Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 17, 1916, Page 1

- persisted. . Use the telephone for Bee Want Ads. Tyler 1000 Seven trunk lines, Intelligent ad-takers. One cént per word. VOL. XLVI—NO. 55. SENATE PROGRAM IS ALL TIED- UP IN HARD- KNOTS Administration Leaders Anx- ious to Push Program and Need Votes of the Republicans. MAY, BELAY ADJOURNMENT Senator Owen Anxious to Get ""Bill Through at This Jime. S MAY APPEAL TO WILSON Washington, Afig. 16.~Republican senate leaders and Senator Owen, democrat, tied the legislative situation in the senate into a hard knot today, threatening the-plang of administra- tion legders to expedite the shipping, workmens’ compensation and-revenue ills, and assure an- early adjourn- ment of congress. The obstacle interposed was the Owen'’s corrupt practice’bill to limit and regulate political .campaign con- trbutions.) The democrats did.not in- clude the measure in their legisla- tive program, but Senator ; Owen wants it passed and republican leaders want definite assurances ofj its post- ponement until the December session. When Senator Fletcher sought an agreement to vote“on the shipping . bill late today, republican leaders de- manded”in return a promise from;the administrafion forces that the corrupf practice bill would not be pressed to a‘vote before adjournment. Most of the democrats were willing to give such a promise inasmuch as the bill was not in the imperative pro- gram. They found ¢Senators Owen, however, determined to call his bill ap sometime before adjournment and to demand a vote on it, no matter what the result might be. Will Not Agree. Senator Owen'’s attitude resulted in a declaration by the republicans that they would nots agree to unanimous consent in regard to fixing a time for voting on either the shipping or revenue bill. Senator Owen then an- “nounced that he would refuse unani- mou$ consent on request tol fix a time to wote on the other bills, so long as opposition to his measure That @was the tangled/ situation when the senate adjourmed tonight ‘without'a vote on the shipping .bill. Some administration leaders thought Prosident Wilson mijght have to be4 appealed to if the wdy were to be :rured for the shipping, revenue and workmens’ compensation -bill, which . would complete the legislative pro- gram. If Senator Owen and republi- can leaders remain determined, it was asserted coxx‘r‘ess may be held in session indefinitely. i ’ By a Party Vote, By a strict democratic vote, re- publicans - opposing it,, the senate finance committee ordered a favor- able report to the senate on the re- vised revenue bill, calculated to raise $250,000,000 a_year. ) Chairman Simmons submitted the report when the senate met and an- nouncéd that republican . senators would be given several days to study the measure. 5 : Meanwhile he proposed gfter dispo- sition of the shipping bill the senate should take up the workmen’s com- pensation bill.’ If this program is carried out the reyenue bill will be the last important measure to be acted dpon at this session. + ‘Although some t{xemocrats are ex- pected to oppose some features of the bill Senator Simmons said he could see no reason why congress should not adjourn about September 1. \ The finance committee today added a provision that after ninety days fols lowing passage of the revenue bill no frozen halibut or salmon from the north Pacifig’ ocean shall be admit- ted into the United States through any foreign country except When they shafl be in bond from an American sort. The proposal is made t6 en- sourage Americans in this industry, which has rapidly been taken ‘overby Great Britain, The W;ather ‘For Nebraskd—Fair. / Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday. —_— Hours. Deg. 5 a m. 68 6 a m. 7a m. 8 a m. 9 a m 10 a. 11 a. m. 12 m 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 Comparative Local Record. 7916, 1915, 1914, 1913, 86 8 97 Highest yesterday. 2 100 Lowest yesterday 68 68 5 M Meah temperatur: 6 76 88 89 Precipitation . T .21 s Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal: Normal temperature Excess for,the day.. Total excess since Normal precipltatiol Deflciency for-the di Total rainfall since March 1. Deflclency since March 1.. Exc for,car, period, 1915 .11 inch Deficlency “for cor. period, #.70 inches Reports From Stations at 7 P, M. Statlon and State Temp. High- Rain- .of Weather. P-sl‘:. m. est. fall 80 03 88 100 v 84 100 o ity bare cloudy’ H " 2 Dod ty, part cloudy. s Lander, clear.. 80 -0 North Platte, 'of 90 00 Omaha,” clou 8 ir Pueblo, eloudy. 88 .08 Rapld City, cloudy. 90 104 + Sult Az “0z Sants 4 A6 Sheridan, cloud. 88 .00 Sloux City, rain 84 T Valentine, ' clear. . 84 58 200 T indicates trace of precipitation. L. A WELSH, Mgtoorologist. | \ KINKAID EXPLAINS | NAVAL BILL VOTE Congressman Favors Letting | Future Congress Take ! Care of Problems. ! WHY OPPOSED MEASURE | ~From a Stuft Correspondent.) . Washington, Aug. 16.—(Special Telegram.)—Some discussion started today, but or(ly in a passing way withe reference to Judge Kin- kaid'yvote on the so-called “bhilding program” in the-nawy bill, which was adopted yesterday by a vote of 282 ta_ 5L fifteen republicans being in- cluded in the negative ofswhom Judge Kinkaid was one. In a frank discussiqu of the reason | for kis vote “Uncle Mose” said he was wholly in-favor of the navy bill -and the immediate increase awhich it carried, but he was opposed to that part of amendment No. 238, which provided for the construction of six of the ten battleships of the “capital” | class in 1920 and of two cruisers not to be built until 1920. ~ “I think on account of the prob- ability of the great European war terminating within a year or less that the number of ships tg be constructed |, in 1920 could have bden left to an- other congress when it could act in the light of existing conditfons. will vote for th. provisions of the bill which provide for an jmmediate pro- gram. I do not believe it wise to anticipate conditions as fgr in advanc‘e as 1920 when we are facing the condi- tions of 1917 as to the size of the navy.” Get Condemned Cannon. The gpmibus bill making donations of condemied cannon and™ cannon | balls to numberless eities and towns throughout the country was passed unanimously Ry the house yesterday. Among the items in which Nebraska is interested ar. the following: Two condemned brass cannon, with | the carrfages «nd cannon balls, for Antelope park, in Lincoln; Neb., by Was — THE OMAHA DALY OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING,' AUGUST 17, 1916.—TEN PAGES. I "\ On Trains, at Hotels, News Stands, ete., fe. _b——‘——————-—————_—_,————-— RENMNANTS OF SERBfAN ARMY JOIN ALLIES IN NEW DRIVE—About 150,000 Serbian soldiers, the remnants of the army driven out of its own country by the Austrians, Germans and Bulgarians, have been re-organized and now form a part of the allied army making a new drive in th camp near Salonica. 'SERBS MARCHING TO CAMP NEAR SALGNICA. e Balkans. The picture shows some of the Serbians marching into their @V Fiiry SERVICE, BRITAIN T0 BORROW (QUARTER BILLION New York Banking Houses Will Underwrite Big Loan for British Government. New York] Aug. 16—Formal an- nouncement was made today by J. P. Morgan and ‘campany, as syndicate WILL RUN FOR TWO YEARS Mr. § riagi by Mr. Sloan.| / Cooler Weather Checks Wheat Rust; Rain Helps Corn , Washington, Aug, 16.—"“Damage blight and rust contimeed on late sown spring wheat in the north part of the spring wheat area and extended into northeastern 'Montana, although the extension of rust dam- age was checked somewhaf by cooler weather that prevailed,” weather, bureau today announced reviewing crop conditions for week which ended .yesterday, in national weather and crop bulle Corn generally was benefited by weather, except in Kansas, Oklal ma and north and west Texas, wh little or no rain fell. * “In Kansas the proépect for corn fiecreascd steadily and in many plas in that state the crop promises to a failure because of fhe lack of rain- fall,” says the bulletin. - “Corn was dantaged almost beyonrd In both states cutting for fodder and ensilage recovery also in Oklahoma. was begun. Corn deteriorated western and northern Texas also, elsewhere in that state the crop has matured. 90 “It is feared that the rain came late for most of the corn in Missouri, although the late planted will doubtedly be greatly benefited. Early corn was badly damaged in Towa and many stalks have failed to ear well, but the rain will greatly benefit late fcorn in that state. The rainfall was very beneficial jn Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. The”late; corn crop proved #n Nebraska also.” Proposes to Take All Duties Off News Print Paper Washington,« Aug. Martine of New Jetrsey assailed Reavis; one brass cannon, car- and suitable supply of pyramids \for the city of Wilbur, Saline county, Neb., by Mr. Sloan; one condemned brass cannon and carriage, with suit, able supply of cannon balls, for two pyramids for the city of Friend, Neb.; 16.—Senatot managers of the new loan to Great Britain, aggregating $250,000,000, to est. Associated with Morgan and doMmany are several of the leading banks, trust companies and banking houses of this city, Boston, Pittsburgh and Chicago. ‘The detads of the term are' virtyally the same as have al- ready been published in *unofficial forecasts, It Y5~ described as a 'negot'iatiéu by “the” United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,” and is in the form of gold notes, dated Sep- temper 1, 1916: - The government reserves the right to redeem the, entire issue in whole or in part qn 30 days’ notice at any. timé up to August 31, 1917, at 101 and accrued interest. Pledged against the loan are securi- ties to the value of $300,000,000 di- vided into three groups of $100,000,- 000 each, which include stocks, bondg and other securities of American_ cor- porations, securitics of the Dominion of Canada and the Canadian Pacitic railroad and sccurities of Argentina, Chile, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark and Holland. The banking syndicate will under- write the notes at 98 and interest. Peabody Faction Wins Point in Rock Island Litigation Chicago, Aug. 16.—Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger of the United States dis- trict court yesterday entered a de- cision which ermits the Peabody committee to file suit to foreclose the mortgage om—the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad, \ Seven men who control about 20 per cent of the $111,000.000 of underly- ing bonds of ‘the railroad comprise the Peabody committee. mittee holds that under th: ship, the security, of its been injured. Judge Geiger's decision is opposed to the argument” presented by the stockholders, led,by Nathan L. Arms- ter of Boston and the tolders of most of the secondary securities, including the debenture bonds. Neither\David R, Francis, ambassador to Russia, one of the trustees for the underlying bonds, nor the other trustee, the Central Trust company of New York, approved the dction of the Peabody committee. \ s of the loan by ern the the | in the the tin, the ho- ere ces be in but too un- The com- receiver- onds has im- the run for two years at 5 per cent inter Man Who Tries to ~ 2 Portland, Ore., Adg, 16.—Charles E. Hughes, in an address to the Portland Advertising club, in which he advocated commercial prepared- nessy for European corpetition through the agency of a protective tariff, today branded as atraitor to his country the man who sought to build tip his private f\ortunc at public expense. i “The man who tries to get the bet- ter of the public for his private pur- poses,” the nominee said, “is a traitor to the government. We will go ahead and put the traitors out of ness of the United States.”, The \commercial problems which_‘ the ‘country will face after the war, Mr. Hughes said, will be greater than evef- before. % “We must save this country’ every day. It won’t be saved by letting it drift. It won't be saved by taking of Public Is Traitor---Hu'ghes }the motive power of unswerving loy- business, while we build up the busi- Ldominant sense of -patriotic loyalty - Get Better everything for granted, Tts indus- tries won't be conserved by indulg- ing in good wishes around the club table. We have got to, take account of the lessons learned on the other side and apply them. We have got to consider honest business with the success and pride that it deserves and we have got to fearlessly con- demn abuses. “We have got the basis for suc- cess. For what we now need is first, alty and a real consciousness of na- tional unity which will fill us with a to the United States. “With that we want a conception of real government. Wepwant to be well prepared, well organized com- mercially and industrially,. We have got to match organization with or- ganization, préparedness abroad with preparedness at home in all things.” B il Texas Insurgent Enlivens the Union Printers' Convention Baltimore, Aug. 16.—Today's ses- sion of the sixty-second annual con- vention of the International Typo- graphical union was enlivened by a vigorous address by Delegate Dan- iels of Dallas, Tex., in which he charged that the administration forces were indulging in ‘“steam roller” tactics. Five of the twenty-two propositions for amendment Yo the laws of the union, reports on which were submit- ted by the laws coffimittee today, stood in the name of Mr, Daniels. Each of them the committee reported unfavorably, - Mr. Dainels severel criticized the laws committee, which is regarded as the stronghold of the ad- ministration, for its unfavorable re- port on his endment aimed to pre- vent the executive committee of the wnion from having , the authority to transfer money frofm one fund to an- other “to maintain the integrity of the organization.” The convention adopted the unfavorable report. Philippines Bill ' With Amendment Passes Senate| Washington, Aug, 16.—The Philip- pine bill as reported. from conference, with the Clarke amendment providing for independence of the islands with- in four years eliminated, but condain- ing a promise of freedom whenever the Filipinos have demonstrated their ability to maintain a stable govern- Jment, finally was approved today by the senate. The vote was 37 to 22, so-cafled 'fmper trust on the flloor of the senate today because of the tigh price of news print paper and sub- mitted an amendment to the revenué bill to place news print paper and materials entering into it on the free list of the tariff, ' The revenue bill, as reported to- day, would place on the free list print paper costing ap to 5 cents a pound. Under existing law, paper costing up to 2% cents a pound is, on the free list. Howell to Help . Manage Campaign In Western States Chicago, Aug. 16—Alvin T. Hert of Kentucky, manager of the western campaign headquarters of the repub- lican\pational ‘committee, returned to Chicago_today from'a week's vaca- (Guide and Cook Hurt i FigEiVith Bear Cody, Wyo., Aug. 16—Ned Frost, a guide, and E. D. Jones, a cook, w brought here during the night suffer- tion at Mackinac island, perpared to complete the organization of forces for the direction of the republi- can campaign in the territory between Qhio and the Pacific coast. He announced the appointment of a western campaign committee of five composed of James R. Garfield of Ohio, Harold Ickes of Illinois, James A.Hemenway of Indiana, R, B. How- ere higl I War Summary I THE RUSSIANS, after a’considerable period of inactivity in the Carpathians, are mov- ing aggrossively against the Teutonic forces there! Following the taking of Jablonitza, one of the chief gateways to Hungary, they have captured = series of helghty west of Verokhta and Ardze- moy. - RUSSIAN CAPTURES of prisoners from June 4 to August 12 are olficlally report- ed by Petrograd to have totalled more than 338,000 men. & ALONG THE FRENCH “FRONT In the Somme reglon thero was no marked nc- . tivity during last night. AT VERDUN THERE WAS a violent aer'al bombardment east of the Meuse, but no infantry activity. RAIDS BY AUSTRIAN AND ITALIAN alg mey are occurring with-frequency in the - .75 tional park, Monday night. ing from serious injuries received in a battle with a large grizzly bear near the Lake hotel, in Yecllowstone Na- Accord- . ing to their story, Jones caught the bear raiding the commissary and at- tempted to frighten it away." The ani- mal was mauling Jones whefi Frost came to the rescue. Both were badly pclawed before the animal was fright- ened away by approaching tourists, The injured men were brought here on 2 two days’ overland trip. Both ell of Nebraska and John T, Adams ¢ f Towa. Fatal Fight Over - Bill ch_R_oom Rent Webster City; Ia, Aug. 36.—(Spe- cial Telegram.)—]J. B, Mercy hospital in this, at ity probably R. Cameron is will recover, say physicians. 4| What Mayor of Lincoln Said to Mayor of-Oma Mayor “Brother Charles” Bryan 2 | Lincoln visited- Mayor Dahlman the city hall. 3 : door was closed it was difficult to termine what the mayor of Lincoln said to the mayor of Omaha, Inasmuch as the outer fdtally wounded, and B, in jail, because of a fight early this morning over the division of néZ.SU room rent bill. Ray charges Cam- cron with hdving stabbed him six times. Ong of the thtusts tore open the left lung badly, and this wound, ig is feared, will prove fatal. Ray was formerly 2 member of Company de. |C, Second Iowa infantry, .but wag discharged in Des Moines before the ‘boys left for Texas ‘ ha of at reglon around Gorlzis, where rival avia- tors are endeavoring to inflict material damage ‘behind the oppostng Mnes. THERE I8 RENEWED DISCUSSION of of- forts to induce Rumunia to play a more active part in the Kuropean war. Ger- many, \gnxious to Insure Rumania's con- tinued neutrality, is reported by a Bucha- rest newspaper to have offered her tor- ritorlal compensation to this end at the expense of Austria. THE ITALIAN PROGRESS is continuing from Gorlzla Trieste, in which. direction additional Aus- trian trenches ‘wre reported capured. A |Milan newspaper dispatch carries s re- port that the Germans will take over the “defense of “Trieste. . TEUTONIC RESISTANCE to the Kusslan Dressure In Galicla ‘I thoreasingly strong. Berlin reportd only minor fghting north southeastward toward 7Section of Arctie Exploring Party = Arrives at Noime Nome, Alaska, Aug. 16.—Vilhjal- muw Steffansson,.the Caradian Arctic explorer, who went into the polar regions in the summer of 1913, prob- ably will not return to clvilization during the present season, but will continue his work of exploring newly discovered land north of Prince Pat- rick lan& This news was brought by members of the Steffansson party, who returned here ' today on the power s¢hooner, Alaska, 'The pa?ty aboard the Alaska was the southern party, under Dr. Ru- dolph Anderson, Steffansson’s chief subordinate, who had been exploring and' charting fhe coast line border- ing Union and Dolphin straits and the Coronation gulf region, far east of the Mackenzie river mouth/ All of the little party which left here on the Alaska in July, 1913, re- turned with the exception of Daniel Blue, engineer, who died of disease at Bailey Island during May, 1915, The members of the bronzed crew which reached here today were Dr. Ander- son, J. J. ©'Neill, geologist; John R. Cox, surveyor; D. Jenness, anthropo- logist; { T A entomologist, and George Wilkins, photographer. * | The schoonet was under the com- |- mapd of Captain Sweeney, who joined the expedition while it was in Arctic waters. All members of the, party are in good physical condition and ex- pressed themselves as having thor- oughly enjoyed themselves on their long experience in the Arctic despite the many hardships encountered ifi a land so remote from civilization, Most of the time since the spring of 1914 the party has been in quar- ters at Bernard harbor on Coronation gulf, east of the Mackenzie river, one of the least known sections of the habitable earth, Damage Suits May Be Filed Over the La Platte Accident Further legal rumblings pointing toward the filings of a flock of dam- age suits against Sarpy county, alleg- ing ncgli&cucc in failing to protect the deserted roadway where their automo- bile leaped into the Missouri river the night of July 30, have been heard in Douglas county courts, this time in the fifth application for the ap- pointment of administrators of estates- of the victims Thomas = Snyder, father of Grace Snyder and Gertrude Letner, both of whom were drowned, appeals to {lul){e Brycé Crawford asking that e be appointed administrator. He asserts that the estate of Grace Snyder consists ofypersonal property valued at $100 amr the money ex- pected to be recovered from the county through the damage suit. The estate of Gertrude Lgtner consists of personal property worth $300 and a similar ¢laim on damage suit money. John Galvin of Council Bluffs has been appointed administrator of the estate ot May Swift, another of the ictims, while the case of John Harold Larson, a minor, has been taken un- der advisement by Judge Crawford, of the Dniester, while Petrograd an- nounces & check to the Russian advance 1 ‘ in northern Galicla, - The mother who resides at Lincoln, has taken legal action in the state capital. down Saturday. 3 oluhcn, oceangrapher and|M [TALIANS ADVANC ON-CARSO PLATRAU Trenches on Slopes of Monte Pecinka and East of Gori- " zia Are Oaptured.’ j AIR ATTACKS NUMEROUS Ronre, Aug. ‘16.—(Via London.)— Further advances for the Italians in their campaign against the Austrians cast and southeast of “Gorizia were announced today hy the war office, Austrian trenches along the slopes of ‘Monte Pecinka, on the northern edge of the Carso plateau, and in the neigh- borhood of San Caterina and San Marco, east of Gerizia, have been taken, the announcement gtates. The official statement says: “On the Carso and in the hilly area cast of Gorizia, heavy artillery and trench mortars are active.; Qur infan- try succeeded in capturing enemy | trenches along the slopes of Monte Pecinka, on the northern” edge of the Carso, and in the neighborhood of San Caterina and San-Marco,. e:st'af Gorizia, We took 353 prisoners, in- cluding eleven officers. Teuton Attacks Repulsed. | “On the remainder of the front the ustal attacks were repulsed, ' Our de- tachments on the Asiago, plateas raided some trenches on the ‘slopes o Monte Mosciaeg. Under heavy artil- lery and rifle fire, théy inflicted dam~ age upod the enemy defenses and withdrew unmolested with some pris- oners. p “A squadfon of fourteen Caproni aeroplanes, escorted Nieuport pury suit machines, yesterday bombarded railway and military establishments near Pryvacina and Dornberg. Ninety high explosive shells were dropped and good results were obsqrved. ur machines returned safely.” Trieste At?cked From Air, " Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 15—(Via Paris, Aug. 16)—A squadron of French and Italian aeroplanes made a raid near Trieste today and is re- ported to have inflicted extensive damage. A French aeéroplane was lost, > “A squadron of Italian hydroplanes together with French hydreflanes and aeraplanes this morning bombarded the munitions faetories and hangar at Trieste, causing numer- " says an official statement issued tonight. “The French lost one machine while resisting those of the enémy. Other- wise the entire Franco-Italian squad- ron returned safely to its base.” Muggia is am Austrian sea port five | P’ miles southwest of Trieste. It is on the gulf of Trieste and has an ex- cellent harbor for war ships. Artillery Duels in France, Paris, Aug. 16—A violent bombard- ment was carried orh last night on the Verdun front at Thiaumont, Fleury, Vaux and Chapitre, east of the Meuse. Along the greater part of the front the night passed quietly, the official report issued today says. The statement says? “The night was calm on the greater ipart of the front. “In the Champagne, in the region} of Tahure and in the Argone toward Harazee, we dispersed some German patrols. F “On the Verdun front there was a fairly lively bombardment in the Thiaumont, Fleury and Vaux-Chap- itre sectors, “Aviation: Last night enemy atro- llwlanes dropped bombs on Belfort, ‘here were no victims.” British - Troeps Inactive. London, Aug. 16—“With the ex- ception of minor infantry engage- ments in the vicinity® of Pozieres, whére our line is being consolidated, there was no change between the Ancre and the Somme,” the war office report of today says. “There was some heavy shelling by both sides during the night.” California @irl is Bride of British Earl London, Aug. 16.—The Earl of Cot~ tenham was married in St. George's church, Hanover square, today to Miss_Patricia’ Burke, daughter of the Inlc‘g]. H. Burke of California, Wal- ter Winans gave the hride away. Vis- courlt Crownhurst, eldest son of the earl, acted as best man. The Earl g P : of \Cottenham's first wife was Lady | The_decision will be handedlnq“ Neville, She died in 1913, % DN | | | | THE Wm’qnsn { \ " FAIR N SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. WILSON HAS NEW - - PLAN THAT WILL ~ BE CONSIDERED President to Go Before Com- mittees Today With Prop, osition Léoking to Settlement. FOR AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY {Regular Pay for Overtinx for Railroad Men and Investi- gation of Other Issues. REGARDS THIS - AS FAIR Washington, Aug. 16.—President” Wilson, late " today, completed a definite plan for settlement of the threatened railroad strike, which he will submit tomorrow to the general committe¢ of the-640 representatives of the employes and to the managers' committees~ basic eight-hour day, with regular a L\my for overtime and’an investigation ' by a commission of other issues. Judge William b Chambers of the federal board of mediation and con- ciliation laid before the president late today figures on the costs of an eight- hour workday, and then went to take up in tentative form with the mana- gers the plan which will be placed before the employes’ committee to- MOrrow. N 3 wil! see the president at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and the maga- gers' committee will see him earlier n the day in casethere are any ques- tions concerning the plan put before them by~Judge Chambers. ‘. The president fegards the plan he has prepared, after a conference with both sides; as a fair one which can be accepted. He has fortified himself with figures regarding the cost of an eight-hour day to the railroads in qr- der to enter fully into a d‘!c“llio? with both sides. Should either side reject the pro- ! posal, it is_understood the president will turn' to public opinion to force ' a settlement, The details of the presi~ dent’s 'plan_probably will be made pg})lic should a break appear inevit- able, dent’s efforts fail, action of some kind may be taken in congress. Conference Held. Today. The president decided to postpone further conferences with the represen- tatives of the railroads and employes on the threatened 'railroad strike un~ til tomorrow, when he will receive the general committee of 640 work- then in the East room of the White House. / In the meantime the qommittee of managers-here and the general com- mittee of the emplbyen will meet to discuss, tentative plans now before them. | _ The president/through Judge V\’il- fiam L, Chambers of the federal bdard of mediation ‘and conciliation, will keep in close touch with/the rep~ resentatives of both sides. No en. managérs’ committee, but it is proba« ble that the president will see them tomorrow. * ’ Eight-Hour Day Provided, The plan on which the president is working is to put into effect the eight-hour day and have a federal commission inv ninte collateral sues. Details of the plan have not been worked ut, but it was said to be J)gulhle today that if the rail- roads’ conceded an eight-hour day the employes will be urged to give uj their demand for time and a hl& overtime. The proposed commission of inves- tigation wauld not have power to en- foree any decision, but would inves- tigate afl of the questions inVolved in the controversy and make recom. mendaticns. The halt in the negotiations ‘has been caused by the fact that the brotherhood' leaders who have meeting with thé president have no lenary power and have to refer all. important questions back to their gen- eral committee in New York, President Wilson decided would be saved and Dbetter Ftesults achieved if the 640 membérs of they general committee were brought to Washington and met him. Therefore, it was decided to hold a general megt« ingrat the White House Thursday. "\ he committee of managers re- mained in s¢ssion almost continuouss ly today . discussing the conference with the president and the tentative suggestions outliped.” It was stated that the negotiations arc now in such form that definite decisions may be made by both sides before the end of the-week. o P Permanent Tribunal 8 sted. . Among the railroall managers today there was discussion of a' proposal | for some sort of permanent come | mission to consider all railway wage —————— (Continued on Page Pwo, Column Twe,) Its almost impossible for, you to reach out and put your hand on the person wi your vas~ cant lot, auto or-old furnil g ture, yet a little Want-Ad picks ot WantAd pics bim o4 ¢ Call. Tyler 1 -For Bee Wi 3 The plan-involves the fcceptance of o The general committee ob'emgloyu y ALt was stated that in case the presi- A 1 gagement has been made fory the = | een General Committee to Washington. " time 3 / " r N