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The Omaha Morning Bee TWO CENTS JVOL 62 NO. 9. M. W lat. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28. 1022. f Mall II mill .. I. , IV M, "' IM 0ltlM IM 41 M II Mll 0l" iaata), llil tMa Ml. M OMI f. 0. UM A d Man It Democrats Attack Farm Tariff Rates WaMi Opposes Giving Agri cultural DiVtricU Protro tioii, Allrginp "Haiti on CouHiiniiT!." Agrarians Defend Plan Washington, June 27. The agri cultural schedule ill the admiilislra 1 ion tariff bill m attacked today in the senate hy Senator Walsh of Mas f aihusrtts. a democratic meuiher of the finance coinniittre, and defended liy Chairman McCumber of that committee and Senator tiooditig, re publican, Idaho, chairman of the re-1 publican agricultural t.inlt bloc. The delate continned for several hour with a result that none of the committee amendments in the sched ule was voted upon. The' paragraph dealing with du- .cj on cattle ana trcsn neet ana vent finallv rami itiwti- f-mitittiTatintl and. without a record vote, adnicml-! incnts by Senator Walsh of Massa- Chusctts to reduce the committee J rates were rejected. He sought to . substitute 8-10 cents a pound for 1 1-2 cents- a pound on live cattle weighing less than 1.050 pounds; 1 1-1(1 cents a pound for 2 cents a pound on such cattle weighing more than 1,050, and 2 cents a pound for fresh beef and veal in place of the committee rate of J 1-2 cents. Charge Raid on .Consumers. Asserting that the bill was "an at tempt to make a raid on the con sumers of the country such as never before has been dreamed," Senator Walsh declared that if effective the duties proposed on meats, cereals, potatoes aiid apples alone would in crease the cost to the consumers by $1,316,000,000 annually, or about $81 for the average family of six. This did not take into account, he said, the increased costs that would follow from the duties on butter, eggs, poultry, fruit, fish and the many other foods in the schedule. Discussing what he designated as the influence of the republican agri cultural tariff bloc on the senate finance committee majority in the framing of the bill. Senator Walsh said that "this influence and pres sure" was successful as shown by! the fact that the committee increased from 20 to 35 per cent the duties on commodities in which the bloc was interested and reduced the house rates on all other products in J the acririimir srhprmle. He as serted also that rate were lowered Y agricultural products of the dem ocratic states of the south and said was "inconceivable that a political ynt Ky VY uuiu ,at i y paiiisaiiaiiip lu such an extent." McCumber Defends Plan. Senator Walsh said he did not know of sfly schedule in the bill that was more "indefensible" than the agricultural schedules that would re sult in "such serious consequences" to the American people and to the economic situation in this country, and he expressed the hopes that the committee majority would follow i,n this case its policy of making reduc tions in rates originally written into the bill. Replying for the committees, Sena tor McCumber declared he was willing to take his share of the re sponsibility for the increase over the house r.-te, adding that they would have been made, bloc or no bloc. ' He said he was glad of the assistance that the bloc had given in "doing justice to the farmer." "The farmer is in need of all the assistance we give him through a tariff or by any other means." The North Dakota senator argued that the farm workers were as much entitled to a living wage as the work ers in the city whose wages and standard of living, he said, had been advanced to a high plane under a protective tariff system. Ask "Square Deal." As to the effect of tariff duties on prices, Senator McCumber expressed the opinion that not all of the pro posed increases in tariffs on farm products would be passed on to the ntner. hut asserted that even it were the city man with a wage range from $5 to $7 a day should be willing to pay out a few cents extra each day for foodstuffs so as to "en able the farmer to earn a living." Senator Gooding expressed sur prise that an attack on the agri cltural schedule had been made by a senator from a state, the industries of which, he said, had been protected foi 100 years. He said this was the first time that New England had not written the tariff bill, because it was the first time that the west had had enough men on the finance committee to give a "square deal" to the farmer as well as the manufacturer. Eben K. Long, Oldest Nebraska Mason, Dies Eben K. Long, 95, oldest Mason ifl Nebraska, died at the Masonic home this morning. He was born in Newburyport, Mass., December 24, 1826, and was raised to a Master Mason in 1853. He had been tinder the care of Cobart lodge of Masons in Omaha lor the last four years, Me was a past gra,nd commander of the Knights Templar of Nebraska. The body lies in state at the Stack chapel awaiting arrangements for the fi'n-'l services which probably will be Masonic. i Army Fund Bill Finished Washington, June 27. Congres sional action cn the annual army ap propriation bill porviding for an ar erage army for the coming year of 125.000 enlisted men and 12.000 of ficers was completed today through final adoption by the senate of the conference report on the measure. u Drive on Obscene Songs Plans to Begun by Women'sr, i Qt . National Federation Told Jazz Pieces Should Be Suppressed-Commit tees to Watch Music Placed on Sale Throughout Country. Chautauqua, N. Y., June 27. Mrs. Thomas G. Winters of Minneapolis, Minn., wa nominated for re-election a president of the General Federa tion of Women's Clubs at the bien rial convention in session here to day. The remainder of the ticket, all oi which i unopposed, includes : Mrs. William S. Jennings, Jack sonville, Fhv, 1'irst vice president; Mrs. Wallace T. Pcrham, Glendive, Mont., second vice president; Mrs. James Hayes, Atlanta, Ga., record ing secretary; Mrs. rlorcnce rloore, Cleburne, Tex., treasurer. 1 he election will take place on Thursday. The corresponding sec- rctary will he appointed by the board. Two resolutions concerning mo tion pictures were considered today by the resolutions committee. One resolution sponsored by the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, en dorses "the better film organiza tions. The other, advanced by the federation chairman of moving pic- tures, Mrs. Wood Allen Chapman of New ork, recommends co-operation with all organizations interested in improving motion pictures. Hays to Speak. Under the rules discussion of the resolution went over until tomorrow, when Will H. Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and dis tributors, is expected to speak before the convention. With Mrs. J. R. Schermerhorn of East Orange, N. J., second vice pres ident of the federation, presiding, rep resentatives of the various states told Men Wounded in Mine Massacre Fear for Lives Removal From Hospital to Place of Safety Held Dan gerous Federal Agents Informed of Peril. Bridgeport, O, June 27. One miner was killed and another wound ed this morning when they were fired upon from the hills while en route to work at the strip mine of Cath erine Coal Mining company at Uniontown, near here, according to information reaching here. The vic tims were in an automobile when the shooting began. The shooting occurred near Laf ferty, Belmont county. There were six miners in the automobile but four escaped without injury. According to reports to the authorities here, the firing began without warning and lasted only a few moments. The as sailant sescaped. Springfield, 111., June 27. (By A. P.) Assurance that safe conduct out of the county of Williamson will be given any wounded strikebreaker or guard in the Herrin hospital was con veyed to Adjutant C. E. Black by Senator William J. Sneed of Herrin, upon his arrival here this morning to attend the constitutional conven tion. Herrin, 111.,. June 27.-(By A. P.) Removel fo safety out of "Bloody" Williamson county and the southern Illinois coal fields of wounded non union men bow in the .hospital, is one of the problems coming in wake of last Thursday's mine massacres. Twelve wounded survivors of the 47 guards and workers who were sent on the "death march" out of the Lester strip mine, still are in danger, according to information reaching state and federal investigators. Lying on their hospital cots, their wounds swathed in bandages, some of the wounded sensed that they still were in danger and expressed fear of further violence if they leave the hos pital unprotected. Nineteen Missing. Herrin's law-respecting citizenry believes a body of state troops would solve the problem and dispel any further danger to the imported guards and workers from the wrath of striking miners. Herrin was speculating today on the fate of 19 missing men who com pleted the gang of 66 in the bunk cars Wednesday night. Allen P. Findlay of Chicago, timekeeper, who is in the hospital with 40 buckshot in his side and bullet in his foot, is authority for the statement that there were 66 men in the cars when the at tack was made. Whether the missing 19 escaped or were killed in the cars and burned when attackers fired the train, was still unknown today. Angered at Blame. Angered because their town has been blamed for the atrocities. Her rin citizens say Johnson City, Ziegler and other mining towns should bear part of the responsibility because many of the rioters came from other towns to join the riot mob which stormed the Lester mine. Sheriff Melvin Thaxton said he had been unable to get any informa tion to ! Two, Column Fire.) Your Spare Room should be advertised now. De scribe it completely invitingly. Emphasize the fact that your room is cool, breezy, comfort able. Someone in Omaha is looking for the very room you have. Meet him or her through a "Want" Ad in the "Roomi for Rent" column of The Omaha Morning Bee The Evening Bee. Two-Thirds of Prtnt Day what they are doing through the fed eration renter fur the exchange of volunteer social service. "Conditions in the average county jail are intolerable," said Miss Julia K. Jalfray of New York City, chair man of the committer of institutional relation. "County jails should be set up under state control where con victs can be trained to work, and where they are paid according to the amount ol work they do." Drive on Obscene Songs. Mrs. II. A. At wood of Riverside, Cal., presented the results of a survey of Indian reservations and urwed education for Indians with the ulti mate aim of fitting them for full citizenship. A suggestion is before the convention to choose the correspond- ing secretary from the same city the president. If the suggestion is adopted Mrs. Henry S. Godfrey of Minneapolis will be presented as a candidate. Delegates yesterday pledged $120, 000 in an hour and five minutes for the new headquarters at Washington. A campaign against jazz and oh- j scene songs was initiated by the fed eration. The federation nusic com mittee had made a survey of popular music as a result of which it claims that at least two-thirds of the present day songs should be suppressed. Committees will be formed to watch the music placed on , sale throughout the country, and to prose cute where the necessary evidence is secured. Prohibition enforcement, the near east relief and free kindergartens were endorsed by the convention. Muscle Shoals Appropriation Sent to Harding Senate Approves $7,500,000 Budget for New Work With out Change From House Bill. Washington, June 27. Pres ident Harding's signature was all that was required tonight for authorizing the appropriation of $7,500,000 for new work on the Muscle Shoals dam at Muscle Shoals, Ala. The army bill containing authority of congress to spend the mSney on that project, ef fective October 1, next, was passed by the senate without a change in the language already approved by the house and by conferees of the two legislative bodies. During final ' senate consideration however, the measure at certan stages was threatened with being sent back to the house for further conference, Senator Norris of Ne braska, chairman of the agriculture committee, moving that the senate disagree with the house provision delaying expenditure of the money until October. He was finally over ruled by the senate on a vote of 28 to 32. The Nebraska senator led the at tack on the house amendment and was joined by Senator Wadsworth of New York, chairman of the mili tary committee in charge of the bill, and by Senator Underwood of Ala1 bama, the democratic leader, in de claring the house action "unfor tunate." The latter two senators, however, differed with Senator Nor ris on his motion to disagree, de rlaring that if it prevailed the bill would be returned to the house and the appropriation probably would be jeopardized in that procedure. Senator Underwood recalled past occurrences where differences be tween the senate and house had re sulted disastrously to Muscle Shoals appropriations and reminded his col leagues that the army bill had to be on the staute books by July 1. The first executive meeting of the agriculture committee since it con cluded its examination of the pro posal from Henry Ford, the Alabama Power company, Frederick Eng strum and Charles L. Parsons for developing the shoals properties also was held today. Bryan Brothers Meet at Station in Bluffs William Jennings Bryan and his brother, Charles, of Lincoln, Neb., met for a brief conference at the Union Pacific transfer station in Council Bluffs yesterday morning. The commoner was on his wav from Sioux City to Kansas City, and j had a wait ot nearly an hour be tween trains in his transfer from the Northwestern to the Burlirtgton fail roads. "Brother Charlie" is a can didate for governor in Nebraska and went to the Bluffs for a conference on the situation. British in Chinese Town Told to Arm Against Sun Shanghai, June 28. (By A. P.) The British consul general at Can ton has instructed British residents of Shameen, a foreign settlement of Canton, to arm themselves in ex pectation of another bombardment by the forces of Sun Yat-Sen,. de posed president of South China, ac cording to advices just received here from Hongkong. Oskaloosa Faces Ice Famine Due to Shortage of Fuel Oskaloosa, Ia., June 27. With all local fuel supply sources closed, the Oskaloosa Artificial Ice company faces a shutdown and the town is threatened with an ice famine. The plant has less than two weeks' sup ply. by Parley Adminixtrution Draft Com jirotuise Proposal Which, It I Believed, Both Sides Will Accept. Coal Shortage in Iowa Washington, June 27. Indications uerc given at the W hite House today that the government soon would be able to make an announcement in the coal strike situation ajid that the step contemplated was a move to bring the leaders of the union min ers and representative operators to gether for a discussion of wage dif ferences. Realizing that the deadlock exist ,!" Mtwecn mine operators and iiiiuvi mine workers will not be vol untarily abated by cither party to the coal strike, the administration was prepared today, responsible offi cials intimated, to offer a compro mise plan for negotiating the differ ences which, it was believed, could not be rejected by cither party to the strike. The coal situation in all its rami fications was understood to be one of the chief topics up for consider ation by President Harding at to day's cabinet meeting. Just what form the move by the government will take no official was prepared to state, though it was understood that some government officials, after con ferring with John L. Lewis, presi dent of the United Muic Workers union, were of the opinion that no break whatever could be expected in the ranks of union labor and that a move w;as necessary to bring operators into conference at once. Shortage in Iowa. Des Moines. Ia.. Tune 27. fBv A P.) Public utilities and industries in Iowa have sufficient coal on hand to operate from three to six weeks, it is indicated by reports received here wnue utilities and industries in a few cities report that they have only enough coal on hand to keep their plants running for a few days, there is reported to be sufficient supply on hand in the open markets to keep them in operation until at least Au gust 1. The supply of coal on hand for domestic use is reported to be the lowest in years. Purchases of coal made during the last few weeks are said to have been at $1 to $4 a ton above the level of April 1. Domestic Supply Exhausted. Keokuk. ' Ia.. June 27. 2.ocal coal dtalers report no domestic coal on hand. Public utilities and industries have a sufficient supply to last three weeks. Frisco Deeply Moved by Wounded Vets March San Francisco, June 27. A shat tered fragment of the casualty list from the horizon-long battlefield of France passed in review today before a San Francisco that was at once deeply enthusiastic and deeply sym pathetic. It was the annual parade of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War, who are meeting in convention here to suggest to the administrators of their country how they can best be helped. The first sections of the parade were made up of police, regular army and bluejacket and marine con tingents from the battleships of the Pacific fleet, now in the harbor. Judge Robert S. Marx of Cincinnati, national commander of the organiza tion was "right up in front" in an automobile, and was lustily cheered all along the line of March. Governor Stephens of California also was given an ovation. The disabled filed by state by state. Many limped, some used canes to aid halting steps, others were on crutches. There were many who could not walk at all,, and they were taken along in automobiles. But those that did walk, not only had out thrust chests but kept up with the pa rade, responding to the cheering wall of old enthusiasm. Many were in uniform, the same old battle scarred "O D" of the French campaigns, and they marched behind the old tunes, snapped but with all of the old blare "Madelon," "The Stars and Stripes Forever," Over There." Woman, Who Swallowed Poison, Fighting for Life Mrs. William Benjamin, 24, Hun ter Inn, was found by her husband, manager of the Robertson Cole branch film exchange, lying on the floor suffering from the effects of poison tablets at 2 yesterday morn ing. He denied there had been a quarrel Vtween them. The woman was taken to Wise Memorial hospi tal where she is fighting for her life. Nebraskan Reiveds Cable Bride Held by U. S. Authorities New York, Jime 27. Lester Ma beus, postmaster, clerk and letter carrier of Saint Helena, Neb., and his bride, late of Paris, are now on their way to a home in the west after she had been detained by immigra tion authorities, who were skeptical as to the validity of their marriage by cable. Under the chaperonage of the Travelers Aid society, the two were married at close range yesterday, and she was given the freedom of Amer ica. Mabcus met his bride while he was in the American Expeditionary Forces overseas. He was suddenly returned to America and later cabled a marriage proposal which was ac cepted. A marriage ceremony by cable followed and a weddinir certifi cate v. 13 sent the bride by maiL Royalists Revolt in Silesia, Fight German Troops i Monarchists in Germany Gaining Confidence and , Government Orders Axe Ignored. Copyright, 1932. Berlin, June 27. Coincident with the assassination of Foreign Minister Rathenau on Saturday, monarchists and military groups have started an uprising in the part of Upper Silesia which remained German. Fighting has occurred in the streets of Kreuz berg. Obdrlogau and Ratibor, num erous persons being wounded. Gov ernment) troops have arrived and fought the armed monarchists, partly restoring order. The news of the uprising was sup pressed. The government yesterday asked the press not to refer to the bloodshed, claiming that pacification was imminent. The government de clared that the uprising could be blamed on "foreign elements," mean ing the Bavarian volunteer corps, wTiich was sent to Upper Silesia to fight M. Korfanty's Polish insurg ents. Pogrom is Staged. In Kreuzberg and Ratibor hun dreds of Poles were attacked and robbed. The uprising turned into a pogrom in which numerous Jews were the victims. The German inhabitants of the part ceded to Poland telegraphed the government demanding that the out break be quelled, fearing that the Poles would take revenge for the action. The uprising proves the co ordination of the monarchist revolt with the assassination of Dr. Rathenau. Throughout Germany there is a heated chase after monarchists. Leaders and officers of organiza tions, individuals notorious for past treasons, and a few Bavarian hot heads have been arrested. For the moment the monarchists are. in the position of the radicals of a year ago. But only those blinded by passionate reichstag orations against monarchy believe that no change will come in Germany or that mon archism will not blossom within three months. The Bavarian cabinet in its meet ing yesterday decided that "inasmuch as everything is quiet in Munich there is no necessity' for carrying out the martial law regulations which the national government or dered." Danger of Revolution. Sunday a Munich newspaoer, "The People's Observer," publish ed an extra with this headline, "Rathenau is dead, but Ebert, Wirth and Schiedemann are still alive." With the danger of a monarchist revolution, which was planned for Wednesday, still imminent, the com manders of the army and navy have issued orders demanding the com plete adherence to the national mili tary to the oath of the republic in the present emergency. The order is necessary because the govern ment had obtained knowledge that the monarchists have won over a large part of the army, especially the officers. The socialists have of ficially demanded the resignation of War Minister Gesslcr, who is a Bavarian. These actions, with the upper Silesian outbreak and the continu ance of monarchist propaganda, in dicate a German crisis until the anniversary of the signing of the Versailles treaty is passed. That day may mean a well-planned mon archist revolution or a republican victory. Tying It on the Dog 40 Americans Held in Mexico by Rebel Band Employes of Oil Company Near Tampico and Property Worth $250,000 in Bandits' Hands. Washington, June 27. Forty American employes of the Cortez Oil company near Tampico and prop erty valued at a quarter of a million dollars are being held by a rebel gen eral until ransom of 15,000 pesos is paid, according to a message from the American consul at Tampico to the State department. The dispatch was dated yester day and said that the "rebel Gen. Gorezabe" had seized the company's property and was holding it with 240 well armed men. Prompt instructions were sent by the State department to the embassy in Mexico City and to the consul at Tampico to urge the Mexican authorities to take im mediate action for the protection of American lives and property. The consul reported that, Gorozabe had demanded payment of the 15,000 pesos within 48 heurs from yester day morning when his forces se'zed the property. The message said also there were no Mexican tederal troops in the vicinity. Britain Threatens to Take-Action in Erin London. June 27. The Evening News today says the British govern ment sent a warning last Saturday to the Irish provisional government, declaring that if the latter govern ment's authority to restore order were not exercised the British gov ernment would have to take action. The Britain communications, ac cording to the newspaper, requested the provisional government "to act promptly and vigorously to break up the organization for intimidation and murder which is designed to wreck the treaty and is directed, in ; the opinion of his majesty's gov ernment, from the tour courts in Dublin." The warning continued: "If the provisional government, now that the elections show they possess the support of the majority in the south, do not exercise their authority to restore order, the im perial government will be obliged to take action." The News says the warning does not contain a time limit and can not be described as an ultimatum. It also offered certain advice to the provisional government. Mrs. Longworth Dead. Cincinnati, O., June 27. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, aged 77, moth er of Congressman Longworth and Countess De Chambrtui of Paris, died here today, following an ill ness of several weeks due to an at tack of pneumonia. Mrs. Longworth was the widow of the late Judge Nicho.las Longworth of the Ohio supreme court. She was prominent as a social leader of Cin cinnati. At her bedside when she died were her son. Congressman Longworth. Cincinnati, and a daugh ter, Mrs. Buckncr Wallingford, Cin cinnati. A. Stuart Baldwin Dies. Windsor. Ont.. June 27. A. Stuart Baldwin, 61. of Chicago, vice president of the Illinois Central rail road, died suddenly of heart failure while en route from New York to Chicago on a Michigan Central train last night, the crew reported on ar rival here this morning. j .r4 Terrific Storm of Hail Damages Fremont Region Swath Two Miles Wide and 18 Long Cut by Pellets Wheat Stripped From Straw. Fremont, Neb., June 27. Dodge county and surrounding territory is recovering today from a terrific hail and windstorm that struck the vi cinity Monday evening. Crops and lines of communication were damaged by a barrage of hail that cut a swath about two miles wide and about 18 miles long. The effects of the near-cyclone laid low the entire countryside from the Elkhorn river between Scribner and Hooper and across the Platte river into Saunders county. Scores of wheat fields were totally de stroyed, while others suffered from 25 to 90 per cent damage. Fields Appear Leveled. In some sections the fields appear as if leveled by a steamroller and the wheat stripped from the straw as effectively as a threshing machine could do it. Forty-thjree telephone poles be tween Fremont and North Bend, a distance of 15 miles, are reported down. Two Union Pacific trains were held up during the storm by poles that had fallen across the tracks. The Northwestern road reports 18 poles down between rremont and Ames, a distance of six miles. Tele phone companies report poles de stroyed on toll lines to Columbus and Norfolk. Hail Is Foot Deep. Mrs. John Mentkin, residing on a farm in Maple township, reported hail a foot deep immediately after the storm. Crops in that vicinity are practically a total loss. In Fremont many roofs were torn away and telephone poles sent crashing to the ground. Two hogs, belonging to a farmer near Ames, were killed by live wires that had been torn down during the storm. Capper-Tincher Bill Passed by House Washington, June 27. The house today by a vote of 208 to 76, passed the Capper-Tincher bill to supplement the future trading act so as to meet the recent decision of the supreme court. Capt. S. Burk Burnett Dies. Fort Worth, Tex., June 27. Capt. S. Burk Burnett, widely known cattle man, oil maji and 'rancher, reputed millionaire, died at his home here this morning. Capt. Burk Burnett had been in ill health for more than a year. The Weather Forecast Wednesday: Fair; 'not much change in temperature. Hourly Temperatures. 5 a. m. a. m. 7 a. m. a. m. 9 a. m. 1 a. m. 11 a. m. 4 1 p. m i t p. m m IS p. ra 1 f 4 p. m 71 S p. m 71 p. m. ?5 7 p. m. 7S 8 p. m. Highest Tuesday. Cheyenno IQPiihlo Osvuiport KRapId City Denver SKalt Lk Pod re City nt Fo Lander ftfiherldan North riatto ....7t-olux City Rail Union Heads Will Call Strike TVlfgram to F.xmitivc Do iiiaiulrt Continuance of Pren rut Wa,''' and Heiloration of Formrr Working Ride. Small Hope of Parley ( hiiaKO. June .V.-tHy A strike of the 400,181(1 railway sliopnint of the country will be called for July 1, inilr the railroads agree to lay the $o(l.0tHi,lKK) wage cut due the shop workrr on that date and to restore crrtain working condition formerly in effret, it wa-i made known tonight through a telegram from B. M. Jewell, head of the shop crafts, to the Association of Kadway Executive. Decision to call a strike came late today after lengthy discussion by the executive committee of the six shop crafts unions, based on the strike vote of the men thus far received. The committee left but one loop hole to avoid the strike. If the rail heads arrange an immediate confer ence, agreeing meanwhile to continue present wages, restore working rules modified by the railroad labor board,, and discontinue farming out railroad work a walkout can be averted, the, telegram said. Otherwise "a sanction of withdrawal from employment on July 1, 1922, as voted by the em ployes, will be unavoidable." No Vote Given. The 2,500-word telegram, ad dressed to T. Dewitt Cuyler. chair man of the Association of Railway Executives, threw no light on the actual strike vote beyond saying it was an "overwhelming majority." Although the actual call for the walkout was made dependent on the executives' reply to President Jewell's ultimatum, little expectation was ex pressed in railroad circles tonight that the executives would agree to such sweeping demands as those made by the unions and labor leaders said that a strike seemed to be in evitable. Will Issue Call The union heads who will issue the strike call, if the proposed confer ence cannot be consummated, are: William H. Johnston, International Association of Machinists. J. W. Kline, International Brother hood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers of America. J. A. Franklin, International Broth erhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship builders and Helpers of America. J. J. Hynes, Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers' "International Alli ance. Jomes P. Noonan, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Martin F. Ryan, Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America. Declaring that the railroads have acted on a common program to re duce wages and obtain other advan tages to the carriers, President Jew ell's message pointed out "one bene fit which may come to the carriers and their employes, and to the gen eral public, from the fact that there are national spokesmen of the con flicting interests who might be able to halt a nation-wide withdrawal of men from employment in the railway service, if the railway executives sin cerely desired to avoid this conse quence of their previous course of action." Demands Are Given. "For this reason," the telegram said, "in behalf of and by the au thority of the executive council of the railway employes department1, I am informing you and through you (Turn to Pnite Two, Column Three.) Legion Names July 1 as Membership Day July 1 has been set apart as na tional membership day for the American Legion, and ex-service men eligible for membership are urged in a statement issued yester day by William Ritchie, jr., com mander for Nebraska, to join. The statement, in part, follows: "Jack MacNider, our national commander, has named July 1 as na tional membership day. The depart ment of Nebraksa has pledged to fol low our great leader, who has been as courageous and fearless in bat tling for ex-service men and their rights since the war as he was courageous and fearless on the field of battle. "I, therefore, urge all comrades who believe in the ideals for which the Legion stands, who desire the good fellowship of their buddies, and who wish to renew the bond of comradeship made dear to us by the common experience of the world war. to enlist in the legion. "Do not wait to be invited. "This is your invitation. "The adjutant of your local post will be glad to receive your appli cation for membership." Prince Higashi-Fushimi Victim of Influenza Tokio, June 27. (By A. P.) The imperial court of Japan is in mourn ing today for Prince Yorihito Higa-shi-Fushimi, who died yesterday at Hayama of influenza. Consequently the receptions and other events planned for Secretary of the Navy Denby and officers of the American navy, now en route here to attend a reunion of - the Annapolis class of 1881. will be cancelled or curtailed. Prince Higashi-Fushimi, the 17th son of the late Prince Kuniiyc. served some 30 years in the Japanese navy, attaining the rank of full ad miral in 1917. He contracted in fluenza last November and the court ceremonies incident to the visit of the prince of Wales proved a heavy strain upon his weakened constitu tion. He took to his bed a short time after the departure of the prince of Wales and never aw Tho orince was 55 years old. f