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A The . Omaha Daily 'Bee VOL. 50 NO. 238. Emm SMoai-CltM Mttttr May ?. I9M. ! Omni f. 0. Undtr Act f MarcD 3. OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1921. Br Malf ( I Inllna 4th Zom. Dally 8u(y. It; Dili, Only, J: Suadly. M 0utl4tl ZtM (I yr). Dally 14 smdajr, ll; Dally Only. I2; Sunday Only. II THREE CENTS Germany IsiipJHigh Speed w jnner in Plebiscite 1 Upper SUefeia, as Result of Referendum, Will Align With Gerniaus Instead of . Polish Commonwealth. Victory Is Overwhelming Berlin. March 2!.-fBy The Asso ciated Press. )-r-Germany won an v overwhelming victory ir. the plebis cite held in Upper Sljesia yesterday to determine the future- national sta tus of that region, according to of ficial returns received fiere today. Two districts were still missing at 9 o'clock this morning, but the count showed 876,000 votes for Germany and 380,000 for Poland. Reports from Breslau state' that the plebescite was generally without untowatd incidents. r Voting Favprs Germany. Provisional returns published in newspapers here show that in Op pcln, Germany received 20,000 votes to 11.000 for Poland. In Tarnowitz the Germans cast 85 per cent of the ballots, and in the town of Bcuthen ,Jk they cast 78 per cent. In the Bcu then country districts the vote, as published, stood, Germany, 59,222; Poland. 62,040. ) In Koenigshucttc, the Germans I received 32,000 and the Poles 10,851 and Kattowit and country districts gove the Germans 72,831 and the Poles. 66,187, the town of Kattowitz voting German by 93 per cent. In Hindenburg the Germans cast 36.676 votes to 31,625 by the Poles, while in Kreuzburg, the German vote was 33,980 to 1.556 for the ToleS. ' ' fUturnn In Drtnil. Krttirn rrivM up tn 10:3d howrd th folio tug-results: Germany Rosnl)PBr, urban, rural. . .24,200 Kniesberg 43.000 l.uMlnltx 15.100 Tarnowltl 17.fi00 Orw Strhllti I'J.SOO Obor OlogauV S3. 70(1 Konl IS, .100 Olelwlta, urban, rural 5N.000 I.eohsi-heul j St.ion Kotibor. urbnn. rural 4S.700 KnttowitK. urban, rural ... . 7t,,400 Koonlirsi-hu'tta Sl,oo Hllfthenlt i 7.1 900 . lllndnbur 43. WO Opptln, urban, rural 31,000 a. m. Poland 11.400 3.300 13.S00 27.000 22,900 4..S00 11.700 32,000 300 20.700 S9.O00 10.H00 73,500 43,000 26,000 People Were Orderly. Oppeln, March 21. (By The As sociated Press.) Entente forcej i.i upper Silesia will promptly suppress any effort on the part of the. Polish army to override the decision in yes terday's plebiscite or to anticipate the action of the council of ambassa dors in Paris. General Lerond, head of the interallied plebiscite commis sion, told J he Associated Press to day. He said rumors that the PoVs had been concentrating an army on the Silesian frontier were "wholly without foundation." "Should they cross the border," continued General Lerond, "they" will be met by machine guns and rifles. America and the rest of-Uhe world may depend upon me to maintain the entente s will here." General Lerond remainetTup all night to rereive the returns from tjic (Turn to Po Two. Column Three.) Plebiscite Reports Propaganda Charge Of Ignace Paderewski Chicago. March 21. Reports from T'rrlin telling of a German victory i i the upper Silesia plebiscite were denounced as propaganda by Ignace Padii-ewl;:, former premier of Po land, who stopped here today while i n route to California to spend' sev eral months resting. Paderewski declared that the !a!iots vere being transported to central places where the final tally would be made and expressed doubt as to whether any formal announce ment would be possible for several davs. still rampant, he. said that in the Silesian case the peace treaty which provided for a plebiscite also set forth that the result should only be "tor the information of - the com mission in Parts and that the actua' line of division of Silesia between Germans and- Poles will be drawh later in Paris by allied authorities who have "the 'power to ignore the vote if they so desire." Former Empress Victoria Reported Greatly Improved Doom, Holland. March 21. (By The Associated Press.) The mild spring weather apparently is hav ing a favorable influence on former Empress Augysta Victoria of Ger many, who has long been seriously ill of heart disease. She constant ly is conscious and is feeling strong er. Her condition still is serious, Former tmpcror llhelm spends to muiiuiiu , hir time wood sawing, digging in t TT the park and shoveling gravel on ! Two Aviators Killed in the g'rden path5- Crash Near Palm Beach , T I'oiitonant Canev Will I West Pami Beach, Flar, March 21. Lieutenant Une Will -Attempting a landing from too Attempt Another Flglht : low an altitude, Lee Rothert of this Jacksonville. Fla.. March 21. j city and J. H. Farrington of New Lieut W. D. Coney, 91st aero squad- Prt Ky., were killed today, their ion. who recently established a new , waplane striking the earth within record for the transcontinental flight "Jee,t of ? wa and safety. by making the trip from San Diego, Cal.. to Jacksonville inf22 hours 21 minutes flying time, announced to day that he expected to leave Pablo Beach at 2 a. m. Wednesday for San Diego. He plans only one stop, expecting to land at Dallas, Tex., tor fuel. Seized Liquor Returned St. Louis. March 21. United States District .Hidge Faris today held iilegal the seizure without a search warrant -ofilntoxicants in a private home, although not the bona fide home of the owner of the lifjuor. ' ' , -;'. New York, 'March 21. Art marched into court today and won. Supreme X'ourt. Justice Newbergcr was asked to consider an application by Charles C - Rumsey sculptor, polo player and son-in-law of Mrs. E. II. Jiarriman tor an order di recting the Architectural League of should not be required to place a , statue by Kumsey, "The Pagan," on ' exhibition at its annual show next .New lork to show cause wv it month. The court considered and issued the order. - The statue a nude female figure i has recently been the cause of ! much debate in artistic circles. Ac. i cording to Rumsey, his work was ac cepted by the head of the league, but rejected by the committee of sculptors. s Mediation Of Packer Row Starts No Comment Made on Prog ress of Initial Meeting At Request of Secre tary Davis. Washington, March 21. After spending three hours and a half in conference with Secretaries Davis, Hoover and Wallace, representatives of the five leading packers and of their union employes adjourned late today, to meet tomorrow. No one would comment as to the progress of the initial efforts of the new admin- make no statements. The secretary also sent word to newpasper men that he had nothing to say and an nounced that the discussions would be resumed tomorrow, probably at 3 p. m. May Consult Harding. The fact that there are to be no morning conferences was taken to in dicate Secretary Davis might bring the matter to the attention of Presi dent Harding and other, members of the cabinet which mats tomorrow. The recess also will allow repre sentatives of both sides to confer with their advisers. Secretary Davis remained in conference after the ses sion with H. L. Kerwin, E. P. Marsh and Howell Davis of the La bor department's board of councilia tors, who sat in .he conference be cause they had a part in the agree ment of 1919 by the packers , and their employes to extend the Al sehuler agreement of 1917. The packers' representatives, Carl Meyer and J. L. Condon, wete un derstood to have finished stating their case at 4 o'clock, tiavmg been interrupted by few questions from employes. Whether the greater part of the remaining hour and a half was consumed by the employes was not indicated. . Employes Heard First. Secretary Davis heard the em ployes at il o'clock, after both side had assembled and the meeting had Ijeen adjourned until 2 o'clock. The labor secretary, in erantine a ori- quested all partie ! vatc hearing to Dennis Lane, scc ! ictary of the unions, and R. S. Bren- nan, their attorney, gave them the same privilege he had previously giv en Messrs. Condon and Meyer. Tfie full conference began at 2 o'clock, with the three cabinet mem bers and the two representatives of each side and three members of the Labor department's conciliation board present. ITnions allied with the butchers and meatcuttcrs sent nine represen tatives to advise with the repre sentatives of the employes. Prior to the joint conference, J. J. Bren nan of the International Brother hood of Firemen and Oilers, de clared that the allied onions would stand by the other employes. "We will not yield," he said."If it is necessary we can make tfie pickers stand by their agreement." Industry and organized labor alike is watching thq result of the conferences for its eftect on similar agreements now in operation. ' Prohibition in U. S. Boon ' To Spanish Wine Makers Washington, March 21. During the first 'year of national prohibition. Malaga.Spain, shipped to the L'nited States five times the amount of wine as in the preceding 1.0 years, Ameri can Consul Smith says in a report received by the Department of Com merce. The total , wine exports to America in 1920 exceeded 475,000 gal lons, the consul says, and was shipped under permits for non-beverage purposes. Exports of arisins from Malaga to the United States in 1920 was un precedealbd, the consul reports, the total being 10,906 metric tons or ap proximately 1,000 tons more than the , . - , ... . ,n,n ,.n- was , nvHig tne 1 P.,a,He' rbe"me "nfused and lost con- trol of the machine, according to witnesses. Northwestern Wage Hearing Adjourned for Three Dayi Chicago, March 21. Officials of the Chicago & Northwestern rail road, who conferred today with rep resentatives of their maintenance of way employes announced tonight an adjournment for three days to allow employes to prepare a state ment of facts showing why present wages are low enough as the labor representatives contend. istration in mediating a labor dispute. ,?raney ami ivcPiwviuhw . Representatives of the packers and yvorth.and Oreen. conferred with of the employes stated Secretary Se,,a0r, I enniHo,h after he r,..: i,,j ,n . senate finance committee, after the 1 U 1 .3 I I (1 ' 1 V VJUl Oil LOI ilV J IV i a a - , . v. I 1 F I 1(111 ,,V' -xjs emptv grave case, in G.O.P.Plari Fordliey Emergency Measure !t't'Uiid alive near Sterling City, Tex.,. n 1 1 TK- . .1. 2 char8e! swindling in con- " "I "e Pushed 1 nrougll paction with the payment ot insur ;Extra Session Differ ences Are Settled. Leaders. In Agreement Hi Washington. March 21. The Fordney emergency tariff bill as j vetoed by formerPrcsident Wilson J w ill be rushed through congress in 1 the eTra session. j Acceding to the request of Prcsi-, dent Harding for passage of a meas- j we designed to help farmers, asking ; for protection against foreign com petition, republican members of the house ways and means committee turned about today and' voted to reuve the Fordney bill after agree 'nc a week aao not to consider any fmprimnrv Ipcislation ahead of a permanent tariff and revenue . revi-' sion. Senators Penrose, Smoot and .Me Cumber of the senate finance com mittee agreed to the new program which, -M. was explained, meets ap proval of tha, president. Senator Penrose expressed the belief that the emergency measure would be in the hands of Mr. Harding . within 10 days after the convening of the special session, April 11. . I Confer With Penrose. ' Several members of the . house committee. including Chairman former committee had reached its agreement. From this conference came the prediction the measure would be rushed through the house under a special rule on through the senate possibly under limitation of debate as enforced by cloture. The new Fordney bill will be presented with a six months' limi ation but provisions will expire earlier should the permanent bill be enacted before expiration of the six months', period. , The house ways aud means com mittee after an all-day wrangle ap parently was in the utmost harmony. Calling in newspaper men at the close Chairman Fordney set forth the final program with everybody express ing approval. Plans are Complete. After disposing of the emergency measure in the first few days of the extra session the house .will take un and pass the anti-dumping bill, which will be followed by, the allied measure fixing an American valua tion on goods paying ad valorem Then will come the permanent ;x brru'tof interests demanding a newspaper re- j vision. The actual work of fram- i ing it will begin tomorrow. j While the house is working on the tariff the senate finance committee j rvill consider revenue revision and its i printed testimony will be available i tc the ways and means committee which will write the bill. In this wav Mr. Fordliey predicted con-, &ress would work at high speed. Thcf. nouse would be considering revenue I while the tariff was still before the i senate. "All differences have been ironed out," said Chairman Fordney. "and we now have a definite working plan." Fire Insurance Firm Appeals Judgments To Rail Commission Lincoln, March) 21. (S-pecal) Two judgments obtained in Sarpy county against the Bankers' Fire In surance company o Lincoln, one for the cancellation of a note and mort gage fpr $10,000 and the other for a cancellation of $5,00 in notes to the Nebraska Railway commission. Charges were made in both suits that James C. Snow, agent of the company, misrepresented the value of the stock in the company for which the money and notes were given and said that the par value of the stock was $25, whereas it was only $10. according Mo the -petition ,r. Peter H. Elders is the plain lift wno sueu lor me cancellation oi uie MAIWI I-L.. 1 T i iu.vw note. jonn j. j.uiz, jr., brought the other suit. The company is now in the hands of the state department of trade and commerce. rp . . c .! lWO American Soldiers I In Germany Die in Wreck Coblenz. Germany, March 21.- j Privates Thomas Hanenkrat of j Strasburg, O.. and Lawrence Mur- phy of El Paso, Tex., of the Ameri-1 can army oi occupation, were killed) jtoday when the Cologne express struck a truck which they were driv ing at Weissenthurm. Private Lawrence Baker the third man in the truck, was seriously injured. The bodies of Hanenkrat and Murphy will be returned to the United States. ' Crown Forces Lose Seven j In County Kerry Ambush! Dublin. March 21. (Bv The As-1 sociated Press. )-Seven rrfembers of cer, were killed and 12 were wound ed when a train was ambushed to day, according to official announce ment. The attack occurred near Headford Junction, County Kerry. Will Congratulate Harding Brussels, March 21. The council of ambassadors decided to send Bur gomaster Max of Brusscls to the United States to tender congratula tions of the Belgian government to President Hardingjn his election. 1 1 1, It' i T ruin if m lexas ,V ,n. i ex., March i ne ,'i&ma the supposed death of B. J. vochrain years ago. the funeral and burial on a lonely hillside in Stone wall county and the opening of the grave last summer by officers only to find an empty coffin, was called tor trial here. loch rain; who was ance money. When arrested, Cochrain. accord ing Mo officials, declared he knew j nothing of his supposed death, but I had been kidnaped and held prison er in New Mexico seven months by i a Mexican. Later he was quoted by I officers as saying he had been placed j under influence of a drug, buried v. hile m an unconscious condition ard later "dug up." t r Miners Are Cleared in Murder Case i " . I Sixteen Residents of Matewail Who Participated in Street Battle With Private De tectives Acquitted. Williamson, W. Va.. Marcli 21. A jury today acquitted the 16 residents of Matcwan, tried for 'the killing of Albert C. Felts, a private detective, in the street battle at Matcwan last May. The defendants were formally dis charged by Judge R. D. Bailey, buT remanded to jail pending "Tiond ar rangements on six other indictments charging the men with having been implicated in the death of six other private detectives killed with Felts. The trial consumed 46 days. News of the acquittal was shouted to a large group of mitrers standing at a window outside the court room and the announcement was received with enthusiasm. Wives and relatives of the Mate waniaiis stood on the porch of the county jail and received their km with open arms. The battle broke out late in the day" May 19, after the private detec tives had evicted striking miners and their families from Stone Mountain Coal company cottages. Bes'ides the detectives, three civilians, including Mayor C. C. Testerman, were killed. Allegations of Low School Land Rentals Aired in Lower (louse T K,rru o fa'neeia1.Y a'T't ,exr kW renN ats for school lands bobbed up again today in the lower house when a bill calling for the sale of isolated tracts of school land of less than 40 acres and town lots held as school land by the state was under consideration in committee of the whole. 'Representative Mellor first moved to amend by substituting 640 acres for 40 acres. The house promptly toted down the amendment Ihen Mel or ov substitute 160 acres tor w acres ana mis aracnumcni aio called for slaughter action on the part of the house. The bill was recommended for passage in its original form, calling for sale of 40- acre tracts and town lots, i In support of his amendments, ! Mellor again aired the alleged : school land lease scanW of Ne i braska bv. quoting prevailing prices of land in certain counties adjacent ! to school lands which he claimed were leased much, too cheap and which was making hundred of Ne- braskans rich who are holding the. leases. Cold Storage-Meat is Only "Normal, Average Supply'' Chicago, March 21. Cold storage stocks of meats and lard in the United States on March 1, were less by approximately 135,000,000 pounds than last year. Institute of Ameri can Meat Packers announced today. This figure included stocks both in cold storage and in the packing plants. The total supply on hand was 1 given as 1.256.500.000 pounds. de- , dared f0 be a "normal, average t,mn ,. url"J" Since the United States consumes about 34,400,000 pounds, of meat daily, the quantity in storage would have been sufficient to fill national needs for only 23 davs, the institute said, and added: "More than 353,- jOO.OOO pounds of the cold storage stocks, however, were in the process of cme , T rr t rn nnn aao Income Taxes $100,000,000 In Excess of Estimate ii-i.:, i, -i a . 1mately $600,000,000 was collected by the government in income and profits taxes up to tl;e last Saturday night, according to reports to the Treasury. This amount is $100,000, 000 in excess of the estimate made by Secretary Mrtton. About $850,000,000 Was collected by the government for the same quarter a year ago. but the showing so far . was regarded as excellent for this quarter. j Shamrock Sales Net $3,450 For Relief WTork in Ireland Sales of Shamrocks in Omaha on St. Patricks day by more than 100 women who volunteered for the ser vice netted $3,450 for the fund for relief of the homeless and destitute ih Ireland. Supreme Court. Recess Washington, March 21. The Fast er recess of the supreme court 'will be from March 28 to April 11, it was announced today. Interested Party Keeping Tab John Breen "On Feiice" in Regard To' His Candidacy Says Entry in City Race De . pends on Dahlman's Move ; Doesn't Want Too Much Competition. - , y John Paul Breen said yesterday that he is "on the fence" regarding whether or not to run for city com missioner .. . v Hitherto he persistently has -declined all urgitrg to enter the race. Now' he has flown tip on the fence and may fly down on the, other side within the next few days He admitted that his candidacy de pends on whether or not James C. Dahlman runs. "I would like to be mayor of Omn- ha," said Mr. Breen. "But I wouldn't! want to-be elected city commissioner and then not be chosen mayor. "Now, if Mr. Dahlman and Mr, Ure and Mr. Sutton should be elected to the commission, each of them would doubtless have some support for mayor. And if I were elected also, where would I stand? "However, if Mr. Dahlman does not run. it is quite possible I may enter the race. I understand he is going to make a decision Tuesday. That will give me plenty of time. Several American Legion boys have told me repeatedly they can get 500 names on a petition for me within 24 hours. - "I'm willing to take my chances with Ure and Sutton as likely mayor alty candidates in the final -count. I'm on to the ropes over there at citv' hall and I know the ordinances because I wrote so many of them myself. There are four days left for filing. And when I sec what my neighbor, Dahlrflan, decides to do, I will decide what I will do." - It is said that Mr. . Dahlman is held from entering the contest only by a certain unwritten law that it is not seemly for the chief officer of the United States court to be run ning for a political office. Nothing has been said to him on the-subject, but he is said to feel that both the federal judges here would not look with approval upon his entering the race. General Wood Starts on Mission to Philippines Washington, March 21. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, commander of the Sixth army corps area, and Cameron Forbes, former governor general of the Philippine islands, conferred with Secretary Weeks regarding. the final details of the mission they arc to undertake for President Harding in the Philippines. Later they saw the president and will leave tonight for San Francisco, where they will board ship April 2. ,. General Wood and Mr. Forbes will be accompanied to tfte - Philippines by the following officers: Colonel McCoy. Lieut. Col. Gordon John son, Maj. Peter Bouditch and Lieut. O. C. Wood, General Wood's r.on and aide de camp. London to Abandon Summer Season of Grand Opera London. March 21. Abandon ment of the summer grand opera season, a part of London's social life for 100 years, appears certain this year, in view of the cost and the difficulty of obtaining good singers. Adverse conditions in Europe, says the Chronicle, have resulted in the migration of songsters to North and South America. "Pure Advertising"' in Texas Austin, Texas. March 21. Gover nor Neff signed the "pure advertis ing bill' passed by the state U-gja-ture. making it a penalty to use de ception, or make misleading state ments in advertising. . : 1 Wrecking Crews Removing Debris Weeks Will Be Required to j Clear Away Twisted Wreckage. Chicago. March 21. Wrecking crews today started work clearing awav the tons of debrjs scattered by the explosion Saturday night in-the elevator of the Armour Grain com pany in South Chicago, under which the' bodies of fdtir victims are be lieved to be buried. The two known dead were blown out of ihe struc ture by the blast, w hich was heard and felt across lake Michigan. The grain loss was placed at about $1,000,000 by E. A. James, sec retary of the company who said that it was believed the other $3,000,000 worth of grain in the concrete biii3 could be salvaged. Weeks will be required, it was. said to clear away 'the "mass of twisted steel and concrete and clear the channel of the Calumet river which was almost blocked by the spilled grain. y Spontaneous combustion was gen erally assigned as the cause of the explosion. Move for New, Trial In Case of Nickerson Slaver is Overruled Fremont, Neb., March 21. (Spe cial Telegram.) Motion for a new trial in the ease of Richard Hetirv Dunkle. found guilty of manslaugh- ter in the killing of Ross Wicker jhp.y of Nickerson following a poker game early in January, was overruled to day by Judge Frederic W. Button in district court, when he read off the indeterminate sentence of one to 10 years for the prisoner. Dunkle is sentenced at hard labor every day, excepting Sunday and holidays, and no solitary confinement. Attorney J. F. Rohn, fendant, stated tfiaf hi for.the A s client nad another defense to make besides his plea of self definse, whicji Dunkle refused to allow his attorney to use heretofore. Judge Button stated tha: self-defense should not have been submitted m the hrst place, as ei-shaw was shot while turning f.wiy trom Dunkle. - - . ; First Heat Prostration Of Year Reported in-Boston TWnn. Afarcl, 21 Th m1m,.ra temperature of 82 degrees reached i ... . . .1 jJ A -J . - I.' I. er than has ever before been re-J corded heri for, a day in M arch. One i lipnr nrncrratinn. thi tirt ff flip vta wa fenorted v. " i New York. March 21. All Ncw - York's March heat records were .broken today when the official .ther- inometer" registered 80 degrees at ' 2:o0 p. m. Norfolk School Burns After Children Leave Norfolk. Va., March' 21. The John Marshall public school con- taming 28 rooms and valued at $20;),- ih Hi. was destroyed by tire shortly alter the 1,000 pupils had been dis missed for the day. Five residents nearby were damaged. ' Bovs are believed by the police ti have been responsible for the tire and an investigation that may lead to the arrests was being conducted. ! Lightning Causes Fire Loss of $250,000 in Muskocce' Muskogee. Okla.. March 21. AY" - I 1 ...... J U.. nave ueen siarica ny iigrunuig, was ; i; nonn 33 believed to be under control early j hippm' nulittiu. , todav after one-fourth of a block had 1 Profi t ..'.itvnei.is iurin the n---t ;i lirrn'nrartirallv destroved The loss '0 z hou" from tinpmturm r. Sli-v.: neen praciicaiij ocsuojcci. i ne loss , North an(1 .,,, ,; drccs c" :i de ls expected lo le about ?250,000. south, j degrees Liquor Runners Leader Captured After Gull Battle Man Who Boasted He Would Never Be Taken Alive Re sists Until Beaten Into Unconsciousness. fSioux Falls, S. D., March 21. Cliff Rowcll, for whom government ptohibition agents .had been search ing for several weeks and who was believed to have been the leader of a gang of liquor runners between h;s city and Des Moines, la., was taken into custody by local police today after a gun fight. Rowell, according to the police, had boasted that he would never be taken alive and when they received information this morning that he was in 'a house on the east side, defec tives went after hiin armed with rifles. Resists Arrest. When abolit a half block from the ;ioue they saw Rowell leaving. De tectives called to him to stop, but ! instead, ' he began running. Detec- rives fired at him, and in a short ! rhasp in wliirrKhe returned their fire. he was overtaken. On the way to police headquarters, he broke loose from them and was .aught agairi btit had to be beaten "!,to nconsciousness. Two of his hrolhers are now being sought by the police. Federal agents say there are fed- al warrants out for these three brothers, charging them wifth illegal tiansportation of liquor and being iugitives from justice. They have been transporting Can adian whisky to' this city, the federal t.gents charge, and from here to P'cs Moines by automobile. Will be Taken to Canada. Government officials announced ttljs afternoon that Rowell would be '.Lrned over to Canadian authorities to face charges of robbery and lar ceny provided he recovers from the biow received on the head in the fight with police, lie had not re gained, consciousness this afternoon. Federal authorities here hold war- ick-j,ats for the prisoner and his two brothers, Rex and Merle, issued by :;. United States commissioner at Chicago recently on complaint of the Canadian consul there. Tliey charge !1beft of a .quantity of whisky from 2 warehouse in the province of Sas- tchewan. Canada. acitic Loast beameil To Negotiate New Scale V a&hmgton, March 21. Pacific coast ship operators and seamen have j' - ?recd to negotiate a new working agreement, Chairman Benson of the Shipping board announced. The old agreement was terminated recently oa notice by the operators, but the cmiirman said both sides had been persuaded to get together yid work out a new one. No date has been set for the ino-o- tiations, Mr. Benson said, but it i; probable they will await negotiations between Atlantic roast operators and l ini unaii HiKUlidllU 1 i seamen. The Weather Forecast. Fair and warmer Tuesday. Hourly Temperatures. 5 a.'m. . m . 7a.m. X a. m . e ! t n. m . . . .S3 ' 8 o. m ' 4 p. m . .35 t 5 p. m ..Hi p. m 1A . ' IL 1 - 1 National Agreement Is Opposed Nice President of Penusyl ' vania Railroad Emphatic , In Stand Bpforc Labor Board. i Calls Rules "Dog Collar" Chicago, March 21. W. W. Atter bury, vice president of the Pttmsyl- , vania railroad and former chairman of the railway executives labor com mittee, took an emphatic ' stand against national agreements which Ire termed "prolific of misunderstand ins" in a heated cross examination before the railroad labor board to day. Questioning by F. P. Walsh, coun sel for the union, brought vigorous replies from Mr. Atterbury and time anil again the witness answered by cross questions. Charges that the union leaders did not really represent the employes and that national rules were used to procure employment, for more mm and extract money from the railroads on technacilitios were made by the witness. Gist of Testimony. The gist of Mr. Atterbury 's testi mony follows: Rules should be negotiated be tween road officials and ihcir em ployes, across, the conference tabic 'Hike a game of poker." , The eight hour day could not bp universally applied to all employes, especially train service men, "because the Lord didn't build railroads that way." Establishment of the hourly basis of shop work has destroyed the energy and initiative of shop employ es and abolition of piece work would be the " most dreadful thing that coukl happen to railroad employes." Roads Wearing "Dog Collar." . National rules constituted - a. dog collar around1 the neck of the rail roads, who would be free to negotl- -ate their own rules with their own employes " the nihiiite the board cuts the dog collar." ' : The reference to the dog collar was taken, General Atterbury ex plained, from a cartoon in a 'Union bulletin. He exhibited the cartoon which showed a small dog, labelled "Railroads" with a collar labelled "National agreements" and led by kibor. The dogma was made to say -"The collar doesn't fit" and the crption said "but we'll make it fit." Two charges against unioiv officials were made by the witness. He de clared that although the national agreements had the object of employ ing more men, he was "a better friend of nVy men than any union man at this table." The declaration brought frofn Mr. Walsh a "querry whether Mr, Atterbury represented section hands. . .. "No, but you do not. Those men are not represented here," was the reply. Asks for Interpretation. Mr. Atterbury demanded that the rules be interpreted clearly and words defined. Mr. Walsh said he thought the ordinary meaning ot (Turn to Pr Two. Column Two.) , Train Crew Blamed For Wreck at Portej By Safety Bureau Washington, March 21. Failure of Engineer Long of the Michigan Cen tral train fo observe and obey ceri tain signals, was responsible for the recent Porter find.) wreck in which o persons were killed and in jured,, the Interstate Commerce coin mission's bureau of safety -reported today. ' A contributing cause of the wreck the bureau report added, was failur : oi Fireman Block, also of the Mich i'igan Central train, to observe pron i crly the signal indication at. th 1 crossing and to convey the correc information to Engineer Long. "This accident." the bureau de clared. "again calls attention to th. j necessity for an automatic train con I trol devise to be used in conneclioi with signal equipment for Ihe auto j matic controlling of the speed of i train in case the engineer fails prop , erly to observe signal indications. jLady Astor Expects Capture ' j Of Man Who Threatens Lift . Plymouth, England, March 21. j Chasing a soldier who apparent! ' had become frightened after threat ! ening to kill her. Lady Astor, nicm her of parliament, adopted tactics that resulted in the man's capture. As Lady Astor was leaving her residence the soldier halted her anii 1 after using violent language threat ened to kill her. Realizing a display ' , of fear might precipitate an attack, she sought for time and tried to ct the man's name. . The soldier then started to run, with Lady Astor in close pursuit. The chase led to some stables and tlven to a public house, the soldier being caught. Lady Astor expressed the w ish that no preceedings be taken against ir man. y to m - - Honest hiuorcf meilt of Prohibition is Ursred Washington. March 21. Wayne H. Wheeler, general counsel of the anti saloon league, called on President Harding and announced he had urged the appointment of an internal revnue commissioner "who will stand for an honest enforcement of the prohibi ten law." "I am sure the president realizes the importance of the situation" said he. Ten Killed in Tunnel Wreck Niigaia. Japan. March 21. -Yen persons were killed and 5(1 injured when a train which became deravL'd in a tunnel here caught fire, ' 0 ti c