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VOL. XLIX NO. 35.
Enttrtd at ucoii4.ota nattw May 21. 1906. at
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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1920.
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PUBLIC BACIl!chers Follow
OF LANSING
Former President Says Re
signed Secretary Was Acting
Within Rights in Calling Con-
' ferences of Cabinet Members.
OFFICIAL WASHINGTON
FURNISHED SENSATION
:
Break Not Openly Discussed in
COnqreSS. Bllt PrOVeS MOSt;
3 . I
Prolific MatlCr for Talk in
Cloakrooms and Elsewhere.
St
Toscoh. Mo., Feb. 14. William
iwanl Taft, ex-president of the
United States, said here that the
public will side with Secretary of
State Lansing in the controversy
with President Wilson which result
ed in the resignation of Mr. Lansing.-
"I believe 'that Secretary Lansing
;ts acting altogether within his
rights in catling conferences of the
cabinet members," Mr. Taft said.
"I would not call them cabinet meet--intrs."
"To niv tuird, calling such meet
ings d$cs not constitute an assump
,ion ol nresiueilttal antnoriiv wimm ;
UK' inai'lUK " ft- luusuiuLuni.
Polk May Succeed.
Washington.- , Feb. 14. I'nder
Secict irv Polk, John W. Davis, ani
k sador to Great Britain, and llugh
(', Wallace, ambassador to France,
are foremost among tiiose being dis
eased to head the State denartmenr
ns siH-cissor to former Secretary
i.- ' in;j-. who aMiiounced his resig-
-'ion after a dramatic clash vuh
V" -dent Wilson.
' ,':hou"lw it is known that Mr.
I'olk bnd determined to return to
'-iynte life and practice law, some
tr-rnr a or he administration were
hopeful tirct he-might be induced to
-crye out the unexpired term of bt.4
i irnior "'-lef. ' -
The T Tusi'i-)- resignation fur
nished official Washington with a
sensation unparalleled since William
1. P.ryan denprted from office. The
statement of Secretary Lane, who is
bavincr the cabinet March 1, that
be felt an equal resoonsibility with
Mr. Lapsing for holding the cabinet
meetings to which President Wilson
nbiected. seemed to add possibilities
Jn' "further cabinet resignations for a
t imp but- this was disposed of by a
statement at the White House that j
thefe were to be no further retire-1
merits as a result of the incident
t x... TMsiici Qnco firm
L'jns-cas w.w..v... ,
Conres, discussed the sensation;
with avidity, but in the cloak moms, j
however., and tne subject did not ;
' lome un in debate on the floor of
, either house or senate. Such com
' meiit' as was made was more or less
"divided, onponents of, the treaty
praising: Mr. Lansing's course, and
others recalling that one of the pres
ident's prerogatives is to select the
members of his own official familv.
The row served to bring to public
light much that has been going on
mder the surface since the president
.II .11 4l, ,,-; .'inn 1 pftVrt was
, , .'i,,t;,. .,. Prpsident Wilson
i i.': nf ctate I
null iiis. ivi in, i ,s.. s-.vi,.., v,
1,,,,,,-rtipafli! nn msiiv in-
TA CLA MS
I'.ortan't '-ubiects even before the I Villa is reported as having threat- ! was the refusal of Acting Gover
lTnited Sftes went into the war in I clled that it the ,mcrican govern- nor barrows to hear their pleas for
l"17 and that these disagreements, ment refused to deliver the MAi--j a 'commutation of sentence during
were on fundamental' ques-1
eh it
. nc oi rn ifv. ommnuea imoim" i
out the peace" negotiations at Paris .
and even into the handling of the
Mexican situation since the president i
h.-.3 been sick.
Art-oH nn President. -
The best informed -of those close,
-the administration were sure that ;
the climax was the result of an ac- I
cumulation of conditions which con
tinued over the question of whether
the peace treaty and the league of
nations covenant should be separated
.if treated as one document, ranged
into the recent handling of the Mex
'can situation and wound up in the
Y.-ide administration discussion of
whether the president's illness in-'.-apacitateci
him from discharging the
du';es of his office.
Mr. Lansing's friends said that in
ailing the cabinet together he was
, -ting with precedent to supnort
'u-vt and that although as ranking
Mticer of the cabinet he actually
ailed the meetings, other members
,.f the cabinet agreed in the proce
!ure. They point to Secretary Lane s
statement that he assumed equal re
jsponsibilitv and that alt the cabinet
members thought the cabinet meet
,ngs a good thing.
Much Private Discussion.
Tin. jinder-the-surface discussion
of the incident, howeves the sort
which goes on between officials and .
is not intended tor puuncation
onnects at least the first of cabinet
neetings last October with the spec
datien which was going on at the
ime as to whether Vice President
vlarshall ought to be called upon
o take over the duties of the presi
lency. While it is known that the
ubject never came up actually at a
ueeting of the cabinet officers, it is
ilso known that it was discussed prl
atclv and that some of the reports
.liich were taken to the president
ncludcd Secretary Lansing's name
unong those who were discussing
that probability, now mucn
. (Continued oa Tag T, Columa One.)
XKSSXlll' EXPLAIN
Nebraska Delegates Play
' cation Banquet of Woman's Suffrage Workers
And Win Places on Committees Lincoln Woman
Human Valentine Presented to President.
By MYRTLE MASON.
special lleprcwntative Omaha Brr.
Chicago, Feb. 15. (Special Tele-
;grum.) A living valentine was pre-t.--ntcd
to Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Cut. president of the National
American Women's Suffrage asso-
: ciation. Saturday night at the bril
'. liant ratification banquet of the vie-
lory "convention of the American
UTZ'JT o'X
Congress hotel. Floor and galleries
were packed to overflowing. Ne-
Iraska. as one of the state's which
tiave ratiricu tne lecierai sunrage ; Meiuer, Hastings; iioin vmaiia.
amendment, was given a place in : Mesdames George Bligh. Charles
the larjve valentine. j Xeal. 11. C. Suniuey, James Richard-
Mrs. W. E. Barkley of Lincoln ; sou, O. T. F.asiuian. Charles D.
appeared in the rose-draped heart Kounlze, C. E. Johannes, E. S.
and recited: "Cheer, cheer Nebras- Rood, Jennie Callfas, Cuthbert Vin
ka's vear. Even-thing 'has crone cent and 1". 1). We ad; Mrs. E. T.
well. We have runir the anti's knell.
Cheer. cheer, Nebraska's year.
Unanimous, we ratified."
i. From the Hoor came a quick de -
; cision returned hv the Nebraska
'delegation: "Who. who. who are
j we? We are from Nebraska."
Tttbilant and carefree were all
numbers on the ratification nro-
gram. Mrs. Catt inspired the feel-'
I in ft when in her opening words she
said:' "1 his is the ratification bau -
Mjuet of a victory convention. There
jiwill never be another, If you don't
I like the program, rise up where vou
are un(J sl;i.t ()e of yom. ow
MfKraclra Rio- Tfartnr i
'I hough onlv one of 4S states, Ne- !
braska has one-twentieth of the I
total miniber of the registered dele-i
gates at the conventions of the !
American Woman's Suffrage asso- j
ciation and the League of Women
voters. The delegation headed bv i
Mrs. Charles Dietrich of Hastings j
represents a wide range of interest I
in the state.
Mrs. l.ela Dvar of Boone is tate
president of the W. C. T. IV. Mr..
A.gnes T. Dover of North Platte rep
resents the Maecabee. Mrs. Luleh
f. Andrews of Lincoln, the republi
jeans; Miss Grace hallenberger of
Aima. tne democrats; imiss .'uii!s
Chaikin of Liqcolu- i secretary ..of
the University of Nebraska Aluinri
association and Miss Edna Bullock
of Lincoln conies from the legisla
tive reference bureau. Among the
past state suffrage presidents trom i
VILLA PLANNED ;
CAPTURE OF
12 AMERICANS
Intended to Hold Them as Hos-
tages Lor burrende. of Mexi
cans Sentenced to Die.
l'T Paso, 'lex., Feb. 14. During
his recent raid on Lerdo and Gomez
Palacio, fciburbs of Torreon, Coa
huila, F;rancisco Villa declared that
he intended to canture 12 American
citizens, whom he would, hold as
hostages for the surrender of resi
dents of Los Angeles, who had been j
sentenced to death, according to re- i
ports current in Torreon. i
The first of these Americans was
Joseph E. Laskew, an employe of j
the 1 lahuahlo company s plantation,
. . . ,
,H'al '-Prno, it was saui.
cans w l-os Angeles over to him he i
i would shoot the 12 Americans.
j-j . . f T 1
nOSltlOIl Ol Leaders
In Pact Lompromise
Still at Impasse
Washington. Feb. 14. Peace J
treaty negotiations still stand at an i
impasse with opinion among lead- j
ers divided on the possibilities of a j
compromise to insure ratification '
when the trpatv ira n e L-pn nn n
tne senate next week.
. . S- . - !
Discussion centered on the two re
tween one of the Hitchcock pro
posals and the new republican res
ervation recently proposed, it was
pointed out, is, the insertion in the
latter of the words "or by any other
means" in enumerating the measures
which the United States would de
cline to oring into use to preserve
L)e integrity of other countries. It
was suggested by some, senators
that a compromise might be pos
sible by substitution of "or by its
resources" for "or by any other
means." There was no assurance,
however, that the leaders of either
party would acctpt such a proposal.
Kenyon-Kendrick Meat Bill
Ordered Favorably Reported
. Washington, Feb. 14. Favorable
report was ordered unanimously to
day by the senate agriculture com
mittee of the revised Kivnn.Vn.
i-nscussiou centered on ine two re- cjpo i p:j.
vised article 10 reservations submit-! 31 olOUX Uliy
crli? leaded ""Seteme.i i! I ' Does $Uf000 Damage
disposition by any considerable Sioux City, la.. Feb. 14. One hun
nnmber of republicans to accept j dred thousand dollars' damage was
cither of the proposals. The repub-jdoue by a fire at Third and Jack
lican leaders said that no formal son streets Saturday- night. The
reply had been made to Senator j heaviest losers .were:
Hitchcock and that there would! F. Xi Zabite..S2.".f)tX): Independent
probably be none. ' Auto Repair co'mpanv. S40.000; Mar-
Virtually the only difference be-! tin Tent coninann. $20,000.
this 1 drick bill providing for federal regu
ne.) 1 lation of the meat industry.
Uentiov f
Prominent Roles at Ratifi-
Nebraska are Mrs. Draper Smith A
Omaha and Mrs. VV. E. Barkley of
Lincoln.
The pioneers include Mrs. David
Crowcll of Omaha anil Miss Ellen
Ham of Kenesaw, Miss Mary Will
iams of Kenesaw. accompanies Miss
Ham. Mrs. P. T. McGcrr of Fall?
City, present chairman of the de
partment of health, Nebraska Fed
eration of Women's clubs, is attend
i:iK the sessions. Others registered
, from Nebraska are: Mary Smith
, J layward, Uiauron: Mrs. 1' rank
i Harrison, Lincoln: Miss Margaret
Hartley of Lincoln, and Misses j
Grace and Edith Abbott of Chicago
I will be added to the delegation later.
; Members of Committees.
I 'Mrs. Draper Smith, who is serving
I on the resolutions committee for the
urTrage association, says there is
nothing from Heaven to the grave
""-'hici! has not
been banded into
their committee.
Mrs. Barkley, and Mrs. Dietrich
j - .ie ,crvng on tile smtrage execu- ;
; tlV( hoard. Mrs. Dietrich is one ot
j ht enrs on a committee for
'lie League ol Women voters,
which will consider a division 01 the i
l lilted StatCS llltO 1CC10I1S Or OW- !
poses of organization and work.
-M rss. Dietrich is not only leader I
lor AeDraska suilragists in name,
,)ut obvious fact. She was easily
distinguished in a picture featured
u' the Chicago Tribune Saturday
fitting beneath a standard carrying
!''e state name and an improvised i
banner surrounded1 by tl'.e state,
delegation. She carried the same '
standard Saturday noon in a parade .officials of Great Britain con
for the benefit of movie artists, who ' cerning the disposition by the
f-av their nictures. will be shown I United States of America of the
over the entire United States.
',: . .
Nebraskans will give a banquet
Monday in the Russian tea room,
doing particular honor to Ellen
Har ii. pioneer from Kenesaw, Miss
1-larh is 91 rears of age, and is pres
ident of a club in a town which
raised more for suffrage per capita
than any place m the state. She
(C n(inii on Page Two, Column Five.)
ELECTROCUTION
AGAIN POSTPONED
BY COURT ORDER
U.
S. Circuit Court Refuses,
To Dismiss Appeal of
Grammer.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 14. (Special.)
Electrocution of Alson B. Cole
and Allen V. Grammer was again
automatically postponed today, ac
cording to information received by
Attorney General Davis from Mason
Wheeler, assistant attorney gener
al, stating that the United States
circuit court of appeals refused to
dismiss the appeal made by Gram
mer. Their reprieve expires Freb-
ruary 20, but the court action acts
as a stay of execution
-
.Aiiotner aeveiopment in tlie case
the absence of the governor. Gov-
j ernor Barrows holds that his power
I in the office only pertains to emer
! gencies.
Attorneys for Cole indicated that
i they would immediately start sim
ilar action but Governor McKelvie
khas already indicated that a stav
for one of the men would cause
i him to grant the other the same !
right, due to the similarity of their
cases. j
"S two men were convicted ot
complicity in the death of Mrs.
Lul1- Vogt of near Elba. Xeb.. on
tl'C ment Ot Itllv 1, 1VI. -Mrs. ogt
was Gramme r's mother-in-law.
For a time the fire threatened the
Howard hotel.
Ship Fire Extinguished.
New York, Feb. 14. The fire on
the steamship William Henry Webb,
reported last night after the ship
had been previously reported as
drifting with crippled e"n glues, has
been extinguished, a wireless report
received early today said. The
steamer Panama has -the Webb in
tow and is making for New York.
"Lizards" Raise Pricesj
Paris, Feb. 14.Pari!fcn "lounge
lizards" ar keeping pace with the
times. Since the coal prohibition in
dance halls, the price of professional
male dancers whom Tashionable
patronesses formerly were able to
hire for 50 cents a round has shot
up to $4.
ASK WILSON
AGREEMENT
:
j Senate Adopts Resolution to i
Have President Make Public
Negotiations With Britain!
Over Selling German Ships.
BRANDEGEE HINTS AT
SECRET UNDERSTANDING
Representative Jefferis Criti
cizes Executive for Even
Entertaining Idea Vessels
Should Go Outside America.
Washington, Feb. 14. President
Wilson was asked in a resolution
adopted by the senate today what
agreement, if any, he had made with
British authorities regarding the
disposition of the German ships for j
sale hy the shipping board.
The resolution was presented by
Senator Brandegee, republican, Con
necticut, who told the senate he had
heard on what he considered good
authority that the president had en
tered into" an understanding as to
final disposition of all the German
vessels which came into American
I10-scssjon .luring the war and after
,je alrmt;ce
Acts Without Debate.
1 " senate atieu vinuaiiy vwiu-
'" UCOatC.
"1 have not the knowledge in the
sense ot navmg seen any ot tne doc
uments, said Senator Brandegee.
"But 1 have the information from a
friend of mine whom 1 consider re
liable." The resolution requests the presi
dent to inform the .senate "whether
3n'. a- 't so, what agreement or
understanding exists between him
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viiuiiaiJ biuj.s men llic oiuppillg
Board is purposing to sell or which
were acquired by the United States
after the termination of hostilities
hctween the United, States and . the
central fcurnjteatr-letttotitc pewFS:"
Jefferis a Convert.
Ki prcsentalive Jefferis has be
come a convert to the propaganda
against the sale of former German-
, owned ships, the Hearst paper here
: (noting him as follows:
"In my opinion the German ships
seized by the United States during
i the war should not be sold by the
president or shipping board to
Great Britain or to a British cor-
: poration. If this fleet is to be sold
i at less than value it should be to
Americans, with the requirement
that tliev must flv the American
!flag.
"No true American can concien-
tiously assist Great Britain in mon-
opouzing tne ocean-carrying trane
of the world. If freedom of the
seas meant so much to America as
to call for the sacrifice of lives and
billions in money by our country
in the late war. we certainly should
utilize these seas for commerce
by developing our merchant marine.
Fears Further Demoralization.
"The sale of ships to Great
Britain for two-thirds of their value
can only result in further demoraliz
ation on our merchant marines.
"The United States is financially
better able to retain these ships
than is Great Britain to buy them.
Why our country should continue
the policy of transporting products
to the water's edge there to load
them into foreign bottoms, is be
yond my comprehension as an
American citizen.
Baldwin Casts His Lot
With Ex-Service Men
Who Are for Pershing
Headquarters of the Pershing
Soldiers and Sailors club have been
established at 107-108 Paxton hotel
and already many former service
men have enrolled under the "Pcrsh-iug-for-President"
banner.
John Baldwin, secretary of the
club, is in charge of the headquar
ters. '
, "It is true that 1 was for Gov
ernor Lowden at first," said Mr.
Baldwin. "I find, however, that
Governor Lowden has conceded Ne
braska to Pershing, tjiis being
Pershing's home state, and under
those circumstances I have no hes
itancy in casting my lot with Ne
braska's favorite son."
20 Per Cent Increase iar
Men Overseas Since July 11
Washington, Feb. 15. Soldiers
who have served overseas since July
11, 1919, will receive an increase of
20 per cent on their entire base pay
iiistead of on the old base pay' au
thorized during the world war.
is ..cltiTi-,(n i,ot imn )Zft 01111
to 300,000 soldiers will submit claims
for back payment antTit will require
approximately $1,800,000 to settle
the claims.
. Swiss in League.
Bern. Switzerland, Feb. 14.
dent Motta read a telegram
liament announcing the n
-Presi-o
par
ptance of Switzerland into the lea-. ie tf na
tions with guarantees for her mili
tary neutrality "
The
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Hff " "I
Says Wilson Wants NothingjTWO KILLED IN
But Puppets in His Cabinet! OARING HOLDUP;
Senator Norris and Other Notables Harshly Criticize
President for Lansing Resignation-Assert Chief
Executive Is Physically and Mentally, TjTnfit.
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apn ii'ls iwi'i i v-i '. n
(Special Telegram.) Greater polit
ical excitement has been created
here over the forced resignation of
Robert Lansing, secretary Of state,
than has been produced by any other
incident connected with the Wilson
administration. That excitement is
coupled with indignation, all directed
at President "Wilson. Secretly the
democrats are as harsh in their criti-
cism as the republicans have been,
the latter being, of course, unre
strained and frank.
One of the first public expressions
given in a day
which was full of
matter was made
gossip over tn
bv Senator Norris,. which, while '
more blunt than most utterances, is
a fairly good
index of the general
reaction.
The incidents connected with the !
Lansing resignation demonstrates
two things," said Senator Norris.
1'irst, that the president is mcapaci-i
tated. and that it was necessary forv
someone to look after the affairs of
government: second, that the mental
expert who has been employed at
the white house was discharged too
soon."
Throughout all tne excitement the
general trend was that of sympathy
with the attitude of Secretary Lan
sing. Even the democrats them
selves, while admitting that the Lan
sing resignation mrght be desirable.
Converts Liquor
Store Into Home;
Case In Courts
New York, Feb, 14. A test to de
cide whether a man can convert his
liquor store into his private home
and store liquor there will be fought
in the federal courts between John
II. Bredc of Brooklyn who tried it,
and revenue agents, who seized nine
barrels of wine and 1,500 bottles
of whisky, gin, champagne and other
liquids. As soon as prohibition went
into effect Brede tacked a card on
his liquor store door re.yling:
"Private residence .- f lohi; II.
Brede."
$27,000,000 Worth of Pelts
Sold at Annual Fur Sale
. St. Louis. Mo.. Feb! 14. More
than $27,000,000 .worth of pelts werc
sold at the 12-dsy auction at the In
ternational Fur Exchange here
which ended Saturday. Buyers as
serted that it was the largest sale in
the trade's historv.
Approximately 1,300.000.000 skii
said to be about half the visible fur
supply of the world, were disposed
of. Price advances were recorded
lin "earlv evcr-v Iot s0,d-
Hog Island Land Turned
Over to Shipping Board j Champion Short Horn Bull
meirlSre Amcricaii'l nterna- j BrinQS 5,000 Guineas at Sale
tional Shipbuilding company was! Aberdeen, Feb. 14. At the Aher
reached today by the United States deen cattle show 5,000 guineas wer"
.limnlnn l.ns.J 1 . . .. - k ! !, .Un 1. ! ' .1 f . !. I i .1 , T .
iwjptn uifliui i.j v.jiiv.1! mi. nuaiv. ,
taices tuie to tn? lann ot tne nog;
Island shipyard at Philadelphia. j
Passing Show
to meet
you'
Your rest fn aton
afford 'me an opportunity I
to select, someone
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il'iw.c irrr.n
(s Urtt-tl 777? n f -t KsC7 -JW
MINO j
-id' tl.caneihod by which it was j
brought about and tile' rebuke, ad-1 '
in I ti 1 1 i irtr r rw)wii1iit f tliM 1
..ess...... ,,.s.,.v.v... y. ...s
pretext that his action m holding
cabinet meetings was unconstitution
al, was "unwise and deplorable."
Another side of the question re
lated to 1he action of cabinet mem
bers in attending these meetings. It
was said that to carry the logic of
the president's position toward Lan
sing to its rightful conclusion every
member ot the cabinet, and Secrc
tary Tumulty should resign prompt-
Iv. If Lansing committed a "crime'
in holding the conferences, then
those others of the president's of
ficial familv who attended them are
accessories after the fact."
Repeated observations were made
that the "president wants nothing
but a mere puppet m his cabinet.
that whom the gods would destrov
they first make mad" and that "cen-
gress must immediately provide
inpans for meeting iwire situations
that arise in wMcli the chief execu-
live is titint phys'cally or mental'y
for the discharge of his duties."
It is probable that the foreign re
lations committee of the senate will
order an investigation of the conduct
of the government's affairs since the
president's illness began in October.
Conservative officials in congress are
deeply concerned over the outlook,
feeling their weakiiess in the most
important branch of the government
at a time when above all others
strength is demanded.4
Pork and Bean Biscuit
Suit Is Appealed to
l i
The suit; of, Grace Osborne and
Louise Osborne Fergson against the
firm of Aimour & Co., the Standard
Oil Co., and about 20 other defen
dants fcr $120,000,000 damages has
been appealed to the supreme court
from the district court of Douglas
county which decided against the
plaintiffs on the grounds of lack of
luridiction.
The nlaiiltiffs contended in
the !
district court that thev are 'the own-;
ers ot a patent pork and bean bis
cuit which the defendants are mak
ing and which they have no right
to use. Thev'also contend that the
defendants have been able to secure
the influence of certain newspaprs
which has injured their credit with
certam hotels.
Last Mercantile Marine
Of Germany Demanded
London. Feb. 14.
According to '
the Exchange Telegraph company's
Amsterdam corrcsnondent. a mes-
sage has been received there from
Rerlin aniiniuirincr that an ulliprt I
note has been hatidcH to the Ger-! '
man government requiring the sur
render of the remainder of
manv's mercantile marine.
fjer i
IJrtlU KM, Mil; llldllipiljll Mll'Vl HOI II
cull Kothic Unsbane Muglit. It
will be exported to Argentina
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on rfjsmK
of 1920
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else
Mld V"s.
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WOMAN IS SHOT
Bandits Try to Steal Bonds in
view ot Thousands in
San Francisco Get
Safely Away.
San Francisco, Feb. 14. While
hundreds were passing by the place,
two men were shot and killed and
a woman was shot by two bandits
in the office of a Libertv bond
brokerage company at Turk street,
in the heart of the business dis
trict here this afternoon. Jht men,
E. R. Stroud, one of the proprietors
of the place, and H. A. Bohlmau, a
stranger looking for work, were
slain as they grappled with the
bandits. Mrs. M. Lasater, the book
keeper, it tc r receiving a bullet in
the head, seized a handful of Lib
erty bonds and plunaed through a
plate glass window to the street.
Her condition was said to be
serious,
The bandits dodged through the
crowd, several members of which
tried to hold them, leaped into an
automobile and sped away. The
machine was one believed to have
been stolen.
Although it was followed for
blocks by other cars and by per
sons oh foo't, the car with the
bandits soon was swallowed ' up in
the traffic Telegrams were sent im
mediately to all police . headquar
ters in central California with a full
description of the men.
Both bandits were unmasked.
One wore a mustache. Whether the
bandits obtained anything cannot
be determined until, a check is
made. Mrs. Lasater said they might
have taken several ' thousand (loi
rs' worth of honds.
engineer at otate
Industrial Home Is
Dismissed on Charges
Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 14. (Special
Telegram.) The discharge of Engi
neer A. IT. Hagen by Superintendent
Clara Quimby, following complaints
made bv three inmates of the Girls'
Inrluslrial home at Geneva,-is being
investigated by. members of the
Mate .Board ot control, commis
sioner Allyn investigated the' affair
following the report made by.th?
superintendent, but would, give out
no details of the nature of the girls'
charges.
Follo-winsf his siimnrary dismissal
Engineer Hagen was allowed to
stay all night at the school, but
moved into the town of Geneva the
next day. He. remains silent on the
charges;
The Weather.
Forecast.
Iowa Generally fair Sunday and
Monday: continued cold Sunday;
; rising teniperatgre .uonaay.
I .Nebraska Mostly cloudy Sunday;
j somewhat colder in southwest; Monday-fair
with rising temperature.
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WILL WAIT ON
OUTCOME OF
CONFERENCE
President of Maintenance of.
Way Employes and Railroad
Shop Laborers Halts Walk
out on Request of Wilson.
RAILWAY COMMITTEEMEN
WILL MEET FEBRUARY 22
i
I To Decide Whether Demands
i For Increased Pay Shall Be
I Pressed on Government or
Passed to Rail Corporations.
Detroit, Feb. 14. The strike ol
300,000 members of the Brother
hood of Maintenance of Way Em-,
ployes and Railway Shop Laborers,
set for next Tuesday, was tonight in
definitely postponed byAllen E.
Barker, inteniatio"nal president of .
the union, in accordance with the
request of President Wilson that
action be delayed until after tin
general conference of railway union
committeemen on February 23.
Notice of the decision to post
pone the strike was communicated
to Director General Hinea by Mr.
Barker in the following message:
"In compliance with recommenda
tions of the committee of the broth
erhood, now at Washington, I am'
indefinitely postponing the stfike
order which was to have become
effective Tuesday morning, Febru
ary 17. However, I am confirmed
in my belief that strike action would
have been eminently justified to
force favorable action on the wage
demands of the men for whom 1
speak. It is evident our committer
did not desire that the Maintenanct
of Way Brotherhood should b
driven into a -position seeminglj
forgetful of the public interest dm
to unfriendly interests .including tin
avenues of information by which th
public can be reached; the peopl
being ignorant of actual conditions
among these railway workers. 1
desire to impress upon you with all
the force af my confmand the abso
lute necessity of relief for our. mem
bers immediately if a most serioui
situation from which there will bi
no retreat is to be avoided' '
Messages Sent Out.,
The telegram to the membership
postponing the strike was sent oil
tonight to the approximately 6,000
local secretaries of the brotherhood
In it President Barker briefly re
views events leading up to the is.
sttance of the strike order and tht
sending of the executive committee1
to Washington. This commttee, th
telegram said, after consulting with
high officials "who are true friend
of the railway workers" recommend
ed that action be postponed.
A special convention, Mr. Barkef
said, might be called to deal witk
the wage controversy. He was not
prepared to say whether the execu
tive committee would join the othef
railway brotherhoods in the Wash
ington conference. . :
The strike order was issued 1as4
Monday after failure of union fepre
sentatives to reach an agreemenl
with the railway administration in
wage negotiations begun last sum
mer. The men had demanded increases
amounting to approximately 40 per
rent, the greater increase to go ta
the lower paid workers.
Referred to Conference.
Washington, Feb. 14. The rail
road wage controversy was referred
today to a general conference of
union committeemen called to meel
here February 2., for final decision
as to whether the demands for in
creased pay will be pressed on th
government or passed on to the rail
road corporations, soon to resumt
control of their properties.
Representatives of 14 unions, who
have been conferring with Directoi
General Hines since February 3,
an. I whose spokesmen laid their
claims before President Wilson yes
terday, have tentatively accepted the
White House proposal for a tribu
ra'. created cither by law or on the
president's motion, to consider the,
demands. .' Final word must come,
however, from higher union author
ity, tiir. conference of union heads.
Assurance was given the Union
officials by 'the president in his
proposal that he would provide ma
chinery for dealing compreheusivelv
with their claims; he pro'poscd the
naming of a corhmission of wage
experts to begin . the compilation
of data bearing on the controversy.
The president said, he was "certain"
if is appajent to'all reasonable men
and women that these momentous
questions must be dealt with by an
agency which can continue to func
tion after March 1." . -
i . Steps Wilson Contemplates.
, "I wish, therefore," he said, "to
! announce to al! railroad employes
I at this time that I propose to carry
I out tie following steps:
I "l.ii the event that in conne--I
tion with the return to private con
! trol provision shall be made by
i law for machinery for dealing with
; railroad wage matters I shall
i proniply use my influence and so far
j as such law confers power upon me,
I shall promptly exercise that pow
j er to bring about the, .earliest prac-t-eable
organization of the ma
chinery thus provided.
"2. Li the event that no such
pi)viii-.n is made hy law for dealing
uith these matters. I stmU' employ
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