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The . Omaha Daily 'Bee
VOL. 50 NO. 238.
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OMAHA, TUESDAY,
MARCH 22,
1921.
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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.
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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
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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."
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Miners Are
Cleared in
Murder Case
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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.
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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. .
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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
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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" -
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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
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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, '
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