FOUNDED 1876
NEW IERN, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCT. 14. 1921.
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Little Material Progress
tspcrted .To Have Been .
Made Thus Far '
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CAUSi A.UfcJLILUulS.!go. to raise the mayor's salary from
' " , . . tl,000 t'o $1,500, Mr. Clark, who was
noUt- Rnrt That!t,h,en i: i?c?' re.fu.sed. to take the ad-
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IJothing Has Been Done and
Nothing Will Be Done
LONDON. Octri4v That,.,very lit
tle material progress has been made
the negotiations now in . progress
bftwecn British government, and Sinn
Fein , leaders 'was the information
siven out by a.hish British official
'this afternoon, following the brief
session, , of , the conference held this
morning. ,: : A-
It was stated that; no basis of at?
Msreeraent had been - reached, .-although
: the conference thus far had
9 'en held in an amicable spirit with
Jioth Fides displaying ' willingness to
fvoar the viewpomtsof the other. '
The Finn Fp n leaders, it -is sa'd,
Jjiive not -resfracted-' from .their' po3i-f
'1-on in iq. - ai-iOii.? t;-.e imni"diate re
' " r rf r!l i ihti'al "prisoners, while
uie Bnti'-h have flatly stated that the
granting c this demand is jmnossl
ble. At the present tipte the ..confer-
fnee seems-to: have reached a -dead
lock on Jhe Question. .
One of the Sinn Fein delegates . is
-reported 'to-have said" at the conclu-
sinn of this mdrmng's session "that
"nothing bed .been done 'and it now
seems likely that nothing will be
done." - Those who had been hoping
for a speedy 'settlement of . the ques
tions in debate are somewjiat disap
pointed over' the lacK of develop
ments thus far'at -the conference-.
REGRET REDUCTION
v OF CANAL TOLL BILL
'WASHINGTQNV :.Oct. 14. It is no
secretibat the administration' 'rtgfet
ted that the Panama tols'-bill should
bCbrought upbthjs-wetsli. So dla 'prac
tically teverylDoay .else in-a.ny -position
.Nor responsibility. - Many senators, -who
' -sp tike or ydted in- favor of. freetett
because they sincerely believed In. that
v "position; did so regretting- that - any
-fort of.-aetion." hadto.' be taken, at just
this" time. Undoubtedly, it can "be as
sumed that Senator - Lodge and!
' at6r Undcrwdod 'must, have dejlorfc
the fact . that, tiis' issue: f ame, tof4b.y2Qln'!tKeirf threshings. 'The- quality of
front 'at just ths f ime.' They wiM bqth
be delegates-to the coming armament
conference, and. as such -moist, have
deplored anything that so : . obviously
tends against the most desirable, kind
of atmo3pheref or, that 'conference.
Inasmuch as - Mr. Lodge and Mr.
Underwood are the , leaders " of " their
respective "parties ib. the senate, the
- obvious question , is-why , yien did
they let it'eome up?TIie answer tells
the whole story' of the disintegration
of leadership in the senate. The time
.tor suppress the -Panama;, issue fc was
not today, but was eight weeks ago
At' that time, when". Senator' Borah
asked tor the fixing of, adatefor a
-voteV it would hveT been very easy
: to have suppressed v the matter. To
deny a request for. ;,unarjiniqus' con-i.
sent 'is 'about the easiest, thjng , that
can be dond -iiK-the'' senate,, It could
- nave been aone witn a word. t
Ladies Will Not "Leave Until
-f Next Month to Invitfc Mrs..
Harding To Cdme Here
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Tha committee of 'New Bern wom
en, who Will go to Washington for the
i purpose o " inviting Mrs.' -Warren G.
warning io accompany, me i'resiuenc
his visit to New Bern.' have 'decid-J
i; jhd to defer their trip until some time
i during thBj. latter part, of next, month,
V? accordmg to announcement ,made tp-
ft Members of. the:: committee .had
i.r-reviously decided 'tofgo to Wasbing-
il.-Aon some' time during' this month, but
i i:theynow believe that tt would be
Ijt better to wait until a later date. It id
'Vjrpeftf d that five "or "six' ocal ladies
5 : will compose the committee.
DEPER VISIT
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t.Togmss. :m Hep,
omment : Uoncerm n
v . 'Salary Of
Following the action of the . Board
of ; Aldermen - last - night , in -voting -an
Increase of $5So to fhe piy now beipg
received by Mayor Ed. Clark, . there
was considerable discussion- on the
Streets '.of the "city thls morning re
lative to the action. ;, -
"Thi3 is np time for' raising sal
aries," was the comment made by one
man, "and. I don't think that -the city
should pay - the- mayor any more than
h&3 been the case in the past."
Others pointed out," however, that
.anionai .ouu wnuene continued a;
m; 1 1!
Considerable Decline Is Shown
i In Somev of .the Leading :
.: :..,y . Agricultural States -
RALEIGH, Oct. 14. -The govern
moilc crop report .released October 8
shows a -general reduction; 'n the na
tion's grain crops since : September '1,
several 'of the principal producing
-t.w r.m.m,.rrr-.i.vi fl-mch ' rTI
The oti'aftioif cT"" torn, wnich ' on
September 1: was 85.-1 per cent, is 84.
S at present and forecasts a 3,163,000
bush el pro'duf.tion-. f on the. country as
compared' 'with"llast " year's crop ; of
Z2,381,Q00 bushels. -This indication
U 22,813,000 bushels less than - ;the
estimate -..a- monthagoJ The average
condition , for the past 10 - years is
75.7 percent, and the average annual
production since 1915 is 2,737,625,000
lushel3. - v
North Carolina's :' crop 'showed . a
condition , October 1 of 75 per cent,
which is an improvement. Of. .3 per
cent, over tho. -.September estimate
and .forecasts a 51,956,000 bushel
ra-oductioii : for the state. .This is an
improvement .since last month, of over
1,000,000 bushel3. Last yearj North
Carolina produced 12,000,000 bushels
more than this estimate, and the av
erage production for' the. past, .five
years' is ' 56,846,000 bushels. . Corn
seTls- for '-about -98 crents per bushel
in i this? Mate ad- at., that -pn'ce . this
year's crop would .be- worth $50, 916,
"80. Thig pric& shows decline' of
-neai'ly'50 perv cent, since last October,
when :cofn. 'was ".selling for $L94 per
bushel. - -!.:. i ' ""-
' The average yield per cre of .oats
for-'North Carolina " was -reported at
22; t bushels. -Reports -t from thresher-1"
men would' indicate ' that .between 18
rfi.nd SO hiishfils- would heva-mnre ci-
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the grain : harvested '-' was generally
good in this state.. It was reported at
74.Qjper cent. ...
The nation's oat crdp was. estimat
ed at 1,078,519,000 bushels, ; at an
average yield of jt24 -bushels per acre.
The average 'quality of the. crop is
V 4.7 pe'r cent, ' and the' exceptionally
low price- bing1 paid for if was 31
tent3-on .October ;1..' v ..
Of the state's wheat crop, 32 i per
Cent, had ' been marketed by October
jl. The" preliminary, report for the crop
i indicates a production' of - 4(284,000
bushels at an average yield, per acre
of 6".5 'feushels.. This JeavesB, 913,120
bushels yet to be marketed of this
state's crop. vThei'present-'j- priije- of
'wheat, 11.31, puts the value of - the.
-:op at--$5,612,040. "Farmers afe pre
paring land for fall and -winter, crops,
though most" farm ''..work has been
f reatly. retarded, and the. mapority of
armers in the wheat section of the
etate are behind -especially in the pre
paration for winter wheat. . . ..
The United States' wheat -crop, fore
casted . at 740,655,000 bushels; .-, is
worth $782,1,880 at the price be
ing paid October 1, The: spring wheat
for the-- nation has a total aereage of
.18,023,000 and with an average yield
or iu. a 'busneis per acre, tms crop is
forecasted -at 196,7.76,000 bushels
This forecast is a reduction of 13,000,-
000' bushels since the September 1 re
port.:' .v. -.-..
BRITISH HAPPY OVER .
COMING OF PERSHING
LONDON, Oct. 14. No one is hap
pier in London over the announce
ment from Paris that General Persh
ing was coming next Monday to be
stpw the congressional, medal on the
unknown 'warrior than the British
officials-who-have come in for criti
cism from the British press for de
laying ' arrangenients ;-,for the cene
money. - While 'everybody was blam
ing somebody else for what had hap
pened there was a very evident de
termination' that it would not happen
(again. - -' - . ......
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The
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ayor
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the chief's - executive'. Mayor, Dill,
while. making his campaign, made th
salary question an issue and announc
ed that- he did not intend to take ad
vantage of the increaser - . , -
..: Nothing. ; was said ? concerning the
salary question when Mr. Clark ran
for office "the last time. Ills duties of
omoci;,hav been enlarged consider
ably, and h,e is devoting more time to
the city's-' affairs thah ever before.
The board 'of,- aldermen, with two
exception,' voted in favor of the in
crease last , night because they felt
that the mayor ' was entitled ,-to' get
it. As fair as the .peopleHare-toncern--ed,
.; they can have no complaint -to
make, for they voted to give die- may
or : tne ev.ra s&oo:uo,v
Over Million Dollars In -Dam
age Doae. To Fin? 7 Which
Broke Out At Docks -
(By Associated Press) -.
CilARLESTQN, ' 6. C. Our. 14.
Firemen 'continued";- t iav nkrii-ms
on the (smoking ruins of, two tlijnts
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Havixig kept up their work from 3 45
yesterday afternoon, and the' lcrs,
mamly in fertilizer materia. t'.ored
in. wooden warehouses, was Vstmiat
de at over one jmillion doH.i-s, wjth
exact , figures still . a ' matter t on-t;
,?ecture. The. Ire was conlinid ta the
lower section, of the ' property, a
northeast wind keeping it away fi-fim
the. more valuable warehouse, used
formerly tor sometimes as- a I. S. M;
C. supply depot. - . s
' Insurance- covers both doc ' prop
ertyand contents,, if is said. The
origin.of .the fire, has not been deter
mined
"Aljier L. Tfiyndom),! Tarner, who
esid'ds i1ipar taifef yle,- a narrow
Ospape flrom what mfc?lrt have been
a serious accident when he was 'hit
by an automobile pear , the Union
station, early this morniiyj.
Briscomb was. crossing, the street
and : had just' stepped out from be
hind a car parked at the curb when
he, walked directly, in front of a
heavy motor truck driven by a negro.
Siriscomb managed to leap back but
svei then the fender of the truck
caught him -and knocked him' down.
JRe sustained only-a light bruise on
the arm. ,
CAPITAL SOCIETY GOES
IN FOR REAL WORK
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Wash
ington society is all upset.
-Right tin' the eve of the arms par
ley and the biggest "season" in his
tory, certain members of the inner-
most circle - of the residential . set,
that inscrutable group, with oflicial
jsociety and the diplomatic corps have
bever been able, to penetrate, have
surrendered to commercialism.
The story was spilled by a horri
fied matron who exclaimed to an ac
t-iua.li! lcij n c .
i . i - j . i .. i . . . 1 1 ,
iviij, iiiwy nave auLUiiuy gone in
for trade, my dear! Just thing of it!"
It alT came about when an "all-
society1' store was opened under the
corporate name of tlje "Francise."
E verybody from the manager to the
bundle wrapper is well known in
Washington society.
At first it appeared to those who
saw the names of those identified
with the enterprise that it was a ben
efit for something or other, but it
was not.
The store, for store it it, was open-
ed in the house given by a grateful
people to Admiral Dewey as a resi
dence. The admiral deeded it to his
wife, shortly after he received tht-
gift, and his wife sold it.
Now it is a shop devoted to the
sale of infants' children and school
girls clothing.
Mrs. .Joseph Leiter is described as
the backer of the enterprise, al
though the names of Mrs, Ormsby
m mm?
H CIEESIOi
FARMERSTRUCit
i'-- ;- ' y - s t
HadiNarrow .Escape From In--jury
a This -Morning. When"
surfer Was Hit MiTruck
oried-rtn m, Irish- M
wIZmRBGALLS
BHliCrCRAVENi
, I1T1ITBR ;
pebuncea -:p North ; Carolina
Man for 'JEspose of Klan in
Grcfenisboro Paper . !
CRAVEN MAY APPEAR . .
' . BEFORE COMMITTEE
Senatorial Developments , Oc-
etsr, In Rapid Order la the
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..-- KufKlux' Investigation
WASHINGTON. "Oct, - 14. Major
Brue Craven oi -Trinity,,-N. 'C., for
mer, meber o? tifn Ifu Klux Klan, Was
assailed as "a 'fcraitor" by. Col.J JVil
liam Joseph-Si:ii.mons, of Atlanta, lm-
perjal wizard oE the order, as Colpnet
Simmons concluded his . Btatemenlj
bfefore the hous rules committee ltta
yesteTday-afterjioo?; ' - ,
j . In . an-impa-Mofted peroration, tha
imperial 1 wiza l assailed several
.Cornier, k'ansni' i who ha.'t Writtri
newspaper sfoi its' attacking the or
der. ..Colonel Si. Croons - in denouncing
this r'treaeherp' . conduct,". . sad no
'noyr -could-nte into fellowship witii
"'Christ, ; who i d his Judas ; Caesar,
who had- his I.U-.;tus, and Washington,'
Who had his 1 nedict Arnold."
At' ,t"h6 con-fclu on of Xhe Simmons'
statorronA. afteTrJtivhaa e -on the
jtand nearly K-vo, hJir-today the 'im-
pcrsal WiKUfA. coIaj'!od, sank JL n to a
ri - - jT-a !., .i-u was eiea v.itn
severe cmighUig ard najaseofi'1
Qo;onl Simrmonsj-"'tcK the com
mittee' that- Major t Crdvit' played
fa4se to the k'an because he?did 'not
get immediate action on' ,h;i demand
that he be made grand dragon" of the
orer in North Carolina. Throughout
thS 'day Colonel Simmons-ente,red
specific denials to every charge that
has been published against the klan
aiyi -dramatically asserted it was a
patriotic, fraternal, charitable organJ
ization, unjustly slandered and ridi
cu'.ed. He will be cross examined , by
the v committee, being too ill. to con
tinue late yesterday.
Major -Craven published 'in the
Greensboro -Daily News the first so
called "expose" of the klan and its
alleged t mercenary and- profit-grab
bing methods. This publication was
followed' by a series of articles , bj
staff writers of the New Yorw Worhi
and by, articles in -the Hearts publi
cations by Mai. C Anderson Wrierht
former-.- king kleagle of the knights
of the air, proposed as a subsidiary.
klan order.
- If the rules committee orders fur
ther inquiry. Major Craven no doubt
will be- heard in rebuttal if he so de
sires. The committee would accord
Major Craven , a hearing if he shows
up in -Washington before the prelim,
inary hearings are concluded. How
ever, they mayvcome to an end late
today. The committee later will vote
Whether to report a resolution for
a complete investigation by a special
committee.
Major Wright, who was present
and already has been heard, was as
sailed along with Major Craven by
the imperial wizard.
As Colonel Simmons finished his
long statement part of the audience,!
applauded and was rebuked by
(Continued on page seven). ;
ISADORA DUNCAN TO
REMAIN IN RUSSIA
PARIS, Oct. 14. Isadora Duncan,
the famous dancer, likes Russia,
"where art is not crushed by com
mercialism," and is . going to sta'y
there. Several months ago Isadora
went to Moscow to establish a school
to teach the Russian children lm-
! pressionistic ' dancing, under the aus-
pices of
In a
Socialist
writes:
"You
the Bolsheviks,
letter to Humanits, the
newspaper here, Isadora
ask
rny .impressions
of an
artist. I ftuit Europe, where art is
crushed . by commercialism. 1 am
convinced that m Russia the great
est miracle in two thousand years
is happening. Those who live in
the next hundred years will realize
that humanity, through the com
munist regime, took a great step-in
advance. The martyrdom that Rus
sia is suffering Tor the sake, of the
future will prove as fertile as that
of martydom. of the Nazarene. Only
the fraternity of the workers of
the world can save, civilization."
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'.McCamiron
and Mrs. Charles O'-
Donnel Lee appear as proprietors.
Mrs. McOainmon, nee Estelle Murray
tf Philadelphia, is saleswoman. Mrs.
'.'ee is manager, and they are assisted
by a bevy of girls, all prominent.
,Mr. E. G. Jones, agency manager
of the health and- accident depart
ment of the Business Men s Insurance
Company, of Greensboro, is among
the visitors in the city today.
USED WARRANTY: DEED
FOR TRANSFER. OF BOY
(Ey Associated "Press),
TAMPA. Fl., Oct, 14.-A 4r.
rnty deed,' torma ly transferring
o.vnei-ship of a small boy from one
woman to another was placed on
record here - yesterday y According
to the detd the transaction took
place last "January in Texas When
Mrs. --Nettie Davis deeded 'her
.threemonthold; son te: Mrs. Nor
iruv i. Wilson. Jrlrsi ilson . recent
ly ; moved cto .Timpa-end had.tn"
da-vw 04dedm ,114'ove. bet . owner
Bhir.j.-. iu- f- - -r i. f
-:-.'. Court jhousjKoCiciala dsclare that
ijx .tTifir or.iiSoil the -deed is. illegal
in t'lit it isUntair to the. child end
deprives" nii of the rights cf her
iitage -ia'-paiiws-ol- adoptM.'-.-.-j.--1-
President Harding and Other
High Officials Present ' At
- - v Services Thi Morning
BODY SENT THIS P. M. ;
;TO VALLEY FORGE, PA.
'.5inKEe',fVj'f-Were:HerdTat
St. John's Episcopal Church;
In Nation's -Capital
.7. (By Associated Press). -WASHINGTON,
'Oct. 14. Govern
mental affairs of the nation halted
todaywhile its leaders, " . headed by
President Harding, attended the . f un
eral ' sfervices for the late Senator
Knox, i of Pennsylvania, former sec
retary 'of state and attorney general.
The services were held at 11 o'clock
at St.'i John's Episcopal church,
which h'e attended, and were, conduct
ed by & Rt. Rev. v Alfred Harding,
bishop Of Washigton.
The- services were confined to the
Episcopal ritual read: oy Bishop
Harding.. w " ' v-. s
i At the. 'concliision of the -services
here the, body was taken to "a special
car,, leaving here at. 12:55 for Phila-delRhia,-to
I'he , taken" via motor, to
Valley ForgA?; -where funeral seivices
will be held tomorrow afternoon.
.
Clubs From Neighboring City
Plans To Have 100 Per
Cent Attendance
The ICinston Rotary Club is plan
ning on having a 100 per cent at
tendance at the inter-city Rotary
20nvention to be staged in New Bern
c-arly next month.
The following item, taken from
y-esterday's Kinston Free i-ress.
shows that considerable interest is
being displayed in th forthcoming
meeting: , ' -
The local Rotary Club is planning
to send a "hundred per cent" delega
tion to an inter-city conference at
,ew Bern early in November. The
'club has between 30 and 40 mem
bers ,and it is expected that every
one will make the trip. Wilmington,
Favetteville, Goldsboro, Washington,
:-.inl nrppnvillR will be other cities i
foil. Tbp nttpndance. will
probably exceed 150.
FORMER AERIAL ACE
IS NOW MODEST PREIST
(By Associated Press)
Marseilles, Oct. 14. Wearing tne
rosette ot an officer of ih
Honor, a small
est y,)M'.;; pntot
attracted -Pome attention as, h ;
several other missionaries i chsrgey
of Bishop d.e Boismenu, he boarded.;
a liner here for New Guinea. Spec -
f . m . . . .
lators wTre puzzled and one. of then
asked the Bishop as :o u. identity
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KB FUiERftL'5
IS iiELD T0OAY
KINSTQN ROTES
GOB HERE
He proved to be former Flight i al ne i'resiaio, is an example.
Second Lieutenant Bourjade of the 1 He received as a private $33 a
Vrench army, with 3ft Gerrm'.n ai--month- The orler directs him to
planes and captive balloons to his back ?33'35 a month. He has a
credit. He railcs fourth omor...? the vvlfe and two children to support,
list of French aviators, after Fonclr,'The war family allowances have been
Guynemer, and Nungesser. '.discontinued. As a private he does
.not eve"n have quarters for his fam-
Miss Nell Davis, of
Fernanrlim
Fla.. arrived last night for a visit of
several days with her cousin, Miss
Charlotte Davis, .on South Front
street.
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Union Leaders" Are 'Pearsome - of ' 'Effect Which
; Government .Order Will v Have Upon7 the
. 's 5 .'. ' . -,-
c ' . . Actions of Employees of Roads A ,
80 PER CENT IN FAVOR OF A STRIKE
Meetings Now Being' Held In .Ghicago.Grisis
: Is Admittedly, Serious. -Labor Board
Amends Rules of Agreement "
; (By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, " Oct. 14. Inmediate reduction ; of
freight rates , on agricultural, .products of from 60 to
90 1 days - pending -wage reductions, . was one r of the
proposals ' nresented to j high -railroad '-officers- at' the
conference' of the Asroeiation - of Railway - Executives
CHICAGO, Oct 1 4.UWarreri . S."' Stone; 'grand : chief of
the BrjOtherhood ofj Locomotive Engineers today requested a v
conference with railroad ' executives '.in sessionJ here voh be
half of the six big railroad unions, which . have voted' to
strike. - " . ; - 1 . ' v - ' "
Officers of sixteen' railroad unions went into session this
morning while more than 100 railroad presidents ,were also
in conference. 'The railroad presidents notified'" Mr. Stone
bv" teleDhonei that his letter would be considered at their,
meeting. ,
When the: road executives ,met it was, understood .that
they would vote' to ask the ; U. . Labor Board for further
wage reductions,, promising to pass all future cuts along to"
the public in lower freight and passenger rates. , y .::::
The " railroad crises was rendered more acute this morn
ing when the Labor Board handed down a. decision provid
ing for the restoration of peace work. The v railroad , presi
dents were jubilant, while union leaders "feared -the effects
on their men, more than 80 per cent of whom already ' have
voted , to strike rather , than accept ' further wage reductions
or rules which they oppose. v -. , .' "
The board today handed' down supplemental . .decisions,
amending 17 more rutes, of the shopcraft agreement.' v The
opinion was given in the case of the Chicago & Northwestern
R. R. against the railroad employees. ' With the 'exception
of the peace, work order,' all the rules dealt with tninor tech
nical shop practices. ." '- v ' . f
As amended, rule No. 1 reads: " . ;
"Eight lours shall constitute a day's work: All .em
ployees coming under the provision of this agreement1 except
as otherwise' provided," or as may hereinafter be legally es
tablished -between the carrier and employees, shall be paid
on the hourly basis. "'" "r ' ' '-
"This rule is intended to remove the inhibition against
agreement and to permit the question to be taken f renegotia
tions on' any individual railroad in 'the manner prescribed; by
the transportation act. " ' ; : : ; v '
SOLDIERS FEELING
PINCH OF POVERTY
SAN FRANCISCO, Oqt. 14. Not
U111J
have some of Uncle Sam's ?x-
l,soldiers had occasion to call him i n-
I" grateful, but some of his present
soldiers feel they have a ' big kick
coming.
j In recognition of their work a
l,large number of men were elevated
po sergeantcies from the ranks soma
Vnonths ago. Washington ruled this
,.had been done without proper au-
. . . . ..n. .. . ,
government the dif-
between a private's pay and
eX v, r.orinH thv
:. . . " ..
I had received it.
r,
Tne case of Private Perry C. Cur -
quartermaster corps detachment
; " -- I'Oiiil. lias ubbii suiimeu iu
;Permlt the wife and two children
to Slay ln lneu quarters. i
f That Curtis might provide food for
his family Gen
William H. Wright,
UMton
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None of ( the brotherhood chiefs
would deny or confirm reports that
October 30 had been tentatively .-de-
cided to begin calling out employees.
Progress was temporarily halted in :
the brotherhood decisions pending the
reply of the executives t pthe brother-
hood request for a conference.-Meanwhile
the remaining groups, including
maintenance of ways ', ' signal men,
clerks, firemen and oiler and t)ther
railroad unions met to discuss the sit
uation. None of the - men would in
timate what their action, mighty be.
With the removal - of -: the', peace
work ban by the Labor : Board, the
shopmen were brought one step near
er a strike. Today's decision, permit
ting the roads to negotiate for peace
work, was accepted as a defeat by the
shopman, who hve opposed peacu
worn strenuously. ..-'
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commanding the ninth army corps.
. be furloutrhed foi
mnntVin r..rti. tnt imohk in
find outside employment, but has
been doing some civilian - work about,
the army camp which enables him
to eke out a few dollars. There are
many other such cases, it is stated,
although only a few families. '
Congress will be asked to remedy.
the situation,
v
Mrs. J. H. Williams returned. home
to Ashwood last night after spend
ing the day here shopping ancT Vi-
Iting relatives. . , ' - N . J