The Omaha Daily Bee
Vi pr
VOL. 50 NO. 314.
"Victims of
Wreck Tell
Of Rescues
Omaha Man Ran Seven Miles
To Sound Warning After
Pulling Woman From
High Water.
Women Display Heroism
After rescuing passengers from the
ill-fated death cars of the North
western train that crashed .n'.o tht
flood waters of CottonwooJ ceelc
mar Crawford, Neb., Wednesday
night, C E. Warnecke, 4(520 Web
sttr street, and Walter Moyer of
Crawford, themselves injured, ran
seven miles to a ranch house in
the darkness to give the alarm of the
wreck.
This became known yesterday when
three survivors" of the wreck arrived
in Omaha at 1 1 :40 a. m.
Three Injured Arrivi.
They were lames O'Neill of Djp
y ver, L. E. Niday, Evanston, III , and
Limping from the train at the
. Union station yesterday, Warnecke,
Offering from an injury to his knees,
v.is em')iaced by his wife.
He stopped only long enough to
relate vivid details of his harrowing
experience.
- Scrambles for Safety.
"I was in the coach, the fourth
car," he related. "I understand the
car had been condemned at Chad
ron a week ago. The crash happened
in an instant. There was a heavy
grating sound the coach sagged and j
crashed through the broken bridge.
The lights went out. Water poured
through the broken windows. There
was a mad scramble of passengers
for safety. Really, the women were
1 the bravest. The screams of the men
could be heard above the women's
faint cries for help.
"I was dashed forward over sev
eral scats and found myself near an
Vaged woman entangled beneath
Abroken seats. Water was pouring
Yover her."
Drag Woman Out
Here Warnecke described the
aged woman's rescue how he and
another passenger dragged her
through an aperture in the flooded
coach. . ' "
"I learned afterward she was Mrs.
Gaviston of Ainsworth, Neb. Moyer
and I carried her ashore, stumbling
.. over the wreckage in tht surging wa
; ters. We learned that she was not
injured severely, then made a dash
I :,fs t give the -alarm..-. '
Vn(2 Liffi'-Rua -to JRanch House. "
"V'My knee hurt and several times I
fy. .thVught I'd drop from exhaustion,"
f hodeclared. "Through the black of
mc mgnt over a prairie trail aioyer
and I kept on a run for some light
of a ranch; house. At last we found,
a place and phoned to Crawford."
Had they gone cast instead of west
they would have only needed to
travel two miles to reach Whitney,
Neb.
Brakeman Rescued.
Had not Thomas Home, front
lral;cman of the wrecked train, been
Jfii.tled into the flooded smoker near
J. a scat occupied by E. E. Niday of
'Evsnston, 111., he probably would
hae lost his life in the wreclr, ac
cording to further details of the
wreck as told by the survivors.
Niday cut Home loose from a
cramped position in an aperture of
the smoker.
"I was in the smoU-ir," related
Mr. Niday, "when the cash came
When I came to myself, I was hud
dled among detiris and bodies. It
vas all a mad scramble for safety.
The screams were terrible death
like, and the scene was gruesome
(Turn to Pure Two, Column On.)
Democracy in China
Uepends on America
Washington, June 17. Asserting
that China is now in the most critical
time of its existence, and that
whether democracy trimuphs or fails
depends on the decision of America,
Dr. bun Yat-Sen, recently eiectea
president of the South China re-
lublic, made a direct appeal today
5 President Hardin? for immediate
recognition of his government. The
e r- ir r-. 1
pennon irom aun xai-oen, wno iias
been one of the picturesque popular
leaders in China,, with a price on his
head during the old regime, was sub
mitted by Mr. Ma Soo, who has
come to Washington and established
informal headquarters as the personal
representative of Dr. Sun.
South Chinese Republic
Seeks Recognition, From U. S.
WaslJdgton, June 17. Dr. Su
Vat Sen, president of the southern
Chinese republic, has appealed to
President Harding for recognition
of his government. The text ot the
ifpeal was made public here today
by Ma Soo, Dr. Sun's personal rep
resentative in Washington.
t"1 it JAmnAvnn.. ...MttririVta tr !
fails, much depends upon the de
cision of America," the letter said
Foreign Born Population
Of Montana Falls in Decade
Washington, June 17. Montana
with a total population in 1920 of
54K.889 had 534,260 whites, 1,6.-8 ne
groes, 10,956 Indians, 872 Chinese,
1.074 Japanese and 69 Filipinos
Koreans, Hindus and Malays. The
foreign born white population of the
state in 1920 was 93,620. or 17.1 per
cent of the total population as
acainst 91,644 or 24.4 per cent in
1910.
Former Owner of Dan Patch
Dies at Home in Brooklyn
New York, June 17. Manley I.
Sturgis, 74. a prominent horseman
and at one time owner of Dan Patch,
a famous pacer, died today at his
fcome ia Brooklyn.
EaUras Saef-CtaM
Oaaha P. 0. Uaaar
Survivors of
Rail Crash
E. E. Niday.
Labor Votes to
Support Fight
Of Meat Cutters
Further Wage Reductions in
Packing Industry Will Be
Opposed by All Organ
ized Crafts. -
Denver, Colo., June 17. The
American Federation of Labor, in
convention today, unanimously
pledged its support to the packing
house workers of the country in
their fight against further wage re
ductions. The "big five" packers were con
demned for attempting to reduce al
most 1,000,000 workers and their de
pendents "to a degrading state of
poverty with all its attendant depriva
tions, and thus cause an 'unfor
tunate condition that because of its
far-reaching results will also impede
the progress of the nation."
. The executive council was instruct
ed to "leaVe nothing undone to aid
to the utmost the workers in the
packing industry."
.. After declaring the packers were
again 'taking advantage of the pres
ent period of business depression and
unemployment to reduce the wages
of workers," the resolution saidt:
Oppose Company Unions.
"The workers in the packing in
dustry are-threatened with- a -recurrence
of prewar conditions and
an efTort is made to lure them into
joining so-called company unions,
which in reality are for the company
only, established, managed and con
trolled by the packers, who hypo
critically are proclaiming that they
are bringing democracy to the work
ers, a democracy with a string tied
to it."
Copies of the resolutioin were or
dered submitted to President Hard
ing, Secretary of Labor JJavis, sec
cretary of Commerce Hoover, Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace, Sen
ator Kenyon and other legislative
representatives interested in the
packing industry and the packers.
In makfng an appeal for organized
labor to keep up its fight to free
Thomas Mooncy and Warren K.
Billings, convicted in connection with
the San Francisco preparedness day
bomb plot, John Mooney told the t
convention that these men were kept
in prison by a "criminal conspiracy
on the part of the state of California."
Attack Califon "s.
The speaker, who is a u Mother of
Thomas Mooney, said that the
chamber of commerce of San Fran
cisco had engineered this, conspir
acy." He also mentioned two United
States senators, one of whom he
accused of having contributed $1,000
"in blood money to aid the conspir
acy." The other, he said, got $10,000
for coercing a witness in the Mooney
case. ...
Mr. Mooney said that when his
brother comes out of jail he will
again take his place in the ranks of
organized labor as "he believes in
only one organized labor movement
in the United States that is the
American Federation of Labor."
He declared that Billings is "under
going cruel and inhuman torture" in
Folsom ptison in California, and "is
not allowed to see a visitor or
friend." - -
"Tom wants the labor movement
to carry on the agitation," said the
speaker in concluding his appeal, "so
that we will eventually smoke out
the crooked officials of California."
Interest in President.
Interest in whether John Lewis,
president of the United Mine Work
ers, would oppose President Samuel
Gompers for re-election continued at
high pitch today.
Lewis continued to maintain" silence
but it was learned that he had es-
(Turn to Pace Two. Column Six.)
Man 'Gets in Bad' as
He Tries to Steal His
Still From Police
Cheyenne, Wyo., June 17. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Kentucky "moon
shiners" are said to be tough char
acters. , ..'.,
But when it comes to plain stick-to-it-iveness,"
John W. Carlisle, al
leged "moonshiner" of Cheyenne, has
'em all backed off the map, accord
ing to city police.
John was arrested a few days ago
when caught by the sheriff in the
act of putting four barrels of mash
into a big still. He was released on
$500 bond. The still was confiscated.
Last night he again was arrested,
this time on a charge of attempting
to steal his still from the rear of the
police station.
"Twice is too much," say the of
ficers. John is now being held without
tail, .
Mittir May 2S. ISM. at
Act at Nartc 1. 117.
Crawford
Reach Omaha
ait 3
C. E. Warnecke.
James O'Neill.
Platte River Is
Swollen Again
Water Pouring Over Whelan
Dam in Greater Volume
Than Previous Flood.
Lincoln, June 17. (Special.) The
North Platte river is swollen again
and ; water is pouring over the
Whetan dam near 'the Nebraska
Wyoming line" at ' a fate of '21,000
cubic feet a second, , against 16,500
cubic feet a second, the previous high
mark, according to word received
here this afternoon by the state de
partment of public works from R.
H. Willis, a deputy located at
Bridgeport, Neb.
Reports received at Lincoln from
the flood area of the South Platte.
North Platte and Platte river flood
area show that only one of the nearly
constructed state aid bridges has
been badly damaged by the flood.
There are 20 state aid bridges in this
area.
Major damage was done to the
bridge at Minatare, where two of the
12 piers were washed out.
The old wooden bridges, however,
failed to withstand the flood and a
large majority are in bad condition,
according to reports. It is expected
that requests for state aid bridges
will be numerous at the state depart
ment -i i the near future.
Disbarment Steps
Against Saline County
Attorneys Dropped
Lincoln, June 17. (Special.)
The supreme court issued a word
of caution and a reprimand today
to Frank W. and Stanley Bartos
and then discharged the disbirment
proceedings brought against them a
year ago through the Saline Coun
ty Bar association. The Bartos
brothers were charged with solicit
ing ' business from farmers who.
"didn't want their boys to be, sol
diers" during the war .by represent
ing they had influence with a mem
ber of the , South , Platte ' appeal
board.
The court also reinstated Allen
G. Fisher of Chadron as a member
of the .Nebraska bar. Fisher was
disbarred in 1919 on a charge that
he had attempted to get a home
stead for his soji frauduently and
obtained false testimony involving
the prosecuting attorney in an al
leged woman scandal in an endea
vor to induce the attorney to drop
prosecution against him.
Lloyd George Candidate
For Parliament Defeated
London, June 17. Sir H. Carlyle,
coalition unionist who was supported
by the prime minister, Mr. Lloyd
George, was defeated in the Hert
frrd bye-election for the House of
Commons by Rear Admiral M. F.
Sueter, independent. The' vote was:
Sueter. 12,329: Carlyk, 5,553. The
JSii' I
1
'BM1 1
election was made necessary by the
resignation- of Noel Pemberton
Billing. Canadian Railways Will
Reduce Wages on July 1
Montreal, June 17. Canadian rail
ways today formally advised their
employes at a conference here that
on July 1 they would be asked to
accept a 12 per cent wage reduction.
The cut will affect 150,000 men.
Cotton Strike Off.
Manchester, England, June 17.
(By The Associated Tress.) The
cottcn strike was settle I today. The
United Textile workers at a joint
r.;ccting accepted the employers' of
fer for a settlement, V
i 4
OMAHA, SATURDAY,
Refunding
Of Nation's
Debt Urged
President and Cabinet Decide
To Launch Sale of $10,000,-
000,000 War Loan
To Allies.
Put Plan Up To Congre
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
( Ji'oato Tribune-Omaha Hee Ieaaed Wire
Washington, June 17. President
Harding and his cabinet decided to
day to launch their r-lan for the re
funding of the nation's $10,000,000,
000 war loans to the allies into def
inite obligations and for the sale of
such securities to the American
people.
The first step or. the part of the
administration will b: to ask con
grcss for .specific authority to carry
out this plar when it is worked out
in detail by the treasury.
This is one phase of a "ast and
complicated project for the financing
of world war debts, comprising not
only the $20,000,000,000 loans of the
allied and associated nations to each
other but the $33,000,000,000 German
reparations.
The proposals of the French and
British governments for a mutual
cancellation of war debts among the
allies have been rejected by the
United States and are considered
definitely shelved.
Allies May Follow.
If the Harding plan for the re
funding of foreign loans and their
absorption by the people works suc
cessfully, it is believed that a similar
course will be adopted by the allies
in dealing with their debts to each
other.
The Amercan government's loans
to the rllies:
To Great Britain. $4,210,000,000.
To France, $2,750,000,000.
To Italy. $1,625,000,000.
To Relgium, $400,000,000.
To Russia, $190,000,000.
To Jugo Slavia, $100,000,000.
To other allies, $175,000,000.
Total, $9,450,000,000.
Nearly $1,000,000,000 more is now
due from the allies in the interest on
these loans which has riot been paid
tor two years and will not be paid
for another year at least.
Will Increase Interest
Under the Harding refunding plan
these loans to the allJfcs, which are
now in the form of 5 per cent ac
knowledgements of indebtedness,
would be refunded into bonds matur
ing 30 or 40 years hence at a higher,
rate of interest. . The increase in the
interest -rate aboveS per cent would
be sufficient to yield the additional
amount due to the United States in
defaulted interest.
These allied government bonds
then would be placed on the market
by the United States government
from time to time and sold to inves
tors. The proceeds from the sale
of bonds to individual ' investors
would be employed by the govern
ment to retire Liberty bonds.
This proposed treatment of the
defaulted interest differs from the
Houston plan, under which the
amount in arrears would be made
payable in 12 equal annual install
ments. .The Harding plan for treat
ment of the defaulted interest is
likely to meet opposition in con
gress, particularly on the part of
those who contemplate employing
the back interest, when paid, to
finance the soldiers' bonus.
Guarantee Undecided.
Whether the allied bonds, when
sold to the people, should be guar
anteed by the United States is an
other question that will come up in
congress when the authorization bill
is considered. One suggestion hith
erto made is that the government
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Two Killed in Battle
Of Mexican Soviets
Mexico City, June 17. Two per
sons were killed and four injured in
a fight between two soviet factions in
the state of Michoacan yesterday.
The clash was caused by a dispute
between the factions over the owner
ship of a hill midway between the
two towns of Etacuaro and Villa
Guadalupe. The two parties met
near the hill yesterday and after a
verbal dispute fell upon each other
with their fist3, clubs and guns.
Soviet elements in the village of
Chilchota, in the same state, at
tempted yesterday to take over
municipal authority, but federal
troops arrived in time to suppress the
uprising.
FIFB STILUV3AN
The most talked-of woman in America,
center of the strangest legal battle ever
waged in a divorce court. '
Tf Will tell Her Own Story in The Bee,
beginning Sunday (tomorrow) and
continuing in Daily Installments.
It is a story of a woman devoted to
husband and children, but maligned
and cast off, she declares, threatened
with disgrace almost unbelievable,
because her husband was attracted
elsewhere.
ft Columns of speculation and rumor
have been published.
H This is "Fifi" Stillman's own story.
Her
Own
Story
Told
by
Herself
THE OMAMA BEE
JUNE 18, 1921.
The Penalty
judge laws!
jadfm mat ecdltd im t mm ft.
Tht coUapood condition ot Stock
tall for tho jadgo.
HURRY1. OMX ) CAU. OUDGff f GATE TO
J. PROSPEWT,
The tight between tho farmer and tho Grain Ex
change mar have to call in tho juu e.
Woman Slays Man
After Long Chase
Fancied Wrong Blamed for
Killing of Boilermaker in
Casper, Wyo.
Cheyenne, Wyq. June 1 7. John
W. Delury, a boilermaker employed
at the Standard Oil company refin
ery at Casper, was shot and killed
today while attending a street car
nival, by a woman who was arrested
and erave the name of Ida Durham.
According to friends of Delury, he
came to the Wyoming oil fields from
the Burkburnett fields of Texas.
Shortly after his arrival in , Cas
per, he was followed by the woman
who is alleged to have shot and
killed him for a fancied wrong.
According to persons who wit
nessed the shooting and who as
sisted in arresting the woman, she
had been following Delury through
the carnival grounds. Getting in an
advantageous position she drew a
revolver from her handbag and'tak
ing deliberate aim, fired at Delury.
Persons at the grounds took her
into custody and held her for the
police, Delury in the meantime hav
ing been removed in an ambulance
where he died before the hospital
was reached.
The Durham woman refuses to
talk.
Omaha Youth Fined
$500 for Burglary
Lincoln, June 17. (Specials
Frank Polido, 20, Omaha, was fined
$500 today by District Judge. E. J.
Clements for burglary and was pa
roled under an agreement to pay
the $500 within a year.
Polido, Morris Firscht and Glenn
Livingston of Omaha were arrested
here several weeks ago charged
with robbing a drug store. All plead
ed guilty.
Livingstone, who has wealthy
relatives in Omaha, offered to join
the marines and was taken to Omaha
by a Lancaster deputy sheriff for
that purpose. He escaped and was
captured at Kansas City. Upon his
return he was sentenced to from 1
to 10 years in the penitentiary.
Firscht was fined $500.
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Outilda 4th 2aa (I yaar). Oally and Sunday. IIS; Oally Only. Ill; 8nay Only, tt
of Having the Confidence
CCopyrlpht, 19:1, by The Chicago Tribune.)
" Wfi CANT UNLOCK
1 off na J own thm
may load to m
"Bear' Telegram
Is Explained in
Stillman Suit
Counsel for "Fifi" Says Mes
sage Was Prearranged for
Information of Her
Children.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 17.
"Little black bear has arrived."
This was the text of a telegram
sent by Mrs. James A. Stillman
from the Woman's hospital, New
York City, to Fred Beauvais, the
half-breed guide in Canada, a few
hours after she had given birth to
Guy Stillman, the boy whose parent
age is denied by James A. Stillman,
the banker.
Mrs. Mary Olive Gilligan, . a
trained nurse who attended Mrs.
Stillman at the hospital, sent the
telegram, which was dictated by
Mrs. Stillman, she testified today in
the hearing before Referee Daniel J.
Gleason in the Stillman divorce suit.
Apparently counsel for Mrs. Still
man were prepared for the testi
mony of Mrs. Gilligan. After the
morning session of the hearing they
admitted the telegram had been sent
and offered an explanation.
Explanation Is Given.
The explanation is that in the
summer of 1918, while Mrs. Still
man was in Canada, the prospective
birth of a child was discussed be
tween her and her children, Anna
and Buddy Stillman, and Beauvais.
It was agreed by Mrs. Stillman and
the children, counsel contends, that
if the child should be a boy,
Beauais would be advised by wire
that a little black bear had arrived,
and if it should be a girl, the code
called for announcement of the ar
rival of a little white bear.
Mrs. Gilligan was "employed in
November, 1918, to act as day nurse
to Mrs. Stillman by Dr. Warren
Hildreth, who attended the banker's
wife in her confinement. The child
was born on November 7, 1918.
"Did Mr. Stillman call on his wife
at the hospital?" the witness was
asked.
"Not between the tme of her ar
rival and the birth of the child," Mrs.
Gilligan replied. "He came for the
first time on November 8. He saw
his wife, but did not ask to see the
baby. He came again on the 9th,
10th and 11th.
Sent Her Flowers.
Mrs. Gilligan testified that Ir.
Stillman sent his wife flowers every
day while she was in the hospital.
When Mrs. Stillman left the hospital
with her baby she went to 270
Park avenue, then the Stillman town
house. Mrs. Gilligan went with her
as nurse and remained until the mid
dle of January.
The witness testified that Mr. Still
man lived at home and saw his wife
and the baby frequently. His con
duct at home was described by the
witness as "normal."
The unfavorable aspect of Mrs.
Gilligan's testimony particularly
"the little black bear" message
was partly offset in the afternoon
by cross-examination of Dr. Rus
sell, Buffalo osteopath. Attorneys
for Mrs. Stillman and Guy succeed
ed in wringing from Dr. Russel ad
missions that his memorandum book
contained entries showing that Mr.
Stillman was at "Mondanne," his
Pleasantville (N. Y.) estate on Jan
uary 6 and 7 a little, more than 9
months betore Guy was born.
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) SINKING SPEUU. ?51 4yMsat7 D0CTOP5. CALL
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SJTT '-D0 PVtX'EM I f-Tfctf.VEVE GOT -) jWEtCWMY A I
ff.A ALL fillY "At i I Tft SELECT A REFfcBEaT I . I
of the Public.
If. )
Whan thm BtdUing Deadlotk defied all attmmptt
to break it, a hurry up call wu rent tor LanJU.
Tho Eighteenth Amendment need tho judge more
than aU tho doctor who arm trying to kill it.
And oven tho folk down in Jereey City may have
to tend for him.
Rio Grande Sale
Will Be Appealed
Attorney Says Equity Sold for
$5,000,000 Worth at Least
$80,000,000.
New York, Jura 17. B. B. Odell
today resigned as chairman of the
Denver & Rio Grande stockholders'
committee because of pressing busi
ness obligations.
In his resignation Mr. Odell de
clared the action of the committee is
bringing for the restoration of the
property of the stockholders which
it represents, "is most worthy and
should be prosecuted to the fullest
extent.
M. Wickwire of Wickwirt &
Blumenthal, counsel for the Denver
Sc Rio Grande stockholders' commit
tee, announced today that the com
mittee had ordered appeals taken
from . the order entered into the
United States district court at Den
ver confirming a sale of the prop
erty. The committee asserts that
the equity in the property, sold for
?5,000,000, is worth at least $80,000,
000. It is futther asserted that the
treasury assets included in the sale,
consisting of stocks and bonds, had
a clear value on the New York ex
change of more than $8,000,000, so
that the purchasers netted a profit of
?J,UOO,000 on the sale, in addition to
the entire equity in the railroad
worth more than $80,000,000.
Chicago Man Heads
Advertising Clubs
Atlanta, Ga., June 17. Charles
Hcmry Macintosh of Chicago was
elected president of the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World. He
was opposed by George W. Hop
kins of New York. The vote was
726 to 698.
The convention adopted the Hop
kins plan of reorganization of the
association in modified form, the
changes having been recommended
by the executive committee. It calls
for an advisory committee of four
to be appointed by the president to
constitute a cabinet and assist him
in administration of the association's
business. The plan alsj calls for the
employment of a director of the ad
vertising educational work.
Man Admits Part in Death
Of Aged Cleveland Publisher
Buffalo, N. Y., June 1 7. Salvatore
C:tla, 31, arrested at the village of
Fdet), 15 miles from Buffalo, shortly
after- noon today, admits that he
had a hand in the killing of Daniel
F. Kaber of Cleveland, two vears
ago, District Attorney Moore said
in a message sent to the Ohio au
thorities after Cala's capture.
The Weather
Forecast.
Nebraska Increasing cloudiness
Saturday; showers in west portion;
Sunday possibly showers and cooler.
Iowa Fair and continued warm
Saturday and Sunday, except unset
tled in west portion by Sunday
night.
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THREE CENTS
Packer Bill
Is Passed
By Senate
House Draft With Slight
Amendments Approved by
Vote of 45 to 21 Insert
Publicity Section.
Norris Fights Measure
Chli-aco Trlbunc-Omaha, n I.Mned Wire.
Washington, June 17. After radi
cal members failed in further efforts
to substitute a more drastic mea
sure, the senate today passed the
meat packers' control bill substantial
ly as it came over from the house.
Some amendments were added, how
ever, including the adoption of the
publicity section of the senate com
mittee bill.
The final vote on the passage of
the bill was 45 to 21. Previously the
senate rejected the substitute pro-
Bised by Senator Sterling tf South
akota by a vote of 31 to 33.
The senate also, by a vote of 31 to
34. again rejected the senate com
mittee bill, which met defeat yester
day. Charges that attorneys for the
packers had a hanfl in drafting the
house bill were repeated during the
bitter debate which preceded the final
action. Senators LaFollette of Wis
consin, Norris of Nebraska and Ken
yon of Iowa fiercely assailed the
packers. Senator Smoot of Utah
came to the defense of the packers
and read a letter from one of the at
torneys for Wilson & Co. ex
plaining the part played by him in
conferences relative to the framing of
the house bill.
Authority Vested in Secretary.
The same forces which supported
the senate committee bill lined up for
the Sterling substitute. The chief
difference in the Sterling bill, from
the senate committee bill, was that
control over the packers was placed
in the hands of the federal trade
commission instead of a live stock
commissioner under the Department
of Agriculture. The bill as shaped ,
vests authority directly in the secre
tary of agriculture over both packers
and stockyards.
It is not expected that the differ
ences between the house and senate
bills will prevent a speedy agreement
and that the bifl will reach the pres
ident wthin a short time. It is the
expectation that President Harding
will sign it, although it is regarded
bv many members of congress as
contrary to his slogan of "less gov
ernment in busmeti.
Non-Edible Products Exempt.
One amendment adopted by the
senate to the house bill over the pro
tests of the radical group exempted
the manufacture of by-products.
which are not edible, from govern
mental supervision. This amend
ment was adopted by a vote of 33 to
30. Another amendment adopted
struck out horses, mules and goats
from the section defining live stock.
The bill as passed gives the secre
tary of agriculture jurisdiction oyer
packers, stockyards, commission
men, traders, buyers and sellers in
the yards. The secretary of agricul
ture is given the power to prevent
them from engaging in unfair, un
justly discriminatory or deceptive
practices. He is given the power to
regulate and prescribe the practices
in the stock yards and to prescribe
all rates, fees and charges for ser
vice, including the fees for commis-
(Torn to Faice Two, Column Three.)
Two Men Face Murder
Charges in Slaying of
Cheyenne Taxi Driver
Cheyenne, Wyo., June .(Spe
cial Telegram.) Earl M. Moss,
Louisville, Colo., and Albert E.
Walker, Patches, Colo., were brought
to Cheyenne to face first degree
murder charges in connection with
the slaying of Louis Failer, taxi
cab driver, on the afternoon of
March 5. Failer's body was found a
mile south of Cheyenne wi'h twe
bullet holes through the head and
a burning cigaret lying alongside.
The assailants had driven off with
a car owned by the victim. The
machine subsequently was found ir
the outskirts of North Denver. The
men were traced to the Denver rail
road yards, but further search failed
to reveal their whereabouts at that
time. 1
Walker was arrested at Trinidad,
Colo., and Moss was taken at his
home in Louisville. Both are alleged
to be deserters from Troop H, Fif
teenth cavalry. Moss is reported to
have confessed to the sheriff at
Trinidad.
Table Rock Store Bandits
Given Penitentiary Terms
Pawnee City, Neb., June 17.
(Special Telegram.) Fred Jones
and Henry Jackson, who held up a
meat market in Table Rock, Neb.,
last week, pleaded guilty and were
given sentences of from three to 15
years, in district court here. They
are serving part of their sentences
in Pawnee COuntv iail nwlnor in th
congested condition of the state pen
itentiary.
Jackson claims to have been in
Puchlo. Coin., at thi timo
flood and came east almost desti
tute because of that catastrophe, and
says he was driven to the deed be
cause of hunger. Jones is known in
nearby towns.
Texas Legislature Called
In Extraordinary Session
Austin, Tex., June 17. Governor
Neff issued a proclamation late to
day calling the legislature to con.
vene in extraordinary session July 18.
He gave as reasons for calling the
special session, the first of which
was to make approprialions for the
support and maintenance of the go .
crnmcnt and stae institution
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