Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 113.
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Priest Is
Lured From
Home, Slain
Called From His Bed Iy Man
Who Represented He Want
rd Curate to Answer
Sick Call. ..
Authorities Arc Baffled
Lead, S. D.. Oct. 26. The body
of Father A. B. Belknap, rector of
St. Patricks cathedral here, was
found early today on "Poor Man's
Gulch highway, jut outride the city
limits of Lead. A bullet from a
Urge caliber revolver had pierced
his heart.
' The priest had been lured to his
death by a man who, a few minutes
before, had appealed to tather ttclk
nap to come with him to administer
the last sacraments ot the church
to a sick man.
Tonight the authorities of Lead
were without a clue to the identity
of the slayer. Bloodhound were
cn the way from Mitchell, S. D., and
, when they arrive, Deputy Sheriff
Warren Owen announced he will
juke up the search for the murderer.
Throughout the Black Hills, scores
cf men were ready tonight to form
posses to apprehend the slayer of the
young churchman. Officials were
delayed in taking up the trail through
failure to get bloodhounds from the
y Nebraska state penitentiary.
Although officials worked all day
X in efforts to solve the mystery of
the .killing, they admitted tonight
they had made little progress.
Called at 3:15.
It was about 3:15 o'clock this
morning when a man rang the bell
at the door of Bishop J. J. Lawler's
residence, where Father Belknap
lived. ' The young priest answered
the call himself. Father Thomas
'Hoben, assistant to Father Belknap,
heard the man at the door and over
heard 'part of the conversation, he
said.
The priest's father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. . M. Belknap, who lived
at the residence,' alsd heard parts
of the conversation. Like Father Ho
ben, they said they heard a man
ask Father Belknap to come with
, him to the home of a sick friend who
v. as about to die and who desired the
4 sacrament of extreme unction ad-
ministered.
Father Belknap .readily consented,
according to his parents and Father
Hoben, who said they thought noth
ing of the call as "so many requests
cf the kind had been made before."
" Father Belknap went to his garage
to get his automobile. His visitor
accompanied him. , The starter on
the car, would not work and after
little delay, the pair left the garage,
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2 Find Body in Road. vV
That was the last occupants of the
bishop's residence heard of the priest,
until his body was. found half -an
hour later. It lay in the roadway,
face downward. A large bruise on
the back of the priest's head indicated
lie had been struck from behind with
a blunt instrument.
Toney Bertolcno, who lives near
where the crime was committed, re
ported ! to police that he heard sev
eral shots, probably five. Other resi
dents of the vicinity also said they
heard shots. " r ,
When the authorities reached the
scene, the rpad was closed and a
guard was placed nearby so that
. tracks and trails would not be ob
scured, pending arrival of ' blood
hounds. . '
Bishop Lawler declared Father.
P.elknap had no enemies. Bishop
Lawler said the priest never had re-
ceived any threats. --., :
"I can conceive of no reason for
the murder of v Father Belknap,"
l'ishop Lawler said. T- ,A ,-
Reward of $1,500 Offered.
( No description of .the man who
called for the priest was obtainable,
as apparently no one but the priest
saw the man. the coroners m
i quest, which was to have been held
today, was postponed until tomor
J row in the hope that by that time
some clue to the murder would be
obtained. , . . -
An examination of Father Bel
knap's . automobile indicated it had
been tampered with, according to
is friends, a switch connecting the
starter having been removed.
Rewards totalling "$1,500 for ap
prehension of the slayer had been
offered . tonight, ' city authorities,
county authorities and the Knights
of Columbus each contributing$500.
Father Belknap was born in Jack
son county, Iowa, July 4, 1391. He
- was ordained five, years ago and was
assigned to the diocese of Lead. He
served as pastor at Owl Creek and
Belle Fourche before being as
signed to duty as rector of St. Pat
ricks cathedral in Lead, three years
ago. - .
Former U. S. Army Surgeon
Convicted of Wife Murder
Richmond. Va.. Oct 26. A ver-
diet of guilty of murder in the first
degre
.A rircuil
i V Unite
degree was returned by a iury in
circuit court today, in the case of
Wilmarth .Ai Hadley, former
nited States army surgeon, charted
with the murder of his wife. Mrs.
Sue Kathleen Thuley Hadley. The
body Of Mrs. Hadley was found in
the James river near here about three
fears ago.
The verdict which was returned
after the jury had been out less than
40 minutes, carries with it a sentence
cf death by electrocution.
Men Admitted to Membership
in Nebraska Women's Club's
Offieeri Are Nominated and
Fight for National Direo
tor Expected to Be
Heated.
. By MYRTLE MASON.
' Seward. Neb., Oct. 26, (Special.)
.Men may be admitted Into mem
bership in the Nebraska Federation
of Women's clubs, under the new
constitution adopted at the annual
session here Wednesday. The new
constitution outlines the object of
the organiiation, which will be in
corporated under the state laws as a
nonprofit sharing body, for civil and
social betterment. Dues and repre
sentation will be based' on the
women membership.
"Men don't want us in their or
ganizations and we don't want them
in ours." said Mrs. I. W. Tolbert
of Kearney, speaking against the pro
vision. . It carried despite protests.
Rural delegates were responsible for
its passage.
Mrs. Paul Perry man of Ord. cor
responding secretary, said she al
ready had application for member
ship from a club of 40, including men
and women. There are other state
already having this provision.
Officers Nominated.
.Opposing factions in the federa
tion girded themselves for a re il
battle when the nominating commit
tee presented names of candidates
for offices. The fight will cen
ter on director or the national body.
Mrs. A. . Sheldon of Lincoln, in
cumbent, will be opposed by Mrs.
John Slaker of Hastings, retiring
Two Persons Dead
In Florida Storm;
Many Homeless
Four Hundred Houses Washed
Into Bay at Ybor City
Buildings Wrecked in
Sacramento.
Tampa, Fla.. Oct. 26. Two per
inn. A,ri- tilted anrt tnnre than
$1,000,000 damage. was done as the
result of a tropical storm which
struck here yesterday.
Approximately 400 houses were
wfeUA intt th Katr at Palmetto
ca.ivu iinw ...v ,
beach, oa the outskirts of Ybor City,
The residential section aiong nay
shrr hntilrvaril w covered with
water over an area two blocks back
from, the sea wall. .
, Docks Destroyed. -
T .Ulini4 171a Clr 26. Re-
establishment ." of wire comrounica-
brought information that the city
was hard hit by tne storm, a: i
docks were washed away and pack
ing houses demolished. So far as is
known there was no loss.ot lite in
that immediate section, but fears
were felt for persons who were at
Crescent beach,, a resort which is
reported to have been destroyed. St.
Petersburg reports no loss of life
there. , .
Damage Heavy.
Plant City, Fla., Oct. 26. Storm
damage in Tampa from yesterday's
hurricane will reach at least $1,000,
000, according to reports received
here today. , Numerous houses were
reported swept away, especially in
the Palmetto park section, where the
greatest destruction , was wrought.
Port Tampa was reported under
from 10 to 12 feet of water and ef
forts to reach there this morning
were unavailing.
The greatest damage to business
buildings in Tampa result from the
blowing in of plate glass windows,
awnings and roofs and the flooding
of stores. Bay Shore drive, boule
vards and the sea - wall were
wrecked in many places, huge holes
being made by the raging seas, while
portions of handsome residences on
the bay front were torn away. Many
KV
roots were piown on ana numerous
Mail Stolen in Frisco
Robbery Is Recovered
San' Francisco; Oct. 26. The
pouch of registered mail matter
taken by the bandit who shot and
killed Frank B. Adams, guard at the
ferry postoffice, early today, has
been recovered at a place which is
being kept secret, postoffice authori
ties announced. The pouch ' con
tained 120 pieces of registered mail.
Adams was shot as he was about
to aim a rifle at the bandit. He died
at an emergency hospital before an
ante-mortem statement could- be ob
tained from him.
Two clerks, W. W. Needham and
Willard S. Fleming, were also held
up by the bandit and forced to enter
a vault after the shooting of Ad
ams. While they were in the vault,
the bandit disappeared - with the
pouch of registered mail.
As far as is known, the bandit had
no accomplices and used no convey
ance in getting away from the scene
of the shooting. .
Jewelry Valued at $60,000
Is Stolen in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Oct. 26. Jewelry
said to be valued at $60,000 and au
automobile, in which Sam Hurwitz,
a salesman, was conveying it row
one retail jeweler's establishment to
another for exhibition purposes was
stolen here today by two men,' who
jumped into the car and drove away
immediately.
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7(rsMSkeUott,
state president. The factional lines
are sharply drawn and it is pre
dicted that the election will be one
of the most hotly contested in the
history of the. federation.
Mrs. . B. Penney of Fullerton,
vice president, was nominated for
president. She will be opposed by
Airs, raul ferryman of Ord.
Other nominations submitted by
(farm to Pl0 Two. Column Five.)
Murder of Fogg
Confessed by Man
Held as Burglar
Omahan Arrested on Tip
Given by Prisoner at Kan
sas City Protests In
nonceilte of Crime.
Shortly after 3 yesterday afternoon
Chief of Detectives Van Dcusen re
ceived a telegram from Detective
Walton of Kansas City which
read: , '.
"Frank Pierce makes full confes
sion of Frank Fogg murder in
Omaha, implicating 'Finger'tevens.
Pick him up immediately. Letter
and picture follow."
Frank Fierce, alias Bowman, was
arrested in -Kansas City Tuesday
nurht for burarlary and told the Mis
souri ofjiciala .he,, was, wanted in4
Omaha for murder. u
Van Deusen summoned Detec
tives Franks, , Aughe and Buford.
. "Get Stevens," he told them.
Go to Hospital. )
At the Stevens home, the three
sleuths . failed to locate anyone, but
neighbors told them Mrs. Stevens
Tiad been taken to a hospital because
of illness. .
Franks went to the Nicholas Senn
hospital while Aughe and Buford be-
?;an a systematic search of dop dens
or Stevens, who police say is an
addict. " '
While at the hospital, Franks saw
a messenger boy enter Mrs. Steven's
room.
When ,the boy emerged, he ques
tioned him and learned he had taken
a message to the woman from her
husband. '.. " " , ":
"Where's the husband?" asked the
detective. .
"At home," said the boy.
"Where does, he live?" returned
the sleuth. ;
' Guide Leads Sleuths.
"I don't know, answered the mes
senger, "but I'll take you to the place
where he gave me the message."
Franks went with the youth, who
led him . to 516 North Nineteenth
street.
? There they found Stevens, whose
real name is Walter Stevens. Franks
arrested him for investigation. .
Stevens protests his innocence and
denies any knowledge of the Fogg
murder.
Chief Changes Theory.
Van Deusen stated - yesterday
he has changed his mind about
Pierce, the man held in Kansas City,
and now believes he is the man for
whom police have been seeking
since the crime.
At first Van Deusen suspected
Pierce of trying to hide behind the
Fogg crime to escape prosecution in
Missouri. ; ' ,
rs Detectives Franks and Aughe
probably will leave for Kansas City
today to get Pierce. ; .
Baltimore Police Kill
: Negro in Threatened Riot
Baltimore, Oct. 26, A negro was
killed .in a battle with Baltimore
police at Humphrey station, a sub
urb of this city, late last night, fol
lowing a threatened race riot. The
riot was precipitated by an assault
upon a white girl by a negro. At a
late hour a band of negroes were in
a house, surrounded by police. . ,
Dr. B. S. Harms Honored .
7 By Midwestern Anesthetists
Kansas City, Mo:, Oct. 26. Dr.
David E. Hoajr of Pueblo, Colo.,
today was elected president of the
Midwestern Association of Anes
thetists, which has been in session
here ' several days.
Dr. B. . H. Harms, . Omaha, was
elected vice president.
4Let Negro
Vote,' Says
President
Harding, in Speech
infflmm . Ala.. 1 ' .. a
Right of Black' trV
Ballot When . it.
Opposes Social Equality
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 26. The
right of the American negro to
broader politicat, economic and edu
cational advantages, based on a pride
of race, but never on an aspiration
for social equality, was championed
by President Harding here today in
a plainly-worded enunciation of his
views on the whole American race
problem.
These are some of the principles
on which the president appealed to
the nation to "lay aside old preju
dices and old antagonisms' and give
support to a constructive policy of
nicial relationship:
"Politically and economically,
there need be no occasion for great
and permanent differentiation, pro
vided on both sides there shall be
recognition of the absolute diver
Rence in things social and racial."
' I would say let the black man
vote when he is fit to vote; prohibit
the white man voting when he is
unfit to vote.
Against Social Equality.
"I wish that both the tradition of
a solidly democratic south and the
tradition of a solidly republican
clack race might be broken up.
"I would insist upon equal educa
ticnal opportunities for both."
"Men of both races may well
stand uncompromisingly against ev
ery suggestion of social equality,
This is . not a question of social
equality, but a question of recog'
nizing a fundamental, eternal, ines
capable difference.
"Racial' amalgamation there can
not be. Partnership of the races in
developing the highest aims of all
humanity there must be if humanity
is to achieve the ends which we have
set for it.
."The black man should seek to be,
and he should be encouraged to be
the best possible black man and not
the best possible imitation of, a white
man.
Praises South.
The president's address, which
brought him from Washington on
his first extended trip into the south
since the inauguration, was delivered
at a semi-centennial celebration of
the founding of the city of Birming
ham. He prajsed the -south for its, in
dustrial recovery and took occasion
ership of a reunited nation. He said
in part: rt .
'The worldVar brought'as to full
recognition that the race problem is
national rather than merely sectional.
There1 are no authentic statistics! but
it is common knowledge that the
world, war was marked by a great
migration of ' colored people to the
north and west. It has brought the
question of race closer tft north and
west, and, I believe it has-served to
modify somewhat the views of those
sections on this question. It has
made the south realize its industrial
dependence on the labor of the black
man and made the north realize the
difficulties of the community in which
two greatly differing races are
brought to live side by side. I should
say that it has been responsible for
a iarger .charity on both sides, a be
ginning of better understanding; and
in the light of that better understand
ing perhaps we shall be able to con-
(Turn to Pag Two. Column Two.)
Two Army Flyers Killed
When Plane Crashes
Honolulu, T. H., Oct. 26. Lieut.
Ulric Bouquet of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
and Staff Sgt. Vernon E. Vickers
of Montgomery,' AlaV, were killed
today when their airplane crashed
in flames while they were attempting
to join a flight formation at a 2,000
foot altitude. ' .'
The machine' first went into a
tail spin and fell to a point 300 feet
above the ground. It .started to
climb again, only to fall into another
spin, the gasoline tank exploding at
the same time . . " ..
The bodies and airplane were
badly burned.
Lieutenant Bouquet was il years
old and commanded an intelligence
unit.. The accident occurred at 8:36
a. m., the exact hour that Major
Shelden Wheeler was killed in' a
similar accident here last July, ac
cording to air service officers here.
Cabinet Votes Confidence
In Policies of Briand
Paris, Oct. 26. (By the Associated
Press.) The policies of the cabinet
of Premier Briand were sustained by
the chamber of deputies tonight
when a vote of confidence resulted
in 381 votes in favor of the govern
ment to 186 against it
.The vote of confidence in Pre
mier B Hand's cabinet is taken as
an indication that he will head the
French delegation to the Washing
ton conference. Earlier in the de
bate, the French premier hinted that
unless he were given a majority of
at least 100 votes he would feel he
would not be backed up by the
French nation at the ' conference
table. '
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Financiers of
State Criticize
Reserve System
Kansas City Institution Not
Loaning to Farmers in Pro
portion to Needs, Re-
port Charges.'
Norfolk, Neb., Oct. 26. (Special.)
Sharp criticism of the Kansas City
Federal Reserve bank, of which the
Omaha bank is a branch, is con
tained in the report of a committee
of "bankers and financiers which met
recently with Governor McKelvie to
consider measures to help the farm
ers in their present financial straits.
The Kansas City bank has the
most . cumbersome, inquisitorial and
technical application blanks ot all
the federal reserve banks," says the
report. The Kansas City bank has
been a law unto itself as regards
rules, regulations and forms, taking
refuge behind the fact that it re
ceives its orders from Washington,
when, as a matter of fact," investiga
tion of other federal reserve-banks
shows conditions entirely different,''
Charge Resented.
The report resents the. charges of
profiteering by Nebraska banks,
made by Governor Harding of the
federal reserve system. It declares
that most Nebraska banks will have
to pass their 1921 dividends.
The Tenth Federal Reserve dis
trict (Kansas City bank) is not loan
ing farmers and stock growers of
this district in proportion to the
urgency of their , needs, the report
declares. Farmers are "starving for
credit, the report says, and de
mands, "in 'the name of common
justice, more liberal treatment of
agricultural 'paper and that the rule
as applied to manufacturers, mer
chants and similar 'paper' be not ap
plied to farmers' and live stock grow
ers' 'paper.'
- Credit Extension Sought. '
The bank should not reauire
farmers' and live stock growers'
loans to be secured by -quick assets
sufficient to retire them, but 'some
credit should be extended by reason
of Jhe investment in land and the
guaranty of the "member bank."
1 he report is siened by C t.
Burnham, chairman, president of the
Norfolk National bank; Dan V.
Stephens, former congressman and
president of the Fremont State bank;
B. A. Wilcox, vice president of the
Omaha National bank; J. E. Hart,
secretary of the state department of
trade and commerce, and John M.
Flannagan, secretary, war finance
corporation and president of the
Citizens State bank at Stuart, Neb.
Loans Totaling $825,000
Approved by Finance Body
Wasnington, Oct. 26. Approval of
advances aggregating v more than
$825,000 on agricultural and live
stock loans was announced today
by the war finance corporation.
The advances included $55,000 to
a. Texas financing institution on live
stock; $45,000 to a Montana bank on
live stock; three advances of $200,000,
$30,000 and $50,000, .respectively, to
South Dakota banks on agricultural
loans, and $9,600 to a Nebraska
bank on agricultural loans. .
Setting Japan an Example
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Bandit Murders
Frisco Mail Clerk
Shoots Guard in Postoffice
And Escapes With Sack
Of Registered Mail.
San Francisco, Oct. 26. Frank B.
Adams, mail clerk and guard, was
shot and killed by a masked bandit
who entered the Ferry postoffice
early this morning and escaped with
a sack of registered mail, according
to the police. .
The value of the loot has not yet
been determined.
Adams was shot when he at
tempted to cover the intruder with
his rifle. '
Two other clerks, Willard S. Flem
ing and G. FWham, also confronted
the bandit .'. who . imprisoned Need-
ham in the postoffice vault.
s Police and federal authorities im
mediately took up the trail but have
only meager clews to guide them.
' Needham was alone in, the room
when the masked bandit entered. He
was ordered into the vault just as
Adams and Fleming entered the reg
istry room. Fleming held up his
hands at the bandit's command, but
Adams began to unsling his rifle
when he was shot.
The Ferry postoffice is eight
blocks from the Rialto building
branch postoffice at Mission and
New Montgomery streets, which
was held up. by three masked men
recently and a pouch of registered
mail taken.
Both offices are in the heart of
San Francisco's downtown, business
district. ; ,;
Move for Expulsion
Of Blanton Called Off
Washington,? Oct. 26. The pro
posed meeting' of the Texas delega
tion in the house to discuss the reso
lution for expulsion of Representa
tive Blanton of that state was called
off today, members expressing the
view that it was not a question tor
their consideration. - -
Some reports stated that while
they did ' not defend the action of
Blanton in" causing to be inserted in
the Congressional Record, matter
characterized as obscene, they were
not disposed to vote for expulsion.
They agreed, however, to support as
a'- substitute, a 'resolution of severe
condemnation. . '
Minister Sues Vestrymen
For Not Confirming Call
New. York, Oct 26. The hearing
of a suit in which the Rev. Edward
U. Baird. demands damages of $50,-
000 from Grace Episcopal church in
Milbrook, N." J.,- was adjourned by
Justice .Callaghan in Brooklyn , su
preme . court yesterday to give the
plaintiff opportunity to . subpona
Bishop Thomas F. Gailor, president
ot the presiding council 'of the' Epis
copal church in the United states.
The. Rev. Mr. Baird based his
action on the refusal of the Grace
vestrymen to confirm a call for which
he had sacrificed a "life position" to
accept. It is asserted in the answer
that the clergyman was divorced in
Oklahoma on grounds of cruelty and
that "various members" of the
church would resign should he be
come rector. '
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Pender Farmer
Found Guilty of
Killing Employer
Leniency on Second Degree
Murder Charge Jecom
mended by Jury State
" Asks First Degree.
; Pender, Neb.. Oct. 26. (Special)
William Maddox,' charged with
murder in the first degree, was
found guilty of murder in the second
degree by a jury in district court
The jury made the recommendation
that , the defendant be dealt with
leniently "by the court in passing
sentence. ' -
Maddox shot and killed John G.
Schnier, a young farmer living near
Fender, for whom he had been
working, on June 20, 1921. ' An ar
gument over wages due precipitated
the shooting, but at the time of the
actual shooting, Schnier was run
ning for cover through the grove.
Not since the days ot the Wilhelm
If lege murder case, which was tried
here about ten years ago, has such
deep interest been taken in . a crim
inal case. The sympathy was with
the accused to a large extent The
deceased .was known as a rather
quarrelsome, overbearing man, " and
was continuously , having trouble
with his hired help. . ,
Maddox had borne a very good
reputation in the community and
was well liked by all who knew him.
Six or seven prominent farmers for
whom he had worked testified as to
his good character and reputation;
also to his poor health and periods
of despondency and melancholy. .
Sentence has been withheld by
Judge Graves until the motion for
a new trial has been passed upon.
Railway Mens Federation
Name Socialist President
-Toledo, Oct. 26. Anti-administration
forces won- a victory today in
the convention of the American
Federation . of . Railway Workers
when Edward Hoskins, Toledo, de
feated -P.-' F. Richardson,: Chicago,
for the grand presidency of the or
ganization by 19 -votes. Richard
sen has been grand president sever
al years.
Mr. Hoskins is a comparatively
new member of the federation. He is
a socialist -
The Weather
Forecast . i
Nebraska Generally fair Thursday
and probably Friday; rising temper?
ature Thursday. , .
Iowa Generally fair Thursdav and
probably Friday; warmer Thursday
in west portion. ,
Hourly Temperatures.
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Highest Wednesday.
Cheyenn .......it
Davenport ......72
Pueblo II
Rapid Cltr 54
Santa Fe St
Salt Laka 0
Sheridan .......0
Denver 60
e Maine tt
DodKe City tl
Lander S
Slonx City !
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Settlement
Only Way to
Stop Strike
Union Chiefi Say Men Would
Not Obey , Order From ,
Them or Board to Re
main at Work.
Little Progress Made
Br Tha Aaaarlataa Trf.
Chicago, Oct. 26. Executives of
the big four brotherhoods and the
switchmen's union, after a day of
verbal jockeying "with the railroad
labor board, declared late today no
power save a "satisfactory settle,
ment" can prevent their men walk
ing out, beginning at .6 a. m. Sun
day. Their declaration came after a day
of fruitless questioning, when Judge
K. M. Barton, t chairman ot tne
board, asked each union, president
four prepared questions:
"Who or what authority in your
labor organization can withdraw the
order to strike or stop a strike?
"Suppose you, the chief executive
of your labor organization, or your
executive committee, issued an order
or a statement that a strike should
not occur, do you not believe the
strike would be prevented?
"If the board shall declare a strike
is not justified and should not oc
cur and direct that the employes not
strike, will that order be obeyed?
"Will you, as chief executive, use
your power and influence to sec that
the orders of the board on the mat
ter be obeyed?
Cannot Cancel Order.
The union chiefs, W. S. Stone of
the engineers, W. G. Lee of the
trainmen. L. E. Sheppard of the con
ductors. W. S. Carter of the firemen
and T. C. Cashen of the switchmen,
declared they had no power to can
eel the strike order, expressed the
individual opinion that their men
would not obey an order, from them
or the board to remain at work, ana
reiterated their previous dccla:ations
that only a "satisfactory settlement"
could avert the walkout.
Such a settlement, they said,
would be reconsideration by the
labor board of its 12 per cent wage ,
reduction order of July 1, or a move
ment by the individual railroads to ,
confer with the unions and set aside .
the board's order.
W. S. Carter declared a settlement .
should also reimburse the men for -the
pay lost since July 1 as a result
of the wage cut. ;
Maq Issue Injunction. ' -That
the ' government " coiitem-'
plates injunction proceedings against .
the unions for violation of the trans
portation act was indicated by the
trend of questioning, conducted by
Ben W. Hooper, public representa-
five on the board. V,
; Hooper sought throughout his ex-
animation of the five union leaders,
to bring out that their strike order
was not only in defiance of the July
wage ' cut - decision, but, - by including-
other and unsettled questions, vi
olated that part of the transportatioi
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Man Found Guilty of
Kidnaping Pardoned
Olympia. , Wash.. Oct. ; 26. .
George Stagg, former Tacoma news
paper man, convicted a year ago of.
kidnaping his son, was pardoned .
here today by acting Governor W.
J. Coyle. Stagg came from the state
prison at Walla Walla without, a
guard to confer with Coyle.
"The desire of a father . for the
possession and affections of his child
does not evidence a corrupt or crim
inal mind," the acting governor said.
in announcing the pardon. -
Stagg took the boy east, later re
stored him to his mother and then ""
returned to plead guilty. Betty
Braincrd, newspaper woman, was
arrested in the east in connection
with the case but was acquitted...
Heir to British Throne
Starts on Trip to Japan
London, Oct. 26. (Bv the Asso
ciated Press.) The prince of Wales
left the Victoria station at noon to
day for Portsmouth to embark on
the battle cruiser Renown for a tour
of India and Japan. I Great crowds
outside the station gave England's '
heir apparent an enthusiastic send-
off, while on the platform were King
lieorge, yneen Alary, frincess Mary,
Prime Minister Lloyd Georee.
American Ambassador Harvey and
Ambassador Hayashi of Japan.
The leave-taking of the royal fami
ly presenting a touching scene. All
of them were deeply moved. Princess
Mary weeping while the king, with
bis arm over the prince's shoulder.
was talking earnestly with him.
The prince will go to Japan, to '
return the visit to England of Crown
Prince Hirohito. The prince's pro
gram also includes a short visit to
the Philippine islands.
Murderer Is Sentenced to -
Hang for Slaying Three
Middletnwn. Cnnn . flrt. 26 Prnil
Schutte, convicted last week of the
mnrHrr rf TnscnH anit Vfsnr Rail
and their son, Jacob, in 1915, was
sentenced yesterday to be hanged on
April 10, 1922.
In the jail at Haddam yesterday
Schutte attempted to kill jjimself
by cutting his left wrist with a piece
of tin. Sursical attention orevented '
loss of much blood. -