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V CITY EDITION j VOL. 53_NO. 34. OMAHA. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1924. * FIVE CENTS Wad.»»r.h i^n«>iio». J
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Pomerene
Named Oil
Prosecutor
Coolidge Substitutes Ex-Ohio
Senator for Gregory as
Democratic Counsel in
Oil Lease Cases.
Gregory Mum on Switch
By Associated Prei*.
Washington, Feb. 2.—Atlee Pomer
piie, former senator from Ohio, lias
been Bdected by President Coolidge
as the democratic member of his
counsel to prosecute the oil land lease
cases. He will take the place for
which former Attorney General Greg
ory was selected.
Washington, Feb. 2—T. W. Greg
ory, attorney general In the Wilson
cabinet, who had been selected by
President Coolidge for prosecution of
the Sinclair and Doheny oil cases, de
clined to make any statement upon
bis arrival here today from Austin,
Tex. He made an an appointment
to see President Coolidge at the White
House.
J2 Killed When
Two Interurban
Trains Collide
25 Injured—Headon Crash
Occurs Near V illage of Fort
ville, Ind.—Motor Cars
Telescoped.
Fortville, Ind., Feb. J.—At leant 12
persons were killed and 25 Injured
when two interurban trains on the
Anderson division of the Indiana
* don TracUon company met In h id
on collision near the village of In
galls late today. Both trains con
sisted of a motor car and trailer. The
motor cars were telescoped and
N caught fire, some of the victims being
burned to -death.
Indianapolis, Feb. 2.—Twenty-five
persons injured In the wreck of two
Indiana Union Traction trains south
of Fortville, Ind., were brought here
tonight on a Big Four railroad work
train. Several were unconscious. M.
J. Lashner of Gas City, Ind., one of
the injured, said he saw several per
sons burned to death in the smoking
compartment of one of the wrecked
cars.
Four charred bodies had be
taken from the wreck this evening.
Roth the motor cars were completely
burned within two hours after the
crash. Persons assisting In removing
the dead and Injured said they had
seen three other bodies in the wreck
age In addition to the four recovered.
The wreck occurred on a curve
while both trains were traveling at
high speed. It was reported that one
of the trains had failed to stop at
a switch where it was to have pass
ed the other train.
Horne Sees Short Life for
British Labor Government
New York, Feb. 2.—Sir Robert
Horne, former chancellor of the Brit
ish exchequer and present chairman
of Baldwins, Ltd., which the recently
deposed premier, Stanley Baldwin,
owns, sailed home on the Majestic to
day after three weeks In America,
predicting a short life for the labor
government of England.
"If the labor party la honest," he
said, "It shortly will have to promul
gate cerlalu measures through which
It will defeat Itself. Then a coalition
of liberals and conservatives will
sweep the lahorltcs out of office.”
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“Goodbye, Have Good Time”
Suicide’s Parting With Wife
Washington. Feb. 2.—When Mrs.
Frank B. Conover, wife of the presi
dent of Tiffany studios, left her home
on Park avenue today to go shopping,
her 64-yearolrl husband, 111 In bed.
kissed her and said:
"Goodby, have a good time. When
you return well finish that game
of bridge we started last night."
T’pon returning home, several hours
later Mrs. Conover found her hus
band missing and the bathroom door
locked. Police found his body Inside
with the throat cut and a razor In his
hand.
Two It) Die by Lethal Gsfw.
Carson < 'Ity, Nov., Feb. 2.—Two
men will die here February 8 by
lethal gas.
The stale pardons hoard tonight
denied tho plea of Thomas Russel!,
a Mexican, condemned to death for
the murder of an Indian girl, that Ills
sentence be commuted to life Impris
onment.
Geo Jon, Chinese Tong slayer, Is
the other mail who will die In the new
cells being finished at tho stale prison
P here.
,‘J Perish in Fire.
Oklahoma City, Ok la., Feb. 2. —
'three persons nre believed to have
perished In a fire here late last night
which wrecked a two-story building
l ousing a small ImM near the heart
tii th^busincss section.
Italian Princess
Becomes Mother
Primes* Yolanda, oldest daughter
of the King and queen of Italy, gave
birth to a daughter at Turin January
27. Queen Helena was present at the
happy event and it is expected that
tlie baby will bo mimed for her.
Prince** Yolanda, on April 9 of last
year, was married to Count t'alvi di
Pergolo, a captain in the Italian cav
alry and one of Italy’s war heroes.
Mercury Rises
to 62, Hottest
Feb. 2 Recorded
Temperature Soars Saturday
Afternoon Within One De
gree of Hottest Mid
Winter Day Here.
Saturday was the warmest Febru
ary 2 In the history of the Omaha
weather bureau.
The mercury climbed to *2 at 4 in
the afternoon.
This was the highest mark since
November 19, 1923. The mercury
climbed to 61 on December 17.
Highest midwinter temperature in
the history of the local bureau was
in January, 1895, when the mercury
reached 68.
State Has $13,003,566
Invested in Bonds
Lincoln, Feb. 2.—A report of Ne
braska's treasury, as of February 1,
made public today by C. D. Robin
son, state treasurer, discloses the fact
that the state has more money In
vested in bonds than ever before in
its history. The bonds possessed by
the state total $13,1)03,566.69 and that
amount, together with funds In banks
brings the total ii/ the treasury to
$16,079,741.59.
The overdraft In the general fund,
which totalled $581,323.57 January 1
has been reduced to $189,358.06 by
heavy receipts of the month.
$97,000,000 for
Navy Is Asked
H.v Associated I’rw*.
Washington, Feb. 2.—A navy bill
calling for an appropriation for' $97,
000,000 was introduced in the house
today by Chairman Butler of the
house naval affairs committee.
It provides for eight new scout
cruisers costing $11,000,000 each and
six new gunboats costing $700,000
each.
$286,133,000 Is Spent
on Educatin'; Youth
By Associated Cress.
Washington. Feb. 2.—Ths coun
try's 12 largest cities spent $286,133,
000 for educational purposes other
than for libraries in 1922. A census
bureau statement Issued today shows
that New York City spent almost 38
per rent of the total In 1922, ami
that In 1917, the twelve spent $112,
178.000, making the Increase In their
total educational expenditures 155
tier cent. The average of their ex
penditures per capita Increased from
$7.61 in 1917 to $17.03 In 1922.
The total expenditures for educa
tional purposes, which include teach
ers' salaries and other expenses for
the operation and maintenance of
schools, and for permanent Improve
ments for schools. In the various
cities were:
New York, *107,204,000, Chicago.
$39,001,000. Philadelphia, $22,797,000.
Detroit, $25,349,000. Cleveland, $1",
765.000, St. Demis. $8,743,000, Boston,
$14,945,000, Baltimore, $8,132,000. Dos
Angeles, $16,141,000; Pittsburgh. $10,
983.000, San Francisco, $6,140,000 and
Buffalo, $8,903,000.
Stray Bullet Kills Woman.
Stillwater, Okla., Feb. 2.—One wo
man Is dead, two other persons slight
ly Injured and three students of Ihe
Oklahoma A. and M. college are lit
the Payne county jail iri a result of
a target shooting match staged In
the rear of a fraternity house.
Random shots killed Mrs. Mathilda
Hodge's, 73, a widow, and slightly In
jured Mrs. Claude Davis nud her
daughter. Pearl, ID
The students held are David T>.
Zinc, Muskogee; Roy <« Doak, Aid
more, anil Karl Nutter, Anadnrko.
Popp’s Cousin Dies.
Como, Italy, Fob. 2 Darulann Rat
M, cousin of Pope Plus, died here to
day.
Rykov New
Premier of
Russ Soviet
Has Conducted Much of Le
nin’s Work Since Commun
ist Chief Overcome by
Illness.
To Carry Out His Policies
By International News Service.
Moscow. Feb. 2.—Alexlev Ivano
vitch Rykov, vice president of the
council of people's commissars, to-,
day was elected to succeed Nicolai
Lenin ns president of the council
of people's commissars (Russian pre
mier.) The new head of the Mos
< < w government lias conducted much
of Lenin's work since the latter was
incapacitated by illness. Ho is in full
sympathy with all Lenin's policies.
Fall Will Testify
J
Tuesday or Face
Contempt Charge
Challenges Authority of Sen
ate Committee in Oil Inquiry
anti Refuses to Answer
Questions.
By International Newt Service.
Washington. Feb. 2.—In the most
dramatic session ever held In the sen
ate's investigation of the oil scandal,
ex-Secretary of the Interior Albert B.
Fall today calmly defied the public
lands committee to question him
about his leasing of naval reserves to
E. E. Doheny and Harry F. Sinclair.
Fall read a prepared statement,
flatly declining to answer an Inquisi
tion. The secretary appeared highly
nervous and excitable.
Concluding, Fall removed his
glasses, leaned back In his chair and
remained motionless for several sec
onds.
The setting was tense, dramatic.
Accepts Fall's Challenge.
Then after a moment’s conversing,
the committee accepted Fail's chal
lenge as unexpectedly as the former
secretary had hurled it.
The room was cleared while the
committee went In secret session.
Fall, with his attorneys, adjourned to
an anteroom to await decision.
The committee demanded that Fall
reappear for examination Tuesday
morning, and decided that should he
refuse to testify then, contempt pro
ceedings Immediately would be start
ed to force him to answer under pen
alty of fine or Imprisonment, provtd
ed under statute for such offenses.
Fall did not return to the room, but
on the arm of Levi Cooke, his per
sonal counsel, strolled Slowly down
the long corridor to a waiting auto
mobile and was whisked away to the
home of Col. J. W. Zevely, Sinclair's
attorney, w hose guest he -la.
Cites Three Reasons.
Fall cited three reasons for refus
ing to answer:
1. He declared that as the resolu
tions authorizing the Teapot Dome
Investigation were passed In the last
congress, the c( mmlttee, unless the
authorization was reaffirmed in this
session, was without authority to con
tlnue the probe.
2. Inasmuch ns the senate has
passed the Walsh resolution directing
President Coolldge to name counsel
to recover the oil lands, the senate's
Jurisdiction In the lease Investigation
has passed on to the courts, and
therefore, the committee was with
out authority to question him ahout
tho leases, ho claimed.
3. lie claimed further exemption
on the ground that his answers
might he used to Incriminate him
when tlie case was carried into court.
Educator Dies.
Shrewsbury, Mass.. Feb. 2.—Pr. An
drew VV. Kdson, prominent educator
for nearly a half century In the New
England and mlddleweat states, died
here today.
WHERE TO FIND
THE BIG FEATURES OF
THE SEND A Y BEE
PART "oNE.
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Fnge *»—/*hopplng With Folly
Fiir* id'llow to It*' Free TIioiirIi
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Ington.
I*.ig* II—II ii land for the Kiddle*.
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I’uge lit—Miulc untl Kudin News.
I* WIT KOI R.
Four Page* of Hurt Fonnlar Finnic*
AUOliKWI IIK SKI THIS.
Four Fag** of Fraphlr News Illustra
tion*.
I
Six Intimate Views of Woodrow Wilson
The photographs nbove show former President Woodrow Wilson at si* different Maces of his career.
The first picture at the left wa* made while he wa s president of Princeton university.
Others were taken on occasions of his various public appearances. The two lower pictures at Ihe right were
made about a year ago while he was automoblling in Washington.
Omaha’s 70
Years to Be
Celebrated
Industrial, Civic and Educa
tional Agencies Unite to
Introduce City to
Its Citizens.
Open House Observed
Omaha, as an organized metropolis,
Is "0 years old today.
AH this week, ths city will celebrate
by getting acquainted with Itself.
Tho relebrutlon has been formally
sanctioned under the name of "Knovf
Omaha week" by proclamation of
Mayor Pahlman. who has urged that
every business enterprise In the city
Lake part In the observance.
Kven school children will be In
cluded In the program. Cash prizes
amounting to $100 have heen offered
to pupils writing the best essay on
"Why Omaha Is a Good Place in
Which to I.lvo."
Open House.
Manufacturers and wholesaler* of
the city will hold open house to all
visitors during the week. They have
hung out their respective latch
strings, with a "Know Omaha" tag
on the end.
Clergymen have heen asked to urge
their congregations to visit the
schools and factories of the cltv, and
to familiarize themselves with the
city's advantages.
Luncheon clubs will devote their
meetings this week to "Know Oma
ha" programs.
Slogan In Windows.
Clubs participating are the Lions
club, Klwanls club. Rotary club. Con
cord club. Continental club, Triangle
club, Ad-Bell league and the Pro
fessional Men's club.
The Associated Retailers have pmm
Ised to use the slogan, "Know Oma
ha" In their advertising and to dis
play cards hearing the slogan In their
window*.
Insurance companies doing busl
ness In Omaha also hav» pledged
their support In circulating facts
concerning Omaha.
Special films, showing Omaha
scenes, will he thrown on the screens
of downtown motion picture theaters
Talks by Radio.
Kxhlbit of (h* work of Omaha ar
tlsts. sanctioned by tho Omaha At
lists’ guild, will ho hold nt. the Rut
gear Nash store.
Talks about Omaha will ho broad
onat from radio station WOAW dm
Ing the week.
Other Institutions which will coop
crate Include tho Nebraska Rowei
company, the Northwestern Hell TH
ephono company, tho Omaha and
< 'ouncll lUnffs Street Railway com
puny, the banks, the real estate hoard
tho Auto Trades association. th«
I'nlon Stockyard* company, Ak-Shi
Ren, and the t'hamher of t'ommerce.
Statistics compiled by tho publicity
bureau of tho chamber concerning
Omaha activities will bo given wld*
distribution.
Srnltli* Cigar .Man Kolilinl
*»f $12,00(1 |*y .'l Hantlils
flfatlle. V\ ash., I'eb 2 -Thre*
masked bandits today held' up amt
robbed John Nnrmllo, cigar store pro
prletor. who was i at t ying $12,000 In
rash to his store with which to cash
Hitut’flay pay checks. The bandit*
escaped before polh e could he called
Omaha Broadcasting; World Receiving
B Proclamation
HERE AS with the advent of the year 1924. Omaha enter* upon its
70th anniversary, dating from the original plat of the cltjr, and
Whereas, since its beginning. Omaha has grown and prospered and
become one of America’’* great cities so that its citizen* have just rea
son to he proud of this metropolis, and
Whereas, a thorough knowledge of this great city by Its citizens
will Increase civic pride and will stimulate greater confidence In Omaha
so that Omaha will henefit greatly thereby,
Therefore, in order that Omaha citizens may know their city better,
and In commemoration of Omafia's 70th anniversary, 1 as mayor. Issue
the following proclamation:
That the week starting Sunday, February 3, and continuing until
Saturday, February 9, bo designated as "Know Omaha Week." and that
It be set aside by all Omaha citizens, concerns and organizations for the
purpose of increasing among Omaha people knowledge of Omaha.
And. ns mayor of Omaha, l urge all organization* and Individuals
of Omaha religious, educational, commercial and civic, to do thrir share
toward Increasing this knowledge of Omaha and toward furthering the
purpose of "Know Omaha Week."
I would utg*. that the churches teach about Omaha from their
pulpits, that the schools teach about Omaha In the class rooms;
Hint til" stores assist the movement through heir window dls
pl.ivs and advertising and that Omaha’s factories invite visits from the
public during the week to th« end that all people may know the great
activities Hint are making Omaha one or the great cities In the nation
JAMES DA HI,MAN,
% Mayor.
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IVo Mm Shot to Death in
Dim Kipht \\ itli (>ffieers
Casper. Wyn, Fob. ?.—Frank Miller
anil "Alabama Slim" Mltrhrll were
flint to death and Tkputy Sheriff
James Thompson of Bonneville was
shot In the log in n Cun battle be
tween two officers and three men
ns the outgrowth of a raid at I,yslte,
.'0 miles west of here Thursday night,
according to word brought to Casper
by Charles Irving, who assisted
Thompson In the raid. Three men In
a house to whh h Thompson and In
lug sought entrance with a search
warrant opened fire when the offl
crus entered and 15 shots were e»
■ hanged, the officers firing from hw
hind a stove Miller and Mitchell died
almost Instantly. The third man
turned the lump oyer and escaped
Thompson was taken In i hnspll.il at
lut Oder.
Miller and Mitchell wiie suspected
of possessing stolen goods In addition
to lll|UOI
1
Hiram to Start Campaign
‘Com! and Strong* This Work
Washington, Feb. ;—Senator
Hiram Johnson's campaign for the
presidency will get In motion "good j
nod atrong 1 next week, the senator1
announced to.lay tost tvefore leaving
for Chicago o. ...lifer with his man
agers.
The senator will meet managers of
all the western states at his Chicago
headquarters next Monday for the
purpose of mapping out plans for a
itgorous speaking tour, beginning
wi ll South Dakota and North Dakota
where the first primaries are to tie
held.
In South Dakota there will he a
straight-out eontest between Johnson
and Dresident Cool Idg-c with no olhei
oandblatim In the field.
Sinclair Coos In I’aris.
Jemiton Feh C—Han. K. Sinclair,
the American oil promoter left I am
don for Parts Inst nlgt?
vs/ ---
Gradually Wearing
Away, Doctors Report
After Consultation
Dying. Former President Peers Around Room for Old Friends
—“Where's Grayson?” He Whispers, and Becomes Calm
When Physician Who Has Fought Four-Year
Battle for Life Comes to Side.
“Profoundly Prostrated,” Dr. Grayson Says
By ,%*«orifttr<1 Prt+m.
Washington, Feb. 2.—
Former President Wilson was
still alive at 8:30 o’clock to
night but was “profoundly
prostrated,” Dr. Grayson said
in the first official bulletin of
the night. There were grave
fears that he could not live
through the Right.
Tile bulletin follows:
"There has been no radical
change in Mr. Wilson's condition
during the day, but rather a grad
ual wearing away process. He is
now profoundly prostrated.
"He has had no pain or serious
discomfort of any hind. He has
slept the greater part of the day
and anodynes have been unneces
sary. The heart's action is feeble
but regular and not unduly rapid.
"Respiration is easy. There is
no fever. Practically no nourish
ment has been taken during the
da}
"< tKY T. GRAYSON.
. “STERLING KIFFIV.
"H A. FOWI.KR '
Hr ^MoriaUd PrfM,
Washington. Feb. 2.—Another day's
battle »1th death found former
President Wilson still clinging tena
ciously to life—but steadily losing his
grip.
As each moment passed, the grim
destroyer moved d little nearer; the
'atnt spark of life flickered and
Puttered, burning lower after every
-utile gust wh.cp blew to extinguish
It.
Resigned to the Inevitable and quite
ready, Mr. Wilson waited patiently
and bravely for the end.
How he struggled through the early i
hours between last midnight and to
day's dawn—the hours when life
reaches Its low ebb was a marvel to
his physicians. They feared that his
soul would float out on the great tide
before today's daylight.
But sleeping lightly. breathing
steadily and almost normally, Mr. Wil
son weathered the dangerous hours
and the light of a new bright Feb
ruary day streaming in through the
windows of his bed chamber founr
the stricken war president still fight
ing.
Fitful Slumber.
When he awoke from a fitful slum
ber an attempt was made to have
him take some light liquid nourish
ment. The dying man moved his head
in a signal of disapproval and. when
pressed, breathed an almost inaud
ible "no." Likewise he rejected an
attempt' to have him take a few sips
of water. Finally he indicated he
wanted an old negro servant to re
arrange his pillows and to be eased
about in hia, bed.
Apparently more comfortable, he
indicated he wanted lus wife. Mrs.
Wilson, coming to the bedside, took
the sufferer's hand in hers and held
it silently until he drifted off into
another snatch of sleep.
When Mr. Wilson roused again he
thought of another friend and breath
ed faintly "where's Grayson?" The
friend and physician who was now
conducting the last and losing round
of a battle with death, which actual
ly began before Woodrow Wilson’s
first term in the White House was
ended, came to the bedside That
seemed to satisfy the former presi
dent and he lapsed Into qutet again.
IxmUs for Friends.
Apparently the sick man's first
thought on wakening was to satisfy
himself that he had near him the
only three persons whose presence he
wants to feel tn his last moments,
Lxcept for the broken, fast passing
The Day in
Washington
\lhert li. Kali declined to testify
before the senate nil committee and
challenged its authority
Proaldent t'oolidge apixdnled \t
Ire Pnmerene, former senator from
Ohio, as the demoerutir member
of the oil lease prosecuting counsel.
Hear \dmiral Kobisoit. engineer
In chief of the n.n>, testified before
the house naial committee in re
gard to tlic construction of fuel
tanka at Pearl harbor.
Tile federal trade commission dis
missed the Madeira Mill ca.se. In
\ol\ing charges of conspiracy to
Increase anthracite prices.
\ hill apprnpc iatlnc .<97,000.000
for naval construction piogmin ua*
introduced hi t hairman Putin of
the house naial committee
President t'oolidge torn anted to
congress ttie treasure proposal, $!,V
H.V1.9N9 for the roust guard to en
aide It to fight nun running
Kailn»ad labor union* submitted
to President f onlldce a protest
against the appointment of tteorge
II Christian. Jr, as a nittuitfr of
the federal trade com mission.
figure on the bed. the room hardly
looked like a chamber of death.
Cheerful chintzes drape the window*
which look lo the south toward the
Potomac and an indigo ridge of Vir
ginia hills whet e he used to play. On
the v..ills are some family picture*,
that of the first Mr.*. Wilson one of
them. Photographs of his grandchil
dren look down upon him.
In a corner stands a desk, a per
sonal one devoted wholly to per
sonal affairs. Upon It personal pa
pers and books are arranged with
the orderly precision which marked
his nature. Everything lies just si
he Jeft it last when Dr. Grayson or
dered him to bed.
Someone was always on watch Is
the sick chamber. Either Mrs. Wil
son Dr. Grayson was there. Tw«
whitecapped nurses, the same whs
attended th» former president during
-the critical days of his illness in tb«
White House. moved noiselessly
about with the professional air ol
efficiently performing their ministra
tions.
Telegrams Pour in.
Downstair* a few close relatives
waited and went about with copvers*
tions in subdued tones. Telegrams
and letters poured In by the hun
dreds and were listed and acknowl
edged by volunteer secretaries from
among the family or friends. Calling
cards by the dozen, many bearing
names of national note, wera silent
ly left at the dodr in person by those
who left their automobiles at tha bot
tom of the hill and walked up to pay
what they sorrowfully knew was a
las: mark of respect.
None but Dr. Grayson and Mrs.
Wilson had the freedom of ihn sick
room; other members of tha famllv
tiptoed there occasionally. Bernard
M. Baruch, Mr. Wilson'* closest
friend and confident of all those who
were associated with him during the
days of the war and the fight over
the peace treaty, could have been ad
mitted to Mr. Wilson'* chamber had
he wiihed, but he preferred to re
member the former president an h#
had last seen him. Instead he re
mained downstairs, doing what he
could to lighten the work of the
other*, preferring not to tax in the
slightest the fast waning strength of
the sick man upstairs.
So Quietly.
None of the few within could look
about the house of death without be
ing reminded of some cherished
memory of the man who wa* passing
so qu;et!y and yet so steadily. There
was the bag of golf sticks standing
in the comer of the hail; It has restsd
there since Mr. Wilson movsd In
There were the bookshelves crowded
with volumes which followed him to
Washington from Princeton. On the
baluster rail was the cans, "the third
leg.” as Mr, Wilson humorously re
ferred to It. which he used to help
himself about since paralysis mads
his left side helpless. In the family
dining room, at his place at the table,
stood the empty chair, on which he
used to steady himself while he mur
mured grace before sitting down t*
meals—even In other days when he
was so ill that his voles was hardly
audible.
Well Worn Volume.
In the bed chamber close beside
him on a tittle table lay a well known
volume—the Bible—from which he
never failed to read a passage before
Roir.g to bed luach night since he
t'egan this last hattle with death
Woodrow Wilson probably haa said
his praiers *s he always did, although
no human ear heard him.
As Mi. Wilson grew weaker and
weaker, the weakness apparently was
of the flesh and not of the apirft. for
even when he found himself unable to
articulate there were signals of recog'
nition in his eyo« for those he wanted
to See
Never once has Mr. Wilson given
indication of a thought about public
men or affairs Never at ary time
lias he given evidence of any pain
he has been given no opiatea. er.d
w le he has been goer stimulants m
heroic measures such as applications
of oxigen have been resorted to
1 <*c l pheltl.
nevetmd, Keb J —Action of W. G
l ee. president of tlie Brotherhood of
Kallroad Trainmen n ousting tSl
members ,.f the organ,ration for their
1 sr--u i pat Ion in the unauthorised strike
of 1S20 w.is upheld today by the court
of appeals All of the judgea civn
currod In the decision
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