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GASTONIA,' N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 28, 1922
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
PRESENTS BEAUTIFUL
DRAMATIC FESTIVAL
"The Shepherd In the Dis-
t
tance" Well Rendered By
Local Young People.
MUSIC WAS A FEATURE
Occasion Brings Out Wonder
t f ul Display of Musical
and Dramatic Talent.
Among all the various ' forms of en
tertainment which have been rndered by
Gastonia Community Service since its
organization here, th most enjoyable and
, elaborate was tho Junior Dramatic Fes
tival which was staged Thursday even
ing at Comuuity tjervico Playground ou
West Second avenue by the junior drama
department of Gastonia Community Ser
vice under tho direction of Mr. George
Junkin, of the department of Education
al Dramatico of Comunity Service, in
corporated. The natural amphitheater facing tho
children's open air plny-houso had been
filled with chairs and raised aunts, and
the entire space was crowded with au
eager and interested audionco constitut
ing practically tho entire city. Space
Lad ben reserved on the grounds for the
, automobile furnished by the Civitan
Club for bringing th patieuts of the
North Carolina Orthepedic Hospital, who
enjoyed the entertainment to the full
and were probably the most delighted of
all the spectators of the pageant.
The program, as arranged by Mr.
Juukins, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Ma ha fly and tho members o ftho junior
dramatic committee, was selected with a
view to giving place in the performance
to as large a number as possible of the
children and young people of the city.
Prom the opening number given by tho
Honoy Boy Minstrels, which was a med
ley of mirth and melody, to the last
beautiful tableau of the Fantasy in Pau
tomine, 4 ' The Shepherd in The Dis
tance,"' tho largo audience was held to
eager attention by the spendid efforts
' of the young people. It is safe to say
,ihat tho performance revealed a large
amount of remarkable talent which prob
ably would never otherwise have been re
pealed. Lack of space forbids mention of all
tke numbers on the program, for each
arid every seperate feature Of the even
ingwas in truth a "headliner." The
Honey Boy Minstrels, including Russell
Tally,: T. W. Wilson, Dick Ma.on, Koger
Grier,'; Henry Hand Kankiu, David Lc
vinc, Henry F. Michael, Way liautt,
Thomas Jilndley, Sherrod King, Frank
Barlowe atul Glenn Kindley, rue the
program a start with a zip and a zest
that would have dono credit, to' a pro
fessional minstrel troupe. The rendi
tion of several solos by individual mem
bers of the troupo was especially godd.
Mother Coose 'a Chicks, a band of little
folks representing tho various charact
ers familiar in tho nursery rhymes and
tongs, -presented a scene of bewildering
brilliance and each character did his or
her part with all the naturalness and
childish glep that the part required.
The Heavy Harmony Hoys, a quartet
of youths who bid fair to become famous
for their melodious warbling, proved to
be Dan McConnell, Luko Wilson, Her
bert Watson and Fred Shirley. They
are destined to give tho famous Kiwanis
quartet of the city a close race for fame
A thriller indeed was litle Miss Shir
ley Briseoll, who was catalogued as
"That Terpsichorcan Thriller." Mad
am Howcanshe and Professor lrga im
personated by Miss Mary McMillian and
.Russell Talley, as- physic medium and
famoi'4 hypnotist, mystifiojd tho audi
ence in true professional utyle with their
wonderful power to reveal tho unknown
and tho unseen.
A delight to the eye and the aesthetic
sense of beauty was the work of Miss
Helen Torrcnce, the priemer Too Dan
euesc de luxe. There was the poetry
of motion, the very essence of grace and
beauty in her interpretive dancing.
The musical numbers with- which tho
program abounded were a revelation to
a large part of the audience of the real
talent possessed by many of the city's
youn people. . A string quartet compos
ed of Miss Margaret McConnell, Miss
Christine Norris, Miss Ollie May Rhyne
and Miss Rita Izard, a mandolin trio
consisting of Miss Pnnsey McConnell,
Miss Louise Austin and Mrs. F. C. Mi-1
chael, tnd tho McConnell trio, Miss Mar
garet, Miss Pansey and. Mr. Dan Mc
Conell, all added greatly to the enjoy
ableness of the occasion.
Reserved to the last and coming as the
crowning climax of dramatic beauty and
grace was the fantasy which gave its
name and title to the evening's perfor
mance. "The Shepherd in the Distan
ce
tly Holland Hudson, portrays en-
tirely by movement and expression a
story of remarkabe beauty and charm.
The characters were Thelnia Harbin, as
the Princess, Edith Smith as attendant,
Sarah Mason as first slave, Katie- Miy
Spencer as second slave, Billy Morris as
the Wazir, Ceorge Smith as Oie Viier,
tliarlie Loftin as the Nubian, .Beverly
More as the goatGrover Hope as Ghur
ri "Warren B'alle as the Shepherd and
J.' P. MaHaffey as Maker of Sounds.
Tn tl first sfne the r'nncess tielioids
th Shephard in the distance ami goes r 1 1 u-H-grama
in ane-t of him. Ghurri Wurri. enraged i "sking the organization of state emer
. .l- niPairrp slum swpjim I geucy, control committees.
vengeance, and reveals h"r destination
to the Wazir, who goes in hot pursuit.
Th princess meets the Shepherd in the
flisun'.e and l t eaptare i averted bv
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PREACHER IRWIN FOUND
GUILTY OF UNBECOMING
Man Who Married Couple
From Presbyterian Church
Was Strong Friend Of Late Jake L. Haraon.
LAWTON, Okla., July 28. (By the
Ajoeiated Press) Unanimous deci
sion that Reverend Thomas J. Irwin was
guilty of charge 1 ' unbecoming to a
miinster" was reached in Ins trial uiore
tho judicial commisson of tho LI Reno
presbytery early today. 1 he minster
who was formerly a pastor of the first
presbytery, United States of America.
He vera nd Irwin wag judgd guilty or
the following emirges:
That he disciplined members ol the
Lawton congregation without du pro
gress, as provided by church regula
tions.
That he swore to a fuse affidavit to
obtain an injunction in district court
restraining iterference with lis conduct
of the Lawton church.
That lie brought dispute upon, the
Presbyterian church as a whoe by wad
ing into a public pol garbed in a bath
ing suit and marrying a couplo, aslo
wearing bathing suits.
Mr. ..Irwin filed his intention to per
ct an appeal to tho synod of Okla
homa. -
The trial of tho minister was conduct
ed in secret. None of the evidence was
made public. Mr. Irwin, refused the
right of counsel by the commission, de
fended himself. A number of witnesses
were called, many of them former mem
bers of the Lawton church. i
Strike Situation
At A Standstill
Executives Of 148 Major Railroads Will Meet In New York
On That Date To Consider Plan Submitted By T. Dewitt
Cuyler, After Conference With Harding. .
WASHINGTON, July 27. With ten-
jtative proposals, for settlement of the
railroad shopmen's striko drawn up
after conferences between President
Harding and labor leaders, the situation
was exacted today to remain more or
less at a status quo pending the meet
ing of railroad executives to be called
in New York next Tuesday. Announce
ment that executives of 14S major rail
roads of the country would be brought
together on that date to consider a plan
for settling the strike was made by T.
DoWitt Cuyler, chairman of ' the asso
ciation of railway executives, after a
conference with President Harding last
night, his second vis t to tho white
house during the day, ihe rest of wlrh
the president devoted nlmojt exclusively
to etmferences with officials of the shop
men s union headed by B. M. Jewell.
Although union officials continued to
withhold cflinintnt today on their white
house conferences ami details of the
tentative proposals for a settlement of
the strike had not been revealed, indi
cation that hopeful progress had been
made was seen today in tho fact that
they were remaining here instead of
returning to Chicago last night as orig
inally planned. It was believed they
intended to stay in Washington pending
the outcome of the railroad executives'
meeting Tuesday.
While Mr. Cuyler, in announcing that
the rail heads would be called together,
was emphatic in the statement that "no
definite basis" for a strike settlement
was ready to be placed before the strik
ers, it was generally understood today
that at least a tentative plan had re
sulted from the conferences between the
prsident and the railway officials, and
that it had reference to tho seuiority
issue alone as the only remaining ob
stacle to a conclusion of the strike. It
is understood also that tho president
urged in his conference with Mr. Cuy
ler that the railroads agree to the union
demands of seniority rights to strikers.
Meanwhile, the opposition of Mr.
Jewell to a peaceable settlement of the
striko on the Baltimore ami Ohio, and
the outcome of an attempt at a general
settlement, apeared to have ended all
prosec for prior action bv tho striking
shopmen of that road on the jictidiiig
company proposals. The propositi in
the meantime is being studied by union
officials.
Developments here in the coal strike
situation in the last twenty-four hours
included the statement of officials of
the National Coal a-sociation, that they
had been authorized by Fred M. Ogle,
president of that organization, to deny
any report that a meeting of ojierators
of the "central competitive field" was
in prospect to consider a settlement.
In tiie matter of coal supply and distri
bution, railroad reports showed a sub-1
staiitial increase in coal loading at the
mines last Monday as compared with
days of the preceding week, while sev
eral promises of co-operation were re
ceived by Secretary Hoover from state
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight an4 Saturday.
CONDUCT IN MINISTER
In Bathing Suits Is Suspended
Also Faces Charge Of Arson
Tho verdict was reached ufter an all
day session yesterday which extended
past midnight.
Charge number four, that tho pastor
had not made the proper financial re
turn to the Presbyterian board, previ
ously was dismissed by the commission.
1 lie suspended minister faces arson
charges alter an investigation of an
alleged incendiary fire in the Lawton
church last April, while Mr. Irwin still
was pastor. It is alleged that the motive
was to gain sympathy in the fight he was
waging against one section of his con
gregation. On the other hand, Mr. Ir
win attributed the fire to cpemies seek
ing to destroy his church.
Twice lie has reported to have been
the victim of alleged abductions.
Much of thoill-feeling in the Lawton
congregation is said to have been en
gendered by Mr. Irwin's strong friend
ship with tho late Jake L. Hanion, ot
Ardmore, for whose alleged murder
Clara Hanion Smith was acquitted. Ha
mon contributed generousy to Mr. Ir
win's church and built an annex in
which, he installed motion picture ap
paratus, which was used b Mr. Irwin.
Certain members of the church pro
tested the uso of motion pictures in con
nection with religious worship. Mr. Ir
win alienated other members by the f une
ral sermon ho preached over Hamon.
Will Remain
Until Tuesday
OFFICIAL WAR PICTURE
TO BE SHOWN HERE
American Legion Post . To
Stage "The Great Adven
ture" at Central School Au
ditorium This Evening.
'The Groat Adventure," one of the
two officially recognized war pictures
now being shown in the United States
will be shown at the graded school audi
torium tonight and Saturdey night under
the auspices of Gastonia Post, No. 23,
American Legion. It is an illustrated
lecture accompanied by six reels of ex
clusive batle scenes from official sources.
Descriptive matter of three of the six
reels follow.
REEL 2
Animated Map of the Meusc-Ar-
gonne Battle. (Notea Showing com
plete movements on both sides of all
divisions, in line and in reserve.
-Machine gunners hurrying through
Avocourt on the road to Montfaucon.
The Opening of the Battle:
The opening barrage, with infantry
advancing and enemy prisoners stream
ing to tho rear.
The 3rd Infantry advancing at Haza
court. Tho 18th Infantry advancing.
The engineers repairing bridges over
the Ma use while long columns move
across.
Infantrymen, in the midst of digging
new trenches, are forced to flee owing
to heavy shelling.
REEL 3
The Argonne Forrest:
Rushing machine gun nests (77th Div.
at Aubri du Crochet).
The "Lost Battalion".
iSurvivore of the Battalion lined up
in the Argonne after the battle.
Lt.-Col. Whittlesey talking with Major
Mckinley whoso battalion affected the
rescue.
Graves of the men of the "Lost Bat
talion." The tractors and guns moving forward
through the heavy mud at Sanzey.
The long range guns in action. (1)
The terrific explosion which follow
swell the storm of destruction.
American artillery hurrying through
Buzancy in pursuit of the enemy while
the town is yet burning.
Hand grenading the Boche at close
quarters.
REEL S
Aeroplane Activities. Capt Eddie
Bickenbackcr over tho lines. He attacks
German plane and it crashes to earth.
They re off. A spuradron of our
planes off for battle led by Lieutenant
Quentin Roosevelt. -
Grave of Quentin Roosevelt. Wreck
age around it.
Verdun and its ruins. The under
ground cidatel.
Marshal Foch's train on' the morning
of November 11. 1918.
Pulling out of the station at 8 A. M.
The train topping in the Forest of
Compeigne, where the Armistace is
- signed. v
Views of the Chateau in the Forest
where the German delegates rested.
Armistice Celebration in Paris.
Return of the French Refugees. Scenes
at tte station in Amcins.
His Mistake
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V lt',
xuv by
Gustave . Bouvet, French Com
munist -charged with attempted
assassination of President Miller
and July 14. Ke mistook M. Nau
din, prefect of police, for the presi
dent, but his shot went wild, any
way. .
PRESIDENT IS UNABLE
TO VISIT GREENSBORO
FOR LEGION MEETING
Press Of Duties Prevents Mr.
Harding From Coming ,
To Carolina. '
CHARLOTTE LEADS STATE
Queen City Postoffice Receipts
Last Year Reached Nearly
Half Million.
WASHINGTON, July 28. Senator
Overman - today received a letter from
President' Harding saying ho would be
unable to go to Grecnsbora in-, Septem
ber for the meeting of tho American
Legion. "The heavy pressure" of pub
lic affairs was the reason assigned by
the President for his inability to visit
the state at that time, the President
saing it was not possible to arrange ad
ditional engagements at the present mo
ment, and ho felt sure the senator would
understand. -,
A letter was received today from Ma
jor Stedinan at his office which gavo the
information that the fifth district mem
ber expected to return homo shortly af
ter the first. Major Stedman' stated that
ho had found his daughter, Mrs. Palmer
and his granddaughter much improved
in health. Major Stedman is visiting
bis daughter in Colorado, not far from
Denver, but in two or three leters ho
has commented upon the climate out
that way. He says it is not at all com
parable with the climate in piedmont
North Carolina. He likes the Guilford
brand much better.
Charlotte Postal Receipts Lead
Congressman Doughton wound up a
lot of department ' business today and
left tonight for home. Secretary S. B.
Miller will be her a day or so to con
tinu th eotlico work. Mr. Doughton, like
all the members, has encountered a mul
tiplicity of details in connection with
work in behalf of the war veterans, and
the eighth district member today record
ed the conviction that a great, mistake
was made when the veterans bureau
audits friends brought about the so
called decentralizing process, establish
ing agencies- in Atlanta and other places.
As a rule members of Congress have to
gi-e atention to these cases before action
can bo obtained and confusion and de
lays have resulted, now that correspon
dence is necessary with outside offices.
Lawyers have been engaded in many
cases, but they do not apear to have
made much headwoy. Ie generally than
spircd that the lawyers themselves, who
not infrequently worked without com
pensation, were obliged to take such
maters up with members of Congress.
Complete post office receipts from
hundreds of first-class offices for the
year ending December 31, 1921, were
announced by the post office deportment
today. Charlotte is disclosed as a leader
from the state, the state capitol comes
second, with Groensboro third. The fol
lowing is the state list: Charlotte,
116; Raleigh, $342,132; Greensboro,
1267,524; Winston-Salem, $23S.f))6;
Asheville. $202,834; Wilmington, 104,
468; Durham. $105,891; High Point,
$63,215; New Bern, $52,032; Fayette
villc $51,461; Salisbury. $45,920; Wilson
$45,826; Goldsboro, $44,617; Gastonia,
$42,978.
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING
BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK
MARKET
NEW. YORK, July 28. Cotton fu
tures closed very steady; spots up 20
points.
October- 21.4.7; '.-December . 21.40;
January 21. 2S; March 21.2"; May
21.10; spots 21.75.
Local cotton was bid for at 22U
cents this morning on the local market
Up to noon cone had be?n offered at
that price..1 . . 7 . ..
GOV. MORRISON TELLS .
PRESS ASSOCIATION BE
IS GOVERNOR OF STATE
North Carolina Executive Ad
dresses State Press Asso
ciation At Shelby.
TALKS BACK AT EDITORS
Foolish Idea In Mind Of Some
Writers That In Presi
dent Lies All Power.
SHELBY, July 28. Governor Morri
son, speaking to the members of the
North Carolina Press association ut
Cleveland Springs, this afternoon declar
ed that the salvation of America from
the lawlessness which now threatens to
envelop tho nation lies in tho strict en
forcement of all laws by state authori
ties rather than by tho national govern
ment.
National officers, stated tho governor,
are unable to successfully cope with th
situations now obtaining over the United
States. There is a foolish sentiment in
the minds of some people, even in ,thc
minds of some editorial writers on North
Carolina newspapers, he stated, that in
the President of the United States lies
all the power. The thing of taking pow
er fro mthe state and giving it to the
federal government with the result that
what amounts to a benevolent despo
tism is created, is wrong. Today there
is crime rampant in man states, law is
being laughed at and all Congress !s
doing about it is to seek the passage of
an anti-lynching bill on account of lynch
ing!! in the south when in tho past eight
months more men have been murdered in
a few coal mining states than havo been
lynched in the south in 10 years. And
these men murdered in the coal mining
states were murdered only because they
wanted to work.
Has No Apology to Make
The governor ' recent telegram to
President Harding replying to a mess
age received by Governor Morrisson from
the president was discussed at length.
Governor. Morrison declared he had no
apologies to make to anyone. North
Carolina has not yet become so debased
declared tho state's executive, that it i
necessary to take orders fro njanydno in
clduinir the President. "We havo no
such lawlessness in North Carolina DS
that which Mr. Harding was planning to
care of," said the governor. "There is
no necessity of North Carolina tnkina
any such measures as was asked." In
this state "wo are not afraid to use
force if need be to uphold the luw"
and this has lx-en provd, so the governor
thinks on his recent sending of troops to
localities near where outbreaks in con
nection with tho ailroad strikes v.cre
expected.
And the sending of these troops to
Concord in 1921 does not mean that
the state is taking sides. It is not.
But when it is thought advisable to
send troops to protect he life of n
man charged with a Iieinous crime is
it not also proper to send troops to
keep hone.-d men from killing each
other, he asked. And while some labor
men have ileclared mat me sending
of troops was a move against labor
Governor Morrison produced a telegram
received Wednesday from Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American Federa
tion of Labor, which he said proves that
laboring men realize that his policy 'is
fair and just. .
The telegram follows:
"I am deeply indebted
your courteous compliance
renuest for copies of your
te you for
with my
recent com-
mimical ion to President Harding and
vour proclamation ami address to the
people of Cabarrus county on August
19, 1921. Permit mc to assure you
of my great appreciation of your atti
tude hs regards the workers as set forth
in your proclamation and address of
August 19, 19212. The wrokers ask
no otlicr rights. -
"SAMUKL GOMPLT.S."
Intended No Disrespect
There was no -disrespect intended in
the reply sent to President Harding,
stated the governor, but it was im
possible for him to comply with the
president's ropiest. It is impossible
to enforce law through the national
government. If law prevail it must
be 'because the states enforce it.
States must discharge the duties of
the states, these duties must not le
assumed by he national government.
The old issue of state-rights- is still
very, much alive, even though one of
the issues, that of slavery, was forever
decided years ago. and there must lie
no further centralization of power.
Rather we need decentralization if the
liberties of the "people are to be en
joyed. The government has no" right, de
clared Mr. Morrison, to stick its head
into every little squabble that comes
lip. . The good folks, the religions
folks, should nettle these matters. But
when it conies to" enforcing the law at
any place then it is he place of the
government, the state government, to
see ttTat the law is respected by force
if necessary.
"You pople of North Carolina can
go ahead and eiect a "bolshevist gov
ernor when mv term expires 11 you
want to, and have committees appointed !
to go and tell folks to behave or we
will see about it. but so long as I m
governor of North Carolina I a
! to fete that the sovereignty of
.'i respected," he Mid.
in come
th law
Hope That Shopmen Will Soon
Go To Work And Submit Their
Grievances To U.S. Labor Board
COAL OPERATORS DENY
KNOWLEDGE 0.F MEET
MENTIONED DY LEWIS
Hoover Continues To Receive
Assurances From Governors
-Morrison Says Federal
Government Is Encroaching.
CHICAGO. July 28. Coal operators
today continued to deny knowledge of
any scheduled peace meeting such as
mentioned by John L. Lewis, head of Ut
united Mine Workers, and tho strike
seemed little nearer a settlement. .
Mr. Lewis stated that he had "every
reason to believe that an interstate joint
conference of tho central competitive
heids will be arranged within a few
days." '
Meanwhile Secretary Hoover was re
ceiving assurances from the governors of
various states that the federal govern
ment would receive every aid from them
in preventing retail profiteering in coal
durng the strike emergency.
Governor Morrison of North Carolina,
however declared that the federal govern
ment is engaged in a steady encroach
ment upon the rights of the state, in
an address before the convention of the
state press association.
It was expected that the president's
coal committee, which has been working
to perfect an organization to carry out
the coal control program would be ready
to function by th first of th week.
More than half of the state railroad
and public utilities commissions have as
sured Commissoner Aitchison of the In
terstate Commerce Commission, who rep
resents the bod on tho Presidnt's coal
commission, cf thir co-operation in carry
ing out the priority orders.
At Muskogee, Okla., contracts with
miners supplying coal to yiblic utilities
and institutions, cancelled by tho United
Mine Workers, were renewed.
Violence increased in connection with
tho coal strike in Kentucky, West Vir
giia and Pennsylvania, six points being
affected.
A clash letwecn state troops and
strike sympathizers was thought to bo
a possibility in Middleboro, Ky., min
ing district. Troops were sent on. their
way to the , Yellow Creek nines, where
strike sympathizers are reported to have
fired on miners going to work, and strike
leaders hero said if the troops arrived
at the mines trouble was almost certain..
Troops were sent to Clarksville, Pa.,
where mine operators had asked addition
al protection.
State guardsmen were sent to several
mines in the vicinityy of Kdcnsburg,
Pa., upon request of operators.
LEWIS HOPES FOR EARLY
SETTLEMENT COAL STRIKE
rjiiL.AUKL.rm A, July l- ranu
rarniigion, presi.ieni or tne Illinois
miiiers, nas neen summouea 10 1 niiaiiei-
phia for a conference with John L.
Lewi, international president of the
United Mine Workers, and will arrive
hero tomorrow. His presence will com
plete the representation here of the dis
trict presidents of the Central competi
tive sofe coal fields, tho others froiu
Indiana, Ohio and Western Pennsylva
sulfation with Mr. Lewis for two days,
nia having been in Philadelphia in con
President Lewis today reiterated that
he had every reason to believe that an
interstate joint conference will be
called wihin a few days. He went a
little further and said that powerful
influences are at work to end tho soft
coal strike.
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Ihe country wants the strike to end. i
the miners are ready to eo to work and
. . . ' j
there is every indication, he said, that a
wage conference is not far off.
A call for a waee conference of the
four states comprising the central com
petitive fields will not automatically end
tho strike, Mr. Lewis said. Tho men
would remain out until the conference
reached a dcision, which, Mr. Lewis
said, would not take long. The opera
tors know, Mr. Lewis added, that the
miners will not take a reduction, and if
the mine owners go into a conference
they will do so wit 11 that understanding .
SUB CHASER NOW TO
RUN DUV.V RU MRUNNERS
OlKJLN&BUHti, .V. Y; July 1'S.
The former submarine chaser Cfi-J33 ar
rived here tod4y to aid the warfare a
'gainst border liquor smugglers. Much
surplus war material o fine federal go
vernment is now assembled here. Olli
cia s asserts that within 4S hours the
campaign agaist rum-running, from
Canada, will be presecuted vigorously
with navaU craft, cosat guard cutters,
airship, armed cars and high power mo
tor trucks.
Two puwerful trucks, part of a fleet
of 45, to b sent to northern New York,
are already here. Ilach will carry gover
nment agents armed with rifle I and re
volvers and wil operate in this customs
district, being used chu-flyy to blockade
the highways when word is received that
a cargo of contraband has left the bor
der bound south.
Airplacs, submarine chasers and coast
guard cutters, are to patrol the fct. Law-
T- 1 " ,
.. r: 1 - 1 : ,l. i I
! ""-y "4t bu.u,
L8"1, dispatches trom Ottawa and
authorities would to-operate with United
prices ajeyj. .
PRESIDENT HARDING
ASKS FOR REHEARING OF
SHOPMEN OEFORE BOARD
Plan To Be Put Before 148
Executives In New York
Next Tuesday.
VIOLENCE IS DECREASING
Jewell Withholds Approval
Until All Plans Have
Been Discussed.
WASHINGTON, July 28.(By
The Associated Press) Three pro
posals for immediate ending of the
railroad strike have been submitted
to representatives of the railrad
execcutives and labor unions by u
President Harding, according to
information obtained from adminis
trtion dvisors who talked with the
executive.
The three proposals, all hing
ing on various plans for adjusting
the employe's seniority rights, will
be submitted, it was said, to the
executive's meeting in New York
' Tuesday and to an employes con
ference in Chicago to be arranged
by B. M. Jewell, the shopmen's
leader.
Outside railroad contracting, it
was said, would be abandoned by
the railroads under each of the
three proposals.
One ot the proposals, according
tq those claiming to have informa
tion of the president's suggestions,
would be for the railroads to waive
the seniority rights over strikers -and
the third was for separate ad
justment! of the seniority dispute
by each road with its own employes
through joint committees to be ap
pointed. CHICAGO, July 23. (By The Asso
ciated Press) Plans for peace in the
railway striko again today seined to.be
assuming a more tangible form and the
hope was expressed that the 300,000
union shopmen soon would resume work
and submit their grievances, including
the question of seiority rights, to the
United btates railroad labor board, Tho
announcement that a plun for settlement
of the- walkout would be put before a
meeting in New York Tuesday of execu
tives of the 149 of tho largest railroads,
made by T. Lie Witt Cuyier, chairman
of the Association of ltailway Execu
tives. after a ronference with President
Hardiuir. together with thn President's
statement indicating that h would ask
tn labor board to grant the shopmen, a
rehearing, was taken in rail circles here
to mean that the rail chiefs would bo
asked to leave setlemcut 0 the issues
nvolved to the board.
While the conference at Baltimore of
Baltimore and Ohio officials' with their
striking workmen was reported to havo
progressed smoothly toward an agree
ment, B. M. Jewed, head of the shop
crafts workers, was witholdingg appro
tal of a scrnpate peace until all plans
for a national settlement had been
thoroughly; discussed.
Tli re was a noticable increase in teh
number of reports of violence reaching
here from as far west as San Bernardino,
Ca.if., and as far east as Concord, N. H.
.In -ban Bernardino, a special guard
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was taken to a hospital suffering from
cuts received when six white men at
tacked two non-union shop workers in a
towV'd street car, causing a panic
among passengers. Three white men
and a negro were arrsted. The homes ot,
two non-union shop-workers were attack
ed with bricks b men in automobiles.
Police arrested two of the men after
severa windows had been broken in ach
of the houses. ,
A striking shopman shot at Crest on,
la., by a railroad guard, died in a hos
pital. At Sioux City, la., two men were
found guilty of throwing literature from
airp'anes upon non-union workers and
wer" sentenced to thirty days i jail, ami
fined l.OiiO for violating a federal in-
A white man and several negroes were
ijured when the negroes were attackd
by unidentified n"n at Macon, Oa.
A white man anil a negro, both strik
ing shopmen were held on murder charges
at Memphis, Tenn, in connction with the
death of two negro car repairers, who
were shot while leaving the Illinois Cen
tral shop.
A restraining order to prevent in
terference with operation of the t6t.
Louis Southwestern in Texas was grant
ed at Texarkana, Tex.
At Mayesville, Ky., a "restraining or
der was granted to the Louisville snd
Nashville to prevent intrference with
operations. "
Disputes involving wages and work
ing conditions was filed with the rail
board by E. i (jrable, president of ths
maintenance of way men's union, in
acronlani-a with the peace program adop
ted bsjjim.
A statement iMued l.y the, Western
railroad president's bead on puTdic re-
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