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I The Omaha Morning. Bee yon. $2-no. si. M f. , VIM AH .1 Mn 1 ICS. OMAHA, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1922. Hall II Marti ! SMlta U! ImIii M.M. TWO CENTS 4U M pMlt M4 .. .ill New Move Started to End Strike Secretary Davit Say Walk out Could Be Settled if Road Would Give Men Seniority Right. Union Leaders Silen Moose Heart, III., July 2J. (By A. I',) hollowing a conference here with B. M. Jewell, head of the ftrik ins railway ihopmen. Jamei J. Davit, secretary of labor, announced that he believed "the atrike could be fettled if the roads would srive the striking ihopmen their seniority rights and there wai a rehearing by the United States tabor board on other disputed Questions. Immediately following the confer ence. Secretary Davis talked to t'res ident Harding over long "distance telephone, submitting a report of the ii. formation he had gathered to the chief executive. Secretary Davis said that the prin cipal obstacle to a settlement of the strike was the seniority question Earlier in the day, Mr. Jewell had issued a formal statement at Chicago asserting that failure of the roads to . agree to national adjustment boards and to stop the practice of contract tng shop work was also hindering: a settlement. Could Be Adjusted. Secretary Davis said he believed the matter of establishing -national adjustment boards "could be ad justed," . and asserted that in his opinion the contract question "does not stand in, the way of an agree ment." Asked whether the matter of sepa rate peace negotiations between striking shopmen and the individual roads was discussed, Secretary Davis hesitated for some tjme and then re plied: "I would rather not answer that question." vf. ri,..: i. .l. ami. iflvia aiu every angle oi inc situation had been discussed with Mr. Jewell and his coleaders. The general complaint of the labor chiefs, he said, was fliat the carriers do not accept the decisions of the labor board, .while the employes in nearly every instance have abided by. these decisions. Labor Leaders Silent. Mr. Jewell and the other labor chiefs attending the meeting made no comment on the conference but left immediately after its conclusion for Chicago. Among those at the meeting were Mr. Jewell, the inter national presidents of the six shop crafts and union and Timothy Healy, president of the Firemens and .Oilers' union, which is also striking. - Earlier 'In theelSyr Secretary ! Davis conferred With W. L. Mc Meninjen, labor member of the labor board. Mr. Davis said that the en tire situation 'was discussed and that he had gained the views of both the board and the unions. He explained i (Tarn to Tajre Two. Column Five.) Patiion of Flapper s for Loll u pops Boon for Candy Maker $ in Man Killed by T ram in Yards at Glenwood Glenwood, la., July 2.?. Raymond Logan, 24, was run over and killed at 3 this morning in the railroad yards here by freight train No. 74 of the Burlington. Cards found on his body showed him to be a mem ber of the American Legion and Knights of Columbus. Young Logan, whose home was at Creston. Ia.. was visiting at the home cf R. V. Greenlee and had gone to the depot to take a train home. He v :is formerly an engineer on the Burlington. It is thought that he had intended to flag the freight train which is not scheduled to stop at Gienwood and that he sat down on the rails and fell asleep. His parents were notified and will take charge of the body. ' Funeral arrangements will be an nounced later. 1 Justice of Peace Killed by Prohibition Officer Beaumont. Tex., July 23. Justice of the Peace H. E. Showers, stationed at precinct No. 1, Jefferson county, was shot by Federal Prohibition Officer Gonzaullos, the bullet pene trating the kidney and going through the body. He will die, physicians said. ( Judge Showers, it was reported to the police, was sitting in his auto mobile on a downtown street, when Gonzaullos attempted to take a pint bottle away from him. Showers is declared to have resisted and the offi cer shot him. Judge Shower was a candidate for re-election in the democratic primaries and was nom inated. U. S. Officials Making Trip Around World Reach Nome Nome, Alaska, July 23. The coast guard. cutter Mojave, bearing the party Of government officials headed by Assistant Secretary of Commerce C. H. Huston on a trip around the world, arrived after a stormy trip from southwestern Alaska. Mr. Huston and the mem bers of his party were brought ashore in a coast guard power launch, and due to a heavy sea and high tide, were compelled to wear life preservers. A landing was made with difficulty. Newark, N. J., July 2J.-Tht sud den eatilOn for lollvnnn AttirnnmA by flippers hat proved a lifetaver to me L Harms company, Newark candy unui4ciurers, u was revealed federal court Receiver reported that since year a bo, when the firm was nearly defunct, it has made a profit of $44,. ww ail becaue of lollypops and flannrr. the firm bought 'huge stores of sugar at the high prices prevalent prior to 1921 and when prices dropped, faced bankruptcy. Receiv ers decided to revive the lollypop. They boiled down the sugar, flavored it, wrapped it in briRhtly colored paper and the flapper did the rest. The court ordered creditors of the firm to show cause August 7, why they should not accept a settlement offered by the company. c risis on WhiteGives Limerick Taken by National Forces in Fierce Battle Twenty Killed and Many, Wounded at Strand Bar racks Nationals Storm Other Strategic Buildnigs . Friends of Northcliffe Alarmed Over Condition London. . July 23( Lord North clifie's condition has aroused the gravest concern of his intimate friends. Members of the board of directors of the London Times who started a libel suit against Lord Northcliffe for his open statements have with drawn their action, believing he never will be able to appear in court Coprrlfht, mt. Dublin, July 23. Hard fighting marked the taking of Limerick by the national forces. .The irregulars' casualties are indefinite, but it is known that 20 were killed and many wounded at the Strand barracks alone. The total national losses were six killed and 20 wounded. Sixty irregulars were taken prisoner, the others escaping. The nationals attacked at II Thursday morning, throwing 35 shells into the Strand barracks and then storming them. Next the na tionals took St. John's castle and simultaneously they assaulted the ordnance barracks where a fire had broken out. Set Buildings Afire. The irregulars holding other build ings set them on fire and then re treated through short tunnels to con nectinsr positions. After the tall ot Limerick about 3,000 irregulars who were based on the town moved southwards. At the close of a hard but success ful week, the efforts of the Irish troops are confined principally to consolidating the number ot impor tant positions won. and the cqntiiv ued activity of motor patrols. , A week-end lull is not unlikely before the march southward is resumed, where Cork continues to be, the main oDjective. Other Conquest Easier. Military experts point out that the conauest of Cork would be attained "Hifcker and -easier and witrriess de struction ot property and witn tewer casualties if a joint attack from land and sea were made, as the har bor offers no particular difficulties to a landinsr oartv. Boats have already participated in two operations of the nationals. One was the attack on Inch island, Lough Swilly, Donegal, and the other was when a few shells were fired from the River Shannon on the irregular positions in Limerick. Therefore the use of boats" in the more important operations in the south would not be surprising. Dublin. July 22. A general defeat for the irregulars in south Ireland is regarded now as certain m army quarters here. In numbers and fight ing equipment they are declared to have oroved inferior to the national army forces, whose competently han dled artillery has been able to dis lodge the insurgents from any posi tion they occupied. Defeat of Rebels Certain. -Apparently the irregulars have made Clonmel their headquarters after their retreat from Limerick, and con flicts are considered possible there as well as at Mallow and Fermoy. Though they hold Cork city, their force there is not believed to be a strong one. Reparation 'Eonds for t r . -l- issue ,.?. )earance h i i wya ueorge ar. remier Poincaire to Discuss Mora torium for Germany in' London, August 1. France to Ask Reforms General Manager of R. I. Railroad Dies Dcs Moines, la., July 23. Charles W. Jones, general manager of Chi cago, Rock Island & Pacific lines north of Kansas City, died at his home here tonight, following an ill ness of several months. Mr. Jones, who was 64 years old, had been identified wkh the Rock Island system for more than 40 years. He entered the Rock Island service as a station helper at Mitchell ville, la., in 1875. In 1912 he was ap pointed general manager of the lines south of Kansas City, with headquar ters at El Reno, Okl. -He held this position until he was appointed gen eral manag'er of the lines north of Kansas City. Senate Takes Up' House Rivers and Harbors Bill Washington. July 23. The senate took up the house rivers and har bors development bill and agreed tt all amendments proposed by its com merce committee, except those which would have the government acquire by purchase the Cape Cod canal and the inland waterway from Chesa peake bay to Beaufort, N. C. Both these amendments. Chairman Jones of the committee said, would provoke discussion and consequently they were passed over until next week when, it was announced, their ac ceptance and passage of the bill would be sought. Bryan and Daniels on Beatrice Chautauqua Beatrice, Neb, July 23. (Special.) The Beatrice chautauqua will be held at Athletic park August 4 to 13. Two headliners on the program are William Jennings Bryan and Jo- sephus Daniels, ex-secretary of the navy and a newspaper man Paris. July 23. iBv A P t A conference between David Lloyd LltGTQC ih R fitter nwtmm minliU and Raymond Poincarc, the French premier, to discuss the question of a moratorium for Germany has been arranged for the first cart of August. It is the realization in French rir. cies that the reparations question nas reacned a decisive crisis. I he fact that M. Poincare will be accompanied to London by Minister r i?: r. i ui nuance uc iasieync, as wen as several technical experts, from both tne toreign affairs and finance min- isteries, is regarded here as indicating that the fate of the German mora torium is more likelv to be decided at London than Pans. To Meet August 1. The report of the guarantees com mittee is not yet ready, but M, Mauclere of the committee showed M. Poincare a draft of the report Saturday night. It was after read ing it that he wired Premier Lloyd Oeorge he would be ready to meet him August 1. The report will be handed to the reparations commis sion the middle or end of this week and the decision of the commission is not expected before August 3 or 4, when, according to the present plans, M. Poincare will be in London. It was learned that the French viewpoint now is that before a long term moratorium is granted to Ger many supplementary reforms and ad ditional guarantees should be de manded. German Loan Possibility. The effect of reforms and guaran tees, added to the results expected iron new financial control to be in stalled in Germany by the guarantees commission, the French hold, would insure the floating and placing of a German foreign loan. Such a loan, providing important resources for the restoration of the devastated regions, would then permit of the granting to Germany of a prolonged cash mora torium. Other angles of the reparations auestion are to be discussed in Lon don. The French are reported to favor, first, cancellation of inter-al-lied war debts without subordinating cancellation to a similar decision by the United States; second, an agree ment by which reparations payments should be assigned especially to re storing the devastated regions, and third, assurance that German foreign loans, the proceeds of which Jtre des tined for reparations, shall be issued with the briefest possible delay. Havelock Attorney Defies Burlington Lincoln, July 23. (Special Tele gramsClifford L. Rein, city at torney of Havelock, the Burlington shoo town, today told W. F. Thiehoff, general manager of lines west, Bur- lingLUll, llldt A 111C11U11 3 ,iii,,inv,. v. rpfusat to enlarge- Havelock shops because of lack of protection given by officials to men desiring to worK is "old stuff." "Too frequent usage of this tnreat has depleted its original force; it is. old stuff," Rein wrote in an open letter to Thiehott. In referring to the searchlight maintained at the Havelock sho"ps to protect Burlington property, Rein wrote : "Unless we secure vour co-opera- I tion in getting the searchlight dis-1 continued or a court order forcing you to discontinue its use we shall decline to be responsible tor main tenance of law and order in this com munity." The mayor and three out ot a total of four councilmen at Havelock are labor union members. Striking Shopman Killed in Battle With Officers Hornell, N. .Y., July 23. Frank Ardiduini, a striking shopman, was shot and instantly killed and Charles Cesaro, another striker was wounded here in a battle with Erie police of ficers in the yards. Three Erie de tectives are in the county jail, charged With manslaughter. According to the officials, an effort was made to arrest one of the men they were talking with others in the yards, whereupon the men whipped out revolvers and began fir ing. The officers dodged behind a building and ansered the fire. Decline in Oil Production Given as Cause of Failure St. Louis, July 23. Decline in the production of oil in the Ranger (Tex.) fields and the subsequent fail ure of banks there are given as the cause of his financial failure by , Z. Curnutt of this city, who filed a petition in bankruptcy in federal court, listing his assets at $181,211 and his liabilities at $353,344. ' Notes held by Texas banks con stitute the majority of his liabilities. In addition Curnutt listed $11,300 as due the state of Texas on bank stock assessments. Curnutt is the head of an oil pro ducts firm here and a director of the Petroleum Products company of Fort Worth, Tex. "Poker Jim" Acquitted of Horsestealing Charge Belle Fourche, S. D., July 23. (Special.) "Poker Jim" Roberts, a celebrated character of the region near the Montana-South Dakota boundary line, was acquitted of a grand larceny charge. He was ac cused of stealing a horse from Mrs. Pierce. His arrest was the outgrowth 'of a disturbance some months ago. Warrant Issued for Kansas Editor Following Display of Card Sympathizing With Strikers, i Quarreling Again ! Trial Set for Octobe; Emporia, Kan., July 23. The war rant issued late Saturday chargin William Allen White, author and ed tor, with violation of the industrial court law in displaying a placard sympathizing with the striking rail road shopmen, was signed by County Attorney Roland Boynton, a nephew ot Mr. Whites, on an information hied by a representative of Gov ernor Henry. J. Allen, lifelong friend ot Mr. White. Mr. White, through hi attorney. immediately gave bond tor his ap pearance when the case is called for trial in district court here next Oc tober. Take Placard Down. In a statement given out when the warrant was issued, Mr. White said the objectionable placard would not be displayed pending legal settlement of the case. The statement explained that this action was no compromise absolutely no acknowledgement of the right of the state to suppress free utterance, published in decent and orderly manner, but followed profound belief in law and legal proc esses. Several days ago, Mr. White post ed the placard in a window of his newspaper office, the Gazette. The yellow poster announced, "We are tor the striking railroad men 4V per cent. Mr. White said he would add 1 per cent each day as the shopmen strike continued, declaring "the right to a free utterance of honest opinions is & fundamental right. But Governor Allen, his friend publicly and personally for many years and the companion of the edi tor on a European trip during the world war, differed in his interpre tation of the industrial court act. He held that displaying the sympathy card in the Gazette window was violation of the picketing clause of the industrial court law, and declared Mr. White had the wrong "slant on the matter. No Exceptions Made. The governor said he did not be lieve forbidding display of such cards was an attack on free speech, as his author friend contended. He de clared no exception ould be made that Mr. White must be arrested for violation of the law. A conference held at Emporia last night. between the "seconds ".of Mr. White and Mr'. Allen resulted in a deadlock. Mr. White, through his representative, informed the gover nor's emmissary he would not back down. When "informed of this, the governor said he would cause Mr. White's arrest if the placard was still up Saturday. It was. Throughout it all, the governor and editor have reiterated that there was no oersonal feeling between them, declaring tnat tneir personal friendship had not been affected by their ditterences ot opinion over in terpretation of the law. Cards Removed. Immediately after the warrant for his arrest had been served Mr. White removed from display the placard which expressed 52 per cent sym (Torn to Page Three, Column Two.) Denver Hotel Owner Shot Down on Poijch Denver. Tulv 23. less Halley, owner of the Holland hotel, in the exclusive Capitol Hill residence dis trict of Denver, was shot and killed as he stood on the porch ot his hotel. Axel W. Peterson, proprietor of a gun shop, surrendered to the police. Peterson alleged $400 disappeared from his shop May 4. He declared he suspected Halley of taking the money and went to the hotel to de mand it. When Halley threatened to call the police, Peterson declared he shot the hotel owner'twice. Baby Killed, Five Hurt When Auto Runs Into Party Jacksonville, Fla., July 23. Louis P. Cannon. 39, of Birmingham, Ala., was rushed to the county jail here for safekeeping after he was said to have run down a party of pedestrians on the outskirts of the city with an automobile, killing 21-months-old Hazel Austin, and injuring five other persons, two of them probably fatally. Reorganization of Building Trades Council Favored Campaign to Make Germany Dry Opens Victory for Landis Awards Seen in Report of Coin mittee of International Labor Leaders. Chicago. July 23. A victory, for the Landis ,award-i. tl;e..-. .bjiildjug trades "controversy was seen in the report of a special committee com posed of the international presidents of the various crafts to the American federation of Labor, which recom mended a complete reorganization of the Chicago Building Trades coun cil on a basis of the recognition of the mediation award which was hand- down by former Federal Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. The finding of the committee, which has been conducting hearings in Chicago for the last few days, was seen as bringing aji end to the choatic conditions which have pre vailed in the building industry since the Landis award was made last falL Although most of the unions com posing the council accepted., the award, a few refused to do so and the resulting strife, was blamed by the police for an outbreak of labor ter rorism which culminated ift the slay ing of two policemen. The inquiry which the union com mittee conducted was in accordance with a resolution recommending such action adopted at the convention of the American Federation of Labor in incinnati on June 10. 0bregonwWill Ratify Agreements of Huerta El Paso, Tex., July 23. President Alvaro Obregon of Mexico will rat ify the agreements entered into by Adolfo de la Huerta with New York financiers, "oil agreements, ' by which back interest on the Mexican foreign debt is to be paid. This statement was made by Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican secre. tarv of finance, on his arrival here from' New York and Washington. In! the latter place he held conferences with President Harding and Secre tary of State Hughes. He denied emphatically state ments appearing in New York papers that the Washington conferences were anything else but cordial and satisfactory. "Twin" Suns Discovered New Astronomical Bodies 52 Quadrillion Miles from Earth Located by Victoria Scientist Burning at 30,000 Degrees Fahrenheit. Victoria, B. C, July 22. "Twin" suns, 5AUW,WU,uuu,uuu,uuu miles from earth, have been discovered by Dr. J. S. (Plaskett, director of the dominion of Canada's astrophysical observatory, through the observa tory's 72-inch reflector telescope, it is announced. Scientists here said the discovery was one of the outstanding astro nomical achievements of recent years. The tuna have been named Plaskett, for their discoverer. Dr. Plaskett has estimated that the suns at a temperature 'of 30.000 degrees Fahrenheit, as they whirl around one another. One. the more massive, is believed, to be 75 times the bulk oi our sun. The lesser is 63 times heavier. One is 15,000 times as bright as the sun, the other 12,000 times as bright. Plaskett, Dr. Plaskett esti mates, if more than five times as large as tny other known heavenly body.' , Reducing the figures to modern terms, scientists pointed out that an airplane, traveling 200 miles an hour, would require 30,000,000,000 years to travel from the earth to the riewly discovered planets. Light, traveling at the rate of 186,000 miles a second, requires more than 5,000 years for the passage. The announcement of the discov ery quotes Prof. Harold Jacoby of Columbia university as characteriz ing it "the most outstanding of re cent astronomical discoveries' and as declaring that the measurements lecorded by Dr. Plaskett must be ac cepted as most reliable. , Darmstadt. July 23. (By Ai P.) The opening gun of a campaign for "dry Germany" was fired here by the Committee for the Introduction of Prohibition in Germany. This committee is a self-constituted or ganization and proposes to pursue a campaign for the purpose of enlight ening the German people on the n&- ture of the olstead act, urging the adoption of a similar law in Ger many. Shopmen. .Waited Long Time to Quit Preparations for Strike Now in Progress. Begun in April, 1921. Washington, July 23. That the railroad shopmen have been prepari ng for the strike now in progress since April. 1921, and waited fifteen months because of a desire to 'ac cumulate enough grievances to sup port a demand for a . nationwide strike," were statements made by P. J. Conlon, vice president of the In ternational Association of Machin ists, at a public mass meeting here. Of the 1.1U0 decisions handed down bv the labor board, the speaker listed 700 as favorable to the railroads and 400 as "nominally in fa vor of our side," but of the latter, he said, at least 300 were not put into effect by the railroads and therefore did not mean anything.. Asserting that the strike leaders were well satisfied with the situation, Mr. Conlon said: "It srenerallv takes from 30 to ou davs to make a shop strike effective, but before this one had been on 10 days, more than 250 trains had been cancelled qut of Chicago, the West Virginia .nonunion coal mines were bottled up and the iron and steel in dustry were crying for help, and we have hardly started yet." Three Killed, Two Hurt When Auto Strikes Pole San Francisco, July 23. Three Inr-al . automobile salesmen were killed and two others injured, one seriously, when their automobile broke from control on Corbett road, a scenic route here, crashed into a telephone pole and plunged over an embankment. - The pole fell across the body of the car and is believed to have caused the fatalities. Chautauqua to Admit Farmers Free Fir6t Day Fairbury, July 23. (Special.) Fairbury chautauqua opens Thurs day. The first day is designated "farmers' -day," farmers being ad mitted without cost. Sessions will be held at the Fairbury Park audi torium. . ( Life Prisoner Drops Dead Ossining, N. Y., July 23. Martin Smith,' who had served 14 years of a life sentence for a murder, committed in Nassau county, dropped dead in Sing Sing, prison hose house of heart failure. Smith had never had a visitor call on him at the prison during his term, which began in 1908. Two Injured in Wreck . Enid, Okl., July 23. A woman and her small child were injured when three cars qf Frisco passenger tram No. 611 overturned near Fair mont, four miles east of here, ac cording to a report to the local of ficers of the company- Randall Has Lead of 573 With One Precinct Missing u Official Check Required to Decide Result of Race for Republican Nomination for Governor. With returns from only one pre einct in Sherman county , -missing, Charles H. Randall of Randolph had a plurality of S73 votes over Adam McMullcn of Beatrice in the race for the republican nomination' for gov ernor in Tuesday's primary election, The tabulation by The Associated Press of votes cast in 1912 of the state's 1,913 precincts showed: Randall, '49,036: McMullen. 48,463 Because of the comparatively small margin by which the Randolph man led McMullen, observers :hesi' tated to proclaim the nomination of Randall, declaring that ihe result of the race, one of the closest primary contests ever held in the state, will not be decided until the official check is made by the secretary of state at Lincoln. With 1.788 precincts reporting an unofficial vote on the race for demo cratic nomination as attorney gen eral, Kenneth McDonald of Bridge port seems to have been nominated over Harry B. Fleharty of Omaha, although the official count from the counties and recheclc ot tne vote Dy the secretary of state may change the result. These precincts gave McDonald, 17,015 and Fleharty, 16,518. . Jury to Try Chicago Labor Leaders rilled Omaha Be la! Wire. Chicago, July 23. With a jury fi nally chosen from among 1,300 veniremen, who passed through the box,1 the state will open its case Monday morninsr aeainst Timothy Murphy, "Frency" Mader and "Con" Shea, Daniel McCarthy and John Miller, f The state hopes to send all these labor leaders to the gallows for the murder of Policeman Terrence Ly ons. 1 he live men are cnargeu wun consoiracv to commit murder. The contention of the state will be that the defendants were involved in an unlawful conspiracy which resulted in the murder of Lvons. Three weeks will be required to present only the states side of the case and indications are ' that the trial will be consume as much time as did the selection of the jury. More than 200 witnesses have been sub' poenaed. General Welcomed, San luan. July 23. Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully and his staff was tendered a luncheon by Governor E. Mont Reily, followed by a military review. A special session of the leg islature has b'een convened to wel come the Americans. Admiral Mc Cully is the first admiral to visit Porto Rico in 20 years. Control of Coal Supply Is Planned Coinini'rt'e CommitMoti Pre paring to Iniie Dcrlarution of Kmcrgency Under Truiioration Act. I Strike Conspiracy Seen Oninh He Lraitnl W itr. VahiitKtoii, July 23. The Inter. late Commerce conuniioioii is ex prctril Monday to isue a declaration of the exiitenrc of an emergency wit hiii the meaning of the transpor tation art, as the first step towards government control of the movements of ioal. Such a declaration, w hen i.ssiicd by (lie Interstate (,'fmimercc commission, nmlrr the provisions of the t'ummins K.ch law, means the suspension of existing rules as to routing, pooling of terminal facilities and locomotive and car equipment; in short, virtual government control of the mechanical operation of the railroads of the country. Preliminary Steps Taken. Preliminary steps in connection with putting into effect the tremen dous control of railroad facilities vested in the Interstate Commerce commission by the Cuinmins-Esch law were taken 'at a conference be tween Attoiney General Daugherty and Chairman McChord and Commis sioner Aitchison of the Interstate Commerce commission. The final steps arc awaiting further conferences. This governmental action is the result of recognition of what is be lieved by legal officers of the govern ment to be a conspiracy between rail and mine strikers to prevent the transportation of coal being produced in the nonunion fields. Proof Lacking. Attorney General Daugherty has unofficially declared his belief in the existence of "conspired or inspired'! relationship in the twin strikes, but so far he has been unable to obtain sufficient proof upon which to begin legal proceedings against the alleged conspirators. Coal production, according to the weekly report, is falling rapidly e"m in the nonunion mines. It has be come next to impossible to obtain empty cars at the operating mines, and is it stated, long and inexplicable delays have been encountered by loaded cars through terminals on their way to distributing points. The In terstate Commerce commission will endeavor to relieve this congestion by much the same method employed during the outlaw strike of 1920. Austin Marr Leads in Texas Senatorial Race The Weather Forecast. Monday fair not much change in temperature. Hourly Temperatures. . 0 a. m. a. m, 7 a. m. fl a. ai. a. an. IS a. ai. II a. m. It m. ... 1 p. m. t p. m. S p. m, 4 p. m. 5 p. at. p. m. 7 p. m. M I I p. m. Dollas, Tex., July 23. Earle B. Mayfield of Austin had a lead f 4, 679 votes over James E. Ferguson ol Temple, and 6,734 over Senator Cul- berson for the democratic nomina- tion for United States senator in Saturday's democratic primary, ac cording to incomplete figures to the Texas election bureau from 93 coun ties. Four of the counties were re ported complete. Mayfield had 23, 025; Ferguson, 18,146; Culberson, 16.291; Thomas. 13,271; Ousley, 9,167; Henry, 7,094. Returns from the congressional disfricts were meager. . For governor in 47 counties, Gov ernor Pat M. Neff had 25,902; his nearest opponent, Fred Rigers,- had 14,988; Harry T. Warner of Paris, Tex., had 4,911, and W. R. King, 849. Former Cornell Football and Rowing Star Drowned Lake George, N. Y., July 23. WiP im A. Caldwell of Hasbrouck Heights,' N. J., a former Cornell foot ball and crew star, was drowned in Lake George near Fort- Ticonderoea. when a canoe in which he was pad dling overturned. Mr. Caldwell, who was early morn ing general editor for the Associated Press, had been visitimr the director of a large boys' camp and had gone out o,n the lake alone in the canoe. It is believed that while removine his outer clothing before swimming Mr. Caldwell's arms became entangled in his shirt and when the canoe cap sized he was "Unable to free himself. The body was recovered after the canoe had been found floating with out any occupant. This was the first intimation anyone at the camp had of the accide,nt. "Gas" Supply of U. S. Decreasing, Figures Reveal New York, July 23. Although gasoline refineries in the United States are breaking all records for production, the reserve supply of "gas" for the nation's automobiles is steadily growing smaller, the Ameri can Petroleum institute disclosed to day. In May 12.229.955 barrels of motor fuel Were refined, topping by over a million barrels the highest previous record made in September, 1920. Yet. according to the institute's figures, if all production should cease simultan eously there would be only 82 gal lons apiece for the 10,448,632 automo biles registered in the country. Despite the record breaking pro duction month of May. 849,084 bar reels were withdrawn from reserves to supply the current demand, it was shown. Black Stem Rust Takes Grain Toll of Millions Minneapolis. July 23. Black stem rust has taken a toll estimated at loO.OOO.OOO bushels of Brain, valued at $200,000,000 in seven of the most important cereal producing .states during three-year period from 1919 to 1921, according to an announcement made here by the conference for the prevention of grain rusW
