Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 3, 1909, Page 1

1 o) Only 19 Shopping Days Till Christmas HE OMAHA DAILY BEE WARSHIPS ON WAY T0 NICARAGUA Naval Forces of the United States Are Being Moved Toward Both Coasts of Central America. VESSELS FOR CORINTO| Force of About 1,500 Marines to Be Concentrated There. FCUR KIMBALL WILL TAKE CHARGE" | murder Rear Admiral Sails for Colon, Where He Will Direct Operations. | | FRESIDENT ZELAYA SURPRISED He Refterates His Delief that He Was Ju ed In Executing Amerl- cans—Vice Conanl Still on Duty. dera WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—Naval forces of lie United States are being moved forward night to both coasts of Central America to protect American 1'fé¢ and property iIn Nicaragua by force of arms, if the neces- | sity arises With the departure this after- noon from Philadelphia of the troopship | Prairie with 700 marines aboard for the Isthmus of Panama, and, if it be so de- creed, for Nicaragua, and of the salling from Magdalena bay of the protected cruiser Albany and the gunboat Yorktown | for Corinto, on the coast of Nicaragua, the | activity of the Navy department was be- | coming manifest on both oceans that wash | the Nicaraguan shores. Beeldes, the crulsers Des Moines and | oma and the gunboat Marietta are lying | Port Limon, Costa Rica, ready for any call upon them. and the guns of the little | gunboat Vicksburg are poltted toward the customs house and town ot Corinto. The gunboat Princoton s endeavoring to make its way from the Bremerton navy yard, ‘Washingtoa, to Corinto also. Rear Admiral K ball in Charge. ‘With the probabllity of many deilcate questions arlsing in Nicaragua and of their demanding immediate response, the Navy department decided to send a flag officer | to Nicaragua to take command of the American naval forces. Rear Admiral Wil- llam W. Kimball was chosen for that duty. He safled tor Colon, Panama, toda will make his way from there to Corinto, doubtiess, as rapidly as possible Kimball has been a member of the boards of examinations and retirements and of construction for more than a year. The concentration of the four warships together with tho Buffalo, with all its marines, at Corinto Is taken to indicato the determination of the officials here-eon be able to meet any call upon them for the protection of American citizens. On the Albany are about 260 blue jackets and on the Vicksburg, Yorktown and Prineeton about 160 each. These, together with the marines, would make an army of over 1,60 men, which will equal'any organization re- ported to be serving under Zelaya. Although Secretary Knox in his note last night to the Nicaraguan charge, Mr. Roderiguez, Intimated that he would be wiiling to see that gentleman unofficlally, the permission has mot yet been taken ad- vantage of. Having broken off diplomatic relations with Nicaragua it 1s understood to be the government's purpose at present to main- tain a position of watchfuiness and prepar- edness for any eventuality. The government Is in a position to seize Corinto or to take other offensive action shov'1 the situation seem to warrant and sho..d such & step be found necessary it | will be prompt and deoisive Insurgents Are Rejolcing. There 15 rejoleing today in the ranks of the Nicaraguan insurrectionary party and | corresponding gloom among the friends | i of President Zelaya, over the ultimatum | handed down yesterday by the United States to the Nicaraguan government in | the note which accompanied the passports | delivered by Secretary of State Knox to Felipe Rodriguez, charge d' affalres of the Nicaraguan legation. The strength of the note and its personal tone are the subjects of comment in diplo- matie clrcles, 1t 18 generally recognized that the United States has decided the time has come to put an end to further attacks on 4merican | Mfe and interests In Central America. The far reaching effect of the note Is a matter of especial comiment. The fact that President Zelaya Is upparently to be held responsible for the shooting of the Amer- feans, Groce and Cannon, and that the note intimates that Zelaya is the culprit, adds a sting to the matter. Concealed in the vigorous note directed by Secretary Knox is seen a warning to the Central American republics thaqt they | must behave and conduct themselves as other republics in the western hemisphere conduct themselves. This and the direct announcement that the United States in- tends to see the family of western repub- lics lives harmoniously is believed by dip- lomats to be epochal. Prairie Safls for Colont PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2—Flying the pennant of Rear Admiral Wiliam Wirt Kimball, the transport Prairle, with 700 marines on board left the Philadeiphia navy yard at 346 p. m. for the Panama Canal zone and possibly Nicabagua. When asked where he was going, Rear Admiral Kimball replied that he was about to take a “littie sall with Captain Kellogg on the Prairle, I am golng down to look things over,” he add.d. “Where 1s down?" he was asked “My papers say Colon,” was his answer, Zelaya is Surprised. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. 2.—The ac- Uon of the American secretary of state in dismissing Senor Felipe Rodrigues, the Nicaraguan charge d'affaires at Washing- ton, has greatly surprised President Ze- lays, who reiterates today his bellet that the Nicaragua government was justified |due December 1. The settlers in executing the Americans, Groce and Chnnon, who were affillated with the revo- lutionists. Zelaya will take no action until he has recelved further information on the subject and learns definitely the inten- tions of the United States. The Awmerican vice consul, Mr. Caldera, who I8 & Nicaraguan by birth, but & nat- uralized American eitisen, Is still at the consulate, atending to his dutles. In the opinion of President Zelaya, Caldera sym- pathizes with the opposition party and a close watoh has been kept on him al- though there has been no attempt to re- train Bim In any way. Zelaya also ex- wresses the bellef that that In all prob: bility Consul Caldera's representations have shown In faver of the gov- erument's o “Meg ¥ St. % ‘e Shot P ly Fatal :s. Marley Guy Marley of Missouri Valley l{ehlI for Frightful Wound Inflicted by Shotgun. MISSOURI VALLEY, Ia, Dec. 2.—(Spo- clal Telegram.)—Guy Marley this afternoon fired a shot which tore off the right arm of his step-mother at the shoulder. Mrs. Marley will probably die. Marley is in Jail here possibl, facing a charge of At 3 o'clock this afternoon the residents of the farm house of George Weatherly, three miles from this city, were horrified to hear’ Mrs. Marley's younger son, a boy § years, declare breathlessly, “My brother has killed my mother."” A few minutes later Mrs. Marley stag- Bcred into the home. She had reeled and stumbled the mile between her home and the eWatherlys, foliowing the shooting. A physician was summoned and he im mediately amputated Mrs. Marley's arm at the shoulder. It had been all but severed by the shot, which came from a shotgun fired a few feet from her. In agonized accents Mrs. Marley told of the shobting: “Guy came home from Dow City this atfernoon with Ira Brundidge and the two had a jug of whisky. They and my hus- | band began drinking together and all throe became somewhat intoxicated. them and Guy fired at me, “I ran out of the house, the little boy 1 of me.” Officers went out from here to the Mar- ley farm and after some difficulty, man- aged to get unarmed. I scolded He pretended not to have known what had occurred. But his last words before beirg locked up were: “Was she badly hurt?" Marley, It is said, attacked his father OMAHA, TO BUY SCHOOL State Commission Tries to Secure Wayne Normal Property for Sixty Thousand Dollars. OWNERS DISAPPOINTED AT ACT Members Will Probably Raise Bid to Seventy Thousand, NINETY THOUSAND APPROPRIATED Mrs. Pile, Through Attorney, Says Sum is Far Too Low. HOPE TO GET WAYNE TO ASSIST Legislative Act Gives Board Discre- tion—Trip to Northern Nebraska on Northwest School Soon. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 2.—(Special Telegram.) The State Normal board has offered the owners of the Wavne Normal school |$80.000 for the buildings and grounds |The offer was refused and the board ad- {Journed until tomorrow morning, when it |i= probable the offer will be ralsed to |$70,000. |"The legisiature appropriated $90,000 [with which to buy the school and a com- mittee selected by the legislature investi gated the property and reported it worth that amount and more, some placing the Marley cut of the house)value as high as $150,000, When the board made its offer of $60,- |000 Mrs. Pile, the owner, plainly showed |her disappointment. Through her repre- sentative, ex-Senator Bressler, she sald she owed more than that on the school |{and could not therefore sccept the offer. some months ago and cut him badly. He |She said she was carrying insurance on Is 28 years of age, Mrs. Marley is 4. hoshone Dam Nearing Finish the school to the amount of $93,000. Senator Bressler was informed that probably thie town of Wayne would be willing to contribute toward buying the school it Mrs, Pile' did not want to ac- cept the offer made. It required a hard fight on the part of friends of Mrs, Plle {to get the appropriation bill through the llegislature, as other privately owned now: Structure Reaches Elevation of 270 |mal schools opposed 1t, as well as did Feet—Work on Owl Creek Embankment Shut Down. _ (From & Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dee. 2—Special gram.) — The Tele- | constructing engineer in|its tour of inspection of northwest Ne- others who desired the normal school es- tablished elsewhere. But after a careful !inspection of the property the legislature |appropriated $90,000 for its purchase ,or s0 much thereof as would be necessary. Northwest Normal Next. The State Normal board will start out on charge of the Shoshone dam in Wyoming |braska towns January 3, with the idea of reports that this structure has now reached | selecting a location for an elevation of 270 feet or within fifty-{normal school. the new state This was decided at the elght feet of the parapet, leaving about | meeting this afternoon, at which the prop- 8,000 cuble yards of concrete to be placed. The settlament of the Shoshone profect |read. nine farms | the Is proceeding satisfactorily, having Leen flied upon during the month of November. The growth' of new towns on this project is also very encouraging. ositions from five towns were received and The towns filing applications for school ~were Alnsworth, Crawford, Chadron, Gordon‘and Alliance. Bach filed a bond to guarantee the state eighty acres of land for the school -and, In addition, The profect engineer on the Bel'e Fourche | Chadron offered a school bullding valued project in South Dakota reports that work at $20,000 now located on a tract of land on the Owl creek embankment has béen |near the city limits. shut down, The cement block paving of This proposition raised the question as to this embankment {s now above danger Ine | Whether the legislature intended the board from next spring’s floods. time the embankment contalns At the present | t0 Secure just the elghty acres of land or 1,421,000 | Whatever clse it could in addition. Repre- cubue yards and is about ¥7 per cent com- | Sentative Chase, the author of the bill, in- pleted highest carthen embenkments total length of 6,200 feet and a maximum helght of 115 feet. This structure s one of tho world's | formed the board that it was the Intention having a[of the elghty acres of land and locate the school | legislature simply to secure the | where it would best serve the Interests of Senator Burkett expresscd great satistac- | the state tlon today over an orde: of the settlers In western Nebraska. Under the law Installment of the assessment through the senator an extension of time, issued In behalt | \long the Pathfinder ditch | €ePt Gordon, were present and cordially in- ang | Vited the board to inspeet their proposi- previous order of the department the first|tlons. H would be | requesieq | Newberry for Alllance, Senator Reynolds Representatives of the varlous towns, ex- Jarvis and C. F. Howe spoke for Alneworth, Ira E. Tash and C. A. for Chadron and Representative Chase for which was granted until April 1. 1910, This | CTa%ford will give the farmers a chance to reallze | O'Nelll has as yet filed no proposition, on thelr crops and enable them to mee| Ut the secretary of the board was in- payments that unable to make, NEW MAIL ROUTE SECURED FOR PORTION OF LINCOLN Semator Burkett Gets Free Service East of Lincoln. they might (From a Staff WASHINGTON, gram.)—Senator Burkett today secured at ‘orrespondent.) otherwise be Order for| BIG | structed to communicate with Secretary | Graham of the defunct board and see if he | has any other propositions filed with him. Mr. Graham has been® sending down the propositions just as the towns order him to do so. He got the Crawford proposition to the board this morning. FIRE IN BALTIMORE Blaze in Business Distriet Damage Estimated at Three Hundred Thousand Dollars. BALTIMORE, Dec. 2.—Fire broke ot to- the Postoffice department an order for the |™Eht In @ bullding in South Sharp street, establishment of a rural free delivery route east of Lincoln between Holdrege and Randolph strects, with two dellveries a day. The route will be thirteen miles long and coveres a territory just outside of the corporate limits of Lincoin since, the department discontinued the star route service through Normal to College | foothold In & big building occupled by a View and this left a good many famlilles, |dry goods firm. Later the total loss was Jut any malil | estimated at $300,000. Senator Burkett's success today | including Tabitha Home, wit service. Some time | furnishers. origin of the great fire of 1904. It spread | rapldly and within a short time had done | damage estimated at from $150,000 to $200,000, {In its spread the fire involved the estab- | lishments of many shoe dealers and house The flames jumped a narrow alley In the rear and gained a momentary FRIDAY - MOR within a block and a half of the point of | ING, DECEMBER 3, 1909—TWELVE PAGES. From the Philadelphla Record. MRS.DOXEY HELD FOR MURDER Columbus W‘omm Formally Accused of Killing Ert?n Complaint is Filed at St: Louis Fol- lowing Report of Chemist and Woman Will Be Taken There at Once. BULLET ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2.—(Speclal Telegram.) —The circult attorney has refused a war- | rant for the arrest of Dr. Doxey as his | wite's accomplice alleged in polsoning of W. J. Erder, one of her alleged husbands, but has began the Investigation. Erder's {sister alleges that Mrs. Doxey proposed that Miss Erder marry Doxey. | LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 2.—The attorneys | for Mrs. Dora E. Fuller Doxey of Col- umbus, have notified Governor Shallen- berger that they will resist the requisition for her return to Missourl on & charge of | bigamy. | It 1s charged that Mrs. Doxey marriea | both William Erder and Dr. Loren Doxey. | Erder died and $5200 life insurance policy {1s involved In the extradition. | | ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2.—~That white asenic placed in his food by his bride of lees than three montns caused the death of *Willlam |3. Erder on July 10 is the allegation against | Mrs. Dora E. Doxey of Columbus, Neb., in Does 4 warrent issued by Circuit Attorney §. D. Jones of St. Louls. The document gree. The warrant followed the report to the medical faculty of Washington university, who tested the viscera of Erder's exhumed body. This Is the second criminal charge to be lodged agalnst Mrs. Doxey within twenty- four hours, she having been arrested last night for her alleged bigamous marriage to Erder. Immediately after the issuance of the warrant charging murder Sergeant Wade sives thom the sarmo service as most of the | RYAN TRUST MAY BE ENDED|seriirien cops of the document. " " residential section of the city. Representative Kinkald arrived in Wash- ington today and has taken for the win- ter his former apartments at Congress hall SHOT BY OLDER BROTHER Kansas Boy Killed Because He Did Not Get Up When ' Called. SALINA, Kan, Dec. 2—At Lindsborg Glibert Lindshold, the $-year-old son John Lindshold, was shot of | Westinghouse. and killed by lezrned also that negotiations were under Holdings in Equitable Life Insurance Company May Be Sold to Bank. NEW YORK, Dec. 2—The Evening Post | this afterncon sa: It was learned today | that a proposition might be submitted soon t0 the trustees of the Equitable Lite Assur- |ance society for terminating the trust | agreement of June 15, 1905, by which Thomas F. Ryan's holdings of Equitable Life stock were turned over In trust to the late Grover Cleveland, Morgan J. O'Brien and George At the same time It was his 13-year-old brother, Lawrence, because way for the sale of the Ryan holdings of he did not get out of bed immediately when | Equitable Life stock to one of the highest called. banking interests in the city. Child’s Love for Papa May Deter Mamma’s Prosecurion “And a little child shall lead them." The love of Bernice Blackett, § years of | When the original sdit for divorce comes | Walter | UP 883in before Judge Estelle. age, for her Blackett from prosecution, for bigamy. The little child, who has'been living with father may save by his first her mother, is fond of her father and | ham, her attorney, manifested this love in preity ways when the hearing to vac was on. Mrs. Blackett noticed this and it is said to have softened her heart somewhat toward the man—to the extent, at least, that she s considering whether she ought to try to send the father ef the baby to the penitentary, 4 the divorce decree| Mr. But Mrs. Blackett (No. 1) will fight hard Blackett is the plaintiff and his real wifc will enter no oross-bill, but will endeavu, to have Blackett denied a decree. “She also will seek,” sald M. O. Cun | to make Blackeit p. for separate maintenance. Blackett's counsel is going after th | pension which Blackett is drawing as a | veteran of the Spanish-American war, and will endeavor to have it diverted for the | benerit of Bernice Blackett. Blackett has never been unwilling to support the baby, but he and its mother squabbled over how he was to do it certified copy of the document. Dr. Warren's report states that arsenic was found In the stomach, liver, kidneys, splein and pancreas. He adds that he tested the embalming fluld used on Erder's corpse, but dlscovered no trace of the poi- son In it. A supplementary report 18 to be |issued by Dr. Warren and Coroner Baron |of St. Louis has announced (hat when this (Continued on Second Page.) Christmas s ho p- ping will be easier if you look over the Christmas Hints on the first want ad. page. A person likes to get away from the old stereotyped things in the way of Christmag presents. you will find many | sug ais out of the ordi- : in this column, It will | pay you to cut out this list and consult it freely. Have you read the want ads yet todam* - charges her with murder in the first de- | coroner of Dr. W. H. Warren, dean of the | Work Ahead of Thomas Dawson Council Bluffs Man Will Find Much to Do with Central American Affairs. WASHINGTON, State department. his way home from Chile, up his post as minister to that when he was recalled to become head of the Latin-American bureau. rives In Washington Mr. Dawson will find Central American affairs demanding his at tention and his expert knowledge of both Latin-American affairs and the intricacles of diplomatic process. ability find negotiation ment. YOU KID.” SINGLE By De Mat, Dec. 2.—(8pecial gram.)—About the busiest man In the pub- llo service of Uncle Sam during the com- ing winter will be Thomas C. Council Bluffs, the new chief of the bu- reau of Latin-American affairs in the 3. Dawson s now on still need some manage- RYAN Telo- | It Subject to Dawson of NEW YORK, Dec. having glven country When he ar-) 0" has passed to J with company declared the destininies of There are matters pending in the rela-| companies. tions of this government to both Colombia | and the Panama republic, coming to ized. tions all the time, another American intervention continues to be more and more frankly recognized. critical point soclety, formerly Ryan. This purchase and the possibllity of newed. was secured by Thomas F. after the insurance scandals of some y Plerpont the $172,000000 of assets [ in its last statement. |PO!ICC Big Assurance Society Passes Into Control of Banking House. STOCK IS PURCHASED Voting Agreement, Which Expires Next June 1f Not Re- 2.—Control BEquitable Life Assurance soclety, Trast of which | mills in Minneapolis are idle, although the WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska-—Rain or snow. For lowa— Rain or snow For weather report see page 4. COPY TWO CENTS IST. PAUL POLICE FEAR TROUBLE | Chief 0'Connor Orders All Day Patrol- men to Remain on Duty Until 10:30 Each Evening. STRIKEBREAKERS AT WORK Report that Imported Meén Are Acting as Officers Being Investigated. THINK END IS IN SIGHT Railroad Officials Say Conditions Will Be Normal Within Week. SWITCHMEN DISPUTE THIS They Say Little Frelght is Moving and Trainmen Wil Not Ald Roads—More Factories Are ldle. ST. PAUL, De Chief John J. O'Con- ner of the police department practically admitted that he considered the strike condition situation serfous today when he issued orders requesting all members of his day force to stay on duty at Central station until 10:30 in the evoning. The order goes Into effect tonight and will continue until all danger of a clash between the strikers and the strikebreak- ers Is ende Severa! conferences between the chief and officials of the rallroads have been held today According to the raliroad officials the beginning of the end of the switchmen's strike Is in sight. One prominent officlal, who has been active In managing the strike, sAid today that the raflroads were handling 30 per cent of all business of- fered. “We are employing new men as fast as they come and we are moving a large amount of package frelght. In a week the publle will not know that there is a strike on among the switchmen." Between 200 and 30 men arrived today trom Chicago and were distributed about St. Peul, Minneapolls and Duluth. The rallway managers claim they can get plenty of men to take the places of the switchmen and that some of the men now on hund are experienced switchmen Some will be placed at work in the yards and others will be utilized as guards. Five switch engines were working In the Unfon depot yards early today and | others were expected to be put In com- HORCAN BUYS EQUITABLE | ™2 Cuurmm e spsimintc sentemente of the rafiroad managers the strike leaders say they are In a stronger position today than they have been since the strike started. They refer to the fact that tho Brotherhood of Trainmen and Conductors passed resolutions in join session, declar- ing that they “stand neutral and only do such switching work as they have always done.” p Flour Mills Are Idle, Factory forces are belng reduced because of the shortage of supplies caused by the freight tle-up, and the two big shops of the Great Northern railrond, employing 1,00 { men, failed to open for business today. the| All but one of the twenty-three big flour Ryan soon | millers say they will know In twenty-four The transfer apart from its magnitude as He will in all prob-)@ chapter in the history of finance, marks that the Chilean claims @ complete reversal of the old order under which the insurance companies controlled | the banks and News of the transfer was contained which will be|the following brief statement issued from |gponsible for within the | the office of Morgan & Company.: next few months, if expectations are real- Cuba Is getting its international af- fajrs into more and more menacing condi- Morgan which trust hours whether they will open their mills shortly. the| Imported strike-breakers wearing special badges were reported on duty at the Union station yards today by strike I pickets, and when President Hawley learned that these men had been imported he called the attention of the state labor commis- sloner to the matter, Labor Commissioner McEaten sald that I the men wearing police badges were not In | residents of Minnesota, they and those re- their presence in the state were violating the law. Mr. Mclkiaten is “Mr. Morgan has bought the majority of | investigating the report and he sald this the stock of the Equitable Life Assurance |afternoon that if he finds nonresidents of owned Thomas F.|Minnesota are wearing special police bad is subject (Continued on Second Page.) the | he will at once order their arrest. The state law makes it lllegal for any one not a legal voter of the state to act as | epectal police officers, detective, constable, militlaman or patrolman. If they have not llable to imprisonment in state prison fee A Last Word in Regard to Circulations 1fZI"’i.,,“,‘;Zfi',’pd.’iu.'»"’.’;d'"'uy e fihe are one year. Mayor Lawler of St. Paul, who has been _ The World-Herald, knowing that it has no reputation for veracity, is making a frantic effort to get some reputable mer- chant to put the stamp of & good reputa- tion on its circulation. The fact that one of its advertising solic- itors circulated the petition begging for the few signatures obtained and the fact that Hayden Bros. have repudiated thelr sig- nature, which was published by the World- Herald, shows how far they are in need. It is to be hoped that the World-Herald has gotten ite records Into better shape than when, but @ few years ago, it sub- mitted & list oi its alleged subscribers to the city council to show 6,000 pald sub- scriptions in Omaha, required by law, for the officlal paper. It is a matter of record of the city councll, afterward reviewed by the district court, and is & matter of court record that the World-Herald was unable to submit a list of 5,000 paying sub- gcribers, and that the list, which they did submit, contained names of people who were proved to be not subscribers to the World- Herald; that addresses were included where no one lived, and of people who had moved away. It also transpired that the footings submitted were raised above the number of the actual names on the lists. It 1s no wonder that such a publication needs this sort of heip. As for The Bee circulation, every adver- tiser has always had a standing invita- tion to investigate, and all books bearing on circulation may be examined by the ad- vertisers at any time. It takes no expert to understand The Bee's bookkeeping, because nothing 1is Jugsled or concealed. The Bee does not propose, however, to let representatives of competing news- papers paw over its books and acoounts any more than Hayden Bros. would let the Brandeis go into their invoices and customers' accounts, or the Hartman Fur- niture company would glve the People's store access to its eontracts. retained as coursel for the switchmen, in addressing a mass meeting of strikers last night, said: “The tive men you have selected to lead your strike are tried men and true. Some of the newspapers give the employers' side only and state that the rallroad managers were not notified until too late of the con- templated action of the switchmen; but I state here and now, that they kmew to a man that the strike order was issued and that they made no offer of a settlement to avert the impending trouble.” When President Hawley of the Switch- men’s union was shown the statement of the general managers in Chicago, regard- ing the refusal of the men to arbitrate thelr differences, he sald: “I do not care to make & formal answer to that until I consult with Mayor Lawler, who 1s our legal adviser. Mr. Lawler, however, has answered every point raised by the general managers' committee in his statement made public here today." Mayor Lawler, as counsel for the Switch- men’s union, this afternoon fssued a state- men defining the position of the men and the refusal to arbitrate, under the Erdman act. Mayor Accuses Managers. The mayor says that the railroads mana- gers making A concerted action through the press to create public opinion In their tavor are not in a position to charge the men with unfalrness in refusing to arbl- trate under that law, for the reason that from the beginning of the dispute the man- agers refused to consider & suggestion rel- ative to an increase in wages for the men. Mayor Lawler says the Braman law is so hedged about with legal provisions that should the switchmen agree to arbitration under it they would be stripped of all legal power legitimately to press thelr claims and it would put them completely in the power of the railroads. Mayor Lawler says, admitting that the decislons were favorable to the switchmen, the raliroads might appesl to the courts and delay @ final decision from one to two years, during which the men would be compelled to work under the old schedule of wages and it would be lllegal for them to strike or in any way ald in & strike Little Freight Moving. Local warehouses wers open today and the yoads accepted limited freight ship-