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Los Angeles Deputies
Kill 2 Bandits in Fight

Los Angeles, Aug. l0.-Police and
sheriff's deputies said today they
hoped to solve number of recent
crimes in and around Los Angeles
through the surrender last night OF
]. w. Gilkye, after two OF his com.
panions had been killed and third
probably fatally wounded in an at
tempt to rob the Union Ice COM
pany's office.
A posse of 10 deputy sheriffs
trailed the band for days and last
night learned a robbery Of the ice
company was planned. The officers
surrounded the plant and after the
men, with handkerchiefs over their
faces, had taken $1,000 from the safe,
after forcing the night cashier to lie
upon the floor, the deputies closed in
on them.
One of the dead bandits was
named Kenneth Fleenor and the
other was known to the police as
big Dick or Lefty Louie" The
one expected to die was Edwin Bur-
ton. said to have police record in
Chicago.
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Three Arrested
in IL. Love Triangle
Two Women and Man Ac.
cused Of Three.Cornered
Elopement.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Aug. TO-
Clarence Warner, 50; Mrs. Inez
Sleeper, 20, mother of two children,
and Mrs. Fanny Hyatt. bride of a
few weeks, were arrested here, ac-
cused of a triangular elopment from
Cadillac Saturday. The two children
accompanied them. The deserted
husbands, with the aid of the po-
lice, caused the arrest of Warner and
the two women at a rooming house.
Warrants sworn out by the hus-
bands charged statutory offenses.
Warner and the women were held
under bonds. None of them volun-
teered any explanation. Hyatt. and
Sleeper surprised their wives as they
sat down to supper Tuesday night
with Warner in an apartment, where
the police assert, they have. been
living since their disappearance from
Cadillac Saturday. Mrs. Hyatt, the
police assert, had been posing as
Warmers sister.
The two women accompanied
Warner and their angry husbands
to the police station. Warner sat
debonair and indifferent as the police
tried vainly TO obtain information
from the women. The women chat
ted gaily with. each other at the sta
ton, completely ignoring their hus-
bands.
A dispatch from Cadillac said that
the Sleepets had had trouble recent
ly and that Sleeper had published a
notice declining responsibility for
debts contracted by his wife. Moth
ing was known in Cadillac of friend
ship between Warner and the women.
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Republican Keynote
to Be Given by Cline

Lincoln, Aug. 1O.-(Special. -,
Charles A. McCloud, chairman Of the
republican state central committee,
wrote today to Maj. Earl Cline OF
Nebraska City asking him to make
the keynote speech at the republican
convention at Lincoln August Is.
McC1oud wired to former Con.
gresham c. Frank Reavis at Wash.
ington several days ago, inviting him
to deliver this address. Reavis re-
piled he was, unable to be present be-
cause of his work as a war fraud
investigator.
The original plan was to boom A.
]. Weaver of Falls City for tempo
rary chairman. Weaver is on q va
cation and will not return in time
for the convention.
McCloud intends to hold a busi-
ness meeting Of the state executive
committee the night before the con-
vention.
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Coal Mine
Won
Lewis Says
Predicts Three ourths Of Sof.
Coal Mines Will Be Opened
Within Week After Pend.
ing Settlement.
Negotiations Continue

Cleveland, O., Aug. l0.-(By A. P.)
The policy committee OF the United
Mine Workers Of America today
voted to proceed with the negotiation
Of Q wage scale agreement. The
operators Of central and western
Pennsylvania, Illinois and Indiana are
here for the conference that wa
called with q view Of breaking the
soft coal strike.
In announcing the committees de.
cision, President John L. Lewis OF
the miners said:
Return in Week.
II confidently predict that when q
scale is made here that rs per cent
OF all the bituminous tonnage now
on strike will sign the scale and re.
turn to work within a week."
Settlement Of the strike in the an.
thracite regions, which also have
been shut down since April |. when
the miners walked out would "natur.
ally follow" the resumption of work
in the soft coal industry, Mr.. Levi.
said.
Refusal of the Indiana and Illinois
operators associations to join the
conference, he said. would make no
difference" in proceeding toward
making an agreement. He asserted
that the miners had definite assur-
ances that important producers" Of
these two states would accept any
thing decided on by the conference.
Says Fight Is Won.
After predicting that three-fourths
of the soft coal mines closed by the
strike would be opened within
week, after a settlement has been
negotiated here, Mr.. Lewis asserted
that "the miners have won their fight
and it is practically over"
There is no longer a thought III
any quarter" he said, "that wage re-
ductions will be imposed in the min
ing industry. The question now is
one of procedure without undue
humiliation of the operators. We
have no desire to humiliate them.
We want an immediate resumption
of mining, the return of the men to
work and the relief Of the public"
The conference of soft coal oper-
ators and leaders of the striking min.
ers was scheduled today to turn to
preparations for negotiating wage
scale agreement that would end the
strike as far as il affects the opera.
tors who became signatories to the
new contract. The conference was
not to assemble until the late after.
noon.
Illinois members of the policy
committee, it was learned, had beer
advised by Frank harrington, the II
linois miners president, to favor set
tlement of the strike on the basis Of
single state agreements with the
operators.
John L. Lewis, president Of the
miners union, declared such a policy
would be rejected if brought before
the committee. 5~
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Man Kills Wife and Self;
Marital Tangle Blamed

Pasadena, Cal, Aug. 10.-W. r.
Bean, who arrived here Wednesday
from Carnegie, Pa, shot and killed
his wife. Aliene and then committed
suicide. leaving several notes of ea-
planation. The two bodies were
found in locked bathroom in the
home Of Mrs. Beans sister. The two
left four small children.
Investigation showed that after
Bean arrived from the east he pur-
chased small pistol. He then wrote
three long letters, one to his mother,
Mrs. James Bean of Barbertown. O.;
one ito the public" and one to my
friends"
The letter by Bean assigned
marital troubles as the reason for
his act. The coroner said he believed
no inquest was necessary,
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Convict Labor May Be
Used in Indiana Mines

Staunton, Ind, Aug. 10.-With the
beginning today of the ninth day Of
the occupation of the Staunton coal
district by the state forces there had
not yet been lump of coal mined at
the shafts and officials apparently are
casting about for, skilled labor with
which to begin the digging of coal.
There has been little. response to
Governor McRay's call for volunteers
among striking miners to man the
shafts and the element of labor
shipped in from outside points ap-
parently has proven unsatisfactory to
the operators of the mines taken over
by the state.
Governor MCKAY in a statement
issued in indianapolis yesterday, said
convict labor would be used to oper-,
ate the mines only as a last resort,
and the statement brought the conf
ment from several different quarters
that "the last resort is about due"
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Wabash Switch1nen
at Moberly Walk Out

Moberly. Mo-, Aug. 10.-(By A.
P)-Switchmen employed by the
Wabash here walked out today be-
cause, it was said, National guards
men, who have been patholling the
yards, came in the yards.
The National guardsmen have
been patrolling only the shops, but
today the lines were extended out
over the yards where the switchmen
work. The men declared the pres
ence of the guards SO close to them
endangered their lives, saying they
would be in the path of fire should
any shooting occur.
The grievance of the men will be
sent to the grand officers immedi-
ately, it was said.
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Slayers Of Field Marshal
Hanged IN London F Prison

London. Aug. 1O.-(By A. P.)-
Joseph O'Sullivan and Reginald
Dunn were hanged this morning in
Wandsworth prison for the assassina-
ton of Field Marshal Sir Henry
Wilson on June u.
! A crowd of about 50 Irishmen and
women assembled outside the Jail at
7 o'clock, an hour before the execu-
ton. They sang hymns and prayed
for the souls of the condemned men.
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Large Number OF .4tlzens
Would Vote to Abolish
Constitution, u. S. Bar Told
Policy Committee of American Bar Association De-
clares in Report Bureau Needed to Offset Crow
ing Tide of Ant-Americanism.

San Francisco. Aug. l0.-Estab.
lishment OF a bureau to further
American ideals and to Offset q
growing tide Of anti-Americanism
which was declared to be arousing
great prejudice against the courts
and the constitution was recon-
mended TO the American Bar associ-
alton today by its committee on
ideals.
I'VE are convinced that II il could
be submitted to a vote" the COM
mittee reported, "a large number oi
our citizens would vote in favor OF
abolishing the constitution entirely"
The report, which also denounced
the proposal to clothe legislative
bodies with supreme authority, was
presented by Judge Martin ]. Wade
OF the United States district court of
Iowa. The other members of the
committee are c. A. Severance Of
St. Paul, Mimi, president Of the
American Bar association; Maj. Ed
gar B. Tolman, Chicago; Walter
George Smith, Philadelphia; r. E. L.
Saner, Dallas, Tex, and Judge An
drew A. Bruce, Minneapolis.
Unwarranted Immunities.
MANY of our people are convinced
that the constitution was intended as
an aid to the rich and powerful" the
report said. THAT it affords unwar-
ranted immunities to the railroads
and other great corporations, and is
an instrument of oppression to the
poor.
"They do not know that the con-
limitation invoked by the
to protect its propery in
time of danger is exactly the same
limitation upon which the widow, the
man and the farmer rely to
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Body Fits Description
of Well-Known Swindler

San Francisco. Aug. 10.-Doubt as
to whether Joe Furey. nationally
known swindler, actually died in the
penitentiary at Fort Worth, Tex.
and was inferred here, was cleared
away as far as the police are con-
cerned, when the body in question
was examined and minutely answered
Furey's description. Furey's finger
prints. in the possession of the po-
lice, tailed with those of the dead
man, the police said.
On account of Furey's faculty of
posing as dead in the past, only to
appear and bother the police at some
place distant from the point of his
fake demise, District Attorney Wool
wine of Los Angeles, where certain
charges are pending against the
swindler, wanted to make sure and
asked that the body here be ex-
humed.
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Rail Chiefs
Opposed to .
Peace Plan
Sentiment on Eve Of Confer.
ence Points to Refusal Of
Harding's Proposal
by Executives.
Union Heads Unchanged

New YORK, aug. lU.-(by a. III
As western and southern transpor.
tation managers began to arrive fov
the session Friday Of the Association
of Railway Executives, to pass on
President Harding's new rail peace
plan, indications were that the nc
surrender" policy voiced by L. F.
Loree, chairman OF the eastern con.
ference was gaining momentum. A
concerted effort OF the eastern men
to strengthen their position was seen
in several conferences at which the
newly arriving officials were guests
of local executives.
The first conference was held al
the Association Of Railroad Execu-
tives board rooms where Is rail
chiefs were secretly closeted for sew
eral hours. Those who attended the
meeting asserted they were held
merely to talk over the presidents
latest plan and to enable recognized
leaders to canvass conditions on
roads which had resulted from the
first seven weeks Of the shopcrafts'
strike.
Sentiment Growing.
The subterranean drifting OF SEN
timent against acceptance of Presi-
dent Harding's proposal which, until
today, seemed to be confined to a
few of the more belligerent roads,
now appears to dominate among the
executives here for the conference.
Their. attitude is that the shop
crafts men already have lost the
strike and that, by accepting the
strike leaders challenge to a fight
to a finish" their shop forces soon
will be recruited to normal strength
and the power of the union disinte-
grated. =.
Southern and western roads, how
ever, are not faring so we'll, it is
frankly admitted, because most of
their shops are situated far from the
big labor centers where nonunion
forces are most easily recruited.
Their representatives came here pre-
pared to, vote for acceptance of Mr..
Harding's plan, it was understood.
Stiff Fight Expected.
Led by President FELTON, of the
Chicago Great Western, chairman of
The western division of the Associa-
ion Of Railway Executives, this ele-
aent for acceptance was expected to
'ut up 2 stiff fight against the east
.rners.
Although Mr.. FELTON, has not in
Heated any changes of heart, many
# his smaller constituents tonight
gave evidence of bowing to the ex-
PRESSED will of the mo surrender"
group, of which w. w. Atterbury,
nee president of the Pennsylvania;
4. H. Smith of the New York Cen
raj; Frederick Underwood of the
Erie, and Mr.. Loree of the Della
ware & Hudson, are the acknowl-
,dged leaders.
Union Men Meet.
Washington, Aug. 10.-Nearly all
he officials of railroad unions who
will participate in Fridays confer
nee over President Harding's final
'roposal of basis for settling the
trike, were in Washington tonight
nd had completed a survey of the
ituation as presented to them by
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Co-Founder of Canadian
Pacific Road Near Death

Montreal, Que, Aug. l0.-R. B.
Angus, Canada's grand old man."
cofounder of. Canadian Pacific rail-
road with Lord Stathcona and Mount
Stephen. is critically i'll at his sum-
mer residence at Senneville, Que,
and is not expected to recover. Mr..
Angus for all his 81 years was, un-
til the last few weeks, apparently
in robust health and since he passed
his Goth milestone, actually made ex-
tended tours of Europe. In his 8Oth
year he accepted the duties of presi-
dent of the Bank Of Montreal, of
whose Chicago agency he had charge
in 1862.
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guard their possessions against
wrongful invasion.
"They do not know that no man
10 so poor or SO obscure that he can
not, in the hour of threatened injury,
turn to the constitution as his pro.
lection against the wrongful acts oi
the rich and socially prominent.
Must Revive Confidence.
Confidence in the courts must
be revived. Resistance to authority
is resistance to the will OF the peo-
PIE, who can have any law they de-
sire, provided they take pains to Or
ganize and crystallize public senti-
ment."
The proposal by a United States
senator that legislative bodies be
clothed with supreme power can
mean nothing less than the destruc-
ton OF our written constitution" the
report said.
"Under such a proposal, the Ameri-
can people are guaranteed freedom Of
speech and action only until some
legislative body declares otherwise" :"
The committee proposed working
through schools and colleges to fur
thcr American ideals Of citizenship
and advised the creation of "com-
mittee upon American citizenship"
composed of FIVE members, represent
ing different parts Of the United
States, and nonpartisan in political
and industrial questions, to arouse
public sentiment in favor of support
for the constitution.
II also urged that every news
paper and magazine establish a de
partment of American citizenship"
and that course in American insti-
tutions and ideals be made part of the
(Tmn to Page Three. Column Two.)
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Committee toCall
Oil Operators in
Gasoline Probe
Chairman McNary .Determin.
ed to Get Relevant Facts
Instead of Side Issues
in Price Quiz,

Washington, Aug. 10.-Decision to
call head officials of many Of the
greater oil companies, who can talk
about the inside OF the oil industry" "
was reached by Acting Chairman
McNary Of the senate manufactures
committee as the next step in. the
senate investigation of the gasoline
price situation.
Senator McNary said he was de-
termined to have relevant" facts in
stead of "side issues" in the commit
tee report.
The investigation would show, SEN
ator McNary said, whether there is
actual competition, for instance,
among the units of the Standard Oil
groups" He believed also, he added,
that the-questiontof whether there is
ian understanding or what amounts
to an understanding" between selling
companies as to the "antics gasoline
prices shall perform"
The committee has heard in the
past four days, R. L. WEIGH, secre-
tary of the American Petroleum in
stitute, and John D. Clark, vice presi-
dent of the Midwest Refining COM
pany. Both gave testimony which
the chairman said he regarded as
"highly interesting and frankly Of
fered," but stated that it did not get
anywhere in the committees plan"
Consequently, the committee ad-
journed, to meet again probably early
next week, VIXEN it is proposed to
call witnesses from the ranks of the
high oil companies officials.
In addition to the subjects men
toned, Senator McNary explained
that the committee would inquire
into the makeup Of the big COM
panies, the names and natures of
their subsidiaries, their capital,
net returns and overhead ex-
penses, the personnel and sal
aries of the directorates and details
as to trade practices. He declared
that it was common report that some
producers holding near-monopolies
on small fields had resorted to chok-
ing wells in order that the produc-
ton could be held down and the
market "buoyed."
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Board O to
Fix Claims
onCern1any
Agreement Signed in Berlin
Providing for Commission
to Settle Damages Re.
sulting From War.
Day Appointed Umpire

Washington, Aug. l0.-(By A. P.)
Announcement that an agreement
between the United States and Ger
many providing for the determina-
ton of the amount OF claims against
Gcrmay was signed in Berlin was
made tonight by the State depart
ment. The agreement provides for
a claims commission to be composed
of two commissioners and an UNI
pire.
Associate Justice Day OF the Unit
ed States supreme court, It was an
nounced, has been selected by Presi-
dent Harding as umpire. He will
have authority to decide finally
upon questions on which the two
commissioners-one to be selected
by each government-may agree.
The selection of Justice Day, 1t
was stated, was made after the Ger
man government expressed desire
to have an American citizen appoint
ed as umpire. The name OF the
American commissioner, it was said,
will be announced later.
To Meet in Warrington.
Under the agreement, the COM
missioners will meet in Washington
within two months OF the date Of its
signature, and will pass upon claims
arising from seizure OF damage to
American property within the former
German empire, claims arising as
consequence OF the war and occur
ring since July 81, 1914. and debts
owed as between the nationals OF the
two countries.
The agreement follows:
The United States of America
and Germany, being desirous OF de-
termining the amount to be paid by
Germany in satisfaction of Ger
many's financial obligations under
the treaty concluded by the two
governments on August Is, 1921,
which secures to the United States
and its nationals rights specified
under q resolution of the congress
of the United States of July 2,
1921. including rights under the
treaty OF Versailles, have resolved
to submit the question for a de.
cision to a mixed commission and
have appointed as their plenipoten-
tiaries for the purpose Of conclud-
ing the following agreement: The
president of the United States OF
America and the president Of the
German empire, who, having com.
municated their full powers, found
to be in good and due form, have
agreed as follows:
Article One.
The commission shall pass upon
the following categories OF claims
which are more particularly de-
fined in the treaty of August Is,
1921, and in the treaty of Ver-
sailles:
Claims OF American citizens,
arising since July 81, 1914, in re-
spect OF damage to, or seizure Of,
their property, rights and interests,
including any company or associa-
ton i'll which they are interested
within German territory as it ex-
isted on August |, 1914.
Other claims for loss or dam
age to which the United States or
its nationals have been subjected
with respect to injuries to per-
sons or to property, rights and in
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Sheriff Seizes Stills,
Mash, Booze in Raid

Two stills. 1900. gallons of mash,
60 gallons of corn whisky, and Tony
Tico were seized by Mike Clark,
sheriff. in a raid on Tico's farm two
miles north of Florence.
"The. stills were in operation in
the dirtiest barn l ever saw" Clark
declared, "and the water from which
the whisky was being made was OBJ
tanned from a filthy little stream
serving as drain for a large terri
tory. 80,
Tico was charged with possession
of the stills and with possession and
of the liquor.
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Omaha Trainmen Have
No Orders to Walk Out

No word authorizing or sanction
ing strike OF railroad trainmen has
been received in Omaha, according
to A. T. Wright, general chairman OF
the Order of Roilway Conductors;
D. w. Smith, general chairman of the
Union Pacific firemen, and other
brotherhood officers here.
Union Pacific clerks were in con-
ference with General Manager jeff
eris at Union Pacific headquarters
yesterday in an effort to iron out
what is characterized by both railway
men and clerks as minor differ
ences,"
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Oil Dividend Declared

Denver, Aug. 10.-A dividend Of
81 a share. has been declared by the
Continental Oil company, payable
September IS to stockholders of rec
ord at the close of business. August
Is, it was announced by G. F. Smith,
secretary of the company. The trans
fer books of the company will be
closed for transfers of stock from
August 26 to September Is, inclusive,
it was announced.
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Actress Freed Of Larceny

Los Angeles, Aug. 10.-Texas Gui-
nan. actress, was freed from 4 grand
larceny charge growing out of the
sale of large mortgaged automo-
bile at the conclusion of long pre-
liminary hearing. In dismissing the
case. the judge said it should have
never been brought as it was a civil
action, If anything.