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Minority Members of Finance
Committee On Guard For
Common People N
SPEND BUSY DAY ON
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
Proposal of Senator Walsh For
Graduated Taxes On Small
Incomes Meets With Appro
val of Progressive Republi
cans; Want To Expedite Bill
But Seek Justice Also
The New and Observer Bureau,
CO.! District National Bunk Bldg.,
Br EDWARD E. MUTTON.
(By Special Leased Wirt.)
Washington, Oct. 15. Th Democratic
minority of the Ronit finance commit
tee U on Biinril i" the. interest of the
people. While tin) Sonata wn not in
session today that minority wai at
work. All day long ther were with
senators Simmon, the ranking Demo
crat of the committee Senator Reed,
of Missouri; Gerry, of Rhode Island,
Walsh, of Massachusetts; and Jones
of New Mexico. They were planning
mere materia! for use against the Re
publican tax revision hill which takei
care of interests and lets the people
go hang. It Is learned that one of the
thins agreed upon win that there
would be a concerted movement to se
cure a substantial reduction of the
income taxes to be paid by persona of
moderate incomes.
Senator Walsh has a proposal along
this line. His amendment calls for
a reduction of the smaller income tx
rate, putting it at 2 per cent on in
comes of 5,00O or less, 4 per cent on
Incomes from S5.000 to ,10,000; C per
cent on incomes from $10,000 to l-y
COO this is to take the place of the
resent tax of 4 per cent on 4.'i00
or less and 8 per ceat oa all above
4,000.
Tha anaetrtandinf Is that there are
tot almit Democratic Senators favoring
tha Walsh rmendment, but that it will
also hart the rapport of a narabor of
Bepublicans of the progressiva type, ,
Will Pat Up Hard right.
Senator Walsh declares that he pat
op a hard fight to secure tha adoption
of hi amendment, and that he will
have the support of every Senator who
. j : ir L In . mm nf thn mnn with
small Incomes. He and the other Demo-1
rate believe ia pwlnng tor :nu
the tax bill so that business may know
what it is to do, but none of them
want to see a tax bill passed that will
ehackle thejmaller man and give bv?
gift to the big felow. They hold
that delay in passing a just tax bill
and a just tariff bill make for un
' settled conditions, falling wages, in
creased prices, unemployment and
business stagnation.
The watchfulness of North Carditis
members of Congress over the appoint
ments of postmasters is bringing re
sults In at least showing up the fact
that partisan po'itics rule the roost
in getting Republicans on th postofflce
pay roll. Senator Bimmous, isonato
Overman, Congressman Brinson, Weav
er and etedmnn have had cases which
giro the proof that this is so: It be
comes more and mors manifest that the
plan under which Dcniocr:. p'nt
masters are being ousted and knocked
out on the fake civil service examina
tions under the Harding Days regain
tion f one eleeted from the three
highest eligibles, and tha. utterance
ascribed to Mr. Hays fail to tally.
Record Against Hays.
Ia addressing the rural letter carri
er association In session here. Chief
Clerk William M. Mooney of the Post
offio Department quoted Mr. Hays as
having said: "You cannot get the best
out of men if they are to lie made the
shuttle eook of politics. That must be
eliminated from the postal service."
Sounds good, but the facts are against
the words. For one thing Chief Clerk
Mooaey is said to bs slated to succeed
Postmaster Merritt Chance, of the
Washington postoffice, though Mr.
Chance has won the reputation of be
ing the most efficient postmaster Wash
ington has ever had.
And Coiigr (--ruau Briuson is now
howing that it ii Republican partisan
politics that dictated th appointment
of William J. flowers as postm,itc
at Mount Olive, of Edward A. Si" '. i,
nf fioldsboro. with the install - of
Clyd Jarrett ta supplant Miss I'earl
lnrVt it Andrews of the aimmntment
of Henry B Vroom, son-in-law of the
Republican rounXy chairman or Moore
nostmaster at Plnehurst while post
master Curri, Democrat, not only stood
first o th eligible list, but had almost
th entire endorsement of the patrons
nf the office.
- A Game of Shenanigan.
That the Goldshoro postmaster ease
is an aggravated ease of political she
ll an ignu is show by some illuminsting
eorrespi'i'uce. The important fea
ture of tins is to lis found in a letter
Ai-itten by First Assistsnt Postmastsr
:?ncral Hubert Work to Bev. 0 T.
Mm. Psto of 6t Paul'a Methodist
- church at linld'')m ""Mr"-;. ii-,Tnr-!iirt
written the President la behalf of Post
master L. M. M fi:.i i ' i -him
highly and asking hi retention.
President Harding reii-i.i-J the letter
to the IVstofllee Depart mo tit and 0"
' June 24 First Assistant Postmaster Oes-'
era) Work replied, a portion of hi let
ter to Mr A I nil ii'iii ig: '"tu reply I
(lesir to say that at th expiration ef
, th term of th postmaster at Golds
boro July 21 next th civil service eon
' . tnissiua will . be required to hold aa
(Coatlnaed Peg State.)
DEMO
IGHI
FOR
REDUCTION
TAXES ON
INCOMES
Wilson And Taft Invited To
Armistice Day Celebration
Names of TwoEx-Prcsklents Placed Next That of President
Harding's On List of Invited Guests To Ceremonies At
Arlington On November 11, Secretary Weeks
Announces
Washington, Oct 15. The- manes of
Woodrow Wilson sad William Howard
Taft, a x Presidents of th Uaitai
8tatea, have beea placed aext to that
ef President Harding oa the list of in
vited guests to the ceremonies at Arl
ington November 11, when the Ameri
can nnknowa dead will be honored
by th nation.
Other distinguished guest announe-d
today by Secretary Weeks include v ice
President Coblidge, th justices of th
Supreme Court, member of President
Harding' cabinet, Congressional lea.l
era, members of th d.ploniatie corps,
delegate to th limitation of armament
conference, foreign military officer nf
high rank, th Governor or the states,
the head of veterans' organixationt,
SEEK RUNAWAYS
FROM JOHNSTON
Irate Father and Husband Here No More Cases Considered Un
Looking For Couple That De I til Second Week In
serted Children
Ed Strickland, a Johnston coanty far
mer who left a wife and thre chil
dren last Tuesday nighf to run awsy
with Mrs. Eula Stephens, who has two
children on her own account, will do
Hell to keep moving for stern snd un
relenting justice awaits him shout i he
return to his accustomed haunts.
Hut those who were enraged by the
elopement are not merely sitting with
folded hands and passively waiting for
the alleged home wrecker to be chas
tised bv a kind'.r fate. Having heard
that the couple had been seen in Ral
eigh, C. N. Jones and L. D. Stephens,
father and husband, respectively, of the
woman arrived in the city yesterday
and will stay long ss there b ny
hope of locating their quarry.
Taa defrriptioar'vt the pair that has
beea furnished to the police is as
follows: th maa a about 24 years,
has lieht red hair, weighs about 145
Douads and walks flat footed. Th wo-
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man IS yen ri uiu, wtif;u bvuuv w
pounds has dark eyes and wears eye
glasses. They were last seen ia a
newly painted Ford.
Both the father and tha husband
arrived here yesterday, virtually heart
broken over the disaster that has be
fallen them, while Mr. Jone left his
own wife in a prostrated condition
and ia fearful that she may die of
grief and humiliation nnlese their
daughter is restored to her. "There
is notlirtg ever been said against a
Jone before," was frequently inter
jected by the irate father between
threats of what would happen should
he succeed in running down Strick
land. It was left to Mr. Jones to take
the lead in the search, for tfi son-ia
law followed him around town like
j shadowi, of a man, frequently break
ing Into audible weeping.
According to the two men, ther
had been no signs of visible intimacy
' ptween the eloping couple prior to
their sudden departure together. The
only advance information seems to
have been held by Mrs. 8triekland, who
waa told of her husband's plan, nn
der a threat of death should she di
vnlre the scheme.
The two families occupied neighbor
ing farms in Elevation township of
Johnston county.
TRANSFER SMALL BOY
BY A WARRANTY DEED
Tampa, F'a, Oct. IS. A warranty
deed formally transferring ownership
nf a small boy from one woman to
another was placed oa record her yes
terday. According to th deed, th
transaction took place lsst Jannsry in
Hardin county, Texas, when Mr. Mat
tie Davis deeded her three month eld
son to Mrs. Norm U Wilson. Mrs.
Wilson recently moved to Tampa and
had the deed recorded t prov ber
ownership.
Court' house officials declare that in
their opinion the deed is illegal ia that
. . . . l . i. : j i J 1
l is uniair to uiv rai a ina ueprivr.
him of the rght ef heritage as pr
t ided in papers of adoption. In the
event of the death of Mrs. Wilson he
fore the boy is of age, officials say,
he would pass as a chattel and be
come partsof th estat, If th trans
action was held legal.
GEN1 METTS SERIOUSLY
INJURED IN COLLISION
Wilmington, Oct IS. General
James L Metts, of this ehy, com
minder of th North Carolina Di
vision, United Confederate Veter
ans, and the father of Adjutant
General J. VanB. Metts, of the
North Csrolins National Guard,
Raleigh, was so severely injured' in
a collision between bis intomohil
and a street ear late today thst to
night grave fears sre entertained,
. fot his. recovery,,. .
General Metts, Is 80 year old. Hi
advanced age and th shock of th
accident, together with severe
braises, twe broken ribs and pos
sible fracture of th skull, th Ut
ter injury aot definitely determined
tonight, combine to snaks hi
chances for recovery doubtful in
the opinion of sttending physicians
Following th accident, blame for
which ha not beea tied, MotorJisa
P. C. MeCraekea was placed aader
arrest and later Nlaaaed ia the
ass of $1,000, s
and representative of the American
Bed Cross and other publie societies.
Secretary Week announced that
about 400 congressional medal of honor
mea in the United State would be in
vited provided Congress appropriated
sufficient funds for their transportation
to Washington and return home.
Because of th Wl number of of
fetal guests which the government must
invite, including those coming to the
armament eonferenca and member of
Congress, it was said there would re
main within the smph'theatrs few if
any eat for the general public. The
seating capacity of the theatre is limit
ed to 6,200 and these will be almost
wholly required for official government
representatives aad their guests.
GOVERNOR CLOSES
HIS PARDON MILL
November
Governor Cameron Morrison elosod
the eonsideration of pardon caws for
the month of October yesterday when
he pardoned one prisoner, paroled an
other, commuted a third, and refused
to interfere in six cases.
In spite of his .own opinion that W.
H. Godrich, of Vance eounty, sentenced
to two years for simple assault, "has
not been sufficiently punished, that his
conduct was aggravated without excuse,
that he was properly convicted and
properly punished by the judge,' but out
of respect to the recommendation of
the judge and the solicitor and of the
many good citixns of Vance who urge
that he be pardoned, the sentence of
the cowt ia eammoted to on year from
the date of bis imprisonment, no al
lowance to be given him for good be
havior but that he must lerve a full
twelve months sentence."
Governor' Reasons
Th prisoner was convicted In Octo
ber 1920 end his term rednced to one
year, ia nearly over.
"In this ease44 explained the Gover
nor "a petition for the pardon or pa
role of this defendant waa several times
urged upon my consideration. I was
urged not to let him go to jail at all.
At first his petition for pardon was
protested" by Mr. G. E. Ridgette, the
Solicitor of the District, and by attor
neya who prosecuted. They have line
withdrawn these protests, and the
Judge also recommends pardon. -The
Solicitor now recommends it, although
h rigorously protested it before. The
jury hsve signed a petition for pardon."
-1 William H. Carter, of Cumberland
County convicted in November 1018, of
manslaughter snd sentenced to five
years in the State s Prison was pardon
ed upon the recommendation of the
judge who tried the case and the soliet
tor who prosecuted. He hss served
three years of his sentence and his f
son record is good.
Reasons For Parol
Giving his reasons for the parole
of Charley Penland, of Duneombe, Gov
ernor Morrrison said;
"Th prisoner in this ease, Charles
Panland, was convicted before his
Honor, R. M. Wells, Police Judge for
the City of Asbeville, for assault upon
on Bill Joyner. He. wsl prosecuted
by O. K. Bennett, City Solicitor for
the City of Asheville.
"Both Judge Wells and Solicitor Ben
nett recommend a conditional pardon
for (he prisoner. He was convicted be
fore Judge Wells for another offence at
the same time and sentenced te four
months on the roads of Buncombe
County. The sentence in this ease was
to commence at th expiration of th
sentence in the other case. The pri
soner served four monahs in the first
ease and has served sbout twenty days
m the second Judge Wells writes me
'hat be stated at the time he imposed
th aecond sentence in open court, that
if the prisoner behaved himself and
mad a good record on th roads that
he would ask th Governor to pardon
him for the second offense. He hae a
family now being supported by Its
father.
The prisoner Is paroled for the re
mainder of his tem upon" condition
tfcat be shall respect ths lsw and ear--esllv
emlei i . support his family.
In the even' ecome doubtful ss to
whether he rrying out the condi
tion of this "! I reserv th right
to revoke it " , 't
Petition DecKaed
Govern .r Morrison declined to act In
th folln-me cases:
Roe Shei.herd, Wilkes county; con
victed M:.r-li Term, 1920: manslaughter :
two yesrs in State's prison : attorneys
for d.'.endant, F. B. Hendron, J F.
TT- 1 f-iti,
Zfb.JBatt.Iff Cherokee county; ton
ficted taniJnrv Term. I Hi! I: hvhiU with
intent te kill; three years in 6tate's
orison; presented by R. W. Winston,
'r., attorney, Raleigh
Alexander Phillips, Forsyth eounty:
convicted June Term, 1621 ; receiving
stolen proneryt; .ourteen month on
eounty roads; presented by J, B Craver.
attorney, Winston-Salem.
George Taylor, Forsyth eounty; eon
vietde July Term, 1!2! ; asult with
deadly ' weapon : twelv month an
- (Cntlna4 oa g Two.)
Klfffi PINCH HITS
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Mrs. George W. Vanderbllt In
troduces Utah Senator at
Big Dunn Occasion
CORDIAL WELCOME FOR-
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
Harnett People Turn Out En
Masse for Exercise's; Elo
quent Address By Senator;
Fine Exhibits Eeceire Much
Attention ; Partj Attends
Smithfleld Barbecue
By BEN DIXON MarNEH.L.
(Staff Correspondent.)
Dunn, Oct. 15. With a cow boy
Senator from Utah pinch hitting fo
Herbert Hoover as an orator, and with
thf State's most noted woman to in
troduce him, Dunn and Harnett county
run down the curtain on the hgigest
nnd best day of the biggest and best
fair that has ever been staced in the
biggest and best town for its site in
North Carolina.
The pfnch hitting orator. Senator
William H. King, who has represented
his State in the United States Semite
since 191 7. laeed out a home run. In
troducing him, Mrs. George W. Van
derbilt, president of the State Fnir
association, completely eaptivntcd ev
erybody in sight of her by her grace
ful charm.
Harnett Turns Oat En Mssse.
Dunn turned out en mnsse for the oc
casion and added to their numbers
practical? the entire population in this
section of the Rate. They have been
turning out nil the week, but today was
the biggest day of the fiir. A I't.-ih
Senator and Mrs. Vanderbilt were a
combination that could not be tie
nied.
By all the traditions the fair ought
to have languished yesterday. AH. f;,irs
liegin to wither on Friday, and Satur
day morning ' usually finds them at
about th -vanishing point. Kvory ex.
hiblt was still intact today, and the
grandstands were thronged and th
grounds congested, (t en aa on th fair's
peak days.
Senator King fot here on the early
train this morning, snd Mrs. Vander
bilt, wrth her daughter, Miss Cornelia
Vanderbilt, drove down from Kalcitrh
att 11 o'clock, where she arrived early
in the morning from Asheville to be
present at the State Fnir during the
coming week. Throughout the dav un
til they left at 8 o'clock for Smith
field to be the guests of W. M Sun
ders at a barbecue, they were the cen
ter of wide interest
Curiosity may have impelled thous
ands to crowd around the Vanderbilt
party at the fait grounds. Genuine
admiration held them after they had
got within range. Perhaps they exPected
the richest woman in Stnto to be aloof,
mayhap a little disdainful of rr
folks. But not so. There vas not a
breath of aloofness about her. She
shook hands with hundrids, n'evi-r
waiting to be introduced to any
body. Plain eountry women, with babies nn
their arms, felt her warm hand clasp
and saw her freindly, gracious smile.
Work-roughened farmers greeted her
wirn no thought but that here was a
woman like women ought to he, sim
ple, unaffected, gracious, and alto-
getner Human, a woman for all her
wealth, who knew when a pig had had
proper upbringing, and whether this ear
of corn was properly filled out the
end with grains.
Many Magnificent Exhibits
This inspection of exhibits came after
th speaking Mrs. Vanderbilt and
Senator King were keenly interested
in th things that this section of the
State produces. Kihibits there were In
vast profusion. Bothwere particu
larly enthusiastic over the negro ex
hibit arranged by Jos. W. Vines, prin
cipal of the Harnett County Industrial
School here. It was a magnificent array
of work.
Over in the place devoted to swine
they wr amazed at the magnitude of
the Duroe Jerseys and Berkshires ex
' ' itcd by Henry Turlington, who is
president of the fair. One of each
variety was aa big ss Mr. Ringling's
rhinoceros, and ought to he addrd to
the circus menagerie. One of them
weighed 9O0 pounds and the other
listhtly leas. Both had ribbons enough
'" make a blankit.
Senator King spoke extemporsneously.
He didn't know where Dunn was yes
terdayseemingly its fame has not yet
esossed the Rocky Mountains and he
didn't know exactly how to pitch his
speech He saw the crowd and the
fair and decided that agriculture was
the thing. He is s profound student,
a clear thinker and a facile speaker.
For more than an hour he held his au
dience in his fingers
Senator King Born Orator.
This one-time cow boy was born to
e nn orator. He quit cow punching
before ha was tt years old and went
to Congress, stopping un the way to
get a lawyer' license. He haa been
in polities ever since, being a Judge,
and sow a-- Caited- Stat. Saunter, Ha
lias been National committeeman from
Utah, an is one of the best known
poblle men in the West. Senator Over
man is responsible for hi coming down
here, and when the junior Senator
want these folks her to wt for him
again, he can iuet remind them of that'
He went back to th beginnina of
farming, allowed bow it had mad pos
sible th life of the family, the tribe
tad th nation. He traced it develop-
IH FIN
SPEECH
(Contlaaed on Pag Slxteea.) . ,
UNIONS DIVIDE RAILROADS
INTO GROUPS FOR PURPOSE
OF A PROGRESSIVE STRIKE
T - - - - - -
HARDING TAKES UP
Meets Representatives of Pub
lic of The Railroad La-
' bor Board
ALL LATER GO BEFORE
MEMBERS OF THE I. C. C.
President Designates Inter
state Commerce Commission
and Representatives of Pub,
lie On Labor Board As Best
Means To Avert Threatened
Strike
Washington, Oct. 15. Th public
group of the railroad Labor Board and
the full membership of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, by personal di
rection of President Harding, joined
forces today in an effort to avert the
threatened serious railroad labor com
pliration. Summoned to Washington by the
Pesidi'iit, tbe thrr.-e members repic-sent-ing
tlie public on the labor board, were
escorted by Mr. H.irding himself to a
conference with tbe members of the
Interstate Commerce Com miss on, which
was unfinished at the end of th day
and left open to resumption Monday.
Silence was mn ntained-by all parties
to the conference, even in the face of
the strike call issued late in the day at
t'hieajo, but the purpose of the meeting
was suid in a White House announce
ment to he consldelation of the "pos
sibility nf an early adjustment of rail
road rates and wages,"
"The President has been impressed
that a somwhot anomalous situation Sur
rounds the relations of th Interstate
Commerce Commission and the Railway
Labor Board," the statement added.
"Th commission lias very large power
through its control of rates, to-determine
what the reventfes of the road
should be while the Railway Labor
Board, through its authority in the
matter of wage determination, has a
very large power in determining the
largest item of railway expenditures.
The President was therefore iaiprcsieJ
with the desirability of getting these
two highly potential bodies together
and reaching something like a deSniU
understanding between them.
The statement further explained thst
Chairman Barton, of the labor boari,
Wallace VV. Hanger and Bon Hooper,
the two other publie members, wort
called in because the labor and railread
members were "in tlie nature of things
partisan."
Chairman MeC'liord and the full In
terstnte Conimerre Commission re
eeived Presidnnt Harding With thi
board members, and participated In a
morning session after the President had
departed. The chairman snd Commis
sioners Ksch, Parker, I,ewis, and East
man resumed tlm conference with th
board group in ths afternoon and will
meet with them njain Monday.
At the conclusion of today's confer
ence, Mr. Hopoer remarked that "We've
been hearina that railroad strike Lilk
now for a year and a half and nobody
has seen the strike."
PRESENTS LAnOlt'S SIDE
OF RAILROAD SITUATION
Washington, Oct. 15. Presentation of
labor's case in the 8etyite interftste
commerce commission's investigation of
general railroad conditions was begun
today by Frank J. Warne, statistician
for the railroad brotherhoods.
Charges were made by Mr. Warne
that misleading and incorrect fiipires
regarding railroad operation receipts
and net income had been presented to
the committee during recent months by
the railway evecutives. The executives
he said, had sutimitted 'stntiti-al fat
laeies."
A mass of Information and detailed
charts designed to prove inaccuracies
in the encutivcs' Mgun were pre
sented by the witness, who denied that
the railroads h.-d suffered heavy losses
from government control and an d the.t
revenues during the war Vere the larg
est in history.
Mr. Warne declared that to secure
rate increases from the Interstate Com
merce Commission, the rnilro.vda ha I
spent excessive amounts for m.iintr
-ance without necessity and t bat the
"land grant" railroads profited dmildv
during the war control period by re
eeiving rnfes without anv reduction for
their land grants from th government.-
TABLET COMMEMORATING
SERVICES OF HORSES AND
MILES I.N WAR UNVEILED
Washington, Oct. 15. A bronre
tablet rommemorstlng the services
of th 213 1.15 horse nnd mules at
tached to the Anrc-rtcaa -fortes dur
Ing th wsr, 68,(82 of wh en perish
ed, was unveiled In the Stite War
and Navy Building. The tablet,
which Is placed la the east wall of
the blnldlng, just Inside the Penn
sylvania Avenne entrance, was pre
sented by Dr. W. O. Stlllman, presi
dent of tbe American Humane As
oclstlon nnd was received on behalf
of the government by Major Gen
oral Willlard Holbrook, chief of
cavalry. - - ,
SEABOARD AND SOUTHERN ARE
INCLUDED IN THE FIRST GROUP
Employes of Group Number One Ordered To Walk Out At
6 A. M., October 30, With Strikes To Be Called For
Other Groups At Twenty-Four Hour Intervals;
Final Orders For Strike Given To the 500 Gen
eral Chairmen of the "Big Five" j Other
Organizations To Follow Suit; Un
ion Leaders Predict Tie-Up By
November 2; Instructions
In Strike Call
Chicago, Oct. 15. (By the Associated Press.) More than
half a million American railroad men were today ordered to '
initiate a strike October 30, while other unions, whose mem
bership brinp-s the total to ah
officially that they were tonight
m At.. II . A. I A
mane me wauout general on ine same dates.
Under this program the tie-up would be complete, accord
ing to union predictions, by November 2.
Will Begin October 30
The hour waa fixed for6 a. m., October SO, except for one
Texas line, whose trainmen were authorized to go out Octo
ber 22.
The railroads listed in the first group on which the strike
is to become effective touched 22 of the 48 states with a track
age of 73,000 miles out of the total United States trackage of
approximately 200,000.
The New England states comprise the group that is virtu
ally untouched in the first walkout.
Order. By The "Big Fire"
The strike orders were issued to the "Big Five" brother
hoods, oldest and most powerful of the railway unions, and
they specifically included mail trains in the walkout Their
provisions instructed strikers to keep away from railroad
property with a warning that "violence of any nature will not
be tolerated by the organizations."
. t ., Ninety Per Cent For Strike
The strike- was announced following an overwhelming vote,
said to be upwards of 90 per cent, favoring a strike because of
rlfinf ?HJlS fedu,cVn authorized by thi United States
Railroad Labor Board of July 1 and after it was declared by
r,avb9(vC,at0iiu0f Rai,w?.y Execuves, In session here yester
S Lm '"rtJer reducUon would be sought by the railroads.
1$ was said that the strike decision was made before the an
nouncement of this further intended cut. Printed instruction..
SAYS RAILROADS WILL BE
ABLKTO OPERATE DESPITE
A STRIKE OF EMPLOYES
Chicago, Oct. IS. (By th Associat
ed Prvss.r The railroads will be able
te continue operation despite the
nation-wide trik called by sixteen
railroail labor organisations. In Ike
opinion of Samuel M. Felton, presi
dent of the Chicago Crest Western,
on of the principal roads Included
ia the first rroqp on which the rail
empluyes will walk out October 10.
BY JUDGE FISHER
Sustains Demurrer In $10,000,-
tXXUibel Suit Brought By
City of Chicago
Chicago, Oct. 15. - Judge Harry
Pishcr today sustained th demurrer
of the Chicago Tribune to th SIOK),
""0 libel tint brought by (he City of
Chicago. U, declared th city had no
cause for action and denied it the right
to amend its petition.
The city brought Identical suits
esinst ths Tribune and the Daily News
claiming the papers had printed false
statements regarding Chicago's financial
s'ar.dit.g, and thereby injured the city's
credit.
Judge Fisher declared the portions of
Friglish common law and slatutea which
res'ri.-tcd tt liberty of the press had
not been inherited by this country.
'This act on,'' be aaid, "is not in har
mony with the genius, spirit sjid ob
jeers ef our institutions."
Tbe dnc s on was of far reaching Im
portanee to newspapers as the suit was
the first on record in which a muniri-
Ility sought to restrict 'ths ris-ht tn
criticise its corporate acts
Judge Fisher ev.d that the case tn
which the city of Manchester. Entianl.
sued ia 1?91 was of no value In I'm
preset.t cm !.e-a;s while th Kr.eliah
court held that municipal corporation
msy tus for lir.p'T, t;, reasons for that
fird'ng were not etr.ted and the decision
of a fcrc yn tri' unai in Itself is n t a
precedent. Me bcid furlhet that Eng
lish municipal. ties re more iu the na
ttire of private corporations and thjt
tfciefwe tiieaeitas whMbej gavifir
mental h(n! cs ean.su for libel oall
nrt hsve been considered .in the .Man
chester cue.
to giveTreferIncs
to VETERANS of war
Washington, Oct. 13. A fed policy
giving preferential consideration to
postoiasterahip applicants who sre vet
erans of the World War h keen In.
kaucruritrd bv President Harding by
era
preparing to follow suit and
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Will Be Serious Strike
"I fear it will be one of the
most serious strikes in Ameri
can transportation history,"
said W. (J. Lee, president of
the Railroad Trainmen, who,
during recent weeks, has sent
circulars to his men warning
them of the critical nature of
the steps they contemplated.
Divided Into Groups
The country was divided
into four groups, in which the
men were authorized to walk
out progressively, one group
every 24 hours. The names of
the groups were not made pub
lic, but unofficially the identity
of roads in the first group. to
go was learned, subject to
changes, which union officials)
said would be few. This first
group included some of the
country's greatest rail systems,
from coast to coast and from
Canada to the Gulf.
Include S. A. L. and Southern
These were:
Chicago and North West
ern, Texas and Pacific, Kansas
City Southern, Pennsylvania,
Missouri Pacific. International
Great Northern, Southern Pa
cific (Atlantic and Pacific
lines), Southern Railway,
Louisville and Nashville, St.
Louis South Western (whether
Texas lines included not
stated), Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul (lines east and
west), Northern Pacific, Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific,
Seaboard Air Line, Erie, Chi
cago, Great Western and Vir
ginian Railway.
I'nlon lasalng Call.
The unions issuing ths strik sail
todav wera :
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainman,
Brotlierhood of Locomotive Firemen
ind Engiticmen, Order of Railway Con
ductors, Brotherhood of Locomotive
Tngineers, Switchmen's Union of North
America.
The eleven other organizations, whose
chiefs havj been in session here and
who said unofficially that they will
'oi'i the strike, arc:
JShect Metal Worker International Al
liance, International Association "if
Machinists, Brotherhood of Railway tad
'i eamship Clerks, Freight Handler,
Express nod Station Emnlovai. Rrnth.
eruood of Stationary Firemen and Oil
ers, Brotherhood of Railway Signal Mea
l or America, united Brotherhood of
Maintenance of Way Employ and.
Railroad fchop Laborer, Order of Ball
road. Telegrapher, Brotherhood of Bail- :
nay Carmen of America, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Worktra, In-
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