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x The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 50 NO. 239. Cntm Saaoad-Claia U altar Ma "I. IMS. it . Omaha t. 0, Uadtr Act at March 3. 1171. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1921. 5v Mail ii nrl, Inalilt 4th lona. "ally and Sunday. $9; Dally Only, ti; Sunday. 14 utaltfa 4th out II yci). Dally and Sunday, $16; Oilly Only, Jli; Sunday Only, I) THREE- CENTS Agreement In Oil Case Seems Near Britain Removes Obstacle to Settlement of Mesopotamia Controversy Accords U. S. Equal Riglits. Open Door Guaranteed By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Mr Leaard Wire. Washington, March 22. Removal of an important obstacle to the set tlement of th controversy between the United States and Great Britain over r theAIesopotaniia mandate, in volving specialty oil exploitation lights, was disclosed today, in con nection with a discussion of foreign relations by 'President Harding and Lis cabinet. . Great Krituin lias brought about the inclusion in the mandate terms of a provision according Americans the .same commercial and industrial op portunities in Mesopotamia as en joyed by members of the league. Secretary of State .Hughes st'.r Jfjeycd the situation in 'question for the information of the members of the cabinet and Secretary of Commerce Hoover initiated a discussion of com mercial ! relations with Russia, and such new Mates as Czecho-Slovakia, Poland and Jugo-Slavia. The question of the peace pro gram and the league of nations was not taken itpvand no discussions were reached as to policies in con nection w itlk the other international matters, the president desiring Mr. 1 Hugbes merely to lay the ground work for future consideration of def inite problems. May Send Representative. One of these definite questions will be that of sending a representative to discuss with the league of nations council the terms of the mandates assigned to allied powers for the gov ernment of former territories of the central powers. The council has in vited the United States to present its objections in this manner to the class A and class B mandates before they are passed upon-by the council. The allies take the position that there never would have been a con troversy tfver mandates with the United Stat, had the Wilson ad ministration elected to discuss the matter informally. Instead, Secre tary of State Colby chooses to open a formal controversy with Great I'.iitam in an exchange of notes with attendant publicity " productive of political capital from vigorous twist ing of the lion s ti.tl. , " - On the other hand, defenders of former Secretary Colby asset! he had silcd in informal discussions with the 3ritish 'embassy, to obtain any indication that Great Britain was disposed to concede the open door in Mosopotamia to American oil de velopment and " in consequence thereof, advised a formal protest to the British foreign officers against the exclusion of America from equal rights in a territory in which it pos sesses an inalienable, undivided one fifth interest by virtue of its contri- (Turn to Pane Two. Column Three.) Enough Soap Sent to Russia to Giye Bath To Million Bolsheviki Chicago, March .22. Russia, which .-.-fords the world's greatest example ct vhat follows when "soap box orators" undertake to handle the ritus of government, may be saved by vigorously application of the con te .ts of the boxes. Seventeen thou sand pounds of soap were shipped from this city destined for Moscow, i.'sed sparingly, this would suffice to wash the faces and hands of nearly 1,000.000 Russians and there are predictions that a few applications of soap and water would speedily transform the bolsheviki into some- rhine resembling a human being. The s-.ap s the gift ot the American Ked Star league and is being sent at the earnest solication of the soviet gov ernment, win :h says ' that typhus and other epidemics are killing hun thrds, chiefly babies, every day The consignment started today will b? r ;prf in thp hnsnitals.nr at least tha: is the understanding. More will be ;cnt, the plan being to ship an aver age of eight tons every, month. Southern Pacific Railway Is Charged With Monopoly Washington, March 22. Long continued discrimination by the Southern Pacific railway against the Union Pacific line through monop olistic combination with the Central Pacific Railway company and th-; Union Trust company of New York was alleged by the government today in, an appeal to the supreme court from dismissal in Utah of a petition .asking a dissolution pf the alleged monopoly. . Ex-Sergeant Charged With , Murder of Major Cronkhite f Seattle. March 22. United States fi , District Attorney Robert C. Saun ders today filed tn lederal court here formal complaint charging Roland R. Pothier. former army sergeant, with manslaughter, in connection with the death of Maj. Alexander H. Cronkhite at Camp Lewis, Wash., October 27, 1918. - ifarding to Meet Newspaper .Writers Twice Eap h .Week .Washington. March 22 President Harding announced he would hold conferences with newspaper cor respondents Tuesday and Friday ot each . week, following cabinet meet iig. The announcement marks the tormal restoration of the prewar polky at .the White House, Relapse Is Suffered , ' - Bv Cardinal Gibbons Baltimore, March '22. Physicians attending Cardinal Gibbon an nounced tonight his illness had taken an unfavorable turn. They said, however, they believed there was no immediate danger. The unfavorable change in the cardinal's condition occurred Sun day night when his heart action be came weaker and his temperature lowered. t Cardinal Gibbons, who is in his 8th year, suffered a physical break down last fall. In December he went to the home of friends for a rest. He was taken seriously ill there, but his strong constitution prevailed and he was able to re turn home about January 1. From that time until the present he seemed to improve in health. Harding Issues Call for Special Session April 11 No Specific Problems to Be Taken Up Mentioned in Proclamation of Presi dent to Congress. Washington, March 22. A format call for an extra session of congress, to meet April 11 and r.-ccive,-legislative recommendations from the new administration, was issued today by President Harding. None of the specific problems were named in the proclamation, the presi dent merely declaring an extraordi nary occasion required that congress convene "to receive such communi cation as may be made by the execu tive." Mr. Harding already has Indicated, however, that die tariff jrrt'd taxation will be. foremost in nis message. He is expected to make a pie: for prompt relief to ,thc nat'en s agricultural interests and the l:st of recommen dations may touch many other sub jects, such as the ratlw: y situation, the merchant marine, and immigration.- One recommendation relative to reconstruction measures within the government machine he is expected to suggest is the creation of a general commission to dispose ef many kinds of property acquired by government agencies du-'ing the war. Whether the message w;ll .touch on foreign relations is a matter of specu htion, but the president nas indicated his primary desire is tha" the session work out a plan of governmental and industrial rehabilitation at home. A program has been discussed at conferences between the president and congress leaders and although definite decisions are U be made, a feeling of confidence is manifest that there will be a working agreement that will expedite legislative busi ness from the start. Some of the president's friends believe he will follow the custom of President Wilson in de'ivering his message in person. Fight on Drug Ring of International Scope Opei 1 XT V I. neamiew iorK New York, March 22. Opening oi a right to curb the tajffic of an international drug ring, said to be headed by business men of Germany, Japan and England, was announced here today by Df. Carlton Simons, special deputy! police commissioner. Declaring high ranking officers of steamships plying between New York and Mediterranean and South American ports have been transport ing drugs to this country, Dr. Simons said many raids are planned and developments of a startling na ture expected. . S Drugs manufactured in Germany, it is charged, have been carried from that country into Switzerland by means of underground passages, w hich have been discovered. Through Switzerland these drugs. Dr. , Sim ons asserted, have been transported to America, China, Japan and Italy. Man Found Guilty of Fraud Through Fake Stock Sale Los Angeles, March 22. A ver dict finding Everett A. Hutchings' guilty of grand larceny was re turned late today, by as-jury in Su perior Judge Frank R. Wills' court after the jury had deliberated eigtjt minutes. Hutchings was charged with hav ing defrauded J. B. Xorris of De catur, 111., out of ?51.QQQNNin a fake stock deal. U. S. Soldiers in Germany to Get Money Orders, in Person Coblenz, March ' 22. American soldiers wishing to send money to the United States must appear per sonally., to fill out the blanks for money orders under an order given bankers here by the interallied Rhineland commission. Tab is 'tten was taken to prevent the escape of capital from Germany. ' Register Now! Voters not registered or who have moved since their last registration must register today, to morrow or F.riday, if they wish to vole in the city primary. Have you registered? Is your neighbor reg istered? ' 7 This election is Your business. Register now. ' P - J r p TTolrll 1 1 1 Y C 11 C 1 U !' In New York Bomb Plot Men Wanted in Connect ioj ,' v .nt 71 vL Septemher 16 Ket yi From Rio De Janesfd Treated as Desperadoes By The Associated 1'roxs. New Orleans, 'f.larrs 22. Five J men who classmen th'instlves as seamen, but whom '. ap. J H. B. an Weeldern of the Xcw jr'ork and Cuba line freighter, Rusnville said and Department cf Ju.-.ttce officials inti mated might be wanted n New York in connection with the "'rvestigation of the Wall street lu.nb plot of September 16, were he.d itr prison here tonight. Shackled, the men were taken from the Ruslville today and booked un der their names. Philip Pender, Lio nel Kuebreezuff, Rudrlpl. Dorsh, Hans Randin and Hcnrik Lipan. They were then held incommuni cado. After Captain Van Weldetn had related the ma iner -n w hich the men were captured and .he riifficuties en countered in moving from Rio De Janeiro to New Orleans, he too, be came uncommunicative. Department of Justice officials said thev were "awaiting instructions." Treated As Desperadoes. Saturday when the Rur-hville was approaching this port the master wirelessed fhc . Department of Jus tice requesting that they care for five "consular prisoners." The cap tives were treated as desperate men. Late last month, according to Cap tain Weeldern, the United States shipping board steamsh'ri. City of Alton, thtn Hearing Rb De Janeiro, received a wireless, presumably from cfficials of the United States govern-, ment, requesting a-tcst 'A the five. A fight started and. acceding to the captain, it was with d'ifieulty that the mert were placed in irons and taken to the RioDe Janeiro prison. Fight on Ship The American vice c.msul at Rio De Janeiro, according to the captain, requestedlhe steamer Yoro to take the men to New Yorl-. Heavily guarded, the men were placed aboard and in some .nar.ner, according to the captain stated a fight. The Yoro's. master, returned tiiem- to Rio De Janeiro. ' . Then the 'Rushvihe aryved and Vive Consul Thomas pe-sfiaded Cap- in Van Weeldern to attempt trans portation of he prisonei? The nrisoners. amJare itly between 25 and 35 years old, were said to be for the most part. w:,i euucaieu, some speaking several languages. Jo indication was givv.-!; as to wueu they would be taken to New lork. Investigation Continued. Washington, March 22. Investiga tion of the five men landed in chains at New Orleans has as yet failed to uncover any evidence connecting them with the New York bomb ex plosion, it was stated tonight by W. J. Flynn, chief of the bureau of in vestigation of the Department of Justice. He added, howeverjythat the investigation was being con tinued. The- men are charged specifically with mutiny, Mr. Flynn explained, adding that they would be tried in the federal court of New York. De tention of the men was reported to the department only 10 days ago. Mr. Flynn stated, adding that all preliminary reports had made it ap pear mutiny was the reason for their arrest. New Seaplanes Being N Built for British Navy London, March 22. Details of an entirely new jtype of seaplane which can both fly and cruise as a warship have been made- public here. -'Two of these ships are being built for the air ministry. The vessels are said to be much like small ships with wings added. They are larger and stronger than any sea-going aircraft yet con structed, capable of ridin? the rough est waves, and each will carry a crew of seven, with emplacements for five machine guns, - Thev will be capable of joining in a!', naval maneuvers without a parent vessel. Operating from a sea base just as the submarine does. They have a range of 1.500 miles and when not flying , will be able to "taxi" along the water driven by theiipro rellors. Weeks in Favor of Reward For Major General Liggett Washington, March 22. --Another effort probably will be made! to ob tain promotion to the rank of lieutenant general, for Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett, who retired from active service yesterday after "having served as war-time commander of the First army corps and later of the First army. Secretary Weeks said today he was very favorably inclined toward re warding General Liggett for his dis tinguished war service. ! Captured Convict Tries to ; Kill Self on His $'ay to Pen Jefferson City. Mo.,. larch JJ. Harry Wheeler, ;. convict from Greene countv, who escaped from a prison farm with another convict, at ttmptedvto commit, suicide by slash ing his throat with a razcr while be ing returned to the penitentiary to day after he had been captured, 'guards reported. He was sentenced tc four years for forgery. New York Tailors Strike New- York, March 22. Several ' thousand union tailors employed in J custom tailor shops went on strike today, to retain a minimum wage of $40 a week, it was announced. Midnight Lunch For Deck Hands Abolished Washington, March 22.NJ.en on the docks of the navy's fighting craft throughout the world received a jolt today, when orders were received from the department abolishing the midnight lunrh served to the deck watches on all ships since the begin- 'I'K rSM"ar' IjJrwnl a1" niticn nau nccn tne "tfXxsa1 of the engineer ttvlliYorl.l war. When the e H SS i"t-i 1 1 the submarine menace "jK'r$ the deck divisions to stand .iner wiit r liis. the liiiilnifht lunch was authorized for all hands. Recent leg- ! islation based on the theory that the i war is over, forced abolishment of i the welcome "java and gold fish," j as fur as the deck forces are con I cemed. Soviets Ask For Resumption of Trade With U.S. Message Fk-om Moscow Says Government Proposes to Send Delegation to Con fer With Harding. Ky Th AsMcld Vren. London. March 22. The Russian soviet government has appealed to President Harding and the American government to resume trade rela tions with the soviet government, says a wireless message from Mos cow today. The soviet government proposes to .send a delegation to the United States to" negotiate a trade agree ment, the message adds. Washington, March 22. Official confirmation was lacking tonight, of information contained in a Moscow wireless received in London an nouncing that the Russian soviet government had appealed to Presi dent Harding to resume trade re lations with Russia. P.csponsible officials refrained from discussing the situation spe cifically today and the most definite indication of the administration's at titude remained in the statement of Secretary Hoover yesterday, denom inating reservation of trada with Russia as essentially a political ques tion and advancing the belief that any considerable trade' with Russia at present was physically impossible. The possibility of resuming trade relations with the soviet government was not the subject of public com ment in White House circles and at the State department any outward signs of a possible change in policy were lacking, although one official intimated that the signing of the Great Britain.-sovict trade agreement and the conclusion of peace between Poland and soviet Russia necessarily were developments which should be taken into consideration in consider ing the Russian situation. ' . Major General Wood To Quit Army Service For University Post i Washington,' D. C, March 22. Maj. Gen. 'Leonard Wood will retire from active service in the army to become the head of Pensylvania uni versity after he returns from the Philippines, it was learned today at the War department. The general notified Secretary Weeks yesterday that if he was nom inated for the university post, as he was last night, he would desire to go on the retired list as soon as he had completed his mission in the Far East. The real reason for the Wood Forbes mission to the Philippines and the searching investigation of conditions to be made in the islands, is to determine whether the Fili pinos are ready for independence. Secretary Weeks mid today. The mission's report, he said, will be made the basis fqr the Harding ad ministration's Philippine policv. NPart of Russian Imperial lreasures lound in Rome Rome, March 22. Customs of ficials have found what they believe to be part of the Russian imperial treasurers, including a fragment of the late czar's crown, in the baggage of the Russian commercial delegation to Italy, held in the railway station here pending examination. Brilliants as large as nuts, were discovered. A collection 1.290 ancient coins is declared to be wrth several millions. C. B. & Q. Rail Employes Refuse Lower Wage Scale Chicago, March 22. Representa tives of all the unskilled employes of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad refused to accept a reduction in wages which was pro posed by the road at a conference today. They also refused to endorse an appeal to the railroad labor bo;ird. the appeal to the board will be filed! shortly by the railway, it was an nounced. PlushcartTeddlers Do Thriving Business In Contraband Hootch Nev York, March 22. Thousands of pushcart ice peddlers and milk wagon drivers astute in sensing trade for spirituous stimulants among their housewife customers, have de veloped this potential bootleg mar ket into wholesale proportions, fed eral prohibition'' enforcement agents revealed here today. 1 Most of the pushcart icemen, they said, have headquarters in apart ment house basements. By a simple working agreement, their customers along the dumb waiter shafts make known their wants by answering "yes" , or "no" to the iceman's ctll of "ice?" with a rising inflection-. Milk wagon drivers operate differ ently, enforcement agents saidT They either carry hip flasks, or deliver liquor in opaque containers. j nj I Rescued" Two Dry Agents Shot to Death in Raid at El Paso Officers Working on Tip That 23 Cases of Liquor Were . Being Brought Across Line Are Killed. . EI Paso, March 22. Federal pro hibition agents S. E. Beckett and Arch Woods were shot to death early this morning when prohibition i gents were hunting for liquor on a ranch owned by Neil T. Shearman, near tliis city. Federal officers were given a tip last right that a load of 23 cases of liquor was to be sent across the line intended for a ranch, according to members of the raiding party. Approaching the ranch, the officers searched an automobile but found nothing. The posse was Hearing the house when a voice shouted at them to halt. The officers did not stop. A vo'Ify of shots followed. Beckett and Woods bcth fell mortally wounded. The remaining officers fired from v,ood:heds and barns, returning the nre trom tlie House. H lien the hr- I iiig from the house ceased, the of ficers entered the place. Nobody was there. Officers think the men in the house crawled through the narkness and (followed the river course into El Paso. Three Youths Drown in Lake While Fishing : Trinidad, Colo., March 22. Three boys are believed to have drowned in a reservoir. 15 miles east of here, following their disappearance since :-aturday when they went to the reservoir to fish. The hats belonging to each of the hodys were found hoa:ing in the water today and the boat in which they embarked was found overturned. The coroner has ordered thereservoir dragged. The boys, Bennie Mestan ali.1 John and Peter Alatcia, rangedVn ge from 18 to 20 years. , i Catholic Paper Praises Drive on Immodest Dress Rome. March 22. --The Osscrvatoro Romano, organ of the Vatican, to'.ai highly praisesthe initiative of the Catholic, women of Santiago. Chile, who have started a campaign .'ga;irst immodest fashions in', -dress. .The newspaper says "This will tell the world there still are phalanxes of Christian girls wno can and jvtii, tree themselves trom the yoke of immodest fashions I which threaten the dignity of woman- I hood. ' Railroads Campaigned vAgainst Labor Unions Chicago, March 22. A copy of a letter said to have been written by L V. Gcer. general manager of the St. Louis-Columbus division of the Pennsylvania linesv-ordering his su pervisory employes to "even resort to defaniatyan of all labor unions" if necessary to obtain information of their attitude in regard to proposed wage cuts, was read before the rail road labor board today, by Frank P. Walsh, labor attorney. Egg Prices Slump New York. March 22. hgss de clined in price here today. Fancy white eggs were quoted at 35 cents wholcsale; showing a drop of 6 cent?. Western firsts, declined from 34 to Opposition Party Growing in Spain Radical Leaders Pledged toj Block Conservatism of - Present Regime. Madrid, March 22. Members . of the radical left in? the Spanish parlia ment ape conferring with a view to forming a - new . antJ-government group. Friends of Santiago Albia, former minister of finance; Mel quiades Alvarez, leader of the re formist party and Alejandro Ler roux. radical leader In the Chamber of Deputies, have agrcecLio start an energetic campaign of -opposition to block all legislative Work if the government persists in its conserva tism, especially regarding its finan cial policy. , Newspaper reporters are dissafls fied with conditions under which they have been working, and have refused to continue unless some new system of giving out information is provided. After the last cabinet meeting they were refused admittance to the resi dence of the premier and were obliged to take notes on the side walk under the eve of a vigilant policeman who prevented them from approacmng mcniDcrs ot tne -minis try. The government has announced that in future it will send a report direct to editorial offices and also publish a communique in La Epoca, the official organ, but as that news paper has but a. small circulation, it will give the public but little in formation regarding future proceed ings of the cabinet. Vanadium Corporation Passes Quarterly Dividend New York, March 22. The Van adium corporation of America today passed its current quarterly dividend because of "continued business de pression and a desire to conserve cash resources. Six months ago divi dend of $1.50 was paid and three months ago a dividend of $1. At their meeting today the direc tors, elected Thos. M. Schumakerm president of the El Paso and South western railway to succeed Allan I A. Ryan,- who resigned his position I on the hoard. . . Fireworks Plant Wrecked By Series of Explosions Cincinnati, March. 22. A series of explosions that shook houses with in a radius of two miles and the mirling of skyrockets, bombs and other pyrotechnics over a wideitcrri tory. marked a fire which today vir tually destroyed the plant of the A. L. Due Fireworks company at Read ing, a suburb. - ; Keoos Armniiitment Given "etCsS PPleIU W" Esch as I. C. C. Commissioner Washington, March 22. John J. Esch, former representative ; from Wisconsin, was given a rcces. appointment- today by President- Hard ing as a member of the Interstate Lomnierce commission. j Dwight D'avis of St. Louis-Mo., I was given a recess appointment by : President Harding today as a di-7 rector of the w ar finance corpora- j Hon. .' Ship Given Up as Lost Newport News, Va., March 22 The Norwegian bark. Swartskog. which sailed October 16, has been given up as lost by her owners, the A. L. Macey company. I he craft has not been heard from since it sailed, commanded by Captain N:;i-' sen. and with 14 in her crew. This boat makes the sixth bark which has sailed to or from this porHn the last 1 tjcdt iu uc K'vtii up as lori, Men Who Tried To Kidnap Bergdoll Sentenced to Jail Soldiers Who Failed to Land Draft Dodger Convicted By German Court. By JOHN CLAYTON. Chicago Tribune Cable.. Copyright, 1021. ' Mosbach, March 2. Detectives Carl Neaf and Fred Zimmer, , at tached to the American army, who failed in their sensational attempt to apprehend Grover Cleveland Berg doll. convicted American slacker, were found guilty today in the crim inal (cot:rt ot this Badish village where they were on trial. Neaf was sentenced to serve 15 months in jail and Zimmer six. Both men wer found guilty of an "illegal assumption of power" and Neaf was also chatged with "inflict ing bodily jnjury." During the at tempt to arrest Bergdoll last Jan uary Neaf accidentally wounded a German bride when he shot at an automobile in which the draft-dodger took flight. The girl was' riding in the car. The trial of the two Americans be gan yesterday. The American Le gion employed expert lawyers for their defense. Bergdoll, who was on the witness stand, appeared to be ill at ease. He made several con flicting statements and the presiding judge found it necessary to caution him once regarding the "German per jury law. . I" Twelve Tong Leaders Are . Indicted on Murder Charge San Francisco. March 22. Twelve leaders of the Jung King Chinese Tong here were indicted today by the grand jury on charges ot" con spiracy to murder, growing out of the recent death of a member-of the Suey Don Tong. The later society has stated that it relies upon the authorities to punish the slayer and that it will not resort to reprisals. Thieves Abandon Auto When Bearings Bunr-Out Fremont, Neb., March 22. (Spe cial.) Failing to make a getaway in the touring car belonging to Georcc I Hoover of Hooper, stolen from the streets, here, thieves abandoned the broken machine near Elkhorn. The bearings had been burned out and the thieves were unable to proceed fur ther. Thev stripped he machine of all accessories. Canada Must Reorganize , Roads to Prevent Deficit , Toronto, March 22. T. A. Crerar. er o, 1 ie ararlai Party in the House of Commons, today told the f Canadian club of Toronto that the leader of the agrarian party in the government owned . railroad system must be reorganized from coast to coast to prevent another deficit of more than $M1,000,000 incurred last year.. Lines which cannot pay their own way, or which duplicate others, must be eliminated, he declared. The Weather Forecast. Fair and warmer Wednesday. Hourly Temperatures. H a. m tS ' 1 n. m. , . .47 . 19 . . ft! . . .13 ,.54 . .1 .51 ..IK S a ...24 p. m B. HI. K a. m, !r ft. 111. 10 ii. ni. 11 a. m. " :! ioon 3 p. m SI 4 II. til I p. m. 3fl A p. in. ...... 41 ! J p. m. 48 a p. i.i. Miipprr.' Ilullrtin. MMpinrnts during 'hp in 1" 58 J.our," 'm "P'raturn ti Omenta east and south can ha mud arK Outlook In Packer Row Improves Prospects for Agreement Be tween Men ami Employers Brighter at End of First Conference Session. Both Make Concessions ll- Til? AwiorlRtiMl rri'W. Washington. .March.. 22. Pros pects for peace in the packing indus try were understood to be brifflite. tonight than at any time since Sec retary Davis, acting at the direction of President Harding and with the assistance of Secretaries Hoover and Wallace, began elforU at medjatio i in the dispute between the bigfnc packers and their, union employes. Today's principal events include. I a conference between SecnUiy Davis and representatives of the a: -ployes, consideration of the mat to." at the cabinet meeting and confer ences between Mr. Davis and the packer representatives and between; him and the employes. Secretary Da-: vis announced he would continue his meeting with the employes' repre sentatives at 9;30 a. m. tomorrow. It was believed that the employes had agreed in a general way to file wage reduction put into effect March. 7 and that in turn the packers had agreed to the extension of the war- time Alschuler agreement for sub mission of differences to permanent mediation. New Time Basis. The matter of hours, it was be lieved,, would he solved by the adop tion of a weekly maximum based en an eight-hour day, to meet conditions obtaining in the packing industry. The question of hours was consid ered before the conferences begin to be a minor difference, but it is ni derstood now that the question in volves the consideration of muolr data. ' After conferring with the packers' representatives last night and wi'h employes delegates today, the labor secretary indicated he hoped for kti early settlement and so informed tha. cabinet. Similar optimism was re flected in other quarters. Returning to the Department cf Labor from the cabinet meeting, S.-c.-, retary Davis held an hour's session; with Carl Meyer and J. G. Condon for the packers. Later lie was closet ed with Dennis Lane and , R. S. Brcnnan, representing the employes, and then announced a continuation of this conference for tomorrow. Separate Plan Used. The separate conference plan, de cided on yesterday, has long been the method used by the labordepart ment's board of conciliators, who con tend representatives of opposing sides will talk more freely when they feel what they say can not be made the target for reply by the other side. In this way the labor secretary is obtaining valuable data it is said, The data presented at yesterday's joint conference by the packers in volving a full review of the indus try is understood to have agreed with ''statistics which Secretary Davis had his experts assemble before the conference. The secretary's familiari ty with these statistics is believed to have gone a long way in reach ing the tentative agreement on wages which was believed tonight to be ready for formal acceptance. Secretaries Hoover and Wallace were not present at any ox today's' sessions. Girl Offers to Sell . Self for $100 to Pay ' Cost of Operation ; Cliirago Tribune-Omnlia Bee l eased Wiriv Trenton, N. J.. March 22. Doro thy Miller, 16. in a letter fo New York newspapers, published today, offers to "marry two years from next, October 23, when I will be 18 years' old" the man who provides the $100 she needs for her mother's operation. Easter Sunday is the dav for the. operation and the letter adds, "the railroad situation left us like this."; Dorothy is nice looking, five fee: five inches tall, weight 135 and fan complexion. She is "even a good' housekeeper," the letter adds. 'Her husband she would like to be refined, of respectable parents,'" high ideals and able to be independ ent as to salary. Federal Bank Officials " Attacked in Court Brief Washington. D. C Match 22. Georgia state banks charge, in briefs filed in the supreme court, that officials of the federal resene bank at Atlanta arc planning a cam-. paign to force out of business, aw hank not complying with the "par collection orderof "the federal re serve board. The banks are ?.ppea! ing trom lower court decrees ujv holding 'authority of the board to in- . sist on remittance of depositors, checks at par. I z Man Charged With Theft Of Bonds Pleads Not Guiltv, Toronto, .March 22. John Dough"- ty. changed with having stolen bonds worth $105,000, from his former em ployer, Ambrose Small, theatrical maenate who li hrrn IllKiilli TViVr.. I than a year, today pleaded not guilty I on arraignment here. Doughty, who was arrested in Oregon, subsequent ly revealed to police the hiding placa of the missing bonds. Canadian Pacific Closes Shops 3 Weeks fo Save Money Montreal, March' 22. More" than 5,000 men employed in the Angus shops here of the- Canadian Pacific were notified today that work would be suspended tomonow and re sumed again April 4. The "holi day,'' officials said, was declared an a necessary expense reducing measure, 23 and' 25 cents, f
