QAST ONIA TTVoA TTTT l7 TV A Weather Fair H Local Cotton 22 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 186 GASTONIA, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 5, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS UMUL HALE, CITY SCHOOL . BOARD ELECTS 9D TEACHERS FOR COMING SESSION Everything Is In Readiness For Opening Of City Schools Sept. 1. NEW ATHLETIC COACHES Four New Men Are Named To Positions On High School Faculty. The city board of education' an nounces the election of the teachers for ' the city schools for the coming scholas tic year. This year the local system will have ninety tutors, including tea chers, principals and' superintendents. Quite a few changes have been made by the board, and many new teachers are billed to report for duty the last week of this month . Divided by schools, tho high school department will have 15 teachers, Con tral and Willow 22, Clara 5, East 11 West 34 and Highland will have 12 teachers. In the high school several changes are to bo noted. Three new men have been added to the staff, with high literary standing, and also ability to coach and direct the athletic end of the school. Mr. T. M. Low ry, of David son, will assist Miss Ella Bradley iu the Math, department and will also help coach the football sound. Mr. J K Rose, of Trinity, will head the de partment or uistory.and will bo head cuach of the gridironA Mr. J. C. Itcid, of Erskinc, will tone I J Latin, and will coach baseball. Mr. Kay Armstrong principal will teach science, and coach the basketball squad. Mr. II. Grey Steel, of Philalolphia, will supervise the school's music. I'rof. W. P. Grier will be at the head of the system. Miss Katie Smith will be principal of Willow school. Miss Ellie Garrison will be principal of Clara school. Miss Margraet Tiddy of Cen tral, Mr. G. L. foawyer of Last and Mr, E. J. Abernathy, of West school. J, A. .Rollins will have charge of Highland. Below is giveiutho complete list of the teachers. Patrons of the school are urged to clip same and keep for future reference. , HIGH SCHOOL English and French Misses Eula Glenn and Louisa Reed MHthematiee -Miss Ella Bradley, Mr. T, M. Lowry. .,... Latin Miss Sallio Watkins, Mr. J, C. Keid. History Mr. J.' E. Rose. French and Hpanish Miss Gladys rcnnington; , iiience Mrs. S. B. Dolley. Principal Mr. Ray Armstrong. PriiSinry Supervisor Miss Minnie Lee Peedin. . 1 : Music Supervisor H. Grey Steele ,Supt; of Schools- W. P. Grier. CENTRAL AND WILLOW SCHOOLS ' Grade ; 1 Misses Lucia McLoes, Bessie) Brandt Brown, Ethel Jeffords, Pearl Gnllatit. Adv. 1 Miss Janice Morgan. J Misses Carrie Morris and Ela- nor Carson. Adv.2 Mis Bruec Caughmnii. 3 Katie Smith, Principal hue Miss Mildred Counts. Adv. 3 Miss Louise Fripp. 4 Misses Marie L-uigston, Mary Jones and Blair Spencer. 5 Misses Bertie Craig, Aliuo Reid and Daisy Hunter. 6 Misses Rebecca Hieklin aud Evelyn Carter. 7 Mrs. W. G. Gaston and Mis; Mary B. Miller. Prin. Miss Margaret Tiddy. tXAKA SCHOOL 1 Miss Anne Churchill. Adv. 1 Mis Olive Metis. A & B 2 Miss Cora Armstrong. ' A&B3 Miss Sarah Edwards. 4 Miss Ellie Onrrihcil, I'riu. WEST SCHOOL Grade - 1 Misses Jessie McNeil, Birdie Brooks, Maurie . Simpson, Annie (Scurry end Leona. Pope. Adv. 1 Misses Sullic Brooks and Annie Bridges. 2 Misses Christine Slona, Nellie R. Sloan, Annie Pearl Dobbins. Adv. 2 Miss Millie. Kanipe. 3 Misses Ella B. Copcland, Narva O 'Daniel and Bess Jackson. Adv. 3 Miss Mary L. Love. 4 -Misses Sue Harvey, Martha Wiggins and xLucilo-Mason. 5 Misses Eunice Riggins and Mary Doll. 6 Misses Ruth Gilchrist and Hal lie Williams. v 7 Miss Jessie Underwood. Prin. Mr. E. J. Abernathy. HIGHLAND SCHOOL Primary Sudie Norment, Mattie Pee ler, Ma mis Pharr, Vivian Shute, Eliza beth Humphrey and '" Beatrice Lomax. Grammar Grades Dulicina Adams, Plora Carpenter and Boulah Brodie. Principal J. A. Rollins. EAST SCHOOL Grade 1 Miss Katherine McLean and Kate Wilkes. Adv. 1 Miss Mary fiumuierell. B 2 Miss Lula. Rankin. A & B 2 Miss Lucia Milcr. A & B 3 Miss UebeecH Dickinson. 4 Miss Mary LaFar. . 5 Miss Evelyn Readc. fl Miss Esther Robison. 1 Miss Jeanette White. Principal Mr. G. L. Sawyer. Church Destroyed By Fire. AMURICUS, Ga., Aug. 5. The First Methodist church here, one of the ! largest in the state, was" burned to the ground this morning causing a loss of more than $100,000. The church was built 20 5'ears ago. and recently a pipe organ was installed. Origin of the fire J jj unknown French Fliers Are Optimistic Over Prospect Of Gliders, Or Motor-less Flying Machines Destined To Make As Much Gasoline-Propelled Machines Have Achieved Since Wright Brothers Made Their Test Flights At Kitty Hawk, N. C. French Farmers Skeptical. If You Would Stay Young, Read Newspapers LONDON, July 19 A retired member of the British bar, Sir Harry Poland, heale, hearty, and still in .ested in life at the age of 94, at tributes his longevity and mental vigor largely to having always been a great newspaper reader He is very fond of taking long walks about London to enjoy the beauties of the city,' and recently he has chafed at the rains which have kept him indoors. "Still one can obtain excitement enough to keep young just by reading tb newspa pers," he says, "for we live in stirring times. " HAIL DDES SEVERE DAMAGE IN CABARRUS Heavy Storm Hits ' Certain Sections Of North Carolina ; Thursday Crops Are In jured. CONCORD, Aug. 4. Hail played havoc with crops in parts of Cabarrus county Thursday afternoon, the damage being estimated by some at $10,000. No hail fell in bncord or the lower part of the county, but farmers in 'he Center Grove neighborhood, and in other parts of No. 4 township, report heavy damage. There was some damage to buildings in Kannapolis also, according to reports reaching Concord. , ,The storm swept across an area about two miles long and one mile wido in the Center Grove neighborhood. Crops of all kinds were damaged, with cotton suffering the greater damage. The storm hit this county about 5 o'clock, and continued for about half an hour. Ono farmer Who came to Concord this morning stated that on his farm he found ice this morning as a result of the heavy hail fall. Watermelons Ruinei. The farmer brought to Coneord with him cotton stalks and bolls that had beeii literally torn to pieces by the ice. He stated that his watermelon and ean taloupo vines had been practically wholly destroyed. A report from Kannapolis stated that window panes in a number of homes were broken by the hail, and at the Cabarrus mill, 'the report added, several hundred panes were broken. Farmers in' the section visited by the Istorm also reported many broken panes The hail' stones, one fartiior in tho Center Grove neighborhood said, wcto about the size of a half-dollar, and came down in Such a flood that he ould not see 50 yards from his -house. His watermelon vines were ruined, and he added that in his neighborhood sev eral melons were cut and ruined by the hail. The hail storm also visited Rowan county, reports from' Salisbury state, and caused much damage in the part of the county visited. Cotton Badly Damaged . Cotton ou'iho- farms' named above was badly damaged. Each farmer whose farm was visited by tho storm reported greatest damage to the grow ing cotton, and all of the farmers who were in Concord today were exhibiting stalks and bolls torn by the ice. The storm was one of' the most severe that, has visited this county in recent years. French Government Orders Into Effect Penalties Against Germany For Failure To Pay Penalties Concern German Properties Seques tered In France No Military Action Is In volved 150 Germans To Be Expelled From Alsace-Lorraine. PARIS, Aug. 5. (By The Associated Press) The French government today ordered into effect the penalties against ttermany for failure to pay in full the installments on the pre-war debts to French citizens. The penalties concern German proper ies sequestered in France, Certain pay ments that were beine made to Germans on account or war losses were suspended n Aisace and Lorraine as are also the ndemnities under the arbitration aero- ments reached between France and Ger many in August and Septemben. 1921. miutary action is involved. PARIS. Aug. 5. (By Tho Associted Press) Germany's reply to the late.it French note demanding payment in full of the installments on the prewar debts owing to French citizens was delivered to the foreign off iee at noon today. Pre mier Poincare, after a quick perusal of the document, gave an orded which hwas not made public. t. T PARISAug. 5. (By The Associated Press) Anticipating that the assurances required of Germany of her intention Progress In Next 20 Years As CLERMONT FERRAND France, Au. 3. (By The Associated Press) Opti mism over the future of motorless flying prevails at. Camp Mouillard where the "glider" contests under the auspices of the first international experimental congress of motorless airplanes will be- igin tomorrow, to continue until August twentieth. The builders, idiots and officials liv ing in the canvas city near the top of Mount Combegrasse are , sanguine that i machines propelled by man-power or merely by the wind are destined to make jmuch progress in the next 20 years as tho gasoline-motored planes hhave achie ved since the Wright brothers mado their test flights at Kitty Hawk, N. C. General Large, commanding the thir teenth army corps, whose soldiers aro keeping law and order in the camp, point ing to a "glider" piloted by Lieutenant Thoret maneuvoring 3,000 feet above the camp dipping and lopping said : "Anyone prophesying this 15 years ngo would have been interned in a luna tic asylum." i A pessimistic note, however, was struck by a French peasent harvesting in a near by field, who- practically repeated the words ascribed to two Ohio farmers up on reading of the Wright brothers' first short hops. One farmer, as he scanned the big headlines in the newspaper he had just taken from the R. F. 1). box at the cross roads declared with finality: ..'No man will ever fly like a bird," and. the other echoing the sentiment with "And if a man ever does, he won't sail from Dayton, Ohio, 'by heck." What the French peasent said, after watching a Cuendeton-Charmon machine for four minutes, was: "It cannot be done, ' ' And prodding his team of oxen he lumbered away. ; . Fifteen of the motorless airplanes en tered in the contests have arrived and some of the machines have already made successful unofficial flights. An Ameri can monoplane entered by the aeronauti cal engineering society is being held, up in some railroad yard between Clermont Ferrand and Havre, from which latter nort it was shipped eight days ago. ' The gliders already at Camp Mouillard include machines with the flapping wings of the bat and types resembling the fly ing fish which are propelled by human musculuifcpower and winu propeiieu sail ing planes with canvas wings, mobile and stationary. ' The machines are of the monoplane, bi plane and tri-plano types. These with stationary wings 'are called "stiffs," and those with mobile wings "flappers.'' A Swiss designed stationary , thick winged, monoplane remained in the air four minutes yesterday, covering about a mile and three quarters in a half circle with a loss in altitude of about J00 feet, i A "flapper" .'parasol'' machine covered about 200 yards at an altitude averaging between six and ten feet. It landed be cause the human motor gave out. The winas of this machine are worked by ft contrivance somewhat similar to that us ed on tho chhainless bicycle. Most of the pilots and builders on the ground express the determination to break the records for duration in motor less flieht held by Harth of Germany. This record is 21 minutes. One hundred thousand francs will bo distributed a- mong the. workers. , . WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. Bt M. .Tikp11 linud of the striking railroad shopmen's union, arrived at teh White House shortly before noon today for a conference with President Harding. Hi was accompanied by William H. John ston, president of the machinists union and James Noonan, head of tho electri cal workers union. to lmy the 2,000,000 pound sterling due August 15 toward liquidation of the pre-war debts owing to French citizens would not be forthcoming at non today, Premier Poincare last night made final arrangements to enforce the threatened penalties. The plan$ were completed after a lengthy conference with M, Bci bel, minister of liberated regions, who is also replacing LouirBarthou as minis ter of pustice. It is understood that the first measure which will bo applied Monday will be ,' the expulsion of I5U Germans residing j in Alsace Loraine and the sequestration of their propertv. Simiar measures will J be taken the following wwk, fresh and ; harder penalties beiif enforced weekly; until the German government decides to j pay. . -V j A Berlin dispatch last hight said a i suplementary note was being sent to Paris reaffirming the position taken by j the German government in its original ! comunieation regarding the payment of private debts. Germany did not propose to default on the payments, the note said, but merely requested a; reduction of the amount to be paid. .' . - .',.. Modern Portia 4A' i .'Although sho hasn't completed her Course In the law school. Miss Annette Elizabeth Dl No! a. of San Tranclsco, la getting ready for her calling by practising in tho lower courts. BATTLE OF ALAMANCE TO BE REPRODUCED Famous Regulator Struggle Against Governor Tryon To Be Re-enacted In Burling ton August 17. (BURLINGTON, Aug. 5. Speaking irts in tho pageant "Battlo of the Alamance" to bo reproduced in Hurling-- ton' .on -Alamance Day, August 17th, have been assigned and work is going forward toward the organization of a beautiful and impressive production. Several mov ing picture organiztions have aproaehed members of the celebration organization for the purpose of photographing news reels, but the management has announc ed that camera men will be engaged for teh express purpose of photographing each event. , Costumes for use iiiLfthc ''pageant have been selected and shipped and it is offi ciary announced that more than foul hundred men will take part in the battle scenes. Local men are to kike the parts of leading. Regulators and court officials of 1771. Dr., W. Cv Hot fin, who charac terized Sir Walter Raleigh, i the Raleigh pageant, will take teh part of Governor Tryon, of Jorth Carolina, in the battle pageant. Forty thliousnnd - pieces of literature directly relaitve to the commemoration of, the "Regulators of Alamance" have been mailed put. Fifteen thousand book llets are being printed. These are to bo the official programs of tho day and will cotjtain tho actual speaking dialogue of the pageant. Threo thousand of theso will bo mailed out,'it' is announced, to prominent 'men .over ; the state. I Large crowds are expected . to motor to Burlington for the day from Winston-. Salem,. High Point, Greensboro, Durham, and Raleigh, as well as from other towns. Seats are being prepared at tho battlo field for spectators numbering seven thousand. J. L. PEAKE GETS 30 YEARS AT HARD LABOR (By Tho AswJclated Press.) WINSTON-SALEM, . Aug. J. L. Peake, convicted of murder iu the second begree last night for killing II. H. Ssh burii, local life insurance agent in tlu. oflico of the latter on the night of l)c cemlier 7, 1921, was this morning su.i tenced by Judge Brock, presiding owr Forsyth superior court to 1 years at hard labor in tho stat prison. Tho above is the maximum sentence f6r tho -verdict by the jury. No notice was given of appeal to the supreme court, it bein decided by counsel for t lis defendent to accept the ..judgment- of the court. COTTON MARKET CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET (Ey The Associated Press.) . NEW YORK, Aiigg. o.-('otton fu tures closed lutrely stetdy; Spots;-piet 10 points down. July 20.84; October 21.10; December 21.12; January 21.06; March 21.03; May 20.96; Spots 21.35. Recepits Price . . ..'..' 9 bales 22 1-2 cents NEW SUBTERRANEAN RIVER FOUND IN FRANCE GENEVA, Aug. 5. A Rreat sub terranean river, with an outflow of 67,000 gallons a minute has been discovered in the Mont Blanc region. Known as Eaux-Belles, this river has thrown out many underground tribu taries which have formed small lakes and wells of extremely pure and cold water in the southeast districts of France and insome of the southern cantons of Switzerland . The origin of the river is the an cient lower glaciers of Mont Blan: which it has been proved flow from the bottom as well as the top, Ihe latter supplying indirectly the Rhone and the Rhine. The waters of Eaux-Belles at a depth of 25 to 50 yards beneath the mountains have carved out wonderful and beautiful caverns, grottoes and couloirs full of stalactites and stalag mites. '. im :' w .Of - .v. . c v i m" p) I i"-..- ' ' ; ' ( i. t . J I Z" ' 1 ONE SIDEkRENEWS ACTIVITIES TO END WALKOUT, THE OTHER TRIES TO MAKE STRIKE MORE EFFECTIVE MACHINE GUNNERS ARE SENT TO RALEIGH TO GUARD THE STATE PRISON Husband Shot and Wife As saulted By Three Negroes Near Carthage. FEELING GROWS INTENSE Sandhills Men Follow Sheriff Blue Jo Raleigh Seeking Vengeance. , RALEIGH, Aug. 5.As a matter of precaution the Durham machine gun company of the North Carolina national guard .has been ordered to Raleigh to guard 'three negro prisoners rushed to j state prison here this morning following j their arrest in connection with the at tack on a white woman und the shooting or ner husiiana near Southern Pines. . A. E. Kctchen, of Miami, FJa., wiio was seriously , wounded while attempt ing to defend his wife from attack, was taken to the Carthage hospital, where it was said tonight that chances for re covery were gfjod. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Ketchen, who were en- route by automobile from Miami to 5Luw York, had encamped last night "imtRl road near Southern Pines. Their tentt was invaded early today by three neproos who demanded money, according to the story told by the husband, and when ho reached for his pistol, one of the in truders opened fire. Ketchen was wound ed in the breast and was unablo to assist his wife when she was pursued by the negroes. Twenty minutes after Shtriff Bl'ie arrived here with his prisoners, a detach ment of seven dusty automobiles drove up to the gates of the penitentiary. They were filled with men who asked if tho sheriff had arrived, but made no attempt to interfere with the guards when an swered in the affirmative. During tho afternoon, other automo bilee, nppartnely from tho district where the outrage occurred, continued to arrive in the capitol and the authorities de cided that it would be best to havo the state troops on hand to supplement tho prison forco during thw night. 'We do not contemplate nny trouble, but the circumstances justify every pre caution," Warden Busbce said. DURHAM, Aug. 5. Two platons of the lociif machine gun company made the trip to Raleigh on automobile trucks. In response to the call of the adjutufm general for military protection at tho state penitentiary. J : SOUTHERN PINES, Aug. 3.-A. '.'..11 Ketchen of Miami, Fla., was shot and perhaps seriously wounded and his wifo attacked and criminally assaulted at their road camp midway bet wen Southern lines and Pinehurst after midnight last night. Three negroes, two of whom aro said to have confessed, were later appre hended, and are .now confined m tho state penitentiary at Raleigh, where they were taken to avoid summary. vengeance on tho. part of infuriated whites of Southern Pines, Pinehurst and Carthage. Ketchen, his wife and a year-old baby, on their way from Florida to their old hhomo in Connecticut, had camped with their car in a building by tho state-high way. They were disturbed by thrao negroes, who demanded money. One Ot theiii fired a'shot, which hit Mr. Ketchen near the heart going through him. His wifo lumped up and ran to n house not far away calling for help, but tho house holder is reported as sayfng'ho thought the man and his wife were quarreling, and he paid no attention to them. She started back to tho injured victim, when two of the negroes caught her and outraged her. She escaped from them and made her way to her husband, and, with her baby in one arm and the strick en man on the other, she made her way to v. A. Cook's home close by, where sho found an open door. Mr. Cook at once brought the man to Dr. Milligan, at &uthern Pines, and notified Officer R. B. Lindsoy and Dr. Frank Brown, who tele phoned to Eaeford for tho hounds, and set out in pursuit. Thev followed the trail to a swamp in the edge of Southern Pines, and then suspecting that the negroes had fled by freight tram that Was passing, they called all points in the neighborhood to j watch for three fleeing negroes, and tho operator at Aberdeen pieken up the mes sage, one told Officer R. II. Been. He saw a freight train pull in, and in a coal car he found his men, who gave fictitious names, one 'claiming to be from Florida one from Wilmington and one from else where. v'fhey- were takn before Mrs; Ketchen, who identified, a wrif watch with her initials on it, a pocketbook and other things. Immense Crowd Gathers. -1 Meantime Sheriff D. Al Blue, had ar rived, and as an immense crowd was gathering, he, with Dave Knight took the negroes and set out ostensibly for Carthago to the jail. But the signs were too plain, and the sheriff hit for Raleigh instead of Carthage, being followed by some of the crazed men who were gather ing. A very short way would have re sulted in a triple lynching for Aberdeen Southern Pines, Pinehurst and Cnrthage reached a high tension when the news spread. Proliablv never iu tho - history ( of the neighborhood has a sentiment pre- vailed as dangerous as that of this morn- ing. In ji,e afternoon reports arrived that tlu sheriff had been interrupted, ti (Ccttiii'-ctf ca paja 6.) Inn Beloved Of Dickens Now Offered For Sale LONDON, July 19. -The Leather Bottle, known to Dickens lovers the world over, is for sale. It is the "clean and commodious ale-house" in the little Kent village of Cobham, It was thither Mr Pickwick, accom panied by the faithful Snodgrass and Winkle, followed Mr. Tupman on re ceipt of the plaintive letter from Mr. Tupman which announced that he had been 41 deserted by a lovely and fascinating creature." He wrote to Pickwick "Any letter addressed to me at 'The Leather Bottle,' Cobham, Kent, will be forwarded supposing I still exist. I hasten from the sight of the world which has become odious to me." The old inn contains many Dickens relics. . The hanging; sign bears a picture of Pickwick addressing the club. The old-fashioned shutters which are still fitted to the small win dows help to preserve the old world air which Dickens loved so much that he frequently brought down to Cob ham parties of his friends to whom heexhibited all the old-time delights of The Leather Bottle. Dickens loved the Cobham neigh, borhood so much that he returned to it for his honeymoon. Later be took up his residence at Gad's Hill, close by. I ftPM PflNTD IPTflDC Tfl LUUAL uUil I llAul UllO IU BUILD BIG GLOVER MILL Gaston Construction Company , Gets Contract For New Million Dollar Mill, the Hampshire, At Clover. The contract was recently awarded to the Gaston Construction Company, local general contractors, for the erection of the Hampshire" Mills, at Clover, 8. O, The construction will be reinforced con crete. Flat concrete slabs will bo the stylo followed by tho contractors. Work will begin next week and will be pushed as fust as possible. The mill will have a floor space of 33 by 194 feet, three stories and a basement. The cost of construction will be around $285,000. The Hampshire Cpmpany is headed by New England mill men and Clover mill owners. ,, Mr. Thomas MeConnell, of New England, is President; Mr. E. Corit John sbni of New England, Vice-president; Mr. M. L. Smith, of Clover, treasurer and manager; Hugh MeConnell, secre tary, and Mrs. J. R. Hart, of York 8. C, assistant secretary. , Tho management will Install 20,1(50 spindles, 80 cards, and 16 combers and will imike fine combed yarns. . BISHOP KILGO IS AGAIN CRITICALLY ILL Suffered Acute Heart Attack Thursday Night Powerful Heart Stimulants Adminis tered Thursday and Friday. ' CHARLOTTE, Aug! 5. Bishop John C. Kilgo, of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, is again seriously ill at jhis home in Charlotte. The condition of Bishop Kilgo was regarded as very 'serious on Thursday night, when ho suffered a heart attack near IU o'clock and was not considered out of danger until some time yesterday. The fiimily is still deeply apprehensive regarding the condition of the aged minister. Bishop Kilgo had been slowly recover ing his strength following his return from. Memphis und the Methodist general conference at Hot Springs, and had been out on the streets occasionally for a short ride accompanied by members of the family. - GASTONIANS OFF TO THE NORTHWEST Captain and Mrs. William L. Bal this and sister, Mrs. Rose, of Balti more, will leave -this afternoon for an extended trip to the Northwest and Alaska. The party will be away about six' weeks, exacting to return to Gas tonia (in or about September 20." Mr. Balthis, who is a member of the National Council, of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew of the Episeojial church, will attend the thirty-seventh annual convention of that organization which will be held in Seattle, "Washington, August 30 to September 3. The party will take a, steamer at Seattle and spend a day or two sight seeing in Alaska. JURY IN POWER CASE HAS NOT AGREED (Special to The Gazette) SHELBY, Aug. 5. By agrement of attorneys on both sides in the big trial or cotton mills against the Southern p Tn, " . tn ?owtI Company, Judge Bjmum is to call j the juryback at three o'clock and in agreement has been reached, a - , (mistrial will be ordered. NEW PEACE CONFERENCE PENDING IN WASHINGTON MORE STRIKE THREATS Big Four Brotherhoods Seek Conference With Presi dent Harding. CONGRESS IS BROUGHT IN Southern Officials Confer For Purpose Of a Separate Agreement. CHICAGO, Aug. 5. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Comparative calm prev alent in the rail strike situation for several days today gave way to tencwed activities both for ending the six weeks' walkout and for vniakiny it more effec tive. New peace conferences were pending in Washington, new strike threats came from maintenance of way men and other union workers, and a conference with President Harding was sought by the big four brotherhoods for the purpose of presenting their views of the strike, dngress indirectly came into the negotiations.- Eastern railroads sent detachments of shop workers to the re lief of roads in coal mining" districts in Virginia, West Virginia and Ken tucky and outbreaks of violence were ro ported front ponts hitherto peaceful. B, M. Jewell, president of the rail way employes' department of the Amer ican Pederatiotv of Labor,1 tho Shop crafts leader, was in Washington, where ho was summoned by President Harding. Officials of tho Southern Railway and representatives of shopmen on that road also were in' Washington to confer on a possible separate settlement. W. D. Itoberts, ice president of the maintenance of way men's union, and E. L. Enke, member of tho brother hood executive, telegraphed President E. P. Urablo last night recommending a sympathetic strike on the 28 eastern roads over which they hold jurisdiction. At Spokane, Wash.,' the chairman of an organization said wrecking crews' would not answer emergency calls even, though lives were endangered. Union men said the action was prompted by the executives' statements that the roads were ab.lo to cope with anyemer geney and by an ultimatum notifying men to return to work or consider themselves permanently discharged. A bill introduced iu tho United States senate by Kcnator 8ieiieer, of Missouri, would establish a new federal court of conciliation for settlement of disputes between employers and employes-." Three detachments of shop workers wero sent by eastern railroads to Chesa peake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western and, Virginian Hailroads, for use in han dling shop work for trains in the coal mining districts. It was estimated that a total of 1,200 men would bo sent from the 11 roads in the New York district to the relief of eoal carriers. Three locals of the brotherhood of railway trainmen called a joint meeting for Monday night in Houston, Texas, to consider conditions arising out of the strike. A statemeut by tho federal that the railroad strike had not affect. department of agriculture yesterday said ed shipment of perishablo food supplies. Shipments of .14 leading fruits and veg etables were nearly 30,000 cars ahead of last season, the report added. Heads of three of tho big four rail road brotherhoods sent a telegram to President Harding, asking for a confer ence at which they would state their views of the strike situation. A statement issued last night by the Association of Kail way- Executives de nied that impariment of locomotives and cars had reached such a stage that would justify any concern on the part of the public. At Newark, Ohio, a negro claiming to bp a federal deputy marshal shot and killed a striking shopman and wounded another. Six alleged strike sympathizers at Des Moines, la., kidnapjied a youth em. ployed in the Rock Island shops, beat him and rbobed hint of pay ho had just received. Twenty-five masked men kidnapped five Seaboard Air Line employes snil a railroad guard at Manly, N. C, car ried them into tho country and beat them severely. One of the victims was in a serious condition. An investigation was being ma.lo at Jersey City, N. J., where a mysterious sickness attacked fhopmen. An analy sis was being made of milk and other foods served them. ' The state of Nevada offered a reward of $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of men who kidnapped and tarred A Union Pacific trainmaster. An effort to blow up a eoal chute in the yards of the Southern Railway at Chattanooga, Twin., was frustrated by; a deputy sheriff. , Injunctions restraining strikers from, interfering with railroad procrty and workmen was issued to the Texas aud New Orleans and Gulf, Colorado and Santa Ke at Texarkaua, Teiss, th Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Loui at Chattnooga, the Chicago and Nortd western at isujierior, Wis., and the Chi cago. - Milwaukee and St. Paul , Seattle. THE VEATIIEn :r! Fair tonight nd Snnl,