The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 105.
OMAHA, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1921.
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Gipsy Tells
Noon Meet
About Sin
Business Hen and Women
Stirred by Evangelist Serv
icei in Theater Bishop
Stuntz Speaks.
Appeal Made to Pastors
Meeting.
"The damning tin of the age is
the rejection of Jeu Christ," de
clared Gipsy Smith at the first noon
day revival meeting at the Brandcis
theater yesterday.
As he shouted this,' there was a
perceptible stir among the business
men and women who almost filled
the first floor of the theater.
"You may not be a sinner as the
world judges sinners, but if you do
not live intimate with God you are
sinning.
"The Holy Spirit must be dom
inant in your life. It is given to
all, not just a chosen few and if it
is not working in vou it is a sien
jS nf af1fitinra.
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human agencies. It may be trying
to work through you. Don't block
Him," the evangelist urged.
Bishop Stunts Speaks.
The Gipsy made a plea to those
present, especially the church mem-
bcrs, to live a Christ-like life and to
, be true to their church teachings.
Bishop Homer Stuntz delivered
the first short sermon and in the 10
minutes allotted to him he urged
the 'people to get back to God and
the holy spirit.
Each Monday a local minister will
officiate in the conduct of the serv
ices with Gipsy Smith. The 4ocal
leader will speak the first 10 min
utes 'and the evangelist the second
The subjects of the address will be
timely, but based on scripture.
"Wee Willie" McEwan, diminu
tive but dynamic choir leader, led
the audience in singing several of
the old-time hymns frnd "Eddie"
Young, pianist for the Smith party,
played the accompaniments.
) Pastors on Stage.
Gipsy ' Smith sang Love Lifted
Mrf ' and Mr. McEwan sang "Jesus,
Jeslis, Jesus," the hymn hit of the
tint night's revival service.
Cmaha ministers occupied the
stake with the evangelist and Rev.
AA. DeLarme of the Baptist
cjfurch delivered the prayer.
I The meetings for business men
sfad women are to be held each
Soon from , ll:SQ to 12:50, and
prompt. ' . r, i
; v "Move In tht Piano." I
J "We Abetter move "the piano in
here," advised George W. Campbell,
social secretary at the, Y.'. M. C. A.,
vwho was helping Dr. O. D. Baltzly,
arrange the chairs for the regular
meeting of the Ministerial union yes-
(Turn to Fate Two, Column Foar.) ,
State Sheriff Hyers
Has Usual Good Luck;
Arrests Two Couples
Lincoln, Oct. 17. (Specials
State Sheriff Gus Hyers played into
his usual luck today, when he cap
tured two self-confessed criminals
while looking for one.
Giis received a letter from the sher
iff at Clay Center, Kan., that a mar
ried man;. Clarence McDonald, had
gone to Lincoln with a woman
named Birdie Machiner. The woman
was reported to be working in a Lin
coln store.
Gus called at the 10-cerit store.
He found a Mrs. Mackiner was
working there but no Mrs. Machiner.
Cus,' always willing to talk it over
with the ladies, said he would in
terview her; '
lit a short time Mrs. Mackiner ad
mitted she was living with Joe Mack
iner.i Gus arrested Mackiner, who
confessed he fled from Kansas City
following trouble over bad checks.
Gus put Mackiner in jail.
An hour later Gus located Mc
Donald and Mrs. Birdie Machiner.
The, likewise, confessed failure to
ring wedding bells and are being
held by officers pending word from
Clay Center. :,
Rail Board Cuts Wages of
Electric line Employes
Chicago. Oct -17. The United
States railroad labor board today
authorized a 20 per cent wage re
duction for engineers, motormen,
firemen, conductors and brakemen
of the Electric Short Line Railway
company and in doing so took into
consideration for the . first time . in
any wage decision the financial con
dition of the carrier. The board an
nounced that the reduction was made
primarily because the road, running
between Minneapolis and Hutchin
son, Minn., "would go bankrupt
without it."
Legion Offers Volunteer
Pilots for Air Mail Planes
Kansas City, Oct. 17. The avia
tion committee of the American
Legion executive council today
wired Postmaster General Hays
offering to recruit volunteer pilots
for the air mail service in event of
a general railroad -strike. It was
announced that at least 500 pilots,
100 of whom will have their planes
will be at the national convention
of the American Legion which con
venes here October 31.
Man Slugged and Robbed
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street, was siuggea ana roonca m
i$40 on California street, near Six
teenth atreet, at 1:15 yesterday aft-
V mmn Hia law vu hmlrpft arm
he sustained other injuries. He was
taken to Fenger hospital
This is the second daylight rob
)berr in the city's center in the last
j 3 two. daysj
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Business Better
Harding Writes
Mining Congress
President Asks Delegates to
Formulate. Plan to Employ
', Coal Miners the Year
- " 'Around.
Chicago, Oct. 17. There are in
dications that industry is on the up
grade, President Harding stated in
a special message to representatives
of the mining industry, read to dele-,
gates to the 24th annual convention
of the American Mining congress to
night. " .. '
He requested the delegates to
formulate, if possible, plans for
regulating the production . and dis
tribution, of coal to secure employ
ment the year around, and prevent
congestion of transportation facili
ties and high coal prices.,. ;'
Secretary J. F. Callbreath an
nounced that the .president's sugges
tion would be considered a mandate
and made the basis of work of the
convention which opens tomorrow
with the announced, intention of de
veloping a constructive program for
the mining industry.
Message of Harding.
President Harding said:
"Realizing the .' unfortunate State
into which the mining industry has
come, along with so many others, in
the period of depression following
the war, I regard as especially im
portant the effort of your congress
to bring about an 'early improve
ment. ...
"The present unfortunate situation
being a world-wide one, result
ing from world-wide . causes, . com
plete recovery must await improve
ment in world conditions; that there
are indications that Industry is on
the upgrade and mining is sure to
reect the improvement marked in
some other directions. ;
"I cannot forbear to suggest that
your congress nsjght perform a use
ful service in connection with the
improvement jol conditions in coal
mining. A widely variable demand
makes the problem of production
difficult, especially when it involves
an overload of the transportation
system at a time when that system
is least able to bear it.
Asks for Assistance.
"With both labor and facilities
lying idle for substantially half-of
each year, the costs of coal are
bound to be unsatisfactory to . the
consumers. Is there no way of
regulating the demand so as to dis
tribute it more uniformly over the
12 months? Is it not possible to pro
vide storage reservoirs which will
enable large consumers and large
producers to accommodate their con
ditions to the need for a more con
stant rate of production?
T feel that these questions may,
with particular propriety, be address
ed to your organization. Adequate
improvement can hardly be expected
in the coal mining industry untd
the army of workmgmen and the
vast capital engaged in it find con
stant employment. ? '
"I would be glad indeed if your
deliberations might produce some
suggestions of practical value in
dealing with this difficulty." ,
Niece of Mme. Cnrie Died by
Asphyxiation, Says Coroner
Chicago Oct 17. Coroner Peter
Hoffman today decided that Mile.
Helen Dluska, niece of Mme. Curie,
discoverer of radium and daughter
of Dr. Casimtr Dluska, Polish dele
gate to the Paris peace Conference,
who was found dead in the office
of a Polish newspaper here yester
day, was asphyxiated accidentally.
Will It Come to This?
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W. E. Crow Named
To Succeed Knox
Philadelphia, Oct. 19. Governor
Sproul late today announced the
appointment of State Senator Wil
liam E. Crow, of Uniontown, as a
United States senator to succeed the
late Philander C. Knox.
Rancher Killed
In lhird Accident
Ellsworth Man Who Had Two
Miraculous Escapes Dies '
When Sand Wrecks Car.
Ellworth, Neb., Oct. 17. (Special
Telegram.) Patrick Welch, a ranch
er living near here, and well known
throughout this section of the sand
hills was found dead, pinned under
his car about', two miles from his
home. He was attempting to go
through a very bad sand pass and
in backing down over a slight em
bankment overturned the car.
Mr. Welch was an occupant of
one of the automobiles that collided
on the Potash highway just east of
Alliance October 1. He was thrown
20 feet in the air at . this time and
sustained several severe cuts about
the legs and other bruises.
He also was an occupant of the
fatal smoking car from which 13
dead and the same number of injur
ed were taken in the Burlington
wreck at Birdsell nearly three years
ago. , Only by his coat being torn
from his body was he saved , from
serious injury or perhaps instant
death at that time.
He is survived by his wife' and
two small daughters.
1 ,000 Kansas Miners
Report Back to Work
' Pittsburg, " KatC - Oct. ': 17. One
thousand coal miners of District No.
14, who have been idle since Alex
ander Howflat., Kansas district presi
dent of the , mine . workers, and 'Au
gust Dorchywent to jail, are back at
work today, according' to an official
announcement at the. headquarters
of the Operators association this
morning. -
Stopovers From Legion
Meet Will Be Allowed
Visitors who attend the American
Legion convention in Kansas City on
October 31, November. 1-2, may
have the time limit of their excur
sion tickets extended to November
10, to allow them to attend the in
ternational aero congress in Omaha
the three days following the legion
convention, according to a letter re
ceived yesterday - by the Omaha
Aero club from Eben E. MacLeod,
chairman of the Western Passenger
association in Chicago.
Olympic Just Misses Mine
Floating in English Channel
' Paris, Oct. 17. Mine sweepers
have again been called into use in
the English channel and off the
French coast, following repeated
warnings that floating mines have
been sighted off Cherbourg.
The Olympic is stated to have
missed one of the mines by a few
yards.
England Awards Victoria
Cross to "Unknown Warrior"
London, Oct 17. (By The Asso
ciated Press.)The British govern
ment today decided to award the
Victoria Cross, the highest British
award v to America's unknown war
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Forced Landing .
Stops Dedication
Of Aero Field
Official Sponsors Enjoy Air
Trip and Will Repeat
Attempt to Carry Out
'"w ; r ' - Ceremony." Y"""
The new municipal flying field
in North Omaha where the Inter
national Aero Congress will be held
next month, , was not dedicated yes
terday. ,
Ceremonies were lacking, due to
a forced lauding of an airplane car
rying some prominent Umahans
who were to sponsor the dedication.
- The new field will be dedicated
at 3 this afternoon, according to of
ficials of the Omaha Aero club. '
The Ashmusen Bluebird plane,
carrying Joseph Koutsky, city com
missioner; Walter Head, Omaha
banker; Mrs. H'. W. Ashmusen, own
er of the plane; "W. E. Morford,
representing the North Omaha Ac
tivities association, and Pilot C. ' C.
Bowen, hopped off Ak-Sar-Ben field
at 3 yesterday afternoon to make
the first landing of a plane on the
new municipal field.
The plane soared majestically, but
suddenly, the motor stopped. A
forced landing on Ak-Sar-Ben field
followed the airplane trip to the
new field was set over until this
afternoon. , . -
The same passengers will make
the flight today and participate in
the dedication of the new field.
Chinaman Attempts to
Carve Officer's Heart
New York, Oct. 17. Chang Yee,
whisky-crazed Chinaman, buried a
meat cleaver in . Policeman Louis
Rlackmore's heart, or at least he
thought he did.
' A moment later he spun over the
floor with a bullet through his head.
The meat ax had hit the policeman's
shield., saving his life. . Chang Yee
will, die.
Lovett Asks Permission
To Retain Directorates
Washington, Oct. 17. Robert S.
Lovett, chairman of the board of the
Union Pacific, filed with the Inter
state ' Commerce commission today
an application for a waiver of the
law against interlocking directorates
to allow him to remain an official
of the Union Pacific system and al
so' to serve as directois of the New
York Central and subsidiary lines,
the Illinois Central and the Chica
go and Alton.
Simultaneously the Union Pa
cific system filed an application for
similar permission to allow its own
officers to retain ther places as of
ficers of subsidiary corporations as
sociated or consolidated with the
main corporation.
Illinois Bank Cashier
Arrested as Embezzler
Davis Junction, 111.,- Oct 17.
Cashier Copeland of the Union State
bank of Hanover, 111., was arrested
here this morning by Chief of Po
lice Campbell on a warrant charg
ing embezzlement sworn out at Sa
vannah, III. Copeland and a com
panion were taken from a train.
Iowa Journalist Dies. .
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 17.V
Charles McEIroy, 70, who until a
few years ago had been engaged in
the newspaper business at Ottumwa
and Fairfield, la., died here yester
day. A .widow and seven children
lUrvive.
mges In
freaty Are
Defeated
Senate Overwhelmingly Kills
All Efforts to Amend Pact
Ratification Expected
By Wednesday.
Cloture Is- In Effect
Chlrai TrlbUM-Owaha lira Lfaard Wir.
Washington, Oct. 17. Attempts
to amend the German peace treaty
were overwhelmingly defeated in the
senate today,. indicating ratification
with the text jut as it was sent back
from Berlin.
An amendment by Senator Reed
of Missouri, democratic "irreconcil
able" specifically declaring that the
United States assumed no obligation
under any part of the Versailles
treaty was rejected by a vote of 66
to 8. .
- Earlier in the . day, two amend
ments offered by Senator. Walsh of
Montana, democrat, and a league of
nations advocate designed to psotect
the territorital integrity of Germany
against unwarranted invasion, were
defeated by equally large majorities.
All Debate Limited.
The senate began operating today
under an agreement curtailing de
bate, and leaders sidetracked all leg
islation to give the treaties the righ'
of way. Senators now are limited
to one hour speeches on the treaty
and ten minute speeches on amend
ments or reservations. , At the con
clusion of today's session, Senator
Reed introduced several new amend
ments which probably will consume
some time .tomarrow. When all
amendments are out of the way, res
ervations will be in order.
Senator Lodge, republican., leader,
announced he would hold the senate
in session late tomorrow night in an
effort to bring the pact to a vote.
It may not be possible to complete
ratification tomorrow, but leaders
are aiming' to bring all three treaties
to a vote before Wednesday night at
the latest.
Reed Sees Entanglements,
Senator Reed, . in offering his
amendment today, contended that
the pending treaties deeply entangle
the United States in European af
fairs. He characterized them as
"miserable makeshifts which put us
into the league of nations through
the back door." He pointed out
that in the pending treaties certain
sections of the Versailles treaty were
specially named as having no bind
ing effect upon the United States. By
inference, he argued therefore, the
United States did assume obligations
undtr the other sections of the Ver
sailles treaty. -
Senator Borah of Idaho, republi
can, supported Senator Reed's con
tention, but Senator Lodge insisted
that the United States assumed no
obligations 'under ' the . Versailles
treaty. . ' .
"Then why in the name , of com
mon sense can't we say so in so
many words?" exclaimed , Senator
Reed.
Borah With Reed.
Senator Lodge. . replied that the
United States simply reserved the
privilege of claiming rights under the
exempted sections of the Versailles
treaty. Senator Shields .of Tennes
see, democrat, although an "irrecon
cilable" himself, also disagreed with
Senator Reed's position. He said he
had examined the sections of the
Versailles treaty under which Sen
ator Reed claimed the United States
would be bound and found no ob
jectionable entanglements in them.
Senators who voted for the Reed
amendment were Ashurst, Brous
sard, Reed, Walsh of Massachusetts,
and Watson of Georgia, democrats,
and Borah, Johnson and LaFollette,
republicans. -
The first amendment offered by
Senator Walsh pledged the United
States to join with other signatories
of the Versailles treaty in any steps
that might be mutually decided upon
to protect Germany against unjusti
fied invasion as long as it fulfilled
its treaty obligations. This was re
jected, 71 to 7, Senators Walsh,
Hitchcock, King, Simmons, Over
man, Glass and Culberson support
ing it. The second amendment pro
vided for use of good offices by the
United States to prevent unwarrant
ed invasion of Germany. This was
defeated 62 to 6. . .
Congress to Drop
; Probe of Ku Klux
Washington, Oct 17-The house
rules committee decided today after
hearing W. J. Simmons, imperial
wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, not to
examine other witnesses. This de
cision was construed to mean that
there will be no investigation of the
klan by congress.
Walker D.Hines,Back in U.S.,
Says Strike Must Be Averted
New York, Oct. 17. Walker D.
Hines, director general of the rail
road administration during the war,
returned to this country yesterday
after 16 months in Europe.
As to the present critical railroad
situation Mr. Hines said that while
he had not read all the news there
should be no strike.
"Some means should be found to
prevent such a disaster to the United
States," he said.
K. K. K. Signature Found
In Room of Sain Negress
New York, Oct. 17. The body
of a negress was found here. It
is believed she was murdered.. Po
lice found on a tool chest in the
yard of her home the words "get out
or you die" written in chalk.
On the walls of the room in which
the body was found was the signa
ture "Ku Klux Klan." Medical ex
aminers laid the neeress had been
lead seycal days '
Who Precipitated Crisis?
Both Sides Deny Blame
Brotherhoods, Through Stone,
Put . Responsibility for
Threatened Service Dis
ruption Squarely on
Roads.
Cleveland. Oct. 17. In a signed
statement Warren S. Stone, presi
dent of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, late today set
forth reasons for the "Big Five"
transportation organizations author
ising a strike of their membership
which is set to begin October 30
In the statement he reviews various
attempts made to obtain an amicable
settlement,
Mr. Stone's statement follows: ;
"Then men's position and their
reasons. for striking in part follow:
"When the transportation act of
1920 became a law, it was hoped by
the employes that all disputes would
be adjusted, and decisions rendered
by the board, would be complied with
by the carriers and employes. In
stead of complying with the deci
sions of the labor board, the rail
roads soon began to disregard or
flout its derisions, flagrant cases of
this being the action of the Atlanta,
Birmingham & Atlantic, the Eric, the
Pennsylvania railroad, and many
ether cases.
Increases Were Late.
"It is admitted by all that the rail
way men were the last to receive
any increase during the war. During
August, 1919, the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers submitted to
President Wilson a statement set
ting forth that a decrease in the cost
of the necessities of life was neces
sary or an increase in wages was
imperative.
"From that time on, the question
of wages was discussed on different
occasions and was finally submitted
to the labor board. In July, 1920,
the board handed down a decision
which, based oji all the facts, they
declared was just and equitable an1
further stated that their conclusions
(Tarn to Page Two, Column One.)
Second Mystery
Woman in Gun
Battle Sought
Police Learn Hotel Guest Left
Hurriedly Following Report
Of Fatal Shooting at
, . "Yarni House.
Two mysterious women- are now in
involved in police investigations fol
lowing the battle between " officers
and alleged bandits at the Lena
Snyder farm, six miles northeast of
Council Bluffs, last Friday after
noon, resulting in the death of two
men and wounding. of, two others'.
Mrs. Alice King may have been
the brains of a big gang of desper
ate men thieves. Police learned to
yesterday that she - maintained a
sumptuous apartment at the Orana
hotel in Council Bluffs. Her attor
ney appeared there yesterday, paid
her bill and removed her' .effects.
Her luggage , is all of the best and
her clothing expensive, v -
The woman was very quiet about
the hotel. She went in- and out,
carrying books. Hotel ..Sclerks
thought she was a business woman
or school teacher. Some nights she
did not come to the hotel at all. 'f- :
Other Mystery Woman.
'Hotel people did not connect her
with the woman arrested after the
battle of last Friday until her attor
ney came there yesterday. : ' -
I he other woman ot mystery is
connected with .the gang by circum
stantial evidence only. ' She,1 too,
was a woman with plenty of money,
occupying expensive rooms at the
Grand hotel, wearing the finest of
clothes and paying her bills
promptly.
she received numerous telephone
calls and telegrams. Saturday, the
day after the bandit battle, she
seemed to become greatly excited.
bhe called a taxicab - and made a
swift run to the Rome hotel in Oma
ha and took baggage from a room
which she maintained there. .Y
Driver Gets Big Tip.
She taxied back to the Grand ho
tel, paid her bill and then rushed
off in the taxicab and caught a train
tor Kansas City.
The driver said she gave him a $7
tip for reaching the station in time
to.make the train.
Officers say ' they now are sure
that Thomas Emmet King, alleged
bandit, killed in Friday's battle,
was the husband of Mrs. King.
Detective Elmer Lane said yester
day that he does not know who fired
the shot which killed Special Agent
Murray.
Two Men Believed Lost in
Wilderness in Alaska
Dawson, Y. T.. Oct. 17. Frank
Keely, formerly of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
and a A. Warburton, a guide from
the Pelly country, are - believed to
have perished exploring the wilder
ness between rort Norman . and
Ross river post. :
Trappers returning today from the
region said no word had been heard
from the pair since spring when.
against the advice of friends, they
left Fort Norman on their hazard
ous journey.
Japan Asks China to
Reconsider Shantung
Tokio, Oct 17. (By The As
sociated Press.) The Japanese for
eign office today communicatod in
structions to Yukichi Obata, Japan
ese minister of Pekin, to invite the
Chinese government to reconsider its
rejection of Japan's recent proposals
lelative to the return of shantung
to Chinese control,
Presidents of MiddIeWeetcrn
Systema Reject Public
Group Plan to Cut
Rate Score
Unions.
Chicago, III., Oct. 17.-Presidcnts
of the leading middle-western rail
roads in a statement tonight turned
down as "impossible" the proposal
of the railroad labor board public
group that freight rates be reduced
immediately as a possible means of
averting a general rail strike, and
charged that the proposed walkout
"would be a strike against the gov
ernment, called by the unions pri
marily for the purpose of nullifying
the transportation act creating the
lalor board."
The statement followed a meeting
of the Association of Railroads en
tering Chicago and was signed on
behalf of the organization by Samuel
Fclton, president of the Chicago
Great Western. The Chicago &
North Western, the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy, the Santa Fe, the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, and
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
are some of the larger roads repre
sented at the meeting.
Statements Coincidental.
By 'coincidence, the statement,
which reviews the railroad situation
and causes of the strike, was issued
at almost the same moment Warren
S. Stone, president of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers was
giving out a statement in Cleveland
telling why the "Big Four" brother
hoods and the Switchmen's Union
of North America had authorized a
walkout on October 30.
The statement says in part:
"The thing it is proposed to strike
against is the decision of the rail
road labor board authorizing the re
duction of 12 per cent in wages
which the railways put intseffect
July 1. There is at present no other
(Torn to Pe Two, Column Three.)
Local Railroad
Workers Receive
Strike Mandate
H. S. Daniel, Acting Postmas
ter, Says Mail Service Will
Not Be Interrupted - ;
- "By Trouble,
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Executives of the local, railway
brotherhoods - stated yesterday that
orders for the general railway strike
have been distributed and could not
be countermanded 'except on receipt
of orders from-the chief in Chicago.
Delmar W., Smith,, general, chair
man of the Union Pacific locomotive
firemen .ajid engine men's organization,-said
that the notices have been
sent to 1,400 -members and he added
that 98 per cent of the engine men
of the- Union Pacific system are in
this organization.
Chairman Smith would not divulge
the date set for the strike on the
Union Pacific system. He intimated
that J. T. Hughes and E. H. Kruse,
who will handle the situation here,
probably, will arrive here next week..
. R. W. Wiggins, financial secretary
of Lodge No. 3, railway clerks, ex
press -handlers, freight house and
station employes, said that no or
ders affecting "his men have beerl
received. v .
S H. Grace, secretary of division
No. 1, Brotherhood of Shop Crafts,
reported that several representatives
of his organization will go to Chi
cago this week to attend a confer
ence to consider the strike situation.
H. S. Daniel, acting postmaster,
expressed the belief that mail ser
vice will not be interrupted, by a
rail strike.
Irish Peace Meet Is
Adjourned Few Days
London, Oct. 17. (By The As
sociated Press.) A two-hour ses
sion of the conference between Irish
leaders and representatives of the
British government today was ad
journed s without date. This omis
sion was due. to' the engagements of
Premier Lloyd George in connec
tion with the reopening of parlia
ment tomorrow. - "
Large-sized maps brought into
the conference room today were
taken to indicate that Ulster was
under discussion.
Game Bagged by Legion
Served to War Mothers
Maxwell, Neb., Oct. 17. (Special.)
Hundreds of prairie chicken, ducks
and snipe were killed in the annual
American Legion,' hunt. The game
was served at a banquet to the War
Mothers. .
The Weather
' Forecast
Nebraska Fair Tuesday- and
probably Wednesday; somewhat
warmer Tuesday in west and central
portions. .
Iowa Fair Tuesday and probably
Wednesday; slightly cooler Tuesday
in southeast portion.
Hourly Temperatures.
S . m St 1 p. m.. n
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7 m. tn n S p. m M
S a. m 77 4 p. m .....7
t . m 71 S p. m W
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U. S. POLICY
IN TIEUP IIP
TO HARDING
Series of Recommendation! of
Action in Rail Crii Now
Are Under Considera
tion by President.
ALL INCLUDE CUTS IN
FREIGHT RATE AT ONCE
Members of Cabinet Will Dis
cuss Situation and Will An
nounce Administration's
Attitude on Strike.
Br ARTHUR SEARS HENrJlNO.
Chirac Trltioiw-Omalia 11m I.mt4 Wlr.
Washington, Oct. 17. After a day
of government conferences here.
President Harding is considering to
night a scries of recommendation
of action in the railroad strike rriU
which are reported to include a re
duction of freight rates to offset the
wage reductions against which the
rail unions are protesting.
That there will be an immediate
lowering of transportation rates,
whether tbe strike goes into effect
or is called off, is the conviction of
many government officials in touch
with the situation. It is for such
a reduction of the cost of trans
portation that President Harding ha
been working for months in the be
lief that it would go far toward re:
viving business.
The recommendations made to the
president by the chairmen of the
Interstate Commerce commission
and the Railway Labor board will
be discussed at the cabinet meeting
tomorrow, after which it is expected
the president will be ready to an
nounce his attitude on the strike.
Conference Ii Lengthy.
The members of the railway labor
board "representing the public were
closeted with the members of the
Interstate Commerce commission al!
the afternoon in a discussion of the
relation of wage reductions and
transportation rate decreases.
At the close of the conference
Chairman Barton of the labor board
and Chairman McChord of the In
terstate Commerce commission went
to the White House to lay the rer
suits of their deliberations before
Mr. Harding. They spent more than
an hour with the president, for whose
benefit they reviewed the history of
the wage t reduction case and pre
sented recommendation for the solu
tion of the problem. , ;
Harding Geta Report.
'Anything bearing on the strike
situation must come from the presi
dent," replied Chairmao McChord
when questioned by newspaper men
as .he emerged ffbm the White
House with Chairman Barton. "We
discussed every phase of, the situa-
tion and got better acquainted and
we hope that something helpful will
(Torn to Paa- Two, CoUmi Two.)
Governor Not Excited
Over Strike Threat;
Veterans Oppose Move
. Lincoln, Oct 17. (Special Tele-"
gram) Calling of a food conserva--tion
conference nf Nrfiraclra m 9 vrtfe
or issuance of conservation warnings'
win piay no part m the actions of
Governor McKelvie, relative to the
threatened railroad strike for the
present, . ,
"I think the supply of food and
ether necessities on hand together
with Nebraska's resources will be
sufficient to handle the situation for
a considerable time,' the governor
said.
A railroad strike will affect the
purses of 3.200 people living at Lin
coln and Havelork thi ; nf h
Burlington shops,: according to esti-
maics maue lomgni. J -
Reports were current that old em-'
doves of the Burli
through seniority of service had been
given runs wnicn tney were capa
ble of handlinor for
O - - JVI9 vv
come, were pretesting as much as
mey aarea against the threatened
strike.
A strike, thev fept wnnlif' maon
the loss of their seniority record and
A I - . , ,
.in... auvdiivcu jcars would make
them incanahll of fianHlintr "Uft
run," which in railroad parjance
means work on through and fast
trains which calls for the vitality of
younger men. .
St. Louis Woman Nominated 1
On U. S. Compensation Board
7tt 1 r - a.
wasnington, jct. 17. Mrs. Bessie
Parker Brueggeman of St Louis
was nominated by President Hard
ing today to be a member of the
United States Employes' Compen
sation commission, a government,
aecnev dealincr with rnmnrnaatinn
of civil employes of the government
injurea wnue m aischarge of their
duties.
The nomination of Charles H.
Martin and Edgar Russell, now col-,
onels in the army, to be brigadier
generals, also were sent to the sen
ate.
Captain of First Boat to ,
Nome in Gold Rush Dies
Berkeley, CaL, Oct. 17. Capt.
William Daniels, 60, said to have
commanded the first boat to reach
Nome in the gold rush of 1900, died
at his home here yesterday. He was
a native of New York.'
Ceddes Quits Cabinet
London, Oct 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Sir Eric Geddes,
minister of transportation in the'
British cabinet, has tendered his res
ignation frcaji that office, it, was
learned today
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