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RAILROADS
APPEAL FOR
ASSISTANCE
Ask Commerce Commission to
Take Over Supervision of
Freight; Traffic to Relieve
Serious Car Shortage.
WOULD POOL BUSINESS
AS UNDER ONE SYSTEM
Body Proceeding Actively To
' ward Effective Exercise of
Powers Given to Meet Con
ditions Under Emergency.
f hlrawo Trllunr-tmaha Bra I.fnanl' Wire.
Washington, May 16. The rail
roads have appealed to the Inter
state Commerce commission to take
over supervision of the traffic situ-
?on in order to give relief in the
v" eno;s car shortage now menacing
the country. " '
In a 'petition hy the associa
tion of the railroad execuitve
the rommission is "Urged to exercise
authority granted in the emergency
section of the transportation act
av hereby it. may assume control of
the transportation of food, fuel and
other vital commodities through the
pxercise of the priority system em
ployed by the railroad administra
tion during the war.
In reality 'what the railroads ask
is for the Interstate Commerce com
mission to pool the freight traffic
of the country as operating under
one system just 'as it was operated
under' the railroad administration
retritnt.
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Contemplating Action.
It is believed that' the Interstate
Oommerec' commission had been
contemplating this action independ
ent of the executives' petition today.
Just what will be done has no? been
announced, but the commissu-n to
day replying to the petition, said:.
, ' "The Iuterstate Commerce com
mission is proceeding actively with
steps toward the effective exercise
, of the powers and duties cast upon
it in . such emergencies ' to '.afford
uch relief as may be possible m the
present situation." '
Comnierfting on the railroads'
'appeal, Thomas Dfi 'Witt Cuyler,
.."chairman of the Association of Rail
way Execurives.aid today;
' "la recognition of the develop
ing transportation' crisis, and the
railroads desiring to do their full
duty fn.tfie nremises, the advisory!
rnmmittee of the Association of
Railway executives rcqutsicu Al
fred P. Thorn, vice president and
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general counsel ot the'.associatioti.
K. H. Aishton. oresident oi tne
American Railroad -association, to
.', call on the Interstate Commerce
commission this morning and lay
before it th,e following facts:
Situation Serjous.
f ! "Thre exists s today a menacing
shortage of cars and transportation
Sue to-restricted building of equip
1 ment during the war; to the unusual
degree of equipment requiring re-
pair; to the wide dispersion equip
ment under federal control.' during
the heavy traffic in all kinds of com
(Cimtinufrt on 9a Two. Colnmn One.t
Three Burglaries .
Rf sorted to Police
. Daring Past 24 Hours
T'.irce hurglarios were reported
ti the police during the 24 hours
' ending noon Stmday.
R. L, Tir.V.ham, 3028 Cuming
street, reported thieves entered his
iiome b" breaking the front window
acd carried away $175 worth of
rev clry and crothing. .
nurglarsentered the home of V.
F. Mindel, 1816 Military avenue, and
. after ransacking the house took two
.watches, valued at $60., . ,"
. Thieves Entered a new bunding
under construction at- 2552 North
Forty-eighth street and carried away
25 worth of carpenter's toojs be
. Ibnginit 'to August Johnson, 5518
. -North Th'rty-fourth street.
" Mother of Youthful Tram
Ranriit Claims Bodv of Son
7:Vi!racro. Mav 16. Mrs. L. E.
Walton of St. Tosoph, Mo., mother
of Horace Walton, who was' killed
Friday in a fight with the police
after he had robbed the Illinois
Central New Orleans express . of
$70,000 and killed Patrolman Wil
liam Roberts, claimed the body of
Ler son Sunday.-The train on wihch
she cam to Chicago also brought
the body of her hasbarid, who died
cf'fieart failure Saturday at Buck-
lin. Mo., while on b's way irom St.
Joseph with his wife.
Propose Repeal of Much
A - ' Wartime Legislation
. Washington, Mav 16. Bills call
ing for the repeat of much war leg
islation were introduced by Senators
Rd oi Missouri and King of Utah,
both democrats. Senator Reed in
sne resolution proposes the repeal
of .all wartime extension of the
president's powers, while Senator
King proposed repeat of the Over
man and tne trading with the enemy
acts, as well as-statutes authorizing
tine shipping board to suspend the
law jn order to permit foreign owned
vessels to engage in coastwise trade.
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Swiss Voters in Favor of s v
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V,, wemDersmp in league
Berne, May 16. Switzerland . to
day in a referendum on the question
of accepting or. rejecting of mem
bership in me league --of nations,
voted in favor oi the' proposition.
Clash Over War-Time Rules
On Passports Causes Stir
Among Members of House
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Hot Discussion on Conference Report on New Re
strictions Forces Republican Leader to Call Sud
den Adjournment Sabath Opposes Measure as
Discriminating Against Irfsh.
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Chiracs Trlbuna-Oanaha Be ht& Wirt.
Washington, May 16. Far-reaching
legislation making permanent
war-time passport regulations,
wfiich was slipped into the confer
ence report on the diplomatic and
consular appropriation 'bill, caused
an uprisin gin the house Saturday
which forced Republican Leader
Mondell to bring about a sudden ad
journment.' Representatives, Sabath and .Gal
lagher of Illinois and Siegel of New
York led in a protest against the in
clusion of legislation properly a
subject for consideration by the
committee fon immigration and
which had not been even discussed
in either house in connection with
the appropriation bill. !
Representative siege! made a
point of order against the section of
the : conference report embodying
new passports restrictions on the
around that no similar orovisiou
was included in tiie ball as passed byl
either house. After a lengthy dis
cussion Speaker Gillett overruled
the point of order on the ground
that the section in question was' in
germane inasmuch as the senate had
added an amendment relating to fees
for passports.
Opposition Prepares Fight.
The opposition at once prepared
to make a fight against the confer
ence report. Republican Leader
Mondell interposed a motion to ad
journ when one of the members was
about to raise a point of no quorum
in an effort to drum up a full it
tendance. Few members of the
house had been aware cither that
!the conference report was und;r con-
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.siaerstion or mat sucn tar-reacn.ng
situation had been injected into the
N IS BADLY
INJURED WHEN
AUTO HITS TRUCK
Mrs. E.' H. Perkins Suffers
Internal Hurts in Smash :
With Car Driven by
-Irvington Farmer. ,
'Mrs. E. H. Perkins, 1150 South
Fiftieth street," was seriously in
vterAav af,WnW wh,i she
V'",'-:"7' ""' r JT
was thrown from,n automobile de
livery truck, belonging to the Live
Wire cleaners, 610 South Sixteenth
street, and driven by her husband.
H. H. Perkins, rft the intersection of
Thirty-seventh and Leavenworth
streets when it was struck by a tour
ing car owned and driven hy L D.
Curtis, a' one-armed farmer of Irr
vington. Neb.
' Is Thrown Ten Feet
Mrs- Perkins was thrown 10 feet
through' the air and suffered a large
gash on the forehead, a bruised and
sprained right knee and internal in
juries. , v ' i
Mr. Perkins was cut on the hands
and face by flying glass from tht
windshield. s .
ears old, her father, G. A. Swan,
1719 Ontario street, and Mrs. Curtis,
who were in te touring car, escaped
injury. ' ' '
Tuck Is Demolished.
Curtis was driving south in Thirty
seventh .street and struck the rer
wheel of the truck which was going
east in Leavenworth street. Perkins
lost control of the steering wheel
after the impact and the truck ran
into an. iron trolley pole, completely
demolishing the truck.
Mrs. Perkins and her husband
were thrown from the truck. 1 Mrs.
Perkins lighting on her forehead
on the sidewalk. Gurtis also lost
control of his car as he was un
able to steer it with one hand after
the collision', and it stopped on the
sidewalk. ,
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New Lumber Association
Opens Headquarters
Chicago, May 16'. Permanent
headquarters of the newly organized
American Lumber association has
been established in Chicago, accord
ing to plans announced by officers
of the association, who arrived to
arrange for a meeting of the orn
ganization on May 19 and 20. The
association, composed of wholesale
lumber dealers, succeeds the Na
tional Bureau of Wholesale Lumber
Distributors, organized during thl
war to co-operate with the govern
ment in supplying lumber , for war
purposes.
From Chicago will be directed the
work of standardization, distribution
and devising means for eliminating
waste, it was announced. .
Boomer" Meets Fate of
Many Qthe'r "Railroaders"
Miami, Okl., May 16. "Boomer,' j
believed to be the only railroad
dog" in this state, and mascot of
trainmen of the Northeastern' Okla
homa line, met the fate of mahy
other "railroaders" here the other
day. : i
When "Boomer" attempted to
jump -from a flat car to thS pilot of
a locomotive his feet slipped and he
was ground to small pieces 'beneath
the wheels of the engine, i
,'The dog was buried in a neat pine
coffin -. and a granite tombstone
placed at the head of his grave.
Many'Wgheads," ' tallypots."
"greasers" and "canfains" were
present at the "funeral".
diplomatic and consular appropria
tion bill.
The conference report already has
been approved by the Senate where
ijot a word of comment was made
on the floor relative to the newg mat
ter put in by the conferees, who
consisted of members of the foreign
relations committee of the senate
and the foreign affairs committee ot
the house.
. Hard on the Irish.
Representative! Sabth in de-
nouncing the measure declared that
under its provisions it would be
impossible for Irish subjects of
Great Britain who were political of
fenders to come" to, the United
States. Under the requirement that
no ftliens may come into the United
States except with a passport
vised by a'1 American consul, Mr.
Sabath declared that an Irishman
who had committed any sort of an
offense would be unable to obtain
ii passport to leave the, country from
the British government, a step
which would be - necessary before
an American consul could vise it.
Besides making permanent the
war-time-provision prohibiting the
entry of aliens except from Canada
and other adjacent countries, with
out a passpoii vised by an Ameri
can consul, a section is included re-
quiring passports for Americans' c-
siring to leave tne unitcd( Mines.
The present , war-time restriction
under a law passed a few months
ago were extended to March. (1921,
by which it was expected that per
manent immigration legislation
would" Lc passed.' Representative
Siegel took exception" also to a new
provision repealing an act which
authorized the secretary of state to
issue passports to declarants of citi
zenship. . -r ' "
BIBLE STUDENT
LECTURER HITS
AT ALL .CHURCHES
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Charges Clergymen 'Lying to
Congregations and World
Will f End in '1 926-Ex-'.
planation Is Refused.
. piergymen are lying to their, con
gregations; the Interchurch World
Movement is a graft; Sir Oliver
Lodge is being grossly deceived by
spirits; the world will end in 1926,
were some.of the things R. H.
Barber gi Brooklyn;N.AY.. told an
audience of nearly 500 at the Labor
Temple Sunday afternoon. "Talk
ing With the" Dead" was his subject.
Mr. Barber represents the Interna
tional Bible - Students. ,He claims
that while spirit writing and com
munication is possible, it is not the
dead friends, of the subject that
communicate. '
,. He says that clergymen and
others who maintain that the dead
are in "heaven" are wrong and that.
unristian Scientists, Mormons, etc.,
are moved by evil spirits.
When asked "upon what do you
base your assertion that the world
will end in 1926," he said that he
could give- no answer that the people
could understand it would take
several volumes to (explain in writ
ing. All of the great denominations of
the present day church misinterpret
the Bible, according to Mr. Barber.
There is ntj abode of departed
spirits. Hell" is the grave. All that
are dead, becatKe of Adam's sin, are
dust. .
.The audience, composed mostly of
elderly people, soon became restless
and many left The sneaker re
marked that "some people don't want
to hear the Bible.
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Request Palmer to
Dismiss Indictment
v In Conspiracy Case
Washington, tlay 16. Attorney
General Palmer was askeq by the
shipping board v to cause dismissal
of the indictment returned recently
by a federal grand jury at New York
charging Charles W. Morse with a
conspiracy to violate the shipping
act through the alleged sale of the
steamer McCullougn to La Societe
Generale Dp Houillen and Agglo
meres, a French corporation.
After considering the records in
the case the board held that crimi
nal prosecution was not justified. It
was said at the board's office' that
the indictment had so hindered Mr.
Morse in his financial transactions
that 'he could not complete, ships
now building for the board at his
plants, the Groton Iron works, Gro-ton-Conn.,
and the Virginia Ship
Building corporation,' Alexander, Va.
The operations of these two plants
are now being investigated by a
congresstonal committee charged
with making a general inquiry into
shipping board affairs. '
Town in Massachusetts .;
Secedes From the State
Vineyard Haven, Mass., May 16.
The' town of West Tisbury has
secedeJ, from Massachusetts, so far
as daylight saving is, concerned.
Clocks in that town continue'to run
on standard time, notwithstanding
the action' of-the state legislature.
West Tisbury has one advantage
over other hamlets of the Vineyard
it time corresponds to steamboat
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AWAIT MOVE
OFiisonon
PEACE PLAN
Expected Veto of Knox-Resolution
Will Practically Form
Keynote , for Democratic
Convention Many Think.
HITCHCrr rtEDICTS ,
jf JRN flF TRFATY
Lit '.iance of Action by
:e Before Presidential
potion Message Due fo
Congress Within Fortnight.
By ARTHUR SEARC HENNING.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bfe Lcaaed Wlra.
Washington, May16. President
Wilson's message vetoing the Knox
resolution declaring a state of peace
with Germany will be the most im
portant contribution by the chief
executive to thA contrcversary over
the' peace treaty and the league of
nations covenant, according to ad
ministration officials.
It not only will rf ject the effect of
congress to establish peace by legis
lation for want of favorahje action
on, the treaty, for which the presi
dent and-the irfeconcilables were re
sponsible, but it' will join th; issue
between the advocates and oppo
nents of the covenant without reser
vations and definitely project the
question into thep residential cam
paign for the 'decision of the people.
In effect the veto message will be
a presidential campaign keynote of
the first magnitude and will furnish
the guide for the keynoting to the
democratic national convention to be
performed by Temporary Chairman
Homer Cumminsrs.
. May Return Treaty.
Whether the president will return
the treaty to the senate when he
vetoes the peace resolution is not
known even tohis intimates, al
though they would not be surprised
by such a move, and Senator Hitch
cock Kasvpredictcd it as a certainty.
Even if Mr Wilson should re
submit the treaty, the senate would
not act upon it before the election,
tor the republican majority' in tlt
senate is quite as desirous of sub
mitting the issue to the people for
judgment as is the president. The
only motive the president could
have in resubmitting the treaty at
this time is to pass the responsibil
ity for its disposition back to the
senate, which he will ask the peo
ple to influence in favor of ratifi
cation -twit ho ut the- reservations
I twice: voted bv the majority. v " '
ji iic vtvu message xw vKct-u lu
reach consrress within the next fort
night, on the eve of the assembling1
ot the republican convention and the
promulgation of the republican plat
form stand on the league of nations
issue made by the president.
Up In House Today.
The Knox resolution will be
transmitted by the senate to the
house tombrrow, where the question
will arise, of concurrence in the sen
ate amendments to the Porter peace
resolution passed by the house or
tha reference of the two resolutions
Jo a conference committee for ad
justment of' the differences. ,
Chairman-Porter of the house
commtttee on foreign affairs, said
tonight that he would confer with
the other, republican leaders to
morrow on the course to be pursued
and predicted that there would be
no quarreling over the peace meas
ure. This is regarded as indicative
of a disposition to accept the senate
Substitute resolution, which action
would obviate the delay of consider
ation by a conference committee.
The senate resolution will' be called
in th house on Wednesday and if
concurred in, it will be in the hands
of the president before the end of
the week. .
Attack Secretary Colby.
Secretary of State Cobly is called
an internationalist by the Republi
can Publicity association, which
quotes from an address in which he
urges Americans not tk be "profit
eers" upon their "quite undeserved
commercial and trade advantages,"
and advocated giving "of our-political
power, of our political ex
perience, of our commercial strength
and of our pecuniary power to the
succor and relief of this sorely af
flicted , world."
Red Cross Adopt. Slogan v
For "Learn-to-Swim" Week
Washington, May 16. "Don't be
a sink-easy r is the slogan adopted
ink-i
for "learn to swim" weak May 22
to. 29, the American Red Cross an
nounced in connection with its
campaign to reduce the number of
needless drownings. The move
ment initiated by the an Francisco
chapter includes elaborate plans for
swimming instruction this summer
in co-opefaion with Red Cross life
saving farces at the beach resorts.
Huge Ice Bridge Formed
. Across "Niagara Gorge
Niagara Falls. May 16. One of
the- latest ice bridges in many years
has formed in the Niagara gorsre
from the Amfcrican falls to the
Maid of the Mist landing on the
Canadian side.( The solid formation
is due to continued cool weather,
a heavy flow of ice from Lake Erie
and ,a steady north, wind. .
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Rouses Are ScarcaSo
I : College Bars Co-Eds
' L'bejty Mo.. May 16. The weak
er sex have been barred' from Wil
liam Jewell college that is v until
better housing facilities are pro-,
vidpd. ; ' . - '
Complaints of male students that
they were unable to concentrate on
their studies while the girls were in
the cias roo;m led to the exclusion
of the girls.- ,: .
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The Great
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"SPENDING ORGY''nll,cJlH1PEiH.
NOT EXHAUSTED,
SAYS COLLECTOR
Luxury Buying Going on at
Rate of. $1,200,000,000
Yearly in Gotham Alone,
Says U. S. Official. ' .
. New York, May 16. Luxury buy
ing in New York is now gijing on
at the rate of $1,200,000,000 "a year,
judged by the amount of luxury
taxes aggVegating $10,500,000 a
monthwhich are being collected by
William H. Edwards, United States
collector qf internal . revenue for
Manhattan. In February, according
to the collector, "the government re
ceived from his office $2,000,000
more in luxury taxes than was paid
in any previous month in the his
tory of the department. The month
of April proBably will exceed them
all. The receipts, he says, have been
mounting higher anAJiigher for six
montns.
Luxury Tax Is Big.
"What somepeople call the 'orgy
of spending' has not exhausted it
sel,l said Mr. Edwards today, "but
my men, in their talks with -merchants
and others who pay tne great
bulk' of the taxes, have been told
that the 'peak' of extravagance
seems to have been reached and that
a period of retrenchment is close at
hand, - '
We hear a lot about the iircome
and , excess .profits tax which falls
dueth the spring" of every , year and
about the hardships of meeting' it,
but the fact is that the steadiest tax,
and one which is least felt by the
public and of .-which we hear very
little, is the ' luxury impost. The
poorer chap who buys his girl an ice
cream soda doesn't grumble at the
penny or two tax any more than
does the rich youth who presents his
fiancee with diamond tiara or
touring car., Neithe.r misses it as the
item is so small as compared with
the expenditure. ,( r
King's Ransom for Candy.
"A king's ransom" was spent for
candy last December, but the big
gest revenue came from dealers in
jtwelry,' furs and automobiles. The
theaters showed that in January they
did -an unusually prosperous busi
ness. W'hcn persons start to ecoljp
mize they usually cut ' out amuse
ments, but in January, n the bor
ough of Manhattan alone. $783.-
891.43 was paid jn taxes. Multiplyl
tnat oy IU and you will get some
idea of how much Father Knicker
bocker and his guests are paying to
be entertained at just the theaters.
There are no indications of any
panic in these figures. The man who
said 'Always be a bull on the great
U. S. A. seems to be vindicated.
Soda Tax Pays Big.
"Au interesting thing about the
luxury tax is that more revenue is
being derived from ice cream sodas
any
and. other small sales which carry
a penny or two of tay than there is
from . rhesale of motor cars, dia
monds and other luxuries. Drug
gists paid a large sum 011 expensive
perfumes and cosmetics. Every
manufacturer, producer or importer
is required to make such returns as
will clearly show each taxable trans
action in the sale of -certain goods
and these Jare verified by revenue,
officers. Section 904 of the revenue
act of 1918 provides that 'otr and
after May 1, 1919' the, tax1 of 10
per feent shall be levied and col
lected eln luxuries, including many
kinds of expensive articles in daily
use." In the sale of these article the
dealer acts as a collection agent"for
the government. Other taxes, arH
niirl in the form of stamns."
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Joy Ride Is About Over
sK'fPTlht, if SO; fcy Tha Chicago Tribune)
I I ll Kl II I h l
CANNOT BE FOUND
Stocks Valued at Over . Half
Million Disappears From
Bonded Warehduses.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha) Be Lcaaed Wire
Chicago, May. 16. -"The evidence,"
worth $600,000, upon which the gov
ernment agents had built their.hopes
of humorous convictions in illicit
liquor operations, has mysteriously
disappeared. The confiscated booze, "k
stocks secured in 'raids between July
1 and-Linuary . 16, and stored in
the Sibley warehouse has gone away
fnm there and left no trace.-
This is a bonded warehouse and
supposed to be ' surrounded by. alt
the safeguards - the government
thought necessary. , It had been
noticed that when, a .case came to
trial, the particular liquor; seized in
that case -was missing. lsov the
entire stock is gone and. with the
hands of Major Dalrymple and his
assistants firmly tied by otrsfrom
Washington, there is slirri chance to
secure any new evidence.
A; force of auditor went to the
warehouse to-check up the con
fiscated stocks, but there.- was
nothing to check tip.
Smuggling away ' this immense
quantity of liquor could nqj have
bee n accomplished without some in
side helpand an ominous shadow
of suspicion " is faJTfng upon
former ""high "internal revenue of
ficials. Auditors find the. records in
complete, no receipts ' for liquor
withdrawn and loose methods gen-,
erally in the conduct df officials who
were beifTg paid by the government
to guard the liquor. Disappearance
of the evidence means the govern
ment suits against seyeral persons
for violation of 4heprohibitipn law
fall flat. These suits would, have hit
some very prominent wholesalers
and Mg cafet-proprietors and the
case!rgainst them were practically
perfect until the government lost the
evidence. . ' .
Socialist Committee
Presents Petition for
Eugene Debs'JRelease
Washington, May 16.-yThe social
ist party's petition fof the release
of its presidential nominee, Eugene
V. Debsj and other political prisoners
was taken to the White House Sat
urday by the special committee
named by the recent socialist con
vention in New York. S .
Secretary Tumultv said he would
call
II it to the attention of President 1
jison. ) i
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Seymour Stedmanr the party's vice
presidential candidate, made a spe
cial plea for pardon for Mr. Debs,
who' he said, had been convicted on
vaulty evidence and had been unfair
ly .represented to the people by
newspapers throughout the country.
An' argument on behalf of Kate
Richards; O'Hare. serving a sen
tence W the Jefferson City peniten
tiary on- conviction of havingvio
lated the espionage act, ftso was
made;
Secretary Tumulty asked many
questions about the two cases and
requested that a list of all other
prisoners for whom " relief was
sought be sent to the White House.
The Weather
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RUSSIANS AGAIN
IN CONTROL OF
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RAILWAY LINE
More Conciliatory Actions by
Japanese Toward Siberians
'Reported During' Last ;
Few Days.
By FRAZIER HUNT. l
New York Timea-Chteag Tribune Cable.
. . , Copyright, 1938. , ,
, Harbin May 16. -More concilia
tory afctioaS by the; Japanese toward
the Siberians nave been evident in
the last few" "days. ;.
The railroad from Vladivostok to
Nickolsk", which had been operated
by the.. Japanese for 35 days, since
they 'took Vladivostok on April S,
was returned to Russian control.
Russian railroad men returned to
work on the line and-jregular train
service was resumed.
The Japanese, however, are ,in ,a
position to retake the road ;at any
time and resume .its operation for
military purposes when they see fit.
The Siberian troops either have been
disarmed or have fled to the hills.
In the Vladivosfok-Nickolsk district
there are about 10,000 Russian red
troops and .about 30.000 Japanese
who are being reinforced from time
to time.' ''-... - , , '
As long as the Moscow govern
ment refuses to fight the Japanese,
the Siberians have to do as they are
told, as Japan dominates the situa
tion,. - - - - ' , .V
The Japanese, however, also have
the UruSult river to Russian con
trol and General Moy, commanding
Vladivostok, has issued "a procla
mation predicting withdrawal of the
Japanese inilrtap; forces. The -Russians,
however put little faith in
these Japanese promises which are
contingent on the cessation of hos
tilities in the transbaikal region..
While the Japanese proclamation
is regarded by the Russians as in
dicating a : less belligerent attitude
when combined with the return of
the railroads and the slackening of
the movement of Japanese troops
into Siberia, the Russians, are in
doubt. They recall that in spite of
assurances the Japanese t suddenly
seized Vladivostok and other Siber
ian cities and disarmed""Russian
troops.
Publishers Take Up Car
' ShortagelrVith President
New York. May 16. President
Wilson and the railroad hbor board
were aAkeLr hJ the Am.eri.caJf News"
paperN Publishers association to take
acwm wnicn wouia relieve tne
menace o. newspaper publication
presented by the congestion of
freight cars whkh has followed the
railroad strike.
, "Present congestion of freight
cars seriously menaces the publi
cation bf newpaper& which depend
upon a regular 'supply of print pa
per transported by rail from the
mills," read one telegram sent to
President Wilson by T. R. Williams,
president of, the association.
Mr. .Williams also sent- a tele
grafn to the railroad latior board. "
Issues Annual Appeal for
. Harvest Help in Nebraska
--Jefferson City, Mo., May ,16. The
annual call for. harvest help for
Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Missouri,
Nebraska and North and South
Dakota, was issued here Saturday
by Commissioner William H. Lewis
of the Missouri Bureau of Labor
Statistics, who is federal director for
th; seven states. Director Lewis es
timates that 15.000 men w ill be need
ed. They will be d'stributed through
a central clearing house at Kansas
City, starting about June 1, accord
ing to the Call.
5 EAT CANDY
AND SUFFER
FROM POISON
Polife Search, for John. W.
, Shepherd After Police Sur
geon Declares Wife and Chil
dren Victims of Strychnine.
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HUSBAND VISITS HOME
WITH SACK OF CHOCOLATE
Wife Defends Shepherd and
Denies Attempt to Poison
Family Separation Follows
Suit for Divorce.
r
Mrs. Elsie Shephei-d, 8J3". Pine
street, her two children. Mrs. Jose
phine Kohak,ek vid Mrs. -Violet .
Schmidt, rpomers, were (victims of
strychnin( poisoning yesterday,
according to. Police Surgeon J. A.
Johnson, who responded to their
call for aid.
The five persons became ill eating
chocolate randy given them,' they
said, by John W. Shepherd, man
ager of the Basket store at Fortieth
and Hanriltoii street", against whom
Mrs. Shepherd recently brought,
suit or divorce.
Shepherd Leaves Home.
' Police sought Shepherd last
nighty He left the Shepherd home,
his wife said, when Miss Schmidt
showed symptoms of illness, falling
to the Hqqj in convulsions. '
Shepherd came to his wife's hoijic--shortly
before 1 1 :30 Sunday morn- .
ing t6 visit them. He brought a'
sack of chocolates, and they were
passed around. '
All ate the candv and as Mrs.
Schmidt showed ill effe.'ts from
eating it Shepherd left the house.
In a few minutes she fell in con-.
vulsions on the floor. The police
were called and Dr. Johnscau revived
her half an hour later.
- Dr. Johnson on examining the
others who ate the candy, said that
all of them showed effects of strych
nine poisoning. . ,
" - , Candy All Consumed. ' ,
The police, were unable to obtain .
any of the candy as the sack con
tained but about IS. pieces and it
was eaten before Mrs. Schmidt be
came ill.
Mrs. Shepherd filed her petition
for. ( divorce about ten days ago
through W. R. Patrick, her attorney.
She charged extreme and repeated
cruelty,. -" ,
The Shepherds have lived to?
gether. but not as man and wife, for
a nuirrbet"f-morrths7-. Shepherd did
not leave his wife's home until after 4
the petition for divorce had been
filed.
Telephones Police.
Mrs. Shephe;rd telephoned the po
lice for aid. Saturday night after a
man attempted to enter her home
whom she said was her husband.
The police also were summoned a
week ago Saturday night, when Mrs.
Shepherd said a man was tapping
on the windows of her home.
Mrs.- Shepherd refused to com
ment on the'. visit of her husband
yesterday. She defended him by ,.
saying, she did not-believe he at
tempted to poison herself and the
children.
"I ate most of the candy." little
Stanley said, "and I am all right."
Dr. Johnsoii said Mrs. Schmidt
would recover. "
PREDICTS DEMOS
WILL ADOPT BEER
AND WINE PLANK
Personal JJberty Foremost Issue "
In Campaign, Senator, Lewis ,
Declares.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha, Dm l.eaard Wire. "
, Aurora, 111., May 16. The- demo
cratic national convention will
adopt a plank favoring state local
option on light wines and beer,
former United "States Senator J.
Hamilton Lewis said in the course
of a ' conversation with an Aurora
friend. ... " .
"Personal liberty" he said, "will""
be one of the foremost issuesin the
presidential campaign. The republi;
cans will tryto straddle by declar
ing that they are for the jconstitu
tion the United States. But the
voters won't be fooled. The demo
cratic party believes that states that .
want total prohibition should have
it. ''Those that don't want it should'
not be' compelled to accept it."
Senator Lewis who has been en
dorsed by democrats for vice presi
dent said that Wilson will be the
democratic candidate for president
if the republicans "insist on making
the league of nations the paramount
issue in the campaign."
."They will find that he is not the
feeble man, they think," said the .
senator, "but on the contrary ,will
discover he has the same great in
tellect and force of character with
which thev have so often coped un
successfully. " "As the campaign goes on, it will
become more and more evident that
the democratic party as always is
making the' fight for the people as '
against vested - interests and en- . -trenched
privilege." .
MotorisSaveS His Life v
' By Leap to Train Engine
Eldorado, JCan, May v16. Timo
thy Manion, an oil refiner, owes his
life to' sheer nerve and presence of
mind hee the other day. ' . '
When rTis motorjear was struck bv :
a St. Louis & San Francisco freight
train Manion leaned to the pilot of
the engine and clung there until the
train was brought to stop. His
automobile was converted into junk
by the vhcels of the train. .
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