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OAS A DA LY Local Cotton 22 Cents Weather: Fair GASTONIA, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY" 5, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS VOL. XLIII. NO. 159 OF GENERAL vj lr JI Ji 1L PROBABILITY SECRETARY DENBY AND PARTY ARE PRESENTED TO JAPANESE ROYALYY Head of American Navy and Other Meet Crown v-, Prince Hirohito. v .'' f When the "Avareyriirned Over at Hamburg i STRIKE IS RAPIDLY DWINDLING KA1LR0AD AUDIENCE WAS FORMAL Empress Sadako Greets the Wives of the American Visitors. " " TOKIO, July 5.(By The Associated Press.) Japanese royalty today received Secretary of the Navy Denby, and visit ing inoinbcrs of the Annapolis class 01 1881, and their wives. Iu an audience at the Imperial Palace, , . . Charles Beech, Warren, American Am bassador to Japan, presented TJ Dendy, Senator O. K. Welter, of Mary land, Admiral Joseph btrauss, comman der of the American Asiatic fleet, ana thirty-six other men to the regent, Crowa Prince Hirohito. The empress badako then received wives of members of tuo party, thirty in number, who were pre- seated by Mrs, Warren, wife of the Am bassador. ' . Th The audience was quite formal, me regent exchangoua few words with becre tary Dendy and Senator Wleller and the empress spoke -briefly to fcocretary and Mrs. Denby and to Senator Weller lne others simply approached the royal per sonages in tho usual way in accordance to their rank and backed away without 'P After the imperial audience, members of the 'Denby party were entertained at luncheon by Baron SUimpci Goto, mayor of Tokio, then drove to Akasak palace, where Baron Nobuaki Makino, . crown member of the house of peers, entertain, ed at tea on behalf of the imperial fam ily. Baron Uryu, Annapolis '81, here was presented with a loving cup by his American classmates. r The regent will leave July 6 for . Ho kaido. lie will not sign the Washing ton treaties, ratified July 1 by he Council, until the other contracting pow ers are ready to do so. , GOVERNOR ROBERTSON ARRAIGNED FOR BRIBERY Oklahoma's Executive, How ever, Is On Speaking Tour Instead of Being In Court In Person. OKMULGEE, OKLA., July 5. Ar raignment of Governor J. B. A. Robert son, of Oklahoma, on chrg of accepting a bribe to permit a Btate 'bank to operate - when he knew it to foe insolvent, warf'sct hi district court here today. Thirteen other men, prominent in banking circles of Okmulgee county and indicted With the governor, on March 21. after a sweeping '-grand jury investiga tion into alleged irregularities m . the State banking system, also were up for . arraignment. Included among these were John P. Cook and John II. Be bold, , president, id vice .president re spectively of the Guaranty btate Bank, who are charged with having paid a ibribe of $25,000 to Governor Robertson aud Fred G. Dennis, former State bank commissioner. It is charged that the executive received one third of the amount. , . ' ' , The Governor is on a speaking tour or the Btate and his attorneys announced he would not appear at the arraignment. THREE KILLED WHEN CAR , AND AUTO COLLIDE ' FORT WAYNE, IND., July 5. -Three men were killed when an automo bile in which they 'were riding collided with a street car here early today. The dead are Ray Halleu,-8am -Cut-shall -and George Downey. David Deturk, a fourth occupant of the machine, escaped with minor bruises. , STUNT FLYER MEETS DEATH IN MISSOURI JOPLINY MO., July 5. A broken parachute belt told the story today of the cause of the death of William Spain, a "stunt" flyer, who fell 3,000 feet when he leaped from a plane watched by five thousand spectators at Seneca, 20 miles from here, late yesterday. Near ly every bone in Spain 's bpdy was broken. . ., t . M. V. Smoot, of Jophn, was pi'ot tf the plane from which Spain leaped to his death, gmoot said today that m nearly . as he was able to observe the 4x1t broke and the parachute failed to unfold from the metal container. ; . - TOLEDO, O., July 5. Rapid strides went out oii strike last Saturday wan in replacing railroad shopmen who reported in, -several of Toledo 's most important railroad shops today. COTTON MARKET CLOSING BIDS ON THE . NEW YORK MARKET NEW YORK, July 5. Cotton fu tures closed steady; spots quiet, 45 poijits down .:'--' , J uly 22.90 ; October 22.90 ; Decembei 22.65; January 22.30; March 22.18; May 21.92; Spots 23.30. TODAY'S COnCHHMEf I Receipts .. None 22 Cents Price offered I . . ... j ' '.Thls picture la reminiscent of the "Eastland" Roaster, to the Chicago river. The "Avarc," German vessel,' jiad Just been made ready.for passenger Service when It overturned la the harbor at Hamburg, more than. core betas killed. , - .' . . . '.. ...;-..-...:-..... :.: FEROCIOUS FISH , . FRIGHTENS BATHERS MONTREAL, QUE., July 5.. Consternation has spread through bathing circles here by the capture of a "barracuda" near Montreal, one of which f reocious fish recently caused the death of Miss Mary McCatchie, of Montreal She was bitten while swimming off the Florida coast Fishing in Lachine rapids, two men caught a barracuda. They killed it when it attacked them. Bathing ac tivities' virtually have ceased as a re suit of their catch. COMMUNITY SERVICE BROADENS ACTIVITIES Will Bring Musician and Dra matic Expert Here to Train Gastonia People In These Branches of Art. Gastpnia Community Service has done much for the citizens of Gastonia during the past eighteen months aud its plans for the next year's" work call for an even greater work. The aim of the organiza tion is to follow three defluite lines of work for tho good of the public. These are 'boy's work, music and parks aud playgrounds- Tho .officers of Community Service have spoilt much time and money in carrying out tho work along the lines mentioned abovo and their efforts have not been in vain. The community woik among boys, es pecially the younger boys, has 'been of a great help to the city, uot to mention to the parents themselves , Just after school . closed Community isorvice l'ark was opened ; to . the public. A baseball league was soon organized under tho di rection of Miss Katherine McLean, rec reational secretary. AH the young bays of the city were invited to join tho four teams of Community Service baseball. More than fifty younsters, between the ages of 12 ard 15, gathered at the park on Second avenue each morning and af ternoon to play ball. For a month or so they did this and the champions were awarded the pennant and given a picnie by the organization's officers . The boys were kept busy at play and were kept from the street corners which may have been harmful to them. The playground at Community Park has been going well since its opening a month ago. With Miss McLean as secre tary and other young, ladies of the city as her assistants, hundreds of Gastonia children have been directed in supervised play. The park being equipped with all modern play ground material, the chil dren have profited greatly by using game. A special feature has been the bi monthly band concerts given by the K. of 1'. band under the-auspices of Community Service.' The band h;i proven to be very popular with the peo ple and arrangements have been made to have the concerts given during the entire summer. J'rof . H. Grey Steele, a prominent musician, of Community Service head quarters, New York City, will bo brought to Gastonia the first of September'. Prof. Steele will organize a choral society and will also have charge of tue Chamber or Commerce glee club.-. A Mr. Junkin, a dramatic expert, liai also been engaged by the local organi zationi ; lie will come here on or about July 15th for the purpoHO of giving in struction along dramatic lines. A pageant of children will be eiven with the childhood of Gastonia taking part in same. Othor community plays will probably be given,all of which will , be put onTat no eost to the public. v The officers of Gastonia Community Service have made all of the above pos sible for Gastonia. They are as follows! W. L. Balthis, president; J. H. Ken nedy vice-president: R. N. Aycock, treasurer. The executive committee is made up of A. G. Myers, chairman. Mrs: Geo. W. Rngan, R. G. Rankin, J. U. Separk and W. T. Rankin. The Recre ational directors: Miss Katherine Mi Lean and assistant, Miss Agnes Thomas, OTASHVILLE, Tenn.. July 5. The management of the Nashville, Chatta nooga & St. Louis Railway, on which the time limit for the return of strik ing shopmen has been fixed as 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, reported today that 479 men reported fr -work this rorcii5.. ; - .' -. , r I BOTH SIDES HOLD. STRATEGIC POSITIONS IN DUBLIN, IS CLAIM Republicans and Free Staters Both Strongly Intrenched. Whereabouts of de Vajera Still a Mystery. CORK, July 5. - (By The Associated Press.) A statement issued from the republican headquarters at. Mallow, de scribing the military operations in Dub lin, represents the republicans as hold ing important positions in O "Council street, Parnell tkjuare, and elsewhere in that vicinity, with intermittent ex changes of firing, and but slight casual ties. Wliile the Free State troops hold tho principal barracks on the south side of the city, and are. in a strong position there, it is emphasized that vital strate gic points are also held by the republi cans. Considerable military activity is. re ported in Southern Dublin county, whero the republicans have evacuated and burn ed all the 'barracks not deemed fit foi defense, concentrating on the Wicklow border. 4 The 'republican communiquo declares that the English are handing over huge quantities of armored transports, arms and equipment to the Free Staters. Curiosity as to Eamonu de Valera's whereabouts is still unsatisfied.,. - While some reports ste that he, together with Cathacl Bruga, and A;usten Stack, re mains within the bombarded' buildings, the prevailing belief is that he and his companions are safe in nother part ol the city, having loft their ' dangerous quarters sometime before thd besiegers closed tho approaches to O'Councll street. : . ' ' Tho reported " cuptftro , of Jountess Markievicz and severel , women snipers lias not been confirmed. The story of the departure for . Ire land of several lighting airplanes bear ing the markings of the Irish Free State is now said to have been premature. It is stated, however, that an agent is here, negotiating with the British authorities for tho purchase of planes. iEory O'Connor nd his men who sur rendered after the buttle of the Four Courts arc being treated as prisoners of war. - . ' BRIEF BULLETINS ON ' THE IRISH SITUATION DUBLIN, July 5. (By the Asso ciated Press.) rArt O'Brien, former representative of the Pail, Eireann in London,, and Sfan O 'Keely, who used to represent the Dail in Paris, were both arrested last evening, it was an nounced today. DUBLIN, July 5. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Fire which started be fore noon in the Hamman hotel, part of the irregulars' Sackvilio street fctronghold, was extending early this afternoon in a southerly direction, en veloping the Hibernian Bible Society building and the tramway offices. DUBLIN, July 5 (12:15 p. m.). (By the Associated Pre'sS.-Tho irreg-, ulars at this hour still were holding out in the postoffiee and the buildings in the center of the block on Sackvillc street, which has formed their strong hold. The government forces were said to have, penetrated the Gresham hotel. The Uamman hotel was in flames. After an early morning 'spurt " in the activity there had been comparatively little firing up to noon. DUBLIN, July 5. (By tho Asso ciated Press.)- It is learned on excel lent authority, says tho Press Associa tion this afternoon, that the Irish pro visional government intends to issue a national call to amis tomorrow. LONDON, July 5 (By the Asso ciated Press,) Winston Churchill, the Colonial secretary, announced in the house of commons this,, afternoon that tho attack by the Irish national army was still proceeding at 2:45 p. m. in the Sack ville street area in Dublin The whereabouts of Eamonn de Valera was unknown, he"" said. "It is uncer tain whether ho is within the cordon of the national troops or has deserted ttw e"!ininds and geaped' sddded 1 i " .. T,t m NEGRO EXCURSIONISTS LOST LIQUOR AND JOY WASHINGTON July 5. More than S00 negro excursionists were thrown into a near state of panic last night when police and revenue officers seized the Madison Hall, a 400 foot steamer plying' between Wash ington and a Potomac ; river resort, after discovery of what was said to be a large quantity of liquor aboard. Ottaway Holmes, negro owner of the steamer, which was valued at $100,000 was arrested on a charge of illegal possession and selling of liquor.' DETROIT AND CHICAGO LOSE HOLIDAY GAMES Cubs , Beat Pittsburgh-Ath- letes and Yankees Divide y Double Bill Hornsby Gets -19th Home Run. NEW YORK, July 5. Holiday games in tho major leagues were 'devoid, of fireworks, the aspiring Detroit Tigers sustaining the principal damage when they dropped both ends of a double header to Tris Speaker's larruping In dians. Tho Chicago Cubs' double vic tory over Pittsburgh was the only other twin triumph of the day. , Tho double reverse suffered by De troit was a hard blow to Ty Cobb. Morton and Coveleskio were in rare form on tho mound for Cleveland, while the tribe made merry with six Tiger twirlers, winning 4-2 and 11-4. The Athletics finally took a game from New YOrki winning tho morning encounter 3-1, due to Hasty 's line pitching, but tho Yankees gathered in the afternoon fracas, 6 to 1, Sam Jones going the full route effectively for the first time in many moons. The battling White Sox, with "No Hit" Robertson in good form, pulled out the morning game against St. Louis, 5-3, but dropped, the afternoon contest to the league leaders by a similar score, the Brown's taking advantago of Fa ber's one bad inning. Rain foiled New York and Brooklyn in the forenoon, while in the afternoon the two teams battled to a 'five-live tie in 14 innings. The Robins knotted the count in tho ninth and both teams scored in the tenth. v , Rogers Horsby's 19th homer of the season was a big factor in St. Louis' victory over Cincinnati, six-five, in the second game after the Cardinals had dropped a slugging bee, 11-9, in tho forenoon. , HaM hitting gave the Cubs a double victory against Pittsburgh, 8-0 and 8-0, Vic Aldridge holding the Pirates to two hits in the second game. Washington and Boston divided their holiday program, Boston taking the first, 4-3,-and -Francis pitching the Sen ators to a shutout in the second, 2-0. Goldio Kapp's great stop, starting.' a double play with the bases full, checked the Boston Braves after they had scored three runs in the ninth and enabled Philadelphia to win the only game these teams played, 5 to 3. GENUINE "JOHNNY WALKER" GOES BEGGING IN PHILLY (By The Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA, July; 5. Genuine Gordon gin and "Johnny Walker" whiskey is going begging here for less today. The" federal district attorney than a dollar a quart, it became known and tho United States marshal have met" with little luck in their efforts to peddle- a carload of liquor which prohi bition agents had seized. A bill of $500 is due tho railroad for freight and ice and it is up to the government to pay it. The parties to whom the car was consigned declared they had no idea who shipped the liquor to them. They waived all interest in it. A representative of the United States attorney has been going tho rounds of hospitals trying to sell the whiskey. Most of the hospitals appeared to be well stocked. 'Mr. John Beach, of the Gastonia FireDepartnient, was run over last night on East Franklin avenue by an automo bile driven by Mr. Henry Rankin. Mr. Beach was immediately taken to the City Hospital. He was knocked uncon scious and remained so throughout the night. Mr. Beach was injured internal ly and showed some improvement today at noon.. THE ONE MASTER WAS HAGGARD'S THEME AT MEETING LAST NIGHT (Reported for The Gazette.) More than a thousand gathered for the Haggard services last night despite tho rain. Tho singing continues very fine. Prof. Sumner sang beautifully last night. He hs a great ' voice and fan use it exceedingly well. Enough books have been sold until tho choir is all over the tent. . Tho evangelist announced for his sub ject, "The One Master." His text was found in Matthew 23: "But bo not ye called Rabbi: for ono is your muster, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth; for one ia jour Father, which is in heaven." Ho said, "Let us find out who your master is. Somebody is your master, either God or the devil. Be not called Rabbi. Be not called master, for there is but onn master,-even Christ. They will execute the law but will not keep the law themselves. He said, f'Keep the law; I came not to destroy the law but to fulfill it." They will not help you to bear your burdens. . Rulers will put heavy burdens on the poor people,- but will not help them to bear them. It. has always been so. It was so when Jesus was here. All of the Jews want to be called Rabbi. Jesus said, Be ye not called Rabbi. He eame to be Lord of lords and King of kings. Wo who belong to the "church of Jesus Christ are just brethren. Nothing more. God looks at tho heart. He is no respecter of persons. If you are a child of God, you belong to his family. I wish that we could realize that we aro ono family. Cull not man on earth your father. You have but one Father and that is God. . No man! is your master but Christ Jesus. You aro either serving God, or you aro serving tho devil. - Too many are tryiug to serve both God and tho devil. Jesus Christ wants to be called your mnster. He wants to save every man and give him a home beyond the skies. Ho not only wants to como and bo your Savior, but he wants to be boss at your home. Let him direct you. Let him be your mas ter. The devil will always have you tired . Ho had rather have you tired than to have you cuss. We do not have any more Saturday meetings. When you give him the Sabbath you have" not given him anything. Tho Sabbath belongs to him. Give him one of the six days and you have given him something. A lot of you folks sit down to your tables and eat without thanking him for your food. Shamo on you! You ought to thauk God for every bite you cat. , . Is your farm your master! Now ho wants you to have a farm, but ho does not want it to bo your master. Put your farm into his hands and see what a difference it makes. A lot of fellows acr working themselves to death to get something for their children to fuss ovr when they are dead and gone; Do not sacrifice your soul for tho things of this world. Ho wants you to make money, but when you get business be tween you and God you have done a dangerous thing. Open the door of your heart and let him eome in and lo your master. He wants to come in and abide with you. I liko the kind of religion that turns tho whole life over to God . Why the old mule will find it out, if you will let Jesus become your complete master. If yoa will make Jesus your master,, tho old mule will plow better. A lot of men have made up their minds that they cannot boss men without cussing them, it is a shamo for a man to curso not con sidering cursing his fellow man. Let Jesus be your boss, and you will have a better force working for you, . Who is your master! Is it your tem per! I would not give much for a. man who has not got a temper. God hates lazy men. I would not give much for a woman who has no temper. Let Jesus Christ como into your life God wants you -to. have' temper, but he expects you o luivo the bridle ou it. and you can manage your temper; You can utter a few words that will hurt for life. The more religion we have, the more sense we have. A lot of women need temper to get along wit) the kind of husbands they have. If you 'will.be the kind of husband yon ought to be, tho wife will manage her temper far better. Let Jesus com into your life and you will not have any trouble to manage your temper. If you will let him come into your heart there will not be any more divorce cases. Some fellows curse until the air gets blue around them when they get mad. Let Jesus be your boss and stop this kind of foolishness. The evangelist said many more things aoout lue Kinu oi masters we wgnu has, hut space:, will not permit us shaking of them. , Services will continue at the same hours during the remainder of the meeting. There will be a special serv ice for men at 2:30 next Sunday after noon. Every man in , Gastouia is in vited to go to this service. ONE DEAD, 7 INJURED IN AUTO CRASH AT ALBANY (By The Associated Press.) ALBANY. N.; - Y., July 5. Mrs. Emma VayeutiBe, aged sixty, is deal, and 23 members of a Rensselaer block Hl- in a Saratoga, hosnital. seven of them believed fatally injured, as a result or a toeneneetauy railway car crashing into the automobile truck in returning frfffci a holi day trip to Saratoga LpAs l-t nifbt,; Rift In Railroad Strike Clouds Passes With Defi nite Announcement By Maintenance-of-Way, Employes That They Have Abandoned Inten tion of Going Out Shopmen Are Now Play ing a Lone Hand In Strike. i SCHOOL WORK TO START WITHOUT DELAY THIS YEAR New Proa Program Calls for Regis tration of AH High School Pupils Prior to Opening Day of City Schools. With Gastonia high school's scholas tic year of 1922-23 set to open on September 1st, thA officials are now busy at work getting everything in first class shape. New ideas are to be carried out, which the board of education thinks will prove to be a big asset to tho sys tem. Tho last jjeek of August will find the pupils registering for their work and getting their schedule of studies worked out so that on Friday, September 1st, all matters will bo cleared and the new sesHion will get under way promptly, Heretofore the first few days of the school year have been taken ux with tho arranging of schedules and registering of new students This held up tho class room work considerably so a new plan hus been adopted. On Monduy,- August 28th, a matricu lation day will be held for all new stu dents. All new pupils who expect to en ter high school and who have attended elsewhere during 1921-22, will go to the offices of the high school principal and school superintendent for tho purpose of enrolling. t-w On Tuesday, August 29th, registration day will be held fo r tho eighth and ninth grado pupils. The students will report to tho school building and regis ter for tho year's work. Tho follow ing day, Wednesday, the students quali fied for the tenth and eleventh grades will do likewise. . i ;.' It is clearly seen that the above ar rangement will help tho school year .o get started at tho beginning and that little time will be lost. With lessons as signed tho puipls on September 1st, they will bo able to get down to earnest work on their books for the following Moil day, September 4. On Thursday, August -31st, a general teachers meeting will be held. AH of the teachers, together with he school board and local welfare workers, will have a joint meeting and discuss current topics along the lines of education for chil dren. This will be something new for Gastonia, schools and it is hoped that all partit concerned will co-operate with the ofiicials iu making the conference a big success. ; The program to bo carried out is as follows: , iMonday, Aufpst 28 Matriculation of now students. . .'.. . Tuesday August' ,29 Iteght ratiou ef eighth and ninth grade students Wednesday, August 30- Registration of tenth and eleventh grade students. Thursday, August 31 General teach erh meeting, school board, welfare work ers, 9:30 a. m. , Friday, September 1 Scholastic Year, 1922 23 begins 8:30 a. m. SOVIET ROSSIA'S FIRST INTERNAL LOAN A SUCCESS Prospects of Big Grain Crop Also Hearten Russia's Mil lions Peasants Respond to Government's Call. MOSCOW, July 5. (By The Asso ciated Press.) The soviet Govern ment 's first internal loan is a success, according- to the Ru.tsian newspapers, the ten million pood bread loan having al ready been subscribed . Although exact figures in the provinces are lacking it appears that the peasants have directly subscribed 4,000,000 poods, tho workers 3.000,000, and state institutions 3,000, 000. . Russia's 1922 grain crop according to present estimates, will reach a mini mum of 3,500,000.000 ihkmIs (63,000,000, OO0, tons), or 1,000,000,000 poods more than those of last year. Acting premier Kameneff told the correspondent today. From practically all sections of Russia except the north, reports are pouring in: to Moscow showing that the grain is flourishing in ideal weather beyond the fondest hopes of early spring. If the yield is a n large as erpected it probably will bo Russia's greatest crop since the war.; .. . "JACK" HICKKTT, OLD BALL ... ... ... STAR, DEAD AT CHICAGO CHICAGO, July 5. John Thompson ("Jack") Hickett, a familiar figure in professional baseball in the days of Pop Anson, is dead here today. For 24 years he had been manager of A. G. Spalding's bat factory. Hickett played with Philadelphia, Baltimore, Brooklyn and other teams of the old National League and wound up his career as manager of the Green Bay team in the Wonsin-Illinois League. THE WEATHER North Carolina, generally fair tonight ; and Thursday except probably ihowr j pn h cogst, slightly wsj-trier. Ttirday, MAINTENANCE MEN STAY ON THE JOB UNDER PROTEST AGAINST CUT Credit for Averting General Strike Due Hooper, Grable ; and McMenimen. j CHECKING UP SHOPMEN Clerks and Station Men Have) Made Separate Bargains i With Their Roads. J CHICAGO, July 5. Tho maintenance of way uuion, whoso officers yesterday; decided to delay their threatened strike, received tho sympathy and congratula tions of tho striking railway shopmen ' from B. M. Jewell, tho shopmen's hea, today. Mr. Jewell declared that tho maintenance of way union's action was not a surprise.and added that "if they can find a way out of their differ ences they are to be congratulate," CHICAGO, July 5. (By Tho Asso ciated Press;) - Railroad shopmen who walked off their jobs last Saturday p!ay ed a lone hand in the rail strike today. Fears that other unions would join tho striking shopmen?" were virtually ;dis pelled. The first wide rift in railroad strike clouds passed yesterday when mainte nance of way employes, who include track workers, and other common labor, de finitely abandoned the idea of walking out at this time. i Credit for averting a rail strike which threatened to become general among all classes of railway labor except the 'big four" brotherhoods and telegraphers, was generally conceded to Ben Wf Hooper, chairman of the United" Stated . railroad labor "board, Wu L. McMenimen labor member of. the board, and E.CFv Grable;-president, of the maintenance men. . . ,- 1 ,; , ; . ' Maintenance men will stay on the jol under protest against the, $60,000,000 cut in their wages pending negotiations for. a', readjustment of wage scales upoiv an appeal by the employes. With their common labor problem but of the way, railroad pfticials throughout the country were Waiting today fqr the first definite disclosure of the shopmen s Strike,-:' Over Sunday and yesterday 's holiday' railoflicials said it was impos sible to determine how many employes of the six shop crafts actually had respond ed to Saturday's striko order. When tho whistles blew this' morning, tba railroads began an inventory of their shrlp workers. . Union ofiicials predicted thai other classes of railway labor would becomo innoiulated by tho shopmen's striko and that the effect of the walkout would be gin to show on transportation soon. Railway clerks and station employes, some of whom polled a strike vote re ecntly, have in many instances made separate agreements wjth their roads and any strikes by these elasses would, it is believed, be called cnly on individu al roads. The railroads also waited today for the effect of the message of Timothy Ilraly, president of tho stationary fire men, a ad oilers; who told the 8,000 mem bers of his organization that they had 'a perfect righgt" to strike if thry wished in view of the railroad situation, .Signal men still ware "on the fence" but their president, D. W. Kelt, hn usually followed the lead of the mainte nance unions, whoso withdrawal from the strike was believed in railroad circles te indicate that the signal men would re main at work. Reports of violence or disorders in connection with the strikko were few and scattered. 1 JAPAN ANNOUNCES CUT IN MILITARY PROGRAM (By The Aesoclatert Press.) TOKIO. July 5. (By the Asoriate.l Press.) In line with Premier Kato's initial pledge of military retrenchment and administrative economy, sharp cut in the army program were announced yesterday, a day after the approval of a naval schedule which lopped off 13, 393 tons from former plans.- Reorgan ization plans providing for a reduction of tho army by 5ti,oo0 enlisted men, a cut of more than twenty per cent, 4ere proposed by the war office and ap proved by the cabinet, . PRESIDENT HAVING - f QUIET DAY AT MARION (By The Associated Press.) MARION. O., July 5. (By ths A... dated Press.) l'rcsid.nt Harding's second dav in M.irion as a borne coming visitor gave promise today of b-ing tba least strenuous he has i'nt in-e lav ing Washington last Saturday. ', Ar rangemeuts had bfn made tor I'm t review a historical parade during ti.-i afternoon, bat aside frm I kit Ik , not scheduled i mai "v ! i ; i