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The Omaha Daily Bee
TWO CENTS
VOL 51 NO. 181.
OMAHA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14. 1922.
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Strikers
Enjoined
b v C o ur t
Ex-Senator
J. H. Millard
Death Takes One of Pioneer
Bankers of Middle West
Congress
to Pass on
Congress Would Bake a Bonus Pie for the Soldier But
. ' . First He Must Catch the Rabbit
Succumbs
Ford Offer
Action Antiuiinred at Cloc of
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Widely Kiiowii itaiikcr Slrick
en Suddenly Vfliile Attend,
ing Hoard of Direc tor
Meeting utfl'uwrr C.
Came to Nebraska In '56
J.-rph H. M
Uin.ih Itankrr,
iiit, 85. pioneer
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apoplexy iliti Itt).
tuitip.tny !io.iri
)i-ttrrday alien
iliire'or merlin;?
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lljfl'd lit 4 lui-L'il.ll.
lii rould he
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rinrri il lu-t before I lie
ailjoiitinni ii
Ma briny
fvi i lie mri'iiiiK, w Iiit U
!d in llir nowrr rum.
p.tlif I'ltn
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health .Jill ti:nl lauuluU anil inked !
dmiiijf JWie mi . Iin.
lrVI. O. Itiidur. bis iiliv-iiciati.
';iiniii,iMiril. lie died at S oVhnk
without trtiiiic consiioiisiH'-i.
Jli graud'tnii, lUitoTi Millard, w.i
i-allrd lr m hide before death.
"I"lic body wn removed to hi home
iit 500 Souii Thirty-eighth street.
Re-Elected to Post.
Mr. Millard had lircu re-elected
thaijuian of the hoard of director
of tin Omaha National bank last
Tuesday. lli had retired as presi
dent of the hank January 1, 1919,
and since has I urn chairman of the
hoard of dri --.trs. A year and a halt
ao Mr. Millard Miffcrrd an attack
sitnilar to the one yesterday. He
was confined to hi hed for several
weeks at that time. For many
. mouths past, however, he has heen
at his desk in the Omaha National
every day.
Senator Six Years.
Mr. Millard was United States
senator from 1901 to 1907 and was
president of the Omaha National
bank for nearly half a century. He
was the oldest banker in Omaha,
measuring both years of business and
age. During the entire half century
he has been closely identified with
the financial interests and progress
of the city.
Mr. Millard was born on a farm
ncar Hamilton, Ont., Can., in April,
1836. His father was a nitive of
Massachusetts and his mother, Eliza
beth Hopkins, -was a native of New
Jersey, Hij early education was
acquired in the common schools.
The humble circumstances of his
family prevented his regular' attend
ance. When he was 14 years old
ais parents became residents of
Jackson county, Iowa, and there be
received district school training a
well as training in the tilling of the
soil.
Entered Land Agency.
""At the age of 18 Mr. Millard left
his father's homestead and journeyed
to Omaha, then a country village,
arriving October, 1856. At that time
the country'around Omaha was be-
(Turn to Fare Two, Column Six.)
Dead Financier Given
High Praise by Barlow
.Mitton T. Barlow, chairman of the
hoard of directors of the United
States National bank, and next to
' loscph'H. Millard the oldest Omaha
banker, was notified of Mr. Millard's
death at the Omaha club.'
"Mr. Millard has been here ever
since the commencement of the
tity," he said. "He has been a great
influence for good.and a powerful in
fluence for progress, not only m
Omaha, hut throughout the state. He
was rewarded by being elected to the
fenatorship. ; '
"Mr. Mill'.rd's death will be a blow
to all Omaha bankers. He has al
ways been a leader, and he has the
respect of his competitors."
Jail Sentence for
Omahan Is Reversed
Lincoln. Tan. 13. (Special.) E. R.
Necdham. 6002 Florence boulevard,
wealthy Omahan, won a victory in
the supreme court ' today. That tri
bunal reversed a jail sentence of 15
days imposed on him in Omaha po
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lice court an arnrnieu oy mc uiomi-i
i court on a charge of driving an auto
mobile recklessly while intoxicated.
The court held there was not suffi
cient evidence to prove he was in
toxicated. Attorney General Davis vigorously
opposed reversing the sentence, im
posed by the lower courts.
Plattsmouth Losing Out
, on Fines, Due to State Law
Plattsmouth, Neb., Jan. 13. (Spe
cial.) The state law which prevents
more than one justice of peace be
ing elected or -appointed jn cities
of riaUsmouth's size is costing the
city a neat sum monthly in fines.
When Judge M. Archer, veteran po
. lice magistrate, became ill some
weeks ago, the matter of an addi
tional appointment was laid before
the county commissioners. In the
meantime city cases were being tried
before the county judge and fines
reverting to the county. Now that
the law has been found adverse to
such action, the only solution lies
' in securing the resignation of Judge
Archer, which has not been forth
coming, or to continue the trial of
rases before the county judge until
the expiration of Mr. Archer's term,
nearly a year hence.
Troops to Newport, Ky.
Newport. Ky.. Jan. 13. Two. ad
ditional companies of Kentucky
. trn tiv heen ordered to New
port by Gov. Edwin P. Morrow of
Kentucky to aid in handling the
strike situation, wnkli, it is said, is
becoming more aente daily at the
plant of the Newport rolling mills,
where a strike has been in progress
for more than a month, it was an
nounced tonight
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Joseph II.
Congress Favors
Drastic Action
in Packer Strike
Efforts to End Walkout by
Arbitration Determined
Upon at Conference
Held in Washington.
Washington, Jan. 13. Efforts -to
bring about government arbitration
of the strike of packer employes
were determined upon at a confer
ence attended by about SO representa
tives in congress. Representative
Knutson of Minnesota announced
after the meeting that "if the efforts
to bring about arbitration . should
prove ineffectual, drastic action by
congress would follow."
Congressmen from all sections of
the country and representing all in
terests, Mr. Knutson said, expressed
themselves as favoring government
action in connection with the strike
and a committee was named to wait
on Secretaries Davis. Hoover and
Wallace to take up the matter with
them. This committee includes Rep
resentatives Keller ' of Minnesota,
chairman; Haugen of Iowa, Knut
son of Minnesota, Reavis of Ne
braska, Nolan of California, Sabath
of Illinois, Oldfield of Arkansas,
Kleczka of Wisconsin and Woodruff
of Michigan. . - .
"A number of those present," Mr.
Knutson declared, "commented upon
the inconsistency of the packers in
opposing arbitration. It was recalled
that in 1917, when labor was scarce
and the market active, the packers'
requested the government to inter
cede in similar circumstances, with
.satisfactory results. But now that
the problem of unemployment is
acute, they refuse to arbitrate."
Court Asked to Expedite
- Packer Control -Test Case
Washington, Jan. 7. The su
preme court will be asked to ex
pedite action of the case to test the
constitutionality of the packer con
trol act, it was said today at the
department of justice, to clear up the
question of its validity as soon as
possible. ..;
Representatives of the commission
merchants of Chicago, who appealed
from the Chicago courts where ' a
stay of the operation of the act was
refused, conferred recently with Sor
licitor General Beck, and agreed
that the government should seek
expedition of the case. ,. ,
The :
Sunday Bee
For All
the Family
Lysander started out with a flivver of ancient vintage.vague
longings and high amhitions. Then along came Phyllis and
trouble, and Amy. What happened i3 told in .
"The Dauntless Lysander"
By Winona Godfrey y
This Blue Ribbon story of romance and fate and adventure is
one of the offerings extraordinary of next Sunday's Bee.
Ii "Where the Eye Is Quicker Than the Ear" is the title of a
page of pictures in nest Sunday's Rotogravure Section, illus
trating vividly work and play of children at the Nebraska
School for the Deaf.
Starting Sunday, The Bee will publish a series of plans of
economical "Homes of Comfort," containing many helpful
suggestions to persons planning new homes for 1922. An
arrangement has been made so that Bee readers may obtain
working drawings of any of the series through Adams &
Kelly, Omaha. ' .
U Other regular Sunday Bee features include"-"HappylandV' the
special page for children, and The Married Life of Helen
and Warren," by Mabel Herbert Urner. The tenth of the
series of lessons on piano playing, arranged by W. Scott
Grove, will appear nest Sunday.
A
Millard.
Poincare Seeks
to Form Cabinet
to Follow Briand
Sentiment in French" Parlia
ment Favors Invitation to
Briand to Resume
Power.
Paris. Jan. 13.-(By A. P.)-Ray-mond
Poincare, former president of
France, was seeking today to form
a cabinet to succeed that under Aris
tide Briand, which resigned yester
day. The manner of M. Briand's dra
matic exit, however, while on the ap
parent verge of an overwhelming
vote of confidence in the chamber of
deputies, has caused a certain reac
tion in his .favor, and besides, M.
Poincare has a strong opposition in
parliament. Neither is the former
president too popular with a large
section of the general public.
Added to this, many members ot
parliament hold that President Mil
lerand, according to constitutional
practice, should invite M. Briand to
resume power with another combi
nation of ministers, inasmuch as he
was not beaten by a vote in parlia
ment. M. Briand, however, stated
to newspaper men last night that his
resignation was "absolutely final."
In accordance with custom, the pres
ident has asked the members of the
Briand cabinet to conduct their de
partments until a new ministry can
be formed. ,
M. Millerand and Poincare in a
conversation last night decided that
if the latter formed a ministry the
conference broken off at Cannes
would be resumed by the new pre
mier after an understanding had been
reached between the heads of the
governments of the allied powers.
Dan Morris of Kearney.
Touted for Governor
Kearney, Neb., Jan. 3. (Special
Telegram.) The democratic .county
central committee of Buffalo county,
Nebraska, plans to present at the
state central committee meeting at
Omaha, Saturday,. January 14, the
name of Dan Morris of Kearney, one
of central Nebraska's best known
business men, successful banker and
patron of education, as a candidate
for the democratic nomination for
governor ; ; t -
For ah
the Family .
.i xjiiVI k Uetween Vt
.... iii i'-t tcturer and
Weeks to Submit Report
It? lb A-wli4 rnu,
WVhiiiktun, Jan. U Henry
r.tfd' irr t .iirrhae and lrae
the Blvrttimf"t' nitrate and watrf
potter protect at Murlc Shols.
Ala., til lie rrfrrrrd 4o contarM
fur riiial tlni-inn. it a announced
today at the rniiilujiion of confer
riiiTS between government ollicil
and Mr. l"onl. Accompanying the
I'ord propo-.il when it i tranmiitt'd.
Srerrurv Week said. probably
would br the two offers received
from Frederick Eitostritni of W'iU
miniiton; N. C, and C C. Tinkler of
San Francisco.
The decii"ii to forward the three
offers t the legislative branch' of
the Kovtriuui-nt, it was slated, was
reached after consideration of the
question by executive officials lasting
more than six month.
Actual transmission of the pro
posals is not expected for at least
two weeks. It was explained that
the Ford proposal first would be
drafted in Contract form bv officers
of the War department and submit
ted to Mr. Ford for bis signature be
fore it was submitted to congress.
Weeks to Make Report
While th legal departments arc
working on the contract, it was stat
ed, Secretary. Weeks would prepare
a report for congress containing
"comments" for their information.
Some officials said they believed it
would require a week to prepare the
contract and probably another week
or more to obtain the signature of
Mr. Ford. The contract will be sent
to Mr. Ford when it is drafted. .
Secretary Weeks said he was dis
appointed that Mr. Ford declined to
agree to certain modifications of his
p;ans, which were held desirable by
his conferees. One of these was
known to be that affecting the re
duction of the 100-year lease period.
The principal modification agreed to
by Mr. Ford was to guarantee pay
ment of 4 per cent interest on the
cost of construction of dams Nos.
2 and 3, regardless of the cost, where
as at first he offered interest only on
?28,000,000.
Task for Congress.
It was explained that Mr. Ford's
refusal to accept the modification pro
posed for reduction of the 100-year
term probably would give congress
an added task in connection with its
consideration of the offer. Existing
laws regulating lease of properties
possessed by the federal government,
it was explained, limit the period of
maximum lease to less than a cen
tury and congress probably would
have to modify the statutes in the
event it decided to accept the Ford
proposal.' - .
Mr. Ford, however, was said to be
unwilling to agree to a shorter tini
the financial investment he would,
make would involve a greater amount
of monev than he was prepared o
pend under any period less tnan iuu
years.
Several members of both the house
and senate made no effort tonight to
disguise their fears that both houses
of congress would be divided on the
question. While acceptance will be
urged by many members from the
south, it was anticipated that no
small number from other sections or
the country would oppose its accept
ance.
Three Slayers Are
Executed in Sing Sing
Ossining, N. Y., Jan. 13. Edward
Persons, William Marwcg and Ray
mond F. Mulford, convicted murder.
crs, were put to death in the electric
chair at sing Sing prison last night
following Governor Miller's refusal
to .interfere with execution of the
sentences.
Persons' sister, Miss Margaret Per
sons, ot Cleveland, U., continued the
fight for her brother s life until yes
terday afternoon, when Governor
l.i illcr refused to hear her plea at the
executive onice in Albany,
Persons was convicted of the mur
der of George Klinger, a taxicab
driver, in Jamestown.
Harry Williams, co-defendant with
Persons, pleaded guilty, turned state's
evidence and was sentenced to, life
imprisonment. Klinger was shot and
his body burned on a hay pile.
Mafweg was found guilty of par
ticipating in the killing Of George
Weitz, a Buffalo jeweler. Mulford,
whose confederate, Floyd Slover. is
awaiting death here, was convicted of
killing Abraham Yelles, a Buffalo
clothier, on Thanksgiving day, 1920.
Two Arizona Murderers
Executed on Friday, 13
Phoenix, Jan. 13. Tomas Roman
and Ricardo Lautcrio, convicted of
murders in Maricopa county, were
hanged before dawn today in the
state penitentiary at Florence.
.Each of the condemned men faced
death stoically. Before ,thi trap
was sprunk Roman denied he was
guilty of the crime for which he was
dying. , . . .
Roman was found guilty of having
killed August Hintze during a raid
on a store in Tempe, Ariz., while
Lauterio was sentenced for having
killed Adelina Sosa, his sweetheart.
N. Y. Evening Post Sold.
New York, Jan. 13. Sale of
Thomas W. Lamonfs controlling
interest in the New York Evening
Post to a syndicate headed by Edwin
F. Gay, now president, of the News
paper corporation, was announced
today. More than 30 persons are
said to be members of the syndicate, j
Salesman Nabbed
Through Letters
Sent to Lincoln
Hunger for Publicity Undoing
of Fugitive ' Accused of
Misrepresenting Stock
to Widow.
Lincoln, Jan. 13. (Special.)
Hunger for publicity proved the un
doing of Perry Anthony, Lincoln
stock salesman, arrested at Winni
peg, Canada, today by State Sheriff
Ous Hvers on a charge ot misrep
resenting stock sold to a Lincoln
widow.
Anthonv was . first , arrested at
Junction City, Kan.,s and was taken
from there to Kansas City where he
was placed in jail pending arrival
of Nebraska officers.
Fails to Surrender,
When a deputy state ."sheriff
arrived in Kansas City he said he
was told by Kansas City polfce that
Anthony narrated such a good story
of injured innocence and a desire to
return to Lincoln, : unaccompanied,
to clear the charges against him,
that oolice took him to the station
and put him on a Lincoln tram: But
Anthony failed to surrender to ofr
licers as he promised,
A' few davs later, letters written
by Anthony from a Chicago-Duluth
train were received and published 1y
Lincoln newspapers at his request,
In these letters Anthony declared a
stock salesman wasn't nearly as
guilty in selling bogus stock as the
officials of the stock company. While
he was gone a grand jury was called
at Lincoln to determine the guilt of
certain officials of stock selling con
cerns. v '
Traced by Letters.
Hyers , obtained the letters and
started out in search of Anthonyt
going first to Duluth. Anthony has
just one arm and tracing him was
made easier. Today, C. E. Matson,
county attorney, received the follow
ing telegram trorn iiyers at Winnipeg:-
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"Anthony arrested. Postmarks on
letters to newspapers gave me clue
and followed him to Duluth. then
to Winnipeg, where I caught him."
Grand Jury Can Meet t
Any Time, Court Holds
Lincoln, Jan. 13. (Special.) The
Nebraska suoreme court plowed
thrmio'lt numerous technicalities of
the law today and issued an opinion
that district judges may call a grand
jury at any lime when in their opinion
public welfare and justice demand
it.' ,
This point came up in the appeal
of Lewis J. Pinn, convicted in Kear
ney county oil : a perjury charge
growing out of a grand jury indict
ment. Finn's attorneys declared
the conviction was illegal because
the jury was called during a district
court term and declared that a tech
nicality of the law states it could
only be called at the beginning of
a term. -
The Lincoln grand jury, recom
mended by Attorney General Davis
in October, was delayed by Lancast
er' .county judges because of ' this
technicality and was not called until
opening of the January term.
To Aid Unemployed.
Lynn. Mass., Jan. 13. Employes
of the General Electric company here
voted to devote 1 per cent of their
earnings to provide a fund of $15,000
to aid employes who have been laidt
off during the winter.
Harding Opposed
to Merging Bonus
and Refund Bills
President Said to Regard Plan
As Impractical Urges
" Definite Provision for
: ; : Payment.
Washington Jan. 13. President
Harding does not look with favor on
the sueccstion before senate repuu
l-'can leaders that the soldiers' bonus
and the allied debt refunding bill
should be combined when taken up
at this session of congress. Although
the merger , plan was favored by a
number of senate leaders, the presi
dent was said to regard it as imprac
tical and his view was reflected in
further conferences today between
senate leaders.
The president's objections to the
mereer were said bv callers at the
White House to be based on his de
sire for the assurance that prov'siorj
would be made tor payment or tne
bonus. So far as the refunding bill
is concerned, he was said to believe
that the refunding process should be
developed to insure returns from the
allied loans before steps were taken
to pledge them for a bonus.
He was represented, however, as
not hostile to the suggestion that the
interest or principal of the allied
loans be used for paying the bonus
once they were available, and it was
stated definitely that he would not
oppose a sales tax for the purpose of
paying the bonus, it congress snouia
decide upon that plan.
The president, however, was said
to regard as impractical a sugges
tion that over $400,000,000 in the
hands of the alien property custodian
be used for bonus payments. These
funds, it was said, were regarded as
oledeed technically to private in
dividuals whose property was taken.
Supreme Court Cuts
Heart Balm Award
Lincoln, 'Jan. 13. (Specials
Stories told by a man to his fiancee
during courtship days of the prop
erty he owns is taken with a grain
of salt by the Nebraska supreme
court. .
A judgment for $7,500 granted to
Etta V. Iliggins of Beat,ri:e in a
breach of promise suit against Ira
R. Dotv of Adams, based, it is
claimed, oil prenuptial discussions by
the prospective bridegroom ct yie
wealth he possessed, was reduced to
$5,000 today by the high court.
Testimony introduced proved that
Dotv's "eves were bigger than his
stomach," so to" speak, when a real
inventory of his property w?s taken
and while s the conversational value
of his property would stand a $7,500
judgment, the actual value would
not.
The Weather
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Burch Smiles as
Fate Is Placed
in Jury's Hands
Man Charged With Murder
Pleased That Case Ends on
Friday, the 13 Sure
v . of Acquittal.
Los Aueeles. Jan. 13. The case of
Arthur C. Burch, accused of murder
ing J. Belton Kennedy here August
5. was sriven to the jury at 3:57
nYlnrlr this afternoon.
Burch smiled as the 10 women and
two men filed out of the courtroom.
He often had said he hoped his fate
would be out in the hands of the
jurors on a Friday, the 13th day of
the month. The case went to trial
citrht weeks ago. . -
District Attorney W'oolwine coil;
rludcH the final argument at
o'clock
Burch smiled and some women
inrnrs went as Woolwine closed the
final argument with a description of
the "desolation", of the ; parents of
the. murdered boy,, as he cnar
acterized Kennedy.
Burch seemed in high good humor
as he was led awav to jail. He ex
pressed confidence that he would be
found not guilty. .
Judge Sidney N. Reeve's instructions
to the jury occupied half an hour and
included, beside definitions of first
and second degree murder, the state
mcnt that for the jury to determine
that Burch was insane, it would have
to find that he did not understand the
nature of the act alleged to have
been committed in the slaying of
Kcnnedv. '
Mrs. Belle Harris! the 13th or al
ternate juror, was excused at the con
clusion of the arguments. She de
clined to discuss the evidence, saying
that she was not called upon to ren
der a verdict and "had none to give.
Both of today s sessions of court
were given over, in main io argu
ment by the district attorney, who
called Burch a "miserable, cowardly
little assassin." operating in a "foul
conspiracy." lie caned Mrs. iviaaa
lvnna Obenchain. indicted jointly
with Burch and who is in jan await
ing trial, the arch-conspirator in a
plot whereby Kennedy was slain.
Two Indians Shot to
Death by Farm Woman
Timber Lake. S. D., Jan. 13: The
bodies of two Ind ans. killed instant
ly when Mrs. A. PfalT, living i
miles south of Isabel, shot them with
a shotgun from the door, of her ranch
home, are held here awaiting further
developments in the . case, wh-ch
involves three; two directly with the
murders, and one with selling liquor
to the Indians.
According to the story told by the
Pfaff woman, the Indians attempted
to force an entrance into her house;
she picked up the gun and fired one
shot, the entire cnarge taking cnect
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in tne Dooies or tne two reamns.
Investigation showed the heads of
both bodies were practically demol
ished by the force of the shot.
Cedar Rapids Oil Company
Sold to New York Firm
Cedar Rapids,' la.. Jan. 13. The
Cedar Rapids Oil company, doing
business in Iowa, Minnesota, South
Dakota and Nebraska, one of the
largest independent concerns of its
kind in the middle west, has been
sold to the Cities Service ompany
of New York city. The sale price
is reported as approximately
$1,000,000.
Packers Granted hesttvWiing
Order by Judge Wade
Petitions Say Unions Con
spired to Prevent Trade.
Hearing Is Set for Jan. 23
The AmiiMir, Swift C'inUhy ami
Dold 1'siking companies jmlerdsy
carried (he parking home workers'
strike into the federal court.
At 11:45 jeoerday morning l ed.
crl Judge Martin J. Wade igned a
temporary restraining ordf gaint
the unions and strikers, prohibit ing
them from doing a number of things
and ordering thrui to appear in fed
eral court January 23 l 10 li show
cause why the temporary injunction
should not be tMurd.
' List of Defendants.
The suit Is directed at the Amalga
mated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen of North America, district
council No.5, Jacob L. Davis, vice
president; J. W. Burns, business
manager; Frank Lauer, president ot
the local council; Robert K. Hunter,
secretary: Milton Hunter, and the
following locals of this dislrirt:
Cattle Butchers, local No. 28;
James Phinney, president.
Pork Butchers, No. J3;.Eniil I.e.
vims, president.
Sheep Butchers; Charles Heldt,
president.
Mechanics, No. 41; T. J. Hurless,
president.
Laborers. No. 60Z; B. A. Finncrty, .
president.
Casing ' Workers, No. 44; Mike
Shumeny, president.
Beef Boners, No. 326; C. Fran
cisco, president.
Coopers' International of Nortli
America, No. 21; Fred Broderson,
president.
Canning Workers, local No. 333
George Osborne, president.
Charges Restraint of Trade.
The petition charges the strikers
with entering into a combination De
cember 5, 1921, in restraint of trade
among the states and with foreign
countries, in violation of the act of
congress of 1890. ,
It. charges they conspired to pre
vent packers from carrying on their
business by annoying and harassing
employes, posting pickets, throwing
bricks, brickbats, clubs and by jeer
ing "Scabs," by threatening families
of workmen and by employing spies
throughout the city ' to learn how
many employes are rt work.
"Unless this illegal combination is
enjoined, it will be impossible for
your complainants to carry on their
business of meat packing and dis
tributing their products," the petition
reads.
The packing house workers' strike
is now nearing the end of its sixth
week. . . .
One Man Killed.
. Dozens of workers have been beat- ,
en up. one man killed, shots have
been fired at, the homes of workers,
bricks have been . thrown through
windows and a great number ot
threats have been made.
Union officials have advised the
strikers throughout to . refrain from
any violence or. unlawful acts. -
At-the hearing on the question ot
a temporary injunction only six wit
resses will be allowed for each side.
Any number of affidavits may be
filed. . . ...
Violence in Packer
Strike Is Described
" T.inrAlr. Tan. 11 fnaMn1 T1
gram.) Deputy United States Mar-
.. i. i t -ii--! ,
Mieti j. v, Meaning returned lonignt
from Mphraka Cxtv Vi InM
ficials for avowed purpose of ' im
pressing upon tliem need of more
StrAntlAflC r-i Q n rl t Iti rr r( (Ua nn.1rl'H
. liuiiuwilg jt lilt JfaV,llll
house strike there. McClung said:
An out-or-town Nebraska youth,
who went there to work Thursday
night, was dragged from a taxicab
furnished hv ra1frc in l,ti1-
. J j' - - - -J .V .1 ... . 11,
ployes from the station and was beat
en. He was taSrtt harlr tn tUm tlillnn
and ordered to leave town. Three
policemen were at the station.
- "On Weflnerlav a ffrnun rf uapL.'
ing men and women were attacked
wnne waiting tor a ous to convey
them to . the plant The assailants
fled, firm? rpvnlvers in ihe air uhn
the bus approached." , . i
Thief Suspect Identified
as Escaped State Convict
Allen ' Woods. ' nearro. arrested
Thursday at 2537 Hamilton street,
was identified Friday bv Bertillon
Officer p.d Duda as "Spencer Wil
liams." who escaped from the peni
tentiary at Lincoln in July, 1910.
Woods was identified by four
Omaha persons Thursday as the lone
burglar who awakened his Victims in
the dead of night to rob them. Mr.
Harold Coutts, 201 1 North Six
teenth street, identified him as the.
robber who beat her and her hus
band over the head with a Bun on
the night of January 6. Woods was
sent to prison in March, 1910, under
the name of "Williams," for high
way robbery, according to Bertillon
records. Detectives Treelia and
Tom Fanner arrested him Thursday
at his home.
Steamers Collide in Fog.
, Vancouver, B. C Jan, U The
steamships Wakena, an American
boat, and the Princess Mary of the
Canadian Pacific line, collided in a
fog in the Gulf of Georgia today and
both ships were damaged, according
to word reaching here. The Wake;
came on to Vancouver and the Mary
returned to Nanaimo, .
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