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BRIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS WANT HINDENBURQ FOR FIRST PRESIDENT. Berlin, Aug. 28.The national liberals are boosting field Marshal von Hindenburg for the presiden cy in the first elections to be held under the new constitution. The directorate of the party calls upon the voters to ralfr around the man whose name has been an "epitome of faithful service to the country in war, in victory and in the hour of need." HUGE PORK SEIZURE MADE IN TOLEDO. Toledo, Aug. 28. Three hundred and fifty-one thousand pounds of pork stored in the plant of the Northern Refrigerating company for the Cleveland branch of Swift and 'Company, was seized today through an order of county court. OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF' THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. TThe . Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 49 NO. 62. ttm4 m mi-ttn mttw Mty JS, IMS. it OmIm P. O. nt Mt t Mirtk J, M7. OMAHA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29T 1919 B, Mill (I mi), Bill. M.Ut U4u. S2.S0: Otlljr t4 fl.M; MUM Ntk. tUf utra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER t Generally fair Friday and Sat urday, preceded by tinsettled in extreme cast portion Friday; not much change in temperature. v Hourly enii rutwrm a. m.. Is. nt. . a a. nt.. ft. HI. . 10 a. m.. tt a. m 13 nova . ... .... . t p. m. 3 l. .. S It. m. 4 p. m.c 5 p. m. p. m. 7 a n, m. C3 mm nn A (la Uuvl m SO FOND OP HOME HAD PAIR OF WIVES. Goshen, Ind., Aug. 28. John M. Barr, traveling salesman, likes home life. Spending part of the week in hotels didn't suit him and to solve the problem he acquired! two wives. One of t!i em lived in Indianapolis with their little son. The other lived in Goshen. Neither had heard of the other until Wednesday, when Barr was brought to jail for big amy. A brother of wife No.. 2 made the complaint. Barr admitted he had twoxjvives and divided his attention eqifally between them, passing three and a half days of each we.ek at each home. 12,000 GALLONS BEER DUMPED INTO GUTTERS Chicago, Aug. 28. Four hundred barrels or 12,000 gallons, of .275 per cent, beer, manufactured by the Schlitz Brewing company of Mil waukee, before war-time pfohi tion, was dumped into the gutters of a North Side street by Otto R. Fuerst, U. S. revenue inspector, to enable the company to recover $2,400 in taxes previously paid the government. FRENCH PRESS AFTER SCALP, OF WILSON. Paris, Aug. 28. The French press is almost unanimous in criticising what it terms "President Wilson's note to Turkey" with regard to the cessation of massacres in Armenia. The newspapers seem to be under the impression that the communica tion was a formal one and charge President Wilson with going over the head of the peace conference and declare that the gravest of conse quences may follow. "Presidents Wilson doifbtless meant well," says the Echb De Paris, "but the note may have con trary effects to those he hoped for." PRACTICAL I. W. W.? NAY, BO I IDEALISTIC. Douglas, Ariz.jAug. 28. William Curnow, an I. W. W. witness for the state in the hearing of 200 de fendants charged with kidnaping in . fit. i! J.H..AH1AM A 1,100 men from Bisbee in connection with the 1. W, W. striKe oi two -years ago, Thursday admitted that though he it art avowed I. W. W. believer, he would be reluctant to turn over his property to the "masses" and accept only such a liv ing as he could earn. Curnow answered the question of attorneys for the defense after ob jections by the state had been over ruled. 60,000,000,000 FRANCS LOTTERY AUTHORIZED. ' Paris, Aug. 28. Deputy Andre Lefevre introduced, in the chamber of deputies a'bill authorizing the issue of, a lottery loan of 60,000,000, 000 francs without interest. This loan ...:ti i.i.. (f.rm n( KnnHa tn he reimbursed at par by drawings every six months over a period of 20 years. In addition to par drawings, there will be prize drawings, and every day for two years one num ber will be drawn which will carry a prize of 1,250,000 francs, and each week two numbers entitling the holders to 500,000 francs each, and 10 numbers worth 100,000 francs each. ' After the first two years prizes to the amount of 1,250,000 francs will be drawn for each week, instead of each day. WOULdIpTROHLBIT SALE OF WILDCAT OIL STOCKS. ' Colorado Springs, Aug. 28. The appointment of a committee of three members of the American Petro leum Institute to investigate and draft a law prohibiting the sale or advertising of "wild cat" oil stocks was made at the closing session of . the institute. " The committee is composed of R. L. Welch, general secretary of the institute; Judge C. D. Chamber lain, general counsel of the General Petroleum association, Cleveland, and R. W. Stewart, chairman of the board of directors of the Standard 011 company of Indiana. The institute also endorsed the plan for the foundation of a $1,000, 000 research bureau, offered by Dr. Van H. Manning, a director of the United States bureau of mines. INDIANS THINK YANK -AIRMEN GREAT GODS. San Diego, Aug. 28. An experi ence replete with hardships and dangers was described by Maj. Theodore MacCauley and Capt. Ss-S. Eberle, North Island military avia tors, on their return from an aerial trip into the trackless wastes of Lower California, Mexico, in search of Lieuts. Frederick Waterhouse and C. S. Connellys-missing airmen, who wre finally found by Mexican soldiers. They left North Island August 24. - While flying over the Pedro Martez mountains they en countered a severe electrical storm, twice ran out of gasoline and only by good fortune found supplies in inlated daces, and finally experi enced the pangs of delirium brought on by thirst when torced once to tramp miles over a torrid desert. While flying over the base of the Pedro Marter mountains Major MaeCaulev and Captain Eberle sighted a group of Indians who had never seen an, airplane before. As the machine swooped low the In dians prostrated themselves as though praying. . The airmen later learned the Indians believed them to he some oreat unknown eoo : COSSACKS SMASHING red mm Gen. Kamontov's Forces Cap ture 13,000 Bolsheviki and Disperse 20,000 Mobilized ' But Untrained Men. ! DENIKINE'S ADVANCE - CONTINUES RAPIDLY Within 10 Miles of Kiev and 12 Miles From PeJIura's Forces and May. Cut Off Huge Radical Army. London, Aug. 28. (By The Asso ciated Press.) The Cossacks under General Kamontov, who succeeded in breaking through the red army, captured 13,000 bolsheviki and dis persed 20,000 mobilized but un trained men. A dispatcn nas Deen received to this effect from General Kamontov, which refutes the bol shevik claim that his communica tions have been cut. A red regiment with 40 officers de serted to Kamontov, who is forming division made up of former bol sheviki, He has evacuated Tambov and'is proceeding northwest towards Koslov. Denikine Advancing. General Denikine's advance is continuing rapidly; he is now within 10 miles ot Kiev and i miles irom Petlura's forces. If a junction oc curs the entire old bolshevik forces remaining in the pocket, 250 miles deep on a 50-mile width to the south of Kiev, will be cut off. To the northeast General Ueni- kine has captured the important railway junction of i Bakhmacs. Denkine's cavalry -rand armored trains are- leading the advancend are not meeting with any opposition along the whole western front. The bolsheviki, however, are massing on his center and right. The plan of General Denikine is to clear the left flank, preparatory to a general ad vance. - Reds Claim Pskov. The bolshevik claim to the cap ture of Pskov, southwest of Petro- grad, is probably correct Further to the south the roles are advanc ing on Dvinsk and to the eastward have forced the bolsheviki back to the Dvina near Polotsk, imperiling their line. South, of the Pripet marshes the Poles have been checked on the line of the Sluch river. Heavy fighting is going on at Novgorod Volinsk. Further eastward the bolsheviki have retaken Jiftomir. This success has been countef balanced by the capture of Fastov by the Ukrain ians. CHARGE MURDER OF NEBRASKAN ' TORUFUSKING Kansas Liverynian Held for Trial on Charge of Kill ing Two Men. Eskridge, Kas., Aug. 28. At a second preliminary hearing, con cluded Thursday night, Rufus King, livery man, was bound over for trial on a charge of murder in connec tion with the disappearance of a jewelry peddler at Maple Hill, sev eral years ago, thought to be Wil liam F. Ringer, brother of T. O. Ringer, Tilden, Neb., and O. R. Ringer, Wisner, Neb. A week ago King was held for trial on charges of murder in con nection with the disappearance of Reuben Guthall of Maple Hill, sev eral years ago. ' In connection with the disappear ance at Maple Hill several .year, ago of John A. Woody, a young farmer. King was ordered held with out bail for triaHn district court on a charge di murder. Relatives of Woody identified a skeleton exhibit ed, in court as that of the missing yputh. The skeleton was dug up in the yard of a livery barn formerly conducted by King at Maple Hill. King took the decision calmly. Montenegro in Throes of Revolutionary Strife London, Aug. 28. Fighting has broken ont everywhere in Monte negro and the whole country is in a, state of revolution, according to news received here. The Serbians are using strong measures in an at tempt to suppress the uprisings. "We seem to be in for a recrudes cence of the Balkan trouble," was a statement made to The Associated Press today from -an authoritative source.- The Montenegrins have cut : the railway between Virpazar and Anti vari. on the coast. ' The' Serbians are receiving? rein forcements but are not meeting with success in their efliort to put down the revolutionary movement ac cording to advices ' r Distinguished U. S. Jurist Stricken With Paralysis in Bluffs Judge Walter I. Smith Walter I. Smith'Removed to Hospital in Serious Con dition Attack Due v to Overwork. Judge Walter I. Smith of the United States circuit court of ap peals, suffered an attack of paraly sis when he attempted to rise from bed yesterday. The attack is be lieved to have been brought about by strenuous exercise Monday, when some' of the trees, about the home on South Seventh street were trimmed and he spent considerable time helping to clear away the brush. Judge Smith was feeling badly Tuesday and on Wednesday had to be assisted home by his brother, Forest Smith, after he had gone to the federal building, where he has been daily holding court in chambers. Yesterday when W. J. Copeland, his private secretary and official reporter, went to the resi dence, Judge Smith was still in bed. He attempted to rise'but fell help less on the floor. Dr. F. W, Houghton, the family physician, was called and it was de cided to remove him to a hospital. Judge Smith was optimistic and cheerful. His condition' last night showed little improvement. Facial paralysis makes it impossible for him to speak distinctly. 1 Judge Smith is but little past mid dle life. He was born in Council Bluffs in 1862, and received his ed ucation in the city schools. He had the distinction of being the youngest member of the bar and the youngest man in Iowa to be elected district court judge. He was 27 years' old when elected in 1890. After serving 10 years oft the bench he resigned in June, 1900. when ap pointed congressman to'fill the unt expired term o f Representative Smith McPherson, who resigned to accept the appointment of judge of the United States district court for the southern Iowa district. Judge Smith was re-elected each year and became a national figure. President Taft appointed him one of the judges of the United States district court of appeals, March 11, 1911. Judge Smith has led a high pres sure life, crowding into compara tively few years services to his coun-. try of the highest character. He has been slowly bending under the strain, hardening of the arteries de veloping, and he has been warned by his physicians against overwork. He attacked with enthusiasm the enor mous amount of work in connection with the court of appeals and has written a majority decision in most of the cases that have been adjudi cated. He is still confident that he will soon' be out ofthe hospital and says he will dictate decisions there if he is kept confined too long. Balfour Positive y He Showed Wilson Shantung Treaty London, Aug. 28. Despite Presi dent Wilson's declaration to the con trary before the United States sen ate committee on foreign relations, Arthur James Balfour, British for eign secretary, is distinctly under the impression that he showed Presi dent Wilson the Japanese-British treaty on Shantung when he was in Washington, according to informa, tion gained from personal friends of Mr. Balfour here. Mr. Balfour, who is still .in Paris, has discussed the matter with his friends and he insists that the Shan tung matter was discussed with President Wilson, even when mat ters of seemingly greater importance at the time had to be taken up. Senators Seek Jo Change Law of War Insurance Washington, Aug. 28. Investiga tion by the senate finance commit tee of the war. risk insurance bu reau with a view to changes in the law governing the bureau was au thorized today by the senate. t Commute Death Sentence. Paris, Aug. 28. The sentence of death imposed upon Pierre Len cir, convicted in May, last, of hav ing had dealings with the enemy, will be commuted to life imprison ment . on Devil's Island, sav the Journal - . COKIS OR IDEALS, Italy Wondering Whether U. S. Bankers' PJans for Jugo-Slavia Didn't Influence President in re Adriatic. QUESTION NOW BEING UNIVERSALLY ASKED Economic Development Rather Than 14 Points-Uppermost in Executive's Mind at Peace Table, Is Opinion Advanced. Rome, Aug. 8. (By Universal Service.) "Did contracts between . 1 V V X V ' l IV HL.J11.V-. U U1H1 IIIV p. . V. 1 11, ment or czecno-MovaKia, togetner with plans for the economic devel opment of Jugo-Slavia, influence President Wilson more than did his 14 points in the settlement of the Adriatic question?" This question is now being uni versally asked in Italy as a result of facts just revealed at Paris. It was revealed", among other things, that the Czecho-Slovak government has granted a railroad concession of great importance to the Commercial Corporation of America, nowbeing formed at Prague with a capital of 10,000,000 crowns, divided into 500 crown shares, which four Prague banks have fully subscribed at, 550 crowns each. This Prague company is to be a branch of the Commercial Corporation of America, with head quarters at New York and a capital of $5,000,000. ' , American railroad engineers ap pointed by the Serbian government (Continued on Page Four, Column One.) HOG PRICES GO -TUMBLING ON v STOCK MARKET N.Y. HIPPODROME FORCED TO CLOSE BY ACTORS' STRIKE World's Greatest Playhouse Left "High -and Dry" by Walkout of Union Mtn. September Pork Recedes $2.75 a Barrel and Csh Corn " Declines 6 Cents. Chicago, Aug. 26. Agitation against the high cost- of living was the influence which dominated the grain makets today. Continued liquidation . was the rule and price rallies were'the exception through out the session. The general bear ish feeling was accentuated by sharp declines in live hog values, which were directly reflected in lower meat products and to a lesser degree by smaller prices for corn and oats. The September pork shot down- ?2.75 a barrel and closed $2.50 under yesterday's figures. December and May corn dragged all day and touched new low record prices tor the season. Corn closed weak anol near the low points 2Yt to 3?4c net lower, with September at $175j4 to $176 and December at $1.36 to $1.37;. Oats finished llj$c lower and provisions 85c to $2.50 lower. Bearish Sentiment. The drag of lower priced live hogs which sagged $1 to $1.50 and added to the bearish sentiment which has followed efforts to lower living costs was,felt early and continued through the day. v Cash corn, which has been at a generous premium over the futures, tumbled sharply, declining today 2 cents to p" cents a bushel, bringing the figures 12 cents under last week's price. Country offerings of corn were light ind some traders insisted that old corn was still on the farms in sufficient quantity to be a market factor. Oats showed weak ness wit corn, though the declines were less sharp and evidence of a fairly firm undertone was seen tfrom time to time, lhere was tair sup port at the extreme low points. Country offerings were small and there was little export demand.. Provisions were extremely weak, with all products touching new low points. The proposed opening of government stores to the public, a development in the fight against the high cost of living, together with the break in livchpgs, gave full sweep to bearish activity. Pork led in the downturn at one time, drop- ping $2.75 below yesterday's closing price. A leadirig packer was cred ited with selling, lard. There was little support to the market. At the yards ZjiOOO hogs were received and about 13,000 of the animals were unsold at the closest trading. Es timated hog receipts" tomorrow were placed at 15,000, which will start the day with 28,000- hogs on sale. The close was weak, pork was off $2.50; lard from 85c o $1.32 lower, and ribs, $1.12 to $1.85 lower. The September, product finished pork, $40.00; lard,' $2720, and ribs, $2120. Tulsa Gets Jde Bennett. Louisville, Aug. 28. Geireral Man ager William Neal of the Louisville American association club, an nounced today that he had released Pitcher Joseph Bf nnett to the Tulsa Western league club- New York, Aug. 28. The New York Hippodrome, the world's larg est playhouse, which thus far had been unaffected by the actors, stage hands and musi'ciahs' strike was closed Thursday night when 412 stage hands walked out. Left "high and dry" by the strike of stage hands, the entire cast, in cluding 82 principals, 204 chorus members, 180 ballet dancers, 94 specialty artists and clowns, 69 swimmers, 44 animal trainers, 12 equestrians, 44 musicians, 193 ushers and members of the house staff quit he theater and flocked in large numbers to headquarters of the Actors' Equity association, where many enrolled as members. The Hippodrome management said that the strikers had been "treated royally" and were receiving wages ranging from $50 to $146 a week, which were higher than the union scale. All who worked last Saturday night when "Happy Days" opened received a share of a $1,500 bonus. Asserting that they are "absolute ly independent" and have no affilia tion with any other theater in Amer ica, the Hippodrome owners issued a statement saying they could not account for the strike. The man agement said the cast numbered 1,132 persons. Strike Spreads to Capital. Washington, Aug. 28. The actors' and theatrical employes' strike, which has closed theaters in New York and Chicago, has spread to Washington. Stage hands and mu sicians at the Shubert-Belasco thea ter here walked out just before the performance of "Up From Nowhere" was to begin Thursday night. - NAME PERSHING GENERAL IN U. S." REGULAR ARMY Nebraska Congressmen Laud Soldier Chief and Claim Him as Cornhusker- Washington, Aug. 28. (Special Telegram.) Universal laudation of General Pershing at the hands of his fellow countrymen was' not confined to any particular section today when the house had under consideration, and with four negative votes passed the bill authorizing the president of the United States to confer on him the permanent rank of general. Two Nebraskans paid General Pershing praise. Congressman Reavis, speaking of the human side of his solicitude for his boys of the American forces, brought sobs from the galleries as he fold of the efforts pnt forth by Tershing to give the men under his command that moral and physical training that would make them clean and fit to return to their Homes. Claimed by Nebraska. Congressman Andrews told of his first acquaintance with Pershing when Andrews was private secretary to Governor Crounse and the gen eral, then a captain, was taking a degree in the law department of the University of Nebraska. Mr. An drews said he did not want to pluck one laurel wreath from Missouri, but as a Nebraskan he wanted to -lay claim to General Pershing as a Ne braskan because of the length of time that he had lived in Nebraska, and because of the further fact that his relatives live there now in the capital of the state. "As a NebrasUn I pay tribute to Pershing today for he has shown many of the qualities of Washing ton in his ability to select and com mand men, and the characteristics of Grant in his quiet methods of dis posing of his forces to the end that the whole field of battle was a win ning field," said Mr. Andrews. General Pershing will sail for the United States September 1 on . the Leviathan. Felicitates France. '.Paris, Aug. 28. "When one has known the generous French people, when one has seen them in trial and in time of rejoicing, one cherishes such respect and friendship for them that one parts from them with real sorrow," said Gen. John J. Pershing to a representative of the Journal today. "I regret exceedingly that I shall be unable to be present at the un veiling of the- monument September 6 at Point de la Grave, raised to commemorate the arrival of the first American troops in France. Un fortunately, my departure canndt be postponed, the United States senate having expressed a wish to receive me .as soon as possible." ' Pittsburgh Strike Settled. Pittsburgh. Aug.' 28. Street car service, suspended two weeks ago by a strike of 3,000 motormen and conductors of the Pittsburgh Rail ways company, will be resumed Fri day. The striking car men; late Thursday decided to-return to. work, thereby accepting "under protest" the national war labor board's award of 5 cents an hour increase in wages. The men demanded a 12-cent raise. - WILL MOVE TRAINS BY SATURDAY Unless Strikers in West Re turn to Work by 7 A. M. Aug. 30 Government Will Restore Service, Hines Says. WILL LOSE JOBS IF ORDER NOT OBEYED Already Some Workers Have Reported for Duty and it Is Expected Tieup Will Be Ended Within Short Time. San Francisco, Aug. 28. Strik ing S4n Francisco yardmen de cided tonight to return to work Seattle, Wash., Aug. 28. Olc tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, Hanson, Seattle's mayor, who gain according to T. Ahearn, superin tendent of the coast division of the Southern. San Francisco, Aug. 28. (By The Associated Press.) Announced de termination of the government to restore full railroad service in Cali fornia, Arizona and Nevada by 7 o'clock Saturday morning, tx-" pressed in Washington tonight by Walker D. Hines, director general of railroads, was generally accepted here as meaning the strike situa tion would be cleared in the west before the time limit set in. Even before the announcement -of Mr. Hines, strikers at practically all points except in Los Angeles territory were obeying the orders of chiefs of the international rail road brotherhoods and were return ing to work. Union leaders here urged" the; men to consider the consequences of remaining on strike in view of the statement of Mr. Hines that all men who did 'not return to their posts by the time set would find their positions filled. The first break in the" ranks of the strikers came when the Oak land switch and yard men' reported for work at midnight last night, en abling the thfee transcontinental lines to re-establish full schedules. Men Report for Work. Reports throughout the day to the United States railroad adminis tration here were that the menwere reporting for work or were promis ing to do so. The freight embargo on the San Francisco bay district was lifted so far as Oakland was concerned, but remained in effect here. What brotherhood chiefs con sidered one of the most hopeful signs from the south was an an nouncement from Los Angeles that Southern Pacific officials there had received su telegram purport ing to have been authorized by 200 strikers at Bakersfield, saying they would return to work if as sured they could do so without loss of seniority rights and privileges. 'Khe, officials said they had advised the men they could do so. A. F. Whitney, a vice president of the trainmen's brotherhood, and Nelson Savage, chairman :,f the brotherhood here, were making de termined efforts here and in the southern part of the state to end the strike. They expressed belief that they would, succeed. Send Word, to Wilson. Among the developments of the day was the dispatching of tele grams by striking trainmen here to President' Wilson and Mr.,. Hines, urging them to take over and operate the lines of the Pacific Electric Railway systems radiating from Los Angeles. The strike of the employes of that company was said to have contributed to the dis turbanceson the steam lines. The railroads in Los Angeles be gan calling their men back o work early today but none repored. rail road officials said. Strikers there held a meeting to discuss the an (Contlnued on Page Four, Column Four.) Mentions Pershing for Next President in Speech in House Washington, Aug. 28. First men tion in congress of General Per shing for president was made Thursday during a debate by Rep resentative Campbell, democrat, Pennsylvania, who said "the xoun try cannot pay too great arrhonor to him." ''I would like to see the people of thjs country and this house put aside our partisanship, our adher ence to democracy and republican ism" declared Mr. Campbell, "and make him the unanimous' choice of the conventions that assemble next year and elect him president of the United Staes." t General Pershing will undoubedly be given an official welcome home at a joint session of congress, lead ers said. A resolution providing that the speaker of the house ap point a commitee to meet with a similar committee from the tnate feia.lPOSTPONE to bo on fishing - mm fit v - 1 sf l5 La RAIL TIEUP Ole Hanson. "I Am Tired Out," Ole Hanson Said, in Statement Ac7 companying Resignation. ed' national fame asa result of his stand for Americanism during the general strike here last February, presented his resignation to the city council at 1:30 o'clock Thurs day. It was accepted immediately. "It, am tired out and am going fishing," he said in a statement ac companying the resignation. "I have no political plans for the future," Hanson asserted when ask ed about rumors that he might be a candidate for the republican nom ination for vice president. C. B. Fitzgerald, city councilman, was elected by the council to suc ceed Mayor Hanson. Fitzgerald had Hanson's support for the post. Hugh Caldwell, corporation coun sel, received three votes for the of fice. Fitzgerald received five.' OMAHA INCLUDED IN ITINERARYOF WILSON'S TRIP President Will Start Next Wednesday on 25 Days' . Speaking Tour. - ..... in .in. . - Washington, Aug. 28 President 'Wilson will leave WashingAn next Wednesday on a tour of tne country to give an account to the people of the negotiation of the treaty of Ver sailles. Secretary Tumulty made this an nouncement, finally putting at rest rumors current during the past few weeks that the proposed trip, which would take the president to the Pa cific coast, had been abandoned. The trip will occupy 25 days, and speeches appealing for the immedi ate ratification of the peace treaty without change will be made in the principal cities of the west. The opening address, Secretary Tumulty said, will be at Columbus, O., next Thursday, probably in the evening. Eleventh Hour Changes. Eleventh ,hour changes by Presi dent Wilson prevented announce ment of the completed itinerary as had been planned. White House of ficials worked far into the night completing the details of the. tour, but when it was sent to the president he made slight changes that neces sitated reconstructing the entire route. Announcement will, there fore be made Friday, Secretary Tu multy said. Some of the stops enroute to the Pacific coast have become known and, according to the best informa tion available, the second speech will be made at Indianapolis, fol lowed by speeches at St. Louis, Kansas City and Topeka, in the or der named. From the latter city the presidential party will go to Omaha,' thence to Sioux Falls. S. D.; St. Paul or Minneapolis and Bismarck, N. D. Train Speeches Likely. Then will follow speeches at Billings and Helena, Mont; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Spokane, possibly Seattle; Portland, San Francisco. Los Angeles a n r San Diego. Speeches may be made from the train between these cities, but it "is known the president is opposed to making open air addresses. Returning from the Pacific coast the belief is that stops will be made at Reno, Nev.; Salt Lake City, Den ver and Oklahoma City, thence south and eastward, probably to Louisville,. Ky. It is not believed the president will go very far into the southwestern and southern states, however. Railroads Upheld in -Oil Lands Controversy Los Angeles, Aug. 28. Holding that the evidence of fraud was inconclusive,-Judge Benjamin F. Bledt soe, ih the United States district court, dismissed six consolidated suits filed by the government against the Southern Pacific comoanv and 221 other companies and individuals. Legislative Council of Train men's Shop Crafts Allows President Stipulated Time to Make Good on Promises. IMMEDIATE LAP0R SITUATION EASED Breathing Space Given Palmer and Assistants to Take Infla tionJJut of Prices and Punish Hoarders and Profiteers. seekinn to have set aside natenti in to arrange the welcoming session, valuable oil lands in the San joa was adopted by the house today ' I quin valley. i Washington, Aug. 28. (By The Associated Press.) Industrial peace in the United States, according to . the legislative council of the rail-, road shop crafts, depends on the re sults -4lie government can show ins the next 90 days in its campaign to reduce the cost of living. That time limit was tacitly set today by the council in suggesting to" union locals throughout the -country that president Wilson's compromise offer in. response to -their demand for higher wages should be accepted pending the out come of the effort to restore a nor- mal price level. If the cost of living does not come, down the 500,000 members of the shop crafts would reserve the right tot strike for more money,-and with them probably would be associated the remainder of -the 2,500,000 rail--road employes, alt of whom have been considering the same problem. Uneasiness Composed. " Tbe letter of the 'executive Coun cil served to compose somewhat the uneasiness felt in official circles over the immediate labor situation and to focus attention on the legal meas-. ures being directed by Attorney General Palmer and' his assistant, Judge Ames, to take the inflation out of prices, to punish hoarders and profiteers. , ' "In our opinion," the letter said, "the next 90 days will bring the en tire situation to a head and if a strike is to take place every class ofi railroad employes should be will-' ing to join in the movement, share their full measure of responsibility and -not leave the issue to be de cided y the 22 per cent of the rail-" road employes represented, by the, federated trades." Some Apprehension. : Apprehension was evident, how--ever, both in the letter and in'Ahe : conversation of the international of ficerst, that the men might hot- be willing to accept the suggestion that the question of a strike be left in the hands of the executive council ' and a suspension of work to be or dered only after a "reasonable time" had made it clear that such a atep was" necessary to afford relief. The letter said the proposal was certain to draw criticisms from individuals "who have not as yet indicated a de- -sire to listen to reason," and that it was conceivable some men would want to rush into a strike now? Officers of the unions declined to hazard a guess whether the advice ; would prevail, but hoped that the , more moderate element would dom- inate the deliberations. .' - Wants Some Convictions. -Attorney General Palmer had said that a few convictions for flagrant' cases of profiteering and hoarding would end the trouble within 60 4 days. In order to obtain: criminal ' convictions for such persons,, whom ' the administration - believes to' be guilty of bringing the country into more serious danger even than' the war with Germany, amendment to the food control law now pending in congress is necessary. The legisla tion to impose $5,000 fine or two s years' imprisonment or both for vio lations of the law has been reported out in both house and senate, but neither has acted on it. Gompers Takes Hold , of Restless Labor Situation. Promptly Washington,- Aug. 28. Samuel Gompers took immediate hold of the restless labor situation on hi' return to American Federation- of Labor headquarters from Europe; . Closeted all day with the executive council of the federation, Mr. Gom pers declined to make any state ment as . to what course would be pursued in Mealing with the many problems pressing for attention. In the case of the steel workers, their r committee; after conferring with Mr. Gompers, made public a letter to El bert H. Gary, of the U. S. Steel cor poration, notifying him that a strike would be called unless an interview was eranted the union rrnresmti." tives within the time limit previous ly nxca. i - Officers of the railway shopmen unions talked over thpir ui Aa mands and the administration's com promise otter with the federauA president -f -