Tikeirsday m Dollar Days in Gastak TONI A DAILY 0 Weather Unsettled Local Cotton 22 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 166 GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 13, 1922 SINGLE qOPY 5 CENTS J JFIVFIL IN TELEGRAM TO HARDING OPENS OP PHASE OF STRIKE TROUBLE GAS GENERAL TREND IN RAIL STRIKE ' SEEMS TO BE FOR SETTLEMENT DESPITE EXECUTIVES' REFUSAL One of Most Optimistic Notes Is Sounded By Ben W. Hooper. SCATTERED OUTBREAKS Thirteenth Day of Shopmen's Strike Holds Promise of Developments. CHICAGO, July 13. (By the Asso . elated Press) Although moves for peace iu the rail strike apparently were slowed up today, the general trend still seemed to be toward negotiations for a settle ment despite the flat refusal of railroatl executives to enter a peace parley with B. M. Jewell, head of the striking shop crafts. One of the most optimistic notes was sounded by Ben W, Hooper,' chairman of the .Railroad Labor Board, who fostered the rejected conference. Mr. Hooper an noueed ho hud formulated new plum for ending the walkout. The board chairman made' tho announ cement without yielding from tho posi tion ho has maintained since the striko began, asserting that any proposals from him would bo in harmony with the trans portation act. One remaining hope in the peace par ley move, Mr. Hooper declared, lay in the fact that the railroad chiefs who re jected the proposed conference- were not authorized to speak for railway execu tives generally. The thirteenth, day of tho shopmen's strike thus held considerable promise of important developments. Meanwhile the short lull in which acts of violence diminished soincwOiat w.is followed by renewed outbreaks hi wide ly scattered areas. California, Texua and Michigan, were among the scenes of fresh disorders, while Crewe, Va., : quieted down following the killing of & yard office clerk. Former trouble centers calmed percip tibly during the lust 124 hours. At Bloomington, Illsl state troops with ' drew from, the Chicago and Alton yards, and confined themselves to the shops while Sheriff Morrison with a force of deputies took over guarding thoyurds. , As a result' of tins move, Alton tratn men,"who refused to haudki' trains with in the military controlled yurds, yielded in their attitude and service on tho Al ton through Bloomington showed signs of improvement. f Bloomington still remained one of the tense spots of the country, however. To day was pay-day on the Alton and the road sent word to striking shopmen that tho chcksk today would bo their final pay, and that they would bo expected to A 1 .,11 - ' ....... I...,.., turn m an puisars unit unui wmii-mhj j property and would no longer be con . eidcred asempk)yes of the road. Tho troops remained vigilent as shopmen gatherer for their checks. Previous threats of the strike spreiid iiiE to the train service employes appar ently was averted by- the conference of i ...v. V, ., ,. .i i i i - . i .1 'B,g Four" Brotherhood duels here, and the New York Central apparent y , had prevented a strike of clerks, on "" lines. Additional Northwestern Pacific epplied for au in-1 jjunction in San Francisco. Saginaw, Mich., was the scene of dis turbances on the Fere Marquette and Governor Groesbcck was asked for troops Uryrevent further trouble. A worker was beaten at Atlanta, Ga, and the home of a rtdlway employe at Buffalo, N. Y., was attacked. Two trains carrying strike breaker were stormed at Baltimore and wives of strikers were ac tive on the picket lines in the yards of the New York Central at Cleveland. Striking shopmen at Slater, Mo., pro tested to President Harding against tho presence of United States marshals and their deputies who wero in control of the Chicago and Alton shops. Ten trains on the Baltimore & Ohio and the Chicago, Indianapolis anil West ern were among the steadily increasing number to be annulled. St. Paul reported one of the largest Tilnvpmnnta t sfrilcnr. li'iclf tn tlnir nlil ' . - - ( jobs in. the shops, while at Atlanta, Ga., j operation, in the shops of the Georgia, , the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis . and the Atlanta and Wbit Point were re ported by company ofiiciuls as sixty pe cent normal. Several roads, notably in the east, re ported impairment of rolling stock with I strikers from interfering with railroad I generany 10 m interests operations were granted to roads in Los'0. 'our CI,T Ycs' i 1i Xjnc- Angeles, Hannibal, Mo, Springfield, and I A1',- ' . . , ' . : v...?. ji i tii i L i .,.. ti. " I. uecrtainty m regard to questions locomotive and cars laid up iu need of j has been of the greatest benefit geuer repairs. ' ally to tho interests of our city." The clerks' strike on the Norfolk &i ' Western was effectively interfering with ; operations on that road. The Norfolk's ! Btation at Portsmouth, O., was closed as result of the clerks' walkout. IMPORTED WORKMEN , wife that he was tired of living, J. TOLD TO GET OUT ,ljUke Williamson, magistrate and farmer, TVFVT4rV Tpt T,,l Vi rR hiff ,thlS countJ'' went into a closet of h! DEN IfcO.N. Tex.. July 13. (By the be(lroln at the town WaW bete of Assocated Press) Two .imported work- tLe Williamsons and was found a few men were seized early today by a band of men and taken to the Red river five tniles north of hers where they vrr PROHIBITION DECLARED TO BE. CIVIC ASSET Officials of Chambers of Com merce In Many Cities Make Report to Union Signal of Results of Prohibition. EVAN8TON, 111., July 13. Prohi bition was declared to be a civic asset by officials of Chambers of Commerce in Sbmo of the leading cities of the country in statements sent to The Union Signal, the official publication of the National Woman's Christian Temper cnee Union, and made public by that organ today. The Union Signal quoted the follow ing officials: James S. Cady, secretary of the Min neapolis Association: "Prohibition has proved an ecouomie asset in our com munity. It has promoted thrift and has been beneficial gencrall yto tho inter ests of our city, " Vance C. Criss. secretary of tho Springfield, Mo., Association: "Prohibi tion has been helpful to the community for tho reason that the oncoming gen eration has not had tho access to liquor that was had by young men and boys of four or five years ago. In other words there would scorn to be less op portunity by far for the members- of tho next generation to become addicted to the liquor habit." Nelson Marshman, associate-secretary, Springfield, Mass., Association: "I be lieve that prohibition has proved to be an economis asset to this community and that it has promoted thrift among our people.. A statement from the va rious savings banks shows that morq people have savings accounts and that tho balances are larger. ' ' The charitable organizations of the city tell mo .that taking into considera tion tho recent business depression, there are fewer receiving aid than dur ing tho time before prohibition. Tho former saloons in most cases aro being used for other lines of business. "I" rohihition has been, I believe, very 'beneficial-to -tho general interests of our city." William A. Searlc, secretary -manager, Camden, ii. J., Chamber of Commerce, took a pool of representative citizens. (Two bankers, a clergyman, an insur ance man, Salvation Army leader, a. A. M. C. A. secretary, chief of police, a large manufacturer, the director of tho Bureau of Charities and his own.) The question and answers follows: Has prohibition proven an economic asset to your community f Yes, 7; No, 2; Uncertain, 2. lias it promoted thrift among your people, as indicated by an increase in savings banks deposits and depositorsf Yes, 6; No, 1; Uncertain, A. Are fewer peoplo receiving aid from charity organizations as a result of prohibition! Are there fewer delin quents and dependents in your institu tions! les, 6; No, 2; LAertam, 3. -"ro 11,0 ouiMiings lormeny occupied , ,. con(,ern8 now U8ed for otLer ,iK,8 of bmiam1 ycs 10 N 0 Uncertain, 1. Are tho buildings formerly occupied In your judgment prohibition and 3 was due to the fact that un employment and other factors enter into the question in a way too confusing to jiermit xf a satisfactory answer," Mr. Searle said. O. O. McLeish, acting secretary, T ' ' A!,"Lllou: B1W l. lL very enthusiastically and energetically favoring both local and national prohi bition . ... ttocmoru was Eiven camn uram ; !.. . .1 1 "i - l mcitunu ii nau a recoru ior many years previous of beine a temoerate town Of course, immediately following local prohibition we had several buildings vacated, but only temiioraily, as they were filled very soon afterwards by tho normal expension of business." E. W, Porter, secretary Concord, N. H., Association: "Prohibition has prov en an economic asset to our community. It has pnnoted thrift among our people, and the savings banks deDositors are i . vt'nniitruiy increasing "Fewer people are' receiving aid from ohanty organizations ' and there are fewer delinquents and de,.n,1nt in r institutions. "Buildings formerly occupied by li quor concerns are all used for other lines of business. It is my judgment that prohibition rAPnTT1tf . . bUUTH CAROLINA FARMER WAS TIRED OF LIVING AIKEN, S. C, July 13. Aftor tnllina moments later with-a gaping wound in his side made by a discharge from a double barrelled shotgun. He may re. cover. has CONGRESSMAN UPSHAW 0 SPEAK HERE MONDAY Comes to Gastonia Under the - Auspices of Convention Bible Class Is Noted Lecturer, Editor and Humorist. - Congressman Will Dt Upshaw, rep resentative from the 5th Congressional District of Georgia, will deliver ono of his powerful addresses next Monday evening July 17th at the Central High School auditorium. ' Mr. Upshaw, who is considered by mnuy the most noted and interesting speaker on the platform, comes to Gastonia under the auspices of tho Convention Bible Class of the First Baptist Church. Mr. Upshaw is a noted Chautauqua lecturer, humorist and edi tor. He is considered everywhere as tho most beloved man in Georgia, and the most electrifying speaker in the South. Dr. Woodard, of the Southern Metho dist University in Texas, seys: "Will D Upshaw is the most remarkable illus. tratiou of brilliant pluck and purpose I ever saw. Rising from seven years of bed ridden pain he fought his way through college. Ho hus since clequcntly championed every just cause, he has de voted his life to the education of worth while boys and girls, fought the liquor traffic with winning heroism and lived more in his brief eventful life than some men would live in a thousand years." Tho Jackson Mississippi Daily News comments thus: "The State Capitol was packed last night, floor and galleries, with one of the most brilliant audiences of law makers and patriotic citizens ever assembled, iu Mississippi to hear the death-knoll of the liquor traffic. There were strong speeches made by a Gover nor, a Co''Bo President and powerful lawyer wiio is a candidate for the United States Senate, but tho speech of the occasion, everybody agrees, was delivered hy Mil D. Upshaw, tho Georgia 'Ora tor on Crutches,' who was introduced 2t the Alexander Stephens of the prohibi tion movement. It was a wonderful com bination of wit,, logic and: heart-moving eloquence. , The effect on tho grent'audi nce was magical." ' j Congressman Upshaw will be 'intro duced Monday evening by Honorable A. L. Bulwinkkle. Every man and woman and boy and girl should avail themselves of this ojiportunity to hear Mr.- Upshaw Monday evening on " The 'Americanism that will savo America." FANTASY IN PANTOMIME TO BE PRESENTED JULY 27 One of Features of Dramatic Festival to Be Given ' By Community Service at Play ground Theater. One of the most unique features of the children's dramatic festival which is to be held under the auspices of Gastonia Community Service at the Playground theatre on the evening of July 27th is the presentation for the first time in Gas tnni'i nf Tl.n Klimilior.l in Tim Din. I tancc" a fantasy in pantomime by Mr. Holland Hudson which will bo personally nnn-wn.i .., (, i:..rn ii,in !, department of educational dramatic of Community Service, Inc. The cast of characters in this delight ful playlet iucludo the beautiful Princess, who was as fair and slender as the lily, her guardian, the fat and stupid Wazir mitt hia nnii'i tlv Mf imiil flifHR-nla vine nm. 1- - I a. " ,,;,, i, ,.,., .. si,,.i,l,..r,i -hn l ..,.- - .i.T. 7 : .in k ,i.i...i I ...... n Iku ... .w.b nml fi I il timilila cm. u-hn Kw r.,p.o, .... ......... """i y . V 1,11 , " " l-:u" nub in. slave who guarded the Wasiers I garden the faithful attendant and duen- , ..a io ine princess ..u , ui tu mve v i pj ht chilllren The big n, believed j City Wedricsdav at Lor.iv Park, scor slave girls who, olicyed her every wish, to ltf a ,.du,iM picked up during the 7-0, has Ix-en signed. Moulton, who has and that wretched and worthless beggai '.artinie fg t ,)racti(.e of tha mUl Im.(. layin gh!,rt.st,n) in the in state who had even lost his name and was ealHi.i ti. Pinn pi-.in rn .,' ii...,.,,, ... l i ., .;,..i iiu,,..ii eu uM,--,Urr. r,..uc tJ"";'1 solutely as niiwrable as that. Best of all is a character called "The Maker of Sounds" without whom no one does any thing at all, which is to say but then if we. tell you what we mean, you would not enjoy the play nearly yas much as if you saw it for yourself and laughed long and loud with us. There are many other features of in terest in this fascinating production such as the fact that not a sound is made from beginning to end that is on ths stage, that there is no color of any kind to be seen only black and white. If you want to he in this performance and think you can really act go up and tell Mr. J. P. Mahaffey, the Director or Community Serviee, whose offices are in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, and he will see what he can do to get you in it THE WEATHER Local thundershowers tonight or Fri day, except fair in southeast tonight; slightly cooler Fri!ay in t and j central, EIGHT CHILDREN ARE BLOWN TO BITS WHEN . 75 MM. SHELL EXPLODES "Dud" Picked Up From Range Goes Off Either From Heat or Blow. HOUSE IS DEMOLISHED Had Been Used By 104th Field Artillery In Tar get Practice. WATERTOWN, N. Yi; July 13. Kight children, ranging in age from 11 to 18 years, were blown to atoms late today by the explosion of a 75 niiliiiieter shell on the back porch of a house is Dimmiek 'street, occupied by Edward iJ. Workman and William L. Salisbury. The dead: Morris Salisbury, 16: Fran cis Wiley, 13; Vivian Jones, 12; Olin Brown, 11; Anson Workman, 13; Edna. Workman, 14; Sarah Barden, 13; and Donald Hortoii, 12, of Pulaski, N. V., who was visiting the. Brown boy. The shell, which was owned by Mr. Workman, was ono which he had kept as a souvenir a'"l uscil on the rear porch to hold the door from closing. It was "believed to be "dead." The children were playing croqiirt In tho back yard. The shell is believed to have either been st off by the hot sun or to hae been struck by one of the victim with a croquet mallet. Windows witlnn a radius of two blocks were' shattered by the explosion. Practically all of the clothing was blown off tho bodies of the children. Fragments of it lodged iu trees and on house tops in the vicinity. Physician Finds His Own Ono of the first physicians on the scene was Dr. J. W. Jones. Lifting a cover which had been placed over ono of the forms, he recognized the body of his 12-year-old daughter, Vivian, by means of an adhesive dressing lie had placed on a cut on her leg babrely a half hour before. He did not know his daughter was in the group and was almost overcome with grief. The bodies of the children were found apparently at places near where they hat been standing in their croquet game. Near them lay tho fragments of the cro quet .mallets. Several balls used in the game .were blown to bits and the wickets were torn from the ground. The shell apparently let go without warning. Two carpenters at work on a house next daar to the Workman homo said that a second before the detoun Hon they heard the voices of the children laughing at play. The two men were the first to reach the scene. They were greeted by a scene of ntter desolation. The Workknian house is or concrete and the concussion had reduced the entire rear of the house to powder. On the ground lay the eight bodies and ovir all a grey pall of concrete dust was beginning to settle. Clothing on House Tops Fragments of clothing were suspended from trees and house tops. Two automobile tires which had. been on the bock porch were blown to the roof of a building two hundred feet away.. Blocks of concrete were blow.i against neighboring houses ond into tho streets and surrounding yards. The shell was what is commonly known as a "dud.". The projectile had been fired from one of the six-inch howitzers during target practice of the 104th field artillerv at Pine Plains reservation last Slimmer It had not exploited by fuso i or contact and lay in the sand fully i charged when Mr. Workman found it land brought it home as a souvenir. He kept it in his home during the win ter and this summer used it as a weight to adjust the 'Screen door oh his rear porch. COMBING THE CITY FOR UNEXPL0DED "DUDS" wiTi.'Tfr-rrm'V- '"A v l.il,. i:t ! . . . v . . 1 Police are searching the city for artil ' oiice are searcning tne city tor arm lery shells retained as souvenirs of tho wo,,j war aftcr tho I)loiiion of a thrt. in(h ghH1 rcsuhin iu tho deatu ot near here, was Used as a screen door . ,k n lh r)0rch of thp Edward G. Workman house. In the intense heat, the T. N. T. charge expanded, according to Maddison Barracks oflieials, mak ing the shell liable to explosion at re duced concussion. It is beleived thai one of the children, playing croquet, struck the shell with a mallet or ball. COTTON MARKET CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET ! NEW YORK, July 13. Cotton fu- tures closed steady; spots steady, i5 i (points up. - ! Julv 22.61: October 22.72: LKvem- her 22.57; January 22.55; March ) j 22.18; May 21.93; Spots 22.83. TODAT'S COTTON MARKET Receipts 10 "Bales Price 22 Cents uets ins ivien ' Yd fa.:.'- Posing as a holdup man, Special! Agent O. T. McCarthy of the American Hallway Express tracked alleged postal robbers throughout the country and Anally seised In. New York three said to be Involved; in a nation-wide looting of malls. WIS CLUB HAD INTERESTING MEETING "Buck" Merrimon, District Governor, Compliments Lo cal Club Delegates to In ternational Meeting Back. At the regular meeting of the Gas tonia Kiwanis Club held ut the Country Club Tuesday evening there was a large attendenco of members und guests uud Upmost interesting program was carried out. Mr. Sam Boyee, cashier of tho First National Bunk, was in charge of the program. The principal feature of the evening was an informal talk by "Buck," Merri mon, of Greensboro, District Governor of Kiwanis for the Carolina district. Mr. Merrimon spoke principally of the plen did meeting of Kiwanis International recuutly held iu Toronto. llo expressed great pleasure at having another oppor Utility to visit the Gastonia club, which he characterised as ono of the strongest and most progressive clubs in the two Carolinas. Another feature of the evening was a rtmnrf Of-' Wilftv H:iiikill nil liiit visit to i UartHvillo, S. C., to gather information in regard to methods of lighting tho boll weevil menace. As chairman of the Ki wanis Commit tee which acted jointly with Kotnry, Civitau and Chamber' of Commerce committees in this matter, Mr. Bankiu reported that the combined committees had made good progress', hat ing purchased a large qqtiautity of cal cium arsenate and cheap molasses to be used in poisining the pest. A quartet composed of Mr. and Mrs. D. II. Willi ams, Perk Thompson and Ken Glass gavs an enjoyable ocal selection. Messrs WSiliams, Glass and Thompson also gave interesting incidents in connection with their visit to Toronto, where they wero representatives of the local club at the international cor vent ion. BASEBALL TEAM BEING , ORGANIZED IN GASTONIA Many Prominent Amateur and Semi-Prof essional Players Are Being Signed Look Out, Shelby and Kings Mtn. A fast baseball team is being organis ed to represent Gastonia for the next t ,..u :.... , , .,., , , t nnm.oters. Williams, the , , . ,. p. ... . ' I M hand wonder from the B.-State Lea-, Kus in -Danville, who shut out Bessemci j from Forest CHty, who has made finite a reputation in umeteur ball, is here to do the receiving. Curry, tho out-fielder from Bock Hill, who is Kiid to be a fiend with the stick, has been signed. Smith, who h:is been playing second base ; for the Lorny team, one of the most de i pendable men at the bat in ameteur ball, lis anxious for a try-out. Liiulscvv who has been with the fast Kings Mountain team and who is responsible for getting that aggregation to get her, has signed l for the infield. Negotiations have been made for another pitcher who has been with a team iu the South Atlantic Lea gue. With "Ked" Johnson and the de pendable Tom Robinson to complete th out field look out Kings Mountaiu. and Shelby. us is not a nun. Team out a team to represent Castonia. The material is all on hand' and the ixray rark will i; used. It will depend entirely on the in terest tyken by the Gastonia baseball fans us to whether this team will funs tion. . The public is iuvitej out to Loray Park every afternoon at 5 P.M. t see the boys in 8.'i"Q, Says Men Walked Out Because Wages Were Fixed By Labor Board In Violation Of Pact MASONIC LODGE BUYS PROPERTY FOR TEMPLE Masons Pay $12,000 For Lot On South Street From Shu ford Estate Adjoining W. W. Glenn's Property. The local Masonic Lodge No. 3(59, A. F. & A. M., has recently purchased from the M. II. Shuford estate a most de sirable building lot on South street be tween Franklin avnue and Second aven ue. This lot adjoins tho resdience prop erty of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Glen and has a frontage of 60 feet on South street, running buck to a depth of 223 feet. The consideration was $12,0(10, oi $200 per front foot. It is understood that the lodge acquired this property as a location for a Masonio temple which it is proposed to build at some future time. It has been decided to dispose of the lot on South Marietta street, adjoining the Piedmont Telephone Conmpuny's build ing, which was purchased several years ago for a similar purpose. Tho new lot on South street has a frontage of six ty feet, whreas the Marietta' Street lot was only forty feet in width. URGED TO ATTEND THE JERSEY MEETING FRIDAY Messrs. Arey, Dunk and Ruff ner to Speak In Interest of Better Jersey Cattle at the Chamber of Commerce. Everyone interested in milk produc lion is urged by the Farm Itelationa Committee of the Jastoqia (Hiamber of Commerce to attend the meeting Friday night at 8 o'clock in the Chamber-of Commerce auditorium and hear the illus trated address on the Jersey cow by Leonard Dunk, extension man for the American Jersey Cattle Club. Professor Buffer of the North Curolimi A. & M, College ond J. A. Arey of the Dairy Extension Department, will be present and speak nlso. Forty slides will illustrate tho lecture each showing a cow giving more than her body weight of butter fat in the year and Hot less than 20,000 pounds of milk. Two reels of movies wilt also be shown, Mr. Katridgo'of the Gaslonian having courteously arranged to install a mach ine especially for the purpose. GEORGIA FARMERS STAND TO LOSE $3,500,000 Has to Do With Nitrate of Soda Contracts In War Times Many Suits Filed By Farmers. ATLANTA. Ga., July PS. Georgia farmers will losw approximately l.'i.oiiO, OOi) on fertilizer contracts if a ruling tiv the priori nf nniututu i. iit.lu.lil l.v Hi State Supreme Court. In deciding the case of A. A. Smith.'! an Atlanta fertilizer dealer, against B. i L. Battle, Taliferro county farmer, ths court of appeals held that fertilizer con tracted for during government control of nitrate of soda importations, yet was not delivered until Federal control were relenquished, must be paid for at the full contract price. Counsel for Battle announced todjy that the case would he taken to the Su- mo imlmljiat(1 Th (.()(roversv originated in 1920 Tho controversy originated in 1920 when Southern . fanners - placed orders with fertilizer concerns for nitrate of soda to be delivered in January, Febru ary and March of 1921 at a minimum price of !fS4 n ton. When time for de livery came the government had relin qnislied control of importations and the market price had dropped to f-0 a ton. Farmers refused to pay the difference and many suits were filed to force pay ment. The contracts were attacked as being illegal hei-aiisc, is was alleged, they were biuding as to purdiasers and not as to sellers, because of a "no deli very, no sale": clause which, it iwas said, was inserted as a precaution against lucxpected navigation difficulties." FOURTEEN KILLED CAIRO, July 13. (By the Associated Press) Fourteen persons were killed and twenty others seriously' injured through the fall of the roof of the Abu Elela mosque during tiie celebration of the feast of the patron saint today. ireat damage was done the antiqui ties in the sacred structure. AIKEN, S. C. July 13. Mrs. Alger non E. Beard, postmistress at Warren ville, was arrested yesterday afteruooa on a charge of embezzling 1.161 of funds frnpi theWarre!?vii9 woft3c5. Replies to Proclamation of. President Harding On the Strike Situation. SIGNED BY CRAFT HEADS Reiterate Desire to Co-operate In All Efforts to Bring Peace to Roads. CHICAGO, July 13. B. M. Jewell, head of the railway employes' depart meat oi tne American Federation of Labor, today sent a telegram to Presi dent Harding replying to th presi dent's proclamation on the strike situa tion and opening a new phase of the grievances of striking railway shopmen. The telegram which also was. signed by tho six- international presidents of tho railway shop crafts declared that the strikers had walked out because wages fixed by tho Labor Board were in violation of the provisions of the transportation act and because of tha violation of the Labor Board's decision by tho railroads. The strikers insisted that no inter ruption of commerce or interference with the mails had been caused by an unlawful act by the shopmen. The tel egram laid such interference directly to the attempt of tho railroads to operate with incompetent workmen, i President Jewell and his associates reiterated their desire to co-operate in any effort to bring peace but declared that up to tho present tho rail executives had re fused to meet tho representatives of the employes. Tho text follows: ; "It appears from your proclamation of Jul' 11 that incomplete information has been furnished you concerning. 'the present dispute between the railroad operators, and employes. Ninqty-two railroads havo - violated transportation acts or decisions of the Railroad Labor Board in 104 cHses. These involved hot only contracting out work in .shops but nlso wage decreases, interpretations fiof rules and right of employes , tot elect their own representatives . , When f 'the Pennsylvania Ilailroad refused to com ply with the 'hoard's rulings, Federal Judge Pago held that the board's posi tion ou wages and rules was only ad visory. Tho railroads have refused ever since passage of the transportation net to establish national boards of ad justment described by the labor board as the central part of tho machinery to decide disputes between tho carriers and their employes. "The railroads have made all nego-. tiations merely formal, thus throwing on the board an impossible burden of arbitration. The board has abolished overtime pay for Sundays and holidays, enjoyed for thirty years even on unor ganized roads. The board has estab lished a rato of ray of $S0O a year though the department of labor fixed the bare cost of living at over $1,400 and a minimum comfort budget at over $2,.t0(l. When the basic wago is unjust it fol lows that all wages graded upwards for skill and responsibility are .likewise unjust. Organized employes support your declaration of May 23, 1921, that the lowest wage must be enough for comfort and to insure tliat the struggle for existence shall not crowd out things purel yworh living for and should pro vide for amusement, recreation and Employes have never violated anv decision of the board: but the rail- roads havo violated decisions and ern- 'lovcs have refused to work under wages fixed bv the Labor Board which violated provisions of tho transporta tion act. 'The Board has attempted to un load financial burdens of railroad management upon employes through inadequate wages and this 'xW under mine the health and prosperity of the next generation. After exhausting all other .methods the employes sought again to obtain a conference and agreement 'with the railroad execu tives. Only as a last resort did they strike. Wo. respectfully insist that no interruption of commerce or interfer ence of mails was caused by direct or unlawful acts of the organized em ployes. Such interruptions and inter ference results inevitably from at tempts of railroads to operate with insufficient, incompetent and unskill ed workmen. "Such interruptions and interfer ence will continue and increase until agreement is obtained upon just and reasonable wages between tho rcpresen- tatives. who up to date have refused even to meet with employes" repre sentatives. We stand ready to co operate wholeheartedly with any effort to bring about such an agreement. ' SON OF POLICE CHIEF KILLED BOOTLEGGING WALTERBORO. S. C, July 13. John Bntton, son of Chief of Police Britton, of this p'acf, wa shot IM al most instantly kil'ed near her eater day afternoon by Sheriff A'kfriiun. who claims that Britton wru o. ratug a still in the EdUto Rinr . p i t fired . upon him and his w; t