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La News vaic:: l; Local than,arahMrs ..Tasuavv ' itf sad probably Friday.- . a fot ,. f ft r- 1 1 day Were rf:r.- . aaS .- ariai (tat -v. , , VOL'- CX1L.NO. 23. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C : THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 22, 1920 ; SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CDtTO GOVERNOR COX NOT VIRGINIA CITIES r ii SUBMIT WYARD TO REFEREIiDi VOTE OF RAIL WORKERS lill AMUilltl TQ MAKE ADDRESS VAFIT RE-HEARING . THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT . WILSON SUXDA Y DECLINES TO TALK BOOSTING ROADS ON FREIGHT RATE COUflTYATTORHEY Presidential Nominee, However, ; May; Visit North' Carolina " at Later Date; WILL DISCUSS NATIONAL! ISSUES WHEN HE COMES Zqual Suffrage Will Be Chief Topic If H Speaks In Bal eigh During Session of Leg Jslature; National Commit teeman McLean - Confers With Homines In Dayton : The New aad Observer Bureau, Ml DUtriet National Bank Bldf. Br Bf B. POWELL. ' (By Special Leased Win.) i Washington, July" ZL Gov. Jsmes Monro Cox, aa the name of tot Deate eratie eaadidats - for the presidency Undi corrected, will sot re to North Carolina to whoop it up for' the Kirk- jtatriek-McGirt bond issue. Be may ac cept an invitation to apeak ia the State later but when he does it will be with the diitinet approval" of Governor Biek- tt and not with any view of telling the Tar Heel executive how to build teod roads.' "', " Such it the information brought baek to Washington by National Commtttee raaa A. W. McLean, who retarned here today from Dayton, where he epeat ems time in eonferenee with the Dem oeratie candidates Mr. MeLeaa was oa the sab-committee that conferred with the presidential and vice presidential candidates along with J. Brae Kramer, of Montana, Judge Samuel B. Amidou, of Kansas, aad Miss Charlie Williams, f Tennessee. Three of the four mem' bers of the sub-committee appointed to see the nominees and report baek to the fall ' National committee - were former MeAdoe supporters. . Will Net In ' compliance with the- request ef Messrs. MeGirt and Kirkpatriek, Mr. ' McLean presented the invitation - to Governor Cox to address the mass meet ing on the eve' of the opening of the pedal session ef the General Assembly, Governor Cox told Mr. McLean that, in : the first place, hia engagements were so ' ancertaia bow that it wonld bo im&os- sihls for him to make any definite prom le. It ia certain that if he does ge to North' Carolina during the" campaign he wiU disease National affairs. Bead . building he might mention incidentally but he hasnt the remotest idea of tell , lag the members of the legislature how they ought to be built. What suggestion 'the Democratic eaa dldsta his to make t tha law makers f North Carolina will be concerning , auffrage. The National . committee at its meeting yesterday pushed the eaaee along with a . resolution asking North Carolina aad Tennessee to ratify and ' suffrage announcement here today don't improve the situatioa for the Bepubli- ;. caa party..' v T'.-" : , An Emhsmaalag Question. For instance, just before the notifies- tioa ceremonies at Marion tomorrow " Senator Harding is going to b asked in a way that everybody esa hear the cuestioai - The Be publican platform promises rs til! cation ef suffrage. To first test : of the platform will come whsa the Tennessee legislator meets ia August. Will the Bepubli cans carry ant their platform by giving' a - unanimous B publieaa vote in Tennessee for suf- rage! , The htsw Tennessee but the reserves ar being held for. us ia North Carolina. The jarork of the last week ha boon ef a ' ! quiet sort ia comparison with aetivi. s.es of previoue weeks. Th switch ia as puns rx iu leaders aasai jetsea' sd, though the intensity of th fight. Mrs. Jermaa Attends. ' ' Mr. Palmer Jerman, of Baleigh, at teaded the committee meeting ia Dsy toa with th proxy of Miss Mary Owen Graham, National committee woman for ! , North Carolina. Th . lub-committce ' was entertained 'at haaeh by Goveraor aad Mrs. Cox yesterday and Inst night the full committee wss entertained at a lawn fete at the Cox country home, Trail s Bad. Mr. McLean ia in high spirits ever the Cox . campaign. His : talk with the Ohioaa yesterdsy left him with, the . impression that the Cor - Boosevelt ticket ia going to be a herd eae-to beat.-.-''.. . Governor . Cox didn t overlook the fact, during this talk, that the Tsr Hsel : committeeman was one of th MeAdoo floor managers at Baa Francisco. "He told me," Mr. McLean aaid today, . "that he hoped that I would work just s -hard for the' .ticket this fall and, of course, I will. ; . . - Ship T Aid Csngestiam, Arrangement . , completed today through th- Amerieaa Farm Bureau federation provide for the. atilisntioa ' of thirty-flv . new government, chips now lying . ia th upper great' lakes, in an effort to relieve the rail eongee- tioa which -far, bfockinr ths movemenTI of grsia from the Westera andjforth- westera grain growing States to the sea .'board.'.'.'.' ."''? - These boats were built as a part of ths 'war program and ar to bs used later by the chipping board ia th draught they cannot sttt a full cargo :.Toute,but5we,h,boatl,ve1? svaraaHg) .yivaiMiawij vasw M I C"U thousand .bushels of grain and the - FSttfiirs: thTrtat1 uaZ in i relieving the ear shortage. After nloadiBf eighty thousand buaheb ef cargo at Buffalo each boat esa carry twenty thousand bushels through , the W!"iM,,1d .l ""-H"? At the Washington office ef tho Amer- Wa Farm Bureau Federation. C. M. , 4 . ,'!, g J iCeaUnssd a Cage Nia0. Will Petition I. C C To Re- Open Case Won By North Carolina ANY MOVE WILL BE BITTERLY OPPOSED I Corporation v Commission and Traffio Association Prepared To Go Through Whole Tight 'Again To Betaln Advantages Won In Decision ' Handed Down Last May ; --.. r Virginia eiUea, and , the ' railroad erring them, dissatisfied with the rs- eent deeisioa headed down by the later State Commerce Commission granting North Carolina towns a readjustment of freight rates, have combined their resources and are preparing to ask the commission to r-opea the ease, as the first step ia baring the decision re versed. - . f" Tha North Carolina Corporation Com mission has been advised by the I. C. & that sack a-step is contemplated by the Virginia, cities, and has give assur ance that opportunity will be glvea North Carolina shippers, and the Cor poration Commission ample opportanity to resist the re-opening ol tne matter. . Beady Fa Fight. . " Tha North Carolina Trains Associa tion, and the Corporation Commission are making every preparation to be ready for a stiff fight from the moment I formal petition la made to the I. C. C for th re-opening of the ease, and the matter will be bitterly contested, and if the ease is give another hearing, the fight will be eoatiaued. It Is not kaowa her upon what ground th petition for a re-hearing will be based, but it is understood that th Virginia cities object most strongly to th aorthsra adjustment, that eon eerns tho shipment --of freight from wha tla kaowa as the eaatera classifies' tioa territory into Virginia and States south. It ia presamed that the rail roads ar becoming party to the suit because of differences with northers railroads over tho divisioa of revenues from shipments originating in the north and routed over southern rail road to deir destination. . Not Barn rise Her. Th Norfolk aad Biehmond Cham bers - of Commerce, railroads' radiating from these tw cities, aad th Virginia Corporation Commission ar anderstood to hav pooled their interests and will make a common cans ef th effort to and th aehievemeata of the North Carolina' Corporation Commission aad tho Traffio Assoeiatioa ia securing re lease from the generation of commer cial bondage reaulUa from ths diS' criminatioa ia freight rate ia favor f Virginia cities.. No particular surprise is oceaawnc among . those concerned by the action of tho Virginia cities. It was tacitly anderstood , whea the deciaioa - was banded dowa late la Hay that ths de feated cities t th north would aot be eoateat with the--removal of the privl? lege apoa which their commercial ad Commissioner A. J. Msxwell ssid yes tsrday afternoon that the commission bad been advised that, steps wer being thken to aado arhat had been dona, and that the commission wsa prepared to re sist aay efforts made ia that direction. M. B. Boamnn, secretary of the T raf fle Association, said that his orris isa- tion was prspsrsd to go through the a hole fight over sasiaTf nceaninryrhnrrand up. A mile away from tha atasnl expressed the belief that th I. C. C. would b unwilling to re-open the case HEAVY RAINS AFFECT COTTON CROPINN.C. Delay CnltiTation; Excellent - Progress of' Crop In South Carolina Washington, July IL With temper a to res xamaiaing close to normal, to gether wua aa abundance of rainfall most ef th Southern States, the r di tioa - of eottoa improved . geaeraly throughout the . belt, according to the weekly national weather aad crop bul letin made public todav. While the top's condition was variable ia differ ent estates aad svea ia different parts of the name State, on the whole, the report aaid, a wis -quite satisfactory, Heavy to excessive rain occurred la a few places, which unfavorably affected ta progress of eottoa and delayed" eul tivation, it aaid, especially affecting the crop ia central aad aorthera North Carolina. The weather was too dry xor ue crop la westera Texas aad parts ox ajaoama. - - Good to cxeeUeatrxrowth was shown ia Bonth Carolina, th reports said, wniM tn improvement made ia Florida the past week was maintnined. Ia Alabama and Teanesseo very good Progress wa made, while only a fair showing was made ia Mississippi. Cot- toa made excellest progress in Arksa as, Texas and. parte of Oklahoma. Weevil damage Increased in ths southern part of the belt riherever f re- nt earred, th report added. DANIELS AND PAYNE TO ; REACH SEATTLE TODAY - nmaeasnsav - guttle -Wn JnlV 1 KSt tary of the Interior John Bsrtoa Payae. dB. ta Boattls Thnndsy from m in- .pectio. trip (n Amaka, wUl 1t. for Washington Friday night, according to wr weai'fl here today. At U.l.na, Mont, tho cabinet officers will b guests of United States Senator T. J. Walsh of Montana, and will later make a tria to I'sUowitoo National Park. mmmmmmmmmm im is itm.t 'tnmjnmf "'I ' ij mmamtamBmmamaamsmsmmumn ' - "-. ' ' -' i ' i . M f L - i J V- 1 ti ' :: r f J ... ,. .,.1 A ,. , . ... .. , ..M. ,1111 L.JL. I Photogrsph shews Gov. Cox aad Fraaklla son Bands?. Left to right I , eecretery to ResoluU Wins Race With Defender of Yachting Cup Gets Victory By Amount of fer Handicap RACE UNPARALLELED IN HISTORY OF YACHTING Shamrock Crossed Line Half ' Boat Length Ahead; Next Eace Tomorrow -. i,' - . , laaaSMmMBBS)- ( - Saady Hook, N. J, July SlBesoluto, defender of the America's yachting cup, came baek today after two straight de feats, snd magnificently won over the British challenger, Shamrock TV, Shamrock finlahed a scant half boat length ahead, with a lead of ID seconds, but as she had gained precisely that advantage at the start, ths race was ssiraeulonsiy ia yachting eets Tdssd'- head ver the 89-milo oours. Besolute won by th amount of her hsndienp, seven minutes and one second. The fourth race will be started Friday, , Veteran yachtmen who followed the trim eraft through the four hours, three minutes aad six seconds of racing time, thought baek over many years of racing without being able to .eonjur ap i picture that could compare with today'i spectacle.. It wss a real yaeht race from the start, and tt proved a naua rival ing in closeness that of neck and neck hors rsce. ' . Besolute Took Lead Besolute Bad taken the lead early in her favorite 15-mile beat to windward, and rounding the stake ..with about a quarter of a mile lead, slipped slowly dowa the wind with spinnaker and bai- looa jib topsail billowing superbly. But Shamrock IV, with her greater spread of canvas, would not be denied, and slowly, but steadily,, ate np the intervening distance until, with littl more than a mile to go, her bowsprit reached, thea slowly began to erep past th defenders stem, Ineh by inch, as the spcetstora wsteh ed bresthlcssly, Shamrock IV moved ap they were, running neck end neck through the fluffy little, white esps turned up by the - breese. They ap peared so close together from ths pre boats that it seemed as if a man might jump from challenger to defender. Ae tually the distance was several boat lengths. ; Shamrock IV kept ap ths steady erasl ahead until at the half mile mark from the line shs wss nesrly a full . boat length ahesd.' Kesoluts's Last Spurt. . Thea Besolute caught a tiny ' extra puff of wind from somewhere, snl straining like a thoroughbred under the Issh, crept np slowly almost imper ecptibly. She hid got her bow about even with Shamrock's towering mast when a puff of ateam from the commit tee boat's whistle registered Shamrock's finish. .' " ' ,' The little fleet of spectator craft, ;1 though smaller by far thau that which had gone out to previous races, burst into a veritable bedlam of shrieking whistles and sirens ss the contenders swept over the 'line and brought their spinnakers - and - ballooners fluttering down.-; - . Other Thrills of Race. But th finish did not provide all the thrills of the race. Shamrock, jockeyiar xor position, seemed to hsvs gotten the advantage at the start and started on a starboard tsck in the weather berth. Captain, Adams, of the Besolute, offered little opposition, electing to wait for t Im port tack, which earns within a 'few minutes. . Here he took the windwsrd berth and pointed Besolute hurh UD into the wind. Captain Burton turned Shamrock's nose farther in toward the Jersey shore and th tw sloops, traveling on diverging paths soon were nesrly half a mile apart. Superficially, Shamrock , ap pealed to have tha sd vantage. But fina'lj, when 8hmroek ' tsrksd. about two miles on the .Jersey highlands,, Cap tain 'Adams' strategy wss proved. ; He held Besolute on her eonrse and th yacht began to converge. It wss a question which would hav the weather berth whea they met, but Besolute gsiaed it by a scant 100 yards. ' -' Exciting Berts of Tack. : The ensued an exciting series' of sharp tacks, in which Shamrock tried (Contlased ga gag Nine.) "Jj D. Boosevelt Isavlag the White Boas Franklin D. Boosevelt. Governor James M. Cox, Jeoeph F. Tamalty, Freeldent Wilson, Senstor -Csrter Glaaa, ef Virginia. - , Thnlling : the Shamrock Nominated By Acclamation De spite Message Saying He Could Not Accept' Lincoln, Neb, July fl. William Jen ningj Bryan was nominated by acclanv ation as the Prohibition party's presl dential nomine at th national eonven tioa today. Th nomination cams after a resolution "tendering" the position of standard-bearer had brought out th fact la debate that Mr. Bryan had tele graphed f read hers that h vcoald-4 accept Aa ' attempt to table th Caldwood motion tendering Mr. Bryan the nomi nation was overwhelmingly defeated. 1 1a naming Mr. Bryan th convsntioa apset precedent as well as its program by selecting the candidate on the first day. Nominations were not scheduled unm x riaay. Nomination After Stampeds. The nomination earns after a stem pede of the delegates, which was start ed by the resolution of W. A. Calder- woed of Minnesota, tendering Mr, Bryan ths Readership (snd -asking him to 'reply promptly to the Convention whether he would accept, .. Attempts to taoie tnis resolution oniy resulted in aa hour's recess, during whica it opponents, led by Clinton N, Howsrd of New York, urged Charles Bryan, brother of the nominee, to make public communications eoneernmg Mr. Bryan's attitude. - This brought out th fset that a pro posed stampede, plans for which be came known yesterday, had resulted in Mr. Howard sending a telegram to Mr. Bryan asking If hs would accept the r urination snd that replied saying he would decline. Speak ers criticised Mr. Howsrd for not mak ing public the- correspondence sooner. whea it ' was , generally known this morning that he had heard from Mr. firytn, . , - Bryan's Telegram. Th telegram follows: "Prohibition convention, "Lincoln. Neb. '1 appreciate your confidence in ma. Mease see my brother C. W. Bryan. He wui ruiiy explain why acceptance is impossible. - The telegrsm was in renlv to on Ur. Howard sent to. Bryan yesterday asking if he would accept the, nomination. insries Bryan sent a letter to tha convention after it reconvened urging it reject the resolution snd savin that Mr, Bryan's frisndi would oppose his sceepiunee." ; Charges f Secrecy. . j Speakers thea charged that aeeret eon. ferenees between delegates and Charles Bryan had been held in the last 24 hours with the apparent object of prsventins- f . : . . .jmS .uhiumum um ham ground thst he did not want to be named. The fact that these conferences hsd not been made public eeemed to anger many delegates and speech after speech fsvoring ths Ca'derwood resolutioa fol lowed until it was adopted with only six dissenting votes out of th. more then 200 delegates present. This appsrsntly wss only ths sosrk of the fire however for delegates clam ored for the floor, esch urging that ' Woman Named Chairman. J Miss Marie Brehm, of California, first womsn to bs elected permanent chair man of a national political convention, relinquished . the choir aad placed Mr, Bryan ia nomination. The delegates immediately went into the usual post-nomination uproar , with parade and shouting aad whoooina. After 19 minutes they flnal'y , resused thst they had not yet actunllirBominat ed Mr. Bryan and proceeded to make him their nominee by acclamation. Tired aad worn from the hot all-day session and the previonsyflemonstration, they gavs only a few seconds spplsus when the nomination actually was made. , During the parade, Mr. Howard re mained aloof until some one shoved him in Hue and later h walked out ef tjie - lJl BRYAN NAMED TO HEAD DRY FORCES after their coafereac with President Wil NAVY BUMP FALLS WHEN RACE STARTS Great Gas Bag Lands In Ja maica Bay After Long Drop; Nobody Hurt- GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF DOWNWARD JOURNEY Disaster Overtook Big Airship, ' Which Had Three Bpoftrs Aboard, Just As Signal 7or Bace Between Shamrock and Besolute Was Given; Lands Ten Miles Away Naval" Air Station, Boekaway, N..T. July 2L (By Th Associated Press.) Disaatac overtook th aaval blimp C-10 today just after sh had flashed out a radio report that tho ractag yacht cmamroca iv ana Jtcsoiut wer os aa their third race. Tht great gaa bag, with eight mea ia her ear, including three reporters, was hovering a thousand feet above Am brose lightship. Thirty minute later she was a wreck a Bsrrea Islaad ia Jamaica Bay, tea mile away. 8h had fallen into th bay like a ahot bird after a frantic race shoreward with th bob of her bag collapsing as gaa es caped from rente ia the top of . th bag. j Ia .the battl to reach th landing field after he discovered th airship's plight, Lieut. A. W, Evens, her eem mander, bad forced her 1,000 feet into the air by the sheer power of her twin agines. Ballast and all movable equip ment had gone overboard, but ae tho crippled monster swept over the land' lng field .with her head sagging, h dar ed not attempt to bring her , dowa ashore.. She had started her final plunge, dragged down by tha weight of the mea aad th ear. lata Water No First. Shifting his course toward Jamaica Bay beyond,' Evans drove the balloon, with elevators slanting clear back, to lift her. Farther and .farther down cam the ship's head and-lea than two miles away she drove into th wster nose first and a few minutes later float sd gently' ashore, where her passengers nd Crew climbed out, wet but with out a scratch to show for th 3,000 foot drop. ' C-10 h.V wstched th races every day with mortng picture men and . report ers ia tha car. Today sh wss hauled out of th shed at noon aad quickly rose for her flight out to the start. Ia the ear each of the four cockpits neid two persons. The ship had been trimmed and ballasted and carefully tested for lifting power before the com- ... J - L i m u ilquu iurr wfc.nvr -eo to go nosing ap to the 1,000 loot , level with hnth Tnntnrm Arta, - It .seemed scarcely five minutes be fore th crowd of bobbing pleasure- ersrt around the lightship wss directly below. .Th yachts were tacking hack and forth waiting for ths signal to stsrt. v- ... When asignal broke out oa ths com mittee tug, bobbing oa the swell below, Lieutenant Evans crawled baek aad forth through the. airship to tell his passengers that it meant race post poned until later at flfteea minute in tervals." Whea Trouble $trteV A moment later another signal show- sd e th committee best. We'll go dowa to read it." Evans called and the ship's head sank slowly ss she drove to a lower level. There seemed; to be 'something wrong with she flattened later, close dowa to the steamer and sailing eraft below. Evans aad his crew kept looking ap at the bag above. He pulled aad tug ged at tho control t ;rds in front ef him and both motors roared in to life agala. Swinging ia a treat circle, the airship began to climb, slowly aad without the quick response of earlier in ths day. Below a white steam puff from the eemmitte boat marked the firs-minute whistle and as' the .blimp rounded to ward Bochawsy. th racers went , ever the line oa the first outward tack. , But th C-10 was don with th race. Shs . was heavy sndaujlea and Eaas gnalled Xor ballast W go ever, from Continued Pag SixA-" ; ' E. D. Parker Silent In Seven Languages About Events; Y -, In Graham - , - EXAMINES PRISONERS IN DEATH CELL HERE Adjutant General Ketts Says -. Coroner's Investigation Took "Wo Count of Attitude of Cap tain Fowler; Statement Ex pected When Governor Be -turns Trom AshevUle AlaaUaeO eoaaty's ; attoraoy, E. J. Parker, spent yesterday la Baleigh, pass ed hoar li iii executive offices of the' BtaU capHol ia coaferoae with Ooveraor Bickett's secretary, Mr. 8aat f ord Martia, another hour ia' exami nation of tho throa 'aegr euspeeta la the Btate prison for safekeeping,' aad went baek to Graham en th aftoraooa traia. - - He was ahy of newspapermen aad refused to make aay utterance for' pnb licatioa oa the recent happeaiaga ia hia towa growing out of a crimiasl assault apea a whit woman, the arrest of the three negroes, the mense ef a mob, the calling of troops, aad ths killing of oae ms'a whea it is alleged th Jail was at tacked by a msb Monday aiaht Humor grew aad multiplied wheeT ever air. x-arker stopped for a moment to eo avers with anybody. It was cur rently reported that he earn to Baleigh to take th three negroes bnek to Gra ham with him for a eontiaustioa of their preliminary bearing which was begun Monday. Ho denied that hs had any immediate intent to remove them from th" safety of ths prison, and in dicated tjiat say request for their re moval would come from Solicitor 8. M. Osttis. . - Say Trospa Were Jastified Mr. Parker wss evidently deeply con cerned over the tragedy in Graham, aad went so far as to state that hs still feel fully Justified, ia the steps thst ho took to secure troops to protect th negroes from the aagry eitixens of the community. He regrets tho death of Jim Bay, aad regrets It deeply, but as to the justice of hi killing bo had, aot a word to sy. ... ' tJ: Ths tragedy at Graham bids fair to liv long. It was Mill tha subject of speealstio, conjecture and, dlscussioa yesterdsy. with most Of the talk oeatrr inS around th action of th coroner ' jury 1 Badisg thst Bay earn, to hi desth through th firing of guns in th hsads ef nsilltia summoned to Graham to uphold th law, K official statement emanated from anv Quarter durissr th dnv. bat th exe cutive offices her are, stifl pointing out tho fact that th Alamance authorities were advised Monday morning to bring ths negro to Baleigh for safekeeping, aad that ia the far of this advice they were kept ia Graham, with the result' at tragedy. ' ' '"iKf1 Iaveatlsatiaa Oaaaidea Discussing tho coroner's findings in formally yesterdsy afternoon. Adjutant General Van M. Metts said that th invsstigatioa wss apparently one-sided. la that aa member of the Machine Gun Company, or any of it officers wss examined at the hearing, or asked to give their versida ef tho ' lamentable episode. General Metts said that he did not Intend to give cut aay formal statemeat until after Goveraor Bickett's retura from AshevUle, which is expected this morning, Iseluded among th day's crop of rumors was oas to th geet that the mob had reorganized and wa prepar er to attack th penitentiary ia Ka leigh. but careful Inquiry aad inveatl- gatioa failed to shew any basis for the rumor. Prisoa suthorities wer - pre pared ia a measure for any emergency, but wer aot expecting any such viai- Utlos.- What rased-tWea th prisoners nnd tho CfVuaty attorney yesterday afternoon Vas aot given .out. Prison officials wer present at th interview, but wer enjoined to silene by Mr. Parker. Bo far neither of the negroes hss retained legal advisors or hss been allowed by ths prisoa suthorities to dis cuss ths crime with which they stand charged with outsiders. CAPTAIX FOWLER MAKES STATEMENT ON DISTURBANCE Durham, July II. Captain M. B. Fowler today made th following state. msnt in regard to th Imrhaat Machine Gun Compaay s actions ia Graham Mon day sight: '"- ..',; ' 'After hearing rumors all Monday aftersooa that we were going to be at tacked at 9:36 o'clock Monday 'night wo were fired apoa from several di rections by aa organized bueh. of snipers, several of tho machine gunners aarrowly escaping . death. Ths first shots fired by the machine gunners were mads by Sergeant B. M. Price after hs ad his squad, statioaed St tha rear of the jail,; had bee a fired apoa four or five tinea by a bunch ef mea approach ng the jail from a eora field at the rear of the jaiL The last bullet from the crowd at rock just ia. front of ope of Sergeant Price's mea. The flash from ths pistol ia ths eora field which caused th mactaa gunners to opea up was clearly visible. It was thea, and only then, thst Sergeant Price gave his orders to firs, pa burst of tS shot was fired, aad thea aa forma wer set a advancing toward tha gua, another burst of 3 was fired. This gaa wss trained upon the ground only a few feet ia front of the position ef Uis gam ia order to pre vent aay bullets from striking a aesrby house. Being rsind low is eeemed to b impossibl to striks th attacker. This accounts for this machine gua. Tha machine gua near tho eora V'd oa the opposite sids . of th jail fired 4 c,ltU't M TwJf 'vjjors Company will b taken p. Appears Probable Union Lead ' en . win , Not Mafca Anv a Recommendation OUTRIGHT REJECTION " , OF AWARD NOT FAVORED' BaUwar Labor Board Declines To Be-Open Case at Bequeit ' of Brotherhood . Heads On Ground It Would Prevent . Balse Going Into Zifeot at " Once ' . . .t .. 'Chicago, July flr-(By the Associated Preas.) Submissioa of the $600,000,000 ' rail wage award to a referendum vote by the 1,800,000, railroad workrs with-; out reeommendatioa , from th ' TJnioa , lesdsrs either for its acceptance or r jeetioa appeared probable tonight ' ' This wa th opinion in labor circle after rejection by th United BUtes Bail way Labor Board of a petition for a rehearing of the ease. ' Thro courses wer opea to th anion , chiefs t ,.-',..-,,.. , First, submission without reeommen-' datlon; second, ; reeommendatioa thst the award be accepted; and third thst it b rejected. - , i 81 Daeld to Aeceat.' ' - - - At midnight if was reported that sis , Ml stxteeB greet , transportation- brotherhoods, In addition to the Masters, Mates and Pilot of America, hsd do elded definitely to accept the award. : Eight of th remainder wer said to hav tentatively rejected the award, with provision that the final decision.b left to a referendum vote of the member ship. '.:'.. Th Order of Bailway Conductor wii, said to bs still undecided, while tha Order of Bailroad Telegraphers wer reported to have issusd strike ballots. ' In view of the division, It la believed thst ths award would bs submitted to' a referendum, by all .of ,th brothsr-' hoods, .either without reeommendatlia or with the reeommendatioa of ' each group. ' r' , ' ' . The Wh Hav Accepted.'- ",'',' Th following brotherhoods wer re-; ported to hav accepted th award i . - Brotherhood of Looomotivo Engi neers; Brotherhood ef Bailroad Traia. men; Switchmen's TJnioa of America; Brotherhood of Stationary Fireman. aad Oilers; United Brotherhood, of Maintenance of Way Employes, and Bailroad Shop Laborers; Brotherhood or. xjoeomotive .Firemen and Engine men nnd the Masters. Mates and Pilots of America. . - Favoring Beferendam. --t The brotherhoods favorin a nfWaJ dum were the International Associa tion ef Machinists, Sheet Metel Work ers" International Alliance.. Rrnt.h. hood of Bailway and Steamship Clerks,. i reigns handlers. Express and Station Employes; Brotherhood of Bailwsy Sig nalmen of America ; Brotherhood of Bailway Carmen of America t Tnra-t. tional Brotherhood of Electrical Warn ers J International Brotherhood of BoUermskers. Iron ShlDbuilders snd Helpers of America, aad the Interna tional Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers nsd Helpers- - t Op BOM Outrisrht Ktlcrtiaa. The more conservative eounael in thai' union ranks has steadfastly opposed outright rejection of the board's decl- sion. The door to 'reeeommendatloa of, adoptioa apparently waa closed today, leaders of the rail workers intimated, when they requested that the ease bs curb the spread of th pink boll worm in laoor board declined to re-opea the case on the ground that-sts decision' represented th conclusions reached af ter an exhausted survey, in which both, sides had been" given smpls tim to present all facta aurrounding th case. ' "mis lass Delay. No good could be aeeomrjliahed at this time, members of ta board stated, by granting a re-bearing, which would only serve to daisy ths ease and pre vent the men receiving the increased back wsges ia their August psy sn vslopes. . , i v - A day of conferences between nreab dents of th eighteen unions recognised in the award and 1.000 areneral chairman of those orgaaixatton failed to develop' any common ground oa which leaders wer willing to .imu a ststemeat. Beports reaching anion headauarter and the railroad managers aasociation her Indicated that with few exceptions the men were holding fast aad waiting tor taeir omeers to act.- ' i' . First Reported Strike. Th firkt reported striks was recorded ia Chicago late today, whea about en hundred Grand Trunk Bailroad em. . ployes walked out, according to company estimate. Strikers; howsver. e aimed 500 mea walked out. Compaay officer ...- . . . . ... . . mm nc aemanas nsa oecn maae ana it wss presumed the men wer dissatis fied with the rail board decision. The decision to be msde by the broth.' erhood officers tomorrow may' have aa important effect oa th futur of their ' orgsnlxations,' in the - opinion of ob servers who hsve msde a study of th rsllrosd wage demands Bteseastoa la Union Banks. It is ao secret that for months there hss been dissension) within th anion ranks aad an outspoken dissatisfaction over tho failure of th- officer to ob-1 tsin for their, mea th 'raises they ds manded. 80 far ss th Ball Labor Board k eoaeerned, ths wage sward is closed and tomorrow the csss of the TS.000 em ployes of the American Bailwsy Ex-