VOL. XtlX-lNO. 37.
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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 29, 1920.
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PAYMASTER
KILLS BOLD
HIGHWAYMAN
Blow Struck With "Blackjack"
Fails to Down Guardian of
$2,191, Who Shoots Assail
ant Through Heart.
PARENTS ARE UNABLE TO
REALIZE SON'S CRIME
Bandit Drafted in Army Day
Before Armistice Has Been
Employed at Odd Jobs in
Packing Houses. ,
The bandit killed by reviver shots
yesterday noon after having at
tempted to hold tip James White,
paymaster for the Selden-Breck
Construction company, at Twenty
Sixth street and Dewey avenue, was
identified late in the afternoon as
F.dwarfl C. Stawasz, 23 years old,'
S221 L street.
Identification was made through
army discharge papers found in the
dead man's pockets. The mother,
two sisters and a brother of young
Stawasz viewed the body at Gentle
man's mortuary, Thirty-fourth and
rarnam streets, sttortiy alter iney
were notified of his death.'
A .32 caliber revolver and 12 shel's
were found in Stawasz's coat pocket
when the body was taken to the
morgue.
Carried Weekly Payroll.
. White shot Stawasz through the
heart and back after the highwaymen
struck him on the side of the head
with a "blackjack" as he was emerg
ing from the alleyway near Twenty
sixth and Dewey avenue. White had
a payroll of $2,191 which he was tak
ing to the hew Lord Lister hospital,
now under construction at Twenty
sixth and Dewey avenue, to pay the
workmen, i I
The paymaster carried a loaded
gun up ins sieeve tor in emergency,
he "aid. The InHtaht he was struck,
he gays, he whirled about and fired
five shots at the1 fleeinar bandit. Only
two of the shots took effect. Stawasz
never Tittered a cry, but started to
run. White told the police.
The paymaster reeled over from
the effect of the blow struck by the
bandit. He was given medical at
tention at Central police station.
Dies la Store,
The bandit ran west to Twenty
eighth street. At Twenty-eighth
and Farnam streets, Stawasz stag
gered into the grocery store of A.
(Continued o Pnee Two, Column Four,)
President Provides for
Conunuation of Fuel
Administration s Powers
Washington,' Feb. 28. Coincident
with the signing of the railroad bill,
President Wilson issued executive
orders providing for continuation of
the nowers of the fuel administra
tion but dividing them between the
director general of railroads and a
commission of four. DirectorGen
eral Hiries will retain jurisdiction
over domestic distribution; while the
fommission will handle bunker and
export coal matters. 1
The commssion will be composed
of A. W. Howe, Rembrandt 'Peale,
F. M. Whittaker and J. F. Fisher.
It will function through the Tide
water Coal exchange, which is re
stored for that purpose, having been
suspended before the resignation of
Dr. Garfield as fuel administrator.
The order creating the commis
sion is effective until April 30," next.
Fire Chief Rescues
Deputy From Death
In Burning Building
New " York, Feb. 26. Fire Chief
John F. O'Hara of Brooklyn plunged
into the burning .ruins of a four
story brick shoe factory in Brook
lyn and rescued Deputy Fire Chief
Charles H. Furey, who had been
buried beneath a falling wall, and
was seriously injured. Fifty other
fire-fighters, who were battling the
flames from the roof, narrowly es
caped being carried Into the blazing
building. . .
Expel Girls and Teachers
For Making Raisin Wine
Chicago, Feb. 28. Four students
and two teachers at Kemper Hal!,
an exclusive school for young wom
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.Thursday "for flagrant violation" ol
school rules, it became known. Rev.
Alfred Griffin, president, would not
diseuss the dismissal, but students
reported the girls and teachers were
found making raisin wine.
Dr. Griffin declined to discuss the
"moonshining" reports, but denied
report the girls had been gambling
with dice. ,
Wilson's Health Imnroves.
Washington, Feb. 28. Dr. Fran
cis X. Dercum, Philadelphia special
ist, paid one of his occasional visits
to the White House Saturday and
told Rear Admiral Grayson, Presi
dent Wilson's personal physician,
that the president's ' condition
showed a "noticeable improvement
aincfc his last visit two weeks ago.
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Omaha is Now Real Home
Of Union Pacif ic Railroad;
Builders' Pream Comes True
Plan for Transcontinental Carrier From Missouri
River to pacific Coast Under One Management as
Originated by Abraham Lincoln and ,Gen. Gren
ville M. Dodge Comes True at Midnight. .
Tonight at midnight Omaha be
comes the real home of the Union
Pacific railroad and for the first time
one of the railroad dreams of Abra
ham Lincoln, General Grenville M.
Dodge and the congress which au
thorized the building of a transcon
tinental railroad haye come true.
These people dreamed a continous
transcontinental railroad beginning
at the Missouri river at Omaha and
ending at the Pacific ocean.
Tonight, at midnight, that vision
comes true. A transcontinental rail
road, under one president, under one
operating official, under one traffic
official, and stretching from Omaha
to the Pacific ocean comes into
being.
Home in Omaha.
' For the very first time, and be
ginning ' at midnight tonight, the
Oregon-Washington Railroad and
Navigation company will have its
real headquarters in Omaha. The
Oregon-Washington stretches from
Huntington, Ore., through to Spo
kane to Portland and to Seattle, with
branch lines and with boat lines
radiating to all parts of the Pacific
northwest. . At Huntington, it con
nects with the Oregon Short Line,
which, at its own eastern terminals,
Ogden and Granger, connects in
turn with the Union Pacific,, making
one continuous line from the' Mis
souri river at Omaha, through to
Puget sound and the Pacific. -
The system, which, after tonight,
will have its nerve-center at Fif
teenth and Dodge streets in Omaha,
readies' from Omaha to Denver,
Salt Lake, Yellowstone, Butte, Boise,
Spokane, central Washington, -Portland,
Tacoma, Seattle and to all
points between. ,
In the Pacific; northwest section
mnfy hundreds of miles of boat
WIFE AND DOCTOR
FOUND GUILTY OP
KILLING HUSBAND
Man and Woman lyiurderer
Latter's Spouse by Admin
istration of Arsenic.
Macomb, III., Feb. 28. Dr. George
Alverson and Mrs. Alice Clugston
were found guilty of the murder of
the latters husband, JLawrence
Clueston. at Bushnell. 111., last July,
Dr. Alverson was sentenced to life
imprisonment and ' Mrs. Clugston,
was sentenced to 14 years in the
penitentiary. The state charged the
two had caused Clugston's death by
administering arsenic.
When the sentence was pro
nounced the defendants maintained
the outward composure displayed
throughout their long - imprison
ment in jail, and during the three
weeks of the trial.
Attorneys for both defendants im
mediately moved for a new trial.
Suspected Foul Play. 1
The Clugston trial has been one
of the most sensational in the his
tory of western Illinois courts.
Lawrence Clugston, the murdered
man, died at his home in Bushnell
under circumstances which caused
his relatives and those of his wife
to suspect foul play.
At the instance of Mrs. Clugston's
father, an investigation was begun.
Analysis of the victim's viscera dis
closed presence of more jfti&n nve
grains of arsenic.
As Dr. Alverson iwas declared to
have been the only attending phy
sician and Mrs. Clugston the only
nurse, suspicion resulted in their as
rest and indictment.
Present Motives for Crime.
Alleged illicit relations between
the defendants and a desire to be
married, the latter evidenced by love
notes, exchanged while the two were
prisoners, and the physician's re
ported need for money to make pay
ment on Texas land, which it was
charged he would obtain from the
victim's insurance, were presented
by the state . as motives for the
crime. , .
The 15-year-old son of Mrs.
Clugston "was a witness for the
prosecution. He asserted that at one
time he had found his mother and
Dr. Alverson in a compromising po
sition, but had not told his father
when his mother Jiad threatened to
leave home. ,
Former Soldier Is '
Seriously Burned
When Stove, Explodes
Leslie Gragle, 32 years of age,
2600 Avenue C, Council Bluffs, was
probably fatally burned last night
by the explosion of a kerosene heat
ing stove in his home. His clothing
was completely burned off his body
and he suffered severe burns about
the head and shoulders. Me was
taken to Mercy hospital, where phy
sicians entertain no hopes for his
recovery.
Mr. Gragle was a member of the
American expeditionary forces in
France and was recently discharged.
His wife and several children es
caped being burned wljen the stove
exploded. . , .
lines are operated or xontrolled ly
the system. All of these will come
under the Omaha officials.
Lincoln Authorizes Road.
When Abraham Lincoln author
ized the building of a railroad line
fro-n the Missouri river at Omaha
through to the Pacific ocean, and
congress provided the funds for the
work, the intention was to build
a line straight west from Omaha to
Salt Lake, at which point the main
line was to have spread ou;t like
a fan, one road going to the south
west to Los Angeles, a second di
rect west to San Ftancisco and a
third to the Puget sound country.
All these lines were constructed,
but by different interests so that
they have never come under one
ownership or management.
The Union Pacific has, at times.
owned or practically owned, all three
jf these sections of the fan. out the
officials have never had their head
quarters in Omaha. 1 he United
States supreme court forded the
Union Pacific to dispose of its con
trolling interest in the Central line
to ban trancisco. ihe Los Angeies
line is said today to be controlled
bv the Union Pacific.
t In Omaha. to Stay.
A half-century has been required
to bring tinder the Omaha Qitice tne
iirst one of the sections of the fan.
From indications, the system
headquarters are now hi Omaha to
stay. There may be a further in-
orathd'riner of officials Of the Other
Harrimair railroads, but scarcely wiU
there be another scattering of them
between other cities. They are in
Omaha to remain. ..
Twenty-three years ago E. H.
(Contlnned on Pa Two, Column Tlirw.)
FOUR HURT WHEN
AUTOS CRASH IN
SOUTH THIRTEENTH
Three Occupants of Cars Un
conscious in Hospital and
: One May Die.
Three automobiles collided at
Thirteenth and Martha streets short
ly after test midnight arid four men
were seriously injured, one probably
fatally. Witnesses testified that two
big touring cars were racing south
on Thirteenth street at about 60
miles an hour and a smaller car was
traveling . west on Martha street at
40 miles an hour. They came to
gether. Jimmie Kerns, Seventh and Burt
streets, injured in the wreck, was
taken home before the arrival of
the police, but later taken to the
Lord Lister hospital where it was
found he had a deep cut in the head
and a badly mangled hand and arm.
Les Lamish, Soutn inir-
teenth street, had rented the car go
ing west and is thought to be one
of two unidentified and unconscious
men in St Josephs hospital. One of
the unidentified men has a broken
leg the other a broken jaw and
concussion of the brain, according
to hospital authorities.
Joseph Snyder, Iwenty-thira ana
Bancroft streets, is also in the hos
pital suffering from internal in
juries; ,
All of the men are unconscious
and details of how the accident hap
pened could not be learned. It is
believed by police that at least twj
men who were occupants of. the
wrecked cars left the scene.
A bottle that police say contained
alcohdl was found in the pockets of
one of the injured men.
Bryan Says Prohibition
Will Be Great Issue m
Presidential Election
Devils Lake. N. D.. Feb. )28.
William J. Bryan in a telegram to
J. H. Bloom, democratic state
leader, received here from Miami,
Fla.. declared that enforcement of
prohibition would be the paramount
issue in the coming presidential
election. . ' .
The action of the New York state
democratic committee in advocating
the nullification of the prohibition
amendment by the state legislatures,
the telegram said,- makes the en
forcement of prohibition the para
mount issue, until the "outlawed
liquor traffic ceases to menace the
homes of the land."
THe Weather.
Forecast.
Nebraska Fair - Sunday with
slowly rising temperature in west;
Monday fair and warmer.
Iowa Fair and continued cold
Sunday; Monday fair and warmer.
Hourly Temperatures.
6 a. m .....23 1 p. m ti
a. to. it t p. m.... 85
T a. m..., XI S p. m t4
.8 a. m... ...... ,.0 4 p.m...: 22
0 a. m.. ........ .19 S p. m... ., 21
10 a. m...... CO p. ,.... tl
It a. m, 22 V p. m... .20
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OMAHA AUTO
SHOW READY
FOn OPENING
Doors Thrown Wide at 2 P. M.
Tomorrow World Invited to
Feast on Sight of Magnificent
.Cars in Sumptuous Setting.
15TH ANNUAL EVENT TO
BE 'THE GREATEST EVER'
Dances Every Day Gala
Promenade Along Automo
bile Row One $11,000
Car' and 284 Others.
THE SHOW IV BRIEF.
Itf March 1 t4 6, Inclusive.
l'lace Auditorium and Annex, Mutb
Of Auditorium.
Ausptrra Omaha Automobile Trade
assnciHtion.
Manacer Clarjie G. PowtU.
Opens p. mi Monday, March 1. '
Cioaeo 10:30 Saturday, March 6.
Hoiirx (After Monday), 8:80 a. m.
,to 10:80 p. m. '
Music Afternoon and' evening by
Olefton's orchestra.
Admission 40 cents, including war
tar. ,
-Number of Exhibits 77.
Make of Can 04.
Cars on Display 284.
lowest Priced Truck 600.00.
Highest Priced Track 7,SO0.0fl.
IiOwest Priced - Passenger Car
$583.70.
Highest Priced Passenger Car
S! 1.000. .
When the doors of the Auditorium
swing open at 2 tomorrow afternoon
for Omaha's 15th annua) automobile
show, visitors will be ushered into
the presence of the greatest display
of motor cars and trucks ever asj
sembled in Nebraska.
There will be on exhibition 284
new models" of automobiles and
trucks, products of 94 American mo
tor car factories.
In light and heavy passenger cars
and trucks for varied service the'
combined display will represent the
best the automobile industry has to
offer as products of ingenuity and
inventive ability of motor car en
gineers and the artistry and orig
inality of designers.
Cars to be shown are valued at
$1,000,000..
To Break All Records.
Motor car dealers, officials of the
Automobile Trade association and
Clarke G. Powell, show manager,
are predif ting attendance that will
break all previous records for Oma
ha shows. Never before, they say,
has public interest been aroused so
intensely in new offerings of auto
mobile and truck manufacturers.
The exhibit will be open from 2
(Continued on Page Three, Colnmn One.)
Suspects Are Cleared
Of Bluffs Holdup by
; Bandit's Confession
lwo girls and two youths, ar
rested in Omaha for alleged com
plicity in the holdup of the pool
hall of -Pete Potkonak in Council
Bluffs Wednesday night were cleared
by a confession, Police Captain Shaf
er of Council Bluffs said he received
from Clifford Barrett, who is near
death in Jennie Edmundson hospital,
Council Bluffs. Captain Shafer al
leges that Barrett told him there
were but three men in the holdup
gang. ' ' i
The automobile which Omaha
police were led to believe was occu
pied by the bandit gang is the prop
erty of Captain Shafer, he says, and
was being used by himself and a
party of city and federal officers
searching for illicit stills. He says
he was near the scene of the tragedy
about" five minutes before the hold
up. -
Barrett and James McLaughlin,
alleged bandits, are near death in
the hospital and reported slowly
sinking. - . , ,
Bee's New Leased Wire
Service tio Start Tonight
Tonight marks the opening of The Bee's new leased'
telegraph wire which connects The Bee directly with the
office of the Chicago Tribune and affords it the oppor
tunity to publish every foreign cable and Washington
dispatch which the Tribune itself publishes in the same
editions and on the same day. ' .
This wire will carry also a selection of the best of
the Tribune's special correspondence from all parts or
the United States, the pick of its Chicago news and the
"high spots" of the New York Times cable and New
York city news. Included will be Charles Michaels' re-
t . Jl . r- i i t ji. it tr
view oi me inicago grain manteis ana ine rsew ions
Times lead on thef New York markets.
No other paper in Nebraska or Iowa will be per
mitted to use this sfirvice. ' No Nebraska paperever paid
for a single contract the sum necessary to gain this un-v
equalled service fpr readers of The Bee.
, The Bee continues the full report of the Associated
Press.
'The Chicago Tribune features including , "The
Gumps' Drr Evans' Health Talks, sport specials, short
stories and women's features will be available for The ,
Bee shortly after March 15. . ;
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$200,000 GOLF
CLUB PLANNED
ON WEST DODGE
Pappio Club, New Organiza
tion, Will Put in Links Nine
Mile West of
' City.
Omaha is o have a new golf club
nine miles west of the city on the
Dodge street road,' or Lincoln high
way, at a cost of $200,000, according
to men who' are interested.
The Pappio club has been chosen
as the name of the new links.
"The new club will have one of
thebest 18-hole courses in the coun
try,,' said a real estate man conver
sant with the plan. "The course it
self will cost $100,000 and the club
house $100,000. Work will begin at
once. The course will be laid over
160 acres of irrigated land. The club
house will be equipped with a . fine
dining room, a, big open air dance
floor and tiled dressing rooms and
showers and will stand one-quarter
of a mile off the Lincoln highway.
Plans are, now being drtwn . by
Omaha architects; The - company
behind tne new ciud nas Deen capi
talized at $200,000."
It is the present intention to lay
out at a later date a nine-hole aux
iliary course for' women, but this will
not be attempted until the 18-hole
course is in steady use.
Membership in the new club will
cost $400. .
The fairways will be irrigated in
order to provide good turf the year
around.
Appeal Dry Law Decision.
Washington, Feb. 28. Another
case involving the constitutionality
of the federal prohibition amendment
and the enforcement act reached the
supreme court with the filing of ap
peals by the Kentucky Distilleries
and Warehouse company frcrrf fed
eral court decrees dismissing pro
ceedings brought to enjoin enforce
ment of the act in that state. '
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Passing Show
BLOODHOUNDS ARE
TRAILING SLAYERS
OF U. S.JENGINEER
American Killed by Mexicans
In Raid on Stores-Brother ,
Severely Wounded.
' Nogales," Ariz., . Feb. " 28. Deputy
sheriffs from Santa Cruz county and
a posse from Tucson with blood
hounds, crossed the international
line into Mexico tonfzht in pursuit
of the bandits who killed Alexander
Frasier and shot his brother, J. A.
Frasier, in a raid yesterday on their
store at Montana Camp.
Gen. Manuel M. Dieguez, the new
military commander of the state of
Sonora, Mexico, accompanied by
the Mexixcan consul here and Berto
E. Figueroa, mayr of Nogales, So
nora, called this afternoon on Fran
cis J. Dyer, . American consul at
Nogales, Sonora, and expressed re
grets over the killing. They prom
ised full co-operation with American
civil and federal officers in hunting
down the bandits. .
The posse is on the trail of a man
known as Ezequiel Lara and a' com
panion, and , is headed for a point
called Syric in northern Sonora.
Troops from Camp! Stephen D. Litr
tie have been sent io the scene of the
killing. . .'
The body of Alexander Frasier
was brought here this afternoon. He
was 58 years old and one of .the
best known mining engineers lt the
western part of the United States
and jn Mexico. He was a member
of the Institute of Mining Engineers
of New' York cfty. He was part
owner in the Geneva Times of
Ithaca, N. Y., and with' Ki's brother
had large mining interests in Santa
Cruz county. ' I
Manzanillo Consul Killed. '
Washington,- Feb. 28. Augustus
Morrill, former American consul at
Manzanillo, Mexico, was killed by
vf i,.:i. i?k t"
The American embassy at Mexico
City has been instructed to make
urgent representations to the Mex
ican government looking to the ar
rest and punishment of the murder
ers, and the American consulate at
Manzanillo has been instructed to
make similar representations to the
Mexican authorities.
Pastor Referees Bouts
In Church Basement,
Then Himself Wrestles
Kansas City, Feb. 28. With the
pastor, the Rev. J. H. Jones, fas
referee and the Sunday school sup
erintendent timekeeper, the base
ment of the Rosedale Congrega
tional churcrr was the scene of two
boxing matche.s and later an exhibi
tion in which the pastor himself
challenged and defeated all comers
at "Indian wrestling"
1,295,826 in Porto Rico.
Washington. Feb. 28. Porto
Rico's population is 1,295,826, ac
cording to- final returns from the
14th decennial census as eiven in a
cablegram from San Juan at the cen
sus bureau nere. I his is an increase
of 177,814, or 15.9 per cent over 1910.
Masons Get Raise.
Denver, , Colo.,. Feb. 28. Union
bricklayers won their strike for in
crease in wages from $9 to $10 a
day. Details for plans of arbitra
tion of the demands of other unions
in the building trades are being
worked out,
of 1920
JAPANESE DIET
FORCED OUT ON
SUFFRAGE FIGHT
Emperor Dissolves Body on
Request of Premier Hara,
Washington Is
Informed. . '
Washington, Feb. - 28. The1 fight
in Japan for universal suffrage re
sulted in the dissolution of the Jap
anese diet last Thursday by imperial
decree. The emperor's action was
taken "at the request of Premisr
Hara, cable advices from T6kio
said. 'It followed violent scenesi in
the lower house of parliament. .
The first news of the seriousness
of the controversy between the gov
ernment and the majority parties in
the diet to reach the United States
was, contained in an Associate!
Press dispatch from Tokio under
date of February 14, received in this
country last Tuesday 10 days aftei
it was written.
This dispatch said the opposition
attarked the firovernment for OODOS-
ing the universal suffrage measure
and that the president was obliged
to intervene. The police fought
members' jn the lobby and the mili
tary was called upon td restrain
crowds .outside attemptingjo break
into the building. The demonstra
tions continued throughout , the
night. '' " .
Two Fires Break Out
Same Night in Store
v Near Film Exchanges
I r ;-
Two fires occurred last night at
214 South Thirteenth street. - The
first blaze started on the second
floor, either from a lantern or a
carelessly thrown cigaret, accord
ing to, firemen. .The second started
in the basement of the M. Cheshin
sky fruit store, near the furnae,
shortly after midnight. .
Mr. Cheshinsky purchased the
stock two weeks ago. The damage
from the fire was slight. An i un
identified negro who was asleep on"
the second floor was canried from
the building . by firemen partially
overcome by smoke.
The scene of the fire is in the im
mediate neighborhood where two
especially large conflagrations brok4
out early Friday and k Saturday
mornings in wliicn damage ot Hun
dreds of thotisandsi of dollars was
done.
Film exchanges in ' adjoining
buildings with thousands of dollars
worth of highly inflammable film in
stock were greatly agitated by the
two fires.
Fred Jackson, 2313 P street, re
ported that shortly, before the ec
ond fire he saw a woman leave the
vicinity pi the building and hurry
away in a taxicab. '
San Francisco Hotel Men '
Not Holding Up Democrats
San Francisco. Feb-. 28.-Georire
F. Mara, assistant to ' Homer ' 5.
Cummfngs, chairman of the demo
cratic national committee, in a state
ment issued .says:
"There is 'no truth in the rumor
circulated in certain eastern cities
that the hotel people in San Fran
cisco are insisting on exorbitant
rates during the holding of the dem
ocratic national convention here in
June, , .
WILSON EL'DS
U. S. CONTROL
OF CARRIERS
Signs' Bill Saturday, But Hines
Will, Continue to Exercise
Duties of Director ' General
For Some Time Yetv '
REPLY TO BROTHERHOODS
OVER WAGES PUBLISHED
Deals Wholly With Settlement'
Proposals and Does Not Re-'
fer Directly to Memorial Re
questing Veto of Bill, '
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Washington, Feb. . 28. President
Wilson signed the railroad bill to ,
night on the eve of the return of'
the roads to their owners and o
private control.
In a proclamation issued at the
time the bill was signed, Mr. Wilson J '
vested in Walker D. Hines, director
general of railroads, virtually all
powers conferred upon the executive,
by the bill. Mr. Hines will, also - -continue
to exercise the duties of .
director general, which continued -beyond
the return of the roads to ,
private control at midnight Sunday,
The White House also made "pnb- -lie
the text of the president's reply
to a recent request of represent?-;
tives of the t railroad brotherhoods
that he appoint a commission com-
posed equally of employers' and
employes' delegates to consider
wage demands made by the brother-
hoods. It deals wholly with the
wage -demand settlement proposals
and does not refer directly to the !'
memorial later presented by the '
brotherhood heads asking, that he
veto the railroad bill. "
Action Is Unexpected.
Announcement of the signing of
the bill came after officials had be-
come convinced Mr. Wilson did not 1
intend to act tonight, although they .
were certain he wAuld. not permit
the measure to become a law fcy the
expiration of the 10-day limit al "
lowed for presidential approval or."
veto of an act of congress. There.
were indication that the president's
action on the bill was delayed pend
ing his completion ,of his reply to -the
'brotherhood hwds. .' - '
In his letter Mr. Vilson said the 'v.
passage of the railroad bill made it
evident that "I could not act on
your suggestions until it should
have been determined whether the
bill would become a law or not"
"It was manifest the letter con,- t'
tinued, "that if the bill-should be- 1
come a law the negotiations and
consideration of the wage' matter -ought
to proceed.in harmony there
with. . Way Open for Action. ;
"The bill havings now - become a "
law, the way is open for immediate, :
action on the wage matter in ac- 11
cordance , with the terms of the .
biij. Section 301 of the ill evident-,
ly contemplates that the carriers
and employes should, as suggested s
Dy you, select representatives who .
will thus constitute -a bipartisan
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Fifty-Fifty Profit Sharing .
Plan Is Announced by
Cash Register Company 'J
. Davton, O.. Feb.28. The Na.
tional Cash Register company, em
ploying approximately 7D0O neonle ,
in its plant here.i has announced a
fifty-fifty profit sharing plan for em-
ployees for 1920. Only employees in
the Dayton plant of the company
will share in tire profits.
John H. Patterson, president of
the company, announced that the
profits of the company will be deter
mined by outside accountants and
that after the net profits have been -determined,
an amount equal to 6
per cent interest on the company's
investment will be deducted.
Tie remaining profits, the slate-,
ment said, will be divided i
equal shares, 5U per cent . to , the
company and 50 per cent to be di
vided among the employees. -? : i
Profits to be distributed among
the employees will be divided into
xwo parts, nait to executives and
foremen and half to other " em
ployees. ".'
No employee will receive profits
unless he has been in the employ of
the company for six months
No Public Investigation of
"Rum Revolt" in Michigan
-s.
Iron River, Mich., Feb. 28. J. E.", 1
Converse, assistant attorney general ' v
of Michigan, announced that he had
canceled plans for a-public investi
gation of the Iron county prohibi- V
tion squabble and would leave lor"-'
Lansing at once. ' -
" Woman Gets two Years. .
' Dallas, Tex., Feb. k Notice of "
appeal was filed by counsel for Mrs. ,"
Ida..Valera Ott, whom a district-"
court jury earlier in the day had
found guilty of manslaughter' for '
shooting her hitcKanrl A ml,... T v
ptt, here last December. The court
assessed hef punishment at t
years in the penitentiary. ;
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