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Rail Union Men
Here Opposed to
Pact Abrogation
Union Pacific Officials Refuse
To Issue Statement But Say
Cancellation Is Wei-
cornea.
Officials of the Union Pacific riil
rocd at Unio-i Pacific headquarters
vesterday would make no formal
.statement reiardmcr the announce
meats that the railroad agreements
ani national compacts defining
working conditions of railroad em
l'loyes are to be canceled by the rail
way labor board July 1.
Officials declared they welcomed
the jlirogation of the agreements,
but that a meeting and conference
would be held before any statement
is oriven out.
- "It will mean a long legal fight
,.nd 1 believe will end with the
government taking over the rail
roads again," C. L. Shamp, repre
senting the firemen and oilers, taid
today.
"'Ihe' labor organizations are go
ing to stand up to.- tiie agreements
ami will object to t'seir nbrogativn.
L'a:i;tljation ci th working agree-mn-.t
affecting the labo.vrs will
tvtan a reduction in wage? and la
bor oigauizations will not pe:mit
t'.ti without a fignt.
"Laboring men were given to un
derstand sometime ago that no can
cellation would be made until all
organizations had had an opportunity
Jp be heard. I he announcement
hat such cancellation was being
considered for July 1 conies as a
great surprise to all of us interested,
in organized labor.
"It will be that President Harding
has issued orders. for the abrogation
of the agreements. Regardless of
this, the organizations affected will
put up fight to retain the agree
ments." Mr. Shamp will leave Sunday for
Chicago where he is to attend a wage
conference Monday. I
'Qniahans to Go to Meet of
jJi Rprnsrnitinii of Lrm Bodv
A party ot umajia men ana women
left last night lor Chicago to at
' tend the national convention of the
American Association for the Re
cognition of Ireland on April 18-19.
The Nebraska delegates will at
tend a meeting of the national direc
tors of the association this noon at
the Hotel Morrison in that city.
Among those from Omaha who
ate going are: the Rev. P. J. Judge,
paster of Sacred Heart church; Mrs.
C. II. Moriarty, Thomas A. Hart,
Thomas Lynch, John Rush, director
of the association for Nebraska and
Louis Kavanagh.
University Students to
Spend Day Here on May 2
State University day will be ob
served in Omaha May '2. when more
than 1,000 students will spend th?.
day here. The visit is being con
ducted under the auspices of the
Alumni association and the Chamber
ot commerce puuucuy uurwu.
The students will arrive m uman
i . i i
v socciai iram aiiu uuuu wii
Will DC uiviaca iihu Kiuuya "u w..-
ilucted through the city and on tours
of all the principal commercial and
industrial centers. A reception and
dance will be given at the Auditor
ium in the evening.
Judsc. Ancered Lecturing 2
Girls, 2 Men, Puts 'Em in Jail
t Dr. Jennie Callfas arrested two
girls and two men in rooms at 2706
Farnatn street yesterday. .
! They are Bess Culp, 23, and Ann
Drier, 22. both of York, Neb., and
Edward May and Robert Allen, But
fington inn. Dr. Callfas asked Judge
Pndw in nnlire court to irive the
quartet a lecture after one couple de
cided to get married.
. Foster had only started to give his
talk" to the girls when they laugh
ed and the judge, indignant at their
actions, ordered them all to jail.
The case will be aired again today.
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New Superintendent Named
For Burlington Division
" W. F., Giles, superintendent ot tnc
fernnkfield. Mo., division of the Bur
lington railroad, has been transferred
to the Wymore division as superin
tendent, with headquarters at Wy
: more, Neb., according to announce-
ments made at Burlington head
S quarters yesterday. The transfer be
comes effective April 20. F. S. Gur
ley, Wymore. has been appointed as
sistant superintendent,
s w T Hnirlund has been trans
ferred from the Wymore division to
Chicago, where he will be trainmas
ter. Confessed Slaver of Iowa
Politician Is Convicted
, Dubuque, la., April IS. George
Lareau, confessed slayer of Matt
Daly, a well known local democratic
politician, was found guilty of mur
der in the first degree by a jury last
night and was sentenced to impris
onment for life at hard labor.
The slaying occurred the night of
February 7 -when Lareau entered the
Daly home in search of his .wife,
Daly's daughter. Armed with a fur
pace shaker he struck down Daly's
wife and a niece and then killed
!Daly. Lareau's wife was not at
home.
wo Pioneers of Beatrice
Will Tour Europe on Visit
I Beatrice, Neb., April IS. (Spe
cial.) E. Schaekel and John Kor
pocky, two old residents of Beatrice,
:are making plans to leave soon lor
' visit to thetr old homes in Europe.
!Mr. Schaekel is a native of Germany
and Mr. Kopecky was born in Bo
hemia. - ' ' ' .
Central City Y. M. C. A.
t Central City, Neb.. April 13.
i(Special.) The Y. M. C A. has
opened a drive for membership and
funds. It is the olan to enlarge thia
institution, install new equipment
and make it possible for every boy
the community to belong.
Elect New Director! "
Central City, Neb., April 15.
(Special.) Th following directors
iwere elected at a meeting of the
(Stockholders of the Staats Manufac
turing company of this city: L. C.
tat,,.F.. C. Wegner, L. H. Standcr,
Sicn Xordstcdt, J. W. Yiercgg.
Federal Dry Agent
Finds Many Stills
Used in Cass County
Plattsmouth, Neb., April 15.
(Special.) More than $2,500 in fines
and still going strong is the record
of Federal Enforcement Officer Wil
liam Hanks during the less than
three weeks he has been in Gass
county. In the past week two Iowa
cases of law violation have been un
earthed, as well as arrests at Oreapo-
lis, Cedar Creek, Weeping Water
and two at Rock Bluffs.
Riley Huddleston, arrested at Ore-
apolis, recently moved there from
Omaha. In his possession was found
one of the neatest stills unearthed.
A special store arranged for gas
heating at a uniform temperature
formed part of the outfit.
At the John Eldrige home at Rock
Bluffs, the officers arrived just after
the fire had been started under a
large quantity of mash, and the
moonshine was beginning to pour
out.
Joe Broadback. Cedar Creek farm
er, whose operations were confined
to making liquor for home consump
tion, had 12 gallons of syrup, yeast,
a quantity of boiled potatoes and
a large number of lemons forming
the basis of his mash.
Other Cass county cases of. the
week include Arch Witchell of
Weeping Water, where 70 gallons
of rye mash were found and Stanley
Hall of Rock Bluffs, where 10 gal
lons of corn mash were unearthed.
In neither of these instances was
the officers able to locate operative
stills or dismantled parts of stills.
The owners are charged with unlaw
ful possession of mash.
Bodies of 6 Nebraska Boys
Slain in War Brought Here
Bodies of 14 soldiers of Nebraska
and Iowa whd were killed while
overseas arrived yesterday over
the Northwestern railroad from Ho
boken. Among the bodies were
those of six Nebraska soldiers. They
arc Corp. Thomas O. Shields. Com
pany, H, 355th infantry, Upland,
Neb.: Pvt. Alfred Londberry, Com
pany G. 333d infantry, Lynch, Neb.;
Pvt. Clifford Ryan, Company b.,
356th infantry, Emerson. Neb.; Pvt.
Fred W. Peters, 363d infantry,
Verdel, Neb. Pvt. Lynn J. Stockwell,
Company H, 355th infantry. Butte,
Neb.; John Chester Sandall, field
clerk, 37th division headquarters,
York, Neb. v
3 Omaha Boys Run Away ;
Have Bankroll of $10
Police were asked to locate three
iboys who ran away from their h6mes
Thursday.
The boys are Seba Skinner, 14,
2567 Mason street Fred Wireman,
15, 1022 South Twentv-seventh street,
and Harold Tipton, 17, Twenty-third
and Mason streets.
The Tipton boy was the only one
who had some money, and his "bank
roll" was $10. Police -believe the
boys might go to Fremont, where
the Tipton boy has relatives.
Beatrice Defeats Crete
High School in Debate,
Beatrice, Neb., April 15. (spe
cial.) -Beatrice High school debat
ing team won from Crete here. Bea
trice, having the affirmative side of
the question, was. represented by
Clarence Reed, Earle Adams and
Ardeth Wells.
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MenfTherefs
a Reason for
Everything!!
2nd Floor Securities Building
U.S. Agents Hunt
Leader of Big
Drug Ring Here
Operations of International
Band Revealed in Seizure of
Dope Worth $30,000 in
Minneapolis.
Federal agents and police Thurs
day afternoon began a thorough
search of Omaha for an alleged
leader in an international drug ring.
Operations of this ring through
Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis and
other middle western cities were re
vealed Wednesday by a raid in
Minneapolis.
Fifty thousand dollars' worth of
cocaine and morphine was taken in
the raid.
Federal agents believe this seizure
has destroyed a link in the chain of
drug dispensaries with outlets in
Omaha, St. Louis, Denver and other
cities.
Bound for Omaha.
Wiley Cohoon, in whose wardrobe
trunk the drugs were found, fled from
the city and was reported bound for
Omaha.
Federal agents here have been no
tified to institute a thorough search
of the city for him.
Dispatches from Calgary, Alberti,
Canada,' are to the effect the Minne
apolis seizure is believed to be part
of the loot taken from a large whole
sale drug house in Calgary Satur
day. .
More than $100,000 worth of mor
phine and cocaine was stolen by thi
Calgary dope thieves.
Bottles of Cocaine.
Before the seizure in Minneapolis,
federal agents had received a tip
from Chicago that narcotic peddlers
of international reputation were
planning to fit up a den- in Minneapo
lis and undertake wholesale distribu
tion of dope from there through
Omaha, Kansas City and St. Louis.
Bottles of cocaine seized were
wrapped in Kansas City newspapers.
The shipment had been sent through
Chicago from New York and Bloom
field, N. J.
Omaha Escapes Light Snow;
Rain to Continue 24 Hours
Omaha esranpd a licrlit snow
ThursHav nicrtir that nassrr) ffpntlv
over Wvominff. northrrn Nehraslcj
and northern Iowa, according to re
ports of the federal weather bureau.
r . r , , e
Lonunuca rain is predicted ior
Omaha, with no Kun of abatement
within the next 24 hours, according
to M. V. Robins, in charge of the
bureau.
Rainfall during 'the past 72 hours
has registered .51 of an inch.
Miss Margaret Waddell
Wins Beatrice Contest
Beatrice, Neb., April 15. (Spe
cial.) In the High school declam
atory contest here Miss Ruth Adams
won first place and Miss Margaret
Waddell, second. The judges were
Mrs. O. P. Fulton, C E. Jones and
Harold Mattoon. Miss Adams will
represent Beatrice High ; in the
Southeastern Nebraska declamatory
contest to be held at Wymore April
29. ,
And we want you to become acquainted with the
reasons behind Barker's ability to out-sell all com
' petition by a margin of $10 or more. ':
- Here's the Big, Broad, Solid Facts Read on
We've avoided the overwhelming Ground Floor rental. Here you
are not asked'to help pay dead accounts of fellow customers. No
excessive stocks No high insurance on reserve stocks Simple,
practical fixtures and personal service all contribute to Barker's
Better Values. - v
We've Set Out to Offer the Greatest Possible Values
in High-Class Suits at
$
30
and men at each of these prices we
greet you with wonderful assortments of
splendidly made clothes assembled from
the tailor shops of more than- 20 of
America's best known manufacturers. .
You Save at Least $10 When
HWenty feet abdye
iiJ 4W L - A - Lit A t .
More Bonds Signed by
Missing Banker Found
Blair, Neb., April 15 A represen
tative of an eastern bonding and
surety company has completed an
examination of the county court rec
ords here and learned that F. II.
Claridge, missing president of the
Castetter bank, signed 147 bonds
representing an aggregate risk of
more than $450,000. This examiner
stated that he found records of these
bonds and believed there are more.
He reported to his home office that
under the most favorable conditions
Claridge's personal liability could
not have exceeded $100,000.
Youthful Beatrice "Bad Men"
Arc Paroled by Judge
Beatrice, Neb., April 15. (Spe
cial) John VandergrifT, Ernest
Finch and Frank Harms, three boys
who recently pleaded guilty to the
charge of breaking and entering the
home of Jack Haley, northwest of
the city, appeared before District
Judge Colby and were paroled on
promise of good behavior. A boy
named Clark, who admitted forg
ing his mother's name to a check
for $15. was also paroled on promise
to make good the amount of the
check.
New Wrinkle for Gamesters,
It's Called Roulette Top
Police are investigating a "rou
lette top" which has appeared in
Omaha.
Originated by an eastern gambler,
the top sells in local cigar stores for
25 cents.
Police Sergeant Olaf V. Thcstrup
warns spinners of the "roulette top"
that they must not play for more
than matches.
New District Judge Will
Take His Seat Here Monday
C. O. Stauffer of Oakland, Neb.,
will take his seat as a district judge
here next Monday morning. He was
appointed two weeks ago with
Charles A. Goss to fill the two new
judgeships created in this district by
act of the legislature. Judge Stauffer
will appoint William Milotz of Oma
ha to be his court reporter, it is said.
Crcston Man Found Guilty
Of Assault on Own Child
Creston, la., April 15. (Special.)
Oscar Smith,' unless he is suc
cessful in obtaining a new trial,
will be sentenced to life imprison
ment in Fori Madison in a few
days. He was found guilty of
assaulting his . own illegitimate
daughter, Opal Merrill, by a jury
after two hours' deliberation.
Marcus National Bank
Forced to Close Doors
Sioux City, la., April 15. The
First National bank of Marcus, la.,
closed its doors todayh Inability to
realize on loans is given as the
cause, The directors asked a fed
eral examiner to take charge. No
statement of liabilities or assets was
issued. It is said depositors will
not lose.
Iowa Girl Dies of Burns
Received While Playing
.Ida Grove, la., April 14. Xbe-5
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Thernhill, farmers residing north
west of this city, was burned so
terribly Monday evening that she
died Tuesday morning. ., . '
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You've a right to expect decidedly
greater values at Barker's, and here's
our assurance that your visit here will
result m this store becoming your per
manent clothes-buying headquarters.
You Take the Elevator to
16th
the Kicjf h r.entsi'
Farmers' Union Purchases
Restaurant in Central City
Central City, Neb., April 15.
(Special.) The Farmers' Union
Stock exchange of Omaha purchased
the B. P. Grinstcad restaurant and
fixtures. They have leased the build
ing and will open up a Farmers' L'n
ion store in the near future.
Killed by Fall From Tree
Blanchard, la., April 15. Wayne
Wright. 10, who fell from a tree and
was injured, died at the Killings
worth hospital in Clarinda.
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Women's
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$5.95 Up
X I I 1 III i4 UJ" . M I
Saturday Entire Stock of Beautiful Mahogany
End Table, American designs,
richly finished in ma-P Q PA
hogtiny, on sale at.
47UeS
End Table, William arid Mary
models, with carved legs and
ary.?:P':::t:..$i2.50
Davenport Table, Elizabethan
model, with three-pedestal base,
60x20-in. top, , $3J) 5Q
Only a Fraction
BIG DEMONSTRATION SALE
Howard Ranges
Will Begin Saturday
Hot
Drop in
COR. 16th & JACKSON
New Arrivals in
Smart
New Styles
New
The many late arrivals for Spring- and Summer
wear will appeal to the woman who wants
"something different." And, too, prices arc
moderate, due to our "low rnt" location. 1
New Suits
Strictly tailored and dressy models in be
coming styles that are expertly tailored;
indeed, one could hardly expect better lines
in a custom made suit. Prices
New Dresses
Just the sort of frocks you will want to
Wcar charmingly simple or gay with cm
broideries. Tunic, basque and panel de
signs can be had in youravorcd material.
New Spring Coats at $14.75 Up
New Sport Skirts are $8.50 Up
New Mid-Season Waists at $7.50 Up
One Day Sale
of All Trimmed Millinery
Hats for street and dress wear, in all tha popular
- straws, most bewitchingly trimmed
$4.95, $5.45, $5.95 Up
ry Tales;
Libray Table in mahogany fin
ish with 36x24-in. fc 1 9 KQ
top, roomy drawer V-'
Library ,'Tablea, square pedestal
models with 42x26-in. top and
bookshdf, -, $24.50
Library Tabic, Louis XVI period,
with wide drawer tO CA
and 48x26-in. top. O.OV
Library Table, William and Mary
models, with eight legs and 42x
28-in. top, tQQ Cft
at
Library Table, Charles II period,
pval shape with six AO CA
legs, large drawer.
p-T.1eSVr
And Scores of Others
DavTnport Table, Hepplewhite
model, has six legs and 66x
0.':':........ $46.75
of the Many Bargains Can Be
Come to this remarkable demonstra
tion, which begins Saturday, and . let
a stove expert show you how to get
better baking results with less fuel,
less time, less work and
Pancakes and Coffee FREE
Saturday when you
re down town shopping for
a delicious luncheon of Aunt
Jemima Pancakes and
George Washington Coffee".
Kitchen Table FREE
with every Howard Range
sold Saturday, a white
enamel, metal top Kitchen
Table will be given away.
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Davenport Table in an American
design with large. tlJOQ Cf
48xl8-in. top is. . vASJ.OU
Davenport Table, Queen Anne
model with six legs ttQO CA
and 72x22-in. top. vOaS.OU
Davenport Table, a stately
Queen Anne design with 66x
.T'":.!p: $34.50
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Assorted Chocolates with
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