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THREE MAJOR
FACTIONS AT
CONVENTION
Cox. McAdoo and Palmer
Forces Lining Up Supporters
For Bitter Nomination Fight
At Democratic Powwow.
OTHER CANDIDATES ARE
LOOMING IN BACKGROUND
Administration Expected to
Control Organization of
Meeting First Test to Come
On Permanent Chairman.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Trihunr-Omaha Ilea Lrasrit Wire,
San Francisco. June 25. On the
eve of t he assembling of the demo
cratic national convention next
t Monday there are throe major fac
" tions, each maneuvering to make
its leader the nominee for the pres
iileucy. The leaders of these fac
tions, named in the order of ap
parent strength in the convention,
are: ,
James M. Cox, governor of Ohio,
hack of whom are massed the
antiadminis.tration forces and the
"wets."
William Gibbs McAdoo, son-in-law
of the president and former
secretary of the treasury, whom, de
spite his definite withdrawal of his
nnme, the aggregation of federal
office holders, the international
bankers, working for the league of
nations, and railroad and other la
bor elements are bent on nominat
ing. A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney
general, supported by some of the
oi ganization democrats anil the
patronage ' machine of the depart
ment of justice and alien property
custodian office.
Others in Background.
In the background of possibilities
ready for consideration in the avent
of a deadlock are Vice President
Marshall, John W. Davis, Ameri
can ambassador to Great Britain,
former Speaker Champ Clark and
lastly President Wilson himself.
That the administration will con
trol the organization of the conven
tion and the framing of the platform
l.y the resolutions committee appears
probable, but there is doubt that the
administration will be able to go
any farther. The first real test of
Urength between the administration
and its opposition will be over the
selection of the permanent chair
man. ,
The administration program calls
. ?or the election of Secretary of State
Colby as permanent chairman. Bryan
wants Senator Walsh of Montana.
The democratic old guard isfor Na
tional Chairman Cumming's, who
also will be temporary chairman
while Senator Robinson of Arkansas
is being suggested as a possible conv
promise.
Many Ballots in Prospect.
Of the three leading candidates for
the presidential nomination none is
within shouting distance of the re
quisite two-thirds majority and it
looks as if it would take considerable
balloting to bring any of them with
in reach of a simple majority.
Attorney General Falmer, who ar
rived today with the Pennsylvania
delegation, 75 out of 76 strong for
Palmer, an'1 immediately began to
claim the victory while the claiming
was good, is likely to poll more votes
C the first ballot than any other
(Conllnurd on Pnga Two, Column Two.)
Estimate Population
Of United States at
Total of 105,000,000
Washington, June 25. The popu
lation ofr continental United States
1 :s estimated at 105.000,000 by J. A.
Hill, chief statistician of the census
bureau. Hs calculations are based
or. the combined populations of 1,406
cities and towns for which statistics
have been announced.
The increase over 1910 is placed at
about 13,000,000, showing the growth
of the country has Ihot kept pace
with previous decades. Almost com
plete cessation of immigration dur
ing the war is the chief reason as
signed for the falling off in growth.
ther suggestions were the two in
fluenza epidemics, return of aliens to
their native lands and deaths of sol
diers Abroad and at home during the
war.
The Aggregate population of the
cities anJ towns on which the esti
mate wa made is 41.029,354. This
Is an average gain of 26 per cent
compared With 35 per cent in the
previous decade.
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$2,500 Damage Done by
Fire at Nicholas Refinery:
Ten barrels of crude oil were de-1
ctt-.-n.rtl nnH fin nil' ctitl wn HaTT1- I
agefi by fire, believed to have been
caused when air leaked through one
of the caps to the firebox at the re
fineries of the L. V. Nicholas Oil
company. Twenty-fourth and Hick
ory streets, at 10 last night.
The still in which the flames
spread contained about 120 barrels
of crude oil. The loss is estimated
at about $2.50.
Mother of 25 Children Is
Given $1? Week for Support
Chicago, June 25. Mrs. Anna
Slavicek, married 26 years, and the
mother of 25 children, was awarded
$12 weekly by Judge Trude today
or the support of herself and three
children who still live at home.
She told the court her husband
allowed her but $20 a month from
the income of an apartment build
in' he owns-
i: .
Women Recommend No
Reference to Prohibition
In Democratic Platform
Members of Executive Committee Agree to Support
Stand of Wilson on Peace Treaty and League of
Nations Urge Plank on Collective Bargaining,
And Oppose Child Labor Under 14 Years of Age
San Francisco, June 25. The
women members of the executive
committee of the democratic na
tional committee today decided to
recommend that no reference be
made to the prohibition question in
the platform to be adopted by the
convention.
It was also agreed to recommend
that President Wilson's stand on the
peace treaty and league of nations
be approved.
The following planks submitted by
the labor committee of the wom
en's bureau of the democratic na
tional committee, Mrs. Robert Bruce
Bruere of New York, chairman,
were adopted:
"We affirm the right to collective
bargaining between employers and
employes through representatives of
their own choosing. We approve also
the national industrial council es
tablished by employers and em
ployes within the various industries,
the findings of which shall have
the effect of ordinary collective
agreements but not of judicial deci
sions subject to compulsory en
forcement. Against Child Labor.
"We insist on the abolition of the
labor of children under 14 years and
that children between 14 and 18 shall
be permitted to work only after
passing examinations by local
school and health authorities assur
ing proper standards of health and
education.
WOMAN ARRIVES
LATE WITH WINE
AND BEER PLANK
Miss Marbury Finds Fair Sex
Have Already Decided to
Remain Silent on
Prohibition.
By LEOLA ALLARD.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire.
San Francisco, June 25. Elizabeth
Marbury, member of the national
democratic executive committee,
was late today with her light wine
and beer plank and when she ap
peared dragging it in behind her,
she was told that the national dem
ocratic women in conference at the
Palace hotel under the gneralship
of Mrs. George Bass, had voted
unanimously to say nothing about
the liquor question.
"But," protested Miss Marbury.
"I want to present this plank. I "
"But," said Mrs. Bass, "the wom
en have voted unanimdusly not to
talk about the subject It has been
voted upon."
Miss Marbury says she didn't
know the question was coming up
today or she would at least have
been there on time.
Miss Helen Grenfeld, delegate
from Colorado, caused a stir when
she announced that she would not
stand for anything that was a crti
cism against the administration. Con
sequently she would not stand fo
the labor plank presented by Mr
Kellogg Fairbank of Chicago which
contained an anti-injunction clause.
She had with her women from In
diana and some loyal supporters of
Attorney General Palmer. The ar
gument was a warm one.
"The anti-injunction clause is, a
direct criticism of the present ad
ministration," she said. "We shall
never stand for that."
Miss Grenfeld has been accused
of being . with capital and there
were whispers to that effect, some
of them reaching her ears.
Man 60 Years Old Father
Of Thirty-Fifth Child
El Centro, Cal., June 25. Frank
Valle, 80 years old, a native of Mex
ico, became a father for the, 35th
time today when his second wife,
whom he married in 1900, gave birth
to her 17th child, an 11-pound boy.
Sixteen of Valle's children are liv
ing. Baker Heads Water Board.
Washington, Tune 25. Secretary
Baker was named by President Wil
son today to be chairman of the
board provided for in the water
power bill to carry out the provi
sions of that measure. Secretaries
Meredith and Payne were also
named members of the board.
Home Hewed Planks, Some Wet, Some Dry,
Make Oakland Mole Look Like Lumber Camp
San Francisco, June 2$. Oakland
mole, arrival-point for democratic
national convention delegates who
poured in by the hundred, looked
more like a lumber yard than a pas
senger depot today. So many plat
form plank suggestions arrived
with the delegates that their special
trains clattered like fast freight lum
ber trains.
A rough estimate would indicate
that it would take the resolutions
committee a month, sitting 24 hours
a day, if it planned to give all the
suggestions a full hearing
Delegates in every car whiled
away the journey hacking and saw
ing at language they thought would
look good in the party's bill of par
ticulars. They hammered and
banged away at every subject under
"We reaffirm our belief in the
principles of the democratic plat
form of 1916, and ajrain urge the
general adoption of the eight-hour
day.
"We believe that wages should
be put on the basis of service, not
ot sex, and that minimum wages
should be fixed which will insure
to all wage earners a proper stand
ard of health, comfort and effi
ciency. "We urge that the federal trade
commission be given greater pow
ers over the basic food industries
of life.
Urge Employment Offices.
"We advocate the development of
a national system of employment
offices under joint control of fed
eral and state boards. To meet
the problems of seasonal require
ments of agriculture, we urge the
immediate organization of a volun
tary labor corps for harvesting with
transportation subsidies.
"We advocate the extension and
development of the bureau! of
women in industry established by
the democratic party in the depart
ment of labor. We also urge the
appointment of women on all gov
ernment boards and tribunals deal
ing with industry and labor.
"We recommend tl'e protection
of womanhood and infancy accord
ing to the best modern experience."
A resolution urging the establish
ment of a department of education
with a cabinet officer at its head
was also adopted.
TAFT PREDICTS
QUIET DEATH OF
WET-DRYISSUE
Former President Points Out
That Congress Has Power
To Fix Alcoholic Content
Of Beverages.
Chlraico Tribune-Omaha Bee I.eard Wire.
Chicago, June 25. Former Presi
dent Taft slipped into town today,
remained long enough to drop a
chip of cheer for the thirsty thou
sands, and slipped out again to make
a lecture tour in Minnesota.
Mr. Taft, although opining there
would be neither wet nor dry plank
in the democratic platform, ex
pressed the belief that "a reasonable
and common sense enforcement
legislation would in the near future,
make the wet and dry fight a quiet,
orderly and unobtrusive corpse."
Intimating that personally, he did
not have a high regard for the 18th
amendment "but since it's the law
I believe in obeying it to the letter"
Mr. Taft pointed out that congress
had the power to fix the alcoholic
content of beverages affected by the
amendment as well as to regulate
the use of intoxicants and punish
violations of the law.
"It is just as easy for congress
to say 2 per cent or 4 per cent or
any other reasonable per cent as to
say 1-2 of 1 per cent. Congress
should and undoubtedly will be
guided by reason, common sense
and the wishes of ,ai majority of
the people, A dralttic, unreason
able law defeats its own purpose.
No doubt there are those who would
like to make the 'manufacture or
sale of whisky a capital crime. Such
a law would not be worth the time
it took to write it. The people would
rebel against it. And that is true
of any law bearing on the subject.
It must be sane, sensible and in
harmonv with the wishes of the
people."
After a brief discourse on the
trials of a plump person doomed to
the pursuit of trains, Mr. Taft
shouldered the league of nation?
plank.
"I am for the league of nations
and I wish the republican platform
had been more specific on that point
I would prefer the league without
nullifying reservations. But first and
foremost I want the treaty. Even
with article 10 struck out I am
for article 10 and I believe the ob
jection to it is not well founded
there is much good in the1 treaty.
There is limtation of armaments,
creation of a court, and many other
important points. If we cannot have
the le ague with article' 10 and we
cannot we should not let any pride
of authorship or any individual opin
ion bar us from the other benefits
of the treaty."
the sun and had no time for scenery.
As desert, mountain and valley
relied by the car, the self-appointed
sacrificers fought hand-to-hand bat
tles with the English language, seek
ing words to say one thing and
mean another. Hand baggage and
trunks were loaded down with home
brewed planks prepared before the
political voyagers embarked for the
golden west. ,
Wet and Irish planks were in the
majority, but no subject was
slighted.
Where delegates themselves had
not prepared a few thoughts for
consideration of the official plat
fcrm makers, representatives of
some association, committee, league
or other propaganda center prompt
ly filled the breach
BRYAN READY
FOR FIGHT ON
Nebraskan Arrives at Scene
Of Democratic Convention
Ready to Battle to Last Ditch
For Adoption of Dry Plank.
SUSPECTS CUMMINGS
OF SUCCORING ENEMY
Shows Lack of Confidence in
Carter Glass Will Boost
Senator Walsh of Montana
For Permanent Chairman.
Chlrago Tribune-Omaha Bee leased Wire.
San Francisco. June, 25. Breath
ing defiance of all and sundry "wets"
snd ready to do battle to the last
ditch for the adoption of a "dry"
platform and the nomination of a
"dry" candidate, William J. Bryan
reached San Francisco tonight.
Establishing himself at the St.
Francis hotel. Col. Bryan conducted
his first reconnaissance of the enemy
camp of Demon Rum, whose bas
tions he discerned in the neighbor
hood of the Palace hotel, headquar
ters of National Chairman Cum
mings, who is to be temporary and
perhaps permanent chairman of the
convention. Col. Bryan persists in
suspecting Mr. Cummings of giving
the enemy aid and comfort, a cir
cumstance that greatly grieves Mr.
Cummings at times.
Distrusts Glass.
Mr. Bryan professed satisfaction
with the results of his preliminary
examination of the scene of battle,
but thought it a wise precaution to
post none but blown in the bottle
"drys" on guard. He evinced a lack
of confidence in Senator Carter
Glass for chairman of the resolu
tions committee, who, according to
the Bryan intelligence department,
had been detected during the day
fingering a plank sot quite so dry as
it might be and thereupon put for
ward for that position Senator
Walsh of Montana. If lie fails to
land Walsh in the chairmanship of
the platform committee, Mr. Bryan
will endeavor to have him made per
manent chairman of the convention
instead of Secretary of State Colby,
who feared that the ship workers
would mutiny without their beer, or
of the suspected secret friend of the
demon. Mr. Cummings.
Mr. Bryan is going to be the Ne
braska member of the committee on
resolutions and it is there that he
will make his first fight against a
moist plank or a noncommittal plank
and in favor of an out-a,nd-out dec
laration in support of prohibition.
He felt greatly encouraged by con
fidential reports that the "wets" no
longer are pressing for a light wine
and beer plank.
Prediction Fulfilled.
"I said some time ago," remarked
Mr. Bryan, "that the 'wets' would
realize before the convention net
that they had no chance of obtaining
a 'wet' plank Apparently my pre
diction has been fulfilled. Now they
will be satisfied with platform silence
on the liquor issue. It looks like a
surrender in the face of fearful odds
against them.
"When the 'wets' launched their
campaign to obtain a 'wet' plank
they were determined to impose
their will upon the convention if they
had a majority of only one vote,
though it would mean the ruin of the
democratic party. How they are
singing a different tune."
Mr. Bryan declined to discuss his
attitude on the league of nations
(Continued on Page Two, Column Seven.)
Three Marine Corps
Aviators Killed as
Plane Falls 400 Feet
Savannah, Ga., June 25. Three
marine corps aviators, Capt. Gus
tave Karow of Savannah, and Lieu
tenants Frederick Molthen of Butte,
Mont, and S. E. St. George of
Quantico, Va., were killed today in
the fall of an airplane at the Paris
Island marine corps station.
The cause of the accident had
not been determined tonight. The
plane was about 400 feet in the air
when it was observed to be in trou
ble. An attempt was made to land
and when within 100 feet of the
ground, the machine burst into
flames and crashed to the earth.
Air Limousine Returns
From Lincoln in 40 Minutes
Making the return flight from Lin
coln in slightly more than 40 min
utes the giant all-metal monoplane,
carrying six persons arrived in
Omaha about 7:45 last night. The
party left the Ak-Sar-Bcn flying
held at 2:15 yesterday afternoon.
They ?xpected to make the trip
in 40 minutes but were delayed on
the way to Lincoln when they lost
their way. Those who made the trip
were Mr. and Mrs. T. J. O'Brien,
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Larson of
New York, Pilot Bert Accosta and
William Bugh, mechanic.
Five Bandits Make Rich
Haul From St. Paul Bank
St. Paul. June 25. Between $5,0O
and $10,000 worth of Liberty bonds
and $5,186 in cash was the loot ob
tained by five bandits who late to
day held up the Great Northern
State bank here, bank officials said
tonight.
Victor Hedgman, cashier, was
slightly wounded when he stepped
out of the vault while the robbery
was in progress and one of the
bandits fired at him. The bullet
bullet grazed his chest just over the
heart.
DEMON
RUM
DRAKE SAYS HE
... . . . .
WAimKtNltltt
TO SEE HIS BOOKS
Profiteering Charges Denied
And Tenants Are Invited to
Investigate Profits of
Holding Company.
Permission to examine th? books
of the Drake holding "companies in
order to determjne whether or not
the increase in rent demanded by
the companies is justifiable last
night was granted ,to the Omaha
Tenants' Protective league by Wil
liam Drake, president of the Drake
Realty Construction company. Mr.
Drake presented the companies' side
of the situation at the fourth meet
ing of the league, held in the council
chamber of the city hall. About 500
members of the new league were
present.
The companies were organized on
an honest basis before the war, and
the increase in rent is necessary to
meet a 7 per cent dividend on the
preferred stock of the companies,
upon a basis of increased replace
ment value, MrDrake said.
He stated thai he believed the
attitude of the tenants was perfect
ly right, and that it was not his
purpose to obstruct their plans. If
movements of concerted action had
been started sooner to keep prices
down, the situation might have been
avoided, he said.
In answer to questions of the of
ficers of the league, Mr. Drake de
nied that the companies had received
dividends of 35 and 40 per cent. He
also denied that new buildings being
erected by the Drake Realty Con
struction company were being built
frcm rental returns of the holding
companies.
Mr. Drake was hesitant in an
swering the questions put to him by
members of the'league. To most of
them he pleaded ignorance, repeat
ing that the books were open to the
examination of the league. He also
disclaimed knowledge of the mis
treatment of tenants by representa
tives, when W. Whittaker, secretary
of the league branded this treatment
as "rotten."
A motion for the appointment of a
committee to confer with the gov
ernor of the state relative to the ex
amination of the books of the com
panies and legislation regulating
rents was passed at the meeting last
night. The conference probably will
be held the first of next week. A
tentative bill concerning this legis
lation will be presented at the next
meeting of the league next Friday
night.
The league now has a membership
of more than 4,000; it was said at
the meeting. The labor unions also
have pledged their support, accord
ing to reports of committees.
Armenian Who Sought Aid
In U. S. Returns to England
New York. June 25. Gen. Ozanian
Antranik, who came to the United
States as a member of the Armenian
military mission, with the object of
enlisting moral and financial support
for the independence of Armenia
sailed today for England.
The Weather
Forecast.
Nebraska and Iowa: Unsettled
weather Saturday and Sunday, with
probably showers; not much change
in temperature.
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caii attention
TO INFRINGEMENT
OF PEACE TREATY
Allies Send Three Notes Deal
ing With Question of Ger
man Disarmament.
Berlin, June 25. Three notes,
dealing with the question of Ger
man disarmament have been received
by- the president of the German
peace delegation. The first outlines
many infringements, of the military
clauses of the" peace treaty," saying
the allies have determined to reduce
the German army to 100,000 men,
still stands. The security police,
this note adds, must be disbanded
within three months, but gives per
mission for the disciplinary force
to be increased to 150,000. Demand
is made that the German constitu
tion be made to conform with these
military stipulations so that conscrip
tion may be abolished by law. In
conclusion the note asks that legal
measures be taken against the export
of war materials.
Details of the substitution of 150,
000 disciplinary police for the se
curity police are supplied in the sec
ond note.
In view of the incomplete delivery
of aeronautic material, the third note
says, the construction of such ma
terial which was to be resumed in
Germany on July 10, may not be
resumed until three months after the
surrender ot the allies of the aero
nautical material called for is com
pletely carried out.
Hawkeye Democrats
Donate Liberally
To Pullman Bandit
Des Moines, la., June 25. Thieves
Centered the train on which the Iowa
delegation is traveling to San Fran
cisco and robbed several of the
delegates of property valued at
$1,000, according to a telegram re
ceived here from a member of the
Iowa party. The thefts were not
discovered until after the Pullman
burglars had left the train.
The theft occurred between Grand
Junction, Colo., and Greenriver,
Utah, t
One of the victims was Deputy
United States Marshal Shoemaker
of Iowa.
Assistant Secretary of War
Crowell Resigns His Office
Washington, June 25. Benedict
Crowell. assistant secretary of war
has tendered his resignation to take
effect June 30 and the president has
accepted the resignation the War
department announced today. The
president congratulated Crowell on
his" success in office.
Harding Sidesteps Fashion Show by Playing Golf;
Figg Says Skirts Should Come Below the Waist
(hii-ago Trlhan-Omaha nee I.eaHl Win.
Washington, June 25. Senator
Harding ' took refge on the golf
links when reports reached his of
fice that three beautiful dressmak
ers' models, dressed to exemplify
cloth conservation, were on their
wny to pay him a visit.
The young damsels brought to
Washington by represenatives of the
National Retailers' association, who
wanted to exhibit the styles to the
Department of Justice before they
were placed on the market. They
called upon Howard Figg, special
assistant attorney general in charge
of the high cost of living, to get
signs.
The most noticeable feature of the
new dresses worn by the models
RAIN IN STATE
IS BIG BENEFIT
TO GRAIN CROPS
Railroads and Wire Com
panies Report bamage
From Water and Elec
trical Disturbances.
Rain,- badly needed in some parts
of the' state, thoroughly drenched
Nebraska early Thursday morning.
Reports from all section of the state
indicate that the rain was a great
boon to the crops although in some
sections cloudbursts did damage.
Wind and severe electrical disturb
ances are reported in some sections.
Two and a half miles west of Os
mond over 1,000 feet of Burlington
track was washed out and a Union
Pacific bridge between Beatrice and
Marysville, Kan., was damaged and
traffic delayed several hours. Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul traffic
was at a standstill because of a
heavy rainfall in western South Da
kota, damaging the tracks between
Chamberlain and Rapid City.
At Plainview a cloudburst inun
dated the eastern section of the town,
filling cellars of the homes with over
a foot of water. Water in the streets
was three feet deep.
At Hebron five inches of water
fell in three hours, causing the Lit
tle Blue river to rise rapidly and the
canal to overflow its banks. Many
cellars were filled with water. A
large barn on the H. N. Knowltcn
farm was struck by lightning and
destroyed by fire. Two horses and a
cow were killed.
At Neligh the Elkhorn river rose
over four feet and a newly con
structed bridge was only saved
through the efforts of large crews
of men who kept the structure clear
of debris. S
In the vicinity of Norfolk a severe
electrical storm damaged telephone
and telegraph lines. Wires in the
southern part of the state, also were
damaged.
Socialist Challenges
Gov. Coolidge to Debate
Chicago, June 25. Seymour Sted
man of Chicago, candidate for vice
president on the socialist ticket, has
challenged Governor Coolidge of
Massachusetts, republican vice presi
dential nominee, to a debate on the
issues of the presidential campaign,
it was announced tonight at so
cialist national headquarters.
The time and place of the debate
will be decided by mutual agree
ment, a letter dispatched to Gov
ernor Coolidge said. The letter said
that "a public discussion would aid
the public to grasp more clearly our
differences in purpose."
was their entire absence below the
knees. Mr. Figg surveyed their cos-
Uumes critically, viewed exposure of
limb with concern, and declined
flatly when asked to pose with them
for the movie camera.
Mr. Figg said he did not care
to lay down any hard and fast
rules for women's clothing, but ex
pressed the opinion that skirts
"should at least come below their
waists."
As they were leaving the Depart
ment of Justice, the retailers' rep
resentatives and models said they
were bound for Senator Harding's
office. They wanted to get the re
publican nominee to say a word on
next fall's styles and have him
"movied" with the models. Someone
promptly set the alarm to the sen
ator's office and he went golfing.
DANGER OF
GREAT RAIL
STRIKE OVER
Labor Board Promises Report
On Salary Question on or Be
fore July 20 Award to Be
Retroactive to May 1.
REACH AGREEMENT ON
METHOD OF PROCEDURE
Brotherhood Chief Expresses
Opinion That Men Will Be
Satisfied With Efforts to
Reach Early Decision.
Chicago, June 25. A decision on
the demands of railroad employes
for wage increase will be made on
or before Julv 20 by the railway
labor board, judge R. M. Barton,
chairman, said in a statement late
today. The award would be re
troactive to May 1, the statement
said.
According to W. G. Lee, presi
dent of the Brotherhood of Rail
toad Trainmen and spokesman for
union leaders, who gathered here
today, the board's declaration would
end all danger of a general railroad
strike. Mr. Lee said that secret
plans had been made by a disaf
fected union element to sp"rad the
strike throughout the country be
cause of the continued delay in an
nouncing the wage ruling.
"The men would have quit at mid
night tomorrow night," Mr. Lee
said. "It was impossible to hold
them longer. Men of my organiza
tion have been waiting patiently for
nearly a year."
The railway board's statement
that an agreement on a method of
working out Che wage problems had
been arrived at and that no time
would be lost in reaching a con
clusion. Decision Satisfactory.
Lee and other representatives of
the recognized railroad brother
hoods, who met here today to dis
cuss the railroad wage situation, said
there was no doubt the men would
be satisfied with the promise pf a
decision to relieve their impatience.
"Was the decision the result of
a warning of a probable strike
brought by you and your associates
tojhe board?" Lee was asked.
"You can draw your own con
clusions as to that," Lee answered.
In a later statement Mr. Lee de
clared that "even the most conserva
tive members of these organizations
lately have been bitterly complaining
of the delays and Insist upon a de
cision." "Now that it has been definitely
decided that the award will be hand
ed down not later than July 20," the
statement continues, "we urge our
members to continue to carry out
their obligations to their organiza
tions and the contract relations with
the employes as the most effective
means of helping the situation."
General chairmen of the most
widely recognized railway organiza
tions will meet in Chicago, July 19,
to consider and pass upon the
awarus Dy me Doard, it was saiA
Held Men Back.
"We came here to prevent a stri.
due. at me same time to obtain f
satisfaction for the men," said T;
othy Shea, president of the Brotl
hood of Locomotive Firemen,
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Charles L. Dundey, j
Lawyer, Dies Aft-'
Prolonged Illness
Charles L. Dundey, 3114 Popple
ton avenue, who has been in fail
ing health for several years, died at
his home about 11 last night.
For many years Mr. Duncan had
been engaged in the practice of law
in Omaha, but was forced to retire,
from active practice about si
months ago. Since that time he
had declined rapidly and his death
was not unexpected. At one time
Mr. Dundey was a member of the
legal department of the Union Pa
cific railroad. He was 46 years old.
Mr. Dundey is survived by his
widow, a daughter of E. M. Bart
lett, who was the first king of the
Ak-Sar-Ben, his son, ChaYles, jr.,
and his mother, of Omaha.
Tucson in Darkness When
Engineers Go on Strike
Tucson, Ariz., June 25. Tucson is
in total darkness tonight and its
water supply threatened as a result
of the walkout of engineers of the
Tucson Electric Liglit and Power
company in sympathy with electrical
workers and linemen who struck
several days ago.
Street car service is paralyzed and
industrial concerns depending on
electric power tied up. Water plant
superintendents declare that the wa
ter supply will not last more than a
day with its electric motors shut
down.
Crops also are threatened through
tjie shutting down of irrigation
plants.
Controversy over the open shop
caused the strike.
Life Sentence Given Slayer
In 10-Minute Kansas Trial
Pratt, Kan., June 25. Kansas
wheels of justice are working in
"high."
"Herb" Lilly, who confessed to
the slaying of Mrs. William Bryant,
fcund murdered on her doorstep
here, was awaiting transportation to
the Kansas state prison today to be
gin a life sentence.
Only 10 minute ur consumed
in h;