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GASTONIA, N. C.f TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 4, 1922
VOL. XLIII. NO. 158
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
PATRIDTKT CITIZENS MUST
STAND AGAINST LAWLESS
NESS SAVS
In Fourth of July Address at Marion, Ohio,
Heack of American Armies Raises Danger
SignalSees Dangerous Tendency In Our
Disregard" Law and Order Moral Stand
ards Have Become Weakened.
MARION, O., July 4. The spirit of
patrjfcjtiymericanism that made "men
and women by the millions" seek op
portunity to serve the nation dunng
the war was invoked by General Per
shinjeday, speaking at Marion's cen
tennial celebration, to combat the pres
ent "dangerous tendency toward diso
bedience to law." ,
"Moral standards have become ma
terially weakened," he said, "and the
criminal elements of society are less
cautious f their activities. It is time
for all citiYms who cherish our heritage
of free gournment to assert themselves
"and trsjAivX, against lawlessness and
immorfqjfty. We musfr stand for prompt
enforcement of the law, or concedo that
"free government is a failure;
V'Open adherence to the lofty ideals
is quite as' essential now in the post
wardays as during war time when im
pending danger inspired every one to
unselfish devotion and service."
Speaking of the figns of Telnxed
standards, General lVshing said:
"Under the constitution every, man
is guaranteed the right to live, enjoy
liberty, and pursue happiness, but there
are those, who defy these guarantees
and seek to deprive others of these
sacred ' priviloj?s.
"Where whole . communities openly
sympathize with ruthless murder of in
Voffonsive people in the exercise of the
right to earn a livelihood, and where
wholesale murder goes unpunished, it
is imperative that public opinion should
demand that tho strong arm 'of the
law, under fcurless officials, te posi
tive action. Overt and inexcusable acts
of this character not only debase the
participants, but lower the whole moral
fabric of the nation and strike at the
very existence of self government."
General Pershing nlso dealt with the
question of military preparedness.
"The voice of tho blatant pacifist is
again heard in the land," he said.
"The unreasoning, the unthinking and
those who will not learn from experi
ence, continue to advocnte the theory
thaf our rW i ' the people, and
in the face JNp the loss of life and the
cost in njoney that we ourselves have
recently withstood, as a result of neg
lect of Jlliomost feeble preparation,
1 . they ..pfpuaunce against any sort of
military Training or preliminary organ
ization and, would so reduce as to make
expansions-impossible within ai reason
period and possibly agaiu compel the
enomiousVexpenditure of life anil treas
ure under which the country is suffer
ing today.
"I veuturm to say that few, if any,
of these who? would destroy our small
army an&navy in times of peace, were
fouiuMn the ranks with these brave
andpatriotic men who fought to de
stroy the armies of our enemies on the
field of battle."
TABLET TO M'KINLEY
UNVEILED IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga ., July 4. Reading
messages from President Harding and
Governor' Davis, of Ohio, featured the
exereists at the unveiling here today of
a brtnwe memorial tablet to the late
President McKinley. The tablet, set
in tStopie Mountain granite, was placed
near F Peace monument in Piedmont
FaVkf which was dedicated several years
ago to the. North and South at exer
cises in wiieh President Roosevelt par
ticipated. Governor Hardwick, delegations rep
reesnting the Women's Relief Corps
Auxilifry to the Grand Army of the
Republic, Daughters of the Confederacy,
Coiu of Confederate Veterans and other
patriotic and civic organizations saw
little Charlotte King, of Georgia, and
Betty Seeds, of Ohio, uncover the
memorial. "Anotho rtoken of the good
feeling that now exists throughout our
country, made possible by such beauti
ful thoughts as expressed by President
McKinley," said II. F. West, in charge
Or the ceremonies.
After unveiling the tablet, the Buck
eye Women's Club dedicated two trees
in the ' Authors Grove, one to Wiliiam
Dean Howels, 'novelist, and another to
President Harding.
A. E. F. CHAMPION TO
BATTLE BSENNAN TODAY
ASHLAND, KY., July 4. - Bub Mar
tin, of New York, heavyweight cham
pion of the A. E. F., and Bid Brennan,
of Chicago, who lasted twelve rounds
with Jack Denpsey at Madison Square
Garden in December, 1920, will meet in
a twelve .round no-derision bout here at
three o'tiyck this afternoon.
COLUMBUS, GA., July 4. Kid Peck
fesitficrweights rhampion of the (Sooth,
and)Kid Bartlett, of Oiarleston, S. C,
challenger, meet here this afternoon in a
ten round bout
ILE-jVEATHEH
Lt'ed, probably showers tonight j
and v.'
j,rJlv. rnr,ipr tpn!eht. 1
GEN.
PERSHING
FOUR INQUIRIES INTO
CAUSE OF READING WRECK
Tower Man In State of Nerv
ous Collapse Four Investi
gations In Progress- Four
More Victims Max Die.
ATLANTIC CIY, N. J. July, 4 Four
investigations to fix responsibility for
the wreck at Winslow Junction of the
Reading 'Railway "Midnight Flyer" in
which six persons were killed, and more
than C5 injured, were well under way to
day. Inquiries were made "by railway
officials, county and state authorities
and tho interstate Commerct Commiss
ion. -
It was planned to question John de
Walt, veteran tower man at Winslow
Junction, if his physical condition per
mits, in an effort to learn why the switch
to the Cape May cutover was left open,
which is held by railroad officials to
have caused the train to jump tho track.
The flyer took the switch Lt full Bpeed
and the locomotive was unable to hold
the rail on the sharp curve.
De Walt is under surveillance by the
state police at his homo in Hammontoii.
teince the accident he has 'been in a ner
vous state. Reports that he had assum
ed responsibility for the wreck, were de
nied bby Reading officials.
Four of thee injured at the Atlantic
City hospital were iu a critacal conditio
and but little hope was held out for
their recovery. One of them, John
Naee, conductor of the wreckked train
was not expected to survive the day.
Eighteen ethers were seriously hurt, but
all 'were expected to recover.
YANKEES HELPED GREATLY
BY RUTH AND MEUSEL
Champions Back In Thick of
Fight Chicago and Detroit
' Teams Are Fighting Hard
for Honors.
NEW YORK, July 4. The big bats
of Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, combined
with a brace by tho pitching staff, have
put the Yankees back in the thick of the
American League race, close on the heels
of the flying at. Louis Browns. Only
two games separated the rivals today.
Babe kept up his slashing attack and
slammed out his thirteenth home run
while the rest of "Murderer's Row"
were helping to crush the Philadelphia
Athlttics for the fifth straight time, 12
to 1.
Bob Meusel wa the real swatting hero,
with the unusual record of a single, dou
ble, triple and homer in five times at bat.
Carl Mays' underhand shoots had tho
hard hitting Mackmen bewildered at all
times.
The Giants gained a notch on each of
j their principal rivals, knocking Burleigh
Grimes from the tox at the Polo Grounds
and running from .Brooklyn, 9 to 4, while
Cincinnati stager! a ninth inning 'rally
to defeat the ijt. Louis Cardinals, 6 to 3.
Chicago and Detroit, who are running
neck and neck for third place, in the
American, divided a hard fought double
bill, the Tigers taking the first, 7 to 6,
in fourteen jnnings after tying the score
in the ninth, while the White Sox grab
lied the second in a thrilling finish. Harry
Heilmanrt clouted out his thirteenth
homer in the first game. -
Chief Moses Yellowhorse tomahawked
the Chicago Cubs, 5 to 2, with the aid of
the sensational suniwt bv his Pirate
i rum ma res.
WESTINGHOUSE RADIO
PROGRAM FOR TODAY
. Mmic Program.'
Ef.terpean Trio:
Raymond C. Bandi, violin.
Russell B. Cook, flute.
Eila trrbrny, piano..
Edward W. Buetzow, tenor.
Selections.
1. Star Spangled Banner, Trio.
2. Swiss Idyl, Lange, Trio
3. Andalouse, Pessard. Mr. Cook.
4. Sone of India. Rinixkv-KnrKQlcnw.
Trio
5.
fi.
7.
8.
9.
A Dream, Bartlett, Mr. Buetiow.
Serenade, Tit!, Trio.
Mazurka, Chopin, Miss fctribrny.
Medley of Patriotie Airs. Trio.
Herd Girl's Dreiim, Ijiliitskv-, Trio.
Meditation from ThaU rvt,.
10
sen i 'i, Mr. i isandi.
11. Oriefitale, Cut. Trio.
12. a. Air from Elijah, Mendelssohn,
b. Why. Wl'lls, Mr. Buetzow. .
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13. Romance fro m L'Eclair. Halerr.
Trio
14,
Amerk-s Triq4
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Which we can
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Banners and cannon and speeches aensatlonal
Serve to express only part of our thrill!
Though we may show a bombastic proclivity.
We have a reason, you cannot deny;
This Is the day of a nation's nativity.
Fourth of July! ,
B
OAST? Why, of
Shout till we're hoarse, we do.
Turn out In force, we do.
Hearts beating high!
Fire-crackers hurled about.
Sky-rockets swirled about.
We'll tell the world about
Fourth of Julyl r .
HAT If we seem
This Is SOME
rso, on ion aay,
Just how we
Fourth of July!
flOME, be by choice a bit
. Nnlnv! Re Into a hilt
Lift up your voice
Do not be shy;
SOME COUNTRY!
Tell 'em the way It
YOU know what dayUt Is
Fourth of July!
(Copyright. liZt. KEA .Service) '
6. H. S. GRIDIRON
TRAINING AUGUST 15
Local Squad Starts Practice
On That Date Two New
Coaches . Employed Work
outs at Rotary Park.
Officials of the Gastonia High School
Athletic Association have" beeu at work
for the past week mapping out ' plans
for their 1923 football season. With
'
plenty of material on hand and , two
coaches, added to the staff, , the team
will again plow its way into enemy ter
ritory for '. a share of the state prep
school honors. Last, year's team was
the first the local high school had had
since back in 191L Tho record made
by thatvtcafn was fair and, with the
lads profiting by the pirnt year's expe
rience, this year's squad expects to 'have
a considerably better showing 'on; the
gridirons of Charlotte, Gaffnvy, Shelby,
Concord, Lijteolnton and others.;
The call for candidates Will be issued
August. J.I, fifteen days ' before" school
opens .(" Blackboard instruction, 'will be
given thq first few : flights, folldwod by
daily workouts. ' J. E. Rose, i varsity
guard 6n the Trinity College srpiad for
the past two years, wifl coach the lines
men. Mr. T. M. Lowry, Jr of Da
vidson College, and a. man of consid
erable football experience, will handle
the backfield men. Tho above named
gentlemen will be assisted by Messrs,
Rutter, Armstrong and Grier. The
coaches will make daily reports of their
work to a head coach, to be elected
later, and everything will be put in
Bhipshape. The schedule of games with
other schools will be worked out by the
first of September and announced when
completed. v .
During the latter part of August,
just before school opens, the most likely
candidates for the varsity will be taken
out to Rotary Park for a week of real
exclusive training. The pigskin wear
ers will be benefited greatly by this
work, as this training just before their j
season olx'ns, they will have beeomv
hardened enough to help them through
the roughness of their first 1922.
RICHARD CROKER ASKS COURTS
TO PROTECT FATHER'S ESTATE
NEW YORK, July 4, Richard Cro
ker has applied to Surrogate Cohalan to
ajsioiut a suitable person or'trust com
pany as administrator of the estate of
his father, the former Tammany chief
taiu, who died several weeks ago in
Ireland. Since no will has been filed
here, Cohalan said, he thought it to the
best interests of the estate that an ad
ministrator bo npiHMtitcd immediately.
The surrogate issued citations return
able September 19. .
The application is a step in Croker's
fight to prevent his father's entire
estate from going to Mrs. Bula E.
Croker, the father ' second wife
"BOLL WEEVIL SPECIAL"
ARRIVES AT LEXINGTON
III i . telegram scut Monday night
from Lexington, Kentucky to Mrs. J,
A. Anderson by her son, Mr. Walter
Anderson, it is' stated that be "Boll
Weevil Special," a Ford touring car
which left here Saturday for the West,
had reached Lexington, 'Monday night in
spite of bad roads from the North Caro
lina line to that place. The other meni
bers xif the Jarty are Everett Jordan,
Kenneth Parker and Pink Rankin. Tlwy
left Islington this morning for St.
Louis. .
COTTON MARKET
TODAY'S COWniARKET
Receipts ..' 45 Bales
Price 22 1-2 Cents
'Strict t1) mi
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IV i17 i : c.
ii i ft aay ins;
plratlonal & "t
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ea aensatlonal X.
celebrate loud
course, we do!
to be ona
eerlng perfervidlyt
COUNTRY, we know for a fact! ;
we snau.anow unreserveojy . K '
feel by the way that we act. .i
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Proud? Sure we are, and we make it no mystery-
Head it, in letters 61 fire, on the sky;
This is the best of the. dates In our history,
a b)
SAY It lsj
Is,
GRAMMAR GRADE PUPILS
CAN MAKE UP WORK
City Schools to Conduct Coach
School ' During August So
Pupils May Eliminate Con
ditions Before Fall Opening.
Supt. W. T. Grier, of tho city
schools, announces that plans have been
completed whereby grammar grade pu
pils of the GVistouia schools may attend
summer school during the month of
August in order that they might make
np. any bnck work that they not
passed. If the people respond to the
mon-ment enough to justify such an
institution, the parents will have no
f ees tto pay, as tho city board of edu
cation has agreed to pay samn if the
parents will send their children to
school. Howrwfcr, if onlya, few attend,
the costs will have to bis pid by the
parents of the pupils attending.
Prof. G. G. L. Sawyer of tho local
schools will be in charge of the session.
The school will open Monday, August
7, a;hd will close Thursday, August 30.
AH 'grammar students from the fourth
through the seventh grades will bo in
vited to attend the school. It will pay
any student who is behind in ono or
two studies (o attend and mako up their
back work so they can advance to the
next grade: -No study periods will be
held. AH studying must be dono at
home. The pupils are to como to
school te recite their lessons. Only an
hour or two each day will be required
of the jiupils for the term. Further
announcements regarding the opening
'of the summer session will be made
from time to time during July. All
parents interested in having their chil
dren attend will do well to get in touch
with tho school' officials at once.
MARION EXTENDS WARM
WELCOME TO PRESIDENT
MARION, O., July 4. (By The As
sociated Press.) Thousand of out of
town visitors joined residents of Marion
today in their Fourth of July celebration
of the' home-coining of l'resident and
Mrs.' Harding and the looth anniver
sary of the founding of the city. Prep
arations had lteo made for a variety of
activities through the day with the Presi
dent, General Pershing and Charles G.
Dawes, former liudget bureau director,
scheduled to deliver addresses in 1 lie -afternoon
to a public gathering at the fair
grounds.
Today's celebration here got under way
with a hundred gun salute at dawn.
The day's program called for anothei
salute of 21 guns as the president ar
rived at the fair grounds in the after-
! noon. He had agreed to deliver a
friendly '-greeting."
WARSAW, July 4. Rioting occurred
in Vilna when the Polish authorities
prohibited Jin anti-Jewish lecturer fmin.,
deliv
remig an advertised si-eeh. One j
polieeniau was killed and ten pcrsnns ,
were wounded. Following the disturb
ance the police distributed guards to
protect the Jewish inhabitants.
LONDON. July 4. (By the Asso
ciated Tress.) Several freighting air
craft bearing thq markings of the Irish
free State green, white and red cir
cles flown by pilots lielonging to Free
Sttae forces, left the Croydon airdrom?
tody; for "the Dublin front,"
Evening News sayi.
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GERMAN
PHYSICIAN
AT LENINE'S
SIDE,
II I IPS
i y0ur jastor and your church . My heart
BERLIN, July 4. According to thejgo ,, out to them. I bogyou with all
Golos Rossi, the noted German neurolo- 'of niv soul to come back to God. He Is
gist. Professor Focrstcr, has again gone ;
to .Moscow, in response to a hurried
summons, to attend Kikolai Leniiie. It
is reported that the soviet government
has asked Dr. Foerster to remain in
attendance upon the nvit premier for
it tinpth..
RAILROAD OFFICIALS SAY STRIKERS
ARE RETURNING TO THEIR OLD JOBS
STORM DID NOT KEEP
CROWD FROM TENT SERVICE
Evangelist Haggard Preached
Last Night : From Text
"Where Art Thou?" Ques
tion God Put to Adam.
(Reported for The Gazette.)
The Haggard meeting grows in interest
from day to day. .Immense crowds
gather for every service. Even last eve
iiig, with a heavy cloud, hanging over the
sky, the folks came just the same.
Services at the tent are going to be
gin thirty minutes earlier than usual to
night. Tho iLoray 'Mill Company is go
ing to give a spectacular fire works dis
play that people will waitt to see, so we
are having our services juBt a little ear
lier than usual so that they may attend.
Loray Mills. is always ready to help us
put anything over, ho when they try to
put a thing over we are right with them.
We try to stand by those who stand by
us.
The evangelist took as his text Gen.
3:9 hist night. "Where art thout"
was the question God asked - Adam in
the garden of Eden when he had eaten
tho forbidden fruit. God called Adam
because ho loved him. lie did not call
him to' punish him nor did he call him
to destroy him. When God ealled Adam,
he hid behind a bush. From that day to
this men have been hiding from God. If
you break God's laws, you want to hi.lo
from him. God hud spoken to him fae
to face. God has always had a word
for man. 'For six thousand years it has
been rolling along, und yet we keep nuk
ing ourselves the question, "Who am If
Whence came If"
This evening, I am not asking you
how you stand in the sight of your neigh
bors, but how do you stand in the sight
of God. How is your standing with
Godf How do you stand with your
church! What position do you occupy!
Would you be afraid to stand up for the
things that your enure h stands forf In
your church, do you really Stan d for
Godt The time will como when the
church will stand up for God. It does
not do so today. Are you communing
with God, or are yon out of communion
with himf We want to examine oursel
ves personally tonight.. Where ore thou!
The great trouble with us we want to
put things off until some other time. God
needs men and women now who will
stand up for him. Would you stand up
tonight .as a child of Godf Has that
life of yours been such that you would
not be afraid to stand un-Ss a Christian!
How is it with your soul tonight!
iMy friend, you should live every day
as if it were the las t day. 'Remember,
death is liable to como ut any time. It
may como to you tonight. Wliso men
make their wills long before they die.
We want you to size up your spiritual af
fairs. How it it with that soul of yonr
tonight! Could you say to Jesus tonight,
"I am ready to go. Are you away
from God! If you are, you are not en
joying religion. May 'be you have mov
ed from a church some where. There
you were a Sunday school superintendent,
or possibly you occupied an important
position in that church. You have found
thingii different here. Because of this
you have fallen out of the church work,
because of this you havo begun to back
slide. May be you are one of these
graveyard members I do not go much on
graveyard religion. That is the last
place I am going. If your church mem
bership was good back in the country,
it ought to be good here in Gastonia.
Ninety per cent of those who do not move
their church membership with them back
slide. God does not need dead men. Ho
wants living men .
I 1ised to worry about a burying place,
but since I have found that Jesus Christ
Ijas power over the resurrection, 1 do not
care where I am liuried. Quit worrying
your old home church. Think of that
one nearest you and go to work. I have
never seen a happy backslider yet. You
cannot be haiiy and neglect your duty.
If you are a happy backslider, I say that
you have never been born again. I be
lieve in bein lorn of the Son of God.
The Ix-st of men backslide, but thank
God they had enough of the love of God
to come back. I am not condemning
you for backsliding. I am condemning
you for not coming back to God.
If you do not want to laeks:ido, go
to work. God is not mad at you. He
loves you. He is saying, "Wandering
child ciime home.." You are going to pay
for all of the backsliding tha t you do.
He is calling you to come lack home.
Why not come back to him? As soon as
we get the backsliders back to God we
arc not going to lijive any trouble to get
the sinners saved
lou are a stumbling
block so long as you stand wnere you are.
huc body" is stumbling over you.
Where are vou fathers ant mothers!
God help you to say where i my lioy to
night! Oli, where is he! I'erliaps he 14
out gambling, drinking, and possibly do
ing many other things, our boys are sub
iect to todav. Where are your children
tonight! Fathers and mothers, I am
to know where thev arc. 1
God hat loaned them to you. Where art j
they f
He is failing you back to himio
that vou may had them to. Christ. .Th;wpiare for God and he will take-off his
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angels would rejoice to see you come batk j
tonights
You are doing more than breaking the
great heart of God. Yon are grieving j
rea
dy to take u back, the church of
ius Christ is ready to take you back,
Jesus
Even the lost like to se men doing bet
ter. They like to see good consecrated
men and women. The man in the world
may help you to backside, but likes bet
to ; j-mj VPi f0 ( I the IH50
This, However, Is Denied By Union Officials.;
No Definite Figures As to Number of Shop
men , On Strike Have As Yet Been Madd
Public United States Railroad Labor Board
Brands Strikers As "Outlaws."
MANY MORE WILL GO OUT
SAY UNION OFFICIALS
Oilers, Clerks, Freight Han
dlers and General Workmen
Strike On Lone Island Rail
road No Disorder.
NEW YORK, July 4. Union offi
cials insisted today that hundreds of
other union workers employed by rail
roads would join in the strike against
wage reductions mado by tho Railroad
Labor Board.-
At the Sunnysido yards of the Long
Island Railroad, strike leaders said that
oilers, clerks, freight handlers, and gen
eral workmen had joined the strikers'
ranks. The strikers also claimed that
tho walkout of electricians at tho Long
Island power house had compelled the
railroad to get its power from public
utility corporations.
Railroad officials, denying that the
walkout had hampered the operation of
trains, declared tho ranks of the strik
ers wero being rapidly filled by expe
rienced men who had been laid off dur
ing the depression. Many pensioners
were said to be reporting for work.
There was little troublo Teported,
union officials instructing their follow
ers to avoid violence. In New Jersey,
a squad of twenty-five men who had
replaced striking railroad workers were
stoned by a crowd and five of the men
refused to continuo working.
Members of the railroad clerks union
in New York wero instructed by their
nationul officers to coutinuo on their
4 ' routine .jobs' and not be stampeded
into, a sympathetic strike until the re
sult of the strike balloting now taking
place was ascertained.
DISARMAMENT PLAN OF
LORD ROBERT CECIL IS
WELL RECEIVED AT PARIS
Regional Defensive Plan Meets
United States' Objection to
Article Ten of League
Nations Pact.
Oi
PARIS, July 4. (By The Aasoeiattd
J'ress.) The plan for geueral world
disarmament which was laid before the
temporary mixed commission 9n disarma
ment of the League of Nations yester
day by Lord Robert Cecil, of Great
Britain, was presented in full detail at
this morning's session of the commis
sion. This plan is said to have been
favorably received by most of the dele
gates. All nations, According to Lord Roflicrt 's
plan, would sign a general disarmament
agreemnt and owuld sgree to go to tho
defense of nations in their resin-ctive
regions or continents in case of aggres
sion.. The principlec American objection to
Article X of the League of Nations, it Is
hold, would be met by this regional de
fensive plan, in as much as the United
btates already is committed to a similar
policy on the American -continent under
the Monroe doctrine, and Lord Robert 's
plan U designed to limit each nation's
obligations in defensive alliances to such
regions.
PARIS CELEBRATES OUR
: INDEPENDENCE DAY
PARIS, July 4. America's Inde
jendence Day was celebrated in Paris
today by a series of patriotic . demon
strations and social gatherings.
Representatives of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars placed a wreath on
Washington's statue and joined French
organizations in exercises at the tomb
of Lafayette.
Amlrtissador Herrick will hold the
traditional reception this afternoon and
tonight will leoiie of the speakers, to
gether with Premier Poincare, at a din
ner given by the American Chamber
of Commerce. Marshal Foch, Marshal
Joffitv Leon Bourgeois, and other men
high in public life will attend.
f the world
know that you stand
hat to you. Young ladies if you want
-men to respect you let them know that
you are a Christian.
The evangelist said many more good
things, but we leave off here until anoth-
.cr time.- The storm hindered some last
evening. tut despite the down pour of
rain, there wrre nearly fifty proes- J
sions of religion. Up to this time, tlarei
has lw -en nearly two hundrd who have 1
dedicated their lives to God. Some of j
these were church menbers. but this is,
one of the mot hoiefl ?oct ;
the jtT'irf . -
AS RESULT OF WALKOUT
SHOPMEN ARE BEYOND
THE PALE SAYS BOARD
Washes Its Hands of All Re
tnAnftiKiKfv Put Ifr
On Jewell. j
STRIKERS LOSE STANDING!
Unless They Return to Worl
at Once Picketing; Being j
Done In Kansas. J
CHICAGO, July 4. (By the As
sociated Press.) After more than
two hours discussion today with
Chairman Ben W. Hooper and W. .
L. McMenimen, of the Railroad
Labor Board, . F. Grable, presi
dent of the maintenance of way
union, had not decided to cancel
the threatened strike call to his
400,000 rail workers. The confer
ence adjounred near one o'clock for
lunch with no settlement reported. ' "
CHICAGO. July 4. Striking rail
way shopmen, called "outlaws" by the
United btates Railroad Labor Board,
whose summons to a mediatory confer
ence was defied by shop crafts officials,
today entered on tho t oortn day of their
walkout in protest against wage reduc
tions and decisions by thq board with tha
actual number of men who respouded to
the strike call still in doubt, and no re
ports of serious effect on transporta
tion. As a result of their walkout the shop
men are bcyoojl ' the pale of the labor
board, whoso members announced that
the strikers would reccivo no further of
ficial recognition by the Government .
agency set up as arbiter of railroad con
troversies. Having washed its hands of the shop
men's strike and left the blame on B.
M. Jewell, shop crafts executive, as
chairman Hooper asserted, the Labo
Boad today -fT'- , fu SneLEi6?T1? t
Brotherhood- of Maint enanee of Watr
Employe in an effort to avert a walk
out of railway maintenance men whos&
loaders etmsented to mediation befora
following tho shopmen out on strike. .
(Meanwhile, in various rail centers, the
carriers displayed a formidable attitude
towards tho "outluwed" shopmen.
Statements to stnKers announced that
unless the men returned to work imme
diately they would forfeit all seniority
and protection rights and pensions, and)
in some instances they were, threatened,
with the refusal of future employment.
In its announcement the labor board
declared tiiat men taking the places of
strikers would be considered officially aa
the employes of the roads in all future
matters before the board. "
Reports lrom various rail centers sail
strikers were returning to work. Boston
and Maine railway officials stated that
L'ou strikers had returned and that others
had applied for their old jobs. . Union
officials denied the statements.
JSoine pas ds continued to fill vacant
jobs in the shops aa rapidly as possible
with men who responded to advertise
ments offering employment.
Few reports of violence or disorders in
connection with the strike were received.
Governor Parker, of Louisiana, in a
proclamation called upon authorities
throughout the state to rigidly enfore
tlx- law and permit no demonstration
which might lead to clashes.
Governor Allen, of Kansas, cautioned '
authorities to protect men who desire to
work in railroad shops. Informed by
the sheriff of Harvey county that only
"peaceful picketing" was being done.
Governor Allen responded: "There ia
no such thing as peaceful pickting ia
K;in;is. " . '
Mayor Harry B. Burton, of Kansas.
Citv. Kas., called a meeting of union
leaders, railroad executives and polira
officials today to discuss alleged assaults
and intimidation of workers. Mnyor
Burton said he received assurance from
Governor Allen and from Judge W. L.
Hugging, of the industrial court, that
troops would be sent to maintain ordf
if nereary.
Annuel Gompcrs, president of tha
American Federation of Labor, dc
nounccd the railroad labor board for
"outlawing" the striking shopmen and
Willism H. Johnston, president of tha
International Association of Machinists,
declared that the board's action woiPd
in no way affect the position of tu
unions.'
ONE DEAD, TWO INJURED
IN AUIO ACCIDENT
MA(X)N, Ga., July 4
suit of an automxl'il' arc
frrday near lLddo fc. I' 1
Mai-oii, Miss H;ig!ii5 1 ' '
2oil Thirl street.
Joe! S. Ether,
dying, an ! M
Had bck, U
"