THK BEE:' 0 MATT A. WEDNESDAY, Ffr5?UATlY 2. 11)21.'
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Rail Employes
Demand Probe of
Bankruptcy Plea
Charge Atterbury Cry of
..Bankruptcy Is Plan to Make
Labor Scapegoat for
Inefficiency.
By ARTHUR M. EVAfiS.
I IiIioko Tribune-Omaha Br 1art Wire,
CUirncrn Fh. 1 Railroad im.
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p'.oycs raided the shout today that
the roads arc seeking to make labor
the scapegoat Jor. wastage caused by
inefficient management. It was by
way of counter-blast to the request
made before the United States labor
board earlier m the day by the rail
way executives through W. W. At
terbury, vice president of the Penn
syh ania lines, that the "national
working agreements" be abrogated
Without delay in order to avert rail
road bankruptcy, financial shock, still
wider unemployment
If the board would wipe out the
''agreements" no cuts in basic wages
would be asked for 90 days, so Gen
eral Atterbury's proposal ran, ex
cept that the basic rates for common
labor should be retracted immediate
ly. . , . - .. .
Ready lorFight.
Labor at once made ready for a
finish slight. B. M. Jewell, head of
the railway employes department of
the American FWeration of Labor,
served notice that' he will make for
mal reply later tliis week. He led of!
by sending a long telegram to Presi
dent Wilson . last night protesting
against any interruption of the
board's present .bearings on rules
and working conditions.
The session was , droning "along
when, just betore, adjournment, a
diversion was caused by J, G. Luhr
sen, president of the American' Train
Dispatchers' association. He arose
with a vigorous protest against the
action asked by the railroads.
Mr. Luhrsen had just shot off a
telegram to Senator Miles Poindex
ter, urging that a congressional com
mittee be created at once "to in
vestigate the allegations of the car
riers that they are facing bank
ruptcy, which we believe will result
in a disclosure that the representa
tions of the carriers are deceptive."
f General Atterbury had declared
that abrogation of the "national
working agreements" wotfld elinr
inate from operating expenses about
$300,000,000 of waste. Mr. Luhrsen
maintained that the roads could save
more than $300,000,000 of waste, if
management did a better job in oper
ating the lines, i
Mr. Luhrsen argued that the rep
resentations of the carriers that they
vanted to reopen negotiations on
working conditions with their own
employes were "false, misleading and
without merit." He said the Penn
sylvania road itself has, ignored all
requests of the dispatchers for con
ferences. . , ,
Appeal to Wilson.
The union leaders in their tele-,
grajE to the president, charge that I
General Atterbury had, by deliver- 1
ing what they termed "an ultima
tum" to the labor board, "violated
all decent proprieties, disregarded
the transportation act and floated
the existing agencies, such as the
Interstate Commerce- commission
and even congress itself."
The telegram asks President Wil
son to take immediate steps to have
all the evidence in the case pre
sented to the Interstate Commerce
commission, and says that the union
representatives were calling his at
tention to the -matter only because
"no stone should be left unturned
to prevent such a catastrophe as
outlined by General Atterbury."
District Inspector Shot
Belfast, Feb. 1. Capt. King, dis
trict inspector,- was,' "seriously:
wounded, and his -wife was shot dead
last night near the Mellow railfoad
station in County Cork. '
Won't Yob Vbit
C the Central Office?
k 6 welcome
the opportunity of
itowing our pat
rons bow their
telephone calls are
handled in the
central office.
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Forty-five Years in
Railroad's Service
C. J. Ernst, assistant treasurer
and assistant secretary of the
Burlington in Omaha celebrated the
45h anniversary of his services with
the railroad yesterday. , -
Forty-five years ago he joined the
forces of the Burlington in the land
department in Lincoln. He became
assistant treasurer of the lines west
of the Missouri qn June 1, 1903,.
Madison County Farm '
Bureau Holds Meeting
Battle Creek, Neb., Feb.' l.
(Special.) The annual meeting of
the Madison County Farm Bureau
was held in the Odd Jbellows hall
in Battle Creek. A representative
attendance from every township in
the county taxed the capacity of the
hall. Farm Bureau work in the coun
ty, has been intensified since the cam-
Saign for .membership in December,
liscussion- at the meeting centered
around co-operation in building up
the ' farmers' side of marketing,
through first determining the cost of
production. . ' -
R. A. Stewart, county agent, wa9
re-elected at a substantial salary,
Burr Taft of Norfolk was re-elected
president; Oscar Sunderman oi
Madison, vice president; Fred Crow
ley of Meadow Grove, secretary and
William Rottler cf Madison, treas
urer.
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At the first 'chill! Take Genuine Aspirin marked with the
Bayer Cross" to break up your
Fever, Stuffiness.; : '. ,
Warning! To get Genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for
over 19 years, you must ask for ."Bayer Tablets of Aspirin," and
look for the name Bayer" on the package and on each tablet.
Always say "Bayer." !
Each "Bayer package" contains safe and proper directions for
the relief of Colds also for Headache, Neuralgia, Toothache,
Earache, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neurjtis and for Pain generally.
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Boxes of 12 Bottles of 24 Bottles of 100 Alto Capsules All ' rugghts
Aaplrin 1 th trad mark of Bayor Manufactory of lionoacet!aaeiaeat ot Sallcrllcocld
Srery telephone user who has seen a switoh
; board in operation has found it to be very
interesting.
t y Yonr knowledge of what the operators do when
yon ask for a number and how they connect yon
with the person yon want helps make a better
understanding between ui.
visit to the central office should make the
telephone more valuable to yon, and we know it
would aid us in our efforts to furnish yon with the
best possible telephone service.
Northwestern Bell
Telephone Co.
Dry Leaders in f
Congress Plan to
Add New Teeth
Jal Sentence for First Of
fenders , Planned Will
Make Drive on ,
Home Brewers.
By Th AMOclaicd Fi-ran.
Washington, Feb. 1. The pro
hibition leaders in congress are hop
ing to tighten up the Volstead law.
They are planning new legislation
to provide a flat jail sentence for the
first offense of selling liquor without
giving the court the optional right
of imposing a fine.
Other changes being discussed re
late to the search and seizure clause,
so as to reach the home brew and
to make more sweeping the Uw un
der which a person buying liquor
may be punished equally with the
person selling it.
Confiscation of all liquor held by
citizens is also being urged. This
would legalize seizure of all private
stocks. Objection to that, however,
has been made by some dry leaders
on the ground that little such liquor
finds its way into channels of bootleg
trade atid tht it won't be long, be
fore all(such liquor will be gone.
Unless a pending bill, which would
permit federal commissioners to try
minor liquor cases, is passed, a pro
posed amendment to the Volsfead
law would take care of this. Federal
court rlorWt!i are now congested
with violations, and government offi
cials have reported a change of pro
ceedure necessary.
The big fight for amendment will
sfart with the opening of the new
session in April, according to dry
leaders. '
Meanwhile, Giairman Volstead of
the house judiciary committee is
awaiting word from prohibition en
forcement officers as to suggestions
for makincr the law bullet proof. He
has expressed satisfaction with the
lar, believing it was oorne witn
teeth, but m talks witn memoers ne
has expressed the belief that others
might be added. '
Rpnorts showing lieavv transporta
tion of liquor and wholesale smug
diner, oromoted the movement to
put persons transporting and selling
it in jail.
In the effort to stop home brew
ing and distilling, prohibition leaders
Cold and relieve the Headache,
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Aspirin
admit that they will run into a storm
of opposition.
Measure to Issue Rural
Credit Bonds Before House
Lincoln, Feb. J. A bill patterned
afte'r the South Dakota law permit
ting the issuance of rural credit
bonds to be used in making loans
to farmers was introduced in the Ne
braska house today. Under the terms
of the bill .as much as $JO,000 may
be loaned- to one man on adequate
security.
Nevada Rate Case Argued
Before Rail Commission
Washington, Feb. 1. Another case
growing out of the refusal of a state
commission to raise state treignt.
passenger and other rates to the level
of those maintained in interstate
commerce was argued today before
the Interstate Commerce commis
sion.
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Kingdon Gould
' Sued in Breach
romise Case
Existence of Suit Disclosed by
Report of Supplementary
Proceedings Begun in New
York Supreme Court.
New York, Ftb. 1. Existence of
a $500,000 suit in which Kingdon
Gould, youngest son of George Jay
Gould, is charged with breach of
promise to marry Mrs. Richard
Blum of Arkville, N. Y., was dis
closed today in a report of supple
why
' 11 ti is I
mentary proceedings begun yestcr
day'in the supreme court here.
Mr. Gould appeared in court yes
terday and denied stajtements made
by Mrs. Blum, who asserted he cm
ployed detectives to gather evidence
on which she obtained a divorce in
June, 1917, They previously had
agreed, she said, to marry when, she
was free and were on friendly terms
until Jiis marriage to Miss Annun
2iata Lwtci in July, 1917.
She further charged that he of
fered $10,000 to settle the case after
the suit was filed several months
ago, and that she refused.
.Ihe court directed both sides to
submit all papers in the case next
Saturday.
Fur Prices Lower
Montreal, Feb. 1. At the opening
of a four-day auction sale in furs
today, martenj, brought frorn .$6.50
to $73, whereas last year's highest
price was $201 and the lowest $35.
that's
4,Ieaf Mend
You want a real cigarette that is
full-bodied, with that good bid
tobacco taste. That's why we put
Kentucky Burtey heart-leaf in Spur.
A totally different kind of leaf is
needed for that spicy, aromatic
aroma.. That's why we put rare and
choicest selection of Macedonian
leaf in Spur
Good old tobacco taste Spicy
,r ' Can You
Crimped
Here's something 1 out of the ordinary: a patented machine that
cleverly fastens togethei the paper edges without using paste. You bet
Jo a nnnA tAeii I XTrt cc meant YPtt(T facte frimniA 1vt- T"I'
we crimp the Spur seam. 1
Fleet's Sailors
Honor Guests of
Pern Government
Four-Day Program of Enter
tainment Arranged for Visit
ing Americans Making Up
Vessels Complement.
Isima, Peru, Feb. 1. Officers arid
sailors of the American Atlantic
fleet today entered upon a four-day
program of entertainment which was
arranged in their honor by the
Peruvian government and the peo
ple of this city. Official calls were
exchanged this morning by Admiral
Wilson and Peruvian officials and at
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Then there is the leaf that give
"life" and "sparkle" to the blend.
That's why we put Qolden Virginia
in S)ur.
And it is possible to maice a ciga
rette that bums just right yes,
cool-burning. That's 9why we put
Maryland-grown leaf jn Spur
Aroma Sparkle Cool Burning
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CVjHthi 1931. Lift m
1 o'clock this afternoon a luncheon
wa to be tendered to Admiral Wil
son and the higher officer of his
stall by the Lima Jockey club, to be
followed by horse racing. ,
President Leguia was to be host
at a state banquet in honor of Ad
miral Wilson at the government
palace tonight
Callao. Feb. .1. Seven Atlantic
fleet battleships, led by the rragship
Pennsylvania, arrived here early
Monday afternoon and received a
noisy welcome irom large crowds
along the shores and from small
craft in the harbor. Eighteen de
stroyers and several supply ships
reached Callao ahead of the main
fleet A fog delayed' the fleet con
siderably during the last stages of
its trip from Panama.
fn the 4.790 grade crossing- ac
cidents which occurred to motorists
during 1919 in the United States.
1,232 persons were killed anH 3.55S
iniured.
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