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    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 110.
OMAHA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1921.
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war Liioua
Gathering
In Europe
Little Entente . Mobilizing
Troopi to Resist Attempt of
Former Emperor Charles
yiT6 Seise Budapest
Hungary Cabinet Quits
TribaM Torrif Newt llemleo.
Vienna, Oct 23. It it reporteJ
from Budapest that Horthy hai
been overthrown by hit troop who
acclaim Chad. The Ciecho-Slovake
are mobilising and massing troop at
Gran-on-Danube, the nearett atra.
tegie point to Budapest
Paris. Oct 21 Ambassador Her
rick baa cabled the atate department
aa to what attitude the United States
will take toward Charles of Hungary.
He expects a reply .tomorrow so he
caa attend the extraordinary session
of the ambassadors' council to din
cues the situation.
" B HENRY WALES,
Chinas TrlbuM Cable. Coprrlsbl, 1SU.
Paris, Oct. 23. A war menace
overshadows all south and central
Europe tonight, as a result of former
Emperor Charles' 'appearance in
Ausria-Hungary. The little entente
Czccho - Slovakia, Roumama and
Jugo-Slavia is reported to be mobil
liing to resist the Hapsburg attempt
to capture Budapest as a first step
toward reconstituting the old Aus-tro-Hungarian
empire.
The first incident in a series of
dramatic moves which may precipi
tate at lesst a part of Europe into
another war was the arrival of the
former emperor at Odenburg in an
airplane. As he stepped from the
machine .he was accorded an en
thusiastic reception by the town gar
rison, which evidently had received
news of his coming. The soldiers
srowded around him and pledged
fealty to his cause, addressing him
as "emperor." . .
Charles is, reported to have an
nounced his immediate intention of
marching on uuaapesi. vttuiuws
to the litest information, he will take
' command of the troops in the Bur
genland district who are loyal to him
and with Commandant Ostenburg
wiU begin an' immediate advance to
ward the Hungarian capital. ' ;
Hat Large Force. ,.
' It Is stated that Charles has 6,000
infantry and 3,000 mounted troops
under hit command already and that
, when he begins the march his force
will number at least 15,000.' It is not
that ttu Hungarian srovern
ment can oppose this, force success
fully And feart are expressed that a
Will UCKll w " 1
colors. . . . :,. ' ' .
Reports received in Berlin from
Budapest state that Admiral Horthy,
,v the Htingariao regent, has fled and
. that the cabinet has resigned. , It is
stated that' Count Andrassy has
been asked to form a new cabinet.
However, the authorities are taking
measures to prevent Charles from
.;irts thr rnm of the eovernment.
: The governments of. both -Vienna
- and Budapest have announced a
state of siege in their respective cap
itals, have ciosea , in siuc ex
changes, imposed censorships and or
dered the streets patrolled by troops.
T.Unnnh -rtmtniinirfltifm- into Hun
gary has been cut off and railway
and Danube transportation ociu
(Tnra to rt Two. Colamii Tonr.)
Circuit Rider of
Catsldlls" Elopes
With Choir Singer
thitiaso Tribune-Omaha Be XeaKd Wire.
Kerhonkson, N. Y.. Oct. 23.-"The
circuit rider of the Catskills" . is be
lieved t have eloped with a 20-year-old
choir singer, leaving behind his
' wife, to' whom he has been married
for 37 years and a grown daughter.
The circuit rider- is the Rev.
'eorge W. Budd of this town and the
. gilt 19 av.
The shenft ot Ulster county, in
whose hands tne case. is pw. "j
Mrs. Eugene Terwilliger, mother oi
.it.. k.. 1l,i in nrivat detec-
.." mc Kin, v-.. I"-"--- z
tives in an effort to locate Budd, who
is 62,. , 1
Authorities working on the case
say- that Rev. Mr. Budd spent most
of the summer repairing the little
church at Mombaccus, which was
one f his charges, to that he could
be near the girl; and that some
months ago the girl drew her sav
ings from the Ellenvijle bank, pre
paratory to flight.
Withdrawal of U. S. Troops
To Raise Expense Per Man
? Paris, Oct. 23. Mai. Gen. Henry
T. Allen and Roland Boyden noti
fied the allied conference discussing
the expenses of the army of occu
pation tint the An.eiic3n lorces on
- the Rhine would soo . be reduced 5')
' per cent. The decrease in the size
- of thf. American army will increase
the cost per man per day from $4.25
to $4.95, Ueneral Af.en explained,
" saying that the overhead expense,
uch as shipping goods from Amer-
1 ica, would be higher when iivided
..amonr a few than when shared
" among many. Mr. Boyden stated
that when the American troops num-
'ber 2,000 or 3,000 they wiU cost $10
pet man. . -' - - - ,
TTm nf Camn Grant at Penal
Institution Recommended
Washington, Octi 23. Vse of
Camp Grant at Rockford, Ill, as a
penal institution for. minor offenders
convicted under . federal laws has
been recommended by the Depart
ment of Justice, it was said by Sena
tor McCennkk of Illinois. The
recommendation now It before Direc
tor Forbes of the veteran, bureau.
Threatened Strike
WiU Not Materialize
Henry Ford Declares
CMaae Trtb i Oiba DM ImtmH Wfcr.
New York, Oct 23. Henry Ford
ayi the threatened railroad strike
will not materialise.
The automobile man whoe own
private railroad, it wat announced a
few days ago, would be the only line
certain to be in operation when the
pending crisis arrived, came to New
York on a tour of Inspection of his
eastern plants and offices.
Newspaper men were a Jump be
hind him all day until one singled
him out at Grand Central station.
"To what extent do you think the
impending railroad strike will affect
the business condition of the country
if held?" Ford wat asked.
"I don't think there will be a rail
road strike," he said briefly. "The
men don't want to strike."
In answer to the query as to the
paovocative cause, he added:
"It looks like some of the inter
ests are behind it." Then he added,
"a strike would help the coal oper
ators and some others." ,
Red Cross Will
Hold Meeting
Here Wednesday
Regional Conference to be
Conducted by Walter Davidson-
37 County Dele
. gates to Attend.
A regional Conference of the
American Red Cross will be held in
Omaha Wednesday at the Hotel
Fontenelle when delegates from" 37
Iowa and Nebraska counties will
meet to discuss the Red Cross peace
time program. '
Walter Davidson, manager of Cen
tral, division,. Chicago, . will conduct
the meetings. Dr. Thomas E. Green
from national headquarters, Wash
ington, D. C, will be one of the prin
cipal speakers. A number of Ne
braska and Iowa Red Cross officers
will be on the program. R. , M.
Switzler, chairman, Omaha Chapter
Red Cross, is in charge of local ar
rangements. The meetings begin at 9:30 and
continue throughout the afternoon.
A noonday luncheon will be served at
the Fontenelle. The general public
is invited to attend both meetings
and luncheon. Reservations for
luncheon should be made through
Mr. Switzler. ,
The Nebraska counties sending
delegates are: Holt, Boyd, Antelope,
Knox, Madison, ' Stanton, Colfax,
Dodge. Polk. Butler, Saunders, Cum
ing, Pierce, Wayne, Cedar, Dixon,
Dakota, Thurston, - Burt Washing-?
ton. . Douelas. Sarov. Cass. Otoe,
Johnson, : Nemaha, Pawnee ; and
Richardson.
Delegates from the following Iowa
chapters will attend: Fremont, Page,
Montgomery, Adams, Pottawattamie,
Cass, Shelby, Monona and Crawford.
Government Control
Attacked by Schwab
Chicago, Oct. 23. A plea against
government control in industry and
removal of legislation that' hampers
private ' initiative , was made' by
Charles M. Schwab, head of the
Bethlehem Steel company, in an ad
dress here. . "
He expressed optimism as to busi
ness conditions and urged big busi
ness to spend money now in en
larging plants and facilities for busi
ness in the future, which is bound to
come. ,- .. '
"Do away with any sort of govern
ment control that would destroy pri
vate initiative and the next 40 years
of American business will be one of
astounding development; ' he de
clared. "Do away with the labor
boards," he added, in touching on the
railroad situation.
First Book Against "Dry' V
Amendment Is Published
New York, Oct. 23. The- first
book openly attacking the ltstn
amendment to the constitution was
placed on sale today. It is based on
a careful examination of the relations
of alcohol to the human system and
of prohibition to the social structure,
according to Mitchell Kenneney,
publisher. The author is Charles
Tabor Stout, and he takes the-position
that prohibition can not endure,
not only because it is in contraven
tion of the rights ot the people as
guaranteed by the constitution, but
because it is harmful to the public
health. ; " - -
Japanese on Way to U. S.
Meet Arrives at Honolulu
Honolulu, Oct. 23. Baron Shibus-
uira'e nartv rf nresentinir the Tao-
u..0 f , r - - U , v .
anese-American relations committee
of Tokio, an organization formed to
promote a cordial understanding be
tween the two countries, arrived
here en route to the Washington
conference. '
tk. nartv was tendered a ban
quet by the Honolulu chamber of
commerce ana wju icave ior me
mainland tomorrow.
Farmer Has Corn 13 Inches
, Long and 9 Inches Around
Table Rock. Neb.. Oct 23. (Spe
cial.) H. S. Farwell is exhibiting
a couple ot cart ot com raisea in
hit field of 40 acres in the DuBois
vicinitv. south of here, near the
Kansas state line, which are a lit
tle more than 13 inches long and
measure nine inches in circumfer
ence.
Strike of Mexican Railway
Men Scheduled November 10
San Antonio. Oct 23. Reports
received here from Laredo says that
a strike of road employes of the
Mexican National Railroad lines in
Mexico is scheduler for November
10.
4,000 Men Hear
Gipsy Smith at
Special Service
Envangeliat Urges Head of
Families Not to Let Wives
Carry AH of Religious
Burden.
Four thousand men wer urged to
lead a man's life, a Chrittlike life,
for the take of themselves and their
loved ones, by Gipsy Smith, evangc.
list, who conducted services for men
only at the Auditorium Sunday aft
ernoon. - He declared that the men
should stand by the women of their
households ip religious things. "Don''
let the women carry all the burden.
It it your duty to take as much in
terest in religious affairs as your wife
does," he said.
The evangelist did not preach. It
was rather a man to man talk, in
terspersed with applicable incidents
of his own family life and those of
men he knew. He didn't "rake them
over the coals" for their shortcom
ing, as is the wont of some revival
ists, when they get an opportunity
to preach to a male audience.
Talk Coet Home.
That his talk went home was evi
dent when, at its close, he asked alt
who "would take Jesus with them
from now on to arise," the entire
assemblage arose. More than 300
pledge cards were handed in to
Gipsy Smith. Young and old men.
crowded down to shake his hands
when he had finished speaking.
"O, it wa a splendid meeting," he
said.
"Men," he said, "God is re:dy to
do great things for us if we but let
Him."
It has always been said the men
control their emotions much better
than women. . This was refuted at
the afternoon service as the speaker
swayed his male audience as power
fully as he did at any of his previous
meetings made up of. mixed
audiences.
Handkerchiefs Used.
As the evangelist recounted his
anecdotes, with their pathetic
touches, the men applied their hand
kerchiefs 'just as vigorously as the
women do.
Yet the talk was not all made up
of sobs. The Gipsy gave evidences
of having a fund of humor that is
inexhaustible. Many of his little
stories 'were of a humorous nature
which rocked the audience with
laughter. , For instance, when he
described a callow youth caressing his
first-infant mustache as feeling "of
the substance for things hopcfuL"
Are you making the most of your
life for God and your families?" he
asked. '"Are you living the life that
will bring a smile to the face of
God :' which, ,-when JMa;.eRddd, your
children will rise up and call you
blessed because ; of . your right liv
ing? t ; -f .' " -v
Consider Children.
"Are you enriching the lives of
your children, your neighbors and
the city?" he asked. '
If not. some day you will wake
up and realize just how foolish and
stupid you have been. You men,
God has- given you wonderful, op
portunities. There are influences and
interests all about you that you can
turn , to good. You will find out
then that a good life is after afl, the
only one to have lived.
"Some of you are paying dearly
for your wrong-doing. It pays to
live right and keep clean, so when
you look back your conscience will
not rebuke you but will congratu
late you on a record of which you
nted not be. ashamed. - ,
Christian Life rtot Easy.
"It is not easy to lead a Chris
tian life. You must fight and play
the game. The man I like to see
puts his feet squarely on the ground,
looks the whole world in the tace
and says, 'Christ for me.'
- "It means forsaking world plea
sures and living for Christ."
He then praised the bravery and
perseverance pf the old prophets,
who, in spite of persecutions and
tribulations, kept their faith in God.
The speaker urged that the men
be praying examples to their chil
dren. "Many children do not pray
or take the Christian life serious
ly because their fathers have never
set them the example. Do not bring
your children into a life of. sin be
cause you have been negligent," he
warned them::";
Turn on Old Life.
In closing, he pleaded: ."Turn on
the old life, live the man's life, the
Christian life for the sake of your
loved ones." , ' ' . . ,
The big choir, under the leader
ship of "Wee Willie" McEwan, sang
many of the old-time hymns which
were appropriate to the' occasion.
"The Little Brown Church in the
Vale," particularly arranged to show
off the beauty of male voices, "was
sung splendidly by the audience and
the choir. "Where Is My Wander
ing Boy Tonight?" was another old
song which was sung excellently.
Alleged Gamblers Warned '
By Buzzer of Police Raid
An electric buzzer system was
used to warn alleged gamblers in
the Grotto pool hall, Sixteenth and
Dodge streets, Saturday night that
the raiding squad was about to
make an entrance to the place, ac
cording to Sergeant Frank Murphy,
head of the squad. . -
An electric 'press button was
found secreted under a telephone
stand on the first floor by Detective
Buford. The button and wires were
destroyed. When Murphy and De
tectives Killian and Treglia rushed
into the pool hall they found a
group of men in a room. On the
table they found some money and a
deck of cards.
John Greer, who police said was a
"lookout." was arrested and held
without bond until police court con
venes Monday. "
Foch Sails for U. S.
, Havre, Oct 23. Marshal Foch
sailed for the United States at 4:30
p. zn, on the steamer. Parii
.
Four Pay $15fi00 For
22 Barrel of Water;
Judge Turns 'Em Loose
Mast TritauwOauh Bm Umm4 Wlf.
risania court (vtj ' r
raianed for di . .wnduct They
were Thomas Lnc, John Burnt,
r.nwaro urown ana Micnari i-eny.
Bcirne and Urown are former police
men. The court held that the lost of the
$15,000 wat punishment enough.
Harding May Ask
People to Uphold
Rail Labor Board
President Confident Public
Will Rally to Support of
.Government Body
If Men Strike.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
CtalcmCo Tribune-Omaha Bm Lmm4 WIiw.
Washington, Oct. 23. President
Harding is confident the American
people will rally to the support of
the railway labor board if the rail
road brotherhoods persist in strik
ing in defiance of that body.
It is not nnlikely, it transpires,
that the president will address an
appeal to the people to uphold the
authority of the new (agcncy de
signed to put an end to the derange
ment of transportation by strikes.
The railroad labor board lacks
authority under the transportation
act to enforce its decisions, but con
gress entertained the hope that the
force of public opinion would be suf
ficient to deter a union from strik
ing in defiance of a settlement pro
claimed by the board after a full and
fair investigation of the merits of the
dispute, if the impending strike
should prove a failure because of
public condemnation, the result
vrould go far toward establishing
the authority of the board and pie
venting future strikes against its
decisions.
Situation Unchanged.
Senator Cummins discussed the
situation with the president last
night.
"I do not see that th- situation
is changed in any important respect,"
said the senator tonight, "but I still
think there will be no strike. If the
men do go out, the government, of
course, will deal vigorously with the
situation in the Interest of the whole
people." . '
That . President Harding and the
Interstate Commerce commission are
not in accord on the question of
rate reductions is the significant con
clusion drawn from the decision of
the commission in declaring rates on
grain, . grain products and hay be
tween points in the western fcnd
mountain-Pacific groups to be un
reasonable. The importance of the grain rate
decision,- which, it is officially esti
mated, may reduce the revenues of
the railroads $35,000,000 to $50,000,
000 annually, lies in the fact that
the commission therein subscribes
wholeheartedly to the Harding view
on railway rates and operating costs.
. In his address to congress April
12, 1921, President Harding declared:
"No improvement will be perma
nent' until the railways are operated
efficiently at a cost within that which
the traffic can bear.
"If we can have it understood that
congress has ' no sanction for gov
ernment ownership, that congress
does not levy taxes upon the people
to cover deficits in a service which
should be self-sustaining, there will
be an avowed foundation on which
to rebuild.: ' :
"Freight carrying charges have
mounted higher and higher until
commerce is halted and production
discouraged. Railway rates - and
costs of operation must be reduced."
The decision in the grain rate
cases establishes beyond any doubt
that there will be general reduction
in rates, particularly on the so
called heavy moving commodities.
' Within a few hours after the de
cision was announced, the American
Wholesale Coal association filed a
formal petition for a reduction of all
rates on coal and coke and of charges
for reconsignment and diversion of
coal cars and for their detention.
Would Stimulate Trade. .
The complaint ' of the wholesale
coal dealers is also based on the the
ory that rates should be reduced as
a step toward "perwar prices and
conditions." It shows that the com
mission has already used restrictions
in " the transportation charges " on
grain and meat and emphasizes the
necessity of like reductions' in the
charges for transportating the na
tion's fuel. The ,, association con
tends that a reduction in the coal
rates will do more to immediately
and directly stimulate industry than,
a reduction in rates on any other
commodity. - .--
The commission found in the grain
case that the present rates on wheat
and hay involved will be unjust and
unreasonable to the-extent that they
may individually include more than
one-half of the increases authorized
in July, 1920, when rates were in
creased from 25 to 40 per cent; that
the ' present rates on coase grams
will be, for the future, unjust and
unreasonable to the extent that they
may exceed - rates 10 per cent less
than those prescribed as just and
reasonable on wheat.
On the western group, the increase
made in 1920 amounted to 35 per
cent and in the mountain-Pacific
group, 25 per cent The commission
entered no order but indicated that
the recommendation . had been com
plied with not later than November
20. This is equivalent to an order
and without doubt will be carried
out by the western railroads.
4Jersey" Quits October 30
Fairbury, Neb., Oct 23. (Special.)
The New Rock Island time cards
set the date as October 30 to dis
continue the Jersey running between
BeUville, Kan., and Council Bluffs, i
.New York, Oct 23. Four
who said they had paid 'vv V .v'
22 barrclt of water
whikky, were r" ,orVf
If The Rail Strike Isn't Averted Now
UnTwMi iwt a n oaita thi 4
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And hidtutry hat fix vara! billion
Andtka
mantt conference Aae
coaraging eonrfiione
Tha mtrikf will final; 6c tttlod
Married Under
Scandal Threat,
Woman Declares
Divorce Asked by Des Moines
. Girl Wedded at Dinner
Party in ' Leading
Hotel. ' '"
Des Moines,. Ia., Oct. 23. (Special
Telegram.) Married against her will
at a dinner party in Hotel Fort Des
Moines, - under " threat ; of scandal,
pretty JVelma Pheasant, 17, declares
she is the unwilling bride of William
v erhulst, traveling salesman, in a
suit filed for annulment of the mar
riage in. district court here. : . .
The girl says she went to a dinner
party at Hotel Fort Des Moines in
August, 1919, where she met Ver-
hulst and another man and .woman.1
Verhulst had" the marriage- license in
his pocket, she declared, and told he.r
they were going to be married at
once. She says she refused, but was
told there would be scandal if she
refused to marry after a license had
been issued. The woman, she said,
told her to "go ahead, there's noth
ing to marriage anyhow." V
' ' Receive a Automobiles.
' Approximately $10,000 in automo
biles and merchandise stolen in Des
Moines' and adjacent' towns was re
covered Saturday ' afternoon in a
raid by deputy sheriffs.' Three men
were arrested in the raid, but the offi
cers refused to divulge their, names.
The loot was found in a shack in
South Des Moines.
"? City Wint Bond Case. ,
The city of Des Moines came out
victorious Saturday in the injunct?on
suit brought by taxpayers to re
strain further, issuance of bonds to
the amount of ,$2,000,000. Judge Ut
terback decided the city had not
reached its limit of indebtedness
fixed by the state. Instead of being
more than $1,000,000 over its consti
tutional indebtedness, Judge Utter
back held that in reality the city
could vote additional amounts.. '.
Southeast Medical Society
, Holds Meet at Table Rock
Table Rock, Neb., Oct 23,-r(Spe-cial.)
The second annual . meeting
of the Southeast Nebraska Medical
association was held at the Ideal
theater in Table Rock and there were
more than SO medical men present.
A prominent feature of the meeting
was a banquet at the Lincoln hotel!
Several, prominent 'physicians and
surgeons of Nebraska and Missouri
addressed the meeting. Drs. H. S.
Forgrave, E. S. Ballard of St. Jo
seph, Mo., and A. P. Overgaard, A.
D. Dunn and C A. Reeder of Omaha
were among those from other, cities
who addressed the meeting. .
Ku Klux Klan Donates $400
For Confederate Reunion
Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 23. Gen.
E. M. Vanzandt, commander-in-chief
of the United Confederate Vet;
erans, received $400 in a letter
signed "Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan," with the request that it be
used in defraying expenses of vet
erans at the Chattanooga reunion.
And protprrity
met nmfer aie-
' on account of
not about at it woU bo tottlod mow if
an agroomont.
Wheeler County
Swept by Fire
Strip 30 Miles Long Swept by
Blaze Hay and Ranch
, ' ' Buildings Burn.
Eric-son,"' Neb.,' Oct. ,23. A prairie
fire, starting northeast of here 'Sat
urday, burned over a strip oi coun
try, in Wheeler county nearly 30
miles long and from one to five miles
wide, . destroying, thousands of tons
of hay in the stack and a large
amount that had not been cnt. The
home and all the out buildings on
the ranch of Charles Broomhall were
burned. Barns and othef out buildT
ings were burned" on the farms of
William H. Meyer, Ralph Eacker,
Bertha Warner, Alvin Larson and.
David Chipp. . A school house was
also consumed. Charles Davalin
was forced to abandon his automobile-and
jump, into a lake to save;
himse'lf,. . His machine was burned.
Andrew Nelson was badly burned
while trying - to move a bunch of
hogs to a place- of safety. His con
dition is serious. Three fire fighters
suffered less serious injury. .
Body of Woman Found
Wrapped in Oilcloth
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
New. York, Oct. 23. The body of
a woman about 25 years old, with
a wealth of blonde hair and bearing
all the marks of care and " refine
ment, was found: this afternoon,
wrapped in oilcloth in a small pon-1
of rain water in a lot at Rawson
street, , just off Queens boulevard,
Long Island City, which is used by
thousands of autoists on their way
to and from Manhattan. The woman
was strangled to death" with a' man's
necktie, which was found around
her neck. . .
' Both her legs are missing and,
according to several physicians who
have' made a superficial examina
tion,' they believe the legs were cut
off with a rough-edged instrument
perkaps a hatchet.
There are no marks on the -body
and nothing on the skirts by which
identification could be made.
in bun
Japanese Woman Brings
Message on Disarmament
Chicago. Oct... 23. Mme. 'Kaji
Yajima, 90, passed through Chicago
today, enroute to Washington.. She
is bearing a message from the women
of Japan to the women of America,
urging them to work for disarma
ment and the end of wars.
' For 30 years she has been president
of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union of Japan, and through
an interpreter, she outlined her mes
sage. Passenger Ship on Rocks; ,
All on Board Reported Safe
.' Seattle, Oct 23. The passenger
steamer, Alameda, of the Alaska
Steamship company, is on the rocks
southeast of Seward, Alaska, but all
abroad are safe, according to a mes
sge received here by officials of the
company.
The Alameda left Seward early
Saturday, bound for Seattle via
southeastern Alaska port
i
ham Ml back a far or I
two
And (Ac unmoor t.f unompicmd ha tnernumd taw
r&callj and tha mriea of ovrything hat oMa
mcareity ot uppi'r
tha centenain- got togotAor,
Drv' Joyful
4
Over Decision
Of Judge Mayer
Less Moist Conditions in For
eign Embassies Predicted as
"Result of Ruling on
1 Transportation.
' . ' t ' '
Chicago Trlbnoe-Omaha Bee leand Wire.
Washington, Oct. 23. The de
cision of Judge Mayer of New
York, declaring illegal the transpor
tation of liquor from one foreign
country throngh the United States
to another foreign country, : was
hailed by the Anti-Saloon league to
day as a guarantee of a practically
bone-dry arms confeence and of
less . moist conditions in the for
eign embassies and legations here.
An embassy or legation has the
status of foreign soil and therefore
any liquor' it imports becomes sub
ject to the prohibition of transporta
tion of liquor through the United
States from one foreign country to
another, according to Wayne E.
Wheeler, general counsel for the
league.' '
"Judge Mayer's decision' upholds
the. ruling of the Justice - depart
ment," he said. "There is some
reason for permitting occupants of
embassies to onng with them as part
of their baggage, liquors to be used
solely within " the embassy, but no
good reason 'can be given for per
mitting greater, amounts than that
which can be used in this way,
"It has been heralded 'all over the
country that there will be a flood of
liquor in Washington during the dis
armament conference. Guests and
attaches of the conference are not in
the same position as the ' occupants
of. embassies, and even if they were,
they cannot transport liquor into the
United States without a permit.
Americans .are required to obey the
laws of foreign countries which they
visit, and there is no reason why
the same -rule'" should not apply
here."
Helen Rinehart Marsden,
Phbtographer'a Wife Dies
' Mrs. Helen' Rinehart-Marsden,
wife of George Marsden of the Rinehart-Marsden
studio, died Sunday
afternoon at the family home in the
EI Beudor apartments, after an ill
ness ( of ': several months' duration
Mrs. Marsden was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Rinehart and
was born, raised and educated in
Omaha being a graduate of Browncll
hall. Besides her husbaud, she is
survived by her parents and one sis
ter, Miss Ruth Rinehart. Funeral
arrangements will be announced
later.- - : . .
The Weather
' Forecast.
Nebraska and IowaFair Monday
and probably Tuesday; warmer on
Monday in north portion.
. Hourly Temperatures. "
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p. m. 71
S p. m 7
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Trains Run
In Spite of
Rail Strike
Freight Trains Operated on
Texas Road by Crews of
Recruits Men Adopt
"Hands Off Policy.
Unions Blame' Board
Strike Summary
Following were Sunday's de
velopments in the railro.i t ttrikc
situation:
San Antonio Labor leaders
claim strike of 600 trainmen on
International and Great Northern,
which started Saturday, i "lOO
per cent effective," but road say
passenger service is unimpaired
and that resumption of freight
service, halted Saturday, has been
started.
Cleveland Rig Four brother
hood chiefs say that if strike ma
terializes the blame should be
placed on the railroad labor board
and on the railroads.
Chicago Railroad heads say
action of majority of the 11
"standard" unions in refusing to
join a strike now has broken the
backbone of the proposed walk
out. ' '
Strike ballot being taken among
14,000 organized signalmen.
Iljr The Aamclated Pre.
Chicago, Oct. 23. Officials of the
Brotherhood of Railway Mail Clerks.
Freight Handlers, Express and Sta
tion Employes, with a membership
of 350,000, tonight joined the unions
which have voted not to go on strike
by adopting a resolution in which
their men are refused authorization
to walkout for the present. The
matter will be reconsidered after the
labor board renders its rules and
working conditions decision. The
action brought the number of rail
workers who will not strike to more
than three-fourths of the nation's
total.
By The Aeeoclated FreM.-
Houston, Tex., Oct. 23. Thret
freight trains were operated on the
International & Great Northern
system today, General Manager
E. G. Goforth announced tonight.
This follows a complete tieup of
freight service Saturday by the
strike of approximately 600 union
trainmen. Union officials declared
they had adopted a policy of "hands
off" and would not interfere with
.any move the company might make
t resume service. -.
Mr.'' Goforth, stated that the crews
were made, up of recruits from sev
eral applications on file and from
officials. No distinc;on is : being
made between union or nonunion
men, he stated, declaring several ap
plications had been received from
union men. - ,
Property Under Guard.
Armed guards patrolled the prot
erties of the company, but not. ona
instance of violence marked the sec- '
ond day oi the walkout
Movement of freight traffic In the
yards here was at a standstill.
"The strike so far has been en
tirely successful to our cause,"
union officials declared. "We did not
expect to tie up passenger service.
We took into account at the ousct
that, with so few men called out
working on passenger trains, that
they would be able to recruit enough
men from among officials to fill out
a crew. But we have demonstrated
what a few men out means and we
are satisfied."
Mr. Goforth stated that outside of
the reports to him that a few freight .
trains were operating -: there had
been no change in the general situa
tion. ' "We are feeling . our way
cautiously," he said, "and expect
soon to have service resumed."
Labor Board Blamed. !-
Cleveland, Oct. 23. Responsibil
ity for the railroad strike, scheduled
to begin next Sunday,- was placed
on the railroad labor board and the
carriers in , a statement issued to
day. This and the announcement
that all general chairmen of the "Big
Five" brotherhoods, numbering
about 600, also have been cited to
appear before the board in Chicago
Wednesday, featured today's strike
developments here. "
The attitude of the union chiefs
was explained following a conference
of four of the "Big Five" leaders, in
a statement by W. S. Stone, presi
dent of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers,, in which the hope
that a solution acceptable to the em
ployes may yet be found wag reiN
erated.
It was indicated" that the state
ment may be regarded as an out
line of the stand the labor leaders,,
will take when they appear before
the labor board in Chicago Wednes
day. ' . :
Text of Statement r
The statement said:
"With regard to the position of
the employes of the railroads, we
can only say that their representa
tives are patiently awaiting for any
development that would appear to
offer a solution of the problem con
fronting them.
"We are not now nor have we .
ever been desirous of being a party
to precipitating a strike, but when
it is quite apparent that the railroads
propose not only to reduce wages
but to take from those employes
practically alt conditions of service
maintained for many years and the
railroad labor - board is unable, or
fails to give us any assurance that
the interests of the employes will
be protected, nothing is left for the
employes but to stand on their con
stitutional rights to retire from tne
service. - -
Rate Cat AnthorUed.
"We are advised through the news
papers that the Interstate Commerce
commission has authorized a con
siderable reduction in freight rates.
"Notwithstanding the fact that
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