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TEN CENTS
Fugitives
From Reds
Arrive Here
Russian Family Joins Relative
After Perilous Escape From
Bolshevist Terrors at
Scmforopol.
Says Kerensky Rule Best
Ueim Marcus, 46, his wife and six
(Iuldrcn ranging m ages from 7 to
18 years, arrived in Omaha Saturday
after a six-weeks' journey from the'ir
home in Semforopol, Russia. The
family left Russia because of the
turmoil now existing between the
bolsheviki and anti-reds. ' Continual
fighting and bickering and the con
slant danger of facing separation and
, death influenced the father to bring
bis family to America and make his
future home with his brother, H.
Marcus. 1941 Vinton street.
Marcus home town is just four
hours' ride on the train from Sevas
topol, jet it took him several days
to make the journey. The train was
stopped at nearly every station by
different fartions and the travelers
forced to wait until permission . to
continue their journey had been
given.
After reaching Sevastopol, the
Marcus family took boat to Con
stantinople and later sailed for New
York.
Cost 1,200,000 Rubles.
The boat passage fo rthe family
The boat passage for the family
being equivalent to one American
dollar. During Kerensky's rule it
took 20,000 rubles to make one dol
lar. The Marcus brothers last saw each
other eight years ago.
Acting as interpreter for his broth
er, H. Marcus said:
"My brother has not words to ex
press Lis feelings about America. He
can't realize that over here he doesn't
need to be afraid of spies and secret
police and that he can express his
opinion about bolshevik and Rus
sian affairs without fear."
While . Heim Marcus was being
interviewed, he kept casting furtive
glances over his shoulders, and
peaking in a low voice caused from
year of cautious speech in Russia.
1 Against Czarism.
Marcus said the common people
of Russia are against czarism for
ever and that an attempt to estab
lish a ruler in Czar Nicholas' place
will not be successful. He said the
bolshevik program of goyernrnentwas
too idealistic and not understood by
the common .people. The good
things of the government are of no
vajuaas the bolsheviks have, not' the
power to enforce their laws, lie. said.
W itile lie was in Constantinople,
Marcus said, he met other refugees
from his home town. They told him
. Lcnine had recently lectured there
and the people gave a great demon
stration in his honor. .Marcus said
there was nothing to the report that
Lenine and Trotsky had been forced
to flee.
According to Marcus the govern
ment under Kerensky was the besst
Russia ever experienced.
Nobility in Bread Lines.
When he was irr Moscow a year
ago Marus said he had to stand in
line to buy food. He said one 01
the great generals of the Russian
army during the war with Germany
was also in line and waiting his turn.
Only one food line is maintained
there. Workers are allowed a hal!
pound of bread, others are allowed
onlv a quarter of a pound. Former
prices, dukes, counts and. society
folk were treated with less consid
eration, Marcus said,
Marcus was in Constantinople just
after General Wrangle's army was
rented bv the reds. He said the city
now is filled with Russian refugees
who arc l einr; looked after by the
French government.
2 Sioux City Barbers Start
To Make Fortunes as Bandits
Sioux City, la., April 9. The al
'kged bandit careers of two bar
bers. Rex Travis and Fred Burk
suddenly terminated late last night
when they w ere caught in the act. of
"pulling" their first "job" within an
hour after they had determined to
make their fortunes us robbers.
Today they are in the city jail
awaiting the court's action" on
charges of breaking aid entering
lodged against them.
The first Jty'ght netted them 40
cents each. .
Cool and Rainy Weather
Forecast for First of Week
Waslrington, April 9. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday are: Upper Mississippi
and lower Missouri valleys: Fair
except for local rains Wednesday
or Thursday; cool with frosts at be
ginning of week. Normal tempera
ture thereafter. '
Rear Admiral Frank Bailey,
Retired, Dies at El Paso
F.l Paso, Tex.. April 9. Rear Ad
miral Frank Harvey Bailey, retired,
69, died suddenly at the union sta
tion here this morning while waiting
for a train. - He was on his way to
his home, which is in Gowanda, N.
Y. . He had been in El Paso a week.
Bank Cashier to Prison
, Medford, Ore., April 9. W'illiam
H. Johnson, former cashier of the
Bank of Jacksonville, pleaded R"!ty
in circuit court to four of the 30
indictments against him for the
wrecking of that institution and was
sentenced to an indeterminate sen
tence of 10 years.
Balloon Lost March 22
Discovered in Gulf;
Crew of Five Missing
Panama City, Fla., April 9. The
naval balloon which has been miss
ing with five men since it left the
Pcnsacola naval station March- 22,
was picked up in the gulf late yes
terday by a fishing boat and brought
here today. No trace of the crew
was found.
Captain Roy Eckert of the boat
which found the gasbag brought the
balloon into port.
The balloon was commanded by
Pilot G. K. Wilkinson of Houston,
Tex., when it took the air. With
l:iin were four student pilots, R. E.
Eland, Belleville. 111.: E. L. Kershaw,
Pavne. La.: T. E. Elder. Lebanon.
Vy., and W. H. Trefrey, Salem,
Mass.
President Still
Sees Loophole
For Bonding Go.
Hopes to Indue Easterner to
Buy Controlling Interest;
Firm May Escape Re
ceiver by Another Plan.
E. R. Gurncy, president of the
Lion Bonding and Surety company,
said yesterday afternoon that he still
has several plans by which to keep
the company operating without as
sistance. He had a long conference
yesterday with Attorney General Da
vis and state insurance commission
ers. "I went to Chicago a few days ago
to see a big insurance operator who
wanted to get a controlling interest
in a company," said Mr. Gurncy.
"When I arrived there I heard things
concerning this man which convinced
me he was not the kind of man we
want in our company.
"Alfred N. Best, one of the big
gest insurance men in. the world,
called me bv telephone while I was
there and told me of a man in New
York city, a very big man, who
wants just such a company as this.
He got into communication with
him and this man is to have a con
ference. I would not be surprised to
see him on the ground here very
shortly. The proposition is for him to
purchase 60 per cent of the stock
of the company.
t Firm Solvent.
"We are perfectly solvent aitd get
ting .better every day. Insurance is
the only business in which you can
do so much as to make yourself ap
pear poor on the books. This is very
plain because on the books we have
to charge as liabilities all the insur
ance we would have to pay. But
our debts expire by limitation, not
having to be paid like debts you owe
to the grocer. Policies written a year
ago today expire today and so on. If
we would just run along without
writing any new business for three
or four months we would be all
right."
Another plan has been broached
to the attorney general since the con
ference of yesterday, Mr. Gurney
said. It is for the company to "pull
out" of all other states but Nebras
ka and run its business here under
temporary direction of the state in
surance board until it has righted it
self. The attorney general is said
to have heartily endorsed this idea.
Hopes Receiver Unnecessary.
"I hope we can tide over without
any receiver, because this is a 'child'
of mine," said Mr. Gurney. "And'this
company is worth a lot to Omaha.
Last year we spent approximately
$70,000 for printing. $16,000 for ad
vertising, '$19,000 for postage, tele
grams and telephones, 49,000 for trav
eling men's salaries, besides a payroll
of $144,789 to our other employes.
"And we are financially sound at
core and can get on our feet without
much assistance or indulgance."
Mr. Gurney 'said the outstanding
premiums of th company April 1
were $558,000. The unearned premi
ums on that da-te were $809,000.
The company's affairs have been
in the hands of Insurance Examiner
Bailey since last Monday. Examiners
from five other states have been here
also.
State and Labor Heads
Attempting to Define
Status of O'Callaghan
Washington, D. C, April 9. Ef
forts were made today by the State
and Labor departments to define
finally the status of Donald O'Cal
laghan, lord mayor of Cork, who is
here without a passport. ,
Papers in the case, with recom
mendations which underwent sever
al changes, shuttled back and forth
all day between the two depart
ments. Close of the day found them
en route to the State department
with the latest suggestions of Sec
retary Davis.
The matter of jurisdiction was un
derstood to have been the basis for
the interchange of communications.
Pickpockets Get $195 From
Two Men at Union Station
r Pickpockets reaped a small harv
est at Union station Friday night,
according to police reports.
J. R. Bennin, 1545 Park avenue,
remembered being jostled by a pair
of men in a crowd, after he got
home and discovered his purse con
taining $25 had been lifted from his
pocket. He notified police.
George M. Berray, Waterloo,
Neb., reported pickpockets relieved
him of a draft for $150 made out to
himself, and $20 in cash.
Capper To
Renew War
On Futures
Kansas Senator to Reintroduce
Anti-Grain Gamhling Meas
ure in Upper House on
Monday.
Changes Made in Bill
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee I. Ml Mil Wire.
Washington, April 9. The Chi
cago Board of Trade was denounced
as "the greatest gambling house in
the world" by Senator Capper of
Kansas, in a statement announcing
that Monday he would reintroduce
his anti-grain gambling bill..
The senator charged that $15,000,
000,000 are wagered annually in
future dealings in Chicago," and de
clared that Chicago brokers' com
missions are "three times as great
as the earnings of the bankers of
Monte Carlo, which heretofore has
ranked as the world's greatest gam
bling resort."
The bill, as it will be introduced
by Senator Capper, has a number of
new and important features, as com
pared with the bill which the senator
sponsored at the last session. These
are calculated to meet some of the
criticisms directed at the old bill and
make it less objectionable to legiti
mate grain and milling interests. The
measure will be introduced in the
house by Representative Tinchcr of
Kansas.
Eliminate Gambling.
"As revised, my bill, I believe,
will meet the approval of the legiti
mate grain and milling interests,"
said Senator Capper.
"The bill places the grain ex
changes under the supervision of the
bureau of markets of the Department
of Agriculture, which will confine
what speculation there is in grain
to the regular boards of trade. This
will end the activities of the private
wire houses, where 95 per cent of
the real gambling is done, and
which, dotting as they do every staie
of the union, make gambling easy.
A tax of 20 per cent on all gambling
transactions will .be imposed. This
tax is intended to be and will be
prohibitive."
Senator Capper promised to pres
ent some startling facts and figure
in support of his bill.
"The transactions in futures
amounted to 51 times the . actual
amount of grain produced last year,"
declared the senator todav.
9,000,000,000 Bushels Traded.
"Evdyone knows that the crop
was not sold anywhere near that
number f .'times. The number ot
bushels of grain dealt in on the fu?
hires market - atsClip' j last, :&$kt
was three times greater than alf
the production of the world. All thi
actual wheat, available for the Chi
cago market amounted to less than
.28 of I per cent of the transactions
in futures. While the country pro
duced - approximately 700.000,000
bushels, of wheat, 9,000,000,000 bush
els were traded in on the Chicago
futures market alone."
Senator Capper asserted that the
40 per cent decline in the price of
wheat in the last 20 days has been
due, in a large measure, to the ma
nipulation of- the big bear specula
tors at Chicago, whose activities his
bill is designed to curb.
Motorist Speeds on
After Running Down
Aged Man in Street
An aged man, struck by an auto
mobile driven by an unidentified man
who fled from the scene of the acci
dent, was found lying in the street
at Thirtieth and Farnam street yes
terday afternoon.
He suffered lacerations of the
head, legs and body.
The injured man was found by
Fred Osborne of the Western Motor
Car company. .
Police surgeons were summoned.
The man told them he is Thomas
Curtis, 63, 214 South Thirtieth street.
He was knocked semi-conscious by
his fall to the pavement when he
was struck by the automobile.
Witnesses say the driver did not
even turn his head to see if the aged
man got up from his fall.
Police are searching for the driver
of the car.
The aged man was taken home.
Stockholders May Operate
' Co-Operative Stores
Fargo, N .D.. April 9. Stockhold
ers in 12 of the 37 co-operative stores
in North Dakota operated by the
Consumers' United Stores company,
have made arrangements to take over
the 12 stores and operate them in
dependently, Alfred Knutson, an or
ganizer for the company, said today.
The plan will be submitted to Judge
Moellring at Minot, it was said.
Man Asks Police to Hunt for
Young Wife Who Disappeared
1 G. H. Sturm, 622 North Seven
teenth street, asked the police yes
terday afternoon to institute a search
for his wife, Violet, 21, who disap
peared from her home Friday night
and has not returned.
The wife is described as five feet
tall, weighing 145 pounds, light hair
and blue eyes, and wearing a brown
dress when last seen.
Legion Serves Meals
Geneva, Neb., April 9. (Special.)
The American Legiqn served din
ner at their club rooms which netted
the Legion $100.
! Thirty-Six Convicted
Of Conspiracy to Rob j
American Express Co.!
Macon, Ga., April 9. Verdicts of
guilty on all five charges of the in
dictment were returned in federal
court today tagainst 36 persons ac
cused of conspiracy to rob the
American Railway Express company
j of property valued at $1,000,000. The
jury deliberated AS hours.
Four of the 64 persons indicted
were never arrested; nine were found
not guilty by the jury; nine verdicts
of not guilty were directed by Judge
i Beverly Evans, five pleaded guilty
and one case was nol prossed.
The trial consumed four weeks,
j During the presentation of evi
dence, ii was snown tnat mere was
a system of signals used in the con
spiracy. "Will he ride?" was a
query to determine whether a per
son alluded to was "all right," the
"all right" being an answering sig
nal. Judge Evans announced that he
would pass sentence April 30. The
maximum sentence is two years in
prison or a fine of $10,000, or both.
President Will
Outline Peace
Plan to Congress
Republicans to Control Both
Branches for First Time in
Decade Grave Prob
lems to Decide.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be I. rated W ire.
Washington,' April 9. With re
publicans controlling both the execu
tive and legislative branches of the
government for the first time in a
decade, the 67th congress will meet in
extraordinary session Monday to em
bark upon a program of reconstruc
tion involving problems greater than
those of the war.
Fallowing the organization of .the
house and re-election of Speaker Gil
lette on Monday, President Harding
will appear bffore a joint session of
the two houses Tuesday to outline
his plan for re-establishing peace'
with Germany and stabilization of
world trade and present recom
mendations of tariff, tax and other
domestic legislation. v
Outline of Program.
The program of legislation to be
considered includes the following:
1 An agricultural emergency
tariff bill practically identical with
the one vetoed by President Wilson.
2 -An anti-dumping bill to pre
vent foreign manufacturers from
flooding , American markets . with
good. at prices below fair value in
t.'-iMUti9- country. ,
'; 3-Kkil basing duties on the
American instead of v the foreign
valuation of imports, designed to eli
minate exchange difficulties and af
ford increased protection under pres
ent rates. .
4 A permanent tariff bill for pro
tection of American producers as well
as for increased revenue.
5 Revision of direct taxation and
repeal of the excess profits tax.
6 Army and navy appropriation
bills, which failed in the last con
gress, involving national defense pol
icies and the question of reduction of
navaLarmament.
7 The soldiers' bonus and sol
diers' relief generally, including ade
quate hospitalization for disabled
service men. '-
Immigration-Bill Up.
8 Repassage of the bill for percen
tage restrictidn of immigration, pock
et vetoed by President Wilson.
9 Establishment, of the budget
system proposed in the bill vetoed
by President Wilson.
10 Action on the president's pro
posals for termination of the state of
war with Germany, Austria and
Hungary.
11 The Colombia treaty, on which
the senate is to vote on its eighth
legislative day.
12 Reappointment of congression
al representation.
13 Further railroad investigation
and possibly legislation.
14 Reorganization of the govern
ment departments and reclassifica
tion of government employes.
15 Federal aid to education.
16 Maternity and infancy bill pro
viding federal nursing , aid to the
states.
WHERE TO FJND
The Big Features of
The Sunday Bet
"Find the Woman," a story of pur
suit of feminine criminals by Omaha
detectives. Part 4, Page 1.
"Wooden Dwellings," by George
K. Chesterton, Part 3, Page 5.
"Brides of a Feather," by Jack
Lait, Part 3, Page 3. -
Live Stock Aristocracy at State
University Farm, Rotogravure Sec
tion. Page 1.
Cartoon. "Events of the Week in
Omaha," Part 1, Page 2.
The Married Life of Helen and
Warren, Part 4, Page 8.
Heart Secrets of a Fortune Teller,
Part 4, Page 1.
Letters From a Home-Made Fa
ther to His Son, Part 4, Page 2.
Gibson Cartoon, Part 4, Page 8.
Sports News and Features, Part 3,
Pages 1 and 2.
"The Try Out," by James J. Mon
tague, Part 4, Page 5.
"Mayor of Omaha Receives Just
Bushels of Letters" Part 4, Page 8.
, Editorial Part 4, Page 4.
Music Part 4, Page 6.
Amusements Part 4, Pages 5-7.
For Boys and Girls Part 4,
Page 3.
Women's Section Part 2.
Questions Rife
As to Name of New
Ak-Sar-Ben Show
Will it Be "Bootleggers' Para
dise," or "Omaha in Can
ada," Ask Members Specu
lating on Suitable Title.
What will be the name of the new
Ak-Sar-Ben show? , . , V
Will it be "The Bootleggers" Para
dise," "Omaha in; Canada" or "Ak-
Sar-Ben Pastime," as suggested by
vatious leaders of Ak-Sar-Ben?
Speculation as to the adoption of
an attractive and appropriate name
for the musical comedy by King Ak's
subjects is rife among "the members
of the executive committee.
Last year the show was called
"Wash Day on the Moon. Previous
years saw such titles as "The Isle of
Pep," "Gym Khana" and "Patricia
Snitzel."
If the decision were left to Charles
Gardner, secretary of Ak-Sar-Ben,
Gus Renz's new -show would be
called "The Comhuskers' Delight,"
he said.
Gus himself would name it "Omaha
Bound."
Everett Buckingham suggests
"The Stockyards Revue."
However, a high-sounding and ap
pealing title is promised the new
show when it makes its debut at the
Den on the night of May 23, said
Charles Gardner.
"We'll find a name," he said.
Proposed Wage Reduction
In Paper Mills Rejected
New York, April 9. Union repre
sentatives of the workers, in paper
and pulp mills of the United States
and Canada, at a conference today,
unanimously rejected a proposal sub
mitted by mill owners calling for a
30 per cent wage reduction and in
creasing the working day from eight
to nine hours.
The action of the representatives
now will be submitted by referendum
to the rank and file of the workers
of the various unions for their ap
proval or rejection, with the under
standing that if satisfactory agree
ments are not made between now and
time for the expiration of the pres
ent agreement, work will automati
cally cease in the mills of the com
panies. Money Market Is Still Tight,
Week's Bank Clearings Show
The continuation of "an unusually
tight money market," proclaimed by
Omaha bankers . some time ago, is
evident from the amount of bank
clearings registered last week. The
clearings show more than a million
dollars decrease over the preceding
week.
Clearings for the week ending
April 9 were $37,612,05525. For the
corresponding week last vear they
were $70,479,932.54. Week before
last they were $38,833,289.51.
Marshall B. Craig Starts
Organization of Muny Band
Organization of a municipal band
has been begun by Marshall B.
Craig, secretary of the City Concert
club.
The Concert club hopes to organ
ize a municipal band of 30 to 36
pieces to play in the city parks in the
evenings this summer.
The city -will be asked to furnish
funds to defray expenses of the band.
Willie's Nightmare
(Dedicated to "Be Kind to Animals" Week)
Ike Couldn't 'Sec'
Omaha in 1871
Saw No Future for Town
Through Dust Cloud That
i Greeted Him.
When Ike W. Miner. 7) years old,
rx-secretary of the Elks lodge in
Omaha, stepped from a Missouri
river ferry boat onto a worn dock at
the foot of Omaha's main thorough
fare SO years ago Friday, he could
see no future for the town through
the blinding cloud i of clay dust that
hid his view, he told members of the
Elks lst night. at m?etin& held in
the Shrine temple. Nineteenth and
Douglas streets.
"Oh, how my prediction failed !
he said. "When I came to Omaha
from Connectfcut in 1871, this city
boasted of 17,000 people. There were
no paved streets nor was there a
bridge across the Missouri. Traffic
from Council Bluffs to Omaha was
by ferry."
"I wouldn't leave this city now for
anyUung," he said.
The Rev. Harry W. Jones, past,
chaplain of the New Yojk State as
sociation, also spoke at the meeting
on "Shining Lights of Elkdom." He
eulogized Maj. Archie Butts and
Charles Frohman, who lost their
lives on the Titanic.
New Budget Measure
Practically Same as
One Vetoed by Wilson
Washington, April 9. The bud
get bill which Chairman Good of the
house appropriations committee ex
pects to introduce in congress Mon
day, will be the same, in essentials,
as the measure vetoed by former
President Wilson. It will provide,
however, for a budget bureau with
both its director and assistant ap
pointed by the president, Mr. Good
said, after . a Conference with the
president. The vetoed bill contain
ed a senate provision that the di
rector should be the secretary of
the treasury with an assistant ap
pointed by the president.
The. new bill, Mr. Good said,
would stipulate that congress shall
have authority to remove the comp
troller of the currency from office.
In vetoeing the old bill, Mr. Wilson
objected to this clause on the
ground that the removal power
should remain in the hands of the
president.
Mr. Good said he expected the
senate again to insist that the sec
retary of the treasury direct activi
ties of the budget bureau. He said
President Harding was impressed
with the importance of inaugurating
a budget system. The budget bill
will be given a place near the top
of the .legislative calendar, he said.
Omaha U.'s Debating Team ,
To Meet Tabor College Team
University of Omaha's first de
bating team will take the field ,for
their first debate of the season Mon
day night when they meet the Tabor
college debating team at Tabor, la.,
on the immigration question. The
team members are Roy Smith, Rob
ert Sackett and Wendell Wilson.
Ex-Superintendent of U. S.
Prisons Has New Position
Washington, April 9. Denver S.
Dickerson of Nevada.former super
intendent of federal prisons, accept
ed today the managing directorship
of the Prisoners' Relief society.
Move is Started
To Abolish Rail (
Administration
Attempt Will Be Made in
Senate to Transfer Remain
ing Work to Other Gov
ernment Departments.
Chicago Tribiine-Omnbn Bee I.encd M irn.
Washington, April 9. The Inter
state Commerce commission will en
deavor to work out a plaiv lo abolish
the railroad administration entirely
and save the government the large
outlay of money required for the
maintenance of this bureau.
The functions of the railroad ad
ministration are confined now solely
to the liquidation of claims growing
out of the government operation of
the railroads during the war. A
large and expensive bureau is being
maintained for this purpose. Sena
tors believe that these functions can
be transferred to some other agency,
probably to the auditor in the Treas
ury department or the court of
claims.
President Harding contiuued his
inquiry into the railroad financial
situation. His only conferee on the
subject was L. E. Shepard, president
of the Order of Railway Conduc
tors. Mr. Shepard advised strongly
against any general reduction of
wages.
Mr. Shepard said that abrogation
of present contracts would be cer
tain to work hardships on the nien
and still further confuse the trans
portation problem.
Three vacancies on the United
States labor board which will occur
April 15 are also giving the presi
dent serious concern. Many names
have been suggested, but the list, it
is said, has been narrowed down to
half a dozen available men.
Committee Prepares for
Woodmen's Meet April 18-19
Preparations arc being made by a
local committee for the state conven
tion of the Woodmen Circle, which
will be held here on April 38 and 19.
It is expected that 200 visitors will
attend. "
Headquarters will be maintained
ct the Rome hotel, where rooms have
been reserved for the delegates. The
meetings will be held in the ball room
of the hotel. , The full ritualistic
work will be exemplified by the su
preme and grand officers and two
uniformed drill teams.
The sessions will be presided over
by Mrs. Blanche L. McKelvey, the
grand guardian.
Stage Line is Planned
- By Omaha Corporation
Lincoln. Anril 9. Sneruil "l Vir
gil J. Haggert of Omaha has writ
ten to ,the Nebraska State Railway
commission for annhcation blanks ;
in connection with a stage line he
is organising there. ' j
The Weather
Forecast.
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Operators
Meet Miners
In Parleys
Agreement for Negotiations
Reached by Both Factions
In British Coal Tieup :
Conditions Secret. !
Water Damages Mines
Hj The Awoclatail Pre!.
London, April 9. An agreement
was reached tonight by the striking
coal miners and the mine owners
for a conference for the purpose of
endeavoring to settle the strike.
The executive body of the miner!
had instructed theininers to refrain
from action endangering the mines.
The menace to the coal mines front
the stoppage of pumping was m
plained by mining authorities as be
mg most serious.
The extent of the danger Is sug
gested by reports that water Is rush
ing into the Glamorgan collieries at
the rate of 3,000 gallons a minute and
into the Naval colliery at the rate of
15.000 gallons an hour.
Frank Hodges, secretary cf the
miners' union, said the conference
with the mine owners had been ar
ranged without conditions being stip
ulated.
j "Safety Units" Formed,
London, April 9. Recruiting cf
volunteer workers and "safety unit"
was energetically begun by the gov
ernment today and other plans were
perfected to meet the threat of a
widespread industrial tieup next
Tuesday growing out of the miners"
strike and involving directly approxU
mately 2.000.000 wtorkers.
Meanwhile, however, reports from
various parts of England, Scotland
and Wales indicate that the triple
alliance executive (ward may have
more to do than the mere issuance
of its strike deeree in order to bring
about a general cessation of work
by the railway men and the trans
port workers, who, with the miners,
make up the membership of this big
labor organization. , -
Rail Men Oppose Strike.
From the Glasgow, Liverpool,
Cardiff, Edinburgh and several other
important locals of the national
union of railwaymen comes word
that the rank and file are challenging;
the right of the railwaymen's na
tional executive body to call a strike
without balloting by the men. Some
of these local bodies of railway,
workers declare the miners' resist,
ance to the cuts in their wages, .
which brought about the strike in
the coal industry, is justifiable, but
they do not consider that they have
anv thing to thank the miners foti
and tlicrcfore should not b statu-,
peeled into a sympathetic walkout.
This apparent lack of solidarity
it was commented by observers, may
account for the silence which the
labor maintained after the confer
ence which they had this morning
with the prime minister.
After a two-hours' conference the
only statement for the press was that
a deputation might return to Down
ing street later in the day.
Reservists Are Called. -
Preparations for meeting the tmcM
gency created by the threatened
walk out were speeded up this morni
ing. Although there was little evi
dence of these activities noticeable,
all reservists were under instructions
to report at their ."places of joining''
without waiting for individual no
tice from the authorities.
The government's proclamation,
calling up army and navy reserves
for service during the strike involved
"loyal citizens, including those serv
ing territorial forces, capable of bear
ing arms and between the ages of 18
and 40 to report at the nearest terri
torial drill hall for the purpose of
being commissioned or attested for
temporary military service with the
regular army in new units called
defense units.' " .
The reservists were . asked to
bring uniforms, if possible, one day's
food, blankets, mess kits and other
service gear.
Populist Candidate for
President in 1900 Is Dead
Philadelphia, April 9. Wharton
Barker, widely known financier and
publicist, died at his home here
early today. He had been ill for
about a month, Mr. Barker would
have been 75 years old on May 1.
He retired from active business
some time ago. t
Mr. Barker was keenly interested
in natipnal politics and in 1900 was
the presidential nominee of the
populist party.
Six years later after the populist
party had gone out of existence he
! undertook to establish a "common
wealth party" which was to be of,
by, and for the people."
Repeal of Salary Raises
For City Officers Asked
York, Xcb., April 9. (Special
Telegram.) Petitions were filed this
morning asking the repeal of an or
dinance passed by the city council
raising the salaries of citv officers.
i The petitioners ask that the matter;
De retcrrcd to the voters of the city
of York for rejection or approval.
Cafe Man Arrested for
Alleged Sale of Liquor
Reuben Goldstine. who operates a
cafe at 205 South Thirteenth street,
was arrested Saturday afternoon by
Sergeant Olaf Valdemar Thcstrup on
charges of illegal sales of liquor, and
for investigation. His bail was set
at $1,000.
