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B RIEF R I G H T R E E Z Y BITS OF. NEWS M'ADOO TO WORK TWO WEEKS FOR NOTHING. 'Washington, Dec. 8. Secretary McAdoo, who quit the cabinet be cause his salary ' was insufficient now faces the predicament of work ing tWO weeks for thi irnvrnimntit for nothing. He will retire as secre tary of the treasury December 16, and his pay at the rate of $12,000 a i year will stop. Until January 1, however, he will continue as director general of railroads and for this job he receives nota cent although re- . ry.snnr J: . , ,i , . , suiidi uircciors receive u.uuu aJ consequently, trom Decem ber 16 to January 1, he will be off "the payroll. SCHWAB RETURNS TO BETHLEHEM COMPANY New' York, Dec. 8.-Char!es M. Schwab, whose resignation as direc tor general of the emergency fleet corporation was accepted by Presi dent Wilson yesterday in a wire jess message, will return immed iately to active participation in the management of the Bethlehem Steel company, he announced at' his home hefe tonight. v , "My own ai.airs are of such mag nitude that I feel that I will be of gqter service to the country there during the period of reconstruction t.ian I would be as director of the . fleet corporation," he said. Mr. Schwab-said that while he ex acted "some economic troubles." . (luring the period of reconstruction. . lie btnved that period would he short and .that the nation would emerge to greater industrial devel opment than ever before. 4? I. W. W. MEMBERS COME TO TRIAL TODAY. Sacramento, Cal, Dec. 8. Forty seven defendants in the Industrial Workers of the World conspiracy case which grew out of the investi gation of the dyqamiting of the home of Gov. William G. Stephens here December , 17, 1917, will be brought to trial here tomorrow in the United States, district court on charges of attempting to obstruct the war progranf of the federal gov ernment. x The defendants were accused in the indictment of a conspiracy to en courage sabotage by aisonand other means and of fostering resistance to federal war measures and proclama tions. TESTS SHOW HIGH ORDER V OF. BRAINS IN U S. ARMY. , , Washington, Dec. 8. Eleven per cent of the 1,500,000 enlisted men of the army subjected to psychologi cal, tests were found to be qualified mentally to become officers while more than 26 per cenj of the men examined yere rated as above av erage intelligence. Eighty-three per cent o the officers to whom the tests were applied met the required standard of intelligence, said a state ment issued by the war department, giving for the first time the data compiled by the division of psychol ogy of the medical department. Less than one-Jialf of one per cent of the men were recommended for ' dischaiye as mentally deficient. ; WOMEN URGE ACTION ON SUFFRAGE QUESTION. Washington, Dec. 8. Immediate passage of the woman . suffrage amendment in recognition of the services rendered by the women of the country during the war was urged upon the-senate in a resolu tion passed at a meeting here today, called by the National Woman Suf frage association. The efforts of American women in support of the country's fighting forces were de scribed by a number of speakers, in cluding Dr.. Anna Howard Shaw, Y EVERYTHING THAT'S BEST IN THE GREAT The Omaha AND GLORIOUS-WEST THAT'S OMAHA. Daily Bee VOL. 48. NO. 149. Entrd u MCOHd-eltM Hitter May 2J, Omtfta P. O. wiw act it Mtrch I9M. it 3 IS79 OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1918. By Mill (I yur). 0illy. S4.S0: Sunday. I2.M; Dally and Sua.. W.50: rattldi Nab, aottaga aitra. - TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER'; Partly cloudy and colder; Monday; Tuesday fair. . v- Thrmomttr Rtadlnfal v 5 a. m 4S 1 p. m.... .M ft a. m 41 j p. m M 7 a. m 43 8 p. m'..., M a p. ai 4l i 4 p. m. 51 0 a. m 47 S p. m. M 10 a. in 40 p. m 85 11 a. ni S3 7 p. m 5t 1 m 58 S p. m.i . . ; r- r ? - . ... AftflER GAM Mrs. W. Q. McAdoo, Mrs. Josephus Daniels and Miss Jane Delano of the American Red Cross. Mrs. McAdoo said the history, of American women during the war "is the last word, the direct and ton elusive proof of their fitness for self government." 7 v Illinois Traction Lines ) .Still Tied Up by Strike' Peoria, 111., 'Dec. 8V Officials of the Illinois traction system tonight , declared no end of tne strike for trainmen was in sight and thai for the present at least no attempt would be made to operate cars on any part of the line with non-union men. INFANTRY OCCUPIES COB NZ Entry Into City on Rhine Hastened at Request of German Authorities to Maintain Order Mayor Says it is Up to Company to Start Operation of Cars Mayor Smith gave the follow ing statement on the strike sit uation: "I am very sorry that the men have turned down every propo sition for an amicable settlement, but now that they have done so, I think that it is up to the street railway company to resume op eration of cars and it is up to the city to protect the company in doing so. Mayor Smith has received the following telegram from the sec retary of the national war labor board: "We have communicated with the officials of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes and are assured that they will do everything possible to have 'employes accept award and are hopeful that successful results will be obtained." 180 KILLED AND HURT IN FIGHT AT BERLIN Wattles States Reason for' His Stand on Unions Treves, Rhenish Prussia, Dec. 8 (Special to New York Tribune and Omaha Bee). Food and supplies for the American army of occupa tion are costing Germany $9,000,000 daily. Three thousand motor trucks cart supplies from the American! Germans are enjoying greater freedom under American rule than German authorities permitted and, despite strict orders, civilians are troubling American officers by their attempts at fraternization with the troops. ' By Associated Press. American Army of Occupation, Dec. & A battalion of the Thirty ninth infantry, left Treves by train today for Coblenz, a four hours' run. The premature occupation of Coblenz is due to the request of the German authorities, who are appre hensive of the conditions that might prevail there after the Withdrawal of the German forces. Britons Require Saluted . Amsterdam, Dec. 8. The British authorities in charge of the occupa tion in the German zone assigned to the British army have ordered all German men to raise their hats to British officers, according to an of ficial announcement in Berlin. They must do similarly when the British national anthem is sung. Ready to Quit Poland. Berne, Dec. 8. The Polish bureau here anounces that the German rep resentative at Warsa.w, Count Kess ler, has officially informed the Pol ish government that Germany is ready to evacuate the districts of Rosan, Flodavna, Konstantinow and Biala. Shut Out of Switzerland. From 25,000 to 35,000 German sol diers, who formerly lived in Switz erland, are in " waiting along the Swfss frontier, anxious to return to their homes. The Swiss govern ment, however, has made strict regu lations regarding the crossing of the frontier by these men. Headquar ters' for supervising the transfer have been established at Fraulen-feld- Fighting at Afoc-La-Ch,apelle. Aix-La-Chapelle, Rhenish Prussia, I Dec. 8. Fighting in Cologne be- tween repuoiican revolutionists ana imperialist adherents has led to the speedy Vlispatch ot British troops there to maintain order, on the ap peal of the burgomaster. E. M. ANDREESEN, BUSINESS MAN OF OMAHA, IS DEAD victim if Automobile Acci . dent Succumbs to Shock and Dies Early Sun - day Morning. , Elber M. Andreesen, pioneer busi ness man and prominent citizen of C.naha, died early Sunday ...orning from injuries received in ..n auto mobile accident that, cccured last ThurcTay when he -was , crossing Farnam street, near Thirtieth. The funeral will held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the resK dence of his daughter Mrs. Luther Kountze, Thirty-ninth street and Dewey avenue. Rev. T. J. Mackay officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn. Mr. Andreesen is survived by his daughter and two grandchildren. His., wife died 29 years ago. Born in Sweden October 7, 1844, Mr. Andreesen came to the-United States in 1875, locating in Toledo, O. TJiere he remained until 1879. when he came to Fremont and associated himself with" the Lee Fried Hardware company. A year later he moved to Omaha and be came the active head of the An dreesen Hardware company that soon afterward was recognized as phe Lee-Glass-Andreesen Hardware company. This company went into the jobbing busines. and socm be came one of the leading hardware jobbing houses in the west. Later it became the Lee-Coit-Andreesen company, Mr. Andreesen -lolding tTTe position of treasurer. His Oma ha property interests were exten sive and during his lifetime he was a leading spirit in. fostering many business enterprises in the ' city. For many years he was director in the First National bank. Spartacus Group Reported to Be Holding With Ma chink Guns Three Su burbs of Capital. Zurich, Dec. 8. The casualties in the fighting at Berlin Friday mounted to 180, according to latest Berlin advices received here. The Spartacus, or radical socialist group, are reported to t be defending with machine guns three sections of Hie suburbs of Berlin. The workers and soldiers' com mittee has become demoralized and refuses to use arms. Street fighting is reported by the Cologne Gazette. Many persons have been killed. Several Girls Among Vistims. Berlin, Dec. 8. The clash, between government troops and followers of the Spartacus, or radical group, resulted in 16 persons being killed, and many injured. Several . girls who were passing on a street car were among those killed. It appears that the" audience from one of the three meetings of desert ers from ,. the . army was marching northward in Chaussee strasse to join the audience from a meeting held in a hall further north. The Fussilier' guards were drawn up at the intersection of Invaliden strasse and the commander warned the peo ple to disperse. The marchers were crying "forward! The soldiers won't shoot their comrades." The march ers tried to pierce the line, where upon the order to fire was given. Besides the wounded severely were badly hurt rushing through broken show windows seeking cover. Attack Liebknecht's taper. A group of soldiers stormed the editorial rooms of Karl Liebknecht's newspaper and attempted to destroy the plant. Frustrated in their raid on the newspaper office by govern ment orders, the soldiers then at tempted to arrest the members of the executive committee of the sof (ConiinjUed on Page Two. Column Four.) Officer and-Six Men Drown On Way to Rejoin Their Ship Paris, Dec. 8. One officer and six men of the American destroyer Lansdale were drowned Saturday when attempting to rejoin their ship, according to a Havas dispatch from Tangier. They were a party of thirty of ficers and men who had spent the afternoon in the Moroccan portund were returning to the Lansdale when the boat capsized in a heavy sea. ' At the conclusion of Mr. Wattles address to the street car strikers yesterday afternoon, one of the men asked this question: "Give tis your objection to the union, while you are up there, please." Mr. Wattles replied: "I am asked to give my objection to your union. Briefly, my objec tions are these: I do not want the city of Omaha nor the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway com- Ipany to'be tied up with an organiza tion whose headquarters' and head offices are outside of the city of Omaha, and fr'om whom they take their orders, instead of the people who live here. That is it. "We experienced this trouble 10 years ago, when an organizer came here and started a strike. It was ap proved by the men outside of the city and this man who came here said he ; would stop the wheels of progress of the city of Omaha unless we acceded to. his demands. We said we would not accede to his demands and we did not and we fought out the strike and you know the result. "My objection to your contract at this time is this: That it violates the agreement -that we have both made with the national war board and I, for one, will not be. a pafty to violating an. agreement to which I have set my name and agreed to stand by. "In the third place, my objection to signing an agreement and chang ing our status at this time is simply this: This 'whole question of wages and industrial conditions is in the air everywhere. The president of the United States has called the at tention of congress to the fact that wages have been elevated during the war and that probably they ought to remain there, and to undertake to reduce them will cause industrial strikes and trouble everywhere, and he has called on congress to enact some general legislation that will last through the reconstruction period. "I am hoping and praying that the United States of America is big enough to make such legislation in the near future as will cover every conflict that might arise between the employers and employes and I shall be greatly disappointed if they do not. With that expectation andhope ahead I do not want to change our status until that question has a" fair chance of being settled in some big and broad way." (Applause.) GUARDS SHOOT 29 FRENCHMEN INPRpCAMP France to Demand Repara tion for Act of Germans Declared Unjustified by Spanish Ambassador. Paris, Dec. 8. Nine French pris oners were shot and killed by the Germans and 15) other prisoners seriously wounded at the prison camp in Langensalza, Prussian Sax ony, tne Spanish ambassador at Berlin reports. The behavior of the prisoners did not in the least jus tify the severity of this act of re pression, it was declared. The French government, it is in dicated, is resolved to demand repa ration for this act of the Germans, which will be. added to the already long list of occurrences of this and similar nature. It was reported in a Paris dis patch of December 5 that incidents of "serious gravity" had occurred w,ithin the last few days in a prison camp in Saxony, where allied sol diers were confined, and the allied governments were said to have de cided to act energetically in this connection. It was apparently this incident which gave rise to the re port printed in the North German Gazette of Berlin that "allied occu pation was to be extended temporar ily even to Berlin," the reason given in this report being a "regrettable incident, during which a supervisor of a prisoners' tamp shot three Frenchmen." AUTO SMASH-UP INJURES THREE; LEUSSLER HURT Car in Which General Man ager of Street Car is RicF . ing Smashed in 'Collision. R. A. Leussler, assistant general manager of the street railway com pany and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin John son were Injured yesterday shortly after noon when the auto in which they were riding was hit broadside by a speeding automobile at Thirty eighth and Leavenworth. Mr. John son is vice president of the Busi ness Mens' association. Mrs. Johnson was driving the machine and they were going south on Thirtv-eiehth street, after hav ing left L. F. Crofoot at histihomei As they were going south on ihir ty-eighth street, Mr. Leussler saw a machine coming down Leaven worth street. He yelled to Mrs, Johnson to "look out", and grabbed the two Johnson children who were in the back seat with him saving them from injury. The Johnson car was hit squarely in the middle and both cars were badly wrecked. k Mr Leussler- received a bad bump on the nose, his glasses were broken and his head scratched. Mr. Johnson was bdly cut on the arm which bled profusely, hisface and ear were badly cut. Mrs Johnson also'' suffered bruises and a severe shaking up. The other car in the coliSion was driven by J. R. Phipps, 1504 Harney street, v ' STRIKERS VOTE TO TURN DOWN OFFER . OF RAIL OFFICIALS '.V', President Wattles Addresses Employes at Mass Meeting After Which Vote Is Taken; Strikers Agree to Re fuse to Make Statement After the Long Session at Labor Temple. t The street car strikers declined to consider any of the propositions made by President Wattles of the street car com pany at the meeting with the men in the Labor temple Sun day afternoon. . , This leaves the strike situation unchanged. When the secret ballots had been counted by the execu , tive committee of the union, President Short declared that h had no statement to make. N The vote as announced by President Short was 686 voting no and 23 yes. - j Serious faces were observed ai the men filed out at the close of the long session. " J- ' STRIKERS CARRY FLAGS. The strikers marched to the meeting place with flags, On the sidewalk were President Short of the union and Presi dent Wattles of the company who shook hands as the men be--gan" to enter the building. y Mr. Wattles observed that possibly some men other 'than bona fide members of the union might attempt to enter, the meeting, whereupon Mr. Short' assured him hat arrange ments had been made to admit none but members of m "Show your cards, boys," said Short to the men. " The " strikers quickly displayed their union cards as they marched. . past their-employer. We've goj the cards; Til say so. How does that look?" -remarked one of the men. , f One of the strikers suggested that a union card should be presented to Mr. Wattles when the latter recognized some of the men as they entered the hall. - "Wattles is all right, but is on the wrong foot," was a characteristic greeting from employe to employer. , Among the expressions heard during the meeting were: "What's the matter with having the union recognized?'! "What's the matter with turning down the war board?" President Ben Short explained to the assembled men that it was the desire of the union officers to let Mr. Wattles express himself before the strikers, as to the statui ' of the company and its employes, and that the union should express itself by secret ballot. Mr; Short added that it was the desire of Mr. Wattles that the vote should be byballot He was followed by David Coutts, who urged the men to refrain from demonstrations or interruptions. "Now, brbthers, as far as I have anything to say," added Mr. Short, "I am sure you will be all right, and I am through, and r now want to introduce to the rank and file of the street car company MrT Wattles. Mr. Wattles prefaced his remarks by stating that he had no fears of appearing before the men of the company and tell ing them anything that was on his mind. He said he took pride in the thought that employes of the company were gentlemen. He reviewed the events of the last few days, and,' stated again that he was willing to submit "this whole contro versy, so(far as working conditions are concerned, to the war labor board for decision." , HIGH SPOTS' OF SPEECHES AND DISCUSSION AT THE STREET CAR STRIKERS' MEETING SUNDAY Extracts taken from 'a steno , President Wattles of the traction company. Coifciliator Smith of the United States Department of Labor and C. L. Shamp, general organizer troubles to the war labor board and finally we said. 'Well, we will do it, for the AmericaI federation of La-"although we don't know what the bor were the principal speakers at the strikers' meeting Sunday. Mr. Wattles spoke for fifty-five minutes. He emphasized the point, as he con . tended, that the carman have not acted in good faith by striking in s the face of the award of the national , war labor board, after having ac cepted the award of that board last spring. Mr. Smith asserted that the war "labor board was more powerful in dealing with questions bf laboc. than other boards now in existenve, and its members are the choice of the , president oi the United States. Mr. Shamp stated that he organ ized the carmen but had not inter fered in this strike situation. He addressed several pointed remarks to. Mr. Wattles. , . ' Wattles Reviews Situation. MT.. Wattles reviewed events lead ins ud to the recent strike: "So much for the war labor board and the men who constitute thf board. Last spririg a conflict arose between the employes, or some of them, and the street railway officials. We, were, asked fo sign a contract recognizing a union which had been formed among the men that are em ployed by this company. It was quite evident that we were'liable to have a strike when the men came forward and asked us to submit this case to the national war labor board for tieir decision. I think before ' they fame to us with this proposi tion tliey hd already asked tha war Libor board to intervene in this trouble out here and avoid a'coa- v . graphic report of the session of strikers which was addressed by President Wattles of the street railway company, after which the men voted against arbitration by the U. S. War LaborBoard. flict. The mayor urgently request-1 here, in my hands. That decision I ington by the board on an appeal I "The strike was called," he con-1 award ol the labor war boarJ.'Vwas I ment which requires you to'continue 1 1 will make 100 per cent VodV I ' ed this comoanv to "submit our cave a substaritial-I might say a from the men. tinued. "We had appealed to the i Mr. Wattles' comment. your services and submit vour com- alwavs-have anrl al;a - result is going to be. We were willing to do it. 'Take Evidence. "We' were notified that the evi dence of the dispute between the men and the company would be taken at Kansas City, if we so de sired, by two agents of the hoard who would be there to hear this evi dence and take it down. The offi cers, of the street car company and therepresentatives of your organi zation went to Kansas City. Before these examiners would take this evi dence they presented an agreement by ihe company and the men that they would abide by the decision of that board, before they proceeded, and that agreement was signed by your representative, Mr. Short, and by another employe of the company, and iy the officers of the company: "The evidence regarding your de- Umands-was considered by those ex aminers and taken -down in detail. Trie question of runs, the question of wages, and numerous other ques tions were gone into and taken down. When this report reached the war labor board, in Washing ton, it was considered by them and an argument was, presented on the part ot both sides, as 1 understand it, before the war labor board them selves, or before Mr. Taft and Mr. Walsh as arbitrators, for their final decision in that case; r Board Increases Wages, , due time they rendered their decision and I have a-, copy of it large increase of wages to the men, increasing their wages" to the extent of about -$300,000 a year to the com pany. I don't ask any cheers and I don't ask for any demonstrations of any kind .on that account. I want fo present this in a dispassionate way and have your Htidivided at tention, becauje this is too important a matter for any of us to get excited on. "They penalized the company, in addition to the additional pay whir I" they granted, they penalized the company for what we call the "swing" runs, making it more ex pensive for the company to operate those swing runs. They pervided in this award for, the settlement of any lisputes that might come up under it." ' s Gives History of Board. - Mr. Wattles related the history of the organization oflhe war labor board, in which work . President Compers of the American Federa tion of" Labor was interested. 'The Secretary of Labor," he stated," whose sympathies I am mformed are entirely with the labon unions, in conference wltlv Mr. Gompers, and the president of the National Indus trial Conference board, "devised a plan to avoid strikes arid 'conflicts during the war. The members of the war board were equally divid ed between union and non-union men." i In his continued reference to-the award of the war board, Mr. Wattles related that several disputes arose, one of which is now pending and is to be heard todaj in Wash- Expect Decision Today. "We were notified to present our case in Washington, indicating that they were going ,to make a prompt decision as to who was right and who was wrong," he said.. "So we have been acting under the supervision of the war board since "trtir , dispute last spring, and when this dispute came up, I said to the men who came to us that we would continue to act, under that board. They were our bosses. " We agreed that they should be our" bosses until the war was over, and you men aKreed'that they should be; until the war was over, and the war is not over. A voice: ' "If is!" Reads from Unionist. Mr. Wattles: "Well, 'now, let us read an extract from your own union paper, the Unionist, of date of De cember 6, 1918: 'Joint Chairmen Taft and Manley of the war labor board'have been asked by Secretary of Labor Wilson to remain in charge ofthe board until the war is finally ended. While an armistice has been declared, the secretary, in his letter says we have not yet reached the statuaof peace; and for that reason it is desirable that the war board continue its activities.' " On the "subject of recognition of the union, whidh is the chief point in the strike controversy, Mr. Wattles remarked that the princi ples of the war board contemplate that the union or non-union status of an establishment stall not be deemed as a grievance" during the . i - r .! i cnou m mc wi. war labor board that the men had violated their agreement by calling this strike before the war was over a,nd I asked them to state their posi tion. I received no answer because I suppose that the boarJ wanted to be absolutely nonpartisan. The mayor notified the war labor board that a strike was onhere for the pur pose of coercing recognition of the union and . a Closed shop.- Mayor Smith was advised by the b6ard that a telegram had been sent to Presi dent Short of the union, stating: 'Under the principles of the board you have no right to insist upon contract and your striking is a viola tion of good faith on your part. We Miave conferred with Mr. ahey, your own lawjer. and he agrees with us in this view. We say to you that good faith requires you to end the strike and resume your work under the award of the board of the bene fits of which you have accepted.' Continuing he said: "Now, gentlemen, ther is one thing that we must learn, whether we be laborers, and I am one I have worked all my life-as hard and harder than most' men have worked, and am still working. I have labored Nwith my hands and with my brain, and I have worked nights and days and Sundays as hard as any of 'you have worked and my sympathies go out to every man who works. I subscribe to the doctrine that men who labor plaints to the war board during the war, or at least until the presi dent's proclamation says that the war is over" War is Not Over. He stated again that the war is not over, and that being the case, the question of fair and just treat ment between the men and the com pany arises. He said itvhad been necessary for the company to ask the men to do things which would not have been necessary under ordi- in wages during the war Will Not Beat, Down Wages. "I hope the standards of labor Strike is Disloyalty. ! that have been raised during the war Mr. Wattles read the following K"11 never be lowered and do not message sent by President Wilson, !lave' a.y e. boys, from me. of ,f,,:., , ,,.t ctriti. pnnirn. my trying to beat down your wages because I( stand for these things and Iwill stand by" you in getting have a rieht to be eranted fair treat-; nary conditions. ment and honest pay and I hope "And so," he added, "I said yester that out of this war we will learn I 'ay to your executive committee, a lesson and that is, that the rights! 'We will-put the whole damn thing of every man must be more' care-'before the war board and ask them fully safeguarded in the future than to. decide it,' qualifying it, however, perhaps they have been in the past, with the statement that the ques Labor has received a ereat increase tion of recognizing the union dur ing tne war had already been decid ed and therefore was not a subject for negotiation. '! asked for a meeting of men, that you might take a ballot upon the question of whether you, wanted ro Keep up tne tignt and versy in Bridgeport, Conn.: " "Tf curli iticr.md in f li solemn ! adjudication of a tribunal to which both parties have submitted their claims be temporized, that agree ment becomes a mere scrap of paper.' If errors creep into the awards the proper remedy is submission of.th award with an application for a re hearing to the tribunal, but to strike aginst the award is disloyalty and dishonor."" "That is what President Wilson says ot strikers wno aisregaa tnc them. 'I stand for fair and honest treatment and honest conditions: And there is an obligation on your part, men you must stand for hon esty, for the inviolability of con tracts and agreements. ( you do not stand for that you, destroy, all confidence that "employers may hr:ve in you, if you ter them up and throw them aside. And what I am contending for here today is just this: that you have made an agree- ' - " this strike or whether you wanted to have this submitted to the war board and abide by their decision. If your conditions are bad they will be cos tected. You do not need to go to the war board -to have this done; you can get every single complaint made to me corrected in five min utes' time and could have had it cor rected if you had notified me of what the trouble was, long ago. (Laughter.) "I don't see anything funny about that. Whatever I have ever said to yojj men of this community, in con nection with the street car service, Mr. Wattles told the men that the question for them to decide is 1 whether or not they wish to go on wjth the strike and deprive this com. niunity of street car service, and ' spend their time picketing" around the barns, or whether they will put 1 the Jiiatter up to the war labor board. , ' -.." "You may all be wrought up to such a pitch of excitement that as standing vote would be entirely- un fair, because,, in my mind, any man . who failed to stand up, the finger of scorn would be pointed toward him. I want a fair and honest expression, . not influenced by excitement or prejudice," he said. , .. "I did not think it was quite fair for Mr. Short to go out to the barm yesterday and tell you all how tc 1 vote. That is a question you ought to have decided after the evidence ' was all in. I haven't anything against Mr. Short. I have found him . von to be a man of abscJutehonesty. "W. 1 I- c uc mauc an agreement . and for God's sake regard it as a sacred agreement as I do and stand by it. We are standing by it al though it is busting the company today to do it." (Laughter.) Sees Receivership Coming. "Oiryom can laugh now; 'that ii entirely through ignorance whet " btou make that expression. But ii is a tact twt the company is go- ingapidfy into" the hands of rh ' receivers, because the recommenda- ' tions of the war labor board, that thi governing body of this state should .V. increase the fare, has" not been givet.- to us.' We are doing business or,, (('nlluurd en rate Two, Colnmjt 0a4 . v . i