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VOL. XL111 NO. 185.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1014-TWELVE PAGES.
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KUGEL TO FOLLOW
RYDER AS HEAD OF
POLICE DEPARTMENT
CITY COMMISSIONER HEAD OF
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
FRESH ERUPTIONS
' Somebody's Worryin'
DELAWARE RAILROAD
SYSTEM TIED UP BY
STRIKEOFJRAINMEN
Five Thousand Engineers, Conduc
tors, Brakemen, Firemen and
Telegraphers Quit WoTk.
DEMAND FOR REINSTATEMENT
OF VDLCAN
They Are
Earth-
quak
Subtcr-
Commissioners Vote on Transfer in i
loises.
Executive Session, as He
quested by Ryder.
TO BE RATIFIED ON TUESDAY
MILL!
Teed ed for relief
Three Hundred Thousand People on i
Kiushiu Island Need Aid.
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Ryder Says He Did Not Want the
Department at All.
KUGEL ONLY VOTE AGAINST
Dahlman Tells Kugel He Must Ac
cept the Proffered Job.
KUGEL FINALLY "ACCEPTS IT
Acnte Situation, in IlrouRlit Alinnt by
Killing; of Henry Mekell In
the MtsVcy Resort Last
Thnmdny.
City commissioners In executive session
Monday transferred Police Commis
sioner J. J. Ilydcr to tho department of
street cleaning ana maintenance and
Street Commissioner A. C. Kugel was
placed In charge of tho pollco depart
ment. The action of the commission In
executive session vlli bo ratified by tho
council at the regular session this
morning. Tho transfer becomes effective
February 1.
Five councllmen voted In favor of the
transfer Mayor James C. Dahlman(j
Thomas McGovern, Dan D. Butler, C. H.
Wlthnell and Joe 13. Hummel, Kugel
protested and voted against the change.
Ryder did not vote. x
Mayor Dahlman made the following
statement to the council at tho execu.
tlvo session:
"Commissioner Ryder did not want this
department. I Insisted that ho take the
job, and finally, all of us insisting, he
accepted the head of the police depart
ment. This Is a trouble department, and
I doubt If any other commissioner could
have done better work there than Ryder
has."
Mast Take It.
To Kugel, who had recently criticised
Ryder for "not enforcing the law," the
mayor said:
"Whether you want this position or
not, you will have to tako It. You ought j
to be -willing to assume the responsibility. ,
I stand now and always have stood
wllllns to assume any responsibility tins
commlsslon desires to placo upon me.
The commission Is standing together andj
assuming the responsibility of all depart
ment." Commissioner Ryder would make no
statement. Commissioner Kugel said.:
T don't want this office, but It Is a
questions oi taking Jt or 'resigning from
tha commission, ,and I,don't know of any
other position, in which I can cam JI.500
a year." It t aid 1 would resign."
Although Unwilling to du so, Kugel in
tho aftornopn announced that ho would
accepjthe position as head of the police
department.
An ordinance will be Introduced switch
ing the control of tho Library board to
the department of street cleaning and
maintenance, where Ryder will be in
charge.
Follovr Uyder'n Statement.
Tho action of tho council follows Com
missioner Ryder's statement In Satur
day s's Bee, saying he was willing to give
Kugel or any other commissioner an
opportunity to try his hand at running
the police department.
Recently the police department has been
criticised for nonenforcement of the law.
A killing In a resort last Thursday night
tended to intensify this criticism.
Commissioner Kugel said he recognized
that anybody would have trouble with
the police department because "It is a
question whether or not the people of
tho city want a closed town."
"I understand it has been possible to
buy beer after hours," Kugel continued.
"No great harm, I judge, has been' done
If beer has beon sold after hours.
It has bee,n an accommodation to the
publlci The question is how far can the
commissioner of the ' police department
go and still suit the people."
When Commissioner Ryder was criti
cised for alleged violation of the 8 o'clock
closing law ho said In substance what'
Kugel now says on the eve of his taking
charge of Ryder's department.
The Weather
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy Tuesday slightly colder.
Temperature nt Ouinhn Yesterday.
Hours. Deer.
I
m.
m.
in
in
,8 p. m
Comparative Local Record.
1914. 1913, 1911 1911
Highest yesterday 3 36 lfi 49.
Ixiwest yesterday ...... 18 11 I 27
JJen temperature 40 25 6 38
Precipitation 00 .00 T .00
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature 20
Excess for the day 26
Total excess since March 1 1.147
Normal precipitation 03 inch
Deficiency for the day 03 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1... .24.17 Inches
Deficiency since March 1...... 4.28 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1913.. 4.10lnuhes
Deficiency tor 'or. period. 1912..13.C6 Inohes
Heparts from tilutlona at 7 I. 31.
'Station and State Temp. High- Rain-
of Weather. 7 p. m. est fall.
Cheyenne, cloudy iS 21 .0)
Davenport, clear ......... IU 63 .00
Denver, cloudy a 4J 01
Des Moines, cloudy 40 48 .00
Dodge City, clear ic ci .OJ
Lander, clear 18 sr .0)
Rapid City, part, cloudy. 31 40 . ,W
North Platte, cloudy 40 H .00
Omaha, partly cloudy.... 4$ 53 .u)
Sheridan, cloudy 31 4! 00
Sioux City, clear X is .(o
Valentine, cloudy 0 K .10
T indicates trace of precipitation.
Indicates below zero.
U JL WELSH. Local Forecaster.
5 a. m 42
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3 p. m
p. m 54
E n. m 53
p. in 49
7 p, m,. 4
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ALBERT C. KUGEL.
Bankers of Chicago
Want About. Fourth
of U, S. in Region
CHICAGO, Jan. 19. It was suggested
as a necessity that Minneapolis or St.
Paul should havo ono of the regional
banks In an address mndo to Secretaries
McAdoo and Houston today by George J
M. Reynolds and James 13. Forgan, presi
dents of the largest banks in this city.
Harry A. Wheeler, president of the na
tional Chamber of Commerce, was an
other expert heard. All three wero asked
by Secretary McAdoo to preparo a map
showing tho idea of each, how the banks,
with eight as a minimum number, should
be distributed.
Mr. Reynolds, at Secretary McAdoo's
request, named eight cities In which eight
regional banks should bo located. They
were: Boston, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Mlnncapolls-t5r St. Paul, St.
Louis, Kansas City and Baltimore or
Philadelphia.
Both Forgan, Reynolds and Wheeler
were insistent that the number of re
gional banks established should bo held
to eight.
Previous to the hearing, fifty Iowa
bankers, who are here, voted to request
that Iowa bo included in tho Chicago
territory.
Mr. Wheeler exhibited a map showing
most of Michigan, part of Ohio, part of
Missouri and Nebraska, all of Iowa, and
nearly all of Wisconsin and Illinois, for
the Chicago district.
jtfr. Reynolds outlined th6 Chicago ter-
ritory as Illinois, Iowa,- Indiana. Wlscon-
sin and southern Michigan. He read a
telegram from tho Clearing HoUBe asso
ciation of Helena, Mont,, urging tho loca
tion of a regional reserve bank at the
"Twin Cities."
All -the Chicago ' bankers expressed
clastic Ideas as to tho extent of territory
to do covered try a Chicago reserve bank.
Afjer .Mr. .Forgan, had suggested terri
tory covering the Cakptas, Mbntana, part
of Kentucky and north up to the Canada
line, Mr, McAdoo said; "Chicago sems to
ask for a territory covering about one-
fourth of tho available capital In the
country. New York demands a com
manding representation and that will
leave about one-fourth of tho country' for
the other six bank's. What do you say
to that?"
Mr. Forgan said that his Ideas were
subject to revision, especially as few
bankers doubted that the Twin Cities
would have a bank.
President is Told
that New Tariff
Stimulates Trade
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. President
Wilson has been receiving opinions and
estimates on tho business situation
throughout tho country which lead hint
to believe that a general confidence In
the future exists. The president told
cullers today that while he had no scien
tific analysis of the situation, and that
his letters were of various colors, In the
main conditions were optimistic.
The president Is said to believe that In
some Industries, especially those de
pendent on the railroads, conditions have
pot been so satisfactory, but ho made It
rear Incidentally today that ,he had not
expressed any opinion, as nan nceli rc
ported, on the propriety of Increasing
freight rates. He said, however, that
while he held dlstlnctlvo views on the
question, he did, not feci that he could
express them while the subject was being?
determined by a ceml-judlclal body
With reference to the tariff, the presl-i
dent's advisers led him to believe thut
business actually has been stimulated by
It and that -the average small merchant
Is In better condition now than formerly.
i Given Three Years
for Blackmailing
SALE LAKE CITY, Utah. Jan. 19.-W.
L. Cummlngs, 23 years old, pleaded guilty
In the federal district court here today
and was sentenced to three years Im
prisonment for attempting to blackmail
Miss Dorothy Bamberger, a wealthy
society girl.
The attempted blackmail attracted wide
attention last July because Cummlngs
threatened to kill Miss Bamberger with
an infernal machine of Ills own inven
tion which could be exploded at a dis
tance by the use of a wireless attach
ment. Tests of his machine, which was
confiscated by federal officers, proved
that it could do all that Cummlngs had
threatened.
The court showed leniency because the
evidence Indicated he had been the tool
of others who have not been caught.
MISS JULIA MARLOWE
MAY HAVE APPENDICITIS
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 19,-Mlss
Julia Marlowe, who Is suffering from a
slight attack of appendicitis, will give
up the stage for six weeks and leave to
day for Now York, where she will un
dergo treatment and pomlM) an opera
tion. This announcement was mado to
night by E. H. Sothcrn, her husband. The
two have been on a western tour.
i KAGOSHIMA FAST RECOVERING '
! Trains Running and Many Business
Places Partially Reopened.
WISCONSIN MAN GIVES ACCOUNT
American Kye-Wltnrm nf Jnpnnese
DlMtHtcr In Which Hundreds of
Liven Were Lost
nf Horrors,
Tells
KAGOSHIMA, Jnpan, Jan. 19.-Fresh (
eruptions of the volcano of Bakura-Jlma, j
which recently caused such widespread
uovastatlon, occurred today, rnoy wero
accompanied by earthquakes and violent
subterranean noises.
The governor of Hokkaido today esti
mates that about 300,000 people on the Is
land of Klushlu will need relief and that
about 3,M)O,O0O will bo required.
This city Is rapidly recovering from tho
complcto prostration which followed the
eruption nf Sakura-JIma. Train scrvlco
has been restored and In tho business dis
trict many of the stores have been par
tially reopened. The postal and telegraph
services aro carried on in tents. Boldlcrj
are bivoucked in the streets and parties
of bluejackets from tho Japanese cruisers
are searching the ruins.
Tho villages of Shlgotokl and Kajlki,
ten miles Inland, suffered severely In tho
catastrophe. No estimate can yet bo made
of the casualties.
WInpoiinIii Jinn Seen Eruption.
TOKIO, Jan. 12. A graphic narratlvo of
tho eruption and earthquakes which de
vastated the Island of Sakura and tho
town of Kagoshlma, destroying hundreds
of lives on January U, is given today by
Theodore R. Hoyer otoWlsconstn, who
was an eye witness. Ho says:
"Tho volcano of Sakura-Jlma at the
beginning of tho eruption resembled a
Niagara of fire, from which masses of
molten stone were hurled long distances.
"During th night of January 14, a
loud explosion was heard, followed by n
flash of flame and a cloud of ashes, rising
many thousand feot
"Beneath the cloud of nmoko and ashes,
broad streams of lava could bo plainly
seen flowing down tho slopes to tho sea.
The fprest on tho mountain side quickly
caught fire and the flames, spread to
the houses of the numerous llttlo villages
nearby,
"The. entire western coast lino of Sakura
seemed to be ablaze and a strong wind
carried smoke, gas and hot ashes stralgnt
to the mainland.
"From Kagoshtma, three miles across
the bay, people flod In panic Btrlcken
crowds, many of them ascending tho steep
sides of Shlroyama mountain and look
ing back from there in terror on the
Bcene.
Ilnln Help Settle Uuat,
"A heavy rain fell the next night and
served to settle somewhat tho flying
dust and ashes. Many of tho people re
turned to their crumbling houses.
"Sakura-Jlma was still actively belch
ing out flames and cinders, but the earth
shocks were becoming loss violent and
soon subsided all together for a time. The
town of Kakoshlnm was filled with mal
odorous gases, howevor.
"I made a visit the following morn
ing within a short distance of Sakura,
but It was Impossible to reach the shore
in the small native boat, owing to the
great floating .fields of pumice stone.
"The occupants of the boat could, how
ever, observe that the villages along the
shore, with their rice fields and gardens,
had . been levelled by the molten lava,
while the surrounding forests had been
destroyed.
"The principal crater of Sakura-Jlma,
was evident as a gap a mllo wide In tho
side of tho mountam, could be seen. Be
low this wero numerous smaller craters,
emitting smoko and flames. Beneath, each
opening there wero great plateaus of
cooling lava. The two old craters of the
volcano had been forced Into one by the
destruction of the dividing ridge."
American Mission
Worker is Wounded
by Chinese Bandits
HANKOVi, China, Jan. 19.-Dr. Lllle
gaard, a missionary of the American
Lutheran mission, was wounded In one
, arm on January IS In the course of fight
ing at Kwang-Chow, In the province of
Honan, An army of bandits, under the
"White Wolf," who has been devastating
the district, on thut date captured and
looted Kwang-Chow,
During the fighting, Mrs. Mason and
Mrs. Smltn, escorted by Mr, Mason, an
other missionary,, abandoned the mission
house and took refuge In a farm house
belonging to native Chlncso Christians.
Tho brigands aro now ravaging the
southeastern portion of the Honan pro
vince in tho tame way us they havo done
the southwestern district for some time
past.
The regular troops did not appear to
offer any serious resistance to the ban
dits, 'in fact, the troops sent out to pur
sue them and to recapture Kwang-Chow,
sent messengers in advance to warn the
bandits, deliberately permitting them to
escape.
Thieves Overlook
Rare Eoman Coins
BERKELEY, Cal., Jim. 19.-KU old
Roman coins, valued by the University
of California at Jo.OCO apiece, wore over
looked Saturday night by thieves, who
broke Into the coin cotes a( the univer
sity library Other coins worth about M
wero stolen. The Roman coins nere dis
covered In the ruins of Pompeii In U91
by a joint expedition of the French govern
ment and the University of California.
Drawn for The Bee by Powell.
UNKNOWN MANKILLS NICKELL
Such is Verdiot Returned by Coro
ner's Jury Monday Afternoon.
SHEDS LIGHT ON ONE OF TRIO
Testimony Given liy One of the In
mntea of the McVey Itmort la to
Effect He Hail "Visited
Plnce Itefore.
That Henry E. Nickell came to his death
fitim' d bullet Wound Inflicted by a ro-
volvor In the hands of an unknown man
at Hazel McVey's resort, 4l4 North Four
teenth street, on tho night of January 15,
Is the gist of th verdict returned by tito
cbroncr's jury' after deliberating half an
hour Monday afternoon over the ovl
denco submitted by the various wit
nesses to tho shooting.
Tho coroner's jury was made up of Dug
Davis, Christ F. Slhan, Jonas Johnson,
L. M. Debolt, 0. Jepson and John Kay.
Witnesses who testified ' wero Hazel
MoVcy, Vera Qrlswold, Valla Edoff, Net
tlo MoWIIIIams, Helen Dennis, JLVulah
Woods, Laura Burnass, Margrct Grey,
Maggie Smith, A. E. Anderson, William
Davis, Dctectlvo Van Douscn, and Doc
tors Fochtman and McClueghan.
The fcaturo of the testimony submitted
which sheds the most light upon the trio
of robbers who held up tho tcsort was
that given by Vera Edoff, who stated that
the ono who called himself Williams had
visited the resort during Ak-Sar-Ben week
and that with him was an cmployo of
tho Novelty company store.
Even before the Inquest had started the j
coroner's offices were crowded to the ut
most with the usual throng of morbid
arid Inquisitive individuals who hampered
considerably .the entrance of those wit
necses called to tell what they Knew of
the affair. Hazel McVey and a half
dozen womon who wero In the resort at
the tlmo of the shooting arrived about
five minutes late.
County Attorney Maguey started In
terrogating Immediately and his questions
Were u ns we red by Miss McVey, tho first
witness, to the effect that since last
March 6 she had conducted the Four--
toenth street resort Paying the rental
to Christ Jensen of the Jensen Realty
company; that she had lived alone, with
the exception of hr Colored maid, Vera
Drizzle, and that all the Inmates of tho
house Thursday night, both male and
female, were merely guests. She den'd
knowing any. of the girls except by their
first names and declared that she know
(Continued on Pago Two.)
The National Capital
SInnday, Jannnry 10, 1014.
The Henate. ,
Ma! nt nnon.
Debate resumed on the Alaska railroad
hill.
Passed a bill to empower the public
health service to supervise sanitary ar
rangements on railroad trains and pas
senger stations.
Confirmed nomination of John Skelton
Williams to be comptroller of the cur
rency. Senator Penrose introduced a resolu
tion for a commission of seven to draw
a bill tor a reorganization of Indian af
fairs.
, Senator Norils Introduced a bill to es
tablish a bureau of farm loans In the De
partment of Agriculture.
Senator Overman introduced a resolu
tion to require the president to consider
treaties wun jsurupean powers ror me
neutralization of the Philippine Islands.
The ouae.
Passed u resolution for a session tomor
row at izao p. m. to near president wn
ton read his trust message.
Dr. Howard Kelly and other scientists
testified at a mines committee hearing
or the penrilriR romum Dills.
Representative. Hensley of Missouri in
troduced a bill to prohibit the Importa
t on of convict made goods.
Passed "agricultural extension" bill, to
provide for federal aid In dlsscnnatlon
of .scientific farm Information.
Adjourned at 6:27 p. in. to noon Tues
day. ,
Adjourned at 6:35 p. m to noon Tuesday.
General Piquart,
Dreyfus' Champion,
is Dead in Amiens
AMIENS, France, Jan, 19. General
Marlo-Qcorges Flquart, commander of
the Second French army corps, ' who was
ono of the most prominent figures In the
Dreyfus case, died hero today, agod 60
years.
General Piquart, regarded as ono of the
most brilliant officers .of tho French
army, rose to high rank nU an early age,
Ho was an Alsatian by. birth.- ills' aklll
as a llngOIc6;Qpl;vTgrS-Taiirty1'a'a
a soldier, led td p appointment to tha
general staff It wns, wnlla .In , service
here that Piquart discovered tho wrgcrlca
which had brought .about the condemna
tion of Dreyfus to tho horrors of Devil's
island.
Piquart thereupon became one of the
.most enthusiastic appellants for a re
vision of tho judgment on Dreyfus. His
seal In this respect led to his arrest and
Imprisonment on various charges which
were dismissed for want of evidence. In
splto of tho court's decision In his favor
ho was retired from tho service through
tho Influcpce of antl-Droyfils officials.
During his retirement Piquart, aided by
Emlle Zola and others, continued his
work In behalf of Dreyfus. He finally
succeeded In having the case brought be
fore another court-martial nt Renncs.
Dreyfus was again convicted by this
court but lutcr obtained a full pardon
from President Loubet.
This pardon did not satisfy Piquart and
the other supporters of Dreyfus, who la
bored Incessantly to have him officially
declared Innocent They finally gained
this verdict from the French supreme
court, and both Dreyfus and Piquart wero
restored to the active list of the French
army.
General Piquart afterward became mln.
lster of ,war and commander of the Seo
ond army corps.
Railroads Object to
' Proposed Law for
All Steel Coaches
WASHINGTON. Jan. ls.TirliilnH in
enforce Uie use of steel passenger cars
was token .up today by the house com
merce committee. Representative Eich's
bill tp replace all .wooden cars by steel
pnes within four years opposed by
George A, Post, president of the Rail-
war Business association. He recom
mended that the Interstate Commerce'
commission be empowered to determine
the time and the 'character of new cars,
Mr. Post declared that the cost of re
Placing the wooden cars now in operation
with steel cars would aggregate 393,-
000,000.
"If the transformation were attempted
within four years," he said, "it would
mean an expenditure by the railroads
of about 198,175,000 a year. If done In ten
years It would be about 39,UO,O09.
"Would It not be an anomalous situa
tion for one branch of the government
to say 'thou shalt spend' while the Inter
state Commerce commission In Its rate
decisions says 'thou shalt not earn? "
Peculiar Case of
Mistaken Identity
LEAVENWORTH. Kan., Jan. 19.-A
peculiar case of mistaken Identity was
settled at Fort Leavenworth today when
Ike Rivera of Sedalla, Mo., after trial by
court-martial, was acquitted of the
charge of escaping from the guard house
at Fort Robfnson, Neb., In 1903, while a
member of Troop C, Tenth United States
cavalry. 7""
Tho defendant testified ho never had
served In tho army. Four men who were
privates In Troop C In 1P03, testified
the man on trial was npt the Ike Rivers
wllh whom they had served eleven years
ago. The lko Rivers who escaped was
enlisted from Sedalla The lko Rivers
on trial was in-rented when he applied
for enlistment at Sedalla last September.
FATE OF ALBERT LAW CASES
Twenty-Six Suits Have Been Filed
Since Law's Enactment. '
BUT THREE FILED BY MAGNEY
Remainder Htnrteil by Jnilae Eng
lish, Who Preceded Mascncy as
District Attorney Last
Was) In September.
Since th passage by the legislature lu
1911' of the Albert law twenty-six suits
hnve been started undsritri'afMsttsittKW
Douglas county, aeooiiwiltatfratf
court records. Three of these have been
brought In the name pf Coimty Attornoy
Magney and trip remainder by James P.
English, his predecessor, who now Is a
district judge.
By this law to county nltorney Is em
powered to brlpg an equity suit against
the proprietors of a resort and the owner
of tho building wherein It is located, and
It ho proves In court that the place is of
evil repute, the judge Is directed to Issue
a perpetual Injunction forbidding the use
of the premises for Immoral purposes
under penalty of punishment for con
tempt of court.
The last suit of this kind filed In dis
trict court was brought last September.
It Is still (lending, Test suit brought by
former County Attorney English havo
not yet been decided by the state su
preme court.
The suits up to date brought under
tho Albert law and their disposition fol
lows: Ily County Attorney Manner.
Gabriel Antoknl. Injunction Issued.
Kmlllu Sommer. Pending,
Charles Nebar. Pending.
Ily County Attornoy IQnftlUh.
CASES PENDING.
John A. B. Martin, Max B. Habler,
Annie Koniuerg, Jonn Acatz.
Sydney Kacser, ,
INJUNCTIONS ISSUED.
Antonio Lagrotto. Mlnnlo Harris,
Charles E. Fonnlng.Henry Kemp,
Grace Walton. Mrs. N. Clinton,
Mayme Nlrhols, William Sutherland,
Clara Gleason, Israel Resneky,
Albert Meyer, Clara White.
Alfred Nlelson, Ella Graham.
Jacob Cassman, Charles E, Wllklns.
Frank Dlnuzzo, TJuvld Llpsey.
Mnsrney Mullen Ntatenient.
That he has never declined to take ac
tion under the Albert law when evidence
has been furnished his office in good
faith is the declaration of County At
torney Magney.
T have secured moro evidence from
Demons In the residence districts of
Omaha which have been Invaded by Im
moral, resorts than from any other
source," he said, "In all these cases I
notify property owners that the premises
must be cleaned up and do not start suits
unless they refuso to obey. I have ban
died about fifty cases in this manner-
three last month.
"The statement that evidence In 100
cases has been turned over to this
office by tho police department la prob
ably correct, but practically all of It was
secured whllo I was deputy county at
torney and as a result of it all resorts
were closed.
Since then little evidence has been se
cured by the police or the sheriff.
"At that time tho McVey placo was
forced to close. There has been no com
plaint that It was reopened. Any state
ment that I havo declined to bring pros
ecutlons because a test case Is In the
supremo court is Incorrect I have been
enforcing It right along whenever evi-
dence Is brought here."
Brakeman is Killed
Under Wild Train
elku, Nev., Jan. 19. J. w. itunt, a
brakeman of Ogden, Utah, was ground to
pieces under the wheels of a wild Bo'Uth
errt Pacific yard engine here this morn
ing. Main lino traffic was tied up for
several hours by the wreckage of the en
glne and tender, which jumped the track
and ran wild for some dlstum-e. Hunt
Is survived by u widow and four children.
Walkout Due to Discharge of Men
Aooused of Disobedience.
MANY COAL MINES AFFECTED
Thirty Thousand Men Idle Because
Coal Cannot Be Moved,
MEDIATORS READY FOR WORK
Sew York State anil ftnttonnt Ilonrdn
Offer Serviced to Itnllronit anil
to Union ItrprrNFtttliiK
the Striker.
nui LET I ft.
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. ID.-The strike
on the Delaware & Hudson was settled
tonight. Company officials met the union' i
demands that they restoro two dlu:hargcd
employes. Engineer James A. Lynch and
Conductor F. A. Slado. to their former
positions. All strikers will return to duty
at once, G. W. W. Hanger, a member
of tho federal board of mediation and
conciliation, brought about tho agree
mcntmcnt. ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 19.-A dispute
over tho dismissal of two employes by
tho Delaware & Hudson railway led to a
strlko today which has tied up the cntl-o
operating end of tho system. About
5,000 men, It is estimated, are out. Only
shop workers and office employes remain
on duty. Reinstatement of tho discharged
employes with full back pay Is tho onlv
union demand.
Mcanwhllo G. W, W. 'Hanger of tho
fedornl board of mediation and concilia
tion started from New York, and Com
missioner Lynch of the state labor de
partment left Syracuse for hero to offer
their services In an effort to effect a set
tlement. No volcnce was reported from any point
Mails are paralyzed In many sections, the
Delaware & Hundson being the only road
to numerous northern points.
A conference this morning between
Union leaders and Superintendent J. A.
MGrew resulted In no agreement Neither
slCe would state what had been con
sidered and no plans for another confer
ence wore given out
The dlBChorKe. of two men a year agp
Is the solo cnuso of tho strike. Their
reinstatement and full payment pf toss In
wages Is asked by the unions. It Is as
serted that the men' violated company
-lthiVJilttl.e. reason
TJ'JWwIsinlwtfllMThe nlon leaders
im.uii- umi., 4-111CA wore .voiatea, uui aver
mat tne employes did so at tho eommartd
of their superiors. . .
. TliBi In Crimplene.
SCRANTON. Tn.. Jin. 19 Jirf, rnlu.
ware A Hudson railroad tieup today was
complete, tho Pennsylvania division alono
from Nineveh. N. Y.. to Wllkos-Tlnnn
furnished 2,300 of tho men on strlko
Theso aro the figures of Clinton Morgun,
acting superintendent
If any trains get into service thev will
be those that handle the mall, but ho
auompi wiu.jBej.maae to carry paasen-
Not only docs tho strike tio up the
railroad, but It will mean the closing of
about thirty coul mines operated directly
by. tho Delaware & Hudson nnlHnn.l
company In the Lackawanna and Wyom
ing valleys and also upwards of twenty
.other operators whose product goea. out
liver this railroad, In all affecting at
feast 30,000 men. Charles E. BUrr, acting
geiioral superintendent of the system.
ien louuy ipr wew York to confer with
President Loree, General Manager Sims
and other officials.
Federal and Htnte Mediation.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.-ti,a r.0,,i
board pf mediation and .conciliation has.
been called Into the Delaware & Hudson
strike Dy tne railroad company and As
slstant Commissioner a. w. Ttmip 1
Is
expected to reach Albany soma tim n.
day. Ho will offer the services of the
board to the strikers. Jude w.
Chambers, chairman of the board, said
today that no word of the impending
strike had reached Washington until late
last night, when tha railroad asked for
tne services az tne board.
filmed ntttl I1f.nm.1l Unm.
NEW YORK. Jan. 19. The Delaware
Hudson railroad. Including ownrH n
and
leased lines and trackace rtchtn.
prises in all about 877 miles. The linen
extend rrom wiikes-Barrc. Pa..
ami
Blnghamton. N. Y., to Rutland, Vt.
tho eaat and to Rouse's Point. N. v
on
on
the Canadian line. At that point tho rpud
connect with lines of the Quebec, Mon
treal & Southern Railway company
which It controls.
The Delaware Hudson rtuilmarf
pany wub Incorporated In 1823 In
New
York, It is ono of the largest rrflnen
(Continued on Pago Two.)
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