THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JUCY 22, 1920.
PUBLIC MUST PAY
WAGE INCREASE
FOR TRAINMEN
Boost in Passenger and
Freight Rates 3tfTo 40 Per
r- Cent in Near Future ,
Foregone Conclusion.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chlrsio Tribune-Omaha lit 1mi Wirt.
Washington, July 21. While fed
eration of labor officials here are
confident the railway employes will
accept, for the time being, at least,
the wage advance granted them in
Chirapo Tuesday in preference to
striking, the public shortly will be
required to foot the bill included in
the biggest single advance of trans
portation rates ever granted Amer
ican railroads.
Jt is regarded as" a foregone con
clusion that passenger rates will be
boosted throughout the country in
addition to the largest increase of
freight rates on record. An aggre
gate advance of befcveen 30 and 40
per cent in passenger and freight
rates, combined is expected, making
the total advance of rail tariffs since
1914 in excess of 80 per cent. With
the $600,000,000 wage advance Tues
day the pay of rail employes has
been increased approximately $1,
500,000,000 since the beginning of
the war period.
Ask Freight Increase.
Without reference to the advance
of wages the railroads here asked
the Interstate Commerce commission
to authorize a 28 per cent freight
rate raise. Those who have followed
the pending proceedings in this case
pronounce V a certainty that passen
ger traffic now will be required to
share the burden of the pay raise.
The railway executives' rate com
mittee will meet here tomorrow to
consider the extent of the passenger
rate advance to be asked of the com
mission. An increase froi 3 cents per mile
to ZYi cents per mile in passenger
rates is expected. One proposal w
that passenger rates on western
roads be boosted to 4 cents per
mile and those in the east to 3i
cents. '
An increase in passenger rate of
Yz cent a mile will mean an increase
of 3" per cent in ' freight rates
throughout the country This figure
is .computed on the theory that the
commission will grant the , request
for an increase of 28 per cent in
freight rates to provide enough addi
tional revenue to meet existing costs
and bring the total earnings of the
roads to 6 per cent on the value of
property. v . . i
An increase of li cent a mil in i
passenger rates 'throughout thecOun- l!
try would raise additional revenue
amounting to. $200,000,000 a year.
This would mean that $400,000,000 of :
the increased wage bill would, be
borne bv freight traffic. This item I
of $400,000,000 could be raised by an I
increase oj 11 per cent in existing
freight rates. Adding this 11 per
cent to the, 28 per cent previously
asked bythe roads to meet existing
costs, the total increase in freight
rates would be 39 per cent.
May Divide Increase.
In case freight and passenger" rates
were each required to bear one-half
of the increased wage it, with the
additional increase in freight rates,
would be held down to about 8.4 per
cent. This would make a total in
crease in freigVrates of only 36.4
per cent instead ct-39 per cent, while
the increase in passenger rates would
have to be about three-fourths of a
cent a mile. ' t
In Case the suggestion which has
been made fcthat passenger fares in
the east be increased by Yi cent per
mile and in the; west ' by 1 cent per
mile fs adopted the '- increase in
freight rates would be scaled dowd
to 35 'per cent or possibly to 33 1-3
percent.
The railroad's aked originally, for
31,017,000,000 fo bring their revenues
up to the 6 per cent return which is
permitted ' v the new transportation
act. The iOO.000,000 wage advance
means an addition to railway expen
ditures amounting to 58.3 per cent
of this $1,017,000,000 item.
-The freight rate increase will not
be the same in different sections of
the country. The 28 per cent aver
age increase asked by the railroads
is based on an inereas of 24 per
cent on the railroads in the west, 30
per cent in the east, and 31 per cent
in the south. 1
One-third of the railroad revenues
come from passenger traffic and
two-thirds from frieght buiness.
Since 1914 the advance in freight
rates has been approximately 50 per
cent. Pasenger rates were advanced
to three cents per mile.
The belief is that the Interstate
Commerce commission will dispose
of both the wage advance and the
previous request for additional rev
enue in one order. This order, it
is expected, will be announced by
August 1. The six months' guaran
tee under the transportation act ex
pires September 1. The increased
rate will 4ejrade effective on that
date, when fW road's will be thrown
en their own resources without a
government guaranty to fall "back
on. ' . '
Because of the conditifcn of to
many supposedly strong railroads,
the general belief is that the com
mission will be inclined sto' grant
substantially all that has been asked.
The announcement of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, which is in an unsat
isfactory financial condition, rela
tive to the discharge of 10 per cent
of its employes is significant in this
connection.
Another Strike Called in
v Rome Due to Street Clash
Rome, July 21. As a result of
clashes which occurred yesterday
N between crowds arl tramway men
xwho were resuming work after hav
ing been on strike for several weeks
another strike, limited to Rome, has
been declared.
During yesterday's disorders de
monstrators entered the offices of
the socialist journal, Avanti,
smashed the printing machinery and
burned bundles of papers in the
streets.
T,hough only six inches inj
diameter a tank invented in Eng
land1 for the vs of compressed coal
gas for motor vehicle fuel can
withstand a pressure of .10,000
pounds to the square inch,'
How Boost Affects Rail Wages
The following table shows how the award of the rail
road labor board affects the wages xf the principal classes
of railway workers.
, , Present
" Number Monthly Awarded
Engineers J ' Wage
Passenger J 12,761 $256.41 $276.21
Freight ' 1 30,405 223.86 250.90
Yards f. 19,153 175.14 213.58
Firemen f ' .
Passenger 12,413 184.19 204.99
Freight 31,608 156.72 183.77
Yards... . 19,559 126.03 164.47
Conductors , - ,x
Passenger . .. 10,649 226.20 256.20
Freight 24,501 194.73 221.77
Yards 18,785 159.09 196.13
Yards Workers ,
Switchmen ' ......., 47,815 141.51 168.48
Switch Tenders .' 6,129 ' 120.76 . , 131.04
Road Freight ' - -
Flagmen and Brakemen 6,525 145.70"- 171.74
Baggagemen 5,669 126.33 . 146.33
Machinists 69,067 142.18 173.72
Clerks 216.764 , 1 11.83 137.80
Laborers in section gangs and around storehouses and warehouses
were given a blanket increase of 8 cents an hour. Laborers in shops
and roundhouses were given a blanket increase of 10 cents an hour.
Bryan Drys' Choice
To Head Their Ticket
Continued From I'sie One.
and held many conferences
with
Charles Bryan to that end."
Delegates shouted that they were
"not interested in Charles but in
William Jennings Bryan."
Woman Is Selected.
Many -others spoke for or against
ll.e resolution,
After considerable debate Mr.
Howa'd read the following telegram
from W. J." Bryan: ' '4
prohibition Convention, LincoWi,
Neb.: - .
"I appreciate your confidence in
me.' Please see my brother, Charles
W. Bryan.. He will fully explain
why acceptance is Impossible."
The telegram was in reply to one
Mr. Howard sent to Mr. Bryan yes
terday asking. if he would accept
the nomination.
- For the first time in the history
of national ,- politics a woman has
been chosen-permanent chayyhan of
a national convention. Miss Marie
C. Brehm of Long Beach, Cal was
given that honor today by the pro
hibition national convention.
1' Other permanent oiticers cnosen
Vcre: ."James G. Mason, New Jer
sey, assistant chairman; L. U.
Hohenthal," Connecticut, secretary;
Mis? Minnette Murphy, Iowa, as
sistant secretary ; W. C. Calder
wood, Minneapolis, Minn., reading
clerk; Neal Dow Crammer, New
York, scrgeant-at-arms; Lucy Page
Gaston, Chicago, assistant scrgeant-at-arrns.
All selections were unan
imous. Came to Bury Booze.
Calling the 13th quadrennial con
vention of the prohibition party to
order (here this morning, Virgil G.
Hmshaw,- chairman of the prohibi
tion national committee, told .he
delegates they had come together to
"select a burial lot for John Barley
corn." The other political parties,
he said, "out of respect to John's
relatives, have voted that he shall
lie' in state for another four years
U. be viewed by the American peo
ple. 4 he democratic piattorm is si
lent, the republican platform is si
lent," the prohibition national chair
man continued. "Harding owns
brewery ;?cck, he is not a prohibi
tionist at heart. Cox is wet. The
future is before us, the campaign is
upon us.
We want to do the wisest thing,
the best thing for the prohibition
movement and for the country. It
was our fervent wish that every po
litical party would this year fall in
line with the constitution of the
United States, with the congress of
trie L'nited States, with the supreme
court of the United States and
recognize openly and avowedly the
settlement of this question. The
other parties have failed. What
shall we ,do?"
' Praises Party's Record.
Turning' to measures other than
prohibition which the party had
championed, Chairman Hinshaw
said: "A we assemble here for the
13th time in $1 years wc do so with
a realization tint we have had part
in more than one battle and for the
solution of more than one problem.
While we havebeen a party with
an eye single to the solution of one
great prcfblem we have at the same
time aimed at the solution and
reached the solution of many prob
lems. "For example, we stood for wo
man, suffrage in 1872, which was 40
years before the progressive party
was. born and 40 years before any
other party assumed the same posi
tion. We advocated civil service re
form Jjae same year and thus pre
ceded the democrats by four years
and the republicans by 12 years. We
championed the direct election of
United States senators' in 1872. The
republican "party never championed
that issue and the) democratic party
not until 1900, or"28 years thereafter.
"As a matter of fact, we have pre
ceded every other political party of
importance,, democratic, progressive
or republican, in the championship
of every vital issue during our'.'l
years , of Jiistory. Haven't we been
some party? What would the Amer
ican people have done without us?
Where would this country be today
had it not ben for the existence of
an 1 organization which was brave
enough and pure enough and strong
enough to give birth to ideals un
popular and seemingly weak in
their incipiency, but all-powerful in
their onward and conquering
march?"
A new form of lightning arrester
for telephone lines has eight blocks
of carbon mounted on a revolving
disk so that one can be installed
tfuickly in place of one that has been
burned out. i
Sunday Satisfied
With Republican
Attitude on Liquor
- Hood River, Ore., July 2f.
William A. "Billy Sunday,
evangelist, mentioned in Lincoln,
v Neb. dispatches as a possible
nominee for vice president jby the
prohibition party, said today, that
he deemed it hardly necessary for
for the prohibitionists to confer
with him as to their choice, since
he was satisfied with the republi
can party's attitude on the liquor
question.
HARDING VILL
BE DRYS' CHOICE
M'KELVIE SAYS
In Address of 'Welcome at
Lincoln-Qovernor Says pro
hibition Enforcemeni Sure
With Republicans.
Lincoln, July 21. (Special)
Thatnumerous snembcrs' of other
parties will vote the republican
ticket this year because of its drv
attitude, was the opinion -expressed
uy (jovernor McK.elvie in his ad
dress oi welcome to the national
prohibition convention which con
vened in Lincoln this morning. He
said:
"Not only is the prhibition party
welcome to hold its conventions in
Nebraska, but its delcsates will find
here congenial surroundings and a
wholesome belief in the principal
cause for which your party has al
ways been contending.
i he actual achievements of the
prohibition party, either in the elec
tion of its candidates or the nassaee
ot laws by those elected from its
ranks, are not extensive, but the in
fluence that it has exercised to em
phasize the importance of prohibi
tion has, of course, been the domi
nating factor in numerous instances.
G. O. P. Led Movement.
"Actual prohibition has heen
brought about through.the major
parties, for the orohibition nartv has
always been in the minority. In this
connection, it is not only interest
ing but significant to note that the
republican party has been the one,
first and most consistently, to e
pouse this cause and brine about its
adoption. - K
Every since prohibition has be
come a real issue, the republican
party in Nebraska has been looked
upon as the dry partv. and it has-
always been through its activity that
progress has been made. '
Nebraska has the credit for hav
itg made national orohibition a
reality. This was the 36th state to
approve the federal amendment.
That we may have appeared late in
arriving is no fault of the republi
can party, for approval to the federal
amendment was , given within the
shortest- possible time that it could
be legally done, after this partv came
into power in the tate. Though
they had an opportunity to do so, the
democrats , rctused to take earlier
action.
Will Vote Republican,
"What you may do in 'your de
liberations here I would not pre
sume even to anticipate. I feel sure
that the traditions and purposes of
the republican party are such that
wherever its candidates are elected
an unprejudiced support will -'be
given to the cause that is represented
by you, and 1 teel sure also that
republicans will not feel the neces
sity for leaving t.heir party in order
that they may vote the dry ticket.
It is 4uhtlcss true that numerous
members of other parties will feel
justified in voting the republican
ticket upon this issue.
Was in Safety Zone When v
Auto Hit Her, Woman Says
Emma Frame was standing in a
"safety zone" at Twelfth and Doug
las streets, waiting for a car, June
12, when struck by an automobile',
she says in a suitfor $5,000 dam
ages against the Otrfaha Restaurant
Supply comfwny and Harry A. Bur
stein, 313 North Fifteenth street.
Burstein wasdriving one of trie
company's trucks when Jie ran into
Miss Frame, the petition states.
She sustained a fractured wrist, con
tusions of the right hand, knee, back
and waist, and partial paralysis of
the left arm and shoulder which
will be permanent, she says. She
has been rendered unable to work
at her former employment as seam
stress for the Bemis Omaha Bag
company, the petition states. '
Woman Kept His Diamond
Man Says; Calls Officers
Mrs. "Bobby" Hart. Millard hotel"
was arrested at her room early yes
terday by detectives on a charge
of grand larceny. Mrs. Hart was ar
rested on complaint of Ray Wilsob,
employe cf the Nebraska Telephone
company, who told police that the
woman had refused to return a dia
mond stick pin, valued at $40.
Police say that Mrs. Hart obtained
the pin from Wilson at a soft drink
cabaret Tuesday, tnd that he made
complaint when she refused to see
him! later at the hotel." Wilson was
held as complaining witness.
She was discharged when Wilson
toH the judge he gave her the pin.
Nonpartisan league Names
State Ticket in Washington
Yakima, Wash., July 21. Wash
ington members of the Nonparti
san 'league, in convention here, have
nominated a- ticket for the coming
state election, it was announced tOr
rtay. Robert Bridges, formerly a
Seattle port commissioner, was
apminated for governor,
GAY LOTHARIO
WANTS TO LIVE TO
PROVE HIS LOVE
Julius Jonas, Shot by Jeal
ous Affinity, Is Anxious
- To Atone for His
Sins.
Chicago, July 21. Julius Jonas,
the "scientific lover" of Pauline
Meglige, who shot him and killed
herself yesterday, like his ancestor,
Adam, blames his downfall on the
woman. Jonas was shot in the
head and the sight of one eye de
stroyed.
"Pauline hounded me," he said tj
day. "She wouldn't let me alone.
As he told his story in the hospital
he said he only had one hope that
he may live to atone to his wife for
his unfaithfulness.
His wife, who is a silter of Leo
Fiest, New York music publisher,
will give him that chance, if he re
covers. She has forgiven him and
is nursing him at the hospital.
"I am going to stand by him," she
said. "He needs me."
Jonas, who was shot as he lay in
bed in Pauline's home Sunday, while
his wife believed he was out of the
city on a business trip.told his story
today, first to the coroner and then
to. reporters. He displayed keen in
terest in the diary the girl left, also
iii' hef statement to the public. He
asked atjendants to reread the
vtrse she penned just before her
slender fingers clutched the revolver
which she carried to his room.
Wrote Some Poetry.
The verse runs:
"ATT to myself I think of you.
Think of the. things we used to dp,
Thjnk of the things we used, to say,
Think of each happy yesterday;
Sometimes I sigh, sometimes I
smile
But I keep each golden while
All to myself."
Speaking of their last scene he
said:
"She begged me to marry her. I
explained to her again as I had ex
plained "Snd explained before that I
could not; that I was a married man
and had my family responsibilities.
I told her that I loved my wife.
' "Then whiz! ramp fhp linllpt.
That ends the story."
Woman Helped Him.
f "Shp hplnpit mp a W " Vip nrMH
"She' was a brilliant woman and ap
plied her brains to my business and
helped, me develop it. We drifted
along as a man and a woman drift
under such circumstances.
"It wasn't long before we had
drifted too far. There could be no
turning back. I came to know that,
although I tried to make my way
back to my wife and family. Once
she had me, Pauline didn't want to
let me go."
The statement "to the public."
written by the girl a few hours be
fore the tragedy, was made available
to the newspapers today. It follows
part:
"I wish I could make it plain to
all how this terrible situation was
brought about, but I feel that I havel
not the strength, physically- or men
tally. In No Way to Blame.
"I am in noVayto blame for Mr.
Jonas' dissatisfaction with his mar
ried life. Had I not been so per
sistently pursued and prevailed upon
to enlist my sympathy and later, my
love, this would not have happened.
At all times in my life I have been
ruled by principle and honor.
"I believed the man who presentee!
himself as the soul of honor. He
said he needed my help and sympa
thy to be the man of his ideals.
"He wept and writhed in agony
before my eyes because I was ac
cepting the attentions o"f other men
friends. So I gave them up.
"When the time came for him to
make good his promise to me he
was evasive. The subject annoyed
him. Then I knew I had made a
mistake in judging him. I saw how
selfishly he had used me, but it was
too latoto retrsat.
. Was Left Heartbroken.
"I had given him all my strength,
my love, and devotion.
"I was left dazed, heartbroken in
capacitated for a new life.
, "I tried to show him the injustice
he had done to me.
"I think I succeeded in making
him see it. He appeared very will
ing, to do all he culd. HC did tell
Mrs. J. to divorce him a year ago,
but she paid no attention to it.
"So three years I have lived in
agohy. I suffered because of my
mother, who is the most wonderful
of mothers. I dreaded the sorrowJ
that i would bring to ner.
"I am sure that to end it now is
better than becoming insane, for I
am rapidly losing my mind and my
heart is broken. I can continue no
longer. I am sick at heart and
sore. Nothing in life interests' me
any more. -1 have forced myself to
keep going, but I can go on no
longer. -
"I prefer to be dead than not to
be able to live openly- and honor
ably and to be respected by all.
Love means to me honor and ie
spect. "What I did was for love. I was
driven by all-powerful love to do
things I never would have done
under other circumstances."
Breeder Produces
Rainbow Chickens;
. Feeds 'Em on Dyes
Venango, Neb., July 21. (Spe
cial). Carl Jahn, local breeder of
pure bred White. Leghorns, has
added materially to poultry
science in the past months by de
veloping a strain of rainbow
chickens that will become" popu
lar, once the fashion oL- keeping
a few hens in a cage in the living",
room is adopted by apartment
dwellers in- the cities.
Jahn, in experimenting to see
what foods produced, what .parts
of an egg and what day's rations
were contained in the completed
product v of the hen, used dye
stuffs of various bright hues to
color certain feeds fed in the
.daily ratCB.ns,
Young British Prince
Ranks With England's
Crack Polo Players
Prince Henry of England who re
cently took his seat in the House of
Lords under his new title, dukeof
York, photographed in polo togs at
Hurliugham, England, following the
victory of the Cambridge university
four, of which the duke is a mem
ber, over Oxford. The duke gives
promise ot becoming one ,o the
best of the younger polo players in
Great Britain.
Labor Boar3 Refuses ;
To Reopen Railroad
Workers' Wage Award
Chicago. v July 21. The United
States railway Jaborbcard notified
a committee represcnt'inr the lail
brotherhoods that the wage award
case could not be reopened,.
.-n executive committee oi tive
wnui-d on the board to request a
healing in an effort to obtain fur
ther increases for some of the un
ions dissatisfied with the award
lianded down. " '
G. r. Hanger, a member of the
board, issued the follpwmj; state
ment:
"The Loard has given full con
sideration to matters presented in"
this case and pronulgatv.Pits deci
sion in accordance with the trans
portation act and cannot reopen the
ewe."
A similar statement was preseltcd
to the commiUee, which was com
posed of Timothy Shea, T. F. Shep
paid, P. M. Fiterald, E. J. Man
ioirsnd B. M. Jewell.
The board told the committee that
if a rchearinj wa.-- granted on ccr-t.i-!!
of the awards hVvirtually would
rrean a reopening of the case, and
that this could i ot be done.
Movie Workers of New
York Go Out on Strike;
Demand Higher Wages
New York, July 21. More than
2,000 moving picture workers in New
York and vicinity went on strike to
day, tying up or crippling a score of,
film plants.
The reason givenfor the walkout is
the failure of the National Associa
tion of Motion Picture Industry to
meet the demands of the workers for
increases in wages, shorter hours
and 'recognition of the union.
Union leaders threaten to spread
the strike throughout the country
and include cameramen, machine op
erators, stage hands and others cm
ployed in the "move" industry. ,
All film laboratories in the metro
politan district are affected by the
strike, union leaders declared, adding
that the walkout would mean the
curtailment of film production by at
least 20,000,000 feet per week. J
State Rests Case Agamst
' Alleged Communist Chiefs
Chfcago, July 21. The state rest
ed its case at noon in the trial of
20 members of .the communist-labor
party on conspiracy charges.
Clarence Darrow, who opened. for
the defense, presented the consti
tution and by-laws of the communist-labor
party, already introduced
by the state as evidence.
Testimony of fonSer Mayor Olc
Hanson of Seattle, and an Article
written by L. E. Katterfeld. one
of the defendants, were presented
by the state. The Katterfeld arti
cle stated that "the commniust-labor
party has adopted the hammer and
sickle of , the bolsheviki as the par
ty's official emblem.
Stage Struck Wife Quit Him,
Says Husband After Qivorce
Launcta Polizzi ' tired of married
life after three months, heard the
call of the footghts and left her
husband, Jim Polizzi, June 1 of this
year, he alleges in a petition for di
vorce filed in district court yester
dav. She went to Chicago to show up
Ethel Barrymore, Blanch Bates and
Julia Marlowe, her husband in
timates. -
One month later she telegraphed
her husband for money to pay her
way to Omahai. He sent her a rail
road ticket. He says she sold the
ticket and has informed him she
won't return to him.
City Health Department
v Opens Campaign on Weeds
The city health department is
making a drive on weeds.
There is a cttv ordinance which'
Aakes it a misdemeanor to fail tcf
cot weeas ana me ordinance pro
vile s a penalty for violation.
Health Commissioner J. F. Edwards
believes the best policy is in appeal
ing to civic pride and will file com
plaints only in extreme 1 cases. He
is senamg out postal card notices,
calling attention to the ordinance.
i
ONE OF ALLEGED
STORE THIEVES
ADMITS GUILT
w
Thomas Robel,xA. D. T. Man,
, Confesses and Testifies in
Police Court Against
Partners in Plot.
Thomas Robel, one of eight men
arrested in connection with thefts
of $100,000 worth of merchandise in
the last six months from Omaha
stores and wholesale houses, pleaded
guilty in police court yesterday and
turned' state's evidence.
Six otherspleadcM tot guilty. All
are held for district court uudpr
heavy bonds with the exception of
Joseph Grady, against whom no for
mal charges have been filed.
The arrests last Saturday followed
the finding ill a downtown hotel of
$30.000vortlof stolen goods. Robe!
and two other of the men arrested
were employes, of the A- D. T. Co.,
and it was by yieirt authority as of
ficers, police say, that thenost per
fect sstem of store robber in the
history of Omaha was made possi
ble. Admits Robbing Two Stores.
Robel was an A. D. T. watchman.
He pleaded guilty to two chatges
of breaking and entering the Wright
it Wilhelmy store and the Union
Outfitting company's - store and
steing goods. - His bond was fixed
at $3,000.
William Swan, former A. D. T.
chief operator, and Bernard Dokn,
also an A. D. T. man, werq bound
ever undeY bonds of $10,000 each.
Swan pleaded not guilty to two
charges, one of breaking and enter
ing the store of J. H. Green com-i
pany and the other of receiving
merchandise stolen trom Vright fit
Wilhelmy. He was the only man
who had a preliminary hering to
dr.y. All others waived.
Others Plead Not Guilty.
. Dolan pleaded not guilty to rive
charges of broaking and entering
and stealing merchandise. His bond
was set at $10,000.
lony Meiner, f. J. Welch and bam
Frohm pleaded not guilty to charges
of receiving stolen property and their
bonds were hxed at $:,5U0 each. Uuy
Hauff was also charged withreceiv
ing stolen property and his bond
fixed at $3,000. -'
Robel. wjs the( first witness called
in tne se against Swan, Robel
said he was at the Wright & Wil
helmy store when a number of auto
matic pBtoIs and ammunition were
taken and that he gave a part of the
guns to Dolan to be divided amolrg
other members of the gang. ' -
- Found in Swan's 'Room.
A. Gr Anderson, chief of detec
tives, testified that he found several
of the pistols in Swan's room.
On the charge ot breaking and
entering the J. H. Green company
Robel testified he talked with Dolan
and Swan, frcrm which, he "got the
impression" that they had robbed
the Green store. -
Anderson testified he found cloth
ing in a room occupied by two girls
at the hotel in which the stolen
goods were recovered; that the girls
said Swan had given the garments
to them and that the clothingwas
iuemified as having,' been stolen
from the J. H. Green company. ,r
Anderson claimed to have written
confessions from all three of the A.
D. T. men, but faile4 to produce
them in court.
mm.
language of fashion is an
open book; the garments
weiare showing now at
reduced prices tell a sig
nificant story.. They are
bargains,) . ,
We.rarelruse the word bargains
-THOMPSON.
: Company
Federal Control of
Coal Mines Is Threat'
to Boost Production
Washington, -jfily . 21. Bitumi
nous coal operatorscWere warned to
(iay by J. B. A. Morrow, vice presi
dent of the National Coal associa
tion, that their failure Henneet the
urgent fuel needs of the country at
this time would mean continuous
government control of the industry.
He urged' immediate increased pro
duction and co-operation with the
interstate commerce commission.
Mr. Morrow cited statistics to
show that the northwest is shirt
5,000,000 tons ,of caal and added that
New England anff New York state
points also were short. He referred
at length To the plan which the In
terstate commerce commission ac
cepted yesterday, giving priority in
car supply and"car movement to
coal djptined for these points.
''Failure would justify federal
control which would be fastened
upon "the 'coal industry permanent
ly," Mr. Morrov continued. "There
will be no failure. This effort de
serves the trratitude and assistance
of eve coaj operator in the United
States." K
Aide to Shamrock's ,
x Skipper Gained Hero
' Medal for Courage
Seabright, N. J., July 21.-MTaptain
Andrew Jacksoh Applegate, aboard
Shamrock IV' to direct Captain Bar
ton in tide and wind, did not achieve
fame for the first time when he
stepped aboard the challenger.
Following the sea along the At
lantic coast from Maine to Florida
for SO years, he came into promi
nence in 1908 when he dared a surf
from which coast guards turned and
rescued two men arid a woman
stranded in a launch in a gale three
miles off Seabright." For this he
received th Carnegie medal.
J A heavy northeaster was blowing
when the stranded launch was sight
ed, motor broken down and an an
chor lost. None could be found who
would brave the surf until Captain
Applegate and , his son, Howard,
came along and effected the danger
ous rescue with an open skiff.
Revised Figures
Salem, Mass.,
a Slight
for
Show
Increase
Washington. Jjuly 21 Ogdens
burg. N. Y., 14,609; decrease, 1,324,
c: 8.3 per cent.
Mankato. Minn., 12,469; increase,
2,104, or 20.3 per cent.
Middlesex county, Massachusetts,
including Cambridge and Lowell,
778,352; increase 108,437, or 16.2 per
cent. '
Gloucester, Mass., 22,947; de
crease, 1,451, or 5.9 per cent.
Amesbury, Mass., 10,036; increase,
142, or 0.1per cent.
Salem, Mass. (revised), 42,529;
previously announced as 42,515.
Newburyport, Mass. (revised), 15,
61S (previously announced as 15,
609.) 3attle Rages at Avlon
London, July 21. Fighting in
Avlona, Albania, is reported in a,
London Times dispatch from Milan.
Italian warship arrd coast artillery
bombarded the Albanian position,
which replied with rifle fire.
Tift movement of Italian ' troops
is increasing rapidly.
O YOU WOMEN . who
are judges of quality;
Whose , Ijouch tells of a.:
fabric; whose eyes know,
tailoring; towhdm the
because it is abused and
so often misleading. We
use it nowdeliberatelynd
advisedly, and it'earries
the full force of its original
meaning. j 1 ,
RECONCILIATION
OF ALJOLSON AND
WIFE IS HINTED
Divorced Wife of Actor Re
turns to Atlantic City and
- 4Stops at Same Hotel
as Hubby.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 2i
members of the theatrical colony
had something to talk about here
today. ' -
It was discovered that Mrs. Al
Jolson had come to the city and was
a guest in the same hotel at which
her husband, whom she divorced re
cently in San Francisco, is spend
ing his vacation.- -
Immediately rumors of a recon
ciliation. Jolson is Favorable.
At the time the divorce was
granted Mrs. Jolson, the famous
comedian sahl he would always
love her and would never re-majry.
Mrs. Jolson today refused to make
any statement. iMr. Jolson denied,
however, that they had re-married
or that she had married anyone else.
. Explaining how his ex-wife hap
pened to be in Atlantic City the
actol- said;
"l!Jl tell you how she happened
to be here. I had heard that she
was feeling badly, looked a bit
piqued and seemed to be peeved
over matters. I thought a trip here
might do her good, so I managed
to get some of her friends to induce
her to "take a trip to Atlantic City.
She happened tq put up at the same
hotel where I am stopping. That's
all there is to it,"
Blames Many Imposters.
"Maybe I did stay out late at night,
and maybe the little woman did have
some excuse for being peeved'at me,
but there was nothing serious in it
at all. I imagine some people
thought she was, a very much abused
person and inspired her action. She's
a lovely little woman of homelike
disposition and always has loved to
be in a good, clean, wholesome at
mosphere. I fear that persons who"
have bfcen going about impersonat
ing me here may have had something
todo with our estrangement.
"I learned right in this town that
a fellow had oretended he was At
Jolson while in a cafe, and- a fat
rich woman who was there began
to buywinefor him. Now probably
my wife has been hearing that these
1 AIT-1 , .
udKus n-i j oisons nave been run
mng arouna to cates and moponiK
up wine and I have an idea that this
may have' had much to do with our
troubles.
"I have never sowed wild oats. I.
was married when L was 20 anjd have
always tried to go steady."
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Abstract Was Fraudulent,
Omahan Alleges ,in Suit
Emil Peterson filed suit in dis"
trict court! Tuday against George
J. Truscott, alleging that Truscott
traded him land in Presidio county,
Texas, last February, to which the
abstract was fradulent. Peterson
says that no such persons as those m
named in the abstract furnished by
Truscott had ever held the land.
He says Truscott refused to return
to him the lots in Grand View addi
tion which he had traded for the
Texas land. H
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