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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 50 NO. 37. Cat.rttf SmoM-CIm Mittir Mir a. IMS. at 0h t. 0. dw AM 1 Hint S. ID. OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1920. v By Mall (I rtir). tail 4th Zm. Dill d. 19: Dalit Oily. M: Sunday. 14. Outride 4th Zaaa (I iw), Dally aad Sunday. Ill: Dally Only, III: Sunday Only. U. TWO PPMT OUTSWi OMABA AND COON. 1,ru cu. uiurm. ma us-nts. : m mm an aak ai. .nw m am am mm km m ML UUJlVrfN IM HE FOR BIG -FARM CROPS - . Bumper Production of Small Grain and Corn Oats Turn Out From 12 Up to as High As 52 Bushels Per Acre. SHORTAGE OF CARS'IS ONLY FLY IN OINTMENT Railway Commission Advises Farmers That Bulk of Out put Must Be - Held Indefi nitelyLabor Available. ! . By ARTHUR M. EVANS. ( hlnixu Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire. Lincoln, Neb., July 30. Nebraska farmers, who were in the doldrums two months ago over' the late sea son, are now shouting hosannahs over the" prospects for large crops. "-When the corn began to grow it ' broke all the speed laws and' today the' Department of Agriculture fig ures the yield will run well above the average for the last five years. About 188,000.000 bushels is what they are figuring on and at present prices it will have a value of some $300,000,000. Old-timers say never before was the corn so sturdy. It has not had time jbnough to shoot up extra tall, but 'what it has lost in height it has put on in weight, so to speak. V , ; The oats look tine, aid as to the wheat, som'e wonderful yields are "ported, i At the statehouse are lacks of grain that run 52 bushels the acre. Ihis, ot course, is only I spots, but yields of '40, bushels to th? acre this year are numerous, and from1 there the scale runs down to 12 to the acre. Some rust has bobbed up in the late 'wheat, but despite this, the late ' planting and the loss of acreage due .1 . .1.1. .i.. : to an ainnnuiaiJie actisuu tmi m the year. Nebraska looks foi a wheat (yield of over 60,000,000 bushels, which again bowls over the five-year average of 1914-1918. Big Potato Crop. -At to, potatoes, another thumping . crop in the western jrrigatcd val leys IS in signt apci an xstimaieu j ;ehf! of 8.300,000 bushels again tor pedoes the five-year average into the corner pocket. But all this, prosperity and glad ness finds a dash of bitters, prin cipally in the car shortage. .As jn tire case 'in Kansas -and other states; the railroads are unable to get cars grain terminals. x The big problem, the one which means real money out of the pocket of the farmers, is not so much one of labor supply as it is of trans portation. The railway commission here is shooting, out bulletins ;and letters of advice that the bulk of the grain will have to be held indefinitely on account of the car scarcity., Much Wheat Stacked, The 105-mile drive from Hastings to the' state - capital this morning showed many fields with the wheat (Continued on Paare Two, Oofumn Three.) Wheat Tumbles to New ; Low Mark oh Board of Trade in Windy City Chicago, July' 30 For the first tune since the releasing of govern ment control of the wheat market, wheat has been sold in Chicago at less than $2.23 a bushel, the price guaranteed by congress. December went as low as $2.21,' an overnight tumble of 12c;' . - Absence of buying demand-' was the feature in today's operations. A nerally' accepted explanation of apparent reluctance of purchas es strained financial conditions, ibly weakness of foreign ex change. ' Corn, oats and provisions declined in sympathy with wneat but kept within, normal limits. The amount of business in the feed grains ex ceeded by many tunes the total transactions in wheat. Dealings in future deliveries of wheat appear to be increasing a little daily, but are still far below an old-time average. Chauffeur for Wealthy "Draft Dodger Surrenders Philadelphia, July 30. Harry G. Schuh, said to have been chauffeur for Erwin R. Bergdoll," millionaire draft evader, when the latter was dodging about the country, surren dered. He was indicted by a spe cial grand jury, charged with con spiracy td harbor' and conceal Berg ' doll and in aiding his escape. Mrs. Emma C. ' Bergdoll accompanied Schuh to the federal building and furnished $10,000 bail. , , Bodies of Aged Couple Found on Missouri Farm Columbia, Mo., July 30. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Alii son, aged 69, were found on their farm today by neighbors. Jimson weed seedsvvere found in a coffee 'Dot and' Coroner Baker expressed the belief that the couple apparently had drunk some-of the coffee. The coroner said Allison and his wife. had been deadabout 10 days. ' Booze Valued at $115,000 w ' Seized by Federal Agents New York, July 30. Extensive - liquor raids staged late yesterday in Newark and Jersey City by nearly - a hundred federal agents were loi lowed today by seizure in the Bronx of whisky valued at SI 15,000, ac cording to announcement by Pro hibition Agent Shevlin. . Prohibition Agent Refuses to Specify "Kick" in Fruit Juice Chicago Tribune Oanba lie Leaned Wire. Washington, July 30. At what point as to alcoholic content cider and fruit vices may be regarded as actually intoxicating is ques tion on which Prohibition Com missioner John F., Kramer reso lutely refused to pas3. "Home-brewed beer containing more than one-half of 1 per cent is legally intoxicating, whether it :s physically intoxicating or no't, but in the case of -xidcr and fruit juices made in the home for use there enforcement officers must prove that they are actually intoxi cating to be illegal." Cider and fruit juices are the only exceptions named in the law. This, Mr. Kramer explained, was due to the desire to affect as little as possible conditions in the home and on the farms. "Beer," he said, "never was made at home." So far the question of when cider and fruit juices become physically , intoxicating has , not risen to plague the enforcement officers, but this fall when the cider-making season opens some decision for the guidance of the prohibition agents may be neces sary. ALLIES WILL NOT LET REDS FORCE PEACE ON POLES Britain and France Set Forth Limitations On Soviet De mands In Arraging for an Armistice. Paris, July 30. The limitations uhich Great Britain and France would put or. soviet demands of Po land in the arranging ot an armis tice are set (forth in a notification which has been dispatched to the Wafsaw government by the British and French governments, it was learned here today. Poland request fd the views of Great Britain and France on possible armistice terms, and the governments at London and Pans-nave notified the Polish gov ernment that they will not permit Poland to accept possible soviet armistice demands involving: Can't Change Regime. First Whole or partial disarma ment of Poland. Second A change in the Polish system of government dictated . or brought about by the Soviets. , , ThTrd-Aeceptane by Poland .of a boundary line less favorable" than that provisionally , drawn by Pre mier Lloyd George. ! - ' Fourth Ihe use ot Poland as a bridge-head in any sense, between Germany and Russia. . ' Move Ammunition Ahead. As bearing on the military situa tion it develops that vast stocks of munitions from the allies are mov ing toward Varsaw today from Danzig, on the Baltic, and from Ru- mania and Czechoslovakia, lhese munitions were for the most part originally dispatched for the army of Gen. Denikine, but were delayed on the way until too late to be avail able for his use. The munitions be ing gent from Danzig, however, were shipped recently for the esDeciaUise of Poland. Other munitions are ex pected to be in process of shipment from France and Great Britain for Poland within a few days. The Price of The Omaha Bee v ( . ' TiUE tO ADVANCED cost of paper and every IS other Hem entering into its production. The Omaha Bee is forced to announce, effective Sunday, August I, an increase in its subscription and street sale price in Omaha and Council Bluffs. The new prices are: BY CARRIER, n j c j Morning and Sunday if. , e , -vening and Sunday, ON THE Morning or Evening. Sunday : These increases are precipitated by ' higher costs of paper, ivhiqh ivill add $200,000 4o The Bee's annual paper bill. With prior increases this means an advance of over 350 per cent in the cost of paper since 1914. In that time there has been only one increase in the price of The Bee on week-days, and The Sunday Bee has contin ued to sell at 5 cents. 'i 77ita situation could last nc longer. The Bee is endeavoring to meet the increased cost by dividing'the advance between its advertisers and its readers. It believes that neither should bear the entire burden. N The Bee intends to continue to maintain its high stan dards of news arid features, which make it well worth the pew price. From time to time additional news sources and new features will be announced. ; . " Remember The new prices are effective next Sunday in Omaha and Council (Huffs. . The subscription rate of j the Daily and Sunday Bee by mail in Nebraska and Iowa is $9.00 a year, and outside of Ihe 600-mile radius $1 6.00 a year. KENT HELD IN BIG BOND FOR NEAR MURDER When Aged Philosopher Pleads For Reduction Court Raises Ante $5,000, Fixing Amount Of Bail at $20,000. REMAINS iHN DENYING HE IS FATHER OF BABES "Doctor" Is Taken to County Jail After Failure to Get BailDeclares He Will Not Marry Louise Boeke. "Dr." , H. S. Kent waived pre liminary hearing in Central police court yesterday and was bound over to the district court under $20,000 bond. . - , Kent is charged with assault with intent to murder by exposure, to murder by abondonment, and to do great bodily injury, as the alleged father of the two babies found last Saturday night in the well at Thirty-third and California streets. The old philosopher pleaded with the judge to lower his bond of $15, 000 to enable him to leave jail and collect evidence to defend himself, but the bond was increased $5,000. Court Room Crowded. The court room' was crowded at the arraignment and silence pre vailed, during the testimony given by the prisoner. Kent was the first prisoner to leave the patrol and enter the bull pen at Central police headquarters for his hearing. As soon as he was established in the pen, Kent beat on the door and asked for the court officer. His mien was calm and collected. "Let .me see the charges made against me," he asked the court offi cer. ' Examines Document. ; He glanced down the legal docu ment with an apparently practiced eye, and made never a remark. . "Do you think you'll plead guilty," the court officer ventured to ask.. Kent gave him quick scrutiny. "I'll plead my own case," he said. "What my plea will be remains to be seen in the court room." Waives Examination. As Kent was placed before Judge Fitzgerald, a hush fell over the courtroom. . v'Whaf have6u -to say for your self?" asked the judge. "The complaints have been read to meand I waive preliminary ex amination,", replied the prisoner in a steady voice.- ." "Do you plead guilty or not guilty?" asked Deputy County At- torney Arthur Rosenbloom. t "Not guilty.", . Seeks Lower Bond. Then Kent pleaded with the judge to lower his bond. He asked that it be made as low as possible to en? able him to get out of jail toget witnesses and evidence to ' defend himself. ' , Because of the condition of his finances, he can secure no legal talent, he said, and would have to plead his own case. "What size bond would you pre fer?" asked Rosenbloom. Kent declared the bond of $150 (Continued on Face Two, Column Four.) 85 Cents a Month 20 Cen$ a Week f85 Cents a Month iQ , Week STREET ... 3 Cents a Copy 10 Cents a Copy I Leon Trotzky Spends Large part of Time In Beauty Parlors Br I'nlvonal BottIm. New York, July 30. Leon Trotzky, bolshevist foreign min-' ister, has become a great admirer of the shapely, well polished finger nail and spends a good part of hii day at the manicure, according to Helen de Hedberg, wife of the Russian General de Hedberg, and formerly Baroness Taube, who has just arrived here from Rus sia. The former baroness declares that almost invariably one finds the bolshevik beauty parlors packed with men and women waiting for their turn with the manicurist Bolshevik Russia is now being swept by a craze for luxuries, she said: RUN ON BANK OF "QUICK-RICHES" PROMOTER ENDS Solvency of International Ex change Backer Appears to Have Been Demonstrated to His Numerous Clients. Boston, July 30. Charles J. Ponzj, who claims to have amassed millions within a few months, and who has paid to the public large profits on their investments in his deal in in ternational exchange, appeared to day almost to have satisfied the question among his investors'" as to his solvency. The virtual end of the five-day run was in sight with few additions to the disappearing line of investors demanding pay ment. L . The amount paid out by Ponzi since the run began Monday was es timated by his manager, Miss Lucy. Meli, at $1,500,000. "And we have twice as much more money right here in Boston as Mr. Ponzi owes, so there is no need of anyone being nervous," she added. Regarding statements of Postmas ter Patten of New York, that there are not enough international cou pons in the world to build up the for tune which Ponzi claims is his, Miss Mcli declared that her chief's rnan ner of "cashing in" on his opera tions was a business secret which he intended keeping and which ex amination of his books by federal, state and county auditors would not show.' Buy Meat by the Pound Warning Issuech-by State Department Lincoln, July 30. (Special). In ordering meat it should be pur chased by the pound, according to Secretary Stuhr of the department of agriculture, and, then the pur chaser will know how much he is getting and how much it costs. "The trouble with a great many people," said Mr. .Stuhr, "is that they will walk into a place and say that they want 50 cents' worth of meat. A man should always inquire how much the kind of meat he wants is worth a pound and then specify hew much he wants. In that way one always knows how much he is get ting "If a purchaser walks into a place and says, 'Give me 50 cents' worth of round steak,' for instance, he never knows whether he got a pound, two pounds or a pound and a half. Too many dealers, when a purchaser asks for a certain amount in price, shreh off what they guess is. the amount, and if, in weighing it, it comes close to it, let it go at that. Call for the amount you want; not the price you want to pay." League of Nations Is Dead Issue in Campaign, P. P. Christensen oays New York, July 30. The league of nations is "nothing more than an attempt to establish an international bankers' soviet," declared P. P. Christensen, presidential nominee of the farmer-labor party, here today. "The league of nations is a dead is sue," he said. "If it were not, I should want to kill it." Enforcement of Irish freedom was another point on which he expressed himself.. "I am one of those who is suf ficiently in love with the principles of human freedom to come out squarely for recognition of the Irish republic," he said. ( Ref ring to the attempts of Gov ernor Cox and Senator Harding to persuade Tennessee to pass the equal suffrage law, he said: "If Governor Cox and Senator Harding can't get ratification, I will go down and try the rebels myself." Three Killed in Riots in World's Most Southerly City Santiago, Chile, July 30. Govern ment advices from Punta Arenas, the world's most southerly city, say that, grave disorders occurred Wednesday night, when patriotic manifestations were held and the headquarters of Ihe Workers' Feder- aticn of Magallanes wis stormed. '' A quantity of explosives stored in the buildinor exploded, wreckine the establishment, killing three oersons and wounding several others. TheJ printing office of, the wokers fed eration was also wrecked. . . . . ; n international Harvester . -. Company Gives Dividend . New York, July 30. The Inter national Harvester company today declared a 124 per cent stock divi dend on common stock. The divi dend will be payable in common stock on September 15, it was an nounced. . - S''S (Copyright, UJO, by tho Chicago Tribune.) Whmn, in April, yon read that th IMM tmtU foe tartly tattled for at Uaft And uthon, ht Jtdy, you read that itriko it om "' ' And on top of thft you read nation ie facing, the moet eeriout history BALFOUR URGES BLOCKADE PLAN Also Opines Organization Is Suffering From Interna tional Dangers Today's Meeting Important. San Sebastian, Spain, July 30. (By The Associated Press.) "We must have an economic blockade," declared Arthur J. Balfour, British representative .on the league of na tions council, in a talk with news paper correspondents on the pro gram of the council, which opens its eighth meeting here today. He considered the meeting an important one because, ' among other things, the blockade question was com prised in its .agenda. If an economic blockade was applied to a nation which defied the league, Mr. Balfour said, he could not bellieve that na-, tion would be able to resist for long. "No nation would destroy itself in these civilized times by inviting such a penalty," he added.' "It is not likely it be often used, since it is not probable the league will often be de fied." - Mr. Balfour gave it as his opinion that the league was suffering from international dangers. On the one hand from those people who said it was 'a useless creation, and on the other hand from those who believed that in the league had been found a remedy for all international -difficulties.. Ex-Soldiers Man Guns . V v Against Mexican Force Calexicd, July 30. tAccording to reports received here from acros's the Mexican border, . several Ameri can ex-service men have gone to Mexicali, capital of Lower Califor nia, to man the 1 machine guns Governor Esteban Cantu is said to be putting into shape to resist Mexi can federal troops. ; . ' . The Mexican government, it was said here, expected many Mexicans residing in Arizona to join the forces reported on their way to' attack Cantu's army. . ' ' Robbers Kill Marshal and Seriously Wound Constable Losi Angeles, July 30. Robert Norman, deputy marshal of Bur bank, a suburb, was killed and H. E.. Purrier, constable, was wounded, probably fatally, when three men, thought to have been robbers, dis armed the officers and shot them with their own revolvers early to day. One suspect, arrested, said he was implicated in theiburglary which the Burbank officers were trying to preventwhen they were shot, police announced.' V . ; i . '' : The Weather Forecast. , Saturday fair; not much change in temperature. ' Hourly Temperatures. S a. m , ft. m. 1 . m...... S a. m. , a. m...... 1 a. m 11 asm. It aooa , 1 n. m.. m.. ..M .. . Wl . .AD ..tin ..H7 ,.S4 ....n ....74 ...7K ...179 ....S ,...S7 1p.m. S p. m, p. in, S p. B), p. m, 7 p. m, 8 9. nt Confusing eoml titaation And wr glad that thm iMfi ulorktt wra givn two yoaro a good ratof pay. another big coat that the whole coal famine in DALE MANN HAPPY WHEN COPS DROP HIM OUT OF PROBE "I Don't Blame the Police for Arresting Me," He Tells Reporters. . 1 Lester Dale Mann, arrested last Monday as suspect in the "mystery girl" murder by Detective Andrew Ttapp, was set free by Chief of De tectives Anderson at 3:30 yesterday afternoon. With a three-day growth of whis gers on his face, but with a happy smile, Mann was met by his wife, Delcie, as he stepped from the po lice patrol. To newspaper men and Chief An derson Mann said: "I don't blame the police for arresting "me. I al ways maintained my innocence and was positive that some day Alice Massette would be found. I intend to live jn Omaha and will get to work inv a few days." Mann is a waiter and worked at the Wymore cafe at th tim. of his arrest. When asked how it felt to be on the verge of facing murder charges Mann said": "I was not worried. I knew everything would eventually come out in 'my favor. I told Trapp that I wanted the police to clear up the Massette theory. I only hope now that the real murderer of ithe girl is apprehended." .'.'.' Friend of Viscount French Murdered in Railroad Station Dublin, July 30. Frank Brooke, one of the most prominent men in Ireland, and the closest friend of Viscount French, the lord lieuten ant, was assassinated by three men at noon today in the jdlrectors' room of the Dublin and . Southeastern railway in West Land Row. Mr. Brooke was talking with one of the directors when the assassins entered the room and fired eight shots point blank. -.Three of , the shots hit Mr. Brooke. . The murder generally is attrib uted to political motives. Robert Barton, Sinn Fein member of the house of commons, was recently sentenced to prison after -conviction on a charge that at Shillelagh last year ' he made threats against Viscount French and Mr. Brooke. Lioness Gives. Birth to Forty-First Offspring New York, July 30. Helen, a lioness, caged in. Central park, today licked her 41st offspring as af fectionately as if 'the cub were her first. Her keepers explained this. un ending maternal affection by saying her other children, save two which died in -infancy, have all been sent away to populate other zoos. Ackbar, 'the father,' roared fierce ly when the youngster was born, but later looked on the event as simp ly representing one more lion in the world. ' Forest Fire Situation Becoming More Serious Missoula, Mont., July 30. The forest fire situation in western Mon tana and northern Idaho is becom ing serious, forestry officials report ed. Lightning'was responsible for scores of fires last nightJhey said. yon naturally wonder why the inequality ietft put up to the government eommietion for eettlement; without a strike. And at the same time you read that millions of tons of American eoal are being exported ovary month. Isn't it enough to confuse a fellow? POLES AND REDS STILL GRIPPED IN FIERCE FIGilT " .'" : ' :. !..',' Battle for. Possession of Lem- berg Under Way Bolshe viki Pushing Hard to Reach Polish Frontier. Warsaw, July 30. (By The Asso ciated Press.) The fighting appears to have eased up on the northern front. In the center there are r;ar guard actions, the withdrawing Poles keeping in contact with their right and left wings. In the sou'h th battle for possession of Lerhberg is impending, or already under way, while in the center the Poles in their retreat have-not yet reached the ethnographic frontier of Poland, to ward which the bolsheviki seeming ly are aiming before an armistice is proclaimed. From intercepted wireless mes sages and other sources it is pretty well understood in ' Polish military circles that the bolsheviki intend to spar for time at the .Baranovitchi meeting set for tomorrow night. Ac cording to some reports, the reds have set August 4 as the earliest date on which they are willing io cease hostilities. It is considered apparent they are determined to CHPture Lemberg. Refugees and others who have ar rived at Lemberg. say the bolsheviki who have reached eastern Galicia al ready have issued orders calling to bolsheviki arms all males from 16 to 40 years of .age within the invaded territory. The Poles are determined to de fend Lemberg to the last, and if it falls it will pnly be after perhaps the greatest battle of the present conflict Tecumseh Man. Struck by Train and Instantly Killed Tecumseh, Neb., July 30. (Special Telegram.) Patrick Shaughnessy, for over 40 years a resident of Te cumseh. was struck by a locomotive, on Burlington passenger train No. 42, at a crossing in the west part xi town, and instantly killed. Mr. Shaughnessy was delivering potatoes, hauling a sack in a boy's wagon and did not hear the train. His neck was broken and he was tin own clear of the rails. He was 75 years old. An only daughter, Mrs. ' Thomas Phillips, lives at Springfield, 111. For years Mr. Shaughnessy was engaged in training race horses here. Do . You Remember "DERE MABLE?'' Those letters during thi war from "Bill, the Rookie," to the "Girl Back Home?' - They made the whole country laugh. ( . , The author ED $TREETER has a new series, "Letters From a Home-Made Father to His Son," which will appear each week, beginning August 9, in THEf SUNDAY BEE El L AND AND AMERICA IN FULL ACCORD Wilson and Lloyd George in Complete Harmony as Re gards Handling of All Delicate Questions in Far East. PRESIDENT SENDS PROTEST TO T0KI0 Objects to Japan Occupying Northern Half of Island Of Saghalien British Re fuse to Renew Alliance! By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Ile Leased Wire. Washington, July 20. The Unit ed States and Great Britain are working in harmony in dealing with the delicate questions arising in the Far; Eat, principally from the ambitious activities of Japan in China and Russian territory. In accord with an understanding with England, if not at the direct instance of London, President Wil son has made representations to Tokio virtually tantamount to a protest against Japan occupying . the northern or Russian half of the Island of Saghalien, off the Asiatic mainland. K Great Britain has declined to re new the Anglo-Japanese alliance unconditionally and, in accord with the views of President Wilson, has caused Japan to join in a statement pronouncing the alliance repugnant , . to the letter of the (league of na tions covenant and giving, notice that, if renewed, the alliance must1 -conform to the dovenant. There is a close relation between these two incidents,, for both rep- , resetit phases of a subject of diplo- ' matic discussion between England and the United States, covering a period of several months, but as-, suming unusual importance in the last weeks. Disapproves Expansion. Great Britain, it appears, has been viewing with disapproval the steady expansion of Japanese, dom ination in China and Siberia! In asmuch as. England, under the terms of. the agreement of 1911, is the ally, of Japan, Tokio was pro- " ceeding on the assumption that it had the backing of London in oc cupying various ports on the. Asi atic mainland. - "..;' A' few-'month's ago, however. Ja-' na -became aware of a lack of en thusiastic support of the program -by England. Still Great Britain " made no overt move to halt Japa nese even whfh the latter announced its intention of occupying the Rus sian half of Sasrhalien Island. In explanation the British averred that fn account of their alliance with Japan it would be an embarrassment V to interfere with Tokio's plans. Although emphatically denied by British officials, it has been said that London brought to the notice of President Wilson the Japanese intention to occiiDy Saghalien. and suggested that the United States make representations to Tokio in opposition to the plan. Whether or not this is the true version, there is , excellent ground for stating that when the president began consider- (Contlniied on rage Two, Column Two. 1 Herder Shot and Many Sheep Killed in War: With Cattle Owners Vernal, Utah, July 30. In a clash with men he believed to be Colorado cattlemen or their employes early . today, John Bonnell, a sheep herder, was shot and many sheep were driv en over a precipice, according to a message telephoned from an outly ing ranch by J. D. Price, a camp tender. Price said he was at Darnell's r camp near the state line in north western Colorado last night and that Bonnell had been roused by what he believed was a-cyote among the sheep about 3 a.m. He walked out and fired twice in the air, Price said, to frighten the animal. He said a man then rose from among the sheep, and fired at Bonnell, striking him in the stomach. ) Price made the wounded man as comfortable as possible in the camp and started here for help. He dc- . clared that as he left the camp he could see riders stampeding the sheep over a cliff. Aid for the wounded man was sent from here. Leaders of Unions Delay Action on Rail Wage Scalu Cleveland, July 30. Although ob- , jcctionable aspects of the wage award by the railroad labor board in Chicago were discussed by the heads " of the four big railroad brother- hocds, formal action was postponed until another meeting here in two weeks. -I It was announced by W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, that member ship in that organization is increas ing 100 to 125 a day. The heads of the three other bortherhoods also report increases in membership. The officials attribute the gain to the better wages being paid as a re suit of the new wage scale ( Sentry Kills -Captain Galveston, July 30. Herbert A. Robertson, a veteran of the world war and captain of the local com pany of national guardsmen which was shortly to go on duty here with other state troops under the com mand of Gen. J. F Wolters, was shot- and killed early this morning by a sentry at the national guar. , camp, r 1 V ,