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The ' Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 51-NO. 111. l.u4 m e mm Urn M. its, at ft . VMM M l W7I. OMAHA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1921. - t Mail l awl. San M4 N. MIM. Ik a attl Mt Saaant U Ml M daw la M SuMa, teM. M4 atMtoa, IM THREE CENTS ft III P if V 1 v 1.1 J. U. S. Ex-Ruler Charles Is Captured Former King of Hungary, Out To Secure Restoration of Throne, Meeu With Severe Reverses. Empress Is Also Taken Itf Tb. Aaaaclatal Vrtm. Budapest, Oct. 24. Ex-F.mperor Charles and ex-Empress Zita'were captured today near Kojnorn nd are confined in the castle at Tata-Voros, guarded by two companies of gov ernment troopi. Colonel 'Oesentburg's troops, cov ering the retreat of the former rul ers, were forced to surrender and are prisoners. Earlier in the day the Carlists had reached BIcske, between Tata Tovaros and Budapest and about 20 miles west of the Hungarian capital. . It was here that the Royalist army was encircled and its capture ap- eared imminent until troops broke through and retreated. The Consti tutionalist forces numbered about 20.000 against approximately 10.000 followers of the former-monarch. Allies Oppose Ex-Ruler. -' Paris, Oct. 24. At the meeting of -.the council of ambassadors the in Yfluence of the allied power was deft T nitely thrown against the attempted restoration. The council instructed the allied representatives in Budapest immedi ately to demand from the Hungarian government these things: . 1. A nroclamation of the forfei ture of ail rights of ex-King Charles to the throne. ' 2 The placing of Charles under arrest and the expulsion from Hun gary under conditions which the allied powers will fix. ' Failing these things, the allied rep resentative are instructed to inform the Hungarian government that thr ' allied powers will decline all respons ibilities and the consequences which might result for Hungary. Budapest Government Falls. News of Charles' second entry into Hungary and his open defiance of the big and little ententes has caused the fall of the Budapest government. The new cabinet is said to include Apponyi, well known in America, and Rakovsky and former Premier Friedcrich. The general feeling prevailing in I Berlin is that central Europe is. on the eve of a new erisis.-devclopments of which none in diplomatic circles will hazard a forecast : It is expected 'that Tyrol,1 where the monarchists arc - strongly or ganized, will take advantage or tne situation and will declare itself inde pendent of Austria which is con sidered the first step toward a union Krith Germany. Renner Accuses Many. Dr. Karl Renner, former chancel lor of Austria, who is now in Berlin, in an interview today declared that certain persons in unofficial posi tions, but very high in French and British diplomatic circles and promi nent in Italy,, were behind the former emperor in the latter's at tempt to regain the throne. Dr. Renner frankly declared that he feared the incident would result in civil war in Austria. ; " Charles' second comeback was no secret in well informed Budapest po litical circles. In fact, the word was passed two weeks ago that he jpas prepared to enter, but this leak post poned the adventure. ' Official cir cles are buzzing with reports of a big political intrigue behind ' the move; . an agreement had been leached between Charles, France, Italy- and Jugo-Slavia before the ad venture began, it is said. It is re ported Italy . will gain Hungarian support against the Jugo-Slavs and France -will . . support : Hungary against any resurrection of German spirattons in the luture. j ' Supreme Court Refuses - To Review Townley Sentence Washington, Oct. 22. The su preme court refused today to review the conviction unacr Minnesota aws of A. C Townley. president of the nonpartisan league, and Joseph Gilbert, manager of its organization department." a- ;. St. Paul, Minn.. Oct. 24.-Arthur C Townev. president ot the JNon partisan league, together with Joseph Gilbert, former state organizer of the league, must serve a sentence of 90 days in the Jackson county (Minne sota) jail as a result of the United States supreme court refusal today to review their case. Message to Pope a Challenge, Lloyd George Tells Commons London, Oct 24. Prime Minis" ter Lloyd George, answering a ques tion in the House of Commons to day regarding Eamon de Valera's message to Pope Benedict, said the publication of Mr. de Valera's mes- sage, especially in the middle of the peace negotiations, constituted : a Brave challenge. ; "The position of the government on the question involved in that tel egram-has been made abundantly clear." the premier continued. "We do not propose to recede from , it, and the conference cannot proceed on, any-other basis. . Spaniards Gain Victory Madrid, Oct, 24. An important tnrresa bv the Spanish troops in Morocco, the occupation of Mount Arruit. was announced-.in an official communique this atternoon. xnt oc cupation took olace this morning, the statement said. Mount Aurruit was one of the important outlying posi- tions in the Melilla area, captured by the rebellions tribesmen during- the July disaster to. the Spanish arms tn that region when General Navarro as takes prisoner and held as a Aottaga. Service Man Held For Stealing Car Joe Shanley. Theft of Auto' Confessed by World War Hero Joe Shanley, Croix de Guerre And Distinguished Service' Cross Winner, Faces Ne braska Prison. In 1917, Joe Shanley stood the rain of machine gun fire. Today he faces the doors of the Nebraska prison. Shanley. 31 but small in stature, confessed yesterday afternoon to Folice Lieutenant Jack Pzsanowski that he stole the $6,000 automobile hrlnnffin? to Robert O'Dell of the Western Motor Car company. But -4 hours elapsed bctore inan ity would confess. He maintained that he did not abandon the machine on West Dodge road. . His confession reads as lollows. t .'. , .,. Dictates Confession. 4, L Kfij tiamfi is Tncpnh .hanlev. T am 31 years old and live in Cincinnati, U. I came to umana lour months ago. ; Yesterday (Sunday) 1 went ta Eighteenth and Dodec street. I saw the man (O'Dell) get out of the big machine and go into the puyding (athletic ciudj. .1 got into the car. J. he key was in tne lock. I started the motor and drove the car awav. I struck a Fcrd be longing to H. C. Spaulding some where on Farnam street. I did not stop but drove west on the Dodge street road. On the way out I won dered what I was going to- do with the car. So 1 thought l would tans a tire off nf it anH trv trt sell it. 1 did take a tire off and then put it back on again. I then drove to the Peony Inn. I was going to tell the police. The man there told me that the phone was out of order. I waited around there. I thought I would see a motorcycle cop. I was going to give him the car and was going to tell him I found it, so then I decided to drive back to town. I was .driving behind a car and he ttnnrwxt slrnrt and T lumped into him. He jumped out of his car and put a rifle on me in my face 'and made me throw up my nanas ana held me until the police arrived. Willing to Face Music. fVwirtiment "red taoe" ; made Shanley desperate, he told Pzsanow ski. He stated he had not received any money from the government since last March. '. ' . - "I don t want to take advantage ot my record in the war," said Shanley. "I got into this mess and I guess I will have to make the best of it. I have only $1.35. " Shanley says he won the Uistin guished Service cross and the.Cjoix de Guerre. . . i He said it was tempting when he saw the key in the lock of the ma chine. Shanley stated that he would appeal to the Red Cross for aid to locate his wife who has mysteriously disappeared. She was registered at a local downtown hotel. . Financing the Farmers What is the relief now being given farm- era and stock raisers of Nebraska and other -: states through the gov ernment War Finance v Corporation? - v Just who may re- : ceive loans., from the . corporation and on what terms? These and related f. questions, of great in- : terest to producers and bankers, will be an swered by The Bee in a series of articles ap- .v pearing on the editor- " ial page, beginning to--'-morrow. , . There is much mis-, . understanding of t h e -War Finance Corpora tion's purpose and scope. Watch for the -' facts in The Omaha Bee life I M mm Beer Sale Rules. Are Given Out Mellon Lifts Lid on Manufac ture and Sale of Spirituous Liquors for Medicinal ' Purposes. Drys Are Up in Arms By ARTHUR SEARS HENNIN6 IhkM Trllii-Oiata H Lnw Wirt, Washington." Oct. 24. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon lifted the lid today on the manufacture and sale of beer for medicinal Durpot.es. Deciding pot to wait longer for me passage or inc pending anu-uccr bill by congress, Mr. Mellon issued rigid regulations for the manufac ture of beer by authorized brewers and its sale by druggists upon an au thorized physician's prescription. Not more than two and one-half gallons of beer may be prescribed at one time for use by the same person. The revised regulations limit the prescription of whisky and brandy to one Pint tor tne same person within 10 days, of wine to two quarts and of alcohol for external use'to one pint at a time. Druggists are d rectcd to refuse to till pre scriptions if convinced they are is sued for other than medicinal pur poses. Protect Legal Rights. "The issuance of the beer regula tions, Mr. Mellon explained, was delayed originally because it seem ed probable that leigslation would be enacted whereby the action of the department would be of no prac tical advantage to those interested; and this view appeared to be ac nuiesced in by them, since there was at that tune no urgent demand for the issuance of. the regulations. "However, for some time past, it has- been strongly urged by those interested that this department had no right longer to withhold these regulations, and that in so doing the department is denying to those inter ested their clear legal right and thereby imposing serious loss upon them. The legal rights of the par tics concerned being plain, the de partment is unable longer to delay the issuance of these regulations." In some quarters it is predicted that the action of the administration will strengthen the opposition to the anti-beer bill and cause its eventual defeat. The bill is pending in the senate in the form of a conference report, but has .been laid aside un til the' tax bill is passed when its backers assert it will be brought fox ward again. 1. , ". , Drys Flabbergattect.- - Representative Volstead was so flabbergasted when he heard Mr. Mellon had, tilted the lid on medic inal beer that he gasped "I don't be lieve it," and would say no more. "The same reasons for withhold ing the regulations now exist as have existed for several weeks past," was all that could be elicited from Wayne B. Wheeler, counsel for the Anti Saloon league. . ' ' The regulations require the sale of beer in bottles only, which shall be labeled with the name of the manu facturer and the legend "For medici nal purposes only. Sale or use. for other purposes will cause heavy pen alties to be inflicted." -J Other Regulations. Other regulations follow: ' "Any malt extracts containing one- - (Turn to Page To, Column One.) Archbishop of Omaha Aids in Consecration - Denver, Oct. 24. What was de scribed as the most solemn and ma jestic ceremony in church history in Denver took place yesterday when the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was consecrated before a throng' of more ahan 30,000 per sons. Right Rev. J. Henry Tihen, bishop of Denver, was the consecrator. He was assisted by the co-consecrators, Archbishops Albert T. Daeger of Santa Fe, N. M., and J. J. Glennon of St. Louis. Archbishop Austin Dowling of St. Paul addressed thousands who gathered outside the church for solemn pontifical vespers. Archbishops Edward J. Hanna of San Francisco and J. J. Hartyt of Omaha also took part in the cere mony. The cathedral was con structed in 1908 at a cost of $700,000. Marriage on 13th Kills Happiness, Kills Find ; Marriage on the ' 13th of the month "kills" all chances for happi ness, Ernest G. and Gertrude M. Kill found. ' r ' - The couple were married Septem ber i3, 1912 (adding the digits in 1912 also equals 13), but Gertrude left him in 1919, Ernest charged in a divorce action he started on the grounds of abandonment. The de creewas granted. . U. S. Armament Delegates " - Prep are for Conference Washington, Oct. 24. American delegates to the conference on limi tation of armament . were again in conference Hoday in - Secretary Hughes omce at the State depart ment, continuing their review of data prepared for their use by vari ous government agencies and the preliminary discussion 'of policies which will govern their actions when the conference assembles. - Wyoming Man Put on Trial For Road House Slaying ' Chicago, Oct. 24. Gerald Stack, Lander. Wyo., was placed on trial to day before Judge Michael McKinley in the criminal court here, charged with manslaughter. Stack is alleged to have shot Paul Brown on August 3T, 1920, during an altercation at the Bungalow Inn. in Nilcs, III Exam ination ot jurors was begun today. U. S. Jury Indicts An7' rhoenix. Aril., V v.1 dictnirnt again-t Ki w .,neron Unit it Slatri itnatot -.n Arizona. was returned by die federal grand jury at the last term of the United States district court here, according Id brief entry made in the minute book of the court today. The In dictment was on a charge of perjury, according to the entry in the minute book. Washington, Oct. 24. Senatoi Cameron said tonight lie had receiv ed no word of an indictment against his in Arizona, but understood "cer tain political foes" had nude efforts to obtain an indictment for alleged improper and excessive use of money in his election. fie added he was prepared to dinprove any such charges, if brought formally. Prospects Good For Settlement Of Irish Crisis Message of De Valera to Pope Benedict Nearly Precipi tates Breaking Off of Peace Negotiations. -. Br The AfMelatfd P . London, "Oct. 24. The first real crisis in the Irish conference, caused by Eamon de , Valera's assertion of Ireland -independence tn his message-to Pope Benedict last week, is not healed, but there are hopes, if not prospects, that it . may be smoothed over or compromised. Representatives of the British gov eminent and of the Dail Eireann con ferred nearly three hours today, and this question was the only one before the conference, which adojurned until 4 p. m. tomorrow. . Ultimatum It Given. The government is understood to have placed before the Sinn Fein delegates its ultimatum, or declara tion, that Great Britain will deal with Sinn Fein Ireland only as a part of the British Empire and not with rep resentatives of the Sinn Fein as plenipotentiaries of an independent republic. ' '-i Premier Lloyd George made the government's policy clear to the house of commons. He said Mr. De Valera's message was a "grave challenge," that the' government's position on that question (meaning independence) had been made clear and that the- conference could not proceed on any other basis. Settlement Is Possible. ' , The business of today's conference was described as an attemot to aerta on a. formula, which would carry the! conference over the apparent dead lock. : Mr. De Valera's claims of Ireland's independence .in preliminary corres pondence with Lloyd George appar ently were compromised by a tactic agreement- to avoid any discussion ot them, but apparently the issue has reached a, state where avoidance of the subject, or' a compromise is al most impossible. ' Whatever optim ism that was discernible tonight among: informed onlookers was based on their conviction that there are men -of -high . ability on both sides,, and that there is a sincere desire for a settlement. Metrtods in Denver Tram Strike of 1920 Scored by Churches New York, Oct. 24. Condemna tion of strike-breaking methods em ployed during the Denver street car strike of 1920 and of the action of the men in striking while their case was before the courts, were con tained in a report made public by the federal council of the Churches of Christ. The report, it was an nounced, was the result of an inves tigation by the Council's research de partment, undertaken at the instance of a group of Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish church men of Denver. The Teport also criticized the Den ver city administration for its al leged failure to provide proper, forces to maintain order and declared' that the death of several citizens, had been due to the arming of irrespon sible strike breakers. The report charged the street car interests with the use of the indus trial "spy system," which it con demned as "one of the most disrup tive -influences in our industrial or der." Publicity methods which pic tured the working man as radical and violent were also -condemned. Cincinnati Slacker Must ;' Serve Term Court Rules Washington, Oct. 24. A peniten tiary sentence of five years imposed on J. Herman Dierkes in Cincinnati ttiust stand, the supreme court today refusing to review the case. Dierkes was convicted on three counts based upon a statement made in June, 1918, that he "would rather serve- a term in the penitentiary than "wear a uni form in Wilson's Walt street war." Tropical Storm Declared To Be Heading for Florida Havana, Oct. 24. A tropical storm raged today over the province of Pinar Del Jlio arid '"tonight was reported as heading toward Florida. There was a heavy rainfall which caused rivers and creeks to rise, but only slight damage resulted. ' Vessels destined for Mexican gulf ports are being held in the harbor. Roads Not Responsible for Damages During U.S. Control Washington, Oct 24. Railroad companies are ' not responsible for damages -caused while operated by the railroad administration, the su preme court held in substance' to day in refusing to review an appeal of the 'Globe and Rutgers Fire In surance company, . ' i - ' r - ..." . ... DdjonManls Sentenced to ; Electric Chair Farm' Hand Convicted , of First Degree Murder at Sid- V ney for Slaying Woman ! ' " Employer. - :V 7 , - : r ' " ' Sidney, Neb., Oct. 24. (Special.) Charles Nichols was found guilty of first degree murder in the district court here and sentenced to death in the electric chair for the slaying of Miss Emma Carow of Dalton. Nich ols was apparently unmoved when the verdict was read. This was the first murder trial in Sidney since 1916. ' Nichols was employed as a farm handon the ranch managed by Miss Carow for her mother. He became infatuated and attempted to force Miss. Carow to marry him. - When she rejected him he attacked her while, en , route to .town in a truck with her mother. She escaped from the truck and he fired a number of shots at her from his revolver. She died of her injuries. Nichols at tempted to kill himself after shooting the woman. ? Nichols was arrested at once and has been held in jail. -He pleaded temporary insanity. Rail Guarantee Provision Bobs Up Before Senate Washington, Oct. 24.-The long smoldering movement in congress for the repeal of the railroads 6 per cent guaranty provision of the trans portation act and also of the Adam son law appeared in the open before the senate interstate commerce com mittee today whtn representatives of state railway commissioners ' and agricultural organizations appeared to urge such changes. ' John E. Benton, solicitor of the National Association of Railway and Utilities commissioners charged the railroads with use of propaganda to destroy the state -commission's au thority. VV"r'N ,.: Miners Buried Thursday by -Cave-In Are Not Yet Rescued Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 24. L, P. Craig arid Francis Patenude, miners, who were imprisoned by a cave-in at the Brittania mine, , Brittania Beach, B. C, last Thursday, have not yet been rescued, although emergen cy gangs have been working- desper ately for four, days to rescue- the.ni, according tot word reaching here to dav. " J The men are in a shaft 2,300 feet below the surface .'and are believed to be.still' alive. ; i Test Hole'for Coal 'Js- ' ' ' Dtig in Dixon County Lincoln. Oct.-24. (Special Tele gram.) Representative Grant Mears of Wayne, in Lincoln today, an nounced the formation of a company which has leased 3,000 acres of land near Newcastle, Dixon county, and is sinking a test hole for coal. Coal in small quantities has been found near there. If the company 'finds a paying strata there is a $4,000 re ward offered by the state. ', Landis Favors Brakeman In Soo Line Squabble Minneapolis, Oct 24. Federal Judge Landis, Chicago, Chosen as arbitrator in a dispute between the Soo line and union employes of the railroad, has settled the matter, it was learned today. A conductor had ' charged a brakeman with dis obeying orders. The judge decided in favor of the brakemao- , WilWt Blow Over? Fruit Train in - Ditch at Paxton Two Hoboes Reported Miss ingTraffic Held Up 16 Hours While Track Cleared. Ogallala? Neb;,' Oct' 24: (Special) An eastbound express " train of California fruit was wrecked between this city and Paxton and 12 cars piled in the ditch. Reports from hoboes riding on the train are that two of their number are missing. Six of the men were slightly in jured. ; i. ' ' 1 '' Traffic was tied up 16 hours while the debris was being cleared off the tracks by three wrecking crews. Nine eastbound passenger trains were held at Ogallala and the west bound tranis at North Platte. When the report was ' circulated that a fruit train had gone in the ditch residents for miles around vis ited the scene in- hopes of getting a winter supply of apples. The com pany profiting by a wreck a few years ago when a carload of prunes and a carload of almonds disap peared had guards on. -hand prompt ly to protect the fruit. Federal Agent Seized Arms Enroute to Mexico , . ;. i .-' San Diego, Cat, Oct. 24. A con signment of 250. .high power rifles and 60,000 rounds of ammunition, en route to Tijuana, Lower California, was' seized by David : Gershon,-' United States Department ot Justice agent in San Diego. J. A. Flahive of Los Angeles, arid his two sons, Jack and Frank, are held in jail for in vestigation. ' . The alertness, of Mrs. Mabel . H. Zeeley,,:.a customs employe ...at the border, is said' to" have been respon sible for the seizure., Gershon said the elder Flahive told' him the munU tions were to be used in making mo tion pictures. He declared: the am munition was of the "soft nosed" type. ' v': " News of the seizure --caused little excitement in Tijuana,- Governor' Ybarra said he believed the munitions were intended for use in some' other part of Mexico. , U Omaha Woman Addresses ' - New.' Orleans Convention '.Miss Lena Bellman membership secretary of the .Omaha Chamber of Commerce,;' dlneVedV an address on'1 "Membershigff'-'' !n ' New- Orleans yesterday beforethe jhectmg of the National -Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries. -')'" ' 1 Miss Bellman, was the only woman on the "program. "J. David Larson, commissioner of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, .is chairman of the committee in charge of a banqut for convention .delegates this evening. Wilson Shows Improvement,' , Josephus Daniels; Reports Washington, Oct. 24.'Remark able improvement," in the' health of former President Wilson was re ported today by Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy, follow ing a call at the Wilson residence. Mr. Wilson was in excellent spirits, he said. Woman Forger Held Hot Springs, Ark., Oct 24. Fed eral agents are here investigating Mary Almquist, who gave her home as Los Angeles, Cal., arrested and charged with attempting to pass a $1 bank note raised to $50. Two of the raised notes were found in the wo man's possession, according lo the authorities, U. P. Employes at Grand Island Are Ready to Strike Wage, Cut Not Big Objection, Leaders S4y 1 Fear Ag Lim it Will Eliminate) - . Pension. , Grand Island, '-Neb., - Oct 24. (Special.) At a meeting of over 100 representatives of five shop and yard crafts, reports from the subheads in. dicated a general walkout here in the event a strike is called, and committees-were ordered appointed from each, to report Tuesday Tiight and take strike problems in hand. - The discussion indicates that the 12 per cent wage reduction was I decidedly minor factor in the strike. The main grievances were over the revocation by the Union Pacific of the regulation to pay time and a half for overtime, a regulation that has been in, vogue, men say, since 1883. Some men here, because of, the na ture of the work, 'are required to work every Sunday, in addition to every week day. Others are called Out at irregular periods.. To men working Sundays, this new order of straight time means as much as two days work per week, and it is this reduction, in addition to the 12 per cent that is opposed. The proposed physical examina tion requirements,, too, is objected to more than any labor board decis ion or action. It is alleged that it will establish a new age limit for workers, eventually dispense with the pension, system, and will be used as a silent means to discharge men who are interested in their' unions. The press generally, and especially the metropolitan press, was criticised for keeping; the main grievances of the strikers from the public. ' In view of. the fact that the legis lature defeated the bill against picketing, leaders urged the men to keep strictly, within the law, in the event the, strike is ordered, and to report fully any disorder started by other than Union meiiSor their own exceptionally radical members. War Bride Suing for Separate Maintenance Mrs. Emelie Ready, French war bride, is not suing her husband, Frank L. Ready, 2863 Farnam street, for divorce,, as erroneously stated in The 'Sunday Bee. Mrs: Ready's action, filed in dis trict court ' Saturday, simply is a prayer, for separate maintenance and support in such: amount as the court may 'think, proper.'' , She -says she has been. virtually des,;itute the last four months because her. husband refused, to give her any money. The Weather ' - - Forecast Nebraska Rain and colder Tues day; Wednesday fair. , Iowa Rain and colder Tuesday; Wednesday probably fair; colder in southeast portion. ' , Hourly Temperatures. s 7 . . ." S4 I p. m. 71 a. m. ........M t p. m 77 a. m. ........M SB.au ........79 a. at ....Si 4 . ai. sa a. m. ....... .S3 S p. n. 1 a. in M S p. m 77 a. at. CS 7 p. m ..74 asea 7S 8 p. ai. ...7S s t IS II 1J , Highest Monday. Chrjrenn SI'Pwblo Davenport . . . . Dnvr Pn Molnra . rlfe City .. Rapid City -.71 8alt Lakft , ..sol Santa F ..l8hrldan . ..SS SInnx City t porta run Valentin Rail Board Hopeful Of 'No Strike' Sayi There I ''Great Reason" To Believe Tieup Mat Been Avoided Will Present ' No Settlement Plan. Unions "NoTSo Sure" Strike Situation Chicago Railroad labor hoarJ announced there "is great hope" that scheduled strike can be set tled and warns public from "loose talk" about roads or unions. Labor board receives word from Hig Four brotherhood chiefs reiterating warning that strike cannot be postponed al though it may be settled. The Coliseum, scene of many national political conventions, se lected by. the board for strike hearing with 1,800 rail and union chiefs, beginning Wednesday. Public invited and announcement made that the 1,800 executives must attend every session. Officials of signalmen's union, representing 15.000 rail employes, vote not to authorize walkout at present, limiting prospective strikers to 475,000 trainmen, con ductors, engineers, firemen, switchmen and telegraphers. Leaders warn signalmen to per form only their regular work, however. Labor board members say It will not offer .any plan of settle ment of strike situation at Wednesday's hearing and that any such plan must come from th roads or unions. " Cleveland Big Four brother hood chiefs announce strike situa tion unchanged. St. Louis E. J. Manion, pres ident of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, denies report his 75,000 men may not walkout, and says they will stand by the "Big Five." Houston International and Great Northern passenger service remains normal and freight serv ice rapidly approaching normal despite strike of 600 trainmen. Caloato Tribune-Omaha B Loaned Wire. Chicago, Oct. 24. There is "great reason" to hope -the rail strike will, be averted, according to a statement . today by the UnitceJ. ..States labor board, which also counselled all "good Americans" to refram from loose talk about either side of the controversy. The board announced it does not intend to present any plan for the settlement of the strike and that such proposals nmsj ema nate from the men or the railroad executives. - At the conference beginning here Wednesday, every player is expected to put his cards face up on the table. The federal labor board has engaged the Coliseum annex, which seats ap proximately 2,000. Of these, the roads and unions will be alloted 1,400 seats and the remainder . will be thrown open to the public. This is the first time the public, which pays all the bills and endures all the discomforts of a strike, has had an opportunity to stt'in. It is believed the conferences will last until next Sunday morning, the date .set by the brotherhoods for the gen eral strjke. Five hundred general chairmen of the unions have been summoned to attend and these "in vitations" are practically mandatory. These men occupy positions of in fluence and power in this situation which makes their preesnce abso lutely necessary. Rail executives are also expected to attend and there will be no room left for "passing the buck"to absentees on either side. Signalmen Won't Quit Additional complications arose for the brotherhoods today when the 17,000 members of the signalmen's union refused to join in the strike. They will remain at their posts, but will refuse to be shifted to any other duty to fill vacancies left by strikers. Officers of the" Railroad Telegraph ers' union denied rumors that they were near a break with the brother-, hoods. President Manion said some, locals in his organization might con tinue at work, ; but he believed the large majority of the telegraphers - (Turn to Page Two, Colnmn Three ) Fif teen-Year-Old oy ed by Policeman Chicago, Oct. 24. Stanley Gag nier, 15, was shot and killed by a policeman early Sunday mornii.. The shooting occurred when the boy with three companions darted from an alley, where they had consumed a jug of red wine.. The policeman thought the were prowlers and or dered them to halt. When they con tinued to run the officer fired. Before he died Gagnier told the police that he and his companions had purchased the wine and went into the alley to drink it. He said they were afraid they would be ar rested for drinking, so they ran. High Court Denies Lincoln Gas Company Rehearing Washnigton, Oct. 24. Justice Pitney announced in the supreme court today that the court had de cided to deny the application of the Lincoln Gas & Electric Light com pany for a rehearing in its ease . against the city of Lincoln, Neb.,, which was decided at the last terri of court. Mob Burns Negro Allendale, S. C, Oct 24. Ed Kirkland, negro, under arrest :n con nection with the killing of E. P. Walker, a farmer of Appleton, S. C, was takenv from Sheriff Bennet at Fairfax late pday, taken to Apple ton and burned at the ltak