siid Observer TU2 WEATttU- bmnTlf eWdy fritter mmi Saturday, ratably tmim ta Wset, Bsiarday. ramvLtrzi your K Ml renews! Ave day i(ore etntratloa la order to avoid snisstag ilnRl copy-1 . s RALaGHrfTCTRVrMdRNINd. OCTOBER 28, 1921. - ; VOLCXM NO.j TWENTY PAGES TODAY. PKICEi. FIVE.. CENTS v . .mmmw ' - m m mm m m m ma am. mm m m 'mm mm m m vmv mr m m sa mm a ma C K S, , a H m-i 1 v . . J FOR HIS EXPULSION Texas Congrtmman Censured For Use of Obscene Letter In sm The Record Bin ronum in rkt i cdv diu onuiiu in unL.i.t.rri . TO HEAR ADDRESSES . .i .... i . , All of Horth Carolina Memhirt Preisat Vote Against Iipul- ' sion But CotgrtiiiaMi ?on Speaks In faror of Censure; Oorefnor llorrlion In Wssh ington Ths News and Obserter Butsan, 603 District National Bank Blflg. Br EDWARD I BRITTON. (By Special Leased Wire) Washington, Oct. 27. It waa only by a close shnva that Cnngressmss Blsn- ton, 0l Texas, whose use of a letter con taining obscene, filthy, vulgar language aroused the ire of 'the House, escaped being expelled. There were only eight votes lacking of the necessary two- thirds by which this would have been done, sad it was only because those who Toted against the resolution to ex pel thought the punishment too se vere that he got off with the resolution to censure. All the memliers of the North Caro lina delegation who were present, Congressman Doughton and Ward be ing absent in North Carolina voted against expulsion, though no, a voice waa laised in "Condonation of his of fense against decpncy. Among those who spoke ngninst the resolution to ex pel, but in f;ivor of a resolution to censure waa Congressman Pou,,his po sitioa being that expulsion w.is too se ere a punishment. Big Crowd la Gallery. The crowd of y'uitora.who were pres ent brought reminder of the big attend a nee when President JVileoB delivered the war message to Congress. AN the galleries except the diplomatic gallery were filled and there were crowds about the doors. Despite th. fast that the subject to he discr.ssed was that of the use of vile and filthy language in the leare to print" section of tho Con Kre:onal Record there were a great many ladies present, a matter that caused much comment. But in the pre sentation of the resolution, in the de linte on tne matter, in the defense Of his eoursa by .Congressman Blauton, tliore wa nothing said that could not lute been said is) tho choicest company. Tho debate showed many cross lines of purposes and .some of thnne nndoubt eilly sarad the day for Congressmsn Wanton. Morrison ia Washington. Governor Cameron Morrison arrived Liio from Ri'.-ijfti this morning and spent the day in the city, leav-.ug td night for New York where snys he ifoes for two or three days merely for relaxation. 'I tell you" he said "a North Carolina Governor in these days is kept bny. The Stale ia growing and its affairs are growing, giving a gor ernor larfte matters to look after. I am attending strictly to those affairs, I am doing nothing in the field of politics but am attending high duties of the office. I believe in having a eon. Ctruetive program and in giving atten tion to it, and I am doing all I 0,1 n in behalf of theao things which I regard s for the best interests of the State." A'ked what he had to say about a call utnde on him by the railroads to issue a proclamation in the State as to law enforcement in contemplation of the threatened railroad strike, Gover nor llorrison said : 'I have nothing to tdd to the address I made at Concord during the strike of the textile work ers at that place. I think my position about law enforcement in the State - U generally understood. The declara tion at Concord was so recently made and was given such widespread circula tion that 1 feel there is no necessity for me to make any further declara tion upoi the subject." Ia the address nt Concord the noitmn nf .ovpmnr Morrison was that he KSM nothing to do with the strike but that bis duty as governor of the State of North Caro Una waa to do the things necessary to keep the peace and to uphold thj law. While in Washington Governor Mor rison called on Senator 8immons id Senator Overman and A. W. Mcly-n of the War Finance Corporation railed oa him. As Governor of a State he jias the privilege of the floor of the Senate chamber, ami spent c short while there in company with Senators Simmons and Overman, meeting a Bomber of the Senators .during his iait. This ia the first time that Gov ernor Morrson has visited Washington aiace his election. A number of North Carolinian, learning he was in the city called on him to pay. their respects. Another State official of North Caro lina who was here today ia A. D. Waits, State commissioner of revenue. (Centlmcd oa P.g, Fifteen.) 1 Dyaawlie Wrecks Mine Pittsburgh, Kas., Oct. 27.-The Gray Wolf mine near Gross, Kansas, ws wrecked by two charges of dynamite shortly before nrdnight last nWht. One cillarjre bf dynamite-wrecked the Tipple mine s-d the eter the mo-tth JlBeJ5rajrWplf jo. Ilpps mine, htm. ge was so extensive that the mine 1 sea aoV'be worked for several days. 'Deputy Sheriff Sugg Gives WomarSsAUege Trial of Walatonburg Woman Gets Under Way Immediately After Jury Brings In Verdict of First Degree Murder . Against Wright Rouse, Negro; Implicated In Kill- ' ing of William WhiUey Snow Hill, Oct. 27.-Trial )t Vn. Sarah Whitley, of Walstonbtrrg, a charge of first degree murder, waa Pe gu a this morning immediately after a jury bad brought in a verdict of first degree murder in the ease of Wright Kouse, negro, charged jointly with woman, and Thomas Haves with mur- d . in connection with the killing of the woman's husband several months ago. The negro waa aot sentenced by Judge Daniels today.. It-was 4 o'clock this afternoon before a jury was secured for the trial of the woman. One hundred Wayne county men were called as a special venire. Bfe J. H. Harper, county coroner, tes tified as to the cause of tho deattf of William Whit lev. and the State then In troduced Deputy Sheriff A. H. Bugg, to whom Mrs. Whitley is declared to have made her confession on the first night after her arrest following the report of the coroner s jury. There being no fit plsee in the county to- keep the woman, she remained in Dr Harper's off)e in custody of Dep ntr Sheriff Bun. She had come to Snow Hill to testify at the inquest and her story to the coroner was quite dif ferent from that which Sugg, says she told him that night. ' , Attorneys for the defense pressed the question of whether the Whitley womsn appeared to be sane and it her right mind. "She was some different" from other women, said the witness, -who was ELECTOFFICERS "ccky Mt. Scheduled To Land Next Convention of United Daughters of Confederacy Winston-Salem, Oe. ZT.-Tonight was historical evening in connection with the annual session ei the Jioitk .Caro lina division of the Daughters of the Confederscy. Features included an sddreas by Colonel A. H. Beyden, ef Salisbury, presentation of portrait ' if Colonel William Johnston, of Charlotte, by Mr. and Mrs. Willjim Johnston Andrews, and warding of prises on best essays on historical reminis cences snd etc. . pffleers were elected st this after noon's session. Mrs. Thomas W, Wil son, of Gastonia, was re-elected presi dent; Mrs. J. K. Norfleet sud Mrs. P. A. Gorrell, of Winston-Salem and Mrs. John Hollister, of New Bern, first second and third vice presidents, re speetively ; Miss Mary Henderson, of s-lishtiry, recording secretary; Mrs. D M. Jctfes, Gastonia, re-elected cor responding secretary ; Mrs. D. G. Be'.l, Morehead City, registrar; Mrs. L. P. Long, Newton, re-elected treasurer; Mrs. H. M. London, of Raleigh, recorder of crosses; Mrs. E. F. Reid, Lenoir chaplain; Mrs. J. L. Bridge, Tarboro historian; Mrs. Chas. 8. Wallucc, More head City, director of childrcn'a chap ters; Mrs. Ella Broadnax, Greens boro, honorary president. Announcement was made that ths convention city for 1922 would be chosen at Friday morning's session. It was predicted that Rocky Mount will be an ea.e- winner. GaesfS At Lancheoa. At a luncheon at the Country Club, tendered the daughters by Mr. P. H Ilunes today, the visiting delegate. were presented to Mr. Hanes by Mrs. H. L. Riggins, after which Mra. Wil son, convention president, and Mrs. H. A. London spoke briefly, bat ap propriately, expressing the appreeintiou of the coartesy extended the eonven tion by Mr. Hanes. At the sfternoon session the conven tion endorsed the book entitled, 'OH Time Stories of the Old North State,' and passed a resolution asking the State textbook commission to place it on the list of books to be used in th; public schools -of the State." Following the luncheon at the Coun try Club this afternoon the members of the Colonial Dames In the city st tending the convention held a con ference at which the work of that or Trtnizatinn in the State was discussed. Mrs. H. L. Riggins presided. One Of the important features of this morning's business session wst reading of report of committee on re vision of by - aws and constitution and the adoption of ehanges In several seetions. A spirited discussion arose when' the proposed change of the plan of elect ing State officers waa read. The com mittee recommended that a nominating committee be named by the president and then elected by the eonventior.. The duties of this committee to be to select suitable persons for the State offices. The change was voted down and the' officers will continue to be elected from ths floor, as hss been the custom for some years. The time of eWtion of Chapter officers was changed Crorn November to October. Congratalate General Carr. At the suggestion of Mrs. H. A. Lon don, of Pittsboro, telegram of eon gratulations wss sent General Julian si. Carr, who on Wednesday was elected enmmander of the United Confederate Veterans st reunion in Chattanooga, Tenn. , . The Convention this morning named the three remaining scho'srships to the North Carolins College for Woroe"n in honor of the lste Mrs. William M. Pan ley.-Mother of the North Carolina (llrliHip Bf IB I'hiteTTahTers of th (CeaUaaesl On Pge Two) STATE DAUGHTERS reluctant to commit himself further oa the oueatlon of sanity. When court closed for the day, the eross-examina tion of the witness had aot been fin ished. The deputy sheriff said Mrs. Whitley told him of visit to the home of the neiro. aceomuanied by Toss Hayes and her children, when' she went so ret some waahing dons. It was two weeks later, according to the story told bugg that she went bsck to see the negro. . She was quoted as having asked the neiro what she eould do to sell het land, and waa to)d to use some powder. which the negro gave her. Anetlier urns she was told not to nsa ths powder but a blowing- msehine. The witness quoted her as earing, but the blowing machine proved te be broken? The negro then had produced a new pistol, Bugg reported Mrs. Whitley as saying, but she didn't have ths nerve to use It whereupon the negro wss at clared to have said that he did.. Then it was that ths offer of five hundred dollars was reported as being made. Then came the fateful night when the womsn said Tom Hayes came by and told her he was going to get Wright Rouse. Mrs. Whit ey -hsd remained with her husband until llr3Q o'clock, she told Sugg, and then told it would be an hour before the tobacco barn, where h) waa staying, would need his attention. She had gone in ths house and to bed. She heard the fatal shot, and rati out to find ber husband dead. .P Receives Appointment As Di vision Chief Under Grissom Clarence B. Pugh, of Eliiabeth City, yesterday received the first spointment to be made upoot .the reeamneadaUoa of Gilliam Grissom, who qualified Mon day as Collector' of Internal Revenue fer the District of North Carolina. The Elisabeth City man becomes a division chief with headquarters at Rocky Mount, succeeding W. S. Moye, of that eity. Ths new appointee ha for a number of years been prominent ly identified with the faction of the Re publican party headed by John Motley Morehead, of Charlotte, now National committeeman, and the last president ial campaign was enlivened by a hitter intra-party controversy between him and Col. I. M. Meekins, slso of Klira beth City. At that time, Col. Mekina charged that his townsman had made certain representations to Will H. Hays, chairman of the national execu tvie committee, in regard to deliver ing the negro and textile vote in this State and as a result of the charges Mr. Pugh ceased to be prominently connected with the campaign. Although belonging to the minority faction of hii party, Col. Meekins was ths first to be rewarded and received the big get plum, having been appointed attor ney to the Alien Property Custodian in Washington. Upon taking office Mr. Grissom an nounced that he would retain the en tire force of office deputies left by his predecessor, but has been busy making recommendations for lurcessors to field deputies. A number of recom mendations have gone forward, but the appointment of Pugh, which wis mad by telegraph yesterday by David IT. Blair, Commissioner of Internal Reve nue, was the first to be received in Raleigh. KITCHIN CONTINUES TO IMPROVE IN HEALTH Minority Leader In Coneress Expects To Resume Duties at An EarlDate The News snd Observer Bureau. flO.1 District National Bank Bldg. By EDWARD E. BRITTON. Washington, Oct. 27. The office of Congressman Rltchin continues to re ceive letters from Mr. Kitehin, who is being treated- for attacks of dirtiness at Albany by a specialist, is that his condition continues to show steady im provement, that ths operation on dis severing bones that had grown. together in the upper part of his nose appears to hsve reached the seat of ths trouble. It is the expectation that he will soon be sble to resnms his duties in Con gress. - A handsome oil painting of John Paui Jones was placed in the offics of Senator Overman today. Ths painting of this great American sea fighter, wh6 waa reared ia North Carolina, has been in ths office of Senator Knox and his rooms being changed sines his death the sup erintendent of ths building had the painting placed in Senator Overman's office as be had sxpressed a desire for ths painting. Congressman snd Mrs., Zebulon Wea ver hsve as their guests Mrs. W. H. Dsvis and daughter, and Mrs. Nannie CurtiS Winston, of Aaheville. Among the North Carolinians visiting Washington todsy sre: Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Fountain, of Tarboro I Judge and Mrs. W. P. Bynum, Greensboro; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. 8. Edwards, Rocky Monnt; Mr. snd Mrs W. 8. NorfleOjoiiaxo; ETXT Travis ;" W.i. Underwood. Aahe- Iboro; W. W. Griffin, New Beraj Onid CLARENCE R UGH GETS FEDERAL PLUM TAMPAR EC0VER1HG EFFECTS OF DISASTROUS GALE Street Car Service Partly Re stored and Streets Cleared of Debris TELEGRAPH LINES PUT . INTO -OPERATION AGAIN 1 Strsst Light. In full Blast In 'Downtown faction, and Few Tfaoss of Storm Damage fit. main; Stories of Shfjtwrsck tt Sea and Other fiamagi Coming In Tsmpa, Ma., Oct. tt. Tamps has emerged from the htlfricsne of Tuesday and Tuesday .night to a point, where fhe big storm bids fair to soon be nothing more than a memory. Any person walking or driving through the down town section of .he eity tonight would hsve been hard put to find a trace of storm damage. To be sure, a number of sidewalk awnings whose friendly shade was sought in summer time by pedestrians are missing; here and there another awning ia supported Jiy tempo rary props and in a few instances there remains a plate glass window to be re' stored. ....... ' All Debris Gone. But all st-rrm-debris ia gone, thanks to hard work done by the city s street cleaning department, the street car com liany's crews, Snd individual workers All street lights were on full bias downtown anH the several "white wavs' were as bright as ever. 8trr-et ear service was reitored i" pa't tolay and will reach further O'l tomorrow. The-e was sonu extension auo cf light ana tvwer for homes an industrial plants. The teleplionii com pany restored a great number o 'phones to working ruder. Both telegraph conipsaiea-oofc ap mere wires, so thnt Tampa wrs 1.1 communication by on; nary sears to neatly every pu'nt. The ins 'liitami- telephone laws re iiill w of she,:. The Tribune got its first direct As soeiated Press service tonight since last Monday. Trala Service NersaaL Trains are running in normal to nearly all points in thia section Of the State. Highways are being cleared debris. . - Reports from outlying seetions indi vtate that the first estimate of losses were overdrawn. It Is probable that th Tribune's estimate, published Wednes day morning st w,(HW.lHMi total for the entire storm swept section, with loss of tl.300.0uo tb f ,000,000 in Tampa and its suburbs, will prove very close. Unquestionably, the citrus fruit trees have suffered and there has been a heavy loss of fruit. This lose ranges from perhaps 50 per cent in Lee nad Pinellas counties, down to 50 in Hillsborough, 10 in Polk to only trifling damage in Lake, Orange, Pasco and Hernando coun ties. There was considerable fruit loss in Manatee county, espeeilly alonu the coast. Death List At Five The death list in the storm standi at five three at Tampa two at St. Petersburg. Not to exceed one hundred at ill and and twenty five persons were rendered homeless by the storm in Tampa and these have been taken care of by neigh bors snd by the Red Cross local, which promptly ojiened two relief stations Supplies of clothing and hotise furnish ings, as well as food, have been mad" available, the city government making good any which the Red Cross could not supply. Of the five or six ships which were washed afbore here during the stonr only, one or two will lie lost. The others can be put back to tlie water. An odd sight is a three masted sehoon er, the Thomas B. Garland, high tnd dry, with a former mine-sweeper and a steel hulled barge nestling alongside the schooner. A'l three will be . al vaged and set afloat again. Damage Chiefly Oa Coast ,HThs greater part cf the damage wae (Centlneed en pare Twe.l FROM Baptist 'Board Exonerates And Commends Dr. L. Mays Asheville, Oct. 27. The executive committee of the Southern Baptist As sembly," vThTeK, '"for several weeks has been investigating charges against Rev. Dt. Livingston T. Mays, secretary, made by Judge Frank Carter, attorney for J. T. Harris, electrocuted for the mur der of F. W. Monnish, today made pub lie its report and commended Rev. Dr. Mays for "his efforts and activity for moral righteousness and to uphold the civil law, and especially to uphold the enforcement of the prohibition law at Ridgecrest, and thst he only did his duty as a citizen of the State, and what he was required by law to do in an swering the witness summons and giv ing testimony in the murder trial of J. T. Harris, and we sre eonvjpeed be cause of the lActs brnnght.out in the in vestigation, and which developed in the continuation of -efforts of Judge Frsnk Carter to secure the ewmmutrWon of the sentence -of J. T. Harris, that the at tack originated in and wss instigated by a malicious spirit" Ia ths report the original affidavits intruliirsd by Judys Frank Csttse da rogatory to the character of Bee. Dr. M.ys,are presented. Also the strides' ofrered by Ber. Dr. Mjva - to refute UNION CHIEFS A T CHICAGO 1 WITHDRAW STRIKE ORDERS; TELEGRAPHERS TO FOLLOW PRESIDENT SPEAKS TO LARGE CROWDS Brings His Trip To South To Close With Several Ad dresses In Georgia APPEALS FOR ENDING SECTIONAL DIVISIONS Hardinr Broadens His Gospel of "Understanding and Good Will" at Statne of Henry Grady Near Atlanta; Pays Visit To Gamp Benning and Columbus, Georgia Atlanta, Oa., Oct. ST. President Harding concluded his visit to the South todsy with a. series of speeches' in Georgis, reconsecrating his adm nistra tion to the task of finally obliterating sectional divisions. In two addresses in Atlnnta and one at Columbus the President told crpwds of cheering Georgians that it was one of his fondest hopes to see his Presi dency bring North and South into com plete (harmony and co operation. 8peaks of Conference. At the statue here of Henry W. Grady, Atlanta's apostle of national reeouciliaa tion, Mr. Harding broadened his gospel of "understanding and good will" to include all the world and gave notice that if ths armament conference fails to bring the nations into complete con cord ''it will be no fault of the United States of Amerira." Many thousands heard and cheered the Chief Executive at the monument and a smaller gathering of business men applauded him when he expressed a similar plea for understanding at a luncheon at the Druid Hills Country Club. Applsuss greeted him the length of a street parade, along the route of which thousands crowded the sidewalks and cross streets Respite a driixling rain which fell part of the afternoon. Another Noisy Crewe. Bo great was the crowd which jammed about the Grady monument thnt many jcusUd not hear and those on the out skirts made such a disturbance that the President twice interrupted his sjieech to try to quiet them. The noiie con tinued, however, so that Mr. Harding had to- tax his voice to rpake it carry even to those nearby. At Inst a force of police reserves joined the soldiers and cadets assigned to preserve order Following his address the President was escorted to the Georgian Terrace Hotel, where be was tendered a slmr. reception before hia special train de parted for Washington. Visits Camp) Beanlng The President's visits to Atlanta and Columbus followed an early mom ing stop at the infantry school a; Camp Benning, where the chief eieru tive saw a realistic demonstration of an infantry attack In which all the forms of fire of real wsrfare -ver-brought into play. In a speech later at the luncheon hers Secretary Weeks, of the Wsr Department, a mem!er of the Presidential party, praised the spectacle and declared that ("amp Denning ''was one of the things that should not be scrapped" in the after war clean -up. During the day's speech making, Mr Harding did not again mention 'he raee problem, on which he delivered an address yesterday in Birmingham, Ala. Another member of his cabinet, however, Secretary Fall, of the Interior Department, alluded to the Birming ham address at today's luncheon as one of the greatest deliverances ever ad dressed to the American, people, Praiaee Birmingham Speech "I want to say t you," he said, "that (Continued en Page Two) charges by Judge. Carter and those muk ing affidavits sgaiust him art preajeutfd in he committees report in full, and in which Kev. Dr. Mays presented s long list of testimonials, made in .he form of affidavits, from prominent peo pie ana old citixeas of ths towns in. which the charges were made against him, which are highly complimentary to the secretary and subject of the at tacks said by the committee to. "have originated in and instigated by a ma licious spirit." Insofar ss the ehsrges sgsinst Rev Dr. Mays sre concerned, the executive committee making the investigation and report gives the following to tU press: Because of the widespread publicity given to the charges mfde in the affi davits, snd by Judge Frank Carter against the character of Dr. L. T. Maya and in order that the brotherhood and public may know the facte of the affi .davits against Dr. Mays sad of the affi dsvits snd testimonials presented to the executive committee by Dr. Mays i rebuttal and refutation of the Carter affidavits, ws believe it ear duty to ts-Swene -eewe' weoehwtwoew sjunVwrtv- lie through the press, thst an intelli gent, trnthfol and impartial judgment may be jendsiid by thenV RESOLUTION DECLARING STRIKE OFF IS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED President of Conductors Says Strike Order Was ReacindoJ B cauae of "The Growing Public Opinion That tho Striko Would Be Against the Labor Board and Consequently the Government, and Not Against the Rail roads"; Also Evident, He Added, That Washington Adminiatratioa ' Was Op poeed to Unions and That They Had Little Chance of GAinlne Their Objectives; Unions' ? ' Statement Chicago, Oct. 27. (By ,the Associated Press.) The rail strike scheduled for October 30 waa averted tonight when lead ers of the switchmen, trainmen, conductors, engineers and fire men, at a' joint meeting, adopted a resolution withdrawing authorization of a walkout and officials of the railroad tele graphers' organization announced they would take similar a jit TL. ...... 1L. I 11 a .. aiiiun. xjicvee wrre me oniv strike. The vote calling off the strike was unanimous by all organi zations, W. G. Lee, president cf the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, announced. The official wording of the resolution adopted wag that "the strike be declared not effective." Wat Close Vote The vote in the individual unions was unusually close, however, the fireman particularly holding lengthy arguments before agreeing to cancellation of the strike order, the labor chieftains said. In some of the groups the ballot was de scribed as "the closest in history on a similar question." All of the differences were ironed out by the different unions, however, and the final showdown found all of them castini their ballots for "no strike." Little Chance For Success L. E. Sheppard, president of the Order of Railway Conduc tors, said that the unions had decided to call off the strike be cause of "the growing public opinion that the strike would be against the labor board and consequently the government, and nui aguinai me raiiroaas. It was evident also that tration was opposed to us and that we would have had little chance of gaining our objectives,'' said Mr. Sheppard. WAGECUTCAUSE OF STRIKE ORDER Brief History of Developments In Connection With Rail Strike Matter Chirng,,. Ills, Oct. :7.-( it,,. As soeiated Press.) -The decision of the United States Ubor Board on July 1 authorizing tho railroads to reduce :i(res of their employes mi average of 1- 12 jmt cent was tho event in the series which led up t" the orders for a general strike by six unions. Bo noil aa this ilcrisioa was rendered, :i majority of the rail unions voted, overwhelmingly in favor of a strike rather than nccept a Rae cut, a though on some lines, notably the Pennsylvania, tin re were divisions where groups of workers voted not to strike. Friction Among Unions. The taking of the ballot itself, how ever, developed some signs of friction among the unions. W. (i le, president of the Hrovicrhood of of Kailrond Trainmen, sent out a a -penile ballot to his men when the other unions in cluded in tlu-ir ballots such questions as ruks and working conditions. Mr. Lee belli that it was illegal to vote on anything but the a ready nuthoriied wage cut. Leaders of the hig four brotherhood? trainmen, conductors, engineers and firemen met in Chicago to decide wha' action should be taken. On October I, i was announced foriu'ily that a walk nut lieginning Oclob I M and extending prnjrresively in four distinct move inents until virtually every road In the country would be covered, had been mthorired. The Kwitehmen's Union o! North AiiiCriea immediately announced that it would join the "Hig Four,'' while B. M. Jewell, president of the railway emplves department, American Kederation of fjibor, which is com prised of the shop crafts unions -pub liolv a n noun red that he "'woud fight tooth and toenail to avert a walkout by the eslovefl stuidnrd unions." Board Takes Action. A few days after the "Hig Five" -trike call, the Unite. 1 States Iibor Hoard sepped into the situation. The three meinlters of Its public group who had been summoned to Washington to confer with President Harding an nouneed their plan to avert tlie strik no further reduction of wages and im mediate reduction by ths roads and ac acceptance t.f th July 1 w;,g decrease by the unions. Both roads anil unionh immediately reclared thrt p'an iniiwif sihle. The board then trailed the union chiefs into a conference ut Chicago, scd pending this conference, the elever. "standard" unions deferred action. Nothing deielopcd at this conference tnd the hoard then formally announced that it ''assumed fu'l jurisdiction" over the rail crisis and ordered the onio.it aot to strike pending: a board hrnr ing to determine "if the Transportation Act had been violated in the strike ac tivities. Breaks Xf Rsths. "Tlie execullves" of llio shop craftflt representing ftiO.Oixi men, then an- (Centlaied ea Page Mas.) unions wnicn nan autnnnz-fl a the entire Wa.-riinonr. ominiu Railroads' Propaganda. "We called this strike to gain certain rights to which our men were entitled," Mr. Sheppard told The Associated Press. "It soon became evident, however, that the roads were succeeding in their misleading propaganda to the effect that we really would be striking against the government. Board's Ultimatum. "This railroad propaganda found its way to the United States Railroad Labor Board. This governmental agency told us that it would look on a strike as against it and the government and not against the roads, and that the full force of the government would be brought to bear against us if we walked out. Under such circumstances, there was noth ing to do but annul our orders for the October 30 walk-out." Lee Breaks News, The first announcement of the executives action was made by Mr. Lee. Rushing to the floor below the hotel meet ing room, where dozens of newspaper reporters were con gregated, he smilingly shout ed : "The strike is off boys, but I've o'nly got one copy of the resolution and I'll show that to you tomorrow." All of the union men were smiling as they came out and many of them jocularly pushed and shoved each other down the stairs. To all queries, most of them merely replied: "It's all settled. See you tomorrow." Send Message Today. The code messages callin? off the strike, arranged in ad vance, will be sent out tomor row morning, the union heads . said. A code -word will be sent to each general chairman of the unions and he will in turn forward the orders to each of the subordinate of ficials under him. Board Decision Instrameatal. Union leaders said that the resolution ndnfited by the labor board announcing that no further wage reduction peti tions for any one group of emp'.oyes wonld be considered until rules and working conditions for that group had been settled wss -decidedly instrumen tal'' in bringing about the action call ing off the walkout. They declared that they believed under this resolution it would, be months 1 bsfore theif pay again could be reduced. The union resolution- immediately wr coflimnnicafed te ths labor bosrd a'nirpr'pved" parficuTary gratifying to Walter- MoMenimen, member r (Centinne4 ea fsge Kite.) V v ..' - '. . l.:-U- -