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Irish Peace
Agreement
Is Reached
(Jovernnicnt Ministers auj
, Sin Fein Delegates Agree
On Modified Proposals
For Settlement.
Session Is Held
Bj The A.Mrlatnl I'm'.
London, Dec. S. The conference
between the aovrrninent ministers
Sinn Fein delegates reached an
?ment at an early hour this
ing on the new proposals, which
.rwent certain modifications, tot
Irish settlement.
.fler a session which laster more
than three hours, from 11:15 last
night until 2:20 this morning, the
meeting of the government minis
ters and Irish representatives sep
arated and a member of the cabinet,
replying to a question as to how
things stood, sale: '
"Hie news isn't bad; an agree
ment in fact, has been reached, the
Vrms of which will be communicat
VI to the press."
The delegates looked tired and
grave as they left the premier's rcsi-
uence. Asked whether he had any-
P. Night
1 thing to say Michael Collins, tne
i Sinn Fein finance minister answered
sharply: "Not a word."
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i lie nig questions at issue nciwecn
the British government and the rep
resentatives of the Irish republican
parliament have been:
Questions at Issue.
Shall Ireland become entirely in
dependent or, if it remain within the
British empire, shall there be two
separate governments in Ireland, one
for Ulster and one for the rest of
the country?
Prime Minister Lloyd George has
refused to consider any proposal
which would put Ireland outside the
empire. s .''
The Sinn Fciners refused to admit
'vlhat Ireland should be split in two
parts.
Ulster refused to unite la one par
liament with -the Sinn.. Fjciiiars.. ...It.
lias organized a parliament of its
own under the Government of Ire
land act.
The Sinn Feiners refused to set up
parliament for the south of Ire
land, as proposed in that act. They
adhered to their own Irish parlia
ment, called the Dail Eireanni which
they had set up independently as the
governing body of the Irish repub
lic. King George Intervenes.
That was the situation when the
. l I.., Tut., tUnf TTiner
, irucc uck a- juj "-'is
Q George' had made a conciliatory
JE. snrprh at the ooeninK of tiie new
Ii ifuarliament in Ulster.
V ! f ' The purpose of the negotiations
1 . jinw in nroaress. as defined by Lloyd
George and accepted by the Sinn
Fein representatives is "to ascertain
how the association of Ireland with
the community of nations known as
the British empire may be best rec
onciled with Irish national aspira
tions." . T I
The conference began in July.
Both sides have at times entertained
higher hopes of a final and satisfac
tory settlement probably than at any
time since the Irish question became
1J a thorn in the side ot tne rsruisn
If empire, but there have been several
?1 crises when the negotiations seemed
doomed to failure.
The first of these occurred when
Lloyd George offered to de Valera at
consultation in London a form of
self-government in Ireland something
iilike that prevailing in the British
T dominions. The Dail Eireann utterly
rejected this proposal on the ground
that it did not at lord even genuine
dominion rules. For a time it
seemed that a deadlock had been
hcd.
Agree on Differences.
Lloyd George endeavored to re
sume "negotiations but this move
seemed likely to be balked by dc
Valera's insistence that the Irish
delegates to such a conference must
be accepted, as having derived their
authority from a free and indepen?
dent Ireland. The British premier
refused to concede that point as, he
said, it would constitute a recogni
tion at the very outset'of Ireland's
claims for separation from the
British empire.
This obstacle was o'ercome by t"e
two parties agreeing upon Lloyd
George's formula that the purpose
of the conference should be to ascer
iii how Ireland's association with
. the empire might be best recon
i ciled with Ireland's national aspira
V lions.
Under that formula, meetings have
t.em in progress since early October
The proceedings have been secret.
"t has been reported, however, thit
Jiitish representatives submitted a
plan to give Ireland a status of "as
sociation" with the empire and to al
low her 'an almost complete measure
of self-government to be exercised
by separate parliaments in Ulster and
south Ireland, resoectively. and by a
central council jointly chosen.
Ulster Brought In.
This brought Ulster again into the
-:gotiations and compelled Premier
Lloyd George to defer his tr'p to the
Washington conference on limita
tion of armament so that be could
devote his time to an effort to over
come Ulster's hesitation or objection
t'i co-operate with the south of Ire-
I 'and in any form of common govern
ment.
Never Let Husband'
Learn How to Cook,
Sous Admiral Tsai
Bodtoii. Dec. 5. Admiral Tai
Ting-Kan, senior adviser to the Chi
nese arms delegation, in an address
today suggested that a woman who
would keep her husband never should
permit him to learn to cook or mend
his clothes.
A woman, he said, loses one of her
matrimonial props the moment her
husband learns the art of frying an
tee.
"It makes the husband independent
of the wife, and that is fatal," he said.
If the sewing on of buttons or the
repairing of rent garments is left to
the housemaid," he added, "beware
of the housemaid. She may take care
of the things too well. The wife may
discover missing buttons led to a
missing husband and a missing
housemaid."
Admirers Lavish
Auto, Diamonds
On Craig Girl
Witnesses at $30,000 Heart
Balm Suit Against Joseph
Leopold, Tell of $7,000
Car and Others Gifts.
Gertrude Craig had a $7,000 auto
motive, diamonds and furs lavished
upon her by adorable admirers, ac
cording to testimony given in the
'trial yesterday of .the $50,000 heart
balm suit she has brought against
Joseph Leopold, wealthy grain-broker
and club man.
The crowd was so large that Dis
trict Judge Day was forced to an
nounce that all aisles and the en
trance to the court room would have
to be vacated. As the result 100 or
more persons congrijated in the
corridor outside the court room.
Virginia Craig, sister of Gertrude,
who was for a time employed at the
Leopold grain company, but who
now works for Gray & MacFarland,
attorneys, for her sister testified
that she has been a typist for 14
years. .
Seek More Witnesses.
To obtain more witnesses for both
sides Judge Day adjourned court un
til 9 today, . One of the witnesses
is Fred Palmtag.city detective, whom
the dctes'callcgesdincd' With Mis
Craig at Dublin Inn. .
Virginia testified on direct exam
ination that although she knew of the
relations between her sister and Leo
pold she pleaded with both of them
to part, but Leopold refused to obey
her objections. - .
Judge Day overruled a motion of
Attorney McKinzey that the case be
taken from the jury and be dismiss
ed for lack of evidence.
Edward Kauth. grain dealer of
Minneapolis, testified that he first
met Gertrude Craig in Chicago when
Leopold was in the navy at the Great
Lakes in 1918. .
Tells of Dinner Party.
"I later dined and wined Gert
rude in a local hotel," Kauth stated
on direct examination. "We had four
or five whisky highballs."
Russell Williams, automobile me
chanic, the next and last witness of
the afternoon, stated that he deliv
ered the $7,000' automobile which was
given to Miss Craig by a "Mr.
Phelps." . '
Attorneys for Leopold say the Mr.
Phelps" was a candy dealer.
Williams also stated that Phelps
paid all the garage bills and told him
that he bought a big diamond and
furs for Miss Craig. ,
While on the stand Miss Craig
stated that Phelps did give her the
automobile, but denied that he gave
her a diamond and furs.
15 Dead, 25 Hurt in
Collision of Trains
Philadelphia, Dec. 5. Fifteen per
sons were killed today and 25 or
more injured in a headon collision
between two passenger trains on the
Newton branch of the Philadelphia
& Reading railway about 16 miles
north of Philadelphia in a deep cut.
Fourteen bodies were recovered and
one of the injured died in a hospital.
Most of the victims perished in
fire, which broke out in the wooden
cars almost immediately after the
crash.
Rescuers were obliged to stand
l,ir,ice at tht inn nf the cut while
the victims, enmeshed in the wreck
age, shrieked as the flames tortured
them.
Reduce Lumher Rate
Chicago, Dec 5. Lumber rates
from all Pacific coast terminals to
all points east of Chicago will be
reduced December 24, H. E. Pier
pont, general traffic manager of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railway, announced today.
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Starting Sunday
In The Bee
Picketing
Rules Are
0 u t line cl
Supreme Court Holds Method
Of Unions Cannot Be Car
ried to Point of "Impor
tunity and Dogging.
One Picket Sufficient
Washington, Dec. S. Picketing
in connection with a labor strike is
unjustifiable if carried to the point
of "importunity and dogging," the
supreme court ruled today.
Decision as to yhether specific in
stances of picketing come within the
court's inhibition must be left for
determination on the facts in each
such case, it was declared, but the
court suggested that pickets should
have the right of "observation, com
munication and persuasion," and
might further be limited to "one rep
resentative for each point of ingress
and egress." .
The opinion of the court, which
was read by Chief Justice Taft, was
approved by all of the ;usticcs ex
cept Mr. Clark, who did not state
the grounds of his dissent. '
Appeal of Unions.
The case arose out of a strike at
the American Steel foundries plant
at Granite City, III., where 1,600 men
were normally employed. After shut
ting down, it resumed operations as
an open shop with about 350 men,
about one half of whom belonged to
labor unions. The Tri-City Trades
Council, upon the refusal of the man
ager of the plant to negotiate, de
clared a strike and established pick
ets. There was considerable violenre
until the courts intervened and re
stricted the picketers' activities. The
council thereupon .contested the au
thority of the courts to,interefere.
"In goinnr to and from work, men
have a right to as free passage with
out obstruction as the streets af
ford," the supreme rourt held, "con
sistent with the rights of others to
enioy the same privileges."
While attempts to influence an
other's ac)n cannot be regarded
as aggressions or a violation of the
other's rfghts,"" the court continued
"importunity and dogging become
unjustifiable annoyance and . ob
struction which is ; likely soon to
savor of intimidation."
Threats are Forbidden.
In this case "all arguments ad
vanced and all persuasion used were
intimidation," it was declared, adding
that pickets should not "be abusive,
libelous or threatening," nor "ap
proach individuals together."
This rule, the court explained,
might "be varied in other cases,"
The courts must, however, "prevent
the inevitable intimidation of the
presence of groups of pickets, but to
allow missionaries."
The action of the council in call
ing the strike under consideration
was declared not "malicious." "The
strike became a lawful instrument in
a lawful economic struggle or com
petition between employer and em
ployes." the chief justice stated, "as
to the share or devision 'between
them of the joint product of labor
and capital. The principle of the un
lawful of maliciously enticing
laborers still remains and action may
be maintained therefore in proper
cases, but to make it applicable to
local labor unions, in such a case as
this, seems to us to be unreaonable."
Congress Reconvenes for
Work of Special Session
Washington, Dec. S. The 67th
congress converted at noon, today
for its first regular session. Ten
days only had elapsed since the ad
journment of the extra session, and
it generally waes predicted that" the
session convening today would not
end until well into next summer.
The program for today was ex
pected to be very brief, and'was to
include adoption of a resolution
providing for a joint session to hear
the executive message tomorrow.
The first national budget will be
sent to congress by President
Harding today.
Committee to Investigate
Chinese Situation Urged
Washington, Dec. 5. (B. A. P.)
Appointment of a general interna
tional committee to investigate the
Chinese situation and find a practi
cal method of applying the Chinese
financial consortium was urged to
day by K. Mochizuki, opposition
leader in the Japanese diet.
In an efmrt tc learn "what is
China," he said, the committee
should study how to establish a sta
ble government in China and a spir
it of sympathy.
Bahy Who Had Needle
Taken From Heart Dies
Minneapolis, Dec. 5. Davison
Sandles, 2-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Sandles, who had a
needle removed from his heart on
November 7, in what surgeons said
was one of the most remarkable
operations ever performed in the
northwest, died yesterday at a local
hospital. The needle . pierced his
heart when he fell on a sewing bas
ket. . ,
Big N. Y. Grain Corporation
Goes in Hands of Receiver
Buffalo. X. Y.f Dec 5. The Cur
tiss Grain corporation, one of the
largest grain firms in Buffalo, was
placed in receivers' hands by judge
Hazel in federal 'court today.
Vatrh Out for Jlf lit!ih
In Dress Sut 'ffi&n
nave Anytntvx
Gloom is in store for Omahans
planning to welcome the new year as
in former times.
, o Kourvr, federal prohibition
niorcfinent officer, with his trusty
leuths, disguised in dress suits, in
tends to mingle with the merry
throngs on New Year's eve with eagle
eyes, searching for scents of liquor
on lip or hip. He plans to seize both
the liquor and liquored and send the
latt'V off to prison.
T V'se who bring their liquor with
them "will be charged with transporta
tion, according to the sleuth.
Plans of the intended coup leaked
out yestelrday, much to the chagrin
of Mr. Rohrcr.
Farm Aid Bodv
Seeks Requests
For More Loans
Decks Cleared With Approval
Of Applications Totaling
$633,000 State Bankers
Meet Here Today.
The War Finance corporation,
which could bring $2,000,000 a week
to Nebraska between now and June,
is waiting for applications for loans.
At an all-day meeting of the state
committee, Sunday, applications for
$633,000 from 42 banks were approv
ed. This cleared the decks, and J,
M. Flannigan, secretary of the War
Finance corporation, is now waiting
for further requests from country
bai'ks that seek to aid the farmer.
"With the co-operation of the
bankers. Nebraska should receive at
least $20,000,000 to $30,000,000 for ag
ricultural purposes in the next seven
months," said F, W. Thomas, chair
man, yesterday. He spoke confident
ly of the meeting of bankers from
all over the state which is to be held
in Omaha today. Final plans are to
he made at the meeting for, the or
ganization of what will be called the
Nebraska Agricultural Finance cor
poration, with nowcr to obtain $10,-
000,000 to be loaned Nebraska live
stock prowers. F. H. Davis will act
as chairman of this meeting, which
will open at 10 a. m. in the Hotel
F'ontenclle., . . , . . . ...
Protect Farmers Products. "
"The slogan of the War Finance
corporation," said Mr. Flannigan, "is
that the products of the farmers must
not be sacrificed. Their cereal, live
stock and other products must be
protected.. We have already pass
ed on nearly $5,000,000 of loans, and
the money is being wired us from the
treasurv at Washington at the rate of
$200,000 a day.
"Bankers must understand that we
are very liberal-in passing on paper,
and farmers, that our terms are easy.
Loans have been made on cattle,'
hogs, horses, other live "stock, prop,
erty statements and chattel mort
gages. We are already lending on
corn, allowing the farmers 80 per
cent of the elevator price at the lo-
(Turn to rase Two, Column Eight.)
Woman Who Shot Man
To Protect Husband
Is Acquitted by Jury
Scottsbluff, Neb., Dec. .(Spe
cial Telegram.) A district court
jury this afternoon declared Mrs.
Paul Tacina not guilty of first de
gree murder in connection with the
shooting of Fred Reisbeck, farmer,
on the Tacina homestead near Min
atare, July 17.
Mrs. Tacina, mother of four small
children, admitted shooting' Reis
beck three times with small caliber
gun, but said she did so to protect
her husband from his assault and
because the county attorney had
told her to do so.
Underwood Called From
Capital hy Mother's Death
Washington, Dec. 5. Senator Un
derwood of Alabama left here today
for Birmingham, where he was called
by the sudden death of his mother.
Up until last night Senator Under
wood had received favorable reports
regarding his mother's illness.
He is one of the American confer
ence delegates and also chairman of
the subcommittee dealing with
Chinese tariff matters.
One Killed, Four Injured
In Refinery Explosion
Roxana, 111., Dec. 5. One man was
killed and four others are in serious
condition as the result of an ex
plosion which occurred in the
Roxana Petroleum company plant
here this evening, when some new
refining apparatus being tested for
the first time, gave away.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Borrows Coat in Japan
Xew York, Dec. 5. (By A. P.)
John D. Rockefeller jr., one pf the
world's richest men, today confessed
he had had to appear before the
empress and crown prince of Japan
in a borrowed frock coat that fitted
him only "pretty well."
Mr. Rockefeller, who has just re
turned from the far east, said he had
been invited to an imperial garden
party in Tokio, but found he could
not gain admittance without a
frock coat, a bit of impediment it
had not seemed worth while to take
along.
l-maUy. Charles Warren, the
JVmcricsn ambassador, lent him cne.j3-4 per cent, payable February 22.
St there's an"' object " Smmm' J 'I'atioks " V "1
M 'LESSON FOR ANY PTMC VSfer i l
Thit pietart might b shown with food mffmct.
gjljPpVEN THE MlGHTtEST igi-r VANQUISHED NATIONS fj
Hmt it oam that would mahm warlikm nation think twice.
A picture ot tho oiUatH dtocroditod ond Utorn ot tu gtiuiur wouia
Congress Opens
67th Session;
Awaits Message
Senate Adjourns in 20 Min
utes While House Debates
Waterways Project
Two Hours. ,
Washington, Dec. S. Congress re
assembled today with the usual for
mal ceremonies-and with its legis
lative course 'fairly well charted.
The opening program was routine;
however. ,
Interest in general was subordin
ated to President Harding's address
which will be delivered at 12:30 to
mbrrow. " ' His" recommendations!
were expected to deal principally
with "tariff revision, governmental
economy and development of the
federal budget system.
Unusual interest in the president's
appearance was manifested in view'
of the assured attendance ot arms
delegates and attaches. The presi
dent today, devoted himself to work
on his address.
Majority Answer Roll Call.
A large majority of senators and
house members answered the open
ing roll calls after the 10-day recess
following the extra session. The
opening gavels sounded the begin
ning of the first regular session of
the 67th congress which has before
it many months of work.
A feature of today's opening was
the receipt from President Harding
of the' first federal appropriation es
timates prepared under the new budg
et law. The budget' proposed for
the. 1923 fiscal year was $3,505,000,
000, a decrease of nearly $500,000.
000 from -the 1922 outlay and of
more than $2,000,000,000 from cur
rent expenditures. . ,
No Business Transacted.
No business was transacted today
by either house. Both appointed
committees to advise the president
and each other of the' convening. '
The senate was in session only
about 20 minutei, but the house de
voted two hours to debate cn the
St.. Lawrence waterway project! The
point was raised that the discussion,
before receipt of' the president's
message, was Unprecedent, if not
discourteous, . but the republican
leadership went ahead with the plan
for open 'debate. '
Few bills were introduced in the
house and none in the senate.
.The first important measure is to
be called up tomorrow in the sen
ate.. It, is the administration .bill for
funding the $10,000,000,000 of allied
debts, passed by the house. " A bi
partisan fight against the bill a'ready
is brewing. . - . ' -
Vote Regular Dividend
St. Paul, Minn.. Dec 5. Directors
of the Great Northern railway voted
the regular ouarterlv dividend of
Movies for the Conference
ICoprtfbt: mis 7 lb Chicago Tribua.1
Man Slays Wife,
Shoots- Himself,
Dying in Hospital
Amelia Cornell Killed in
Downtown Hotel by Hus
band As She Prepares
For Divorce Action.
Anelia Cornell, 23, is dead and
her husband, Harry Cornell, 25, will
die before morning, physicians say,
as the result of a shooting affray at
the Ak-Sar-Ben hotel, 1611 Howard
street, about 9 last night
Cornell, a carpenter, and his wife
.had been Jiving at the hotel until two
weeks, ago,, when. (-.Cornell is alleged
to have beat her over what was de
scribed as a trivial' matter. , At this
time the proprietor of the hotel, Mrs.
Frank Apfelbeck,: ordered Cornell- to
leave. . : . " ' . ' " '
At this time 'the wife ' separated
from her husband and y?as about to
institute divorce proceedings.
Last night Cornell came to the
hotel and inquired if his wife was in.
Persons replying said she was in her
room. , . , if
Ed Hoffman, a roomer at the place
w ho was left in charge of the hotel
during the absence of Mrs. Apfel
beck. followed Cornell upstairs, re
membering that he had been ordered
from the place and that he would
probabh attack his v.ift.
As Hoffman reached the third
floor, the woman's room which , is
located- immediately to the left of
the staircase, was occupied by Cor
nell, who was busily pouring over
some 'of .-the woman's letters. Hoff
man immediately' notified Mrs. Cor
nell of her husband's action, and as
she entered the' room she was con
fronted ""with-a 'revolver by her hus
hand. ;.
Wottman, who interceded, was or
dered downstairs by Cornell at the
point or the gun. , He started down
and had reached the landing when
the shooting started.
Mrs.. Cornell had gone to the tele
phone when threatened by her hus
band and was engaged in calling the
police when her husband followed
and fired four times in rapid succes
sion. She fell backward, instantly
killed. . " - -
Four Officers Killed
In Chihuahua Riot
El Paso. Tex, Dec. 5. Two sol
diers and two policemen were killed
and six. bystanders were wounded,
but not seriously, in a riot in Chi-
liauhua. Chihuahua, Saturday night,
it was reported in Juarez today. The
trouble started when a captain of the
soldiers attempted to prevent the im
prisonment of two intoxicated sol
diers who were accused of disturbing
the peace. The entire populace was i
awakened at midnight when the firing j
began between the soldiers and po
lice, the message said. More than
1S,S JLTJt
u monohcuU totoU.
Binderup Block, In
Minden, Swept by
Fire; Loss $60,000
Blaze Worst Section Has Suf
fered Since 1890 Owner
Of Structure and 13
Tenants Lose.
Minden, Neb., Dec. 5. (Special
Telegram.) The most disastrous
fire in Minden since the North Side
fire in 1890. occurred this morning at
3. The Binderup block, South Side,
was burned, with a loss to the owner
and 13 tenants approximating $60,000.
About half this sum is covered by
insurance. : ' ; . ... ....
The fire was discovered. by Clar
ence Borgaard, who lives above the
room where the fire started.
Firms in the building were: Cloyd
F. Greene, undertaking and wall
paper; VVesten Sisters, millinery;
United Fruit and Grocery store,
Lewis C Larson, hardware, and B.
F. Wylie, produce station. Jhe last
two were not very badly damaged,
except the hardware stock in the
basement was flooded.
On the second floor, Dr. H..V.
Black,' osteopath, and Dr. F. S. Tay
lor, dentist, suffered total fosses. Dr.
Taylor was not covered by insur
ance. ...
Attorney C. P. Andervery. Dr. W.
H." Powell and Drs. Chappell Broth-
fc .i ,
uniusis uijilcs were uamagea.
Mr. and. Mrs. Clarence Borgaard
and Mr. and Mrs. A. Kimsey's liv
ing rooms were almost a. total loss.
Work was begun at once to repair
the building. Origin of the fire is
unknown. :
" Man Drops Dead
William P. Kennedy, 60. a watch
man at the Cudahy plant, living at
Ol8 O street, dropped dead at 7 a.
m. yesterday,' just after he had gone
to work. Police" Surgeon Young said
death was due to heart disease.
The Weather
Forecast.
Nebraska: Fair Tuesday and
Wednesday, - slightly warmer in
southwest portion Tuesday.
Iowa: Fair Tuesday and Wednes
day; moderate temperature.
Hourly Temperature.
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Highest Monday.
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Protect h!pmnt turn the nit 14
In 24 hnar from t-mprturr as follows:
Wtat. 2i orrps: north. 34 dre htn
mcau cut and aoutb, can to mad aaleur.
First Clash
Of Walkout
At St. Paul
Several Hurt in Fight Be
tween Conimission Men and
Pickets Train With 300
Strike-Breakers Halted.
Try to Break Union Lines
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 5. Violence
marked the opening of the strike at
the South .St. Paul packing plants
here today. Several persons were
slightly injured when a group of
commission men clashed with pick
ets in an unsuccessful attempt to en
ter the Swift & Co. plant.
Earlier in the day strike sympa
thizers stopped a train carrying 300
strikebreakers to the packing dis
tricts, and forced them to flee under
a fusillade of missiles.
Sheriff J. J. Dunn tonight an
nounced he would break the picket
lines tomorrow to enable strikebreak
ers to enter the plants. This state
ment brought from J. P. McCoy,
local secretary of the Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen's union, the
declaration that union "will fight to
the finish."
"Strikebreakers positively will not
be allowed to pass the picket lines,"
he said. "Passes will be issued by
the union, however," he said, "to
women and male office workers."
16 Union Officials
Appear in Court
Kansas City, Dec. 5. Sixteen offi
cials of the five Kansas City, Kan.,
locals of the Amalgamated Meat Cut
ters and Butcher Workmen appeared
this afternoon before the Kansas in
dustrial relations in Kansas City,
Kan. The union officials who ignored
summons of the industrial court
Saturday, presented themselves upon
orders issued by the district court of
Wyandotte county.
Both Sides Lay
Claim to Success
Very wide divergences between
statements of packers and strikers
on the extent of the walkout markec
the opening of the strike of packing
house workers which began this
morning on the South Side.
Jacob H. Davis, president of Dis
trict Council No. 5, Amalgamated
Association of Meat Cutters and But
cher Workmen of North America,
declared in a statement issued
through Robert K. Hunter, chair
man of the strikers' press committee,
that 90 per cent of the workers arc
out: that 95 per cent will be out by
tonight and 100 per cent by Wednes
day night.
He said 4,500 out of approxi
mately 5,000 workers are on strike.
The packers claim that not more
than 1,200 to 1,500 are out. And these
will soon be back, they say.
Picketing Organization.
A picketing organization including
at least one woman in each group of
pickets was perfected at a meeting of
the strikers' executive committee
this afternoon.
While packers were giving out
statements today that the strike wai
not as effective in other cities even
as it was in Omaha, strikers' head
quarters declared that it was even
more effective in other cities.
"In Sioux City, 98 per cent of the
workers .are on strike and de
termined to stick," was one bulletin
at strike headquarters.
Police Commissioner Dunn today
asked City Attorney Van Deusen for
an opinion regarding the status of the
picketing law passed by the last
legislature.
Mr. aVn Deusen replied that, as
a petition has been filed with the
secretary fo state, asking a referen-
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Small Asks Emhezzlement
Charges Be Quashed
Waukegan, III., Dec. 5. -Governor
Len Small and Vernon Curtis, Grant
Park, 111., banker,-today opened their
fight against trial under the conspi
racy, embezzlement and confidence
game indictments returned rrt Spring
field by the Sangamon county grand
jury last July.
Appearing' in the court of Judge
Claire C. Edwards they asked that
the indictflBents be quashed as illegal
and insufficient
Maryland Representative
Would Permit Sale, of Beer
Washington, Dec. 5. Sale of beer
and light wine would be permitted
in congressional districts in which
voters expressed approval under a
bill introduced today by Representa
tive Hill, republican, Maryland.
The measure, which provides a
manufacturers' tax of 20 cents a gal
lon on beer and 40 cents a gallon
on wine, was referred to the ways
and means committee.
War Finance Corporation
Allots IS'ehraska $130,000
r Washington, Dec. 5. Approval of
50 advances for agricultural and
live stock purposes, aggregating
$2.8I3,010, was announced by the
War Finance corporation. Ne
braska received $150,000; Utah.
$1,374,000; Iowa, $217,000; Wash
ington. $10,000. and South Bakota,
$160,000.
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