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Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10
REFORMS A SKED
F OR IN RUNNING.
AMERICAN ROADS.
Federal Director Of Operations
Advocates Changes After
Railways Are Returned
To Companies.

Washington. Feb. 9.-Reviewins
deficiencies and economics accom-,
plished in various phases of railroad
operation by the railroad admins
tration," w. T. Tyler, director oi
recommended in his an
nual report today to Director Gen
eral Hines that many effective re-
forms" be continued after the roads
are returned to private control,
March /. His recommendations in
cluded:
That arrangements be made to
set up, at least in skeletonized form,
the organization necessary to con-
troll movement of traffic to and via
ports whenever traffic conditions
warrant the placing of embargoes
and the issuance of permits.
That every effort be made to con-
tinue and extend the pooling Of lake
and tidewater tolls, the railroads
maintaining the necessary organiza-
tons to handle such traffic.
That the railroads continue to es-
tablish uniformity in rules govern
ing car supply for various important
commodities handled.
That the campaign for the more
effective utilization of equipment by
heavier loading be continued.
Coordination of Terminals.
That the coordination of termi-
nails be made continuing policy.
That the centralized control Of
cars be continued under proper lim-
itations and the central organiza-
tons of the railroads themselves.
Mr.. Tyler emphasized the bene-
fits derived from the permit system
for control of freight shipments. He
pointed out the congestion which re-
suits from indiscriminate efforts to
move freight for which the roads
have no outlet.
The remedy, he said, is the con-
troll of this freight at its source
through the permit system to the
measure of the consignee's ability
to accept, the railroads facilities, or
the ports capacity.
4 Common Use Of Cars.
Referring to the common use Of
cars, Mr.. Tyler said this was sue
cessful not only with reference to
box and stock cars, but particularly
SO in the case of refrigerator cars,
the movement of fruits and yege-
tables having increased more than
&c. per cent in 1919.
Mr.. Tyler said locomotives were
in better condition as whole
than ever before during the period
of heavy business and that while
they numbered above 800 an ade-
quate program for new power
should he adopted. A comprehen-
sive car building program also
should be adopted, he said.
"The benefits from the unification
of terminals" said Mr.. Tyler, "are
so many that it is to be hoped that
there may be serious consideration
given to each case of consolidation,
unihcation or coordination before
it is discounted"
He added that 844 terminals had
been consolidated during federal
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10
WILL
BE USED TOCARRY
MAIL FOR OMAHA
Experimental Plane to Be Tried
Out-Completion of Hangar
To Be Rushed.

Work OF completing the air mail
hangar at Ak-Sar-Ben landing field
will be rushed during the next two
weeks in anticipation of an early
opening of service between Chicago
and Omaha, VIVA. Ellis, assistant
commissioner OF the Chamber Of
Commerce announced yesterday.
Superintendent McCandles Of the
Chicago Omaha division OF the air
mail service assured us Saturday,
after inspecting the landing facili-
ties here, that it is only matter of
days until service begins" said Mr..
Ellis. Iowa City will be used
as stopping point between
Omaha and Chicago as long as the
small DeHaviland planes are in use,
but Otto Praeger, second assistant
postmaster general, has promised to
secure larger and more powerful
planes for the Omaha division in the
near future and the trip will then
be made without stop. We ex-
pect to be able to announce the ex-
act date when service is to start in
the next few days"
Mail Triplane to. Be Tried.
Washington, Feb. 9.-,Retention of
the airplane mail service for which
the house refused to provide funds,
was urged before the senate postof7
flee committee by Second Assistant
Postina ster General IPraeger. He
asked that $3,400,000 be provided for
service on routes from New York,
Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh,
Kansas City. Detroit, Washington,
Cleveland. Toledo, St. Louis, Atlanta,
St. Paul and Minneapolis. He also
asked other funds for private air
plane mail contracts on branch
routes.
! A Apcwerful mail plane, Mr. Praeger
stated, is being developed to carry
mail over the mountains to San
Francisco, and a new British tri-
plane is to be tried out between Chi
cago and Omaha. -
For the first time. in this country
snow skids are being used on mail
planes, Mr.. Prayer stated, to, facili-
tate landings.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10
Trotzky ReIinquishes His
Duties as Minister of War

\ Helsingfors, Feb. 9.--(Havas.)-
Leon Trotzky, Russian bolshevik
minister of war and marine, will
become director and high commits
sioner of food transportation and
his duties as minister of war will be.
assumed by General .Polanoff, ac-
cording to advices received here.
Command of soviet forces in ST.
IBERIA will be given to General
Egert, while General Ivanof will
lead the bolshevik troops in Tur-
kestan. .-.f,s
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10
Fifty Escaped Prisoners
Say They Are German

Berne. Feb. o,-Fifty men who es-
capped last week from a train TAX
ing $500 Polish prisoners of war
back to their land from France, have
claimed sanctuary on Swiss soil, as
serting they were really Germans.
They declared that VIXEN captured
they posed as Poles so as to get
better treatment in France and
asked to be transported to Germany.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10
Calls Walkout Of
100000 Railway Men
(Centlnued From First Pase.)

verhood membership authorized a
strike 70 enforce them We held a
4strike in abeyancc, however, upon
president Wilson's request that he
1be permitted an opportunity TO bring
Habout reduction in living costs. He
asked for a reasonable time. which
She fixed at GO to 30 days. We have
waited six months, and ~thefe has
Sbeen no reduction in the cost of liv-
Eing." .k.
|aYerage ~ per cent, Mr.. Barker
Ssaid. adding: "There are more than
100000 OF our members who receive
Sless than S. a day. More than l00,-
x000 mechanics, consisting of carpen.
,sters, masons and painters, are re-
y sSsceiving an average OF S. cents an
%hour, which is about one-half the
swage received by the same class Of
ssslabor in the building trades"
8 = Fear Action of Hines.
4 Washington, Feb. o.-Belief that
director General Hines will refuse
i to grant the wage increases de-
Amanded by more than 100000 rail-
sroad workers continued to grow to-
], day. As the union officials pre-
Xpared for what Railroad adnflnis-
rtration officials declared likely
swould be the last conference to-
smorrow, indications were strong
Ethat bare concession of adjustment
Not alleged inequalities in pay would
Ibe the sum total of changes per-
omitted in the Present wage agree
..ments. H-.. .o,
~ Representatives of the workers
hhave prepared a rcstatcment OF their
s'.case tor submission tomorrow to
Mr.. Hines. All declined to discuss
sits contents but it was understood
tto be. counter proposition to the
views Of Mr.. Hines as thus far laid
A,beforeethe conference.
Only Brief Session Held.
y The conferees held only brief
Asession to day for the reason that
tthe union argument claims had not
@bcen completed. Not all of the
workers representatives attended
sthe conference and discussion was
k1imited to sonse details.
Director General Hines was re-
aported 10 have received recommenS
Stations from certain other govern
Sment officials that the wage de-
mands of the railroad emploes be
arefused.. Mr.. Hines previously an
Snounced attitude that no increase
could be granted was said to have
sbeen held by some of these officials
Ito be proper even though living costs
have not come down. The railroads
will 20 back to their owners within
aess than three weeks and the views
given the Railroad admpistration
from most government quarters
.swere that in fairness TO the owners,
Ia general wage increase should not
be saddled on them.
4 The further argument was said
ITO have been advanced that any
,increases in wages would bring
higher freight and passenger rates
and Interstate Commerce commits.
sion officials have declared that the
Eeneral public would enter siren
nous protest against such. These
officials have held that>f rates can
DE held at their present level, it win
be check on living costs if'not
an aid to reducing them.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10
BULLET WOUNDS
HUSBAND, BARELY
MISSING HIS WIFE
Policeman Shot F iired at Auto
mobile Penetrates Bed
Reom of Couple.

Mrs. d. B. Burright,- 20il Sher-
man avenue, escaped possible death
at 3 q. m. yesterday when . bullet
from the revolver Of CGcer Bilyou
plowed through the side Of her
home and lodged in the left shoul-
der Of her husband, D. B. Burright,
IS years old. who was asleep be-
side her, lying on his right side. His
injury proved to be only a flesh
wound.
Officer Billyeu was firing at :
group of speeding joy-riders 700
feet from the Burright home.
He says he fired FIVE shots, the
automobile being in fight at Six.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10
Troops Fire on Mob;
Four Persons Killed
E1il
Continued From First Page. j


mob which began surging toward
the building. Soldiers and police
dropped back into close formation
and trained their guns on the mob,
which never hesitated.
AdJutant General DeWeese, in
command of the militiamen, shouted
a final warning to the crowd and
then fired revolver into the air.
It was a signal for the troops to
fire.
Machine Gun Rattles.
Soldiers and police fired point
blank into the crowd and near
by machine gun ratified. From the
windows of the court room above
another hail of bullets spattered
down on the asphalt street.
-Four men fell at the first volley.
The mob which had surged half
way up the steps pressed back and
broke. Quick action on the part of
the authorities got the negro out
of the building.
Those killed in the clash were:
B. F. Carrier and l.. NJ. King, both
Of Lexington. and John Thomas and
William Ellington, both of Yer
sailles.
Among those wounded were: J.
w. Stansell, w. J. Rees, Otis Sharp,
Emmett Dozier, Irwin Gwynn, En-
NETT Daniziger, Fred Sowdcrs, H.
c. Weathers, Mrs. Z. 7. Cross and
James Massevgall.
Fooled in it's first attempt to get
the prisoner, the mob broke up into
small groups, which paid hurried
visits to all the pawn shops and
hardware stores in quest for fire
arms. In some stores as many as
50 or so revolvers and guns were
seized.
No Further Violence.
Groups of men congregated on
the streets and sought to learn the
whereabouts OF Lockett. The word
that regular army troops were COM
ing spread rapidly, and no further
violence was attempted.
Lockett's arrest, indictment, trial
and sentence sets a new record for
rapidity in Kentucky. He was ar
rested last Tuesday night, indicted
Friday and was tiled, found guilty
and sentenced in few minutes to-
day. Under his sentence he will die
in the electric chair March IL.
The little Hardman girls BODY
was found mutilated in cornfield
last Tuesday morning Soon after she
had left her home for school. Her
head had BEEN crushed in with a
stone and her body partially covered
up with corn stalks,
Lockett, recently discharged from
the army, was suspected, and posses
were formed Immediately to look
for him. He was found at the home
of a friend, six miles from the scene
of the murder, late that night -Po-
lice announced that the negto had
confessed to the murder, adding that
"he didn't know" why he had killed
the girl.
Death Warrant Signed.
Frankfort, Ky, Feb. Ex-Governor
Morrow late this afternoon signed
Lockett's death warrant. The negro
will. die in the electric chair at the
state penitentiary March II,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10
No Details on Initials
OF Americans CAPTURED

Washington, Feb. "a consulat
report from Harbin gave the follow.
ing list of Americans as recently
captured by the bolsheviki at Kliu-
chinskaya, Siberia, but contained no
details or initials: 49,
Red Cross: Medille, Ford and
Charatte; engineers, Blunt, Buchan-
an, Geisse, McGinty. Chavannes,
Hoskinson and Meredith.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10
Editor. Surrenders.

Superior, Wis, Feb. 9.-Jack Car
ney, editor of. the Truth> radical
piper Of Duluth. surrendered himself
20 the police when he found he was
wanted on &n indictment returned at
Chicago, His bond has mot been
fixed, Carney is now under bond on
other federal indictments.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10
Jury Convicts Man Charged
With Assault in IS Minutes

Louis Circirella, SO South Twen-
tieth street, was found guilty of
criminal assault by jury which
heard his case before District Judge
Estelle yesterday. The jury reached
a verdict in IS mia+4tes. The COM
planning witness was Gladys Bayiess,
IA years old. sos South Twentieth
street.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10
British Troops at Dansig

: Berlin, Feb. o.-The advance
guard Of British battalion, which
will be one of the units Of eccupa.
ton in Dauzig, has arrived in that
city and the last German troops LETT
Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10

. For Colds. Grip or Influenza
and a. . Preventative. take LAXATIVE
BRoMo QuININE Tablets. Look for y. w.
GROVES signature on the box @c,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10
IAK0
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The Great General Tonic

This master body-builder will heb
you keep young in spirit and mental
and physical action, because it will
assist Nature in maintaining your vitality at par.
1t eprichss the blood. restores worn-out Tissues.
soothes jangling and over-wrousht nerves. In
duees sound refreshing slesp. shaspsnf the eppe
tita. tones up the digestion short VII put nsW
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10

To Heal . Cough
Take HAYES HEALING HONEY. aSe.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10

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and new vim 10
every hhre OF
yeur body.
You win be
surprised how
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you'll feel aftse
taking q trest-
msnt Of LYKO,
II You are tired
and worn out,
nsrvously and
physically ex-
haustsd. lt's
mildly laxative
-teeps the
bowels In hne
condition. Get
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your druggtst
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-10
Death Warrant Signed.

Frankfort, Kyy Feb. y.-GoverHor
Morrow late this afternoon signed
Lockett's death warrant. The negro
will. die in the electric chair at the
state penitentiary March ii.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-22
,EnEnskY NOW IN 'BEANERY'
E>,>r Russian Leader Said - d
W0rA)no n London tsss-
fAvrant

NJ Y>rk-Alexander =. Kerens1v.
-sessser to the car as ruler Of RuS-
-, u new working In beef and
hea,ery" in London, according to
0rexery Zilboorg, whe says he was
Kerensky's secretary Of labor and who
sooke here last night at the intercol-
legfate socialist convention. The poor
feIlow is down at the heel" he added.
"He is in the same boat as am"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-22
DtBrS CRIES SAVED SEVEN
Lsad 70 Discovery q Broken Gas
Main in Street In Ontario
Town.

NaDaaes, Ont.-Biny Tewling, aged
TX noaths, helped to prevent asphy1-
iatlea Of seven older townsfolk, six
q when had been overcome in three
Aousss flooded BY gas escaping from
4 frost-ffactu1ed main.
Osiee which came frsm Billy's cfib
q : q. u. reused his father, whs de-
teeted q smell Of gas and found that
- wife and another child had been
sve1coue. Hurrying across the street
~ . physician, he found the doctor,
-. We and their maid also uncon-
anopuA Later . woAa1 IN another
sap Wae 1oun1 to have beeA ever
enn Al VII recover.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-22
MARY'S THIRST ExCITEs CIT
New York Ftremsn, Police and Pa.
troll Rushed 70 Spot Where
She Awaits Whisky.

New York.-Two hook and ladder
companies. three engine companies,
four deputy and battalion fire chiefs,
a wagonload Of police reserves and an
insurance patrol were sent dashing
through the streets Of the upper west
side. all because Mary Behn. aged
forty. wanted drink Of whisky.
Mary explained that she paid IS to a
bootlegger for a quart and thst he
failed to produce It.
She could not find 4 policeman, -
she decided to ring for one, but pulled
the fire alarm box by mistake. ske
vas given q drink Of water |. ne -
hee station and charge of lissr6erlv
conduct was lodged against hae.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-22
1854 Restorsd - Wonaa.

Sharon, Pa.-Polies one afteonAea
recently recovered $4,a@ kut a week
sgo BY Mrs. GeoTgs DzufnAk sf
Sharpsville street. It w.s Depoxtel tint
4 ten~year-old girl lad picked p. a
package near the place Where NEs.
Dzurniak had been standing VIE, she
lost the money. The peaiee today
questioned a girl, who admitted hav-
ing picked up the money. Il was fsand
in a coal house hidden In q box s(
apples. The child said that her par
ents did not know that she had it TIE
money was restored to the owner. Z
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-05-27

Of dirt or sand or a tree, Rock on
end as big as barn and another
on top and so on. 1t was cold on
the mountain top, but no snow the
day we went over, but the driver said
many day he would leave with
go through three inches of snow on
the mountain top and be down in
Ell Centre to find flowers and straw
berries for dinner, all in six hours.
When we got to the Valley we had a
paved road for 35 miles into Ell
Centric. We found Mr.. and Mrs.
Blackman waiting for us and they
we were there taking US in their
auto over a good part of the Valley.
We visited the towns of Imperial,
selig, Ell Centric, Heber, Hoitville,
Calexico, Mexicalo and a few smaller
places. 1t is the most wonderful
Valley ! have seen in California. It
seems almost perfectly level and yet
wonderful system of irrigating
bitches. There are thousands Of
acres of cantaloups. This was
most beautiful sight,; one 100 acre
farm was all in one field and all in
cantaloupes. The Blackmans have
one so acre field all in cantaloupes.
They get $s5 per acre cash rent for
acres in alfalfa. This rents from $50
to $40 per acre, SO you see Mr.. and
Mr.. Blackman are on easy street.
Alfalfa makes from s to 8 croDs of
hay per veal. and is bringing $25 per
ton ton balfd rig mt in the field it is
sweep takes direct to the balers in
Visit Win Mr.. and Mrs. Blaciman
we left for San Diego over the rail-
road; tnis trip is fully as pictures
que and thrilling as by auto. We
made the trip by day light and the
railroad winds round the sides of the
look right down under the train al
most thousand feet and in IL
miles we passed through IT tunnels.
The combined length of the tunnels
being almost 3 miles. On the train
we go over. the top at High, Pass too.
One tunnel we went in from the
M naed St We ws aad in Maxco out fd IL
miles and came into the United
States again at Tia Juan; this is con-
ceded to be most wonderful bit of
railroad building. 1t took 10 years
to build less than 200 miles of road
and cost more than 10 millions to
build it; where the trains enter and
leave Mexico, we pass through high
train pass through and are then
closed We arrived in San Diego
tired but happy. We staid one more
night there, then got our auto the
next morning and started for Long
Beach, where we arrived safe and
sound and glad to be home again.
With best regards TO all our
friends.
l am sincerely,
Ed G.. Smith.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-05-27
Sheriff Sale.

By virtue of an execution, direct
ed to me from the Clerk Of the Dis
trict Court Of Decatur county, Iowa,
on a judgment obtained in said
court. on the 9th day of April,
1920, in favor Of Glenn Rumley as
plaintiff, and against G. G. Durrie
ct al. as defendants, for the sum Of
$2,1 43, attorneys fees and costs
taxed at $7S.4S, and accrung
costs, l have levied upon the fol-
lowing Real Estate, taken as the
property of said defendants, to
satisfy said execution, to-wit:
East u of the SEA- of Section Z,
and the North so acres of the
East II of the NEA of Section 1S,
Township G7, Range IS, Decatur
county, Iowa.
And will offer the same for sale
to the highest bidder for cash in
hand, on the 9th day OF June A. d.
1920, in front of the Court House
door in Leon, Iowa, at the hour of
10 O'Clock a. m. of said day, when
and where due attendance will be
given by the undersigned.
Dated Leon, Iowa, May 7th,
1920.
John A. Fulton,
Az Sheriff OF said county.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-05-27
Sheriff Sale.

BY virtue Of an execution, direct
ed to me from the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court of Decatur county, Iowa,
on a judgment obtained in said
court, on the 21st day of April,
1920, in favor of Cornelius Ellis, as
plaintiff and against A. D. Kelly,
Kitty NJ. Kelly, j. b. Goodrich and
wife as defendants, for the sum of
$911.37, attorneys fees and costs
taxed at $77.S5, and accruing costs
have levied upon the following Real
Estate, taken as the property of said
levied upon the following Real Es-
tate, taken as the property II said
defendants, to satisfy said execu-
ton tO-wit.
FSWA Of SEA and SEA of swA
Section 10, Township 81, Range "a,
Decatur county, Iowa.
And will offer the same for sale
to the highest bidder for cash in
hand, on the 10th day Of June A. d.,
1920, in front of the Court House
door in Leon, Iowa, at the hour OF
10 o'clock a. M. of said day. when
and where due attendance will be
given by the undersigned.
Dated at Leon, Iowa, May 18th
John A. Fulton,
41-2t. Sheriff of said county.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-05-27

There were more Smiths in the
coprs in the late war than persons of
any other surname-.enough Smiths
to make fifteen regiments of $500
men each or two divisions of $4,000
men each.
Here is the war departments CEN
sus of all surnames in the army
above 1000 each.
Smith, 54,1sO; Johnson, 1880;
Jones, >25, 720; Miller, $500; Davis,
21,246; Anderson 2O,546; Wilson,
17.0SO; Moore, 1920; Taylor, a.
$40; Thompson, IA, 14O; Clarke, a.
0s5; White, 1920; Martin, 1885;
ker, Il, 22S; Young, 10, 80; Alien,
$3.50; Hall, $500; Robinson,
Wright vi2lS; s.sso; Baker, s,s2s; Green G
s,575; ssett, $40; Peterson; 1896;
1855: Mitchell, 1920; Cook, 1850;
Ssses!' $:sss; Morris: S;sss; %SSa:
H HoIssn, 5;SSSssG 81. yard M;a'1d, S'ssssSS::
Howard, 5,426; Fisher, 5,2S5; Coop
5,005; Murray, 1870; Foster, 4.795;
Burns, 1870; Henderson, 1870.
Note Brown includes Browns;
Miller includes Hillar; Clarke in
clVdes Clarke.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-05-27
Notice Of appointment of Admins
traitor,

In the District Court of the state
of Iowa, in and for Decatur County.
In probate.
In the matter of the estate of
Jane Woodland, Deceased.
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as administrator of the
estate of Jane Woodland late of De-
catur County, Iowa, deceased. All
persons in any manner indebted to
said deceased or her estate will
make payment to the undersigned;
and those having claims against de-
ceased or her estate will present
them in manner and form as by law
required, for allowance and pay
ment.
Dated this 18th day of May A. d.
1920.
L. N. Woodland,
41-3t Administrator of said estate,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-05-27
Proposals for Erection of School
House.

Notice is hereby given that pro-
pOsals for the erection of a school
house in the school township of
Eden, in the county Of Decatur, and
state Of Iowa, will be received BY the
township. Plans and specificat lions
may be seen at the county superin-
tendent's Office at Leon. Iowa, until
I o'clock p. m, en- May 18th, 1890,
ut which time the contract Will be
awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder.
The board reserves the right to
reject any ana all bids.
De4od Nay s, 1919.
al q ]. =. 2eDaniol, &
SS-4t. Seprsfasy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-05-27
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