Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 16, 1916, Page 1

l | X N P «sentatives that Use the telephone for Bee Want Ads. Tyler 1000 Seven trunk lines. Intelligent ad-takers. One cent per word. VOL. XLVI—NO. 130. EVOLVE NEW PLAN T0 SOLVE PROBLEM OF CAR SHORTAGE Members of. American Railway Assocfation Have Scheme to Relieve Situation in | This Country, | IT IS EFFECTIVE' DEC. 1 ~ Per Diem Charge Fixed and Committee Named to Meet 1 With McOhord. PENALTIES ARE DRASTIC New York, Nov. 15—The Ameri- can Railway association at its semi- ,annhual meeting here today to con- sidey the car shortage situation, adopted a per diem charge ranging from 45 cents to $1.25 for each freight car which any one road shall with- hold from another and decided to im- pose a demurrage penalty on any road which violates the associgtion rules relating to car shortage. i The association also alipointed a committee Which will confef in Louis- ville Friday with Interstate Com- merce Commissioner McChord with a view to’ effecting co-operation Wwijth the government in the car shortage situation. The association announced .that it was neutral. in regard to the daylight plan which was also before it for consideration, - Effective December 1. It is the jplan of the railroads to ‘make the demurrage rules” effective December 1, agsuming the approval of ithe Interstate Commerce commis- sion. ’ The new rules are declared by the association to provide exceptionally drastic penalties against railroads de- taining on their lines freight cars be- longing to another railroad. Follow- ing are the demurrage penalliel pro- posed, which ‘the association hopes will promote the prompt unloading of freight cars by shippers. Pt After expiration of free time $2 for the first day, $3 for the second day, $4 for the third day and $5 for the fourth and dach succeeding\day. Drastic Action Taken. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 15.—Drastic action for the relief of the shortage of freight cars in certain, sections of the country is expected to result from the conference here Friday between a committee of five railroad com- panies and Commissioner C. C. Mc- Chord. This is the belief of a majotity of the ‘rri_kotd representatives present at hearings bei Jin’ connection with an’ mvestigation irite - the ¢ change: and ret ent by the country's 20050 It isthe beMef of railroad repre- e committée of five presidents who will represeht the “American Railroad association will endeavor, in comjunction ‘with Mr. McChord, to work out some tempo- - rary arrangement which will relieve the shortage of all sorts of equipment and to lay plans for_such revision of the car service rules as will prevent their recurrence, Gets Special Permission. To Join the Boys in Blue Although Tommy Dunnagan Woodbine, la., is unde?}’hc army Specifications, for size and weight, his desire to’ join Uncle Samls army was so great that special permission from the ‘War -department ' was; ob- “tained for his enlistment. He weighs’ 112 pounds: and is sixty-three and one- half inches tall. For. one of* his _ stature he should weigh 120 pounds. He was sent with eight other recruits to Ft. Logan, Colo, -~ / Lincoln Steffens to Falk—< - Before Omaha Press Club Lincoln Steffens, noted journalist, is to be in Omaha November 22, when he is to speak at the Young Men's Christian association auditorium un- der the auspices of the Omaha Press club, He is to speak ‘at 8 o'clock that evening on “What's Up in Mex- ico?” - Mr. Steffens has been in Mexico for the last two years. He spent much of 'his time in Mexico City and Vera Cruz. Also for three months he was with the Carranza government on wheels, He has a lot of inside in- formation on the situation in the re- public ‘to the south., A small admis- sion charge will be made. The W;ather For Nebraska—Fair, Cumipuiuive Local Record, 1916, 1915, 1914, 4913 Highest yesterday,... 40 48 42 Lowest ' yesterday. 12 e 35 Mean temperaturs 21 38 3 Precipitation . 00 el 00 b nd ‘precipit trors el precipitation depertures Normal temperature Deficlency for the Tolal excesy since Myrch 1. 247 Normal precipitation, . 4 inch Daficlency for the day 4 inch Total raintall since March 1, 3 inches IN;}:-:::‘my l'dncr March 1., 2.04 inches eficiensy for cor, perfod, Deficlency for. cor. parl ‘. e 304 inches n _ Station and State of Weather, Cheyenne, cle B Davenport, 22 Denver, che i“ Des Moines, cleat; 23 Dodge City. clear. 41 Lander, pi. cloud 18 North Platte, o % Omaha, clear 28 Pueblo, clear 30 “" o Rupld City, c 42 50 100 00 of | _| torney general. 3|about 140,000 this year, ahhoufh y % | ened to kil her, FRANK L, POLK, solicitor of the State Department, boomed by his friends to succeed Mr. Lansing, if he retires from the cabinet. PRECINCT IN 10§ ANGELES REJECTED Réturns From Smaller Counties of State S8how Little Change. 5 MINNESOTA COUNT GOES ON T " Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 15—One precinct ip. Los Angeles was thrown out today by the board of super- visors in._ their check{x;g reliminary to the official canvass becausé its tally sheet' showed three more votes than were. recorded in the registra- tion book. This precinct was credited with 125 votes for Hughes and 139 for Wilson, the remainder being scat-, tered. Errors ‘such as this and the strik- iing out of fourteen tallies for prohibi- tion electors on‘a tally sheet caused seventeen election officials to be summoned to explain their work. e lowest demo- ahead of the highest "'i,“""“" elector iwere made tonight. by, dem8cratic leaders after watching™ the slowly augmenting returns. from county clerks. hy o “The difference will be about 600 in favor of the:democrats,” said Sid- ney M. Van Wyck, jr., chairman of the democratic campaign committee, Available returns were considered in ‘themselves not an index of the situ- ation, proportionately, because they were from smaller counties, mogt of which had given Wilson good major- jities, They showed the lowest dem- jocrat 14,7;3 ahead of the highest re- publican, but nearly all the big coun- ties still 'were missing. Hughes’ Plurality 385 | St. ) Paul, Minn, Novl 15—With forty-six counties in Minnesota hav- ing turned in their tabulation sheets to the sceretary of stdte, and with un- official retirns from the remainder, Mr. Hughes’ plurality was cut to 385. The total vote was: Wilson, 177,798; Hughes, 178,183, The official vote checked over at the capitol toda&r ngve Wilson 69,598 and Hughes 80,075, indicating a- big lead for the republican candidate outside of St. Paul-and Minnegapolis. In the forty-six counties' Allan Ben- son (soc.) polled 8,095 and J. Frank Hanly (pro.) 3,803. Widespread Frauds In Idaho Election Boise, Idaho, Noy. 15.~Tnstructions to all of. the county prosecuting at torneys of Idaho to probe the wide- spread frauds perpetrated at last week’s election were 1ssued yesterday by Attorney General Peters, who in an official letter called their attention to the enormous vote polled agd to the general abuse of swearing in votes on_election day. In several counties it has already been ascertained the tally of votes cast greatly exceeds the number of ballots actually used. Grand jury in- vestigations are authorized by ‘the at- Suspicion was first aroused by the increase in Idaho's total vote from 107,000 in 1914 to the L in- population has not been great creased. i Three Séek Relef in The Divorce Court Alleging that her husband threat- Bertha. Stevenson Dunkel has filed suit for divorce from Lemuel Dunkel with the clerk of the district court. They were married July 15, 1912, 6Emfl{y G. Christensen seeks a di- vbree from Theodore C. Christensen on grounds of cruelty. She asks cus- ‘tody of two minor children. Cruelty and nonsupport are charged by May W. Davison, who would be #|freed from Preston C. Davison. | Ask Administrator for Sig Landsberg Estate George Landsberg of Kapsas, City, brother of Sigmund Landsheérg;, Oma- ha musician who shot himself, has filed application with the clerk of the county clerk seeking the appointment of W. L, Harris'of Omaha as admin- istrator of the ‘estate, In the applica- tion two sisters and another brother 01 are named as the heirs, It is said the ¢ \ estate) is worth $4,500 g OMAHA, FRENC! ON BOTH SIDES OF SOMME North and South of River, Gaining Footing in Foe _ Trenches, LOSSES ARE VERY HEAVY Paris Official Report Say Enemies Able to Make Onlj Limited Progress, BRITONS CONSOLIDATING London! Nov.\ 15.—The British troops north of the Ancre wgre en- gaged last night'in consolidating the ground won in the new offensive movement, and no further important operations were undertakgn, To'a'ay‘s official report from the Franco-Bel- gian front says: e '“During the night we secured the ground won by our attacks yesterday north of Ancre. More prisoners have been taken, the number of which will ‘be reported later. Berlin, Nov. 15.—(By Wireless to Sayville.)—North of the Ancre river the British attacked ceaselessly yes- terday with strong forces. Today's official report says the British cap- tured the village of Beaucourt, but that everywhere else their violent as- saults broke down with heavy losses. The statement follows: \ “The battle north of the Somme continues. The struggle, which went on from morning till night, marked November 14 as another day of a great battle. The British hoped they could take advan of the success TEUTONS ATTACK [ALL AMERICANS IN Strong German Forces Adyance | ourp.Aw CHIEF PARRAL GET AWAY' Make Their Escape From City Before Villa's Bandits \ | Arrive. | RIDES IN El Paso, Tex, Nov. 15.—American and other foreign mining men of Par- ral are safe andare making their way . oast of Mexico, a @9m Parral, who ar- mght, reported. He 3 from Parral to Chihua- ] y over land, leaving Parral on vember 8, He reported that Gen- eral Luis Herrera evacuated Parral on November 4, and said the towi was occupied on November 5 by Villa bandits. ¥ The Americang and other forcign- (ers left Parral two days before Gen- eral Herrera evacuated the town, the refugee, who is considered reliable, stated: The Americans announced be- fore they left that the party of for- eigners, which was in charge of Leslie Webb, an employe of the Alvarado Mining and Milling company, was go- ing to the port of Culiacan on the west coast of Mexico, but the refugee doubts if this was their’ real destina- tion. He thinks they are hiding in the mountains west of Rarral and gave dut the story that they were going to the Pacific coast to deceive the Villa bandits. Takes Supplies. When General Herrera evacuated the town he took with him a large quantity of supplies/belonging to his brother, Incarnacion Herrera, who is a merchant in Parral, which later were abandoned at Santa Barbara, near Parral, and captured by the Villa troops,~ according to the refugee’s statement. - 2 Eoy Three trains arrived in Parral from Jiminez with 1,000 troops and another obtained at the beginning and there- force arrived on horseback from the fore attacked again ' with masses. north of the Ancre, and eral times between Lesard Gueudecourt. They gucceeded capturing the village “strong | direction of Pilar de Concho, he said. sev- | Villa was in personal command of the and | troops, the refugee in|added that he saw the bandit leader Beaucourt, | riding through the principal plaza on declared, and but an-all other portions of the ex- { horseback with Jose Ynes Salazar, his tensive front of attack the violence | second in command. of their assaults broke down with heavy losses 'before our positions. Villa, he said, made a speech in 'the | plaza and announced that his chief de- SIn the rfig‘nlse of the hostjle at-|sire was to fight the American forces. tacks, Madgeburg infantry regiment No. 66 and Bavarian infantry regiment No. 169 and regiments of the Fourth Guards infanfry division especially distinguished themselves. “The French employed strong forces in an effort to capture St. Pierre Vaast wood, but their attagks were entirely unsuccessful, ending in a sanguinary defeat.” Consolidate Gains. N Paris, Now. 15.—Strong German | t forces. ‘atgcke l{sthe Fr%:fi ] "tod:y c?)‘rwnwnd, :or(h.gudA ol mefiflgme_flnfi [ t, al 4 issue b;' the war - fonight, were able Rawell to. gain ‘only limited "advantage at the cost- of ‘very heavy losses, - The Gefmans “gained a_footing in the French advanced positions in the northern .cofner and western out- skirts-of St. Pierre Vaast wood. They also made some progress in the east- ern section.of the village of Pres- soire. . > Evécuate Positions. Rome (Via London)! Nov, 15— Ttalian troops were compelled to evacuate some of their more expos positions ‘on the San. Marco, ecast Gorizia, yesterday, after repulsing five Austro-Hungarian attacks on .an Italian salient -at Two- Pines house, says today’'s war office announce- ment. DecisionlMay.:Sa.ve U. 8. Many Millions Washiggton, Nov. 15.—A decision which may save the United States several hundred million dollars was given heretoday by the district ap- peals (coutct, holding that an act’of congress requiring sale of government owned "coal lands in Montana and other states at from $10 to $20 an acre fixed a minimum and not a Mmaxi- mum price. The appraised value of the lands is said to be nearly $500,- 000,000 above the minimum price. The suit came up in mandamus proceed- ings by Fred W. Handel and Mae andel of Montana to compel the sec- retary of the interior to accept the minimum price, when he had fixed $70 per acre for these lands and declined to issue a patent until that price was aid. A lower court decision uphold- ing the secretary was affirmed by the appeals court. . Hughes Will Take Few Weeks' Rest New York, Nov. 15.—Chgrles« E, Hughes, republican candidate for the presidency, will leave shere Saturday with his family for Lake Wood, N. J,, where he will rest several weeks, it was announced tonight. William R. Willcox, chairman of the republican national committee, -will accompany Mr. Hughes to Lake Wood. Mr, Will- cox, however, said he would keep in touch with republican headquarters here by visiting the city several days a week. / Former Governor of _ Connecticut to Stop Here Morgan C., Bulkeley, former gov- crnor of Conhecticut, together with a party from New England, will be in Omaha today for a couple of hours. They come in on a special car over the Northwestern at 11:40 o'clock in the morhing and go west over the Union Pacific, leaving at 2 in the afternoon. ~ Victirn of Auto Accident Weeks Ago Dies.in Norfolk Norfolk, 'Neb.,, Nov. 15, —(Special Telegram.)—Louis Saar, a traveling salesman for the Standard Oil com-1New Port, R. I. . Sees Villa Enter, The refugee said he knew that T. G. Hawkins, jr, Howard Gray, A, W, Morris and Bernard McDonald had left Parral sadaly. Other Americans known to have been in Parral and be- lieved by him to have left at the same time were: Dr. A, H. Whatley and | son, Dr, T. J. Flanagan, W. E. Cow- «|ell, W. C. Palmer and Jacob Meyer, The refugee saw Ville ride into the Upon Californians | For Loss of State San Francisco, Nov, 15,—~Chester H. | Rowell, chairman of the r%publican state central committee, issupd a state- ment today charging that the repub- licans “who undertook to' look after Charles E. Hughes during his trip through California, not only made a bad job of it, but suppressed and dis- obeyed instructions from the east. The statement blames them for the loss of the state from the republican column. “If the advices and practically the demands of the national managers of Mr. Hughes’ campaign had not been defied and suppressed by those tempo- | " | rarily in charge of it in California, the statement said, “Mr. ) Hughes would now be beyond question presi- dent-elect of the United States.” Francis V. Keesling, chairman of the republican state central committee at the time Mr. Hughes wae in the state, said: “I'm not going to sa anything. The_ telegrams were all published at.the time.” Villa 8aid to Be Moving Southward - To Join Zapata El Paso, Tex, Nov. 15.—Villa and his main“force of bandits are going south to form a junction with the Za- ata forces in the state of Morelos, he announced at Santa Rosalia, refu- ees who arrived here late last night | rom the south reported to govern- ment agents. Villa at Santa Rosalia declared he would leave a sufficiently large forge in the north to harass the Carranza troops according to the same source, g rfsTe Refugees arriving last night report- ed bandit activities in the \'iciuig' o Ortiz and Bachimba, south of Chi- huahua: City, where the railroad and telegraph lines were cut yesterday, they said. The refugees also report- ed the looting of a larg German- owned factory at Santa Rdsalia. Federal Prisoners to Be Tried First of December Argaignment of all federal prison- ers-held on criminal charges will be held before Judge Woodrough of the United States district court the first week in December, A large number of the cases on the docket are for fraud, The most im- portant is that of Xavier W. Witt- man, who was arrested in Wheeling, W. Va,, after a chase of three years that took federal officers half way around the globe. At present he is at Wheeling on $4,000 bonds. X Hebron Lad Chooses Navy To Book-Learning Career After spending fmost of his life in schools, Lyle Wayne Fennel decided that he was not fitted for a career of book learning. What he wanted was one of adventure. He enlisted as an apprentice seaman at the navy recruiting station and was sent to the , training station. He pany, died here today from injuries (comes from Hebron, Neb., is 18 years sutained in an automobile accident [old, and a graduate of the Hebron near Rindolph several weeks ago. High school. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE URSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1916,—FOURTEEN .PAGES. FLETCHER AND MAYO HEAD / 8, at Hotel Nows ds, ote., Se. BOARD-—Others to pass on promotions with them are: Vice- Admiral Dewitt Coffman, Rear-Admiral Austin M. Knight, Rear-Admiral Usher, Rear-Admiral McLean, Rear-Admiral Gleaves and Rear-Admiral Albert W. Grant. i TR ADIMIRAL !'LETG&-H:R TEN DOLLARS BACH 70 BOYS AT POLLS Two Hundred . Youngstérs Around Booths Boosting for Hitchcock and Wet. - OHARGED UP TO SENATOR When Senator Gilbert M. Hitch- cock files his statemént of campaign expenses, it will probably be a big account, for his personal workers at the polls on election' day came high. It is reported that $10 apicce was paid to boys from 16 to 18 years old Jjust to stand outside the voting places and hand out Hitchcock cards. One of the licutenants ‘who hired and paid ‘the boys was C. W. Mc- Cune, formerly with Mr. Hitchcock's paper, now by the grace of the sena- tor and the democratic administration collector of customs at Omaha, “Still others were paid by the business de- partment of the senator's paper, But if any missed their $10 for a single day of@usin' out cards it was their own fault. Perhaps Two Hundred. “There must have been over 100, perhaps. 200, of these boys. at. $10 ha - alone. he had: two. workers, one fil':ardin( either approach,” eaid a well own politician, on}%&k ‘with his personal Japiece; for in many precincts in Qma- 600 well et stood all this expense alone or not is another matter, for most of the boys who worked for him had dual instruc- tions, namely, to boost for ‘wet’ and for Hitchcock. The expense of main- taining thesc boys on the job for the day at high pay was doubtless ap- portioned betwyeen Mr, Hitchcock and those who were interested in a wet state, “But at any rate the boys looked to Colonel C. W. McCune, to the senator or to some of the cmsluycs of his newspaper for their $10, and they got it.” Inez Milholland Boissevain Very Ill Los Ax{geles, Cal,, Nov. 15—Mrs. Inez Milholland ~ Boissevain, - New York suffragist, suffered” a- marked setback during the night, it was an- nounced today by Dr. Dudley Fulton, one of the physicians attending her at a hospital here. At the morning ex- amination she showed pleurisy had developed to complicate her severe anemia and her temperature was fur- ther depressed, Dr. Fulton said the next day or two \would determine the outcome. . Yesterday 'a fourth transfusion of blood was made into Mrs. Boisse- vain's veins and apparently she con- tinugd the improvement of the last several days. Hughé:s. Ga,i;s*ifl)on N. M. Official Count Santg Fe,N. M., Nov. 15—Official figures on the eléction received by the secretary of state today from Ber- nalillo, Taos and Torrance counties added 435 votes to Hughes’ total and 243 to Wilson's aggreégate. With these taken into account, the vote now stands: Hughes, 29,757; Wilson, 31, 796, a reduction of Wilson's lead from last night's figures of 187 votes. The largest change was in Torrance countys where no reports on the presi- dential vote previously had been re- | ceived from eight precincts. Official returns now have been re- ceived from eight counties, with 206 precincts. There are twenty of the 638 precincts in the state from which no report has been received. Most of them are smalt and it was said, nor- mally, are ‘republican, Husband Twice asaa: Just because her husband is more thap-twice as old as she doesn't take any of the romance out of the life of Mrs. Charles W. Steele of Ohiowa, Neb., who was Miss Belle Whitaker until her marriage in Omaha hate Tuesday afternoon. Her husband is 55 years old, while she is but 26 years old. County Judge Crawford per- formed the ceremony. | Molly Elliott Seawell, Juvenile Author, Dies Washington, Nov. 15.Molly Elliott Seawell, author of widely read histori- cal romances and stories for boys, died here today, aged 56, ““OF coubde, whether the?senator a' PERSHING SC0UT FREED FROM JALL Bl;lhtn, Sentenced to Be Exe- cuted as a Villa Spy, Is Released, 'MORMON MUST GIVE BOND El Paso, Tex., Nov. 15,—After be- ing in the Juarez jail since November 7, during which time he expected to be shot as a Villa spy, Benjamin Bra- tnn was released at the military eadquarters in Juarez late today and came to the American side of the river. p Brahan said he knew of no reason why he ‘was arrested other than the fact that he was a scout for General Pershing in_Mexico. £ “I went 10 Juarez to see a friend before returnind 4o join the punitive expedition,” Braham said tonight, after reaching his. hotel here. "I saw ag Carrapza commander on the street whom I"had-known at Casas Grandes when 1 was with General Pershing. “"There is an American scout,’ he said to -another officer when he saw me,” Brahan continued. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. =3 NAVY SELECTION ! 1(0 contest each suit as it comes up for U.S. WILL DEFEND SUITS AGAINST ADAMSON LAW Attorney General Gregory Au- nounces Department of Justice Will Aot in < Each Oase, ONE MAY -Bl MADE' TEST , Suggestion that étw Be llll-. pended Thirty Days is De- clared Impracti¢able. Washington, Nov. 15.—Suits by rail- roads attacking the constitutionality of . the eight-hour railroad law were be- gun today in many parts of the coun- try and the Department of Justice laid . plans to defend them. No'bffer yet has been made by the railroads to settlesthe question by one test case. It was stated officially that Attorney General Gregory is planning hearing. Assistant Attorney General Undérwood will have direct charge of the government's defense, and Frank Hagermap of Kansas City, Mo, has been retained to assist him. Mr, Un- ‘ derwood expects to appear personally in most of the cases, but their number may make it necessary to employ other special coynsel, ’ : Holds Congress Has Power, The attorney general General Davis have been with Mr. Underwood frequently the first syits were filed and the eral lines of defense have been Information so far reaching the urlmey:xt. shows !l;lf :ht s eir prayers for temporary’ re ng ot?deu llll‘lt the law be- coming effective on the ground is unconstitutional and enforcement. The govednntent resist those contentions and that congress lu; ample power to act such. legislation. o department tonight statemen “A large n}nmber ‘of suits at the constitationlity of the law haye been institut parts of 'the United States. : partment of Justice will lg;h 4 charge of thess and erman of Ki retained to under “I was immediately ?lmd jail and locked arrest, -taken to_the ja in the ‘inc rid' A be shot, P was to be shiot, was given to || uhders &n. hw d T .would ..b fter fldm &wg!“h m& an. ifiter- in my case I.was tréated- mu better,” jhe concluded. Joseph Williams, the Mormon, will be reltased as soon as he is able.to furnish g bond of $10,000, it was an- nounced| tonight. British House of Commons Debates Rise of Food Prices London, Nov, 15—~The price of food, which has become such a serious matter in England, as in all other belligerent countries, was discussed in the House of Commons togday., Will- iam Hewins, unionist member from Hartford, introduced the following resolution: “In the opinion of the house it is the duty of the government to adopt furthef " methods of organization to increase and conserve the national food supply and to diminish the risk of shortage and serious increase of prices in the event of the war being prolonged.” % The debate was expected to result in radical proposals to deal with the difficulties of the present position, The activity of German submarines in sinking a large number of ships, hich is related so closely to ‘the price ‘of food, will be discussed in the House of Lords this evening by Lord Charles Beresford and Baron Syden- ham. Wife Says Hubby is Rich, Hubby Says No A “dispyte over the worldly wealth of Ralph Waddell, who is suing for divorce from Ida Waddell on grounds of desertion, arose in Judge Leslie's court during hearing of the case. 1da informed the court that Ralph was worth $15,000 and earned about $150 a month and asked the judge to grant her alimony. Ralph came back by in- sisting that Ida tacked too many ciphers on her figures and that he didn't have a cent. In his testi- mony Ralph said he once was well- But That Does Not Bother B to-do, but sunk $40,000 in a land deal and got back $500, $400 of which he gave to Ida, No Arrangements Yet for Funeral of Mrs. Manderson Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Charles F. Manderson are at a stand- still, awaiting word from John M, Fries, Philadelphia; Mrs. Blanche Bracken, Salt Lake City, and Dean H, rown, Twin Falls, Idaho, all rela- tives. Charles H. Marley, private sec- retary of the late General Mander- son, close friend of the family, will have charge of the making of the arrange- mle‘nts. Mrs| Manderson was 77 years old, ) NP Takes On Two at Once And Gets Fined for It ' Jack Goodwell, 918 North Twenty- eighth avenue, was fined $50 and costs for an assault yon Harry Rasmussen, 3028 South Tenth street, and R, R. Anderson, 1922 Chicago street. In the collision Rasmussen’s nose was broken. ' n Piegll” Brahan| ot tol ?fi'm.nfy that| Pr | | case. After a decision and who for (years has been a|. e practice, it any of the district cot suits are brought, the might call in one or two circuit judges to sit with court, it was stated that, as the c llf?\l;:im!aliky of an act :h’ton‘rfli under 3uufiw. an appeal coul taken direct to ‘the sup; without delay for its consideration a circuit court of e Should a test case or cases be ap~ u&ed to the supreme court, it was elfeved here 2 of important court would proceedings for carly | cision, . Ci 3 mson hearing and { Will 3ee Wilson. - - Some “of the railroad brotherl leaders are expected here " withi day or'two to prepare for their ap | peargnce before committee making a broad tior into the transportation and it is probable thae they President Wilson, i hTheh ntlnemcntla)f Samuel 3 that the law would go into e - junction or no: in'unction,"fi::& the . statement of W. S. Carter, of the locomotive firemen and engineers, denying that a strike had been theat- | ened if the law were not enforeed, h k ?}tyalcud attention among-federal of- 1c1als, “Roads File Suits, New York, Nov. 15.—Suits filed b: railroads against the federal govern- ment to test the constitutionality of the Adamson eight-hour law, also are expected to result in the interpreta~ . tion of the statute if.it be upheld, the railroad managers comprising the na- i g — (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) 5 Montana Farm Loan o Act Goes Into Effect - | Helena, Mont., Nov, 15—The State Bbard of Land commissioners pro- « poses to put the farm loan act into immediate operation following a de- cision of the supreme court on the' law, it was announced today. e books of the state treasurer's office show that there is now available for farm loans a total of $728,786.20, and it is stated that early in December this_will be increased to nearly $1,750,000. “Now that the state land board knows where it stands, it will put the farm loan law into operation ‘immgdb' ately,” said Governor Stewart. 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