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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-27
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Four men were wounded, two crit
ically, in a pistol battle at William
son, w. Va. ~ % e.. ..-
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois
railroad has announced an increase in
pay Of 2 cents an hour to all machin-
lists. . ....
The condition of the shah of Persia
has taken sharp turn for the worse
and his death is expected from hour
to hour : ...-,
The cotton harvest in Central Asia
is extremely good, 1900 carloads in
stead of the usual 10000 being avail
able for export.
Fire originating from defective
gas lighting system destroyed three
business block in Perry, Ia. The
loss aggregates 100000.
General Joseph K. Hudson, one of
the best known editors and publishers
In the West, is ill at Topeka, Kan,
with peritonitis and acute indigestion.
The summit of Mount Vesuyius is
covered with snow, producing a pic
tureSQue effect. Snow has also filled
cracks in the volcano resulting from
the recent eruption.
London is covered with two inches
of snow and advices from the country
districts announce that deep drifts are
interfering with the distribution of
the mails and railway traffic.
Mrs. Rosa l.. Segur of, Toledo, O.,
pioneer woman suffragist, is dead at
Dallas, Tex, aged seventy-three years.
Mrs. Segur was closely identified with
the suffragist movement ever since it's
inception in America.
The coroner's jury has returned a
verdict of unavoidable accident" in
! its inquest over the body of Samuel
West,- the fourteen-year-old colored
boy who was run over and killed by
Joseph Letters automobile at Wash.
ingtOn
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SUGGESTED BY NELSON
/. |
MINNESOTA SENATOR WOUND IN.
cLuDE ANTITRUST CLAUSE
IN LAND LEASES.
/. -
BILL N COURSE Of PREPARATION
INTENDED TO CARRY OUT REC
CONCENTRATIONS OF RECENT
Il SPECIAL MESSAGE. !

Washington, Dec. 2f.-Senator Mel
son of Minnesota, a member of the
committee on public lands, has In
course of preparation bill intended
to carry out the recommendations Of
President Roosevelt in his recent spe-
cial message dealing with the public
land questions and especially with
respect to frauds in connection with
the grabbing of lands containing val
liable deposits of coal and gas.
It is the plan of Senator Nelson's
measure, as he has outlined it, to
connect with leasing system cover
ing these valuable lands features Of
the Sherman antitrust law, forbid
ding the leasing to individuals or cor
porations entering into any combina-
lions in restraint of trade in interstate
commerce, this being the way most
easily opened to dealers in commodi-
ties such as coal and oil to raise prices.
Under the plan Mr.. Nelson will pro-
pose the lands will be leased and upon
the violation by the leasing company
Of, any provisions of the lease the
right to cancel by the government
shall Immediately arise. The leasing
companies are to pay royalty to the
government and the regulations I'M
der which the operations are to be
conducted will be prepared under gov
ernment direction.
President Roosevelt in his special
message relating to the public lands
called special attention to the frauds
which have been perpetrated He said
among other things that "the present
system puts premium on fraud" and
he suggested that the evils be cured
by a policy which shall open the lands
to lease under government regula-
lions and proper restrictions"
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HARLAN FOR STATE RIGHTS
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OPPOSED TO
EXTENSION OF FEDERAL
POWERS.

Washington, Dec. 27-Justice Har-
Ian signalized his golden wedding an
niversary by an emphatic declaration
against an increase in federal over
state power. The venerable jurist
said:
II served in the Civil war as colonel
and have been on the bench twenty.
nine years the 10th day of this month,
I can say now; what I have said in
many judicial decisions, and such has
been the uniform doctrine of our court,
that the federal government has no
powers except those delegated to it by
express grant or by necessary implica-
ton from express grants.
II think the federal government has
all the power it need have for the
purpose Of accomplishing the objects
for which the government was estab-
lished and that any tendency to en-
large its powers by loose construction
of the words of the Constitution ought
to be restricted
II think the preservation of the
states with all their just powers is
essential to the preservation Of our
liberties"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-27
REASON FOR POSTAL DEFICIT.
Publishers Say Government overpays
the Railroads. S75

the Railroads.
Chicago, Dec. 27.-Statistics COM
piled by representatives of the United
Typothetae of America and the Amer
lean Weekly Publishers association,
which organizations are vigorously
fighting the movement to increase the
rates charged for second class mail
matter, show that the government is
paying the railways three times as
much on the average for the transpor-
.tation of mail matter as the express
companies pay the roads for like serv-
ices. On the basis of the postmaster
generals estimates the publishers as
sert that the government, during the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1907, will
pay the roads almost S32,0O0,000 more
than the express companies would pay
them for hauling an equal tonnage.
The printers and publishers organ
izations compiled the statistics to
show that the government, for the
purpose Of reducing the annual post
Office deficit, rather should reduce its
outlay for the transportation Of mails
than increase the rate for second class
mail matter.
"One Of the chief needs Of the gov.
eminent is an expert traffic manager .
said w. d. Royce, a Chicago pub
Usher. 1T then would get as good
rates as the express companies
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VERY MUCH OF A CURIOSITY
NO FREIGHT TRAIN FOR WEEKS
AT MANY POINTS IN THE
NORTHWEST.
80

Washington, Dec 27.-Interstate
Commerce, Commissioner Lane, who
has direct charge of ameliorating con-
ditions in the Northwest, where both
coal and car famines have prevailed,
is in daily receipt of hundreds of let
tiers from dealers and residents in.
North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming
and Idaho that tell a most interesting
story of existing conditions. Some of
the writer's go to the extent of saying
that in many instances freight trains
have not passed railroad stations for a
month or six weeks and that hundreds
of thousands of dollars have been lost
to the farmers and elevator men, par
ticularly in North Dakota, by reason
of their failure to obtain cars to move
their wheat and fax. Commissioner
Lane received letter, which is a
sample Of many, from Cheyenne, N.
D., in which it was stated that on
Nov. 26 a car was billed from that
point and that on Dec. IL the car was
still on the sidetrack and freight
train had not passed up or down for
weeks.
Governor Gooding Of Idaho, to whom
Commissioner Lane had written for
information relative to conditions in
that state, states:
The serious trouble, it seems to
me, is the fact that among the trans
portation companies the one impor.
tant consideration in their manage
ment is the securing Of dividends with
out regard to the service rendered to
the people. The latter condition is
entirely lost sight off,
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ON JAPANESE QUESTION.
President VIII Send Third Message to
Congress.

Washington, Dec 26.-There is to
be a new and independent report on
the Japanese immigration question
and when it is completed the presi-
dent will transmit it to congress with
another message, making the third on
this subject
Frank Sargent, commissioner gem
eral of immigration, was at the White
House during the day and gave Pres
ident Roosevelt a summary Of his In
vestigation of the Japanese tide OF
immigration into California through
Hawaii. AS he has but just arrived
here and has not even begun prepara-
ton of his official report the commits
sioner general was unwilling to give
an outline of his conclusions.
His report will have great bearing
upon the settlement of the Japanese
difficulty on the Pacific coast, how
ever, because all of this Oriental Inn
migration now comes from the Ha-
waiian islands and if the flow from
Japan to Honolulu can be stopped the
fear of Californians of an inundatioa
Of japanese will disappear, violation
of law and order will cease and nor.
NAL labor conditions on the Pacific
slope will be restored.
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CAUSES GENUINE REGRET.
James Bryce Resigns His Seat In
Parliament.

Aberdeen, Scotland, Dec. 27.-James
Bryce, who is to succeed Sir Nor
timer Durand as British ambassador
at Washington, has given his constit-
uents here the first definite informa-
ton of his selection for the Washing
ton post in letter which they have
just received. In this communication
Mr.. Bryce said the appointment will
compel him to give up his seat for
South Aberdeen. The retirement Of
Mr.. Bryce causes genuine regret, as
his scholarly qualities made him pecu-
1iarly qualified to represent the con
stituency which has the reputation of
being the most intellectual In the
United Kingdom, as Aberdeen enjoys
the unusual distinction of not having
one illiterate voter.
No plans have yet been made for
the choice of successor Of Mr.. Bryce
: in parliament, but it probably will be
made from the literary class
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NOT PRESENT NO PAY,
Congressman Gaines Will Insist on
Enforcing Old Statute.

& no. =. Z i
Washington. Dec. 27.-Representa-
tive Gaines Of Tennessee, who is in
favor Of enacting a new statute pro-
viding that members Of congress shall
forfeit $13.70 for every day they are
absent, announces that as q result Of
I search through the old documents at
the Capitol he has found that stat
ute, passed In 1856, which prohibits
absent members from collecting their
salaries unless they are kept from
their official duties by illness, has
never been repealed. An attempt was
made to enforce this law, he said, In
the Fifty-second congress, which re-
suited in a strenuous effort to repeal
the statute in 1894, when the Demo
Gratis had control of the house. Rep
resentative Gaines will call the atten-
ton Of congress to the statute, he
says, and insist that it be enforced.
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FLAGMAN HELD RESPONSIBLE,

Four Persons Killed and Twelve In
jured Near Milton, Wash.
Tacoma, Wash, Dec. 27.-An inter-
urban train from Seattle and a work
train collided mile north Of Milton.
Four persons were killed and twelve
injured. Conductor George Ross is
among the dead. The motorman was
fatally hurt. A fiagman was out to
stop the passenger train, but failed,
The dead beside Conductor Ross a1o
trainmen. The injuries Of the twelve
persons are slight. -.
The accident occurred on a sharp
grade in a deep cut. Two fiat cars
were piled on the first passenger car,
crashing it to splinters.
The flagman whose alleged careless.
ness caused the wreck cannot be
found.
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MUST PAY FOR JEwELRY.
Anna Gould Responsible for Certain
CasteiIane Debts.

OaSteiIane DSptSs 'rE55
Paris, Dec. 27.-The three remain
ing suits brought by creditors with
the object Of making Madame Gould
formerly Countess Boni de Castel-
lane) Jointly responsible with the
count for certain claims were decided
during the day. The court found that
she was In no way responsible for the
claims Of M. Zeigler, one of the larg-
est creditors, who claimed that it had
been the practice of the Castellanes
ever since they were married to ap-
peal to him to extricate them from
financial difficulties. but held her
jointly liable for jewels valued at $24,-
900 purchased from Mile. Nimodorf
of Odessa, who sold the Jewels to
Count Boni through the intermediary
Of jeweler. The court also found
that Nine. Gould was Jointly liable for
about $4,000, the balance due the
Hartogs for a jewelry bill amounting
to about $137 900.
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SHIPYARD BADLY SCORCHED.
Newport News Plant Damaged to Ex-
tent of 100000. Il =,

Newport News Va, Dec. PA
large frame and sheetiron building,
containing the carpenter, sheetiron
and pipeftters' shops and riggers and
holders lofts, was destroyed at the
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock company's plant. The Old Do
minion liner Jefferson, which is being
repaired in the dry dock, was DAM
aged to the extent of $4,000. 1t is
estimated that the total loss will
amount to 100000 and will be fully
covered by insurance.
Eddie Eddins, fireman, was struck
by falling telegraph pole and fatally
wounded. His skull was crushed and
red hot wire cut his throat.
In the carpenter shop were tool
chests belonging to 200 ship carpen-
ters. 1t is estimated that these men
will lose in the neighborhood Of $10,-
900 and their loss is not covered by
| insurance.
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Macon Ridicuies Story.

Washington, Dec. Ex-Governor
Magoon, at Havana, has cabled Secre-
tary Taft that a Havana newspaper
printed a story to the effect that Japa-
nese had been heard intriguing to OBJ
tain control in Cuba. Governor Ma
COON ridiculed the story and Secretary
Taft. also characterized it as absurd
and ridiculous -. $50. ..
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MILITIA HURRIED TO SCOOBA,
MISS, ON uNcoNFlRMED RE-
PORT OF RACE WAR.
LITTLE APPARENT CAUSE FOR SCARE
STORIES OF RECENT TROUBLE
AT WAHALAk, MISS, ALSO
EXAGGERATED.

Scooba, Miss, Dec. 27.-Indef1nite
reports reached this town that four
negroes had been pursued by a posse
and killed five miles east Of here. 1t
was also reported that the negroes in
and around the town were In state
of unrest and trouble was feared. A
telegram was sent to Governor Varda-
man at Jackson asking that troops be
forwarded here from Meridian. The
governor ordered out a company of
militia and the soldiers arrived here
ever, that no trouble existed In Scooba
and they are now walking about the
little town chatting with the citizens.
The reported killing Of the four ne
groes was direct outgrowth OF the
recent trouble at Wahalak, where a
desperate fight occurred on a Mobile
and Ohio railroad train between two
negroes and Conductor Cooper. One
of the negroes was killed outright and
the conductor received severe injuries.
Great excitement prevailed at Waha'
lax when it was reported the negroes
had threatened to exterminate the
white people and burn the town. Gov
ernor Vardaman promptly sent the
state militia to the scene, but after
remaining there one day Colonel Nc
Giants, in command, returned to Meri-
dian, reporting that danger of further
trouble had apparently passed away
Citizens Of Scooba say that no clash
with negroes is now feared here. The
negro population is quiet.
Advices from Wahalak state that
the excitement there has subsidized and
business is being carried on as usual.
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-
REFORMS IN CONGO.
Leading New Workers Appeal to SEQ.
rotary Root.

6Sd0I1I0 NSW IVTNoT8 5EPP00J 20 0S0a
rotary Root.
New York Dec 27-J pternont
Morgan Dr LYMAN Ahhott and other
nrom,nent citizens ~ Nav ynrh nave
ioinod ~ q lottar =, sacratarv - s+a+a
Root directing his attention II cnndi.
tions IN tho Congo Free state where.
. !. o,.ar+ad Haagr.n+ i,h,,n,a ,,i+v
nx,ctco and uro,np hi,r. ~, hohalf =,
the An,ario.n neo,,1e 81 ,,sa INC ..,oo,,,
sunnortn - tho Ifn,tad sta+as oouorn.
roa,,+ =, ~. ,h,,.,o, &C.,
tba cnneo nat,ves arc I,eaed - he
,,fpa,iros ca,,a,, t,st.noo. - 40 oron+
;nbum onif,, .ra non+ionad ~ +ha lot.
for &c fo1iowa.
"E;re+-Tba axoo+;on ~ 1ahor !, -,
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GUARDS AND MINERS CLASH.
Three Men Killed and Four Seriously
~. Wounded.

Greensboro, KY, Dec. 27.-Three
men were killed and four probably IA
tally wounded in a battle between
guards employed by the West Ken
lucky Coal company and the striking
miners at Sturgis. The dead are: G..
J. Dougherty, mine guard; Billy Mall
10y, miner; Will Gray, miner.
The fight occurred on a down town
street about one mile from the mine,
but what caused it is not known.
Twenty-Five shots were exchanged.
The members of the Miners union
have been on strike for the last year.
The coal company has been working
nonunion men under guards and seri-
Gus trouble has been long. expected.
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Girl Accused of lnfanticide.

La Crosse, Wis, Dec. PA war
rant has been issued here for the ar
rest of Miss Lillian Losching of Ban
gor, Wis, on the charge Of murder in.
the first degree. The girl is alleged
to have given birth to child and to
escape detection to have strangled it
to death with a cord. The issuance
of the warrant followed the finding of
the infants body.
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SUsTAINS THE DEMURRERS.
Decision in HamIton's Favor In In.
surance Suit.


surance Suit.
New York, Dec. 27.-Demurrers in
terposed by Andrew Hamilton to the
complaint of the New York Life Insur-
ance company in it's suit to compel
him to account for s574,250 received
and distributed by him on behalf Of
the company were sustained by Judge
Bischoff in the supreme court.
Justice Bischoffs decision says there
are six causes of action set forth in
the complaint and the demurrer chal-
lenged the sufficiency Of each cause Of
action for an accounting and raises
the question Of misjoinder if some Of
the other causes of action may be
deemed to proceed for other relief.
The court finds and upholds the de-
murrer of the insufflcienoy as to the
first three causes Of action and gives
the life insurance company leave to
amend on the payment Of costs.
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Embedding Cashier sarrenders,

Sedan, Kan, Dec. 27.-Otto D. Stall
lard, former cashier of the Peoples
National bank Of Sedan, who disap-
peared on Sept. 20 last owing the bank
close to $4,000, arrived home during
the afternoon and surrendered. He
was accompanied by Mrs. stallard.
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Former Mrs. Blaine to Wed.

Washington, Dec. 27.-Mrs. James
G. Blaine, Jr, formerly Miss Martha
Hichborn, who secured divorce in
South Dakota several days ago, has
announced that she would soon be
married to Paul S. Pearsall of New
York, a lieutenant in the regiment of
Rough Riders during the war with
Spain ....@
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-12-27
Alaskan Cable Completed.

Seattle. Wash. Dec. II. The United
States cable ship Burnside has arrived
at Ketchikan and established tele-
graphic communication with the out
side world. A few days ago Wrangels
was placed in communication, which
completes the chain Of cities on the
Solthe astern coast OF Alaska.
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AFFECTS FOUR THOUSAND MEN

Employees OF Blast Furnaces Given In
ceease of Wages.
Pittsburg, Dec. 27.--The employees
in the blast furnaces in the Mahoning
and Shenango valleys have been mott
fed that they will receive an increase
Of 10 per cent with the beginning Of
the new year. The increase will affect
about 1000 men. 1t comes as a sur
prise to the men, as the Blast Work
ers' union asked the employers for an
increase in wages a few months ago,
but IT was refused at that time.
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Dec. Wheat Dec,
1890; May, 77M @77zsc. Corn-Dec..
41c; May, 431s @43Ac. Oats Dec,
33s5sc;: May, 35Mc. Pork IAN, s16.-
05; May, $16.55@166O. Butter
Creameries, 22@31c; dairies, 2O@27c.
Eggs21 @24c. PoultryTu Turkeys, 10
@11c; chickens, Sc; springs, 911zc.
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LIVELY TIME FOR UNCLE SAM.
Japs Plan Instructions in Cuba, Ha-
wall and Philippines.

wall and Philippines.
New York, Dec. 27.-The World
publishes a dispatch from Havana
which states that Governor Magoon is
investigating a report that the Japa-
nese are planning an instruction in
February against American rule In
Cuba, the Philippines. and Hawaii.
The Investigation, it is stated, was
prompted by information received
from a Cuban official named Pardinas,
who, it is alleged, overheard FIVE Japa-
nese, said to be in Cuba, talking of an
instruction that will be planned
among the negroes Of Cuba simultane-
ously with instructions in the Philip
pines and Hawaii. The. presence Of
the Japanese, the dispatch says, has
been noted by the secret police be-
cause they are alleged to have been
taking photographs and measurements
of the Notifications of Havana.
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EMPEROR DID NOT ATTEND.
Funeral Of Count Ignatieft Occurs al
St. Petersburg. Is

st. Petersburg, Dec. 27.-The- body
Of General Count Alexis Ignatieff, who
was assassinated at Tver Dec. %, was
inferred here during the day in the
Alexander-Nevsky monastery. The
funeral was attended by the Grand
Dukes Michael, Nicholas, Sergius
Michaelovitch and practically all the
members Of the imperial family here
except the emperor. The procession
was the most stately witnessed of re-
cent years. The entire Chevalier
regiment of guards, the Pavolosky
regiment of guards and mounted in
fantry formed the escort. The en-
peror and empress sent wreaths.
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st. Paul Union stock Yards.

ST. Paul, Dec. 26.-Cattle-Go to
choice steers, s5.50@6.25; common to
good, $3.25@4.OO; good to choice COWS
and heifers, $3.50@4.5O;, veals, $4,000
b.50. ogs--$6.1O@6.2O. Sheep Weth-
ers, s4.50@5.25; good to prime spring
lambs, $6.5O@7.25. s.=s
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Many Jews Injured.

Bucharest, Rounlania, Dec. The
Zionist congress in session at Craiova,
was invaded BY 1nenibe Of an anti.
Jewish sOciet ". A riot ensue1, during
Witch many Jews we're injured.
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Cbicaso Union stock Yards.

Chicago Dec. 26 Cattle Beeves.
$4.15Ql peso: COWS and heifers, $l.55@
5.15; stockers and feeders, $2.5UW
AGO; Texans, 1915 @A.5O; Westerns,
$4,000. 40; calves, s6.OO@7.75. Hogs
Mixed and butchers. 5000 $3.50;
good heavy, $6.30@6.4 711ss rough
heavy, $6.O0@620: light. $4,000
3. Vs.; pigs, $500 06.3o Sheep, $3.755
@5.SO;; lambs, $4.75 al So.
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AL FROM ONE TOWN.
Nine Thousand spaniards Going to
South America.

New York, Dec. PA cable dis
patch from Madrid says that 5000 Of
the inhabitants Of the town Of Rejar,
whichis forty-fve miles south Of Sala.
manca, decided some time ago to en-.
lgrate In a body. "a meeting was held
Monday which approved the offer Of
the presidents Of Uruguay and Mic
aragua to supply ships and funds for
the transports Of the emtgrants. S.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Dec. 26.-Wheat-Dec,
1880; May, 791hc:: July, 1870. On
track--No. 1 hard, 1878 @S0hc; No.l
Northern, 1875 @79bc;; No. 2 North
ern, @76Mc; No. 3 spring, 800
74c.
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FORCING NEGROES TO WORK
Striking Firemen Accuse Railroad of
Peonaqe.


Peonage.
Houston, Tex, Dec. 27-Vice Grand
Master Shea of the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Firemen has announced
that he will lay before Commissioner
of Labor Naill, who is due to arrive
here from Washington shortly, charges
of peonase against the Southern Pa
cific railroad, which company Mr..
Shea asserts compelled negroes to
serve as firemen against their will.
Southern Pacific officials declare
that trains are being operated on
schedule time. Reports of congestion
reach Houston from a number of
points along the Atlantic division of
the system