lYGM Local Cotton 222 Cents I VOL. XLIII. NO. 179 GASTONIA,' N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 28, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS LANS FOR PEACE IN THE RAILROAD STRIKE ASSUME A MORE TANGIBLE FORM -GAST ONIA DA Weather x Cloudy ii ii li 4 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 . (CssUnuci ca yaga M iiv i ill- nriuix ca j ... 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 . -"-, I x 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. mi . ...... . 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 LI V III? dllta X U wag BllVb OU'ft 1 . . ...j 1 :t - ,......!.....,! 1... !... W.... l' rn. R1..L-U. V IlUtU HOWl'll III UK.. UllO UlUU 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- I ,.;..-,, .1... 1 . t,f l,m m. mt Brr hf Tw-t 1, t 1