Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Morning Bee
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OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 29. 1922
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TWO CENTS
President
to Submit
Peace Plan
Ifardme Will Lav Prnnnsals
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Before Separate Meetings
of Rail Striken and Ex.
I ecutives on Tuesday.
Outlook More Hopeful
Washington July 28. (By A. P.)
Proposals for settling the railroad
strike, drawn up by President Har
ding and representing the conclu
sions reached by him after the ex
tended conferences of the past 48
hours with labor leaders and railway
executives, will be presented to sep
arate meetings of representatives of
the two groups next Tuesday the
railroad managers meeting in New
York and the employes' envoys in
Chicago.
Details of the plan or plans are
still withheld, but President Hardin
was said to fee! that prospects were
bright for an early settlement of the
controversy, which ha threatened
to retard seriously the country's
transportation system.
A major section in the president s
settlement plan was understood to
involve the seniority issue, which
was said further to be the only sec
tion in the plan to have been identi
fied as among the controversial is
sues between the railroads and their
workmen. .
Concede Right to Rehearing.
Another section would concede the
riffht nf the strikers to a rehearing
before the railroad labor board on
the wage issue and another would
. bind the railroads to set up regional
' adjustment. boards. w)iile a fourth
would jfeou"" abandonment by rail
roads of contracts wun
shops for repair work. .
r...ii.n Harriinir w understood
to have suggested compromise pti
Sua nietlnn -AI SfHH)ril.V UKIIiat J
which all men hired since the strike
..,..M retain the positions, me sinn
ers regaining their former privileges
so as to rank jtftt behind the men
who did not walk out July 1.
The strikers, under the plan, would
return to work at the scales set by
the board in its decision of July i,
which precipitated the - strike, but
wtihout prejudice to eiher side whn
the matter was brought up for re
hearing. Leaders to Meet Tuesday.
B. M. Jewell, president of the rail
way' employes' department .of the
American Federation of Labor ana
i nff.err of the railroad
unions on strike, left Washington for
Chicago, ,annoancin$jUheeneral
ctrike committee of eactt ' ofganwa
tion would convene in that city
Tuesday to consider the president s
suggestions. T. DeWitt Cuyler,
chairman of the Association of Rail
v ay Executives and principal spokes
man of the managements, announced
that the executives would meet in
New York on that day for the same
purpose. . ' . :''' ' . .
It is "expected5 that preliminary
conferences will be held by eacn
group in an endeavor to formulate
programs for consideration by the
general sessions. The general strike
committees of the unions ordinarily
consist-of a representative of each
craft in each railroad system where
the strike is in effect. : y
It was understood that Secretary
Hoover might attend the railway ex
ecutives' session at New York, rep-
tTnrn to Pas Two. Column Four.) .
Unidentified Body
Is Found in River
Sioux City, July 28. Floating face
downward -in the water a few feet
fiom the Iowa bank of the Missouri
river, the body of an unidentified
man about 28 years of age was found
by fishermen last evening at the foot
oi Iowa street - '
The man had been dead from
three to five days, according to Cor
oner Robbins. He was well dressed,
being attired in a silk, shirt, new
shoes, gray trousers and silk hose.
The only mark of identification
found on the body was a handker
chief bearing the initials "S. S. " 1
The fact that no papers or, sum of
money was found in the dead man's
possession has led authorities to be
lieve that he may have been robbed.
The body showed no marks of vio
lence. v" - -.'
Irish Roads May Suspend
All Trains for Long Period
Dublin, July 28. (By A. P.)
All the main townsf in the Con
nemara district have been cleared cf
insurgent troops and rapid progress
is being made by the national forces
in the west and the Munster province,
says an official report issued today.
The reDort savs there is good
ground for hoping that within the
next fortnight, tne organized re
sistance of the republican irregulars
will have been so broken that fur
ther postponement of the Irish parli
ment will be unnecessary. At pres
ent five members of the provisional
government cabinet and 16 other
members of the dail are actively en
raged in the suppression of disor
ders. Oscar Traynor. a prominent repub
lican insurgent leader who escaped
at the time of the Four Courts battle,
has been captured here by national
army troops.
It was reported today that owing
to constant interference with tracks,
Irish railroad companies were con'
templating the suspension of all rail
road traffic for a long period.
Attempt on Life of Poincare
Plotted in Berlin. Report
Pans, July 28. (By A. P.) The
' French, government, it was made
known , today, has received what it
considers absolutely trustworthy in
formation that an attempt against the
life of Premier Poincare is beme
plotted in German monarchist circles.
Labor Board Member
Suggests Basis for
Strike Settlement
Chicago, July 28.-(By A. T.)
rhe ba.it of s possible settlement of
the strike of railway shopmen was
suggested by a member of the United
Slates railroad labor board as fol
lows: 1. Shopcraft men who remained at
work to go to the head of the seni
ority jts, taking precedence over
all those who struck.
2. Strikers to regain pension privil
eges and seniority rights but to rank
below the men who remained loya'
to the roads, but ahead of new men
taken on during the course of the
strike.
3. New employes who have been
filling places of the strikers to be
kept in the service of the roads but
to take only seniority to which they
are entitled by length of actual ser
vice. 4. Shopcraft men who struck to
return to work uneler the wage scale
and working conditions put into ef
fect by the labor board on July 1,
pending a rehearing by the board.
5. Railroads to stop outside con
tracting, to establish regional adjust
ment boards and to drop all pos
sible damage suits growing out of the
strike.
It was pointed out that such a set
tlement took care of the strikers, the
loyal employes and the new men and
provided for submission of the orgi
nal grievances to the labor board. ,
Early Settlement
of Strike Looked
for by Shopcrafts
Union Chiefs Here Optimistic
20 Deputy Marshals
Sworn in for Duty
in State.
Aii early a settlement of the shop-i
men's strike appears likely,' Omaha
union officials think. They declared
yesterday that none of their men are
returning to work and urged the
strikers to stand firm.
' Twenty deputy marshals for duty in
various parts of the state in connec
tion with the strike we're sworn in
yesterday by Federal Judge Wood
rough. The men swoin in were Lloyd O.
Toland, John Kelty, Daniel J. Phil
lips, Carl H. Neuman. Norman H.
Franks, James Burns, Robert C.
Liston, Alfred H. W'itlets. Albert H.
Fulham, Howard , L. Born, Gale
Beckwith, William A.' Bridges. Gus
tav Neilson, J. Dale Weeks. Richard
A. Shockey.' Ronald H. -McDonald.
Irvin Sawtell and Lylc S. Powell. '
" To Proteat Guards.
...Decision. ,to protest to Governor
McKelvie and mayors of principal
Nebraska cities against the use of
armed guards in railroad yards was
made at a meeting of more than 100
members of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen at a meeting in
the Swedish auditorium Thursday
night.
Moral and financial support to the
striking shopmen was pledged at
the meeting. Following a lively be
bate as to methods of subscription, a
collection of funds to be given to the
strikers was taken up'. A total of
$114.75 was collected..
Injunctions Signed. ' -
Temporary injunctions restraining
the shopmen from unlawful picketing,
trespassing and interference with
railroad employes were signed yester
day by Judge Woodrough.
Rail officials attached little im
nortance to a rumor that trainmen
held a secret meeting Thursday night.
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i ncy aenieu rcpuns oi siiujjiucu a ui
ficials that two Chicago-Denver
trains on the Burlington were to he
discontinued August 1 unless the
strike was settled before that time.
3 Railroads Put Embargo
on All Except Fuel, Food
Washington, July 28. (By A. P.)
Three coal carrying railroads, the
Norfolk & Western, Chesapeake &
Ohio, the Louisville & Nashville,
have declared embargoes. over their
lines againsj the acceptance of any
freight except loodstutts, live stocK
and fuel. The actions were taken
under the interstate commerce com
mission declaration of an emergency,
which authorized railroads embar
rassed by the shopmen's strike to
show preference and establish prior
ity in transportation.
The object ot tne emoargoes is to
conserve all the equipment of the
three carriers for the transportation
of coal. The roads serve the non
union bituminous mining areas south
of the Ohio river, which have fur
nished most of the country s coal
output since April 1.
It was believed that the tirst result
of the embargo would be to increase
coal shipments from the nonunion ter
ritory.
''Oh! Min" and
"Uncle Bun" Help.
Sell Automobile!
fMr. K. E. Sharpe, 1028-29
City Natl Bank Bldg., sold
his car through the "Ato-
, mobile" column In the
"Want" Ad section of The
Omaha Bee, using the bead
lines "Oh! Min" and "Uncle
Bim."
J That he was satisfied with
the results is proven by the.
following excerpt from his
voluntary testimonial:
' "Am pleased to ad-
vise that the desired
rsilts were obtained
through your paper
', 'as usual."
f Omaha Bee "Want" Ads
take the guesswork ' out cf
selling automobiles.'
f If YOU have a car you want
to sell telephone AT-lantic
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Three Hurt
in Bluff s
Strike Row
Woman A- v rd in
h tield for Hearing
One woman and two men were in
jured and four men were arrested
in a battle with lists and clubs be
tween 150 railroad strikers and
sympathizers and 100 United States
deputy marshals around the Rock
Island depot In Council Bluffs at
10:30 Thursday night,
The .niured:
Mrs. If. P. Schupp, 1806 Eleventh
avenue, severe gasncs on head ana
right arm.
W. H. Buss. United States deputy
marshal, cut on right shoulder blade
with brick.
Clark Spencer, countv motorcycle
officer, body bruises from two bricks.
Four Men Arrested.
The men arrested are W. F,
Scholes, R. E. Huskins. Frank W.
iroutman, U. Llemenscn and John
Madden.
Under orders from Col. Guy S.
Brewer, U. S. marshal. William
Tittsworth, deputy marshal, ordered
his force of deputies to break up the
crowd of .men. women and children
who had gathered around the C. R.
X. & J-. station prior to the time
Train 301 was due to arrive from
Des Moines.
Armed with clubs and .45 caliber
pistols, the deputies moved on the
striker crowd which was parading
between Fifteenth and Sixteenth ave
nues in South Sixth street.
Dispersal was slow following the
officers' orders and Tittsworth
ordered his men to charge. The
crowd countered with bricks, hitting
Buss and Spencer.
Encouraged by Women.
More than 25 women were in the
parade and those who did not partici
pate in the battle stood on fhe side
lines ?.nd shouted encouragement to
their men.
Mrs. Schupp. 30, exp.lained after
wards she was beaten with a club by
a deputy marshal while she was try
ing to lead her husband, Henry,
from the crowd. Union representa
tives took her to an attorney with
a view to legal action. . . ..
John Beasley, a deputy sheriff, was
cornered by 15 men during the bat
tle, but was rescued by United States
deputies at the point of pistols.
. The prisoners were taken to jail
in a police patrol. .CJemensen was ar
rested on a right-of-way near the
scene. - '
Jeer at Officers.
Following the battle another crowd
formed a short distance from the
scene and began to cry "wife beaters"
at the officers.
Condemning the beating of Mrs.
Schupp, Deputy Tittsworth said he
would begin an investigation and
discharge the guilty deputy.
The strikers defended their parade
as taxpayers. The charging officers
claimed justification under terms of
an iniunction.
The five prisoners are being held
by federal authorities and are to be
taken this -morning before Judge
Martin J. Wade, who is' in Council
Bluffs to hear arguments in United
States district court on applications
of the Illinois Central and Union Pa
cific railroads for permanent strike
injunctions. '
The five men arrested were re
leased on $500 bonds each, pending
their hearing today.
Omaha Bellanca Ship
Wins Gliding Contest
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The Bellanca four-passenger mono'--!
plane, Omaha built ship, which new;
with three oasseneers to 1 arkio. Mo..
Thursday in 45 minutes, captured
tne winning prize in ine gliding con
test at the meet in that city ihurs-
day, according to a telegram from
Victor H. Roos, owner of the plane.
Air Mail Pilot W. C. Hopson, who
flew the ship to Tarkio with Mr.' and
Mrs. Roos and Thomas Donahue as
passengers, piloted it in the contest.
On account of its lighT weight and
comparative high horsepower, the
Bellanca was barred from the speed
contest in which 150-horsepower ships
were entered, the telegram states. '
French Girl Who Sued
Rothschild Leaves U. S.
New York, July 28. Mile. Marie
Porquet, the French girl who has
sued James Henri de Rothschild,
member of the French family of
backers, for $500,000, alleging breach
of promise to marry her, has left
America it was learned yesterday.
Her departure was a surprise, to
William K. Olcott, one of her at
torneys, and he was appraised of it
only after she was almost a full day
at sea when he received a letter
which she wrote before sailing.
Mile. Porquet tootc passage at the
last minute on the steamer. The
letter said she was leaving because
she feared publicity. She said she
would return whenever the suit was
ready for trial.
2,000 teachers Expected V-
. at Third District Meeting
Norfolk, ' Neb., July 28. (Special
Telegram.) E.M. Hosmaft, secre
tary of the Nebraska Teachers' asso
ciation, and H. -H. Reimund, presi
dent of the Third district group, an
nounced here that early enrollments
show that approximately 2,000 teach
ers will attend the annual convention
of the Third district here. ' .
Coolidge to Visit Seattle.
Seattle, Wash..-July 28 Vice Pres
ident Coolidge in a telegram re
ceived . today advised Mayor E. J.
Brown that he would visit Seattle,
AngijCt 16 !
Murder Charge Filed,
Against Creston Guard
Creston, la., July 28. (Special.)
An information charging murder in
the first degree was filed in Justice
court here this morning against J.
K. Sears, Burlington railroad guard,
who on Tuesday night it alleged to
have shot C. A. Blodgett, local rail
road striker,
Blodgett died at 11 last night In
the hospital where he was taken for
an operation.
Sears, who was arrested following
the shooting and is in jail at Red
Oak, It., probably will be brought to
Creston for arraignment.
County Coroner James G. McKee
will hold an inquest this afternoon.
Blodgett is survived by a wife and
three small children, two of them
twins.
Kay McCloud, another striker sho
at the same time Blodgett was
wounded, is rapidly recovering.
Local city and county officers, 'to
gether with 15 deputy United Mates
marshals sent by special train from
Des Moines Wednesday night, have
the strike situation well in hand and
there has been no serious disturb
ance since the wounding of the two
shopmen.
Hitchcock Tax
Lists Reported
to Be Delinquent
Candidate for Re-Election in
Arrears in Personal Taxes
, Acting County Attorney
Seeks Penalization. .
The' board of county commission'
ers learned yesterday, that Senator G.
M. Hitchcock, who is a candidate
for re-election, is in arrears in his
personal taxes.
. The fol. -.'iiK communication was
yesterday suit to the board by Coun
ty Assessor rl. U. Counsman:
"Enclosed please find.-belated
personal property schedules of
Gilbert M. Hitchcock for the years
1920 and 1921. They were sub
mitted to this office in May of this
year together with his 1922 sche
dule, but not' knowing what dis
position to make of them I am
hereby referring- same to your
honorable ' board so that you may
instruct the county clerk to place
. them upon the tax list, with or
without interest, as may seem best
in your judgment."
$19,000 Book Accounts.
Senator Hitchcock's 1922 schedule,
to which was attached the two de
linquent schedules, was brought to
the assessor's office by R. M. Noblett,
an auditor employed by the senators
newspaper.. Attached was a writteh
notation, which presumably was in
scribed by the sedatpr - and which
read: 'Regret that 1 failed to return
tax-schedules for 1920 and 1921."
Senator Hitchcock's- schedule for
1920 listed $1,540. : in moneys and
$7,162 in stocks. V
His schedule for 1921 listed $215 in
moneys and $19,000 in "book ac
counts." . In his 1922 schedule he listed $15,
242 in moneys in banks and $18,512
in bonds and securities.
Counsman Explains.
Counsman explained his action in
referring the belated Hitchcocjt
schedules to the county commission
ers with the statement that it is not
within his province to act on sched
ules of delinquents.
"I have no authority to order the
county clerk to put belated schedules
on the tax list," said the assessor.
"That is a matter for the county
board."
Commissioner Unitt, chairman of
the judiciary committee of the county
board, said the matter would be tak
en up probably at the next meeting
of the board a,nd that a vote to penal
ize the senator for his neglect would
be taken. .
Seeks Penalization.
Acting County Attorney Henry
Beal, in an opinion given for County
Attorney A. V. Shotwell, ruled the
senator should be penalized. '
The law provides a penalty of 10
per cent for failure to return a tax
schedule.
County Assessor Counsman said
that Hitchcock's taxes for the two
years would amount to approximate
ly $800, with interest, which will total
approximately $250.
Counsmaa also" is checking up the
records for T918 and 1919. For 1919
no. record Of payment of personal
taxes by. Senator Hitchcock can be
found. , ,1 v
Harding Imes St. Louis Man
toj Replace Nat Goldstein
Waslniigtok July 28. Arnold J.'
Hellmicji of St. Louis was nominated
by PresidenjpHardingto be internal
revenue collector for the First dis
trict of Missouri.
Mr. Heimlich was nominated for
the position for which Nat Goldstein J
bt. Louis republican leader, first was
named, by-. President Harding sev
eral months- ago. Mr. Ooldstein
asked, that his name be withdrawn
after senate attacks, based upon his
acceptance of money from the Low
den presidential campaign fund in
19Z0. Mr. Goldstein returned the
money.,' :
Famine of Coal Causes Gas
. Firm to Curtail Service
Marquette. Mich- July 28. Short
age of coal here has forced the Mar
quette Gas company to cut its service
to three hours a day, and beginning
Saturday, it has been announced, gas
will be-fnrnished during meal hours
only. The company officials are try
ing; to; borrow coal from other cities,
as the supply of the coal dealers here
is dowt to rock bottom, and no coal
is beingv-sliipped up the lakes.
Hold Up Returns
Lincoln. Tulv 28. fSoeciaLl Fol
lowing are counties which have failed
to send official returns of the prim
ary election to D. M. Amsberry,
secretary of state: -Douglas. Lan
caster, Banner City. Nance. Nuckolls,
Saline. Vallev and Whcclcr.
The Big Stick: "Did You Call for Me, Mr. President?"
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Fight Oyer Wool
Rates Continues
to Rage in Senate
Proponents of "Proposed
Schedules in Tariff Bill
Win Out in Each of
Three Roll Calls."
Washington. July 28. Assaults on
the wool schedule of the tariff bill
were Continued from both sides of
the senate, with proponents striking
back vigorously and winning out on
each of the three roll, calls taken
during the seven-hour session. Dis
cussion was so extended that com
mittee amendments in only on para
graph .were disposed of but the sea
ate was ready for a vote on andtwr
paragraph at the finish and leaders
were hopeful, but not at all confident,
that consideration of the; schedule
could be ..comckted Saturday.;-!' v
benator LoTser, republican. Wis
consin, createcjomething, of a stir
early in the day 'y -asserting that
there was unintentionally concealed
protection in the schedule for makers
of woolen cloth while- late in the day,
Senator Nelson, republican, Minne
sota, made a vigorous attack on the
wool rates in particular -and the
whole bill in general.
This is. loves labor lost, sen
ator Nelson said in summing .up.
'We are in the hands of the wool.
Philistines. They have us by the
throat and perhaps it would be wiser
to take the medicine in silence and
turn . your head toward providence
and hope to get relief from that
source." ,
Democrats Fight Back.
Onslaughts from the democratic
side were made by Senators Walsh,
Massachusetts: Simmons. North Car
olina, and Pomerene, Ohio. Calling
attention that, the finance commit
tee majority, upon reaching . the
wool schedule, had ceased to make
appreciable cuts in rates as it had
done with a number of other' sched
ules, Senator Simmons said -wool was
"the very keystone" which had
bound the republicans together in
a hard and fast compact that . it
the rate on raw wool were cut down,
look -ut for rebellion on the part
of the agricultural bloc; look out for
the slaughter of your high rates upon
the manufactured articles."
"Defending the protective duties
on cloths, Chairman McCumber of
the finance committee said they werej
lower than the tariff commission and !
other experts had calculated would
be necessary tu equalize conversion
costs in this country and abroad. As
to the compensatory rates, he assert
ed, they were necessary because of
the-raw wool rate, and that this must
be conceded by all thoe informed
on the ubject.
- Smoot Shows Samples.
Senator Smoot, Utah, in charge of
the bill for the committee majority,
defending the rates on cloth for men's
suits and overcoats,' exhibited ' sam
ples of cloth and showed how prices
had been decreased, due, he said, to
competition in the industry. He de
clared the protective duties proposed
were necessary to keep the woolen
industry anlive and in that connec
tion, presented a translation of a copy
of wage contracts between manufac
turers and their employes in the Ger
man Rhineland, showing that male
workers received weekly wages ex
pressed in American money ranging
from 74.8 cents' for 14-year-old boys
tot $2.80 for grown men, and from
63 cents to $2.18 a week in the case
of feroie operatives. . I
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Sacred Selection
Played for Radio
Blipd Musician Plays Soulful
1 .Number for $niaha Bee
V Weekly Concert. , r
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Charlesjf Pettis, blind ; musician,
played "The Holy. City" on the ac
cordion for radii audiences last
night from the Omaha Grain Ex
change station, WAAW.
. The Omaha Bee was proud to feat
ure; Mr. "Pettis on its program, and
it seemed that the blind musician put
his-whole soul into the sacred selec
tion. ' '' '.
i ' 'Splendid fine best yet most ap
pealing ever heard over the radio."
Such was the praise that came
trom radio tans for Mr. Pettis.,
The musician's playing of "Sex
tet" from "Lucia" also impressed his
listeners. That number won lauda
tion from numerous;,, radio , fans
throughout the central west. Just as
Mr. Pettis has entertained thousands
of pedestrians in Omaha during the
past week so did he cheer invisible
audiences last night with his capable
playing. . . . ' ' ,
Mrs. James Bifrns, Scottish op
eratic vocalist, sang"The Valley of
Laughter" . in a voice rich in " tone.
For an encore she , sang- "Lassie O'
Mine," a charming number. Mrs.
Burns is a war .bride. Mrs. A. C.
Watkins accompanied Mrs. Burns on
apiano furnished through the cour
jtcsy. of Schmoller & Mueller com
pany. ,' ; ..; '
. Maurice Ingram, 1'4-year-old boy
saxophonist, . was another feature.
His first number, "Saxalia," brought
out the ' lad's rareness as . an instru
mentalist. ' For an encore he , cheered
audiences with , "Angel 'Child." . Mrs.
Flora Sears . Nelson accompanied
young Ingram on fhe piano.'
Obenchain Murder
Case Given to Jury
Los Angeles, July 28. The jury
in the second trial of Mrs: Madalynnc
Obenchain, for the murder of J. Bel
ton Kennedy, retired to consider its
verdict at 4:04 this afternoon.
Reading of instructions by Judge
John -W. Shenk lasted 45 minutes.
Deputy District Attorjiey Asa Keyes'
final argument to the jury was com
pleted shortly after 3. He appealed
for a verdict on the evidence, unin
fluenced by any sympathy the jurors
might have for the defendant
The trial began June 5. Seven
women and five men . composed the
jury. - , ,
Boy to Plead Guilty of
Bandit Crimes, Father Says
George Cpnklin, 1407 North Sev
enteenth street, father of Roy Conk
lin, 19, confessed motor bandit,..told
police detectives yesterday . that his
son would plead guilty 'and go to
the penitentiary. ' ' :
"It's hard." he said, as tears poured
down his furrowed face, "but we
.want this to be squared up and give
him another chance to be the man
we dreamed he might be."
Retention of Promotion
List in Army Recommended
Washington, July 28. Retention
of the present promotion list for army
officers has been recommended to
the senate miltary committee by Sec
retary .Weeks, in answer to the com
mittee's request for his views on the
subiect w
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Four Submarines
Off Pacific Coast
Roads" Drop From Sight
South of Ensenada, Cap--.?
tain of Liner Says.
Los Angeles, July 28. Four sub
marines, which, left Los . Angeles
Tuesday for Hampton Roads as part
of a flotilla of 12, scheduled tor oe
comissioning, were reported missing
off the the lower California coast
south of Ensenada.
- The craft said to be missing were
the L-5. L-6. L-7 and L-8, all of
which were built at Long Beach
during the year.
r The story of the apparent disap
appearance of the four submarines
was brought to Los Angeles by the
liner City of Honolulu, Capt. Thomas
W. Sheridan, from New York.
Capt. Sheridan said that Thurs
day, below Ensenada the City of
Honolulu sighted a cloud 'of smoke
some distance away, and changed its
course to learn the cause. .;
' "It was a submarine, badly smok
ing," he said. "It made no answer
to our signals. '.''
"Later," continued Capt. Sheridan,
"we signalled . the tender Beaver,
which Tiad ' the submarines in con
voy. At first she made no answer to
our signals, but later responded' to
our semaphore ' offer of assistance.
She said-she had eight submarines
ihconvOy and needed no help."
A message received., at the sub
marine' base at Los Angeles harbor
from Commander Roy-Y. Stover, in
command of the submarine , flotilla,
stated he had eight submarines in
convoy; The message contained no
reference to the other four.
The submarine- also intercepted . a
message from ; the tender Beaver to
the L-8, ordering her to stand by to
take a tow line from the L-5.
- Officiers at : the submarine base
were unable to account for these two
craft or the other two of the L-type
reported missing.
It was believed definite information'
concerning the vessels would not be
received here before Saturday when
the tlotilla was due at Acapulco,
Mexico, to take in tow the sub
marine S-32, recently disabled.
The other eight craft in the flotilla
were the H-8, H-3, H-4, H-5, H-6,
H-7, H-8 and H-9.
Capt. Chcridan said he counted on
ly eight submarines when he met the
flotilla.
Earthquake in Spain.
Madrid, July 28. A brief earth
quake was felt last night at Granada,
causing considerable alarm. No dam
age was done. .
The Weather
. Forecast.
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day; not much change in tempera
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Coal Mines
in Keystone
State Open
Operations in Washington
County, Pennsylvania, Re
sumed Without Agree
ment With Union.
Cavalrymen on Guard
Pittsburgh, July 28. (By A. P.)
The rattle of hoisted coal was hesrd
at mines in Washington county Fri
day. This was the second day of the
organized campaign of the Pitts
burgh Coal Producers' association to
resume operations without an agree
ment with the United Mine Workers
of America.
- Pennsylvania cavalrymen were on
duty near the mines. There was no
disorder. The Associated Press rep
resentatives made an automobile tour
of the Washington county area.
Two developments wert noticeable
throughout the tour. Families of un
ion miners were moving out of com
pany houses in the district where
mines were being reopened. One or
two residents offered the explanation
that the workers had "got jobs on
farms" and intended to leave the dis
trict permanently. Wives of miners,
merchants and deputies throughout
this region corroborated reports that
there was a general belief that the
crisis in the coat strike situation in
this district at least was rapidly ap
proaching. ' ' .
Administrator Appointed.
Washington, July 22. (By A. P.")
Henry B. Spencer, former vice
president of the Southern railway,
and general purchasing agent .for the
wartime railroad administration, was
appointed federal coal administrator
for the duration of the present strike
emergency by President Harding.
Mr. Spencer becomes . administra
tive member of the. coal distribution
committee, which will control dis
tribution of available coal supplies -on
a priority basis to essential in
dustries and utilities.
With the announcement of crea-
tion of the office of coal adminis
trator, confidence was expressed at
the White House that production or
coal, regardless of rail and mine
strike, eventually would be' increased
to the point where it would be ade
quate for the . country's needs.
President Harding felt so assured on
this point, it was said,' that he con
templated no further movement in
the coal strike situation. '
Operators on Committee. , s
? Secretary. Hoover, whoJinnounced
Mr. Snencer's selection b President
Harding for the vacancy ,pf the cen
trar 'committee, made , public -also
names of the operators from coal
producing districts so far designated
as members of the advisory com
mittee, which is a part of the federal .
organization fori maintaining coal
prices and insuring fuel distribution.
They are C. E. Bockus of New York,
chairman, for Virginia; E." L. Doug
las of Cincinnati,' for Kentucky:
George S. Francis of Greensburg,
Pa., for Pennsylvania; E, C. Mahan
of Knoxville. for Tennessee: W. J.
Maree of Charleston. -W, Va.. and
E. E. White of Glen White, W. Va.,
for West Virginia.
C. E. Tuttle of New York, was
named adviser to ; the committee on
lake and northwest movements and ,
LeBaron S. Willard of New York,
, (Tnm to P ' Two, Column Tarn.) .
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Suit Filed Against
rchard Croker Wai
' Jacksonville," Fla July 28. A pe
tition objecting to probating the will
of the late Richard. Croker, former
Tammany leader, who' died in Ire
land several months ago, was filed .;
in county court -at West Palm Beach
on behalf of Richard Croker, jr.j.L
Ethel .Croker White ' and : Howard
Croker, according . to an announce-
ment here by J. T. G- Crawford,
their attorney. " ' '
Under the terms of the will filed
recently for probate, Mr., Croker's
estate, with the exception of a be
quest of 10,000 pounds to his daugh
ter, Florence, was left to his widow.
The petition contends that the will
was not drawn - in conformity with
the laws of Florida, that it was pro- '
cured by fraud and that it is not the
true. last will and testament of Mr.
Croker. . ,
Fair Price on Lump Coal
at Mines Set at $3.90 a Ton
Denver, Colo.. Tulv 28. Fair '
prices on lump coal f. o. b. cars at the.
mine in the northern Colorado lignite
fields should not exceed $3.90 a ton,
and the price of the slack should not
exceed $1 f. o. b. mine, according to
a report submitted yesterday by Gov
ernor Shoup s iair. price coal com
mission." , ' -
The commission held "also that
fair average admitted cost of produc
tion should not be in excess of $2.50 '
per ton for run of .mine coat "To
this price," the committee report
stated, "could be added 35 Cents per
ton for profit, which is 10 cents in
excess of the amount considered
equitable by the federal government,
thus making the mine run selling
price $2.85 per ton, f. o. b. cars at he
nine."
Pawnee City Wheat Field
Yields 40 Bushels an Acre
Pawnee City, Neb., July 28.
(Special) County Treasurer M. L.
Flanagin of this city has a 40-acre
tract of wheat which made a record
yield this season with 40 1-2 bushels
to the acre. The average yield for
this community this season is about
IS bushels. . -,
Noted Inventor Dies
Chicago, July 28.- Richard Msu
rice Birdsall, 79, originator of the
railway refrigerator car and widely
known iavcJjtor, died here Ihujdy,