North Carolina Newspapers

SEVILLE CIT (TT Western North Carol. II Where the World M, Scenic Automobile . Highw. Takes You to the Top of Ea. srn America. , . -- - THE WEATHER ' Poieatl for North Carellna and Soutl Ctrollni: leeal thuedsrahow. Hday an Saturday; i Chang In pratur; variable wind. : I ' ' "DEDICATED TO thf. UNBUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVIKj N c FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE AS TzEJN TRIKE ORDER I). t f IPLOYES ARE NO ex id a n Rebel umei aiU Post Where Men rere Held for Ransom. RE INVOLVED IN ANOTHER SEIZURE Jteem. in Letter to vestern Paper Denies Export Entirely. fl'VASHINOTON, June 29. Over I Ihtalvtce to the State Depart f at from Tampico served, to I ,rif materially the situation in Ii Mexican oil region resulting 'flomthe holding for ransom by o Vwl band of 40 American em fyti at the Agauda camp of the ru Ull company, . an American owned concern. Consul Bhaw 're ported that the rebel chief, Gorosze and his men left the camp Mon day morning after a 24 hour stay. , fee message, dated yesterday, Itemed to -have cleared the air ft on Its heels came another 61a- 'ch filed last night by the con- aying that the rebels had selz the Pecera camp of the British ' ntd La Corona Company and it about half a dozen Ameri- . ,ii were among the 85 men held' there. Jv'o further advices came durli.g fha itav . Tn HomanHintr 1 ftOll Jjveso for the surrender of the Pecera property ,and the employes the rebels fixed July 2 as the date b" which payment must.be made. t Whether the It. 000 pesos demand i at the Akuada camp wis paid i not stated In any of the mes I ?es received- The State "Department promptly vructed Charge Summerlin irt Tdtico City to make representa- 'tis in regard to adequate pro ' ttlon for any American , held In JUntfl,M with th. l,l tn I a British owned company. Mr. 1 immtrlin also waa directed to ess tfexlcau Federal authorities Bid Hfi PRISONER - r.ntnr mil nnnUh hn..'t whninrodUCl or l"o m '", ixed A. Bruce Blelaskl. Details f Mi' Blelsski's escape had not me In official reports. Beyond these new representa ns to the Obregon government re was no Indication the state partment Intended to move at ent It waa pointed out that department was not in dosscs- n of any informalon tending to iow that the raid in the oiLjre- lon were more "than they BDnenr- d to- be on the face of Consul haV. report, the operations ofX, s Barrett.- National . Farm i andlta levying or seeklnr to levy i -esident Obregon or h! officials , ve, any data tending to show at his pereonal enemies are re F onslhle for the outbreak In the J.mplco region, th"y have not f'en fit to communicate :hat In- L rmatlon to Washington as yet. A, In any ease, both official and omcjiu aavices showed that the , regtm governmeit was moving dltlonal troops Into the Tam- jo district for the evident pur- -o vi suppressing reoet or ban activities. It was evident also from the re- rts, omciai or otherwise reach- Washlnrton from the oil re- ns durln the week that com- iiunlcation i with , the outlying IrSTipi is slof at best and that de 3lararcj!um8 of what took place S t tha I.11.J. ... .. u i - - npuauo. piVil.i 114 V D tJCCn unavailable aa yet to Consnl Show. He did - report, however! that Gorov ;,on leaving the Ameri can camp Monday threatened to return aid seize the nearby British Pecera camp and also property of ' if Mexican and Gulf Oil Company the same region. The rebel chief ' ade good on a part of this threat .t least. : .'- -.- DENIAL IS PRINTED IN " SA,Jf FRANCISCO PAPER ' SAN FRANCISCO, June 29. President Alvero Obregon of Mex Iro In a telegram to The San Frsn- cisco Chronicle asserted that new j from Tampico of Americans held captive by bandits was "absolute ly baseless." He characterised th dispatch as ''only one of the many malicious deeds to create unrav- "able opinion between the two Atlon." 1 . - The Chronlcl telegraphed to President Obregon, asking for a statement to conditions at Tamoieo and th truth of report of Amer- Iran held for ransom. 'j His answes read I. " chief executive when I re--elved your dispatch I knew, that he news to which you allude is bsolutely baseless and is only one f the many malicious deeds of irsons whose intentions are in- Ucal to the Interests of Mexico. L wever, to satisfy public opinion. lelegrapned 'to tne cmei oi op- Ion at Huasteca for compiet matfon, I herewith submit th raphlo communications: 'general Guadalupe flanches, tncillo. . ' I' thnt newsnanem in the States publish in: a scan i'orm a report from Tam- Pa VVounclng thafiO Ameri-i cn. 5 been taken capttv no. held fVatnsom from th camps ml AguadadV La CortezOll com jiany, by thi 'bandit Oorosaze and although I feel positive that this sport. Is one; of the many painful means-used by the enemies of Mexico to bring about difficulties between the two government and ' to lncreas animosity between the two nation, I want your official advice for r submission to V the press. . P . i. i. . , ' , ' -: " 'Alvaro Obregon, 1 ; "Hi roTly; . . :'' " 'Chinconcillo, Jun 28, 1922. 'Th President of the Repub lic:' " 'Up to th present time, no agency of any oil company has , presented complaint 'in regard to - th; taking prisoner of 40 Ameri cans. I made inquiries or Gen eral Juan1 Casiano, superintendent of th Cortes Oil Company, who was In th barrack yesterday aft fCiH,jiJii rnutta HARDING THINKS MERCHANT SHIPS iTiyEED Agricultural Leaders of Country Are Given Rea sons for Measure. VIEWS ARE AIRED AT WHITE HOUSE ocneme Not Class Re quirement, Only Outlet for Farm Products. WASHINGTON, June 29 Presi dent Harding at a dinner at the White House tonight presented to agricultural leaders of the country his reason for seeking their sup port for the merchant marine legis lation now in Congress and dis cussed with them several phases of the agricultural credit situation. According to Chairman Lasker, of the Shipping Board, who also at tended the dinner and at its; con clusion told newspaper correspond ents that he spoke for the Presi dent Mr.' Harding Informed his guests that the proposed ship sub sidy legislation was offered as a solution to a national problem ai.d not to meet a class requirement. The President was said to have de clared that this country had reach ed a stage In It national life I where anything that was over whelmingly of Interest to one groups could not help being bene ficial to all- Chairman LaBker quoted the Chief Executive as say in that It was no longer possible for the agricultural interests to be! Independent or overseas iraae. That phase of 4he national life, Mr. Harding was reported to have declared, wa as closely linked to world trade as the manufactur ing industry. Mr. Harding, It was said, asserted that the farmer i he assured of a continued: and ' constant carriage of their surplus only through an American merchant marine. -It no markets are open to the American manu f,t,irj.r he arsued. that manu- jfacturers could not take care of tne unless the manufacturing industry be employed to the max!-' woUu7d .uff,r.aKrlCUUUral lniUftry Those who -hearr .. Mr. Harding's reasons for advocacy of ship aubsidy leJr,onVhaS Troup" of Sr. representatives who were invtea 10 White Mouse ainiiei. Tk. inv itlon 1st cauea ior hio presence of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, Chairman Capper. 01 ln Senate agriculture bloc, Chairmsn ers' union; Jonn u. roissu, iwu.i Farm Bureau ' reaeraiion; v, a. Bradfute; Xenla. Ohio; W. 8. Hill, South' Dakota Farm Bureau Federa tion; C, W, Hunt, Iowa Farm Bu reau; John T. Orr, Texas Cotton Marketing Association; A. C. Page, Orange Judd Farmer; J. F. Heed, vnnn.ant& Farm Bureau; John Trom- ble, Kansas State Farm Lnlon; Ralph Snyder. Kansas Farm Bureau "and D. A. Wallacs, Minnesota Far mer. Not all of those Invited for the discussion have prevloc-ly mdlcat ed public support of th shl, sub sidy hill, for enactment of which the President has continuously - pressed. Only bre intimations were given out rfrom the White House concern ing the gathering in advance of its assemblage; ,.-. -' -,-. .- .1 IJOOXE TRAIIi MOVEMENT OPENKD TO WASHJNTON WAShlNOTON, June" 27;Th presentation of one of the tablets o Daniel Boone to the school children of the district will tak place a; an early date. The tablet in here and J. , Hampton Rich, of Winatdn-Salem, Director of th l;oone Trail Highway Association, In on the ground making arrange- i menls for -the presentati-Kep- resentative uougnion; wno uvea in the section of North Carolina where the Boone Trail movement suited, and Representative Ham mer, who! la from the Boone Trail district, null make speeches. The Djpartment, through Captain Cur- tis, has agreed to furnish a speaker for tha association The Boon Trail movement has grown into a national movement aid nearly i hundred of theee tab lets have been presented to schools across the continent. The tablet is, a baa relief of Bjone. 17 by 23 inches, and con tain a fragment of the V. B. S. Maine, donated by the Navy , to the Association. ' On of the aetivltle of the Asso-! -fcUtlon I? to tach Americanism tOfe commerce relations with for- I.. - . . . ' , I I rr n l.na u- Yi I V. hhftna,4 1 1 the' school children of the nation by bringing before them the true type of American pioneer. GEORGIANS CONFER ON - ENFORCEMENT OF LAW ATLANTA, June 2.- Denucia tlon of lynching, laxity in law en forcement and of "maudlin sym pathy" which It wa asserted en- , couraged the lawless was voiced . j here today at a conference of the League for Enforcement of Law through constituted authority, a newly organiied Georgia Institu tion. ' . -' , Jesse Mercert Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and former hlVllfl nffl., , th. At .. ( hui State care not, a button for the law." He charged that the Hall County courthouse doorrat Gains ville are propped opened with tlmbstonea broken from "th sod of a negro graveyaild and the ne groes have been told they hav no ri.ht tn have stones over th grave of their dead.'1 . v a avnv.RsnN th RAISED .TO ADMIRAL WASHINGTON, Juna 2. Vies Admiral B. A. Anderson has been ordered to command the Asiatic Fleet, succeeding Admiral Joaepn Straus, who having. rvd hi tour of duty, ha been ordered home to await orders, It was an nounced by the N a vj Department. The new Commander will have the rank of Admiral while on th eta tion and Admiral- Strauss will re vert to his former rank of Rear I AdnTTral ' i ! ' WJ-' 1 m m a WMmm - . . 1 E TO SHOW SOVIET PLAN SUCCESSFUL Russia Would Gain Friends Without Quit - ting Communism. THE HAGUETjime 29 (By The Associated , Preep) Soviet Russia wsnt() to wln the wofid'i confl- dence, so that tangible help may come from the outside world. Soviet Ruesla without awaiting assistance , from abroad, ,1 Itself laborjng to improve Russia's finan cier condition, and hae achieved result; v ' These were the two main con- REDS NDEAVQR structlv thoughts which the bol- (hat North Carolina Is entitled to shevIK delegates tried to fix In theith honor bv iai feet. public mind today. Maxim Litvin off, head of the Soviets, apparent ly Impressed by the firm attitude of the European experts, assured .tH!-t,ithe R.U'.?ian d!'!r"0,n' would welcome any program cal culated to reach an early solution of the problem of restitution of the property of foreigners in Russia. He promised to submit proposi tions, intimating that, of course, Russia did not thereby abandon communion. The propositions have yet to be elaborated, and it Is too early to say If they will prove satisfactory. M. . Sokolnlkoff, Deputy Commls sary of Finance, addressing the newspaper men tonight, said thatthat it ig oniy nMa feeti giving tne stern measures of economy adopted by the Soviet had slready considerably Improved the finan cial situation and had paved the way for extending commerce with foreign countries. Wheat, the basis of everything, was falling ln price, and the gen-' eral cost of living waa moving! downward. The harvest gave good! promise, and famine would cease The value of paper rubles had risen. Government employes had been reduced to 85 p. m.; reforms had been Instituted In taxes and customs; the receipts of th rail road' posts and telegraphs had In creased because the people must now pay to use them. "We are successfully combatting the 'evils resulting from the issue of paper money," M. Sokolnlkoff declared, "and are even .planning to get Russia back to a bold basis. He explained that the govern ( J""1 contemplated an Issue of bank-notes based on gold to the extent of 25 per cent of their fact value. These notes would possess the valus of gold rubles and are designed to facilitate and encour elgn lands, which, he hoped, would be an outgrowth of The Hague conference. . The Russians . were trying to demonstrate hero hat their government had not failed and that economic help was Ju-.tl- J (led. MONTANA SENATOR ASKS PROBE OF "MOVIES" WASHINGTON, June 29.-D.-i Glaring that "free love, dissipation, debauchery and. drunkenness" ex ist in the motion picture colony al Hollywood, "Calif., Senator Meyers, democrat, Montana, appealed In the Senate today for action on hi bill proposing a censorship and In vestigation of the motion- picture industry, and its products. GERMAN MARK FALLS ' TO NEW LOW LEVEL : New Tork, June 29. German mark, today fell to the lowest level In their history here, being quoted at a fraction under .027. or the equivalent of 100' marks for less than 27 .cents. .The normal value of the mark .before th war ,wa 23 8-10 cents. . . LIGHTNING KILLS AGED FARMER WHILE PLOWING SAMSON, Ala., June 2 9. While plowing near here, late, yesterday afternoon, Jack Kllcrea 68 year of age, was killed by lightning. The mule he was plowing was also kill ed and the metal part and harness were, m clothes were scattered in rectlon and his watch could not be found. TO 400, 000 ON WITH THE DANC. 'By BILLY BORNE Now Is Time For New Workers To Enter Circulation Drive Federal Survey Confirms Mount Mitchell Highest Report Officially Filed Show ing It Leads LeConte By 131 Feet. t W4MHWOTOW SCHIAB ', TH1 KSI-IT.LS OITtSM tlV H n. C. BMAliT) WA8HINX3TON, D. C. June 29 Threatened war between North Carolina nd Tennessee over wKTfch has the highest mountain jeast of the Rocky -Mountains ha been aivertefl by the Government, A Federal expert after an extensive men-mrfn- Mmml-ti hnji' d-tn.Hnrl For years a controversy has raged between the two states as to whether Mount Mitchell, In North Carolina was higher than Mount LeConUla Tennessee. The debate waxed aerlmonoua and in order to definitely settle the que fion and avert hostilities thJ Gov ernment was appealed to. Recently the Geodetic " 8urvey sent one of its experts, Clem L. Garner, to measure Mount Le- Conte. the heighth of Mount Mitchell already having been defi nitely determined as being 6,711 feet. Mr. Garner measured 'Le Conte un and down and around and has reported to the survey the North Carolina jjiountain the honor or being the higheat by 131 ment ha been offlcially conveyed ' to the respective states. MEEK INS IH NOT AFTER FEDERAL JUDGSHIP Flics Qualification In Case They Might Be Desired. WASHINGTON. June 29. Sen ator Meekln, who was In Wash ington today on official business, announced that he is In no sense a candidate for Federal Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina.- Meekins said he had filed endorsements as to his qualifica tions and fitness for the position, but only "to be In position to up hold the hands-of the administra tion . in case I was considered for such an' appointment." Meekins said . he's not one of those who think Judge Connor will retire when he reaches th retirement age. He said he had known Connor since he was a boy and esteems him very highly. -S "I have not thought It improbable" he said, "that Judge Connor might ask for an additional Judge for the pur pose of turning over to him the "greasy grind" of prohibition cases and thus be. relieved of the class work which must be very iflistagts ful to him, however, I am by no mean certain he will ask for an dd't")n't' iudgfl " FRAZIER HAS LEAD , OVER SENATOR M'CUMBER FARGO. N. D .June 29 (By the Associated Press.) Returns com plied at 1 o'clock this morning by Non-Partisan League state head quarters from 1.26 precincts from Wednesday's primary election give Linn .1, Fraxier a lead of 848 for the Republican nomination for i United States Senator over Porter J. McCumber. Incumbent. The vote In these precincts Is Frazier 57.808. McCumber 6M0. same oreclncts give Bert K. Baker, league endorsed candidate for the Republican Gubernatorial nomina tion, 49,992 to Governor R. A. Nestos's 62,110, a lead of 13.11$ for Neetos. .,' '.'-; JAPS FRAME PROTEST , AGAINST CWINESE ACTS , TOKW June 2.-(By Th As sociated Press) Japan Is prepar ing to . file a protest to Peking against the burning by Chinese bandits of the Japanese consulate near Chientao, a 'town ln Man ,. v....c..mu, - ,,., I. 4,,.ia in the whnlainf r.nct for the Washington Con-' reived in Knoxville. lted m, ner' v S'eclaJ'dlspatches"! I South, he wanted to th prwlfranc. In its astir t maintain it was Mated last night 'that the eitea. fllS' Cier. special lBpaicnes irom i i. .u .v- .lA'm n.aa th rnmmlitxUril.r irnnlit he relsv.H In l.u. every dl-i-Seoul. Kore. -rep.rt three Japan- i dx wn - - ",", ,',, " , wa. r.tvi 7- and kniffee killed at Chientao and th no- " mrmirisn.i.i . i... . itoiiiuii-v r y j pital and 80 houses burned. . uie riitspurgn piua ismriiuiiio"--. , . i i Big Extra Vote Offer Is Great Inducement for Early Workers. WILL ENDlLO P.M. SATURDAY, SHARP Get Your Club Reports in and Let Them Make Extra Votes. Quite a number of new names appear In today's line-up and proves that the folks of this com- tminlttir iM ilfl.t ii m tin n , . n .i "sition when It is offered them. They have grapd it in a man- .1 u- -u. V iM iiiciii.il. WHO llv cni in their names within the past day or so have lost no time In makau an early start, as is shown by the vote credits opposite their names. Others - have devoted their spare time to arranging their .plans so that the week end is expected o bring a decided gain In the num ber of members who are starting early, The big Drive is Just 'beginning. I Voting has Just begun and now Is the time to get busy and getleral Chsrntick were silent lo ih. votes, In a campaign of this ture an early start Is most im portant, and those who are expect ing to take part in the big Drive should hustle in their, nomination coupon at once so that they may be provided with subscription books and full Information rela-; tlv to the big prize winning event.,-.....,,.,..,......,.:..,.,:,.,; m . The More In the Race v The Easier Winning Is That it will be easier to win in this campaign than one might at first imagine, 1 the belief of the majority of the Drive mejnbere who have clearly pointed out that the large number of workers means the votes that will win the prizes will be very evenly divided. The 185,000 extra vote offer, th' biggest special voting offer of Th Ashevlll Cltlzsn Circulation Drive was devised especially for new en trants. The special offer points the one sure way to victory, the offer Is this: -One; hundred and eighty-five thousand exera votes wilt be cred ited upon every $38 worth, of sub scriptions turrnsd in to the Circu lation Drive Headquarters ui or before July 1. The extra vote"? ln addition to the regular votes allqwed on subscription accord' Jng to the regular schedule. A Drive member is not limited a to the number of "club" he or she may secure. Each $38 worth of subscriptions means 185,000 -extra vote and all of th regular votes. xne term , ciub:; simply means a combination of subscriptions. For Instance, four (carrier) subscrip tions to The Citizen would total $36 worth of ' subscriptions, and titled to 186,000 extra votes upon the $38 -worth. , , ' Two subscriptions to Th Citi zen for two year each would make $38 wohth of subscription, and the member would be entitled to 185,000 extra-votes, Ay way to make. $3$ worth of subscription payments is satisfactory. Then when you secure $38 worth "step but" and collect another $34 worth: etc. And-remember that the Speclil Offer ends at 10 o'clock p. m. Sat urday. : " ' , BIRMINGHAM STEEL PRICE ON PLUS BASIS, CHARGED CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. June 29. If the price of steel In the Blrm- The,inghm territory were based on a real Birmingham production cost, fabricating concerns In this terri tory would be able to sell their products cheaper, Krancis Herring, nf the Scofleld. Company, boiler and tank manufacturers, of Macon, Ga.. testified here today before the Federal Trade Commission hearing on steel rates.'' Mr. Herring said th lowec cost to th consumer would restJIVfrom manufacturer being abfr to ex tend their competitive area and thu lessen overhead expenses. He MEN IS HELD Federal Board's Action Halts Maintenance Of Way Walk Oat; MayMfectHaVMmmMm MTHSNAI GUARD miQ STATES jNine CompanlH vu Coi0. ( rado Called u Bridges Burnet KLIN 18 L ED WEST VIROINLNSt;Jeike would not Are Expected to Be Sent to Cabin Creek Section for Mine Trouble. DENVER.' Colo., June 19.-Nlnn companies of the Colorado No- .md,h are under orders to mjbilUe tonight In eeven cities ant i towns of tne state lonowms turning ot w i.i. and the damaging of mines in Northern and .Southern Colorado ccal Holds last night and early today. Oidero for the mobilisation of the guard were issued late today bv Col. Patrick J. HamrocK, aa- );itant general, following a conier tno with Governor Shoup. First teporta of the burning of truVses and mines in the coal Pclds were received at the adju tant general's o ce fthls morning. "Mv oiders from, the governor are to preserve order in the Stan t-t Colorado and to protect llf and property," Col.- Hamrock said hi a statement. "The mobilisation c: the national guard Is a preven tive measure against any violence i,r' trouble. Martial law will not be deflated until violence is re sorted Xi by the enemies of la' ind order." GOVERXOR AD.1CTAXT ARE IN CONFERENCE CHARLESTON, W. Va.. Jnue 2I. A Charleston Gaxette staff man, stationed st National Guard Head quarters where company P. machine gun unit or the .National uuirn u being moblllied at l:-40 o'clock this morning U1 that he -had reliable i information that the company would entrain within the next thirty mln. utes. He could not learn officially h. JH.,I h. If I. I,.II..J tn be to the Cabin Creek district where a threatanded outbreak of miners Is reported, j Company D West Virginia Na tional Guard comprising three offi cer and fifty men were ordered mo bilised before midnight tonight. A conference "was In session at that hour in the governor's office with Governor Morgan, Adjutant General Charnonk and other Slate officials attending. -&'.' Both Governor Morgan and Gen- na-.caue for mobilisation. At the ex - eeutlve ofTlee, Jesse V. Sullivan, sec retary to the governor, told an Asso ciated Press representative that "we can't tell you now; may be there will be something later." Company C Infantry unit, of th "Tu"ro Lne.a. armory aooul i;jn o'clock nd were at once ordered "to fall In." Their departure for the Cabin Creek dis trict was momentarily expected. WASHINGTON PREPARES FOR COAL STRIKE CONFAB WASHINGTON, June 29. With ac ceptances received from all the principal In the bituminous- and anthracite coal strikes, both on the operator and the miners' union side, official Washington tonight began preparations for the Saturday oon- ference President Harding has called to consular a possible basis for re suming work In the mine fields. Both sides having accepted, ques tions remained only on two points: first, as to the Identity f the Indi viduals who would represent the em ployers or the unionised bituminous field, and, second, what would be the administration's plan for proceduro after the meeting assembled. At tha commerce and labor depart ments, whero officials have chiefly been occupied with the strike' settle ment plan, It was Intimated that the union leadera and the operators woul.I b expected to work out their own course siter the conference aaaem- b'ed. President Harding was expect- , ed to bring ths groups tonether, but his engagements call for him to leave Washington Immediately after, and It was expected that Secretaries Davis and Hoover would represent the gov. arnment l-i tint immediate negotia tions. " Kmphuls was placed behind th as ertlons ln teml-olTlrlal dlscusaloi. that the government did not expect the meeting to bring about-a. strike settlement Itself, but to recommend, If possible, to associate and organiza tions represented by those present a farther course which might be fot- I lowed and which might result In aet- uemeni, u was coneinerea unnaeiy that the meeting would be public. NATIONAL TREATY 1.1 ,- ADOPTED HI JAPAN TOKIO. June 29. (By The As soclated Press.) The privy coun cil passed the national treaty as adopted at the Washington Arms Conference and submitted It today to the Prince Regent- for ratifica tion. Th council's approval Included the provision against poison gas and -the clause restricting subma rines. Viscount its, reporting for th committee, said the commit tee found the ratio of ship ap portioned to Japan disadvantag eous to the empire and requested th government to us care ln the future. greatest Th committee of the privy council, however, found that th Japanese delegates at Washington were not at fault ln falling to make better terms. From a spirit MAINTENANCE OF WAY STRIKE HELD UP IN FINAL HOUR Temporary Action Is An- nounced by Orable of Maintenance Men. Wediate Results MBaid Crafts Men Orders. DETROIT !wvJ( ihnt men, comprising the nwinven.- of wsy forces of 98 per Cnv t I railroads of the country onx oaUransportat.on arteries, loomed -strike at 10 a. m.. July 1. In nra.mtht the nnal hone nf vlt. test against a wage cut orde'reftuw. threatened rail striker jf effective that date by United Statea Railroad Labor Board, were held up here late foday by E. .O. Cira ble, Grand President of the Unit ed Brotherhood Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers, following a summons from the Labor 'Board 'to attend a conference or union leaaers ana, railroad executives in Chicago to morrow. . . ,'. ' -'- All but a few short lines would have been affected. Summons were received while telegrams were be- ing preparea , ir anainienance Union leaders au over tne unitea state. Inatructlnar them to call out! their men in conformity with the strike-vote takenby the brother hood. '.-:-;." "'' ' Tabulation of all strlkt ballots; Developments Come ltt ..n-i.,. t.m in ih. v.tinnai Vf. iRanld fieoneiioa erundum was completed this after noon, and showed the union had voted 228,970 to 24,7f In f.ivor of auspensidh of work, . - It waa estimated that approxi mately 76,000 are yet to come in, but it was pointed out those could not change the result. In a formal statement, announc ing ths result of the vote, and ex plaining why the strike order was temporarily held up, President; Orabla called attention to tne board demand that condUljns re main In status quo, and said hs "Interpreted this lo mean that the railroads are ordered to maintain the present wag rates In effect until after the completion of this hearing as well as 3rd t ring the chief executives of the various or ganlsations to hold -their Men at work." v j ASHEVILLE DIVISION , NOT TO FEEL STRIKE - Trln rvlc ovr th .Ashevlll Division of the Southern lta'lrjad will not be affected at present If a "walk out" of th shopmen and maintenance of the way employe should occur Saturday morning, It was announced last nl?h clals. by otli - At a late hour strike order had not been received In A'hovllle and communication with ths heads of crafts failed to give any bearing on the situation other than that word was momentarily expected from Knoxville, frm .where th official notice - will be conveyed to this city. Approximately 860 employes of this Division would b affected should the order be Issued bv tha union leaders. It i staled, although it 1 considered probable that not more than about 450 would "walk out." i , The crafts sffected on ths Ashe vllle division, it was learned, would larlude carmen, machinists, boller nftiker, pipefitters, blacksmiths snd helpers of the above craft members In the shops, approxi mately 200 in number. In the maintenance of the way depart ment of the division about 4?0 iiiciil u. inn uiviBiiin aoo.t iriiiLnum -r i men would be affected and .vouldwtth having taKen ine J3"""'"'''' Include the brldgemen, laborers, water-tenders stationary firemen, track-men. foremen and othrs en gaged In the work of keeping the lines clear for truffle The '.'Big- Four" -crafts of th union-would not. ba affected. by. the pending strike It is stated, and this includes engineers, firemen, conductors, trainmen, dispatcher, telegraph operator and other In the transportation and traffic de partment. Should a strike be called for th clerk. It Is asserted, there are only about 28 In h freight office of the Southern and not oyer 50 would be affected on the entire division. The Asheville division has 386 miles of track and extends from Salisbury to Asheville, Spartanburg, 8. C, to Asheville and from Mur phy to Asheville. The division also Includes the line from Hendenon- i ville to Toxaway. It wsa stated last night that the track and bridges n the Ashe ville division sre in excellent re- S air and should the pending strike e carried, out, the lines could be kent onen Indefinitely, especially j Wth'th men who it is believed would not take part in the strike. The trlke order will probably be received by chop craft heads of the Asheville division thl morn Ing, as it waa learned at an early hour mat tne oraer naa been ra- . " - : ... I y . SHE SIX m wm m nil IAAIII I nnnrn m . UnlO If' SHOP 0 LMI ALntAUi l!i;50, Effective Saturday Mora-1 ' ing at 10 O'Clock-Lead-; ; ers Under Summons.; TO APPEAR TOOAU AT LABOR BOAR t, .. a i! N-" Xixecuuvea Accept uqjjc Proposal for Truce anc Wage Argument. jf . (By ht CHICAGO. June Associated Press.) Interventii by tne federal government -usa", the authority of the Transpop-' Hon Act. ci-ated to maintain Its orderly c irse of the natlew .l..'? shopmen, end posslly shopmen, ana more -V the sTC- chief .xecutiws hsv. p craftg taal? o'clock SaturXy -.H leaders of W WlVnT 1 polling a strike W " J night to snnwer ia -u - s me imuea oiaies nwir - iBord ? aPp"r ln vestiaation tomorrow. ' A With the union heads summoned the executives ' et railroads, charged by the emnt With Illegally contracting ,irl.i In vlnlnttnn tit tha ; iord,r on6 of th, three ton which the shopmen casting strike ballots f two weeks. Other raJJ tives of th. 201 class tha . eouritrv , also wmt Ii ths board to be prn Developmenjarthex. atloa cam In rapid sequ day. International prtsid tha six, shop union ant telegram authorising their bershlp ,to walk, out 8 morning.' i Th labor board :. Itamti recognised a threatened bit' tlon of traffic and acting und authority of the Transpot Act, Issued a citation to thi leaders to come before it for clal Inaalry. ,: , r. ThsT Association of R" Executives, meeting hero on o matters, considered and rscofni th union r proposal of A tr pending negotiation over and working conditions. The executives declared that W 1 strike would be against ths ord of the labor board and against t United States government and th absolved themselves from furth, responsibility to th present aqu ation. ..; ! . t'tiV-- tis lifti Ther la little likllhood, official, , aid, that, any conference could ( arranged to mend the difference of th employe and th road, an' most of the executives depart , tor their homes. Executives o only 16 of ths 2J roads cited weru present at ' today's meeting, but they expected to appear before thn board tomorrow. ' Th July 1 $60,000,098 wag cuf and th modification of seven rulef. v-' were the two auestions involved m the shopmen's strlk which are conditions laid down by the labor board, according to- the carriers position. Defiance of these orderf, by" the roads would b 'to reeogv nlze your power and authority se greater than, that of th govern m.nt " aald the executives' rptj . ... ullln.tlimj ' Th i'uiy was aircf ted to H i Jewell, president ,th Ran . wiy en ployes of thl Amencar. cxirratlon of Labor o I which ter union!- who threaten nre members. Hooper Issues I'.rnnnl tsiatement walk ou isrf of Wen V'. Hooper, cnair tht , .. , u.rii rwho was credltet In averting a threatened, rallwa.v i..i October, tonlghit issue. a statement declaring thai, "it if evident to every student af. tb . situation that the railway labor 6r -gHnixatlons have no Just cause fo . serious complaint at th treatmen they have-received a.t.th hand i.f the federal Wag Tribunal during the war period and ainc.', . Tht. statement follows: "The people of the. United 8tate a-e sick and tired of having rail way transportation and. traff' periodically interrupted by contruk versies tetween railway manage. ments and mploye. It wa tin ; feeling wmcti movea congress i i enact tha transportation act i92. ' .- ; v Th right to strlR and u private ' business is autte a did" eat thing from any supposed rigf U cho and obstruct the no e Lntf.ratate ' commerc in - this Vt contlnentai nation. Railway trim portatlon w not a privat buiine It Is esKentlal to. th very existed of our republic and to tle IndlrM ual welt relng of every cltise "I ao not hesltat to max i prediction that . never agai ther b a - successful rHf strike of any considerable P' tions or importance-ln t ' try. Th people will ot , foi It. ''. 'i vl here mut : .be pc " riili oads. , Thl cannot h by Having th carrier fr ! pose uhj:!t condltlens up Mpioye.,' or by; permitH employ by organlsat""" vr pow:fjI, tn Imp"' V , i "... , .., -lCmVMt I I V U4C. to trj I 7 7t -'