday
afternoon near Coimcil Bluffs that
resulted in the killing of two men
and the wounding of two others re
calls the roundup of the Lonergan
ami Tierney gangs on the South Side
a year ago, following wholesale
thefts of interstate shipments in the
railroad yards.
Such a gun battle as snuffed out
the live of Robert Murray, special
railroad agent, yesterday and 'one of
the suspected bandits, shows me ces
perate character of "mere box car
thieves
Gang Members Sentenced.
Though the Lonergan and Tier
ney gangs were known to have usea
triins on one occasion to hold up a
railroad officer while they robbed a
box car, police never engaged in a
close rangc'battle with the nana.
Mil and Rurt Tiernev. brothers
who lived near Fifty-third and W
streets, and Morris Lonergan, ring
leaders of the South Side gang, were
all sentenced to prison. The two
Tierney youths arc out on bond
pending decision of their case in the
circuit court of appeals. Their ar
rest, followed the capture of eight
other members of the gang without
bloodshed Thousands of dollars
worth of loot that had been stolen
from box cars were found in various
homes of the captured, officers re
ported. '
Lonergan Now in Pen.
Morris Lonergan is now serving
10 years in the federal prison at
Leavenworth for complicity in the
box car thefts. -
The Tierney brothers are sons of
Mrs. Mike Tierney, who was ac
quitted a year ago of the murder of
her son-in-law, Roy Dunlap.
So numerous have box car thefts
in Omaha and Council Bluffs been
of late that a corps of special offi
cers were imported here from Chi
cago, to assist in rounding up the
thieves. ...
The Weather
Forecast.
Nebraska: Increasing cloudiness
Saturday; Sunday , unsettled and
cooler. -
Iowa: Fair Saturday; Sunday in
creasing cloudiness, becoming un
settled iri west portion; cooler in
northwest portion.
Hourly Temperatures.
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RENDEZVOUS
OF ROBBERS
FICIIT SCENE
Northwestern Special Agent
And Suspected Box Car
Thief Slain on Farm
Near Council Bluffs.
TWO ALSO WOUNDED AS
FOUR OTHERS GET AWAY
Battle Occurs iu Houne After
Gang Seemingly Had Been
Disarmed Woman!
Rune Starts Shooting.
One railroad detei tive wai kilted
and one Council Bluffs detective
wounded yesterday afternoon fit n
gun battle which also cont I lie life
of an unidentified man who it be
lieved to have been a member of n
gang of box car thieves.
The Dead.
Robert Murray of Norfolk, Neb., a
special agent for the Northwestern,
One of the suspected thieve whoso
name is believed to be W. A. Ben
nett. The Wounded.
Elmer Lane, Council Bluff) detec
tive. He will live.
One of the suspected thieves who
said his nan e was Brown and gave
his home as Lincoln.
Battle at Farm House.
The shooting took place on A
small farm six miles northeast ot'.
Council Bluffs. Three men and one,
woman who took part In the battle
escaped through a window on the
south side of the house. They arV
believed to be armed. A fourth man
giving the name ot Tierney vrti
found in the basement after the
shooting.
The wounded man . who gave his
name as Brown, wa captured three
miles from the scene of the (hooting.
He was located by reporters for Tho
Bee who carried their information to
a searching party consisting of Fed
eral Prohibition Agent Sumner Knox,
and Council Bluffs Detectives E. C.
Barrett nd J. . Dempster, who.
promptly iook in man in cujioay...
The shooting occurred after a party
of Council Bluffs officers had sur
rounded the farm, captured the sus
pected thieves and seemingly dis
armed them. .' :
The party of officers consisted of
Sumner Knox, Elmer Lane, Robert
Murray, Special Officer Jones of the
Milwaukee and Special Officer Mor-
tran nf thr finrthwetrn a. .
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Woman Found iri Party. -
They found five men and one .
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War Rrif,
To Arrive From France
Soldier Summit, Utah, Oct IS.
This little village, von the edge of the
Unita national forest, is reveling in
a war romance that aroused the cit
izens to an enthusiastic serenade ot
Harry Fox, world war veteran, and
his pretty French bride upon tlieir
arrival here. ' -
Fox was a private in the 40th
American division and met Suzanne
Cantang in the little French villags
of Lormonf during the hectic cay?
shortly before the armistice.
Later, when Fox boarded a trans
port at Bordeaux for his return ta-
join him in this iountry and oeconu
his bride. , .
After a lapse of two years Suzanne t
made the 5,000-mile trip from her
home in France and was met ' in
Denver. Colo., by Fox." where the
couple were married by City Chap
plain Jim Goodheart, war worker.
Jefferis Would Allow
Roads to Reduce Rates
Washington. Oct. 14. An amend
ment to the transportation act which
would permit railroads On their own
initiative to cut freight rates on
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terials, without waiting for author-ity-
by the Interstate Commerce
commission,- was proposed in a oil!
introduced today by Representative "
Jefferis, republican, Nebraska.
in a statement explaining the
measure, Mr. Jefferis declared such
law would enable the roads to
move farm and other Droducts. which
shippers would not offer because of
high rates, and get them to mar
ket before , they perished by th
wayside.
Veteran Actor, Civil War :
Drummer Boy, Dies on Coast
Los Aneelcs. Oct 14. Harrv S.
Dufficld, 71, veteran actor, died at
his home here last night. Mr. Duf
field three weeks ago celebrated the
59th anniversary of his first ippear-
ance on the stage, which was in '
juvenile role.
He was tn the confederate army
for a short time as a drummer bov.
after which lie returned to the stage.
tie played with stock companies cur
ing most of his career.
N. Y. Standard Oil Boosts
Price of Gasoline 1 Cent
New oYrk. Oct. 14. The Stand,
ard Oil company of New York an
nounced an increase in the price of
gasoline of, 1 cent a gallon, makin?
the wholewlc tank wagon price 2a
cents. , The price of kerosene also
was increased from 14 cents to li
cents a gallon, wholesale,
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