The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 151.
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THKEE CENTS
One Striker
Shot, One Is
Wounded
Packer Workmen Defend
. Selves With Weapons
Fire Breaks Out in
Armour Plant.
Unions to Assist Police
Violence marked the situation in
the strike zone during the early hours
last evening.
Rollie Rodgcrs, 33, 2819 R street,
formerly an employe of the Dold
Packing company, now out on strike,
was shot through the leg anil
Moulder by John Lake, 45, 5014
South Twenty-sixth street. Both
men are negroes. ,
The shooting occurred about 7, at
the Q street viaduct. According to
the report made to the South Side
police station, Lake, who is working
. at Swift's, was accosted by Rodgers
iug from work. He is alleged to
have shot in self-defense. Following
the shooting, a large crowd of strike
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syinpaiiuzerj grappicu wun mm aiM
he was badlv beaten beiore being
rescued by the police.
Rodgers, the wounded striker, was
booked at the South Side police sta
tion on a charge of disturbing the
peace. Lake was charged with shoot
ing with attempt to wound.
Knife Is Used.
About the same time Oscar Rcid,
Z5, negro, 6972 South Eighteenth
street, was arrested a short distance
from where the shooting occurred,
after he is alleged to have attacked
and severely cut Frank Shvdaka, 29,
white, 4207 South Thirty-seventh
street, while the latter was riding on
a street car. According to the report
made to the South Side police sta
tion, Reid, a strikebreaker, cut up
Shvdaka, when tliS latter and several
other strikers attempted to drag him
from the street car. Shvdaka's
wounds were serious and . he was
hurried to the St. Joseph hospital.
Reid was locked up, charged with
disturbing the peace and cutting with
attempt to wound.
' Twenty-Five Arresti Made.
An additional emergency car was
added to the South Side fleet and two
police squads are being kept con
stantly on duty scouting through the
strike area, t
Twenty-five , new arrests were
made in the strike zone up to 9 last
uight. , . v; . :
Fire at Armours.
Fire of undetermined origin was
discovered in the Armour packing
plant on the South Side shortly after
1 p.'m. yesterday.
The flames were discovered first in
the sulphur storage room on the
ground floor, and quickly spread to
the glue storage rooms on the sec
ond floor. - ,
Two companies of the South Side
fire department were summoned to
assist the Armour plant department
in extinguishing the flames. Thick
clouds of dense, black smoke rolled
forth from the burning sections, ac
companied by a strong stench from
the melting glue. The damage was
nominal. -
Visit City Officials.
Suspicion that the companies are
importing strike-breakers under
(Turn to Paea Two. Column live.)
U. S. To Be Represented
At Financial Conclave
London, Dec. 9. It is reported in
American .diplomatic circles here
that a financial conference at which
America will be represented will be
held either in London or Paris in
Febiuary to consider the exchange
problem and to try to devise some
system for establishing an interna
tional currency. -
Dr. Walther Rathenau, who is still
in London, is now said to be on a
sounding out expedition for the Ger
man government. He has approached
the Bank of England for the pur
nose of ascertaining how it would
view the application from the Ger
man covernment tor a toan ot :;,-
000,000 (roughly $100,000,000), but
the bank has not yet considered the
matter, .
Hoover to Be Chairman
Of Colorado River Body
Riverside, Cal., Dec. 9. (By A.
T.) Herbert Hoover, secretary of
rommerce. will be appointed chair
man of the Interstate CommerM
River commission it was indicated in
reliable advices received today by
the league ot tnc soumwesi comer
ence here.
This appointment, delegates to tha
convention believe, provides for im
mediate determination of a compre
hensive plan for development of re
sources of the Colorado river in their
entirety. Congress has been asked
for an appropriation of $1011.000 to
carry on the work of the commis
sion, it was stated.
Fraternity Building at j
Comstock Destroyed by Fire ;
Broken Bow. Neb., Dec. 9 (Spc-!
cial.) An early morning fire com-,
pletely destroyed the Woodmen i
building at Comstock. Loss sti-j
mated at $50,000. The building was!
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a large two-siuiy vm.- - - ,
by a merchandise store, a restaurant.
Red Cross headquarters and the up
per story bv fraternal societies. The
loss is partially covered by insur
ance. .
fa;nist" Mate Killed
San Diego. Cal. Dec. 9. Chief
Machinist's Mate M. C McLean, sta
tioned at the North Island Navy Air
station, was killed today when an a-
plane in wmcn re - , A ij I
crashed to the ground on the held.,
t- i f r n;.. thr niloL was;
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criously injur
New York Dry Agents
To Ban All But Water
On New Year's Eve
NW York, Dec. 9.-Watcr, the
most despised liquid refreshment in
Broadway restaurants and cabarets,
will be the only available stimulant
for high jinks along the otice gay
thoroughfare on New Year' Eve, if
prohibition agents have their way.
The frequency with which federal
officials have recently been patronir
ing several of the most popi:lar re
sorts has been interpreted as a fore
runner of a tight lid on the city's big
gest night.
"These raids mean that Broadway,
perhaps for the first time in its ca
reer, will see a dry New Year's
Eve," one of the agents declared.
Dail Expected to
Ratify Irish Free
State Agreement
Action Expected Despite Op
position of De Valera Ma
jority of Cabinet for
Ratification.
Dublin. Dec. 9.-(By A. P.) The
ratification of the treaty between
Ireland and Great Britain will be
moved at the Dail Eireann meeting
next Wednesday by Arthur Griffith
as chairman of the plenipotentiaries,
it was announced today by Presi
dent De Valera in a statement is
sued by the Dair publicity depart
ment. 'it would not be moved as a cab
inet decision- added the statement,
because the views of the delegates
differed from those of certain mem
bers of the cabinet.
Cabinet Announced.
London, Dec. 9. (By A. P.) The
final result of the deliberations in
Dublin yesterday, which developed a
split in the Dail Eireann cabinet over
the Irish peace treaty, has been to
throw the treaty into an early meet
ing of the southern Ireland parlia
ment. In his statement last night de
claring himself against the terms,
Eamon De Valera, republican. leader,
announced that the Dail had been
summoned in public session for next
Wednesday morning. He also dis
closed that his attitude was sup
ported by two members of his cab
inet, Austin Stack and Charles Bur
gess. The other cabinet members
are said to have remained in favor of
the treaty. This split, with the odds
favoring ratification, is pointed to
here as .significant of the possible
lineup in the Dail Eireann itself when
the time for action arrives.
Good Will Toward England.
Newspaper correspondents who
asserted that the Dail Eireann would
j alky the treaty, declared that popu
lar opinion in the south of Ireland
had acclaimed the agreement with
joy, and would insist on its ratifica
tion. The release yesterday of a large
number of republicans interned for
political offenses produced a strong
feeling of good will toward England.
(Turn to Paa-e Two, Column Two.)
Railway Brings Suit
Against Labor Board
Chicago, Dec. 9, (By A. P.)
Buffeted about by the criticism of
both railroads and railway workers
for more than a year and a half,
the United States railroad labor
board finally was haled into federal
court today when it was made de
fendant in an injunction suit brought
by the Pennsylvania railroad, which
procured a temporary . order from
Judge K. M. Landis restraining the
board from handing down a decision
against the road in a shopmen's con
troversy. Hearintr on a permanent order will
be held before Judge Landis tomor
row. The railroads petition is based
on two allegations: That the board
has jurisd'etion only over cases over
which a disagreement has arisen, and
that the board has ex'ceeded its pow
ers m prescribing. rules for the selec
tion of employe representatives in
negotiations with'the carriers, '
President of Guatemala
Flees to Foreign Legation
San Salvador, Dec. 9. A dsipatch
from Guatemala City says former
President Manuel Estrada Cabrera
has been freed from detention in
Guatemala City and that Carlos Her
rera, the deposed president had
found asylum in a foreign legation.
Manuel Cabrora has been held a
prisoner since April, 1920. when his.
forces capitulated to the revolution
ists under Carlos Herrera. During
the fiehtins: Guatemala City wa
bombarded by Cabrera's forces and
many persons inside the city were
killed. Last September Estrada was
tried for the murder of Jose Corona
do Aguilar and sentenced to death.
but a presidential decree prevented
his execution.
"$100,000 Reward"
A NEW SERIAL
By Henry C. Rowland
Crowded with thrills,
laughs and breathless
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The Sunday Bee
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King Jury
Disagrees;
Discharged
Men Trjing Woman on Mur
der Charge Said to Have
Stood 8 to for
Acquittal.
She Must Stay in Jail
The jury in the Eva King mur
der case failed to agree and was
discharged at 4:30 yesterday after
noon by Judge George W. Culli
son in the district court at Council
Bluffs. '
Alfhough the court did not in
quire into the sentiment of the jury,
it is known that the jurors were
eight to four for acquittal after the
first ballot, which was seven to five
for acquittal. It was also learned
that those voting for conviction
were asking only for manslaughter,
and every ballot after the first was
eight to four for acquittal.
Only five ballots were taken dur
ing the long period of discussion,
extending from 6:45 Thursday eve
ning to 4:30 yesterday.
Judge Culiison was at the court
house during the greater part of
the day, and about the middle of the
afternoon the jury asked him for ad
ditional instructions. He was advised
upon the joints in debate, but did
not disclose . them and immediately
sent word to the jury room that the
additional instructions would not be
given for the reason that every point
that could be involve 1 had been ful
ly covered in the lengthy instruc
tions ajready given.
Sat In Court All Day.
Mr. and 31rs. Thompson Murray,
parents of Robert Murray, for whose
murder Mrs. King was tried, sat in
the empty court room all day await
ing the result of the jury's action.
When the jurors filed into their
seats Judge Culiison asked them if
they had agreed upon a verdict. A.
W. Tyler, foreman, arose' and said
they had not.
"Do you consider it impossible to
reach a verdict?" the court inquired
kindly.
"Utterly impossible," he replied.
"The difference extends to extremes
and each side is very steadfast."
Hess Is Absent
A delay of several minutes oc
curred while court bailiffs sought in
vain for J. J. Hess, counsel for Mrs.
King. He could not be reached by
phone and the brief proceedings
went oi without him.
. Mrs. King, frail and wan, came
into court unattended. . Her mother,
who. had been at her side as far as
permitted from the moment she ar
rived from Idaho Sunday night, wai
somewhere trying to rest and re
cover from the strain.
Mrs. Caroline Johnson, police ma
tron, was also not present, and Eva
King came over from the county jail
escorted by Deputy Sheriff Gillaspy.
She didn t know what awaited her,
and almost collapsed when she sank
into the chair she had so long occu
pied. She was entirely alone, not a
friend near her, and looked appeal
ingly -toward those around her for
the sympathy she craved.
Brother Killed in France.
Mrs. Miller, the mother, was later
found. "Thank God they didn't con
demn my poor innocent child," she
sobbed as she sank into a chair. "Eva
was not my only child. My son was
killed in France, and Eva s enemies
in America are worse than her broth
er's murderers of the battlefield. I
would rather she was sleeping with
him under the poppies in France than
have her stained and condemned be
cause she was loyal to the man she
loved. I will stay here until next
term of court and fight for her till
the last breath."
The case cannot be retried until
next term in February. Mrs. King is
not eligible to bail because of the
murder charge.
The case was started November 29.
Body of Alliance Man
Found Buried in Shack
Scottsbluff, , Neb., Dec. 9. (Spe
cial Telegram.) The. body of a
Mexican laborer, murdered last July,
was not found until today, when,
acting on a tip from Denver, Sheriff
Frank Koenrg drove to a sod shack
seven miles west of Scottsbluff, dug
beneath the floor of the shanty and
six feet under ground, doubled up in
a gunny sack, found the body. Den
ver police are holding Ray Quito in
connection with the crime. Efforts
of a ceffoncr's jury to identify the
dead man were fruitless. The labor
er hid apparently been murdered by
someone who crushed his skull with
an axe.
Cumro Postoffice and
Store Destroyed by Fire
Broken Bow, Neb., Dec. 9. (Spe
cial.) The postoffice and general
merchandise store at Cumro, 18
miles south of Ansley, was destroyed
by tire. The store belonged to N.
C. Morgan, who is the postmaster.
Tt h nartiallv insured. All slamns
i records and government papers were
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in mc iic. duu him ucsiruyeu.
Tractor Rolls Over Bank'
Pinning Driver in Wreckage
Wymore, Neb., Dec 9. (Special.)
Wayne Marplcs was badly cut and
i bruised when a tractor he was ooerat-
! ing along the highway, struck an
obstruction and rolled over a 10-foot
embankment, pinning him beneath the
wreckage.
Pastor Declines Call
Plattsmouth. Neb., Dec 9. (Spe
ciaL) Rev. W. S. Leete, rector of
:St. Lukes Episcopal cJiureh here, has
j declined an offer from St. Stephens
j church at Grand Island. Rer. Leetc
has been here since 1914.
Man Quits Surgery
Course; Makes First
Class Policeman
New York, Dec. 9. Twenty-five
yeaf ago Richard He rininghaii',
Fordham graduate, cut short a post
graduate course in mrgery to be
come a policeman because, he said,
"he'd rather walk a beat than be
the world's greatest iurgeon." He
wa on the retired list today with
one of the best records in New York
police history,
A student of criminology, Her
mingham, who was made a sergeant
of detectives, was credited with hav
ing obtained the confession of many
criminals through kind treatment.
He loved his job so well that he
fought, he said, against promotion,
for he did not want to be taken oft
the beat.
State and Federal
Agents Combine
To Stop Violence
Mediators Sent to Chicago
In Attempt to Avoid
Rioting in Pack
ing Strike.
By The Aaaoclatfd I'rrM,
Chicago, Dec. 9. Federal and state
authorities combined today to stop
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IOICIlCC III LUllltCHtvu nit aiuvn
yards strike.
Four mediators two from 4hc
United Slates Department of Labor
and two representing the Illinois in
dustrial commission were sent into
the stock yards district to 'try to re
store order and bring the strike dif
ference to deliberation between the
packers and strikers.
Official government recognition of
conditions, Ernest Withall. chairman
of the state commission said, should
bring an end to the clashes between
strike sympathizers, workers and
police when the federal and state
agents get among the strikers.
Oscar F. Nelson and B. M. Marsh
man, United States commissioners of
conciliation, with two representatives
of the state, carried the government
plans for truce into the yards today.
Eetter Than Troops.
"This move is better than troops,"
Chairman Withall said.
There was virtually no disorder in
any of the packing centers during the
day. In Chicago, where there was
bloodshed yesterday and the day be
fore, there were only minor disturb
ances. At Kansas City about 3,000 strikers
paraded today, while at Omaha a
packing company in a letter to its
employes urged them to organize
with their employers , "on a SO-SO
basisj' . .
' The; ranks of the strikers were in
creased here during the day by sev
eral hundred men from other unions
and reports were that arrangements
were being made for a general strike
in the yards, to start within a few
days.
First Death Reported.
The first death resulting from
violence in the stock yards
strike was reported this morn
ing. George Pile, 35-, a laborer, died
in the- county hospital of gunshot
wounds received Wednesday night.
The police said Pile was shot by a
motorcycle policeman after he had
thrown several bricks.
The situation assumed a brighter
aspect, with optimistic statements
from the packers and no reports of
violence from the police. According
to the packing house officials, some
strikers are returning to work, and
these, with the new men employed,
have placed the plants on a nearly
normal working basis.
Deny Packers' Statement
Dennis Lane, secretary of the
butcher workmen's union, declared,
however, that 50,000 men are out in
the various packing centers and that
the strike is 100 per cent effective.
Swift & Co. asserted that 173 for
mer employes appeared for work this
morning and were given their old
jobs. Armour & Co. announced many
old men were returning and that the
situation in their western plants was
improving daily. So far as Armour
& Co. is concerned the strike is a
failure, they said.
St. Louis Packers to
Operate "Open Shop"
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 9. Eleven in
dependent packing companies today
signed a notice printed in newspapers
that, they would operate under the
open shop plan on and after Janu
ary 2, and at the same time set forth
a new scale of wages, which in
cludes a cut of 8 per cent for piece
workers and others ranging from 3
cents an hour to 7'A cents an hour.
The notice says that action by
the companies has been postponed
as long as possible, and with a strike
threatening unless the contracts with
(Torn to Tune Two. Column Four.)
Nebraska
Churches
The Bee presents in
the Rotogravure Section
for tomorrow a full page
of photographs of beau
tiful churches in smaller
Nebraska cities.
Churches at Ord, Bea
ver City, Madison, Cen
tral City, Gothenburg,
Sidney, David City, West
Point, Bloomfield and
O'Neill are pictured.
The page
both exterior
terior views.
includes
and in-
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Watson Threatens
To Slap Face of
Army Officer
Insulted by Glare of "Bull
Jawed Brute"' at Probe Into
A. E. F. Hangings Re-
buked by Chairnian.
Washington, Dec. 9. The mcetirig
of the senate committee investigating
charges by Senator Watson, demo-'
crat, Georgia, that soldiers had been
illegally hanged in' France almost
broke up in a row today after Sena
tor Watson had threatened to slap
the face of an army officer sitting in
the audience.
Chairman Brandegee took hold of
the situation and first directed Sena
tor Watson to sit down, calling the
sergeant at arms to enforce his or
ders, and then at the request of the
senator excluded all army officers
from the room. Senator Watson de
clared .that Maj. D. Cocheu had in
sulted him by the manner in which
he looked at the senator.
"Bull-Jawed Brute."
"I'll not be bulldozed by that bull
jawed brute," Senator Watson de
clared and, walking up to Cocheu,
said:
"For 2 pennies I'd slap your face."
Then the chairman called the ser
geant at arms and Cocheu and other
officers left the room.
When the excitement had subsided
Senator Watson announced that he
desired the committee to call 63 wit
nesses whose names he presented,
along with a great volume of letters.
Hearings then were adjourned until
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and
the committee held an executive ses
sion. Senator Watson at the resumption
of the inquiry today protested
against the decision of the committee
to confine the inquiry solely to the
question of hangings.
Watson Protests Decision.
"I want to protest against the ac
tion of this committee in narrowing
the investigating to hanging of sol
diers without trial by court martial."
Senator Watson declared. "My
charges were broader. I protest
against these charges being nar
rowed. I want it understood that
I am going into the shooting of
men bv their officers."
The committee suggested that it
might be necessary to go before the
senate and ask that the resolution
directing the inquiry be enlarged.
"Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, jr.,
corroborates my statement that a
soldier was shot by an officer," Sen
ator Watson declared. "It was tes
tified at the trial that the officer sh:t
the soldier without provocation
whatsoever."
"Do you want Colonel Roosevelt
called as a witness?" the senator was
asked.
"No, I would not embarrass him."
Mr. Watson went on to say he
proposed to try the case on the floor
of the senate.
Canton Representatives
Ask Return of Shantung
San Francisco, Dec. 9. A tele
gram asking that Shantung be re
stored to China, that the 21 demands
made by Japan on China be with
drawn and that all foreign troops be
withdrawn from Chinese soil rus
been sent to Secretary of State
Hughes as chairman of the limita
tion of armaments and far eastern
conference by the Chinese Six com
panies of San Francisco, officials an
nounced today. The six companies
represent the Canton or Sun-Yat-Sen
government, which is not rec-
j ogmV.cd by the United States.
I The telegram also asked that thee
j be "no interference in China's inter
I nal affairs by the powers."
Feud Really Settled at Last?
iCTWtel: IMli Bu TU Oklcac Tripuaa.1
Cotton Men Ask
Higher Tariff
Manufacturers Say Rates in
Fordney Bill Far Below
Those in Other Measures.
Washington, Dec. 9. Cotton
manufacturers of New England and
the south joined forces in behalf of
higher rates of duty than provided
in the Fordney tariff bill yesterday
before the senate finance committee.
It was declared that although all re
publican tariff measures in the past
have provided the equivalent of at
least 40 per cent ad valorem protec
tion on cotton cloth, the rates of the
Fordney bill passed by the house do
not average more than 22 per cent.
Besides asking that the rates of
duty be increased, the cotton manu
facturers proposed various changes in
phraseology and methods of deter
mining duties.
The American valuation plan was
favored, the manufacturers pointing
out that even higher rates than pro
posed will be necessary if this plan
is abandoned.
The principal spokesman for the
cotton manufacturers was Arthur H.
Lowe of Fitchburg, Mass., chairman
of the consolidated tariff committee,
representing the National Council of
Cotton Manufacturers.
Late Returns Cut Down
Lead of Liberal Party
Ottawa, Dec. 9. Liberals found
themselves today with such scant
control over the next house .that they
will have to be constantly on the
lookout for any parliamentary trick
which might result in a vote express
ing lack of confidence in the ministry.
Revised returns from ' Canada's
general election last Tuesday have
whittled down the party's seats from
120 to 118, with a combined opposi
tion of 117. With a liberal selected
for the next speaker, the standing
would be 117 to 117.
In the event of the house dividing
equally, the speaker would cast the
deciding vote, under circumscribed
rules and regulations.
10 to 30 Per Cent Wage Cuts
Asked for Rail Shop Men
New York, Dec. 9. Schedule
proposing wage cuts from 10 to 30
per cent for train service, shop and
maintenance of way employes of rail
road lines north of the Ohio and
east of the Mississippi, were for
mulated today at a conference of
officials. The reductions, which
would take effect late this month,
must be submitted to the railroad
labor board for rejection or ap
proval. The officials said the roads would
begin separate conferences with their
employes early next week on the
proposed pay cuts.
French Acceptance of
4-Nation Pact Held Sure
. Paris, Dec. 9. France's acceptance
of the quadruple agreement for the
pacific is considered certain in official
circles, although .the draft received
from M. Viviani of the French dele
gation in Washington today is re
garded as a suggested outline and
not a perfected plan.
Action here upon the agreement is
expected shortly.
Official circles as well as the press,
have received with the greatest satis
faction the idea of France's participa
tion in this accord.
Organize Scbool Orcbestra
Central City, Neb.. Dec. 9. (Spe
cial.) A high school orchestra was
organized here with Mrs. S. P. Dun
aan as leader.
Bulk of French
Delegation to Sail
For Home Dec. 14
Decision Reached After Re
ceipt of Cable Dispatches
From Paris Accepting
Proposals Submitted.
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By HENRY WALES.
Chirago -Tribune-Omaha Be I-eased Wire.
Washington, Dec. 9. Following
receipt today of cable dispatches
from Paris accepting the proposals
submitted by the respective delega
tions here, M. Rene Viviani and the
bulk of the French delegation de
cided to sail for France on board
the steamrhip Paris on Wednesday
noon, December 14.
Discussion of problems concern
ing China in which France is but
slightly interested in comparison
with the United States, Great Bdt
ain and Japan, will probably be
continued after M. Viviani leaves.
A summary of the French gov
ernment's acceptance of the fou,--power
agreement was received in
code from M. Briand this after
noon. M. Viviani immediately called at
the French embassy here and sub
mitted the dispatch to M. Jusserand,
and afterward the pair called on
Mr. Hughes at the State depart
ment. As a result of the French accept
ance, which, with favorable replies
from Japan and Britain, made the
four-power agreement to supercede
the Anglo-Japanese alliance unani
mous, Baron Kato and Mr. Balfour
were summoned to the State depart
ment. M. Viviani declined to comment on
his conversations with Mr. Hughes
this evening, but was optimistic
over an imminent agreement on the
problems under consideration by the
conference.
It is now thought the matter of
French and Italian naval tonnage
may not come up at this conference,
but be postconed until another meet
ing next spring probably in April
when financial and economic mat
ters will be examined.
Rail Labor Body Restrained
From Ruling on Penn. Road
Chicago, Dec. 9. On a bill of com
plaint filed in federal court today.
Judge K. M. Landis issued a tempo
rary restraining order preventing the
United States railroad labor board
from issuing a decision against the
Pennsylvania railroad in their recent
shop controversy.
The bill is the first legal action
taken against the labor board in fed
eral court. The petition of the car
rier resulted from a citation to ap
pear before the board October 20,
when the board listened to the road's
reasons for declining to carry out a
board ruling, directing the carrier to
hertd negotiations with their employes
over shop rules.
The Weather
Forecast.
Nebraska and Iowa: Generally fair
Saturday and Sunday; moderate
temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
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SLAUGHTER
FLEES FROM
DEATH CELL
Notorious Outlaw Ovcrpowcri
Guards and Hulcs Arkansas
Penitentiary for Five
Hours.
TAKES SIX PRISONERS
WITH HIM IN FLIGHT
Offers Freedom to All Con
victs Hcfoic Departure
Uses Gun Smuggled Into
Cell in Escape.
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 9.
No trace of Tom Slaughter,
the bandit, and the six con
victs who escaped with him
early this moniir.g from the,
Arkansas state penitentiary
had been found by any one of
the four posses pursuing the
fugitives up to 4 o'clock this
afternoon, it was indicatbd
by lack of reports from the
posses.
Governor McRac offered
$500 reward for the return of
Slaughter, dead or alive.
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 9.-(By A.
P.) Tom Slaughter, murderer and
bank robber, wanted in Oklahoma,
Texas, Missouri, Kentucky and
Pennsylvania, last night took charge
of the penitentiary here, locked the
warden, his family and guards in
cells, opened the gates and doors of
the prison, offered freedom to all
prisoners and after ruling the place
for five hours escaped in an automo
bile at 2:30 o'clock this morning.
Slaughter, under sentence of
death for the killing of a trusty
guard at the state prison farm at
Tucker, Ark., where he was serving
a life sentence for the killing ot
Deputy Sheriff Row Brown of Hot
Springs, took six convicts with him,
four of whom were negroes under
sentence of death. Six negroes un
der death sentence in connection
with the riots at Elaine, Ark., in
1919, refused the opportunity nd
remained in their cells.
Engages In Gun Fight.
Reports early today said Slaungh
. tc had cnR.'-fnd in a gun fight with
officers at Benton, 25 miles south
west, but that no one was injured
and that Slaughter and his party
had turned northwest from there.
Four armed posses and sheriffs in
several counties today were scour
ing their sections for the escaped
convicts. An unconfirmed report
was received here that the car had
been abandoned near Benton.
After the escape it developed that
a revolver had been smuggled to
Slaughter in the death cell, where
he had been closely guarded since his
conviction at Pine Bluff of the mur
der of the convict guard. Feigning
illness Slaughter succeeded in get-
(Turn to rage Two, Column One.)
Dry Law Violators
Given Heavy Fines
Neligh. Neb., Dec. 9. (Specials
District Judge W. V. Allen imposed
some of the heaviest fines on record
in Antelope county when he dealt
with three violators of the liquor
law. Fred Veldcr of Clearwater,
Lumor Komock of Neligh and
James McClatchey, living near Oak
dale, were the offenders. Each of
the young men was charged with
manufacture and sale cf liquor and
each pleaded guilty.
Vclder was given a fine of $1,000
and a 60-day jail sentence. Komock
was given a fine of $1,000 and sen
tenced to 100 days in the county
jail. McClatchey received a fine of
$1,000 and 60-day jail sentence.
They are now serving their sen
tences. Similar'cases against Hawk, Bron
oski and Billings were passed over
until the next term of the district
court because witnesses for the state
couldt not be present at this time.
Real Estate Mortgage Loans
Outstrip Rail Securities
New Y'ork, Dec. 9. Real estate
mortgage loans have far out-dis.
tanced railroad securities as the lead
ing investment held by life insur
ance companies, according to
original statistics submitted to the
15th annual convention of the As
sociation of Life Insurance Presi
dents here today.
Speaking on "A Decade of Life
Insurance Investments," Asa S.
Wing, president of the Provident
Life and Trust Company of Phila
delphia, stated that the real estate
mortgage loans of the life companies
have doubled in 10 years, increasing
from $1,228,000,000 at the end ot
1911 to $2,468,000,000 on October 31
of this year.
Bill Hart and Bride in
Frisco on Honeymoon
San Francisco, Dec. 9.-"-William S.
Hart, motion picture actor, and his
bride, who was Miss Winifred West
over, a screen actress, arrived in San
Francisco Thursday on their honey
moon after having been married in
Los Angeles late Wednesday.
Hart is 48 years old and bis bride,
the daughter of a San Francisco
newspaper man, is 25 years old.
Henry G. McDonald Dies.
New Haven. Conn, Dec. 9.
Henry G. McDonald. 36. assistant
supreme secretary of the national or.
ganization of the Knights of Co
lumbus, died at his home last night
after a brief iiincss.