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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07
OMAHA BANK MAN
INDICTED. IS HELD
Arrest Is Sixteenth As Result
Of Grand Jury Action

Omaha, Neb.. Oct 81 NJ. Swind-
Ter. former cashier of the American
State bank of Omaha was arrested
today on indictments returned by \
special grand jury which investigated
stock and other transactions, charged
with conspiracy to commit a felony
and with borrowing money from the
bank without first obtaining approval
of its board of directors.
One of the indictments charges Mr..
Swtndler. Ward f. Shaffer and Mar
ion F. Shafer, both of Omaha. as Of
Hcers of the American bank building
company. conspired to represent the
corporation as solvent to purchasers
OF stock and that they fraudulently
represented that they had invested
S250,000 in shares Of the company'a
stock. The company was insolvent, It
Is charged.
The oth1r Indictment alleges that
Swindler, as cashier and Marion F.
Shafer. as president of tho American
state bank. unlawfully borrowed $1s.-
455.21 from the bank
Both Marion p. Shafer and his bro
ther. Ward e. Shafer, previously were
arrested.
Mr.. Swindler furnished bond, as did
tho other. two accused men. Mr..
Swindler's arrest made the sixteenth
as a result of the grand jury's ac-
ton
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07
DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE One
BRITISH CABINETS BIG SUBJECTS

London. England. Oct. s.-CBy The
Associated Press)-The washington
conference on armaments and Far
Eastern questions took third place in
the three important problems which
faced the British cabinet at coun-
Gil today.
In official circles, 1t is stated the
three subjects which demand the gov
ernments attention are unemploy-
ment. the Irish situation and arma-
ment, but of these, unemployment is
the more urgent.
Officials are careful to point out that
the three subjects are equally import
ant, but that the conditions surround
ing unemployment demand the quick
est relief possible.
After unemployment there looms the
new Irish conference of Oct IL, to
which the cabinet must appoint rep
resentatives. The cabinet will then
give full consideration to the Washing
ton conference. 1t was learned the
composition of the British delegation
to the coming conference with Irish
leaders was discussed and 1t was un-
derstood the government would be rep
resented by the following delegates:
Premier Lloyd George, Lord Blink
enhead, the lord high chancellor; Sir
Hamar Greenwood, chief secretary for
Ireland; Austen Chamberlain, govern
ment leader in the house of commons;
Sir Laming worthington Evans. sec
retary for war and Winston Spencer
Churchill. secretary for the colonies.
At today's cabinet council, 1t was
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07
RAIL STRIKE DECISION
TO Be MADE MONDAY

Chicago. H.. Oct s.-Decision wheth-
er a strike will be called by the six
railroad unions whose membership re-
Gently voted upon the question of ac-
cepting or rejection 12ls per cent
wage reduction will be made at a meet
ing here Monday. General chairmen
of all the interested unions of all the
roads have been called to Chicago for
this meeting. more than 800 men be-
ing requested to attend. The men are
the general chairmen of the unions of
the Brotherhood of Railroad trainmen,
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi--
neers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen. the Order of
Railway Conductors. the Switchmen's
union of North America and the Fed
Grated shop crafts.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07
ROUND OF LECTURES and ENTERTAINMENT
KEEP VISITING DOCTORS BUSY IN PUEBLO

Lectures. outings, luncheons. din
ners. were features of the second days
program of the convention of the
Colorado State Medical association
which is meeting in Pueblo. Beginning
at 8 o'clock yesterday morning and
ending at ii o'clock last night, the visz
iting delegates about 800. and theft
wives, representing all parts of the
state were kept busy trying to get
the most out of all of the entertain
ment provided by the local committee
on arrangements.
Large and interested audiences heard
the speakers at the Congress hotel
yesterday. The convention hall was
crowded at all times by doctors from
all parts of tho state who came and
went during the day, making it prac-
tically impossible to check accurately
the number attending. At least a hun
dred more were in town yesterday
than Wednesday.
A trap shoot at 6 o'clock Thursday
morning was attended by 200 to 900
doctors and their wives, and n break
fast of flap Jacks and coffee was pre-
pared by some Of the women present.
After the shoot the visitors were TAX
en- about the city in cars and shown
the flooded district Minnequa. st.
Nary's. Wooacroft, G. f. & |. and
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07

from corporate sources, retS.fn The cor
poration capital stock tax, estimated
to yield $75, 900, 900 next year, and repeal
the various SO called nuisance taxes.
such as those on soda water, cosmsttcs.
proprietary medicines and the like
There also was said to have bean .
tentative agreement to increase tho
estate taxes, SO as to have a maximum
of forty or fifty per cent on estates in
excess of $1o0.oOo,o00. The present
SO, 900, 900.
An increase OF ono cent on first cias -
postage was discussed in the confer
ences at the capitol estimated = $7s,-
600, 900 annual yield from this source to
replace the loss resulting from the wip-
ing out of the nuisance tax.
Most leaders are understood 10 have
favored the committee proposal for q
flat tax of fifteen per cent on corpora.
tion incomes but there was some dis
cussion OF graduated tax with ths
rate 10 per cent on corporations hav-
ing an income of $4,000 or less yearly.
The question of increased first class
postage rates and other matters are to
be threshed out at a meeting of Re
publican members of the finance COM
mittee to be called in day or two.
In advance of this meeting Senator'S
Lenroot of Wisconsin. and McCor-
mick Of Illinois, are to draw up amend
ments, embodying the proposed
changes for presentation to the COM
mittee Republicans. It Il the plan ~
|-havs-tlie amsndments presented on the
floor al committee proposals. with =
view of expediting action on the tax
bill.
In framing their program, the leaders
considered and rejected the Smoot
manufactures sales tax plan and ap-
proved the committee proposal to re-
peal the excess profits tax as OF next
January /.
Active fights for the sales tax and
against repeal Of the profits taxes are
promised. Senator Smoot gave notice
today he would speak at length on his
plan next week.
Senators Lenroot and Mccormick
went over the proposed changes In tho
bill with treasury experts today and it
was said later the total to be raised
under the bill would be approximately
the same as under the original meas
ure, 1884 ,ooo. 900.
The conferences today were preceded
by one between President Harding and
Senator Lodge Of Massachusetts,, the
Republican senate leader, who called
at the White House to lay before tho
executive the results of the conferences
of senators from Western states last
night.
1t was understood tho president in
dicated desire that every effort be
made to smooth out the differences be-
tween Republican senator's SO as to
hasten passage Of revenue legislation.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07
1WENTY.s|X BODIES ARE
RECOVERED IN WRECK
Only Seven Identified After
Trains Crash In
Tunnel

Paris. Oct 6-Twenty-six dead have
been recovered from the st. L-azare
tunnel disaster and the wreckage has
been virtually cleared away. There
are fragments of bodies, which the res
cuers and doctors have been unable to
assemble; therefore 1t is impossible to
say at the present time what the COM
plete death list numbers.
Paris, Oct. 6.-tBy The Associated
Press)-Twenty-th bodies of per-
sons who lost their lives in the rear
end collision OF two suburban passen-
ger trains in the half mile :urn run
ming into the st Lazare railway sta
tion last night had been recovered
from the smouldering wreckage today.
Only seven have been identified.
among these being Count Gerard de
Rohan-Chabot a former cavalry officer
prominent in French social circles.
Night long work allowed train service
to be resumed early today except In
the tunnel where the collision occurred.
which is the central one of three tun-
nels side by side.
The accident is attributed to tho
failure OF signal or a mistake in
working the signal When a train
enters the tunnel a signal should drop
automa tically, preventing another train
from entering. An investigation IS
being made.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07
SPLIT MRANKS OF AMERICAN
BANKERS NARROWLY AVERTED

and state bank division of the asso-
ciaton on the question.
Mr.. Drum said the matter had been
turned over to the interested division
to avert n conflict in the general ses-
s!ons of the convention. In the state
bank division earlier in the weeks ses-
sions, charged that the larger nation
al banks were assuming octopus"
tactics were made and speakers de-
clared the extension of national bank
branches would wipe out the smaller
state banks.
Another attack on extension of the
government postal savings bank sys-
tenn was launched today. A. e. Adams
of youngstown. Ohio a former asso-
citation president declared any such eN-
tension would only increase govern
ment expenses without giving the
public anything of value.
Foreign trade and election of Of
ficers were the principal topics dis
cussed with one of the leading ad-
dresses coming from Sir D. Drum
mond Frazier of London. who ex-
planned IA plan for international cred
its.
John McHugh of New York. read
the report of the commerce and marine
commission.
Tho national bank division adopted
n resolution requesting congress to
amend the national bank act SO as to
permit National banks to operate
branches, within the corporate limits.
in which the head office of the bank is
located and that this be limited to
states in which state chartered banks
are permitted to operate branches
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07

Colorado State hospitals and the parks
OF the city.
The wives. some so or go in number,
were later taken to the First Presby-
terian church where they heard a
number of interesting lectures by
women prominent in educational
lines.
On the entertainment program that
followed were Thomas A. Christian
who sang and Professor Hutchins, the
Bird Man who gave many enjoyable
limitations of bird songs.
At noon the entire convention and
the visiting wives We're guests of the
Minnequa club at cabaret luncheon
with the children of the local physi-
clans as hosts. Folk dancing by the
smaller girls of the Scott School was
one of the features on the program.
The crowning entertainment of the
meet was the Harvest supper given the
visitors at the Steel Works Y. NJ. c.
A. last night The spacious gymnas-
ium was given over to elaborate decora.
tons in the spirit of autumn. with
great amounts of leaves, pumpkins,
corn stalks, sorghum and other prod
ucts of the farm From 400 to 800
crowded the floor. Toasts were given
by Drs. Hubert Work, j. NJ. Hail Of
Denver; James G. Webb of Colorado
! Springs; freeman OF Denver. HI
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07
DECREASE REPORTED
IN U. S. UNEMPLOYMENT
Tho Slight Boost in Business
Is Registered in
80 Cities.

Washington. D. c., Oct. "a slight
decrease in unemployment thruout the
United States was reported for Sep
tember by the department of labor in
a summary of conditions made public
tonight. On September 30 the depart
ment said LAPS establishments had is
0o0 more workers on their payrolls than
on August 81, an increase of IL per
cent. In So principal cities, employ
ment decreased in 26. but increased in
3S in one remained unchanged during
the month
The summary showed the percentage
of change was greater in the cities re-
porting increased employment than in
those showing decreases. The greatest
increase in employment was noted at
Toledo, Ohio. with PAL per cent.
While Portland, Oregon, stood second
with an increase OF 21.7 per cent.
Chicago reported an increase of lis
per cent and New York showed de-
crease of 2.2 per cent.
Increases by industries were noted
particularly in food production. textile
manufacturing, nearly all metals, stone
glass. clay, lumber, chemicals and
railroad shops.
The industries reporting decreases in
cluded automobiles. leather and its
products, paper and printing and to-
bacco manufactures.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07
BURGENLAND SITUATION
GROWS MORE SERIOUS

Vienna, October 5.-New complica-
tons entered into the Burgenland sit
uatiou today when it was learned the
proposed conference in Italy, has not
been sanctioned by Great Britain. In
government circles, Italy's injection
into the affair is being regarded in the
same light as the efforts of DR..
Edouard Benes. the Czecho-Slovak pre-
mier, to settle the controversy thru
Herr Schober, the Austrian chancellor,
both being without sanction.
The economic crisis is growing more
acute with the fall in exchange. The
populace is besieging food and cloth
ing stores in anticipation of still higher
prices. The price of fat has risen from
400 to 1.500 crowns per lSilogram,
Canned milk cannot be purchased.
Merchants are Withdrawing their stock
and selling only one article to "A custo-
mer.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07
ZERO SEES HALF
HIS ARMY DESERT
Former Servicemen Tire Of
Following Him And
March Away

Washington, D. c.. Oct 6.-Urbain
Ledoux who calls himself 'Mr. Zero"
and tho champion of the unemployed"
saw one-half. of his followers desert
him today in. front of the capitol The
labor auctioneeT pf Boston Common
fame with His little army Of -unesn-
ployed, augmented by q Sightseeing bus
full of former service men from New
York, appeared at the capitol to ask
Senators Wadsworth and Calder to OBJ
tain permission for use of National
Guard armories in New York as sleep
ing places for unemployed. The sena-
tors told LIE Doux their request was a
matter for state action:
Then came the division in the ranks.
Bud Taylor, leader of the new arrivals
from New York, mounted the bus and
addressed the men substantially as
follows:
I'm tired and sick Of following this
fellow zero" around. 1t isn't doing
us any good to pose before the camera
We are not moving picture actors.
What we want is work. This chasing
the cameras here is not getting US any
where. II any of you want Jobs come
with me and we will do our best to
land them"
Half of the party thereupon started
with Taylor toward the union station
while Ledoux and the remnant of his
forces proceeded toward the White
House for their daily visit.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07

kovich, Denver: Mason, Rochester.
Mimi. Van Meter. Denver; II. S. Smith.
Delta. The entertainment consisted of
singing led by Thomas Christian and
limitations of bird songs by Professor
Hutchins, besides the quartet.
Among the most interesting papers
read before themorning session of doc
tors was that of John F. Golden a
doctor of Chicago. and a recognized au-
thority on bone surgery, the subject he
chose for his address yesterday morn
ing. This was considered one of the
most absorbing lectures given before
the convention.
The Acute Abdomen" was the sub
lject of the talk by w. w. Grant, NJ. D.
of Denver. The cause, relation to lab
oratory and S-ray findings, quick
diagnosis as a life saving measure.
study and history as an important
factor in the solution of the difficulty.
DR.. II. r. Bull of Grand Junction
gave as his talk the Extra Uterine
CESSATION" dealing with ectopic gesta-
tion as a surgical emergency, its freq
uency, theories of causation. and the
Illustration by statement of cases.
Other speakers We're DR.. l.. NJ. Van
Meter of Denver DR.. j. Il. Sickenber-
ger Of Grand Junction, and DIR. Leon
CONTINUED on P,re Ninel
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07

Los Angeles. Cal. Oct "a threat
ened split in the ranks Of the Ameri-
can Bankers association was averted
today by announcement that the
executive council Of the organization
had reserved an earlier decision fav-
oring establishment of branches by
national banks under certain condi-
tions.
The announcement was made by
John S. Drum, president in today's
general session of the associations
convention. Mr.. Drum made the mo-
tion in the council which resulted in
the reversal. He said there was ''un-
alterable conflict" between national
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07
TAFT IS GRANDFATHER
AGAIN, It IS A GIRL

New Haven, Conn.,, Oct "a
Daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Fred ]. Manning today and Chief JUS
tice William Howard Taft is again a
grandfather. Mrs. Manning was Helen
Taft. Mr.. Manning is an instructor
in Yale college.
Chief Justice Taft's other grand
daughter is the child OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles p. Taft IL.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07
CHICAGO NAN WINS
DAYS BILLIARD PLAT

Pittsburg, Penn, Oct. 6.--August
Kieckhefer of Chicago won the first
game of today's play in the national
three cushion billiard championship
from Pierre Maupome of Mexico. fifty
to thirty eight in sixty-two innings.
The high run for kieckhefer was six.
for Maupome four. Charles Weston,
Pittsburg, defeated Charles McConrt,
a local entry, fifty to thirty-nine in
seventy-two innings. Weston's high
run was seven, McCourt's two.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07
EXPORTS FROM ]. S.
TO CHINA DRIP HALF

Shanghai, Oct. 6-Exports to the
United States from China, fell off near
ly 60 per cent in the year that ended
June 20, 1891, as compared with the
preceding year, according to a report
compiled in the office of the American
commercial attache at Shanghai
American exports to China. on the 9TH
er hand increased nearly IL per cent
nvsr the nraceding year.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07

said the subject of Ireland. was fully
reviewed this being the first time
Premier Lloyd George had had an OPP
portunity to lay the developments of
the situation white he was Gairlocr be-
fore the full cabinet.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07

Main points in the program are an
increase in the maximum sur tax rate
from 80 per cent to 50 per cent and
repeal of the tax on freight, passenger
and Pullman transportation. 1t Is pro-
posed to repeal the $1,000 exemption al
lowed corporations which would mean
an additional $60000,000 of revenue
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07
REPUBLICAN SENATE LEADERS
AGREE ON TENTATIVE TAXPLAN
TO CLOSE GAP IN PARTY RANKS
Proposed Main Changes Include Sur Tax Rate Boost
To Fifty Per Cent; Transportation Levy Repeal;
Killing Of Nuisance Charges

Washington, D. O., Oct 6-(By The Associated Press)-
Republican senate leaders in conferences today agreed
tentative revision program which they believe will close the
principal gap within their party ranks in the senate and
acceptable to the Republicans in the house
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07
NY. AMERICANS DUPLICATE FIRST
BY BEATING NATIONALS TOO
WlTHY0UNCPlTCHER0 MOUND
Babe Ruth Walks Three Times But Brings Crowd to
Feet By Stealing Second And Third;
Stands Are Packed

New York, Oct 6.-The New York Americans shut out
the York Giants here Thursday to leaving the Ma
onas runess after eighteen innings of play in the first two
,lays of the world series struggle.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-07

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Evening star., 1921-05-08

was fioundering for a couple of weeks.
He turned in an erroriess performance
and connected for double and two
singles. all clean drives. He has six
safeties to his credit in the last three
games.
Brewer continues to perform wei,
In the field and added another safety
to his meager collection. He may
start singing the ball consistently
once he gets his sights properly ad-
justed.
Harris larruped a hard liner direct
ly into Ruth's hands on he only legal
turn at bat. He followed VIII a sac
rihce fly and then was twice ,,inesd
by Hoyt.
MeuSei lacked only a base on ball.
OF doing about everything possible in
a batting way. His string of hits
embraced single. double. triple and
home run. and on his other appear
ance, with the bases unoccupied, he
famed.
OvefeStimation of his sprintine
ability by johnson ended the Nation
ais rally in the second Barney at
tempted to advance from second on
Judges fly to Roth. He saw he
couldn't make the grade before half
the distance was traversed and start :
ed back. but proved an easy victim.
Evening star., 1921-05-08
WILL HANDLE 70" MEET
Robert Maurer to Head Imposing
Array of Officials at Big Games
Next Saturday.

An imposing array of sofficials will
conduct the big annual track and
field carnival to be held by the &C
Club of Central in the Mount Pleasant
stadium next Saturday afternoon. The
group, headed by Robert A Maurer
principal of Central. who will be
honorary referee, includes the follow
ing:
Lieut.. c. r. Eagle. Michigan; Royce
Hough Princeton; j. A Praether
NJ. /. T.; S. S. Edmonston, Georgetown
judges: D. c. Grain. George Washing
ton; Charles Hart, George Washing
ton; W. A. Quigley and c. o. Moran
PennsYlVania. timers: c. f. Beckett
Springfield, referee; A. B. Gray. Yale
starter; DR.. Edwin Brides. Yale, clerk
OF the course; E. B. Fuller. Spring
neld; Charles Sabin, Yale, and John
Earr, Harvard, field judges: Douglas
ililyer, Virginia: George T Sharp,
George Washington: Frank Kirk,
northwestern, and Newton Brewer,
georgetown. marshals; j. E Hass,
pennsylvania State, announcer.
invltations to compete have been
extended to many high and prep
schols in this section. Among those
that nave promised to enter squads
are Baltimore Poly, Baltimore City
College. Staunton Military Academy,
augusta Military. Woodberry Forest.
episcopal High. Tech High, Western
Hlgh' Eastern High, Business High.
Mount st. Joseph's. Gilman Country
School. Tome. John Marshall High,
Brearly Hall, Gaithersburg High.
Alexandria High. Emerson Institute,
Friends, All Souls Episcopal Church
School, St James and Stuyvesant.
Evening star., 1921-05-08
MARYLAND NINE IN VAN
Hits Hard and Fields Well in
Defeating Carnegie Tech by
8 to 8 Count.

University of Maryland found Car
negie Tech easier than it expected
yesterday, and won another base ball
victory, by 3 to 3. The College Park
nine hit the ball hard and fielded
well.
Maryland got a run across in the
opening inning, and in the fourth a
base on balls and four hits and an
field out sent four more men scamper-
ing over the plate. In the next in
ming. a walk and a sacrifice and a
single got another run over, and in
the eighth a double and single and
walk filled the bases with Maryland
men. and Bailey cleaned them with a
triple to right center
Carnegie Tech got two of it's three
runs in the sixth. when Durkin. with
one down, tripled to left center, and
GLADDEN. followed him Immediately
with a. long drive over Eiseman's $
head for home run.
keene and Bailey, Maryland's bat
terry, led in the hitting. the former
making four Safeties out of as many
trips to the plate, and the latter
getting two singles and a triple.
Evening star., 1921-05-08
PENN 2-3 POINT AHEAD
IN TRIANGULAR GAMES

NEW YORK. May 7.-Pennsylvania
nosed out Dartmouth by two thirds
of point in a triangular athletic
meet with Columbia today. Penn
sylvania had 81 points. Dartmouth
SO Ia and Columbia IA 2-3.
The New England college captured
all the field events, while Pennsyl-
vania starred on the track.
f. j. Thomson, Dartmouth, Olympic
star, won two hurdle events and the
high jump.
Earl Eby of Pennsylvania was out
run in the 44O-yard dash by C. D.
Rogers. teammate, in 80 2-5 seconds.
CHICAGO, May WISCONSIN defeated Chi,
cago in dual track meet today, 1O5 to 80.
IOWA CITY. Iowa. May Iowa won the
dual track meet with Northwestern today,
100 to 40.
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. May Iowa State
defeated Minnesota field and track here
today, ST to So. Iowa took 9 Of the 16 rsts
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. May THE Har-
ward track team defeated the Massachusetts
Institute Of Technology today, GO to As
BETHLEHEM. Pa. May 7.-Rutgers de-
feated Lehigh in track meet here today.
"A to 3S.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. May 7.-Illinois de-
feated Notre Dame in dual track meet to-
day, 1914 to 521a.