Nebraska Newspapers

    The- Omaha' Morning Bee
TWO CENTS
, VOL. 62-NO. 40.
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OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1922..
Rejection of Harding's
"Jim" Reed
Leading in
Primary
U. S. Senator Crow
of Pennsylvania Dies
Invejfof
The Public: "Excuse Me If I Don't Take Sides"
Tthone
SiMjcumbs
Plan by Roads Leaves
ministration at rs&:
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I Latest Returns From Misiouri
Give Senator 8,931 Votes ,
.! Over Long 548 Pre
cincts Missing
Congressmen Indorsed
St Louis, Aug. 2.-By A. P.)-Ai
additional scattered prtcincta from
rural districts drifted in Senator
Jamca A. Reed's lead over Breckcn
ridf e Long for the deraoeratie tena
tonal nomination was cut to 1,931.
With 3,306 of the 3JM precincts in
the state reported. Reed bad 18204
' against 173,277 for Long. The out
' standing precincts were in the rural
districts which Long claims favorable
to him.
; St. Louis, Aug. 2. Thirteen Mis
souri congressmen, 12 of them re
publican and one a democrat, have
i been reiicmfeated by their parties,
while the fate of two others,' one I
republican', and the other a demo
crat, remains in doubt Partial re
turns indicate they have been de
' ' ieated. ::
Representative ' W. W.' Rucker,
democrat, in the Second district, is
running nearly 4,000 votes . behind
Ralph F. Lozier, with returns from
all but 40 precincts in and apparent
ly has been beaten. '
In the Fifteenth district, Representa
tive I. V. (Bick) McPherson, repub
lican, is running nearly 2,000 votes
1. 1 ' T T g . " I AA
ocnina joe J. ju amove, wun iux oui
of 230 precincts reporting. ( -. -.
V - Republicans nominated sitting con
. Rressmen in the First, Third, Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth,
Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth and
Fourteenth districts, seven of "them
without opposition. The democrats
, .renominated ' the present congress-
man in the Eleventh (at Louis; dis
. trict ;
' ' Woman in Lead. 1
' - Mrs. S. Moss of Christian college,
Columbia, Mo., is leading a three-
cornered race for the democratic
nomination in the Eighth district on
returns from 122 out of 220 precincts.
Mrs. Moss has 4,770 votes to 4,223
, for Charles E. Dewey and 3,31 for
E. M. Sevely? a wet
Representative Theo W. Hulckiede,
who defeated the late Champ Clark
- two years ago, was unopposed for the
republican nomination in the Ninth
district Bernard P. Bogy, republican
nominee, in th Eleventh, defeated
two women opponents. Another
woman candidate failed, in the race
for the democratic nomination in the
. .Twelfth.,.' . ;'. "'.(.-.
V (With about one-third of the vote
tabulated, Conway Elder of St Louis
was leading Alroy S. Phillips, also of
St Louis, by 35,000 votes for the re
publican nomination, for judge of the
state supreme court division 1. The
unofficial vote, from 1,332 precincts
out of 3,848 in the state gives: Elder,
73.956; Phillips, 41,482. ;
R. R. Brewster of Kansas City
took the lead in the republican sena
torial race on returns reporting at
. 4:45, 2,367 precincts out of 3,848 in
the state giving Brewster 66.376;
v William Sacks of StLouia 62,081.
Outcome Jn Doubt
" ; . The outcome of i the Reed-Long
race, feature event of the primary,
probably will not be known until
virtually the complete vote has been
tabulated. Scattered precincts in
many counties are included in the
rr.issing, along with the entire vote
of Ozark and Stone, two isolated
communities in the Ozark moun
tains, far down in the southwestern
corner of the state. ' -
On the - basis ,of the returns
already received' Reed's lead in
Kansas City and St. Louis may not
be sufficient, if Mr. Long maintains
his present ratio in the country dis
tricts, to win. An analysis of the
(Taril to P Tw. Calama TfcW.)
Chen s Forces Defeat
, Troops of Sun Yat Sen
Canton. Aug.' 2. (By A. P.)
Chen Chiung-Ming's forces, who are
, favorable to the E,ekin republic; have
defeated the troops of Sun Yat Sen,
the deposed president of the Canton
republic, and drjven them from Shiu
chow, 130 miles north of Canton, to
a point beyond Cbihing, more than
.40 miles northeast of Shiuchow-, ac-
- cording to a bulletin given out at
General Chen's Canton headquarters.
The bulletin says the Chen Chiung-
- Ming army captured 2,000 rifles. 21
machine guns and nine cannon. Sun
Yat Sen's losses are placed at 3.000
killed, wounded or captured. Chen's
losses are not reported.
Another bulletin claims a victory
for Chen near Yungun, about 40
miles southeast of Shiuchow, with
the capture of 800 rifles.
Sun Yat Sen announced today he
' had 'received no advices from . the
battle front ' ' v
French Train Bandit
, . Guillotined at Paris
Paris, Aug.--2.-(By A. P.V-
today for his part in 'the only tram
hoicup on recora in rnu,
took place on August 1, W2L ,
The holdup attracted much no
toriety, being referred by the press
as "a real American wild west tram
robbery, as depicted in the motion
pictures.". ' - V ' r
. Two Killed, Four Injured .
When Train Strikes Auto
Wichita, Kan., Aug. 2. Two
small duldren of 1. U new
Wichita police officer, were instantly
killed and four other persons in
jured, one probably fatally, when
their automobile was struck by
Missouri Pacific passenger train No.
414 at a crossing two utiles west of
V -A
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William
Uniontown, Pa.. Aug. 2. United
States Senator Wiliiam E. Crow died
at his country home in the mountains
near here this morning. - "
. Senator Crbw was taken ill three
years ago. and although . under the
care of eminent physicians, was never
afterward considered physically tit
He was taken to a Pittsburgh hos
pital last December, but not until a
few months ago did his physicians
announce that he was suffering from
pernicious anemia, and that it had
been necessary to resort to -blood
transfusion on a number of occasions
to prolong his life. He had so far
recovered in May that he was re
moved to his summer home, Chalk
Cliff, in the Allegheny mountains,
near here. Improvement, however,
was only temporary and additional
transfusions of blood were of no
avail. - - "
Senator Crow was 52 vears old.
Senator Crow succeeded to vacancy
in the senate created by the death of
rnilajider U Knox. , .
Rev. W.H. Sanford
Defies Police When
Ordered to Move
Evangelist Warned to Leave
. Neighborhood 'as Nuisance
' Says Cops Have Lord
; to Contend JTitb. ' -
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Rey. W, H. Sanford, head of a re
ligious organfzation holding services
at Thirty-first and Cuming streets,
yesterday afternoon defied the police
authorities to oust him.
Residents complained to the police
commissioner, who told Rev. ' Mr-
Sanford yesterday that he would be
auowed until 11 this morning to
move or face prosecution in police
court for- maintaining a nuisance.
Seated in Kis assembly tent yester
day afternoon with 11 women, com
panions at his side. Rev. Mr. Sanford
explained his position Hi a manner
which bespoke determination.
Predicts Christ's Coming.
"The oolice will have the Lord to
contend with, because the Lord is
with us." he said. "We are in Omaha
according to orders from the Lord
and we will leave when the Lora
directs. Christ will appear on earth
again this year and He will make
His first appearance in Omaha." -
"We have notified anord, sam
Police Commissioner Dunn. J'that
he must get out by 11 this morning
or we will file a complaint against
him. If he and his flock are not out
by the appointed time, we will arrest
them on charges of , maintaining a
nuisance."
Residents who signed the protest
will be summoned to appear- in po
lice court against Rev. M.Sanford,
accoramg io tne ponce oiiicmis.
Demands Court Order.
Durinsr -a visit vesterday noon to
the police commissioner's office ' the
preacher said he would not move un
less ordered by a court and he indi
cated a willingness 1o meet his ac
cusers in court later in the day
he declined to consider even the pos
ihilitv of arrest and trial, because,
as he explained, the Lord would take
care of -his case.
Complaints against Rev. Mr. San
ford and his coreligionists allege
that the services have continued to
unseemly hours of the night
Rev. Mr. Sanford came to uamna
several months aeo with 11 women
companions with whom he engages
in light housekeeping in their wan
derings across the country, ne sam
he has been in many states with, "the
11 sisters." He is 60 years old and
the women are from 21 to SO. - - -
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Alexander Graham Belt Dies
on Estate in Novia Scotia
Won Fame and Riches
by Invention.
tassMBssss
Patents Hotly Contested
Sidney. N. S.. Aug. 2. Alex
ander Graham Bell, inventor of the
1cnhcne. died at 2 o'clock this
morning it Beinn Breagb, bit estate
Although the inventor had been in
failing health lor several monme ne
had not been confined to bed, and
the end was unexpected. Late yes
terday afternoon his conditon be
came scribus and vr. Kerr or wasn
ington, a cousin of Mrs. Bell, a house
gut st, and a Sydney physician at-
imArA him. '
With Mr. Bell when he died were
Mm Ri.ii a rfaiichter. Mrs. Marian
Hubbard Fairchild and her husband,
David G. Fairchild of Washington.
tv.. ;-u.ntnp lav another daugh
ter, Mrs. Elise M. Grosvenor, wife
of a Washington magazine eauor.
Dr. Bell will be buried on top of
Mt Beinn Breagh, a spot chosen by
himself. '.-
Death Shocks Vrienda.
Wocklnrrtrtn A tiff 2. NfWI of the
death of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell
at his summer place and laboratories
at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, came as
shock to thewcienti5t's many friends
in Washington, although they knew
he had been failing for several
months. At a birthday luncheon
some months ago Dr. Bell's friends
were- surprised to see that he . had
become feeble from age during the
last year and that his remarkable
vigor was fast disappearing., --
Officials of the National Geo
graphic . society, in which Dr. Bell
was prominent, received word of, his
death in private advicts from Bad
deck. -v
President Thayer of the American
Telenhnne and Teleeraoh comoanv
on hearing of Mr. .Bell's death or-
ArA all h cnhfiirliarv rrtrnnrafmnc
of the Bell system throughout the
united Mates to nan-mast jiags on
. 1. . ' 1 ! J! .
ineir ouiiaings.
Worldfamous as Inventor.
' A1vanlAr flraliam "Rpll. wnrlft
fammta aa th invpnthr nf th tele
phone, was born in Edinburgh, Scot-
Ti mm 1 '1 SJ7 Vi arm nf
Alexander M. Bell,, a distinguished
vnnno-pr Rpll rereived his education
at the Edinburgh High school and the
Edinburgh university, and in iso en
tered the University of London. In
ihu his health having. Become tm-
airea oy overstuay, ne removed witn
ii father tn Canada, anil two. vears
later settled in the United States, be-
cnminir firt -a teacher nf deaf mutes
and subsequently professor of ' vocal
pnysioiogy m tne university 01 Bos
ton. .
In 1867 he began to study the
problem of carrying articulate sound
by means of electric currents,' and
after nine, years of research and ex-
ntinint jvifnnTtrf tli firet t1m
phone early in 1876. In that year it
i . - . i r . - ,
was exniDiiea at Tne vcmenpiai ex
hibition in Philadelphia, where it at
tracted universal attention, although
its possibilities and commercial im
portance were by no means realized
at that time.
Mr. Bell filed his application for
a natpnt at the narent office in Wash
ington February 14, 18?6,sand it is a
singular tact Hat an application tor
a patent for a speaking telephone
was received from Elisha Gray of
Chicago on the same day, but a few
hours later. The patent was granted
to Mr. Bell on the ground of priority
nf the timo nf filino- and not hreau.ee
.of any difference in the ra.erits.pf the
claims. v ' .
' The Bell Telephone company was
organized in 187 and in the follow
vear the first telenhone exchanarsS
lished. In 1879 the new method of
communication became firmly estab
under the Bell patents were estab
lished an a commercial and social ne-,
cessity, an.d since that time it has
come into use in all parts or tne
world. In the first eight years of
the Bell Telephone company's ex-
intrnr. $4 00ft 000 in dividends were
paid to the 10 stockholders..
Patents Contested. '
"The validity of the Bell patents
hj been fiercely contested in the
courts by rival inventors. The first
important litigation by the iseii com
pany to defend its rights and protect
its natpntc Irji in the . suit of the
American Bell Telephone .company
against Uowd. lne latter was sup
ported and defended by the Western
Union company,, owning the patents
of Edison and others, bnt. was de-
(Ten t Tt Tm, CoUm Tint.)
Crowds'Cheer as
Good WiU Party
Lands in France
Physician Idle on Voyage as
Every Delegate Keeps
Health , Throughout
Calni Voyage. y
LeHavre', France,' Aug.-Z (Special
Cable.) The Good Will delegation
arrived'here at 7:30 this morning aft
er a smooth voyage on which none
of the delegates was either home
sick' or seasick. A physician, who
will accompany the delegation
throughout" the tour, had nothing to
do on the voyage, which was re
markably smooth.
Miss Anne Morgan, chairman of
the American Committee for the Re
lief of Devastated France, boarded
the ship outside the harbor at 4Mn
the moraine and welcomed the dele
gates, most of whom were already
up, eager to catch the first glimpse
of France at daybreak.
Crowds of French residents were
at the dock ' and sreeted the dis
embarking delegates with enthusias
tic huzzahs and the waiving of hun
dreds of American flags.
Following a reception at the dock,
attended by French officials and rep
resentatives of the American embas
sy, tne delegates were escorted to
a special train, waiting to take them
to Paris. Continuous cheering fofc
lowed until the train pulled out.
Paris. Aug. 2. (Special Cable.)
The Good Will delegation was greet
ed by a crowd of 10,000 people upon
arriving at the saint Lazare station
at 4 this afternoon. While- otmg
conveyed to Hotel Modbrne in auto
mobiles, the delegates were held up
repeatedly by throngs seeking to
sji&ke hands with the American vis
itors. . . -
Railways Report Increase .
in Soft Coal Production
Washington, Aug. 2. (By A. P.)
Bituminous production began in
creasing again this week and, accord
ing to figures compiled by the rail-
voads, 14,768 cars were loaded with
coal at the mines Monday, the latest
day for which output has been re
ported. This compares with an
average of about 11,000 cars per day
produced last week and with a high
point of approximately ,17,000 cars,
which has only been attained, on one
day since the miners struck on
April 1. .
x Monday's output in tons, it was
estimated, was above 800,000 and if
maintamed through the week would
give a total bituminous production of
approximately 5,000,000 tons, or
about half of the normal consump
tion. ",
British Note Ends" Chance '
of German Moratorium
Paris, Aug. 2. (By A. P.) The
British note on the interallied debt
question has removed all possibility
of France consenting to a moratorium
for Germany, in the view of officials
expressed hereoday.
It was pointed out that the 'Balfour
note, which was a disappointment to
the French government, probably
wonld have the effect of eliminating
all consideration of a generaj Euro
pean agreement regarding repara
tions and the allied debts..
Ex-Senator F. S. White Dies.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 2. For
mer United States Senator Frank S.
White, 75, of Birmingham, died here
last night. Senator White was a
confederate Tetcan. . - - i
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Sheriff Asks Aid to Handle
Situation Among L W. W.
Elk Point, S. D., Aug. 2. The
sheriff of Union county wired State
Sheriff Shanks at Pierre, requesting
two deputy sheriffs to assist him in
handling the I. W. ' W. situation
among harvest hands passing through
Elk Point. The sheriff told the As
sociated Press that he anticipated no
immediate disorder among the tran
sients, but that it had come to him
that I. W. W.. were putting men off
the trains who refused to take out
membership cards in the organiza
tion, and that he had wired for the
deputies as a precautionary measure.
He estimated that -some 50 to 75
transients passed through Elk Point
each day, bound for the harvest fields
in the western part of the state.
Police Chief Clomps
Lid on 'Holy Rolling'
After Nine at Night
Waukegan, 111., Aug. '2. No more
holy rolling in Waukegan after 9 at
night That was the order issued by
Peter McDermoot, chief of police.
The "pentecostal" church of "Phil-
Llipi avenue" was ' stoned Tuesday
night and one of the missiles went
through the window of a neighbor,
Jans Jacobsen, the police reported.
This church has been complained of
as a place where the religious serv
ices sounded like a riot The church
is patronized by whites. The Holy
Roller church on South avenue also
has been the cause of complaint to
the police, it being charged that the
"rolling" continued far into thenight
upon many occasions. .
"The noises must cease at 9 a m.,"
the chief declared, "or arrests will be
made, although we dislike to put the
soft pedal on religious metings -
Omaha Strikers
Urge President to
Take Over Roads
Resolution Drafted Here Tele-
. graphed to National Execu
- tive Opening of Mines '
Omaha rail 'strikers appealed to
President Harding yesterday , to "take
oyer thej-oads and run them for serv
ice and not "for profits 6nly," in s
telegraph ' dispatch to him sent yes
terday afternoon.
The appeal to the president is in
the form of a resolution unanimously
passed by the Omaha local shopcraft
federation. "America is .no piace
for czars and emperors; railway
owners must be stopped in their pre
datory career or chaos will reien, be
fore the snow falls," reads a part of
the resolution. :
The Message.
The message follows:
"We hereby resolve that we be
lieve the workers have the right to,
and are entitled to, a fair day's wages;
our right to freedom must be recog
nized and railroad ownership shall
not be considered superior to the
government or allowed to dictate the
government's policy.
"Put up the sword of military pro
tection! -Close the jail doors which
were opened by federal injunction for
the reception of honest workers who
ask but justice. Take over the roads
and run tbem for service and not for
profits only.
' "Open the Mines." f,
"Open the mines and let the na
tion live in peace and prosperity t
America is no place for czars and
emperors! Railway owners must be
stopped in their predatory career or
chaos will reign before snow falls.
"Do it now."
The resolution is signed by H. E.
Gates , and J. B. Watley, president
and secretary, respectively, of the
federated shopcrafts.
Railroad officials in Omaha were
pleased with the tefusal of the ex
ecutives to agree to reinstate strik
ing shopmen with seniority rights
unimpared. Men to take the pface of
strikers are being hired in larger
numbers each day, according to rail
"officers, who predicted . a general
break in union ranks if negotiations
for Settlemenfare stopped.
One prominent union man de
clared yesterday that many of the
strikers did not consider the senior
ity. issue seriously. ,
Canadian Flyer Discharged
From Service of Amundsen
Nome. Alaska. Aug. 2. (By A. P.)
If Capt Roald Amundsen finds it
necessary to postpone his trans
polar flight, as foreshadowed in a
message received here Saturday, he
and Lieut Oskar Omdal, who trans
ferred Saturday from the exploration
ship Maud to the schooner Holmes,
will winter at Point Barrow, it is
said here. Lieut E. G. Fullerton,
Canadian aviator, has been discharg
ed from the service of Amundsen,
which is taken here to crfnfirm the
report that Amundsen will not at
tempt, before next summer, to fly
across the pole.
Crowd Greets Troops '
Staunton, Ind., Aug. 2. The first
troops sent to protect miners who are
expected to dig coal in mines here
under state supervision arrived Wed
nesday afternoon and were greeted
by a crowd of striking miners at the
station. The crowd was good-natured
and there was no sign of disorder as
the troops left the train - i
Secretary Hoover Says "Everything Is Up to President
Following Long Conference With Harding on Miopmen
Strike Weeks Expresses View Situation Will
Be AllowetTto D.rift for Few Days.
Reply to Both Sides
Wnarilnirton. Ausr. 2. The
railroad executives tb accept President Harding's settlement
proposal apparently has left the administration consider
ahlv "at sea" so far as making any new move to end the rail
strike Is concerned. The shopmen's statement of acceptance
has not yet been received officially by the presidnt. Until
it has been be win nave no comment to maxe on tne situation,
it was stated at the White House. .
Railway Shopmen
Accept' Proposal
to Settle Strike
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Union Leaders Drawing Vy
Formal Reply to Hard
ing's Plan at Chicago
Conference.
.. Omaha Bra Learnt- Wire.
Chicago. Aus;. 2. Reports from
behind barred doors at the Sheridan
Plaza hotel indicated railway shop-
crafts' strike leaders had accepted
President Harding's settlement pro
posal, which railway executives
meeting in New York turned down
Tuesday. '
The union men have been debating
the question two days. From the
outset, it has been predicted they
would approve the White House
peace plan, since under it the strik
ers would return to work with senior
ity and pension rights unimpaired.
The refusal of the carriers to fall
in line, it was pointed out makes it
possible for the union chiefs to argue
that full responsibility for continua
tion of tie strike now rests with the
executives. , ,
More than 100 union leaders,
headed by B. M. Jewell, chief of the
shopcrafts, have participated in the
Sheridan Plaza hotel sessions. Wed
nesday's discussion, it was reported,
involved the wording of a telegram
of acceptance that was to be sent to
President Harding. . A. , " .
A. -O. Wharton, bne of the three
labof member of thetUnited States
railroad labor board, attended the
union men's meeting.- He -was in
telephonic communication with Ben
W: Hooper, chairman of the board,
at1 intervals during the day.
In line with its pledge of Jul? 4,
when E. F. Grable, head of the 400,
000 railway " maintenance of way
men, abandoned strike action, the
railroad labor board -adopted a reso
lution to begin hearing of wage and
rule disputes involving this organiza
tion August 28. .
These disputes are on 43 roads.
The carrier, in each instance, has
waived its right to a 30-day notice
before submission of the case.
Gompers Denounces .
Railway Executives
Harrisburg, Pa, Aug. 2.-Samuel
Gompers denounced railroad execu-
t!..Aa a. aeeliminor an autocratic po
sition in rejecting part of the plan
of President Harding tor settlement
of the railroad strike. The head of
the American Federation of Labor
was here to participate in a confer
ence of the state federation of labor
to frame a protest against the send
ing of tioops into bituminous coal
fields of Pennsylvania. Before en
tering the meeting Mr. Gompers
said;
"It shows when government pres
sure is exerted the working man is
expected to accept and resentment is
at once manifested when he does not
vield. Here the railroad executives
jurt assume the position of masters
of all they survey, take an autocratic
position in regard to transportation
and srurn the plan proposed by the
president." .
i
Pope Pius Praises Relief
Work of Knights of Columbus
Atlantic City, Aug. 2. Pipe Pius
XI declared that the American wel
fare work of the Knights of Colum
bus in Italy would go down as one
nf the greatest achievements in his
nontificate. Edward L. Hearn of
New York, director of the K- of C
European work, declared, in report
ing to the international convention
of the organization the pontiffs mes
sage, delhered""to Mr. Hearn before
be left for this country.
Pope Pius, ,Mr. Hearn said, has
assigned the chief architect of the
Vatican to co-Operate with the
Knights in laying out the chain of
playgrounds which the K. of" C
plan to operate in Rome, the first plot
on ground which was donated by
Pope Pius personally.
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unexoected refusal of tht
Secretary of Commerce Hoover,
the president'! closest adviser in the
strike situation, held a long confer
ence with Mr. Harding, following
his return from New York where he
addressed the rail executives at the
opening UI ineir nicvmia iwn.;.
Upon leaving the White Houes Mr
Hoover refused to discuss the strike
situation other than to say t that
everything was tip to the president
Allow Situation to Ddlft
Secretary of War Weeks also con
ferred with .the president He ex
pressed the view that no immediate
move would be made and that the
adminsitration would be inclined to
allow the situation to drift for a few
days. .
ft was generally believed that Mr.
Harding would make reply to both
i"he executives and the strikers with
in the aext day or two and that he
would take advantage of the occa
sion ,to point out that the full re"
sponsibility for continuation of the
strike rests upon the executives..
In some quarters it was predicted
he would invite the strikers to go
back to work at onoe and leave the
seniority question to be settled by.
the railroad labor board. Under'
this plan the men would demand'
their old status and when this was
denied them they could carry the
case to the labor board, the author
ity of which both sides have, now
agreed to recognize.
Plan Regarded Unlikely.
This vplan, however, was declared
to be unlikely by senators who took
part in the writing of the Cummins
Esch law. They took the view that
the labor board could not properly as
sume jurisdiction over the seniority
question unless both sides asked it to.
The opinion among competent ob
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sci vci was inai we auministraiion
would simply mark time and give the
railroads an opportunity to prove that
they could operate effectively without
the services of the striking shopmen.
Roads which are not able to operate
effectively, particularly coal, carriers
reaching into the producing bitu
minous fields, may be taken over and
operated by the federal government
pending the settlement of the strike.
"Inside" Story.
An interesting "inside" story of
how the president's peace plan tailed
is going the Tounds in Washington.
It was asserted on excellent author- ,
ity that the plan which the White
House announced yesterday and
which the executives so promptly re-
jected, is not the Same one which Mr.
Harding tentatively proposed to T.
DeWitt Cuyler at the White House
on Thursday. The president's orig
inal proposal, it was said, contained
five points the one he made public
Tuesday contained only three. Just
.'what modifications were made could
not be learned, but they were belived
to' have related to the seniority ques- '
j tion and that they were important
enough to have placed a completely
(Turn to Paga Two. Colama Six.)
U. S. Marines in Charge
at Teapot Reservation
Casper," Wyo., Aug. 2. United
States marines in command of Cap
tain George Shuler at noon today
-stood guard over a well on Section
20 of the Teapot Naval Oil reserve.
40 miles north of here, having car
ried out orders of Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Roosevelt -to oust drillers
of the Mutual Oil company, which -
n aaiu iv nave wuuuucu uci-'
tions in defiance of Interior depart
ment orders.
No friction of anv Irind ftrriirren1
between the marines and the drillers
in carrying out the department man-
uaie.
By noon today all movable tools
have been removed in a large truck, .
the boilers are cooling off and the
government seal has. been placed on
the rig by Captain Shuler, who pro
nounced it shut down for all further
operations. In inventory was taken
of all stationary tools, heavy pipe
and well rigging. . : ' ;
Pistols Worth Thousands
Stolen From Government
New York, Aug. 2. Government
agents announced that $75,000 to
$100,000 worth of pistols had been
stolen within the last few months
from the United States appraisers'
stores and that many of these high
powered automatics of foreign make
were believed to have come into the
possession of the underwold.
- This announcement was made in
connection with the arrest of William
H. Smith, a packer, of whom special
agents became suspicious when he
declined to take his vacation on the
ground that the government needed
his services.
Prince of Wales' Polecat
fTS1Ii1 fnr Tn Inn PnTS
London Aug. 2. The prince of
Wales' polecat presented to him dur
ing his world tour on the battleship
Renown, was killed, when the animal
bit a sailor named Fred RiddelL of
that PefltAsnt aPfaa nainfiniB tm
Ihold until it was choked
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