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RIEF RIGHT. REEZY BITS OF NEWS OUR ARTISTIC ROTOGRAVURE PICTURE SECTION MAKES THE SUNDAY BEE UNIQUE. The Omaha Daily B. V BE 7 . . NO HOPS OF A . " v HIATUS FOR WETS. : ' Washington, Oct 24. James W. Coffroth u advising bis friends in California that there is very little nop of a "wet" hiatus between the time when the wartime prohibition law becomes effective and the oper ation of the constitutional amend inemV His opinion is that the pres ent arid condition will continue right tip to the time when all liquor will be banned by the amendment and that there is small chance of demo bilization being proclaimed at an earlier date. ' Coffroth bases this opinion, on talks with government officials here and with men prominently iudenti fied with the liquor industry in New York and other places. M. P.'S AID POLICE IN GERMAN OPERA RIOTS. , New" York, Oct 24. German opera is affording New York police , extended training in riot duty. , After. having on -several occasions battled with crowds of angry service - men and civilians several hundred policemen took their stations , around the Lexington theater, re inforced by a detail of beach guards. L i nese maritime m. r.s soon went into action, arresting six sailors who became too enthusiastic in their denunciation of German opera. Incipient rioting outside the house accompanied the performance. Held back several blocks by police lines, the crowds "booed" managers, sing ers, audience and police, pausing oc casionally to toss a milk bottle at a policeman. At one time the jeer ing throng became so unruly that mounted police charged into its ' ranks and drove it back. Apparently reassured by the fact that last night's performance ' had been given in peace, opera patrons .were more numerous tonight 30,000 POUNDS FRUIT CAKE FOR, OVERSEAS BOYS. New York, Oct 24. A pound of fruit cake, , together with othr creature comforts, will reach each of the 10,000 American troops now stationed throughout Siberia by Christmas, it was announced at Knights of Columbus headquarters here. The Knights of Columbus also in tend to play Santa Claus again to soldiers m France, the Panama canal zone and the Philippine is -lands.', "' CANT STARVE AUSTRIA OUT OF ART TREASURES. .London, Oct. 24. Not even star vation will induce the Austrian re publican government to sell the fa mous Hapsburg art treasures. On the other hand,. it is announced here that Dr. Renner, the Austrian chan cellor, is seeking to raise a foreign loan, using the treasures as security.. The Hapsburg treasures include frare tapestries which possibly are not included in the prohibition on the .sale Of the art collections iri " eluded in the peace' terms imposed MARGUERITE CLARK, f? H i - ; AS SCOUT CAPTAIN. . . New York, Oct. , 24. Miss Mat guerite Clark, popular motion pic ture star, is to "became a Girl Scout captain and lead a troup ot scouts. She offered her services at Scout headquarters and was immediately . ' accepted. . - ; ' . . CALLS AMERICA . ; KEYSTONE OF WORLD. Paris, Oct. : 23. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt who sailed frora. Brest for America this morning, said just before his departure to Universal Service: ." 1 ' "America is the keystone of the world's economic arch. That is the conclusion I have reached after six weeks' ' observation, supplemented by interviews with distinguished statesmen in Paris." "Tlie war has so disrupted Ijurope it is practically incapable of regain ing economic coherence without help .from America, which is the sole world power not tquched mo.r ally and physically by the interna tional cataclysm." . NEWSPAPER MAN SHAVES " ON TRIP IN AIRLINER. - Indianapolis, Ind.," Oct. 24. Al fred W. Lawson's giant airplane car rying 11 passengers arrived at the Indianapolis speedway, having made the trip from Dayton, O., in 75 min utes.." . ' . A newspaper correspondent who made the trip in the airplane shaved himself with a straight-edged razor, it was said, while passing over Rich mond A bride and a bridegroom also were among the passengers. DQCTORS IN SPAIN . v VOTE TO STRIKE NOV. 1. . - Madrid, ' Oct 24. Failure of the .municipality of Xeres to pay the municipal doctors their salar:eslmay precipitate a strike by all the doc tors in the province of Seville. The doctors in the province, acting as a unit have decided to strike Novem-I ber 1 unless the overdue salaries of the Xeres physicians are forthcom ing. . '; - SAGE PROPERTIES TO GO UNDER HAMMER. ' New York, Oct 24. The vast , realty holdings of the late Mrs. Russell Sage, valued at many mil lions of dollars, are to go under. the hammer. .This announcement was made when it was explained that the real estate inherited from her husband by Mrs. Sage will be put up at auction for the purpose of aid ing in the settlement of her estate. WOMEN DOCTORS FAVOR SMOKING FOR THEIR SEX. New York, Oct c 24. Protests against smoking by women caused an uproar at the international con ference of women physicians. An elderly American woman phy sician said that smoking was an -industrial disease and that the con ference ' should pass a resolution in favor of abolition of the use of to bacco. , ; The dissent was prompt vigorous and in a variety of languages simul taneously. During .its height the , "antis left the room. ; The conference recommended physical examination of ,both 'sexes Wore jnarrjage, , VOL. 49NO. 111. Utmt m WMl4lM utter My IS, IS0S. t Oata F. 0. aft" art f Hank S. IS7S. OMAHA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1919. By Mill (I 9mt). Dtlty. M.08: Smtar. JMi Oilly u4 am SS.00J MtoM Npk. twtM wtra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER: Mostly cloudy Saturday, with colder in east and probably snow in west portion : Sunday snow or rain, with slowly rising tempera ture. " i 1 ; Hourly tcmiMraiurcit ' S at. m., a. in... 7 a. m... S a. m.. . m.. . 19 a. m... 11 a. m. . . IS ...BV , .BO . ,..!' ,..es ..M 1 a. m., S p. m.. S p. in., 4 p. m. 5 p. m. S p. m., 1 p. m. 8 p. m. ...ST ... ....it ....40 ....19 .,.. ....ST IV Jl I r I r X nn mum DOUBLE BILL TODAY Nebraska. Long a Stranger to Metropolis, Deserts Missouri Valley Association to Play in State's Leading City. FOUR BEST TEAMS IN . : MID-WEST MET HERE Marquette Arrives, Buoyant With Victory OvervWiscon sin, and Claiming Certain Defeat for Creighton Boys.. In commemoration of the American athletes, and particu larly those of the University of Nebraska who died in the service of their country during the world war, one minute of abso lute calm will be called just be fore the kick-off in the Nebraska-Oklahoma foot ball game this afternoon. Four of the best gridiron teams in the middle west are poised in Omaha this morning for the whistles that will announce the clash of Creighton and Marquette and that of Nebraska and Oklahoma at Rourke park this afternoon. Today's will be the first event of this kind ever staged in Omaha. Nebraska, long a stranger to. the .metropolis ' of the state, has for saken her place in the Missouri Val ley conference in order, to play on an Omaha field. , v Creighton, , represented . by the best team that has ever battled un der the Blue and White, will tangle with Marquette at 1 :30 this after-J noon in the first game Detween these two schools in five years." Mar quette, flaunting the reputation of playing, the Wisconsin .Badgers off their feet iwo weeks ago, will op pos the locals with the best aggre gation the Hilltoppers have ever had. That game in itself commands the attention of middle western foot ball. " ! ' i , Hilltoppers Limber Up. The Hilltoppers arrived in Omaha at 11 a. m. yesterday. A brisk "limbering up" in the afternoon on Rourke field showed the team to be in excellent condition. - . . Coach Jack Ryan of the visitors said last night in regard to his team's chances of victory today : "If Marquette plays like they have fceen playing, Creighton hasn't a chance to win." , Coach Tommy Mills of the Blue and White eleven was less em phatic He said; "Marquette has a eood team. They look like well-seasoned players, but I Creighton is being represented by 11 of the best men she has ever had. -Creighton wilUbe outweighed. Injuries to certain players, too, will count against them. But every man on that Creighton team will fight to the last inch. If Marquette wins, they'll have to admit at least that they've had to battle all the time. I think it will be a close game, with Creighton victorious." Five hundred Creighton students paraded the streets last night with hearses, signifying the demise 'of one Marquette. . . . First in 12 Yean. At 3:30 on the same field, Ne braska will face Oklahoma in the first contest Nebraska has . played on Omaha ground in 12 years. The Sooners arrived yesterday at S p. m. Three of their stars had been left in Norman, Okl., the university's home. Haskell, an end, although he made the trip to Omaha will probably be unable to play. In spite of . the loss of these four regulars Coach Bennie Owen of the Sooners was promising Nebraska the stiffest tussle they ever have experienced at the hands of Oklahoma men. "We're not promising to walk away with Nebraska," said Owen, "but we have the best team Oklaho ma ever has had -and Nebraska is going to appreciate that fact" "I feel that the Nebraska team is just a mite bit stronger than it was when we played Notre Dame last Saturday," said Coach Henry Schulte of Nebraska. "We are con fident of victory, though the final score may not be lopsided." A majority of the 10,500 seats placed on sale two weeks ago have been purchased. Several hundred re served seats are vstill being offered at the offices of the Omaha Real Estate Board, Eighteenth and Far nam streets, while nearly 2,000 non reserved general - admission seats will be olaced on sale at the foot ball field today. The gates will open at 12:3U p. m. , Schulte Confident ' Coach Schulte's warriors arrived at 3:45 p. m. yesterday and imme diately drove to Eourke park by taxicab for'4 light drilL" A heavy wirfd from the north swept the field and the cooler weather was respon sible for more pep than the Husker squad usually shows. Schulte ran his team around the field, giving the new formations a last once over aflji fsa, Ut B$A IB. . 1 . f - - ENGINE CRASHES INTO CAR; KILLS FAMILY OF SIX Enclosed Auto Swings .Over Track in Front of Train at Kearney, Neb. Kearney, Neb.,' Oct. 24. (Special Telegram.) Six persons were in stantly killed on the Union Pacific crossing just west of the Odessa depot, nine miles from -this place,. early Friday afternoon when tram No. 6, eastbound, traveling an hour and a half behind schedule, struck an enclosed Ford car which had just swung to the south from Lincoln highway. s ; The victims were tentatively iden tified by letters found in the pocket of the driver, as Charles Kimmerly, his wife, three daughters and one son of Spurgeon, Colo., it being as sumed that all were members oflone family. The car was tossed aside bythe impact, the man, woman and boy being found in its debris. The three girls, all young chil dren, were caught on the front of the engine and their bodies carried one-half mile. None . of the bodies were badly mutilated. .A11 ' were brought to. the undertalRng parlors here pending investigation. . INDUSTRY MEETING ADJOURNS Public Group, Last Element of President's Commission, Re oorts Failure of Plan to Settle Labor Problem. RECOMMENDS MISSION TO COMPLETE WORK INTEREST LAGS V IN DEBATE ON - PEACE TREATY Johnson1 and Hale , Clash on Americanism May Vote on Amendment Today. . WashiiiKton; Oct. 24. ' After another day of debate on -the John son amendment to the peace treaty, senate ' leaders said that although they would try to bring the proposal to a vote Saturday, they were by no means certain the plan woould suc ceed. They set the. time of meet ing an our . earlier than usual in the hope that the senate might talk itself-out before night During most of today s session the debate dragged along without much show of interest, but just before ad journment the under current of bit ter feeling cropped out in a sharp exchange between Senator Johnson, republican, California, author of the amendment, and Senator Hale, re publican, Maine, opposing it : Hale (or Reservation. Declaring that the amendment, which proposes in effect that in any decision by the league of nations the United States shall have as many votes as Great Britain and her colonies would not in actual opera tion insure equality , in the league, Senator Hale had argued that better results could be accomplished by a reservation on the subject He al luded to Senator Johnson's plea yes terday that his amendment repre sented the viewpoint of American ism, and continued: - " "Let me say tothe 'senator from California that the motives of those opposing his proposal are every bit as high as his motives. I am just as much opposed as he is to inequality in the league, but I believe in meet ing it with a reservation which will remedy it rather than with an amendment which will not" Johnson Raps Opposition. Senator Johnson replied that the opposition . seemed to him to be based on an unwillingness to go as far as his amendment would go, rather than on a fear that it did not go far enough.. He repeated that he considered it an embodiment of Americanism and added that be fore the subject was closed senators would have an opportunity of show ing where they stood otf another amendment which would ? go far enough to suit anybody. . " '"I am glad," retorted Senator Hale, "to see the senator set up as a test of Americanism his own amendment, but I cannot accept that test for myself. If he has any question of my patriotism, he is welcome to it." During the session Senator Shields pf Tennessee, a democratic member of the foreign relations committee, spoke for an amendment or reseravation to equalize the league voting strength and Senator Gronna, republican, North Dakota, made. a three-hour attack on the treaty and the league. Tomorrow Senator Lodge, republican leader, will speak for the Johnson pro posal. -. Stranger in City Robbed of $1,100 by-Highwaymen Sam Boytos of Minneapolis, a guest at Paxton hotel, reported to the, police last night that he was held up by two men at Tweiity-first street and St Marys avenue at 8:30 and robbed of $1,100 in cash and jew elry., Boytos said one of the men ac- .At . f costea mm ana pressed a revolver to the back of his head while the other searched his pockets and re moved 'his diamond rings and tie pin.- - 4 -T ' Bank Robbers Captured -After One of Trio Is Killed . Beaver" Falls,' Pa., OctA24. One of the .three bandits who robbed the State bank of Beaver Falls and mur dered a director of the institution was killed Friday night near Cooks Ferry and the other two were cap tured -by an armed posse of state dl2fiIfc 46tect've . iSi citizens. Document Summarizes Pro ceedings and Places Stamp of Approval on Secretary Wilson's Suggestions. Washington, Oct. 24. With a rec- ommenaation to rresioent wnsor that he create a commission to carry on the work which the national in dustrial conference was unable to accomplish, the public group, the Hast remaining demerit of the body, finally adjourned tonight. v . Despite two attempts by Mr. Wil son to save from dissolution the gathering, tonight's adjournment brought to a formal close the con- ierence, called by the executive to find some common ground of co- operation Detween laDor ana capi tal on the outcome of which were held in abeyance strikes affecting the entire industrial life of the na tion. The report of the public repre sentatives, declining to assume the task for which-the original gather ing was called, was transmitted to the White House through Chairman Bernard Baruch in the form of a 1,000-word letter. - No information was forthcoming from .the White House as to the president's 1 next move to bring industrial peace to the country. - Summarize Proceedings. Although the report was not made public, it was learned that the doc ument summarized the ' proceedings pf the 44 days the conference was in session put the stamp of approval on the plan for industrial boards . suggested by Secretary of Labor Wilson and recommended the call ing of another body containing in dustriali experts to undertake the peace adjustment. It was drafted by a committee of five delegates,. ot which John D. Rockefeller, jr., was chairman. Holding that the industrial con ference, as originally constituted, accomplished more than appeared on the surface, Chairman Baruch pointed out five results of the gathering. These he outlined as fol lows: , . , Results of Meeting. "First, it brought the issues in volved home to the entire nation. v Second, it demonstrated the great difficulty of the solution. . Third, the discussion had the ef fect of setting the entire DeoDle thinking, and from this thought will come tne solution. "Fourth, there was brought home to all partcipants the, intimate rela tion between the , mining interests of all industrial questions. Fifth, what was not brought out clearly was that both . capital and labor owed to society which is in clusive of capital and labor the duty to produce in quantity at the lowest possible, cost commensurate with the protection of both capital and labor, all. of the .things that are necessary to keep up the proper. just and humane standards of mod ern life." : -- Roumanian. Demand Refused. Paris, Oct 24. Roumanian de mands for rectification of the fron tiers fixed in the determination of the western borders of Roumania have been, refused by the supreme council of the peace conference, ac cording tov information received t T- iroin rrencii sources. - , WOMAN CAUGHT WEARING STOLEN FURS IN STORE Prisoner 19-Year-OId Wif of Private Soldier at Fort Crook. It is believed that numerous thefts of, furs and women's cloaks from employes' lockers in Brandeis and Burgess-Iash stores were ex plained late yesterday when Special Detectives Tagal and Finn arrested Mrs. William Ernie, alias Mrs. Frank Harris, 19-year-old bride of Private William Ernie, stationed at Fort Crook. . . The woman is booked at the Cen tral police station for petit larceny,- though more than $300 worth of stuff was found in her possession, according to Larry Finn, detective at the Brandeis store. The woman admitted taking furs and cloaks belonging to employes from their lockers during lunch hours, sav the detectives. They watched for her until 2 o'clock yes terday afternoon, when she was seen coming from the locker room" on the third floor wearing a fur coat and a hat taken from one of the lockers. At her home the detectives found two women's coats, a fur throw and ahat which she admitted taking from Brandeis and Burgess-Nash stores, the detectives say. GOAL MINERS REJECT PROPOSAL AMD CONTINUE PLANS FOR 500,000 TO QUIT NOMBER 1 Conference' of Heads of 112 International Unions Called by. Gompers to Meet in yVash ingtonjn "Near Future." PROPOSE ASKING AID, - OF FARMERS IN FIGHT Railway Brotherhoods May Be Urged to Join Union Lead ers Reluctant to Divulge -Reasons for Meeting. TROTZKY LEADING ARMY IN DEFENSE Of RUSS CAPITAL Premier Lenine Reported Cap tured by Anti-Bolshevik Forces. Copenhagen, Oct. 24. Leoir'Trot- zky, bolshevik minister of war and marine, is reported to have arrived at Petrograd to arrange for the de fense of the city. All available men. including veterans 70 years old, are said to have been mobilized by the bolsheviki. The Petrograd theaters are closed and no one is permitted on the street after 8 o'clock at night. . Bombarding Riga. v. London, Oct 24. An official mes sage received here tonight says the Russo-German forces continued Fri day to bombard Riga with light shells. Little damage resulted. Lenine Reported Captured. Honolulu. Oct. 24. Nikolai Len ine, bolshevik premier of Russia, has been v captured by anti-bolshevik forces, according to a wireless mes sage picked up by the Japanese ship Tenyo Maru in the harbor here. The message gave no further details of the reported capture of Lenine. Lever Control Act Includes Everything V Used in the. Home Washington, Qct 24. (Special Telegram.) In response to inquiries from constituents relative to the scope of the Lever food control act as applied to wearing apparel and other commodities, Congressman Jefferies applied to the attorney general for an opinion on the mat ter. He was informed that commodities referred to would be construed to mean any of the commodities in daily use in the home and that the attorney general would feel author ized, under the act, to assume con trol over any commodities when such action would seem for the best interests of the peopled To Deport Enemy Aliens. the government to deport a majority" before tne governmer of the enemy aliens still in eustody, cnt1 of the roadf ...:.L il..:. a . 1 t. ..... J:, Closed. ' Willi UICIF ucpciiucma, yviic uia- closed in a letter written' by Attor ney General Palmer to Chairman Colt of the senate immigration com mittee urging early action on the house bill authorizing the secretary of war to repatriate enemy aliens and aliens convicted of violation of certain specified statutes. "The Velvet Hammer," New Editorial Feature in the Bee ' " ' . ' " - i A most attractive and entertaining feature of intense local interest will be "The Velvet Hammer," a aeries of poetical cartoons on well known Omaha people which will begin in Monday's Bee and continue daily as an editorial feature of the paper.. . : The poems are of four stanzas each taking the prominent figures of the city's business and social life one by one as subjects, and dealing gently, and humorously with their well-known characteristics, fads, fancies and foibles. .The poems are not satiric and are not caricatures, the author disdaining to use thisfamiliar and easy method of making a point or displaying wit, the finest wit aiming shafts that are. without sting.- v f -The, author, Arthur Brooks Baker, has a country-wide reputation for putting into rythmic and lilting verse hits or ,take-offs on prominent personages, and tempers them with the homely and gentle philosophy of a James Whitcomb Riley - A glimpse into this garden of humorous poesy, revealing the names of the first of those to be tapped by his Velvet Hammer," as the author calls his verses, will excite anticipation, not only among the personal friends and acquaintances of the subjects, but through the city and countryside at large, as all are public characters familiar to those who read the daily prints. -r .The first will be William A. Rourke, Omaha's base ball magnate; the second. Superintendent John H. Beveridge of the public schools; the 'jthird, Everett Buckingham, and then W. F. Gurley, William F. Rigge, Charles Edward Black, etc. This is sufficient for the time being. The first poem will appear Monday, on the editorial page of The Bee. Washington. Oct. 24. What mav prove one of the greatest industrial battles in history was believed by some observers here to be forecast by the announcement today of Sam uel Gompers, president of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, that s conference of the heads of the 112 international unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor would be held inWashington in the "near future" to discuss present Ian J itnnendinflr disnutes. ' Co-operation of the four big rail road brotherhoods ana tne farmers of the country, as well as' the labor organizations of Canada, probably will bet sought, it was said, in fur thering whatever program the union chiefs decide upon. Mr. Gompers' announcement was contained in a telegram to the Illi nois Federation of Labor at Peoria. His messaare was in reply to one in which the Illinois organization asked that a special convention of " the American Federation of Labor be called to' perfect" an alliance of the international unions of the United States and Canada and the railroad brotherhoods ."more effectively to fight but the life and death struggle Oi ine worKcrs nuw in piugicn. Want Farmers Help. Federation officials also, pointed out that the Illinois branch proposed that the aid of the farmers be en listed and that assessments aggre gating one-fourth of the net earn ings of organized workers be made "until the objects of this drive be accomplished." . Decision to issue a call for the meeting of the International union chiefs -was reached by the federa tion's executive council Tuesday nieht but the announcement -was withheld. At that time labor offi cials had become convinced that the national industrial conference would be unable to reach any basis for the establishment of industrial peace. It was on the following day that Mr. Gompers, in withdrawing or ganized labors' representatives from the conference warned the employ ers group that when' they met in conference again wih the spokes men for" union labor they would be glad to talk collective bargaining. Decline to Give Details. Federation officials today de clined to go into details-regarding the forthcoming conference. They said subjects to be discussed would rest with the union chiefs them selves and the time of the meeting had not been determined. Whether there was any connec tion between the proposed confer cce and the notice given the rail road administration , by Timothy Shea of the firemen's brotherhood, that the railroad workers would fight for general increases in pay government relinquished was not dis The brotherhoods are not affilia ted with the American Federation of Labor, but there haa been close co operation between the organiza tions. ' Leading officials of the broth erhoods recently have held frequent conferences with' officers of the fed eration and announcement was made a day or two ago, by the com mittee conducting the steel strike that the brotherhood i chiefs had given their consent to- a strike of railroad workers employed in and around steel . mills involved in the present controversy in the steel in dustry. - Speeding Car Overturns; ' Four Occupants Injured One stndent was seriously in jured and three others hurt last night when the Ford coupe, license number 84238 Nebraska, turned over three times near the peony farm on west Dodge road. The names of the students could not be learned. According to Jerry Malec of the peony farm, the men were driving at high speed and on attempting to round a, curve lost control of the car. The machine turned over three times. A passing autoist took the four men into Omaha. ' Day's Developments , In Industrial Situation Washington, Oct. 24. Out standing developments Friday in the industrial situation were: Failure. of efforts of Secretary Wilson to mediate the threatened strike of bituminous coal miners despite an appeal by President Wilson that the negotiations be continued and that if they jailed both sides submit their case to a board of arbitration Announcement by the American. Federation of Labor that a con ference . would be called here in the near future at which the heads of the 112 international v unions affiliated with that organization would discuss plans for the con duct of disputes now in progress and those impending. i , Final dissolution Qf the 'national industrial conference called by President Wilson with a view to establishing a basis for industrial peace. . Preparation at American Fed eration of Labor, headquarters here of letters to the affiliated unions over thje country urging moral and financial support to the striking steel workers. ARMED INVASION OF COAL CAMPS BY MINERS, CHARGE West Virginia Governor Says Men Are Talking Revo- lution. J. ' . Army Places Embargo on ; Sale of Firearms on Border El Paso, Tex., -Oct. 24. An em bargo on the sale and shipment of arms and ammunition on the border was put into effect bv the southern department of the United States Charleston. W. Va.; Oct. 24. From 3,000 to 5,000 coal miners of the lower Cabin Creek district in Kanawha county. W. Va held a conference here on the question of aniztng the Guyan Valley coal ds in Logan county before No vember 1. the date set for the bituminous coal strike, according to reports from Gov. John J. Corn wall's office. Many of the miners taking part in the meeting are armed, the governor's reports indi cated. , The seriousness of the situation was revealed through a messagee from Governor Cornwell to John J. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, in which he charged that a second armed in vasion of the Guyan fields was con templated. He charged, also, that arms and ammunition had been dis tributed among the miners and that there had been talk of takinjr over control of the government War Department to Keep Men Keady lor Action at Any Place Louisville, , Ky.. "Oct. '24. Orders have been received at Camp Zach ary Taylor from the War depart ment, it was learned today, to hold four provisional battalions of infan try and machine gunners of the fa mous First division ready for riot and strike duty. Coloney Peabody, chief-of-staff. is quoted as having said no actual en training order had been received, but the order to hold the troops in read iness indicated that the battalions might be sent to West Virginia and rennsylvama. ( Two lowans Badly Injured When Train Strikes Auto John Bouge and C. Y. Taylor, op erating a live stock truck line from Glen wood, la., to Omaha, were se riously injured last night at 10:30 when a Great Western passenger tram struck their auto on South ave nue, Council Bluffs. Both men live in Villisca. Ia. The men were taken to the Ed- mdndson hospital, but were unable to tell how the accident occurred. Police are of the opinion the men were racing in an attempt to qross the track ahead ot the train. Bourge was injured about the head and back and his injuries are thought to be , fatal. 1 Taylor will probably recover, physicians said. President Improves and Sends Message on Strike i Washington, Oct. 24. Interven tion by President Wilson today in the impending coal strike through a message to the conferring miners and operators Drought about a be lief in official circles that he had made definite progress to' recovery. The only other public act of the president today was the granting of commutations and pardon on six ap peals that had come from the at- Jorney general's office, in ms nignt bulletin, Dr. Gray son aid: "The nresidm h. i,- . Scale Committees' Conference Adjourns When Workers An nounce Decision After Oper ators Accept Arbitration. -, ' CHARGES FLY THICK AND FAST AS MEETING ENDS'- President Pleads for Keeping . Mines Open and Points Out What Walkout Would Mean to Humanity. Washington, Oct. 24. The last government effort to avert the coat strike, set for November' failed utterly tonight, and 500,000 miners will quit work on.te very eve of winter, xwith the nation's bins run---ing dangerously low. y Even an appeal from President Wilson was not enough tto bring peace to a conference thaf was torn ' and on the breaking point half a , dozen times during the day. Charges arid counter charges flew thick and fast as the groups of operators and miners filed . out of the meeting' which began' somewhat hopefully four days ago. Operators Accept Plan. 'J , While ttfe operators announced that they had accepted th'presi.. dent's offer to wipe the slate clean and negotiate a new wage v agree raent, the, miners charged that the operators had bolted without the tonsent of Secretary of Labor Wil son, the storm center of an extra ordinary fight -to save the country , untold distress and suffering. . Surrounded by a score of miners, John L. Lewis, president of the . United Mine Workers of America, hurried out of the hall and halted long enough to announce that the strike order stood, and- that the .. miners would walk out after a full i day's work on the closing day of the present month. The final break, ing iifrpf the conference, Lewis said, meant that official notice of the failure-would" be sent forthwith to the unions everywhere to order the. men out of the mines at the ap1 pointed hour. ' . Appealed From Sickbed. The president's appeal follows "I have been watchinu with deep and sincere interest vour efforts to bring about a just settlement of the ( differences between the operators" and the coal miners in the bitumin ous coal fields of the country. It is to be hoped that the good judgment , that has Been exercised by both operators and rhinefs in years gone by in the adjustment of their differ ences will again prevail in the pres-' ent crisis. All organized t society is . dependent upon the maintenancr of the fuel supply for ttie continuance of its existence. The government has appealed with success to other classes of workers to postpone simi lar questions until a reasonable ad justment could be arrived at Duty to Humanity. "With the parties of this contro-' yersy rests the responsibility of see ing tnat the fuel supply of the na- tion is maintained. At this time when the world is in need nf mnr. supplies it would be a cruel neglect of our high duty to humanity tq fail VHlll. .... "I have read with interest the " suggestion made by you that'ihe wage scale committee of the op erators and miners go intd confer- ' ence without reservation for the pur pose of negotiating an agreement .i though no demands had been madev or rejected, having due regard to the interests of their respective groups. I am in accord with that suggestion. No body of men knows better the details, intricacies and technicalities of mining than do the- : miners and operators. No body of men can work out the details of the wage scale on a more equitable basis. Their judgment would un- doubtedly be based upon a sum total -wu owIede jf the industry. . Whatever .their differences may be no matter how wirfolv their viewpoints jnay be from eacl other, it is a duty that they owe so ciety. to make an earnest effort f negotiate those differences and to keep the. mines of our count ; operation.- - .... . Public Interest Paramount Q "After all. the ntihi; ;n...i il ' ;. ... .. , ' w ... 111 this vital matter is th naMm.. consideration of the government and .- admits of no. other action than that ' of. consideration of a peacefut set- . tlement'of the matter as suggested" by you. If for anv reann h. add operators fail to come to a run- ' lu u""cr8wn"n8 tne interests of the public are of such vital tanee in connection with the pro- r duction of coal that it is incumbent Upon them to refer h tn.. :.. dispute to a board of arbitration for determination and to continue the v operation of the minr n.ni;nn ' mmM the board," a T
