The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51-NO. 118.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1921.
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Nebraska Flag on Stage
Kansas Citv. Mo.. Nov. 1. -fBv
The Associated Tresi.) The Amer
ican Legion received its war-time
commanders Marshal Ferdinand
Foch of France and Gen. John J
Pershing here today with a welcome
fi.t for heroes ot victorious ar
mies. The thousands of delegates
and visitors to the national conven
tion of the American veterans gave
the military leaders a tumultuous
greeting that spoke the affection of
the American soldier and people for
the two men.
After hearing the visitors, the con
i vention adjourned at 10:30 a. m. until
tomorrow morning to permit the
ueirgates ana visitors to attend the
dedication of Kansas City's memor
, 1 to its war dead and to participate
in me Dig legion parade this after
,noon. Frenajr of Applause.
- Marshal Foch brought to the
legionaires a personal declaration of
Comradeship and from his govern
ment bore the official greetings of
France.
Just the appearance of the marshal
was enough tto throw the huge hall
into a frenzy of applause and acclaim
and General Pershing was given an
equal ovation by the former soldiers
who served under him.
General Pershing announced that
the War department had awarded the
distinguished service medal, posthu
mously, to the late Col. Frederick A.
Galbraith, jr., commander of the
American Legion at the time of his
, death last spring.
General Pershing led the conven
tion in three cheers for the marshal
of France. He did it with the en
thusiasm of a college cheer leader,
smiUng broadly.
Memorial Dedicated.
While the memorial is being dedi
cated. Jvansas City will send to
fesld.ent Warre" G- Harding at
Washington and to the nation as a
Whole a message of peace. The mes
sage prepared by R. A. Long, presi
dent 01 ine uDeny Memorial asso
ciation in the name of Kansas City,
will be carried by a dove, the em
blem of peace and good will. The
message said:
"Greetings, Mr. President,, greet
tngs of peace, and good wilt irom
Kansas City; t.- , .
2 "We are all assembled, in on
place and with one accord,- con
secrating Memorial Hill to the glory
of God and the honor of those who
won the world war. Foch; the mar-
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Beer in Stock to Be ;.
Released Immediately
Washington, Nov. 1. Letters are
to be sent brewers advising them
that beer already manufactured and
held in stodc may be sold for me
dical purposes under the new treasury
regulations, Internal Revenue Com
missioner Blair announced tonight.
. Sale of this beer for the sick could
begin at once under the proper per
mits, he declared, adding that there
would be no delay in the issuance
of permits to brewers whose appli
cations were without flaw.
The bureau, he said, would not al
low any red tape to interfere with
immediate distribution of the beer for
medical purposes. y ! "
, To permit beer held in dealcoholiz
ing plants to be, used as medicine
"takes , a - strained construction" ot
the law, according to' a statement Is
sued by Wayne B. Wheeler, general
counsel of the anti-saloon league.
Autos Wanted to Transport
Crowds to Air Landing Field
Autoists will have an opportunity
to earn some "tire and gasoline
money" during the International
Aero congress here by operating a
fleet of privately owned taxis be
tween, the end of the North Twenty
fourth street car line and the land
ing field. Officials of the congress
have appealed to the Omaha Auto
mobile club to enlist the services ot
enough auto owners to transport the
crowds from the car line to the field.
All autoists who are willing to use
their machines for this purpose are
requested to register at headquarters
of the Automobile club at the Hotel
Rome today. Drivers will be allow
ed to charge 10 cents per person per
trip.
Nephews Begin Law" Suit
i' To Break Will of Uncle
South Norwalk, Conn.Nov. 1.
Frank and James McMullen of Oak
land, Cal., started action today to
break the will of their uncle, the late
John McMullen, head of the Atlantic-Pacific
Dredging company, claim
ing that the deceased was mentally
iucapacitated when he drew his will
a few days before his death.
By the terms of the will, the estate
which is valued at approximately
$2,000,000. goes to Cornell university
except a few small bequests to rela
tives; .-
Cold Found in Illinois;
Mining Company Formed
v Freeport, III., Nov. 1. What Is
thought to be gold ore has been dis
covered on a farm near Pearl City,
IlL, it was reported today, with the
' announcement that a company had
been formed to begin mining opera
tions on 1,800 acres of land near the
village. It was said the ore was dis
covered by well diggers and that it
vss expected to yield about Sll a
ton. , ... , "
Great Honor to Have Guided
U. S. -Army, Foch Tells Legion
Marshal Praises Valor of American Soldiers in
World War in Address at Legion Convention
Says Every Obstacle to Advancement of
Forces Swept Away.
Convention ' Hall, Kansas City,
Nov. 1. Tribute to American arms
and American valor was paid by
Marshal Foch in his address before
the American Legion convention here
today.
The marshal said:
"Officers, noncommissioned officers
and soldiers of the great American
army:
"My dear comrades of the Ameri
can Legion.
"I cannot tell you how great is
my satisfaction at finding myself
amongst you, valiant soldiers of 1918,
to live again our glorious memories,
Three years ago, on the first of No-
. . V. into ' t - A !
vemuer, i7io, inc enure sinicncan
army in France took up vigorously
a pursuit of the defeated enemy and
did not halt until the Germans sur
rendered. Hour of Glory.
"Hour of glory for the American
army, a proper culmination for a
military effort, prodigious alike in its
intensity as in its rapidity. One and
all, you have had your share in it.
You may well be proud of respond
ing en masse to the call to arms of
your government in equipping, train
ing and organizing yourselves as
rapidly as possible, you had in view
only the purpose to take your place
as soon as possible in the line of bat
tle.
In numbers. 18' mouths after the
declaration of war by the United
States on Germany, the ''American
army had passed from effectives of
y.MJU officers and 1Z5.TOO men to
10,000 officers and 3,500,000 men.
Effort of organization: if. in the
month of March, 1918, you had in
France but six divisions, six months
later you had 41, of which 31 en
gaged in battle. '
Lffort in instruction: in order to
have officers, noncommissioned offi
cers and men rapidly trained, vou
multiplied in America as in France,
your schools and camps, which be
came centers of prodigious activity.
In order to arm you and camp
you the American manufacturers
worked without respite and supplied
all your needs.
Admirable effort also -in trans
Modern Croesus
Ex-Chicago Newsboy, Now Claiming Wealth From
Lucky Strike in Mexico, "Showers Down" on
, Omahans Just "to See Then Smile."
Who is- Harry M.' Phillips? ;;: V -.
He. arrived in Omaha 'yesterday
afternoon registered at ' the'- Merl
chants hotel, swas assigned to room
No., 2, and forthwith he introduced
himself to Omaha by distributing
dollars and half dollars with the
prodigality of a Croesus. "
"Harry M. Phillips, Mexico," the
visitor inscribed on the hotel regis
ter. Phillips then : engaged an open
taxicab and drove along . Harney,
Farnam and Douglas streets, of the
downtown district, throwing dollars
and half dollars to all the newsboys
he met. 'Having emptied his pockets
of coins, he returned to his hotel
room ( which, overlooks Farnam
street.' From his room window he
threw more coins to a' crowd of
newsboys. ; ' -
One newsie said he gathered up
$11.50 and another $5.50. :i
Was Once Poor Newsboy. ,
"I was a Chicago newsboy and I
know what it means to be poor,"
Phillips replied, when asked to ex
plain his unusual liberality.
Phillips said he made a fortune in
the mining business in Mexico and
is on his way to Chicago. He
gained notice in the Roslyn hotel in
Los Angeles, where' he scattered
with a few brief sweeps of his hands,
several hundred dollars among the
loungers in the lobby, according to
dispatches from there.
"I like to see people smile," was
Phillips' explanation for throwing
his coins about. This also was his
explanation in Los Angeles.
Driver Not So Lucky.
Although Phillips was reported to
have tipped Los Angeles bell boys
with $10 and $20 bills, the bell boy
who roomed him here said he re
ceived only a cigar for his trouble.
"And to think that I only got
Early Hearing on Rail
Wage Cut Is Expected
Chicago, Nov. 1. The matter of
proceeding to procure . further re
ductions in railroad employes' wages
with the object of reducing rates is
"well in hand" with the various
roads and necessary moves-to bring
the questions before the Interstate
Commerce commission and the rail
road labor board will be taken, at
once, T. DeWitt Cuyler, chairman
of the Railway Executives associa
tion, said in a telegram to W. H.
Chandler, president of the Nationa!
Industrial Traffic league.
Mr. Chandler telegraphed Mr.
Cuyler in New York to ask when
rate reductions might be expectsd.
Mr.' Cuyler replied that the roads
were awaiting wcr dfrom the Inter
state Commerce commission as to
the date for a hearing on rates and
the roads were about ready to pro
ceed in accordance with the trans
portation act in seeking authoriza
tion by the labor board for a wage
reduction.
Charles H. Anthony Dies.
Muncie, Ind. Nov. 1. Charlrfs. H.
Anthony, 63. prominent financier ot
this city and well known horseman,
died st a local hospital last night.
portation, iou swept away every
obstacle which intcrferred with.
bringing your units from the centers
ot instruction to the ports ot em
barkation.
"In France you improved the
ports of debarkation, created new in
stallations, increased the traffic of
the railroad system by work of all
kinds and. multiplied your store
houses and hospitals.
"Your shipyards were organized
for intensive production in such a
way that when the war ended you
utilized for your ocean transporta
tion almost 4,00(1,000 of marine ton
nage, instead of 94,000 available at
the beginning of the war.
"And meanwhile your splendid
war fleet, its vigilance and its fine
military qualities, protected with an
efficiency to which 1 am happy to
pay tribute here, the transportation
of your troops and material.
"A prodigious effort on the pait
of your entire nation's intelligence,
will power and energy! A prodigi
ous effort which has fitted your as
sociates with admiration and grati
tude and confounded .your enemy!
"This splendid spirit of an entire
nation we find again cn the battle
fields of France, where it was bla
zoned in the admirable virtues of
bravery and heroism.
"It was the spirit of the Second
and Third American army divisions
which, one month later, toolc part
in the battle of the Marne and dis
tinguished themselves immediately
in the operations around Chateau
Thierry and in Belleau woods.
Again it was the spirit of those five
divisions which, on July 18, par
ticipated in the victorious counter
offensive on the Tenth and Sixth
French armies between the Aisne
and the Marne. and contributed in
great measure to that victory.
Dislodged Enemy.
"Finally itwas that spirit which
animated all the American army
when on July 24 General Pershing
formed your splendid units under his
own direction.
"On September 12, 1918, the First
American army delivered its first
bittle on the soil of France. It dis-
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Reaches Omaha
$L3Q fare," 'mourned Harry Gestner,
taxi dFiver who. took Phillips on his
ride about the city.- "Wonder why
that fellow didn't want to see mc
smile, too?"
Gestner said Phillips, went into
"some bank" and got ' about $50
changed into quarters. Besides show
ering newsboys with money he gave
a youth a handful of money to take
to a woman selling papers on one
corner, according to Gestner.
Reticent About Mexico.
Although Phillips claims to have
been an exile in Mexico for a year
he said he knew little Spanish, Nor
would be name what province of
Mexico he had been in.
Phillips took a taxi to go a block
and a half to the Brandeis store bank.
"I have some other business to
transact," he said, when asked "why
the taxi" for such a short distance.
"I may stay over for the Aero
meet," he "said, when quizzed about
his plans. I think I'll go to a show
tonight."
Says Money Unlimited.
Phillips would make no comment
on his plans after his arrival in Chi
cago. He Jntimated that he might
stop at the Morrison or the Sherman
hotels there, and that he had sold
newspapers in front of both places
some 15 years ago. .""
The "man from Mexico" is youth
ful, not more than 30 years bld. He
wears a broad-brimmed sombrero,
typical of prospectors in a hot coun
try, and his face is tanned.
When asked how much money he
made in Mexico, he replied, "Enough
to last as long as I live and then
longer than that."
Phillips was disinclined to disclose
any intimate details of his life. He
insisted that it would suffice to say
that he was a' poor newsboy in Chi
cago and that he made a big finan
cial killing in Mexico.
Arms Delegates From Four
' Countries Arrive at N. Y.
New York, Nov. 1. Delegates to
the Washington conference on limi
tation of armaments from Italy,
Great Britain and China arrived in
American waters today on the steam
er Olympic from Southampton, and
were expected to land shortly after
noon. -
Included in the party were three
members of the Italian delegation
Senator Carlo Schanzer,' Senator
Lugi Albertini and Vittorio Rolandi
Ricci, Italian ambassador to the
United States Lord Lee of Fare
ham, first lord of the British admir
alty, Srinavasa Sastri, India office
delegate and Dr. V. K. Wellington
Koo, Chinese minister to Great
Britain. General Otake, a military
expert to the Japanese delegation,
also was on the Olympic.
Modified Sales Tax Plan
Is Introduced by Smoot
Washington, Nov. 1. A modified
sales tax proposal was offered today
in the senate by Senator Smoot, re
publican, Utah. It provides for a
one per cent, manufacturers tax on
all sales in excess of $6,000 and a
turn over tax of one-half of 1 per
cent on sales in excess of the seme
amount. The original Smoct pro
posal was" limited to a manufacu-ers
sales Us of J per ccut. '
Not Guilty,
Is Plea of
Promoters
McWhorten, Masse and Woh
Fraud, Plead
V.-V9
In Fe
Det
A V raw
ense Ast ...ore lime
William A. McWhorter, arretted
some time ago in Texas, charged
with using the mailt to defraud in
promotion of the William Berg Tot
ash company, made his first appear
ance in Omaha since his indictment
when he stood before Federal Judue
YVoodrough and pleaded not guil'y
yesterday.
Beside him stood Jacob Mast
and Charles Weinberg, arrested in
California on similar charges and
brought back last week by Sherift
Dark and JJcputy Mienlt Uuacken
D u sii. Masse and Holilberg were
indicted also by the recent county
grand jury. They pleaded not
guilty to the federal charge.
McWhorter is older than either
Masse or Wohlberg. He sat alone,
some distance from them. He
coughed laboriously as he stood 'be
tore tne judge.
Defense Asks More Time.
After the pleas had been entered
United States Attorney Kinsl
asked to have the trial set for No
vember 14. A. L. Sutton, counsel
for the defense, objected. He said
he must try to find William G. Ship
ley, who will be the principal de
fense witness and whose wherea
bouts are unknown to him. He also
said witnesses for the defense must
be summoned from distant places.
He asked a week in which to make
a showing for further time before
going to trial. Judge Wood rough
granted the request
"We want to know what these
bonds arc worth, too," said Mr.
Kinsler. "Are they bonds in some
wildcat, good-for-nothing' company,
or arc they real bonds that are bind
ine?"
Mr. Sutton said he would make a
showing regarding the bonds next
week.
Stormy Session Over Bonds.
Judge .Parsons of Des Moines,
who has been engaged by Masse
and Wohlberg as associate counsel
with Sutton, was present.
McWhorter, Masse and Wohlberg
are at liberty -under $25,000 - bonds
each.
After the hearing in court, at
torneys went to the office of the
clerk of the court where they had a
stormy session regarding the bonds
.of the three tnen.-
Kinsler insisted that affidavits
must be furnished him by all the
bondsmen Riving a schedule of the
amount of unencumbered property
they possess. Kinsler also will com
municate with - federal officials in
Los Anegles and Houston to get full
information regarding the bonds.
Suspected Slayer Is
Released in Casper
Casper, Wyo., Nov.-vl. Clicord
Irons, arrested by police here Sua?
day on suspicion that he was Andrew
Rolando, wanted at Lead, S. D., in
connection with the death of
Father A. B. Belknap, was reieased
list night after receipt of a photo
graph of Rolando. ' "
First Violence Reported
In New Yofk Milk Strike
. New York, Nov. 1. The first
violence marking new York's milk
strike occurred this afternoon when
after a running fight in which nearly
a dozen shots were fired, the police
arrested two men alleged 1 to have
overturned a grocer's push cart
loaded with bottled milk and to have
struck him over the head with - a
milk bottle. . . : .
Harding Calls On
November 24 As
Washington, , Nov. ' 1. President
Harding issued a proclamation last
night, designating Thursday, Novem
ber 24, as a day of thanksgiving,'
devotion and prayer and urging the
people to - give thanks "for all that
has been, rendered unto ther" and
to pray "lor a continuance of the di
vine fortune which has been shower
ed so generously upon this nation."
The proclamation follows:
'-'That season has come when,
alike in pursuance of a devout peo
ples' time-honored custom and in
grateful recognition of favoring na
tional fortunes, it is proper that the
president should summon the nation
to a day of devotion, of thanksgiv
ing for blessings bestowed and of
prayer for guidance in modes of life,
that may. deserve continuance of di
vine favor, j: , ; ...
Peace Has Returned.
"Foremost among our bessings, is
the return of peace, and the approach
to normal ways again. The year has
brought us again into relations ot
amity, with all nations, after a long
period of struggle and turbulence.
In thankfulness therefore, we may
well unite in the hope that provi
dence will vouchsafe approval to the
things we have done, the aims which
have guided us, the aspirations which
have inspired us. We shall be pros
pered as we shall deserve prosperity,
seeking not alone for the material
things but for those of the spirit, as'
well; earnestly trying to help others,
asking, before all else, the privilege
of service. 1
"As we render thanks anew lor the
exaltation which came to us, we may
fittingly petition that moderation and
wisdom shall be granted to rest upon
The German Mark-"McGinty Had
Lincoln Judges
Claim Grand Jury
Would Be Illegal
Attorney General Davis Will
File Direct Informations
Shortly Against Lincoln
Men in Stock Schemes.
Lincoln, ' Neb., Nov: l.-(Special.)
All hope for the immediate calling
of a grand jury in Lincoln was dis
sipated tonight when Judges Stew
art and Clements of the Lancaster
county district court called on At
torney General Clarence 'A. ' Davis,
and informed him that a technicality
would orevent the summoning of the
inquisitorial body at this time.' The
judges declared that the technicality
would prevent the calling' of the
grand 'jury before the next term of
court. '
The technicality, as outlined by
the judges, was that the laW pro
vides that a grand jury must be sum
moned 20 days in. advance of the
opening of the term of court. The
judges held that in view of the fact
that court now was in session, it
would be illegal to call a grand jury
at this time.
immediately following the an
nouncement, Attorney General Davis
stated that he would not wait any
longer for the court to act and that
within the next week or 10 days
he would file direct information
against approximately 12 Lincoln
men who are connected with various
stock-selling schemes whereby $20,
000,000 was procured.
U. S. to Observe
Thanksgiving Day
all who are in authority, in the tasks
they must, discharge. Their hands
will be steadied, their purposes
steadied, their purposes strengthen
ed, in answer to our prayers. . -United
States is Favored. 1
"Our has been a favored nation in
the bounty which God 1ias bestowed
upon hY The great trial of humanity,
though indeed we bore our part as
well as we were able, "left us com
paratively little scarred.. " It is for us
to recognize that we have been thus
favored and when we gather at our
altars to offer up thanks, we will do
well to pledge, in humility and all
sincerity, our purpose to prove de
serving. We have been raised up and
preserved in national power and con
sequence, as part of a plan whose
wisdom we cannot question. - -y
"Thus believing, we can do no less
than hold our nation the willjng in
strument of the providence which has
so wonderfully favored us. Oppor
tunity for very great service awaits
us if we shall prove equal to it. Let
our prayers be raised, for direction
in the right paths. Under God, our
responsibility is great; to 'our own
first, 'to all men afterward; to all
mankind in God's own justice.- ' ,
Names November 24.
"Now, therefore, I, Warren G.
Harding, president of the United
States, hereby designate Thursday,
the twenty-fourth day of November,
to be observed by the people, as a
day of thanksgiving, devotion and
prayer; urging that at their hearth
sides, and their altars, they will give
thanks for all that has been rendered
unto them, and will pray for a con
tinuance of the divine fortune which
has been showered so generously
upon this nation."
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Packing Workers
Prepare to Strike
- i
Walkout at Chicago Expected
, November 15 Tieup May
: Affect Omaha.
Chicago, Nov. 1. Leaders of the
Amalgamated Meat, Cutters and
Butcher . Workmen of North Amer
ica today were declared :to- be pre
paring for a -walkout here, Novem
ber 15, following tabulations oL bal
lots last 'night showing 35,354 men
employed in ; Chicago - plants had
voted for a strike compared with
; 3,490 against. - The ballot was a
blanket authorization to union of
ficials, to call a strike if they deemed
it necessary. . The organizations af
fected have a total membership of
about 100,000 throughout the coun-
try. 40,000 of which are in Chicago.
J. W Bums, secretary of district
M.at rutt, an(1 Butcher Workers
of North . America, expressed- - the
opinion today that any strike that
might be called in the packing in
dustry would affect workers not
only in Chicago but in other packing
house centers as well. .
Mr. Burns said, however, that he
had no ' information concerning a
strike in Omaha when his attention
was called to a Chicago dispatch' say
ing leaders of the Butcher Work
men's union were declared to be
preparing for a -walkout there No
vember 15. . -
Tennessee Man Named
'Head of Democrats
St. Louis, Nov. 1. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Cordell Hull of Car
thage, Tenn., was unanimously cho
sen chairman of the democratic na
tional committee, .to succeed George
White. Mr. White submitted his
resignation a few minutes previous to
Mr. Hull s election.
Chairman White in presenting his
resignation referred only briefly to
the differences of .opinion regarding
the chairmanship and thanked the
committee for its support.
The committee adopted resolu
tions . "condemning and denouncing"
the republican party for its alleged
failure to redeem its platform pledges
it being asserted pledges " not only
had not been redeemed, but had been
openly repudiated. The- internation
al conference on armament was en
dorsed, it being asserted the republi
cans' were forced to call the confer
ence. . .-'''-; , ,
Demo Leader in St Louis '
Slain By Auto Assassins
St. Louis, Nov. 1. William Egan,
a member of the democratic city
committee and recognized as a
"power" in local and ' state demo
cratic affair, was shot and . killed
while "standing in. the doorway 1 of
his saloon here last-, night - by uni
dentified assailants who fired at him
fromr a curtained automobile while
passing. w ;
."I don't know who shot me and
I wouldn't, tell if I did. I'm a good
sport," were Egan's dying, words.
Police claim gang feud -. is re
sponsible for Egan's, death.. ,
Omaha Policeman Finds .
Buddie After 20 Years
Kansas City, Mo., Nov.; 1. (Spe
cial.) F. A. Heller, Omaha police
man, was stopped on the street to
day by a "buddie" he hadn't seen for
years. - , . . .
The. "buddie" was E. A.vForsythe
of Wenatchee, Wash., sheriff of
Chelan county. Heller and he were
members of Company G, Second
Nebraska regiment, and fought in
the Philippines 23 years ago. They
hid not seen each other in 20 years, t
Nothing On Me!"
Trust Company
Follows in Wake
Of Fremont Bank
"Assets Frozen Stiffer Than
Polar Regions," Says Hart
Receiver Will Be
Named.
Lincoln, Nov. 1. (Special)
Secretary Hart of the state "depart
ment of trade and commerce, on his
return from Fremont today, said the
assets of thje Fidelity Trust com
pany of Fremont are "frozen stiffer
than the Polar regions." This is a
subsidiary of the First National
bank of Fremont, which closed its
doors yesterday. .
. The reason for closing the trust
company also, Hart said, was that
it was financed solely by the bank.
The trust company's assets Consist
of farm mortgages, real estate bonds
and real estate.
. State Takes Charge.
' R. C. King, chief of the state
banking bureau, was sent to Fre
mont to take charge of the trust
company. r
Mr. Hart stated that deposits by
other Nebraska banks in the First
National bank of Fremont are small
and that its failure will not cause
serious embarrassment to these
banks.
The trust company was capital
ized for $100,000. Frank B. Knapp
is president.; Frank Koss, vice presi
dent, and James A. Donohue, secre
tary and treasurer. ,
Receiver Named.
It has been understood generally
that the Fidelity trust has been on
thin ice for the last several months
and the tumbling of the First Na-
tional carried the trust company
with it.
The trust company occupied the
same offices as the First National
bank and when the latter was closed
a notice was posted stating that the
Fidelity . would re-open as soon as
offices could be located. The ex
aminers, however, announced this
morning that the business must go
into the hands of the receiver.
No Bids Received for U. S.
. Railroad in Washington
Portland, Ore., Nov. I.-h-No bids
were received when the time expired
for receiving sealed proposals for
purchase of the government's spruce
production railroad in Clallam coun
ty, Washington, and the associated
mill at Port Angeles. '
A minimum price of $1,300,000 for
the railway and sawmill, or S 1,000,
000 for the' railway and $500,000 for
the sawmill separately was fixed by
the spruce ' production corporation.
These valuations are far below . the
cost or reproduction value of the
properties, agcording to the officers.
The Weather
Forecast
Iowa: Fair Wednesday and Thurs
day; somewhat warmer in east por
tion Wednesday.
. Nebraska: Fair Wednesday and
Thursday; not much change in temperature.-
Hourly Temperatures.
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Highest Tuesday.
Chtyenne Stl Rapid Cltjr
Davenport ...Stl Rait Lake .
Denver 4 Santa Fa .
Dodae CKr . ... .e Sheridan '.
Lander ... Sioux City
juti,i
.orrn I'luiir t llVQlint ,
I4
Nati onal
Coal Strike
Threatened
Union Officials Regard Court!
Ruling Againtt Checking
Off System As Violation
Of Agreement
Walkout Only Weapon
t.
I7 Th Auoclatod FrtM,
Indianapolis, Nov. 1. A nation
wide strike of coal miners seemed",
inevitable tonight, if operators heed
the injunction issued by Federal
Judge A. B. Anderson, which pro
scribed the check-off of union dues,
A telegram sent late today from ,
headquarters of the United Mlnej
Workers, after it had been definitely;
learned that the injunction was nott
yet in effect, advised union official
to regard discontinuance of thai
check-off as breaking the existing
wage agreement. ,
The telegram, signed by Presi
dent John L Lewis, Vice President!
Phillip Murray and Secretary WiU
liam Crrm uirf: "Anv abroeatiori
or setting aside of. any part or seoa
tion of this agreement, including th
section providing for the checking
off of dues and assessments, cannof
be regarded as other than a viola
tion of the agreement and should bJ
treated accordingly by the district oti
ficers and local unions.
Strike Only Weapon.
It was said authoritatively that thft
intprnatinnal offices regarded th4
strike as the union's only weapon tci '
enforce a contract, ine telegram),
was sent to officials in 16 states
where the check-off provision otw
tains and where 350.000 of the 5S0
000 union miners are employed.
I he telegram saia:
"As a rec If nf ttic dixairreemeni
between the United Mine Workers -
of America and the coal operators
in the tall ot my. it was suggested.
by the government of the United .
af-a that the miners - and the OD4
erators submit all their difference
to a commission appointed by tha
president, said commission to havej "
full authority to render an awarrL
The United Mine Workers agreed
to this program and the commission
in due time, rendered an award
which they decided must be written,"
into the form of an agreement oy
xnA hntuiopti trio mat nnprators and
the United Mine Workers to be itt
effect until March 31. 19ZZ. , '
' Agreement Signed in 1920. .
"Cnllntuincr ronrlittnn nf thit award
by the United Stales bituminous coal
COmull&Slulv-fUlll.llvuiiiH unuv v;7
ernmental authority.Jhe- president, in
a letter addressed to the coat oper
ators and the United Mine" Work
crs, commanded both sides to meet .
in joint conference and duly execute
such agreement as directed by the
Dltuminous coal commimuu, awua nj
done, and the agreement was duly.
signed in ew xorx, jviarcn oi, jv.
"It is, therefore, obvious that said
joint agreement cannot be modified
or changed in any of its provisions
until its expiration, March 31, 1922.
Any abrogation or setting aside of.
any part or section of this agree
ment, including the action providing
for the checking off of union due
and assessments, cannot be regard
ed as other than a violation of the
agreement and should be treated act
cordingly by the district officers ancj
local unions within your jurisdio .
tion." . - . - ''-;., !; - r '
States into which the message was"
cant wPrP Ppnnevlvania. West Vir
ginia, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Mis
rouri, Kentucky, Michigan, Kansas,
Iowa, , Oklahoma, : Arkansas, Texas,
Wyoming, Montana and Washingt6n
Majority for Nestos
Likely to Be 4,200:
Fargo, N. D., Nov. 1. (?y Thfe
Associated Press.) The majority df
R. A. Nestos, independent for goveiv
nor, as shown in unofficial returns
checked in most cases with county
auditors, apparently will be around
4,200. With only 20 precincts missf
ing, he had a lead of 4520 over Gov
ernor Frazier, nonpartisan,"" early
this afternoon in a total of 217,3??
votes. The count for the 2,082 ptf
cincts stood: Nestos, 110,9Slr aUPq.
Frazier 106,431. - - . " -
Continuation of the State Eankfil
North Dakota, a nonpartisan leagu .
fostered institution, under the indc
pendent administration - chosen' in '
Friday's recall election, was indicated
in r.rnrne trtrlav nnintincr tn itpfeac
of the proposed law for liquidation
of the bank.
While the independent candidates
for governor, attorney general and'
commissioner ot agriculture an
labor were successful, according to
unofficial returns, these same return
indicated , a likelihood that all pro
posed amendments and laws had
been defeated, it was admitted at tor
dependent tabulation headquarters
here.
Grain Prices Tumhle to
Lowest Prices of 1921"
Chicaeo. Nov. 1. Grain price
nor,irn c.v.rp titmrtl t Ana V
carrying wheat and ,-oats down to
the lowest level reached for 1921",
About 6c a bushel was cut from ths
value of wheat for future delivery.
fo imirninir $1 Ori'4 a romnared
with $1.12 to $1.124 at yesterday-
finish. LacK 01 Buying was a ica
ture. '
Estimates wat the world crop of
wheat totalled 88,000,000 bushels.
more than last year had a tendency
to discourage holders and to Aeltt. -
hntrincr frtm evnnrt huainat
however, developed as a result of thi-
break. . - ..5
Lady Lanrier Dies. ? , Y
Ottawa, Nov. 1. Lady' Laurie?,
aged 79, widow of (Sir Wilfred
I.auner, former prime minister of
Canada, died at her home toda '
after a short illness, '