The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 50 NO. 293.
O 1 T"
oaies lax
Plan To Be
Abandoned
Republican Leaders Fear Pas
sage of Proposed Law
Would Spell Defeat for
Party.
Gompers Serves Warning
By ARTHUR.SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bre Learned Wire,
Washington, May 24. That the
imposition of a general sales tax
would be followed by indignation
meeting throughout the country
was the warning served on the sen
ate finance committee today by Sam
uel Gompers, through Edward F.
McGrady, executitve representative
of the American Federation of La
bor. With organized labor thus lined
up with the farriiers in opposition to
a sales tax, its proponents virtually
have abandoned hope of such legis
lation by this congress. Numerous
republican leaders in both houses
have voiced the opinion openly that
a general consumption tax would
spell party defeat. .
The senate committee is expected
.to deliver an adverse verdict on the
proposition in resolutions which are
to be sent to the house committee on
ways and means for information as
to the attitude of the senate to, be
taken -into consideration in framing
tax legislation.
Labor Opposes Tax.
"The executive council of the
American Federation of Labor,
which has just concluded a confer
ence at Cincinnati, adopted a strong
protest against sales tax," said Mr.
McGrady.
"In jjddition to this protest of the
executive council, we 'have received
in oujr office, thousands of letters of
protest from labor unions from every
section of our country. The Amer
ican Federation of Labor, therefore,
is appealing to you in behalf of the
American worker.
"Five millions are now idle and
other millions whose wages have
been reduced from 25 to 60 per cent
are now to be called upon to assume
the added burden. Big business not
being satisfied in reducing the work
ers' standard of living is now at
tempting to shift the burden of war
and the cost of government from
their sfaoulders onto the backs of
the working men and women of the
country.
Would Shift Burden. , .
' "To be sure, the automobile deal
ers, fur dealers, the diamond dealers
aid other dealers in the luxuries of
fe want their taxes reduced and
in doing so they are willing to place
extra dues upon the necessities ot
life such as food, fuel, clothing, etc.
"It may require some time to
awaken the people to the issues, but
' when . you go down in the pockets
of those who have to count their pen
nies and extract therefrom a further
tax upon things needed to sustain
life, there is bound to be a great
reaction. And we can promise you
that indignation meetings will be
held in every city, town and hamlet
of this country."
. Urges Settlement Board
Robert G. Wilson, chief of the
tax division of the American Mining
congress, said that he formerly had
been inclined to favor a sales tax,
but after a study of the situation
had decided that it is objectionable.
He urged the establishment of a fed
eral war tax settlement board and
ether measures to clean up the in
come and profits taxes for war years
still outstanding.
"Considerably more than $1,000,
000.000 income and profits taxes,
long past due, remain uncollected,
he said. "A fraction of it never will
be collected under any circum
stances. Unless radical steps art tak
en immediately, 20 per cent or more
iK'wr will be collected. A compara
tively neglible investment at the
present should actually save the gov
. ernment $250,000,000 and bring in
more than $1,000,000,000 additional
during the next two years. '
The saving in interest alone would
prove a highly successful return
upon the investment. The total sav
ing, including the salvage of taxes
t.'iat ere being lost in the mazos of
cmnpnta'iof :cd collect:oii difficul
ties, sh.uld make th'a investment -the
most profitable in the world.
"The invested capital of 50,000
corporations remains to be deter-
mined for the year 1917 alone. For
' c year 1918, only 60 per cent of
all tax returns,- both personal and
corporate, have been investigated
and for the year 1919, only 10 to 15
per cent."
Britain Plans Federation
Of Foreign Posesssions
Washington, May 24. Establish
ment of a "conferedation of British
America to include Canada and the
British colonies of the Bahamas.
Barbadoes, Bermuda. Jamaica, the
Leeward island, Trinidad, the Wind
ward islands and possibly British
Honduras and British Guiana was re
ported here today in official circles
to be under consideration in the
British possessions of North, South
and Central America.
. The idea of a united common
wealth of British America was rep
resented in the report as a further
development of the union which
began with the confederation of the
foiir provinces of Canada in 1867.
Man Horsewhipped by Mob
In Dallas, Tex., Is Missing
Dallas, Tex., May 24. The where
abouts of John Moore, aged about
30 years, who was kidnaped from his
home last night and severely
whipped by masked men, was not
known early today. When released
Moore, who is white and had just
been released from jail after arrest
on a charge of assaulting a young
girl, promised to start walking to
tircnada, Miss., his home.
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Williamsburg
All Lit Up For
"Sid" Hatfield
Champion "Bad Man" Comes
To Town, Gives Bonds and
Leaves Without Firing
Single Shot.
By ARTHUR M. EVANS.
Chlcitt-o Tribune-Omaha Bee laaed WU.
Williamson, W. Va May 24.
"Sid" Hatfield of Msrtewan, reputed
champion "two gun bad man" of
Mingo county, came to town today.
The sheriff had sent a deputy or two
to bring him in on a warrant charg
ing him with an assault on P.- J.
Smith, superintendent of the Stone
Mountain mine, but'Hatficld took the
train alone.
Half of the town was down to the
station to see him arrive and the
"white way" was all lit up in expec
tation that something might happen,
but Hatfield walked up to the court
house, hung around until the sheriff
got back from feeding the blood
hounds, then gave bonds and went
home. The town sagged back into
dullness. At the sheriff's office,
Hatfield exposed his gold bridge
work in a smile and remarked :
"When I aim to go anywhere I
aim to go alone. They's got in the
habit of blaming me for everything
that happens a Matewan."
Hatfiejd, who is accounted the
most dangerous man in the moun
tatins, is a queer mixture. He is as
strong against liquor as Bryan and
as for gambling, only last week he
chased a Kentucky native out of
Matewan in a rage for suggesting
that he be permitted to open a
poker game. ' '
But shooting is something dirier-
ent. For months residents of these
parts have been giving Matewan a
wide birth and one finds automobiles
in this town sticking inside the speed
limits, unless it is something urgent
This morning the mine of Lynn
Coal and Coke company just above
Matewan was burned. This mine was
abandoned after the strike was call
ed. The operators say that last win
ter strikers were allowed to take up
quarters in companay houses at
Lynn, on agreement they would va
cate May 1. When. moving day ar
rived some refused and evictions
followed. Mine owners attributed the
fire to strikers.
G. A. R. Members
March in Parade
Three Candidates in Field at
Hastings Meeting for De
partment Commander.
' . .
Hastings, Neb., May 24. (Special
Telegram.) With more than 2,000
persons in line, including escorts, old
soldiers here for the annual encamp
ment of the Grand Army of the
Republic and allied bodies marched
in parade today. '
The woman s Relief ' corps, Sons
of Veterans and Daughters, were in
tha procession. national Com
mander Ketcham and Governor Mc-
Kelvie addressed the visitors tonight,
following a concert in honor of the
veterans. National Commander
Barrows of the Sons of Veterans ad
dressed the memberstof this organ
ization at a different meeting, s
There are three candidates actively
in the field for department command
er of the G. A. R. They arc S. P.
Howland of Jaunita; W. J. Blystonc
of Lincoln, and John S. Davidson of
Omaha. Lincoln has prosented an
invitation for the next encampment.
Beatrice, York and Norfolk may also
present bids.
Department Commander Mier of
the Spanish American war veterans,
last night installed a Hastings camp
with Harry S. Dungan as camp com
mander. Mrs. Lola Wintersteen of
Republic City has announced her
candidacy for president and Mrs.
Selestine Troyer of Grand Island for
treasurer in the State department of
the Womans Relief Corps. ?
Germany Answers Note
Of Allies on Silesia
Paris, May 24. (By The Asso
ciated" Press.) Germany replied to
day to the French communication of
yesterday on the Silesian situation,
the reply declaring' in effect that
Germany had taken the most rigor
ous measures towards closing its
frontier with upper Silesia.
Dr. Mayer informed Priemier
Briand this morning that the Ger
man government has decided to
close the Silesian frontier and oblige
the volunteer corps to disband. After
his call French official circles were
optimistic regarding ' the upper
Silesian situation.
Dr. Mayer's communication, while
not officially so stated, was assumed
to be a reply to the note Premier
Briand Handed him last evening and
the promptness of the reply was con
sidered a good augury.
Girl Repudiates Statement
That She Killed her Baby
Los Angeles, May 24. The dis
trict attorney said today that no date
has been set for the trial of Miss
Erie Mullicane, who was arrested
April 19, charged with the murder
of her baby. The body was found
in a trunk in a storage house and
the police said she confessed that
she had strangled the child.
Miss Mullicane came here from
Springfield, Mo. Her attorney, sail
that his client has repudiated the al
leged confession and will claim when
she is tried that the child was born
dead.
Ship Purser Attacked
By Mob of 500 Strikers
San Francisco, May 24. Charles S.
Sweeneyi purser on the steamer
Queen, was attacked and badly beat
en by a mob of men estimated at 500,
in front of the Union Ferry building
today. It was necessary for the
police to club their way through the
crowd to rescue him. The Queen i3
operating with a non-union crew,
Milt 2, IMS. it
Mtrah 1. UTS.
Air Mail to
Suspend
Operation
Postmaster General Havs Tells
'Congress, Appropriation
Exhausted Service May
Cease Next Tuesday.
High Officials in Omaha
Washington, May 24. Funds for
airplane mail service from New York
to San Francisco' are almost ex
hausted, Postmaster General Hays
today advised congress and service
must be suspended May 31, lacking a
deficiency appropriation of $125,000.
Under a treasury ruling appropri
ations for railway service cannot
be used for the air service, Mr. Hays
said, and curret appropriations of
$1,250,000 for transcontinental air
route will not last beyond this
month.
Air mail officials in Omaha yester
day expressed no great surprise at
Postmaster General Hays' announce
ment to congress that the transcon
tinental service must cease next week
unless further appropriations are,
made.
Maj. E. C. Zoll, general superin
tendent of the entire air mail service,
was in Omaha yestefday on his way
to Washington from a tour of in
spection over the western divisions
of the route.
With him was Carl Egge of Minne
apolis, superintendent of service. Mr.
Egge declined to discuss the Hays'
prediction of curtailment of service
in the presence of his chief, Major
Zoll.
"I have realized the seriousness
of the situation a long time," ''said
Major Zoll.
"Postmaster General Hays is not
over-emphasizing the situation.
"In fact, I wasn't sure that the
service would be able to last through
May."
Major Zoll declined to predict
whether congress would accede to
the appeal of the postmaster general
and put through further appropria
tions. "It's hard to tell," said he.
Urges Citizen Drive.
But he urged the private citizens
of the country to open an immediate
campaign by telegraph and by letter
to their congressmen to take action
necessary to save the air mail serv
ice if they do not want to see it
abandoned just on the verge of over
whelming success.
William I. Votaw, superintendent
of the Omaha air mail station at
Ak-Sar-Ben, field, also declared he
was not surprised to learn of the j
probable curtailment of service on
May 31. .. .. - ..
"We have been running on a most
strict economy basis at this station
for some time." he admitted.
President Harding, however, has
funds from which he may draw in
such an emergency, Superintendent
Votaw declared to be his impression.
. i "I remember." he continued,
"when I was in the censorship serv
ce along the Mexican border.
"We ran short of funds and Fres;
ident Wilson drew from his reserve
supply enough to tide us over the
stringency until congress saw fit to
make another appropriation."
No official word or orders have
been received at the Omaha station
yet regarding closing down the serv
ice May 31, Mr. Votaw declared.
, Jotdatf to Quit.
Salt Lake City, Utah, May 24.
Col. Joh A. Jordan, superintendent
of the Pacific division of the United
States air mail service, who reached
here today on his way from San
Francisco to Washington, D. C, an
nounced that he would soon quit' the
government service to become identi
fied with an airplane express com
pany in New York, which he said
was about to be organized.
Woman Defends Self
Against Ram With Shoe
After Leg Is Broken
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, May 24. Enraged at the
click of a camera among his folk,
a 300-pound ram charged Mrs. T.
J. Stahl of Waukegan, a suburb,
with such fury that it broke her
right leg.
Then ensued a desperate battle
between Mrs. Stahl, armed only with
a high-heeled slipper and the ram.
When neighbors came she had beaten
the animal away, but was in a semi
conscious condition.
Mrs. Stahl and a friend, Mrs. O.
L. Moore, went to the pasture, to
take pictures of a group of little
girls with the sheep. ,
At the click of the camera, the
ram lowered his head and raced at
Mrs. Stahl in a-fury. It struck her
savagely, snapping her leg and at
the same time jarring the slipper
from her foot. Before it could
charge again, Brs. Stahl had grabbed
the slipper and as the animal came
on, beat is desperately with the
sharp heel.
Lad Severely Burned by
Contact With Live Wire
Table Rock. Neb., May 24. (Spe
cial.) A 'small son of Mr. and Mrs.
Smith of Humboldt was severely
burned when he came in contact
with a live wire carrying 6,600 volts.
The wire had become loosened from
its moorings on the pole and the lad,
stooping to get under it, touched it
with his hand.
Hold Strikers Incommunicado
New Orleans. May 24. One hun
dred and sixteen union marine strik
ers are being held incommunicado
by order of the United States mar
shal's office following their arrest in
connection with the removal and
beating of members of the crew of
the shipping board tanker Hadnot
today.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1921.
Tourists Reach
16,000 Customers
On Second Day
Enterprises of New Sort for
Towns in Farm "Territory
Greet Omaha Trade
Execursionists.
By PAUL GREER.
Chester, Neb., May 24. (Special
Telegram.) The shriek of the
steam siren on the special train of
the Omaha Chamber of Commerce
trade excursion reached 16,000 cus
tomers of Omaha today.
Stocks of merchandise in the stores
are found to be low and warm
weather, together with a renewal of
confidence inspired by crop pros
pects, gives assurance of a larger
volume of orders. The encourage
ment and optimism produced by the
sight of the string of Pullmans oc
cupied by the Omaha merchants and
the thought that the men consider it
worth their while to tour the state
soliciting business also will be a
factor in recovery.
Diller was the first stop out of
Falls City and para'des'and concerts
were given in 20 other towns along
the Burlington clear out to Fairbury,
where the night will be spent. Shea,
Endicott,' Kesterson, Thompson,
Reynolds, Williams, Hubbell, Ches
ter, Byron, Hardy and Superior
were visited in the forenoon. To
morrow's journey will be through
Clay county and as far as York.
Enterprise of New Sort.
Enterprise of a new sort for towns
located in the center of vast areas of
corn, wheat and alfalfa greeted the
trade excursionists of the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce at one stop
after another today. From the posi
tion of mere marketing places for the
farming community they are growing
into industrial and manufacturing
centers, some of them turning the raw
material of the prairies into finished
products before forwarding them to
the world. Invariably these com
munities which are combining agri
culture and manufacture are on a
more prosperous basis than those
towns engaged only in buying and
selling. Everywhere business is bet
ter than might be expected.
At hndicott the main sight is the
plant of a great clay products com
pany with orders for more than 1,
000,000 face brick now on its books.
There are said to be only three plants
n the United Mates turning out as
good brick. Just outside of Kester
son stands an oil rig where a com
pany of Beatrice men is drilling on a
chance.
$1,000,000 Cement Plant.
Superior, with a population of 3,000
people and 10 miles of paved streets,
is the home of a $1,000,000 cement
plant and a water plant producing
1,100 horsepower from a dam acrdS3
the Republican, river,... The water
power project was put across by
local business men and is bound to
attract a number of small factories.
Throughout this whole region em
phasis is put oil education. In Su
perior the schools are run on the
Gary system, by which children are
trained to use their hands as
well as their minds. At Hebron is
?. Lutheran seminary on which $50,
000 will be spent this year. At Desh
ler a business college is maintained
with the aid of a subsidy from the
municipal funds.
Greatest Small Town.
The town of Deshler, with a popu
lation of 1,000, is the greatest small
town in the nation, bar none. Here,
in Thayer county, a great deal of
broom corn is raised. Today Deshler
boasts of having the largest broom
factory in the world. In an age which
is popularly supposed to belong to
(Torn t6 Page Two, Column Four.)
I. W. W. Leader Held
For Chicago Bombing
Outrage 2 Years Ago
i
Chicago, May 24. Bombing of
the Chicago federal building two
years ago, in which four prisoners
were killed and a score injured, has
been solved, Chief of Police Charles
Fitzmorris announced today.
He refused to give details but said
Samuel Gibson, I. W. W. leader and
organizer, was indicted with nine
others several days ago on charges
that he was a member of a "bamb
trust," operating in behalf of labor
organizations.
The motive behirid the bombing
was sabotage, the chief said. The
explosion occurred just after the
conclusion of the trial of nearly 100
I. W. W. members on the afternoon
of September 5, 1918. Gibson was
arrested at the time, but was re
leased for lack of evidence.
Wind Damages Wheat
Beatrice, Neb., May 24. (Spe
cialsFarmers report that winter
wheat in this locality has been con
siderably damaged the past 10 days
by heavy winds, and that in some
se.ctions there will not be half a
yield compared with that of 1920.
Dream Leads to Finding of Pilot
Kite's Watch Lost in Death Fall
Grand Island, Neb., May 24.
(Special.) A most unusual circum
stance, evolving about a dream, re
sulted in the finding of the watch
dropped by Aviator Warren P. Kite
in the fall which resulted in the
flyer's death at the aviation field
Sunday, May IS. .
Fred Mehring, superintendent of
the local plant of the American Beet
Sugar company, had a dream on Sat
urday night in which it appeared to
him that he, in company with his
wife and a woman friend, visited the
flying field and found the missing
watch in a certain section of the
field. All day Sunday he was un
able to take his thoughts off the
dream and, in order to satisfy him
self., he made a trio to the field.
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Irish Elections
For Parliament
Held in 6 Counties
Government Takes Elaborate
Precautions to Prevent Dis
orders in Balloting ?A11
Markets Are Closed.
Belfast, yMay 24. (By The Associ
ated Press.) Elections for the new
parliaments ' in Ireland under the
Irish home rule bill were carried out
through Ireland today but only in
the north or Ireland were ballots
cast as the nominations for the south
em Irish parliament were made with
out contest, which was tantamount
to election.
The people had ben appealed to
by their leaders to vote early to "pre
vent personation and" crowds were
waiting at 8 a. m., when the polls
opened.
. It is possible the Belfast results
will be known Wednesday night, but
the others will not be in for several
days. There are 53 polling divisions,
with 388 polling stations in Belfast
alone.
Even Belfast, accustomed, to hot
political fights, has never seen such
an election as this. Several incidents
wave occurred, especially in the Cork
street and Old Lodge area near the
docks. As soon as the military were
withdrawn from the streets at 5 a.
m., today, when the curfew ended,
the rival factions appeared at the
doors of their homes with their wo
men folk to proceed to the polls.
Bricks and stones commenced to fly
across the streets and a few shots
were fired before the police arrived
to disperse the disputants. One con
stable was seriously injured by being
hit with a brick.
French Premier Declares
Ruhr Occupation Not Needed
Paris, May 24. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Premier Briand,
questioned by a group of deputies
before the meeting of the chamber
today, said there was' no reason for
the occupation of the Ruhr region,
because the aspect of the Silesian
question had, been changed, and if
the Ruhr were occupied without the
support of the, allies it would be
equivalent to ''abandonment of the
treaty of Versailles. .
Son of Original Faculty Man
Of Johns Hopkins Kills Self
Baltimore, Md.,; May 24. Henry
A. Rowland, 28, son of the late Prof.
Henry A. Rowland, one of the origi
nal faculty of Johns Hopkins uni
versity and a scientist of interna
tional reputation, killed himself by
shooting in his home here today. A
coroner's verdict of suicide jvas
given tonight.
accompanied by Mrs. Mehring and
Miss Mabel Adams of Garden City,
Kan., a guest at the Mehring home.
Going to the spot which was des
ignated in the dream, he there found
the watch exactly as it had appeared
to him. The crystal of the watch
had been broken, and the time piece
was lying face up. It had stopped
at 4:2S. Mr. Mehring has the watch
safely in his keeping awaiting the
return of Mrs. Kite,, widow of the
dead aviator.
The remarkable dream and its re
sults, are attributed by the principal
in the matter as due to his mathe
matical calculations following the
reading of the neyspaper item to the
effect that the watch had been lost
and rMs. Kite was very anxious
to recover it
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All Well Along the Missouri
Jury Named for
Murder Trial of
Denzel Chester
Opening Arguments Delayed
By Another Case Requir
ing Services of Three
Veniremen.
Kansas City, Mo., May 24. (Spe
cial Telegram.) It is uncertain just
when the opening arguments in the
case of Denzel Chester, charged
with murdering Miss Horence Bar
ton, will start, owing to the fact that
three of the men chosen for jury
service are now tied up in the trial
of a case in Judge Porterfield's
court, where a negro is charged with
robbery.
Judge Porter'field said late today
he would release .the three jurymen
as speedily as possible, so that they
could hear the Chester evidence.
Judge Porterfield added he would
hold a night session erf the negro's
case, so as to expedite the relesse
of the three jurymen;
! The names of the 12 men were
read to the panel shortly before 5
o'clock. Nine answered, "Here,"
Judge Latshaw - instructed that the
nine men be locked up in the Old
ham hotel for the night.
Chester sat at the counsel table in
Judge Latshaw's courtroom as the
tlerk handed the newspaper men the
list of the jurymen.
Chester aided his attorney in
scratching the jury panel, Loyd
Martz, one of the attorneys, said
late today.
Following is the jury: Bert Mc
Lane, married; John W. Thomas,
married; Fred Hasenjager, unmar
ried; Fred D. Richardson, married;
William Strickler; O. J. Trussclt,
married; Thomas C. Leach, married;
Emery Trapp; GeorgeA. Marsden,
married; Roscoe CollyefJ'Hiarried; C
D. Parks, married; George W. Piper,
married. '
Officials Probe Death
Of Aviator War Hero
Boston, May 24. District Attor
ney J. C. Pelletier today began an
investigation into the death of Paton
McGilvary, former overseas flyer.
Police officials reiterated that they
had found nothing to indicate that
he was murdered, but relatives and
friends have insisted that Mc
Gilvary had no reason to kill him
self. Witnesses summoned by the dis
trict attorney included Mrs. Evelyn
Clifford, a friend of McGilvary, In
her mail box on May 10, the day he
was killed, was found a note which
the police have regarded as a fare
well message. ' " "fv' ,
El Paso Men Put on Trial
For Murdering Dry Agent
El Paso, Tex., May 24. When
District Judge W. D. Howe ad-'
journed court late Monday after the
examination of 62 talesmen, six
jurors had been accepted for the
trial of C. P. Shearman and his
sons, Neil, John and . Allen, and
Tomas Mendoza for the murder of
Prohibition Officer C. Arch Wood.
Of the 62 men examined 32 were
disqualified upon their admission of
conscientious scruples against the
death penalty. A spectial panel of
100 has been ordered to appear to
day and it is expected the work of
selecting the remaining six jurors
will be completed during the day.
Rear Admiral Sims
Lunches With King George
London. May 24. Rear Adminl
Wililam S. Sims, who commanded
the American naval forces in the war
zone during the latter part of the
world war, had luncheon with King
George and Cjueen Mary in Bucking
ham palace today- ,
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Mail Car Bandit
Suspect Denies
Part in Robbery
Roy Gardner, Identified by
Victim From Rogues' Gal
lery Picture, Arrested
While Playing Cards.
Sacramento, Cal., May 24. Roy
Gardner, believed to be responsible
for the robbery of a railroad mail
car near Newcastle, Cal., Friday
night, was caught at Roseville, near
here, last night.
San Francisco, Cal., May 24. Roy
Gardner, captured at Roseville last
night on the suspicion that he was
implicated in the attempted robbery
of a Southern Pacific train mail car
last Friday night between Roseville
and Newcastle, denied today that he
had been implicated in the robbery,
according to information reaching
acting Chief Postal Inspector W. I.
Madeira here.
Gardner was caught playing cards
in a saloon at Roseville. He was
recognized by Postal Inspector
George H. Austin and Cauley, who
with Special Officer Dan O'Connell
and Barney McShane of the South
ern Pacific company, effected the
capture. Gardner did not resist ar-J
rest, according to Madeira. Gardner
is now at Sacramento being ques
tioned by the officers.
Despite his denial of guilt, Mad
eira said that there could be slight
doubt that he was implicated in the
robbery, from the description given
by the mail clerk, and from the fact
that the robber entered the train at
Roseville, where Gardner was cap
tured.
Northern Pacific .
- Official Describes
Rail Wage Increases
Washington, May 24. Howard
Elliott, chairman of the board of the
Northern Pacific railroad, described
to a senate investigating committee
some of the extraordinary wage in
creases which he said had resulted
from the national wage agreements.
"In a New England terminal," he
said, "Italian laborers had been cus
tomarily employed to inspect loco
motive front ends, receiving 22 cents
an hour. They were re-classified
as boilermakers, entitled to a wage
of 85 cents an hour. On a 10-hour
day basis, they were entitled to a
wage of $89 a week."
Earnings of "short haul" rail
roads have been reduced to a greater
extent by freight rate and wage in
creases than have those of "long
haul" roads, he said.
Recent reductions, he ac'aed, in
the freight charges on lumber from
the west had not materially stimu
lated business in such traffic.
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Central Leather Company
Passes Quarterly Dividend
New York, May 24. The Central
Leather company today passed its
quarterly dividend of 1 3-4 per cent
on preferred stock. The company
had maintained dividends on the basis
of 7 per cent annually since 1906.
a year after its organization.
The Weather
Forecast. .
Unsettled and probably thunder
showers Wednesday; somewhat
cooler.
Hourly Temperatures.
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THREE CENTS
Large Navy
Advocates
Win Round
Committee Amendment Pro)
viding for Personnel of 120,
000 Instead of 100,000 ;
Adopted by Senate.
Appropriation Is. Raised
By The Aanociated Tttiu,
Washington, May 24. The ecom
omy drive against the $495,000,000
naval appropriations bill was
shattered in the senate today when,
amendments by the naval committe
were adopted.
By a vote of 45 to 23, the senate!
adopted a committee amendment op'
posed by the economy forces, providi
ing for a personnel of 120,000 men a
against 100,000 by the house. After
ward committee amendments calling
for increases aggregating about $42,
500,000 were quickly approved.
The roll call on the navy personnel
apparently broke the attack against!
increases recommended by the naval
committee. The way also was paved
for passage of the bill tomorrow oif
Thursday, after prospective adoption'
of the Borah amendment for a dis
armament conference. '
There were reports today of ne-i
gotiations looking to restoration of
appropriations for a new Pacific coast
base at Alameda, Cal., and for conj
tinuing dry dock and dredging prw
jects at Charleston, S. C. 'X I
Party Lines Shattered. 1
Party lines were broken in th
vote on fixing the navy personnel at
120,000. Thirteen republicans voted
to hold the personnel to 100,000, but'
the loss of these republicans to th
committee provisions was offset by
14 democrats who voted to keepi
120,000 men in the navy. ,
Among committee increases adopU
ed were $15,377,000 for pay of per
sonnel, $5,800,000 for reserve forces
$8,783,000 for provisioning, $7,500,-
000 for fuel and its transportation,
and $5,000,000 for the marine corps
quartermaster corps.
Senator Lenroot, republican, Wis
consin, led the battle against the in
creases and warned the republicans,
that the country could not stand for
them. He was joined by Senatotr
Hitchcock, democrat, Nebraska, whoj
announced he would vote against th
bill if the committee increases should
be substantially sustained.
Urges World Disarmament.
Senator Swanson of Virginia
ranking democrat on the naval com
mittee, however, supported the com
mittee program. Senator Underwood
of Alabama, democratic leader, what
voted for the 120,000 personnel,
made a lengthy address advocating
international disarmament agree
ments, but opposed disarmament by
the United States in the absence oj
an agreement with other powers.
In attacking what he termed tin
"extravagance" of the bill, Senatot)
Lenroot charged that press reports
of President Harding's speech yester
day regarding national defense had
been distorted "deliberately and in
excusably." He said that the presw
dent had been misquoted with re
spect to his statement that the na-
tion should be "so powerful in right- .
eousness that none will dare to in
voke its wrath." .
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Michigan Man Kills
Wife and Himself in
Hall of Chicago Hotel
Chicago, May 24. Joseph Galla
gher, of Jackson, Mich., shot and .
killed his wife at the Victoria hotel .
today and then ended his own life.
The couple had been married sev
eral months and lived at Jackson.
Three weeks ago Mrs, Gallagher left .
her husband and came to live with
Mrs. George Stowe, her godmother
and owner of the Victoria hotel. l;'
Gallagher was intoxicated when he
came to the hotel this morning arid
asked for his wife. She refused to
see him in- her room and came out
in the nail to meet him.
"Are you going back with me" h
asked.
When she refused he fired two
bullets in her head. He fled to the
rear of the hallway, but, finding his
escape cut off, shot himself in the
head and died in a few minutes.
Senator France to Study
Conditions in Russia
New York, May 24. Senator J. I
France of Maryland, sailed to spend
several weeks in Russia. He an
nounced representatives of the soviet
government will meet him in London
and escort him into Russia. ,'t
Senator France said h pvnipl ii
interview bolshevik leaders and ob
tain an understanding of conditions
there. He plans to pass at least six
weeks in Moscow. :it
Th natnr saiH fi linnpft tn Krinw
about conferences which would 'im
prove relations between the soviet
and the American government.
Bill to Transfer Funds
To Land Banks Approved
Washington, May 24. Senator
Curtis' bill proposing transfer of $50,
000,000 from the treasury to federal
land banks on request of the federal
farm loan board, was ordered re
ported favorably by the senate bank
ing committee.
Secretary Mellon approved the bill,
declaring that the initial capital of
the farm loan banks "was wholly in-
adequate to permit their practical
operation."
Labor Riots in Argentine
Buenos Aires, May 24. (By Tha
Associated Press.) A number ot
persons are reported to have been
killed or wounded during fighting irt
the port zone when union laborer!
attempted to prevent non-union J
workers from unloading !iiMU '