Weather
Unsettled
VOL. XLIII NO. 204
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Winston-Salem Has
Half -Million Dollar Fire ;
Started By Eighteen- Year
Old Boy
William Chatham Blew Up Smoak Harness Company's Store
With Gasoline Because Of Grievance Against Smoak Had
Narrow Escape From Death But Is Immediately Captured.
WJN8TON-SALEM, Aug. . 26. The
entire Nissen building located on North
" Main Btreet and, occupied by the W. W.
Smoak Harness Company and The Craw
ford Mill Supply Company, was totally
destroyed, ' while the Liberty cafe, the
' Newark Shoe Store, C D. Kenney Com
pany and general store of Teichman
Brothers fronting on Liberty street, were
badly damaged by lire and water, the
fire starting at 2:45 this morning and
the total loss estimated at $500,000.
The portion of the Nissen building oc
cupied by the Sraoak Harness Company,
was blown up with gasoline, it is alleged,
by William E. Chamham, ,18 year old
, boy, who was captured by officers as he
was leaving the building a few seconds
' after the explosion which shook the entire
downtown district of the city. Whila
handcuffs were being placed on Chatham
STOCK AND BOND PRICES
-- ARE ON UPWARD TREND
" : -.
For First Time In Two Months
This Week Had Million
Share Days Coal Shortage
Hits Factories Hard.
' NEW YOKK, Aug. 26. The upward
movement In stock and bond prices was
r continued this week, despite some earljr
4j irregulurity resulting .from the failure
of the anthracite coat and rail strike con
ferences to effect a settlement. Kesump-
uon or lainy extensive pumic Duying
' i caused more extensive deullngs, million
share days coming back into the market
for the first' time in two months.
The outstanding development in the
industrial situation was the announce
ment of a twenty per cent wage advance,
effective September 1st, by the United
States Steel Corporation and independent
plants. ' Threatened shortage of day
rival gets under way next month i be
lieved by the financial community to
have prompted the advance at this time.
It was followed a few days later by high
er prices for steel and iron products,
with mnrn nxnec.ted. which found reflcC-
U. 6. Steel rising to the highest point
in more than two years.
Car loadings of revenue freight con
tinued to increase, coal loadings making
a particularly, impressive showing. Seve-
TIM 1UUUOLUCD, uicv, V - -
the effects of the coal shortage. The
automobile industry has been particularly
hard bit. One of the Ford plants laid
.if; nnn men hut. an interesting featuro
in this connection was the announcement
that arrangements had been made t
burn fuel oil in some of the Ford fac
tories. .-
Some increases were noted in com:
modity prices during the week, but fur
ther reductions took place in the sugar
and rubber industries. Increased pur
chases were noted on the part of xe-
tailers, who are reported tf have bought
the largest amount of merchandise from
wholesalers and manufacturers than in
any other week since April, 1920.
WESTERN UNION LINE FROM
MIAMI TO BARBADOS OPENS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. The
Miami-Barbadoes cable of the Western
Union Telegraph Company was opened
for bJusinefs today after its use as
a direct line of communication be
tween North and South America had
-' been blocked for more than eight
months by i controversy between the
company and the United States Oov-
, ernment.
President Harding yesterday signed
a license authorizing the company to
land and operate the cable at Miami
Beach,' Fla., after official notifi
cation had. been received that the
Argentine government had accepted re
nunciation by the Western Telegraph
Company, a British concern, of mono
polizing rights in that country. The
American company's cable connects at
Barbados with one owned by the British
concern.
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PRINCETON. Ind.. Aug. 26.-rJ. W.
Burns, of Henderson, Kr. and four othef
members of his family were killed today
when the automobile in which tey were
riding was struck by a Chicago and
Eastern Illinois train at Haubstadt, Ind.,
ten miles south of here.
COTTON MARKET
Receipts
10 bales
22 cents
Price
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
' NEW YORK, Ang. 26. Cotton futu,
tes closed steady. Spots quiet, unchanged.
October 21.93; December 22.04; Janu
ary 21.90 March 21.96; May 21.91;
ppots 22.25.
(QASTONIA
HEADS II
Who Is Caught
the young man confessed that he had
blown up the building. According to his
statement, as given out by the officers,
to whom the alleged confession was made,
Chatham did it on account of a grievance
which he claimed he had suffered at the
hands ofW. W. Smoak, owner of the
harness business.
The prisoner explained that he saturate
the entire upper part of the building with
gasoline and had intended to place a
fuse in a five gallon can filled with gaso
line and make bis escape before the
explosion went off; that in lighting the
fuse, however, the gasoline on the can
became ignited and blew up the building
before he could get away. Those who
have investigated are unable to under
stand how Chatham managed to survive
the shock as ho escaped without an in
jury.' In his confession the young man
stated that he had no confederates.
TEXAS DEMOCRATS IN
RUN-OFF PRIMARY TODAY
Interest Centers In Senatorial
Contest 'Between Mayfield
and Ferguson Latter Is
Candidate Of the "Wets."
(By Ths Associated Press.) , ,
DALLAS, Tex.,' Aug. 26. (By Ths
Associated Press) -Texas Democrats
went to the polls today to nominate in
the final, or run off primary, candidates
for the United States Senate, for Con
gress in two distracts, and for three
State offices. Nomination . heretofore
has been tantamount to election. Great
est interest is atached to the Senatorial
contest between Karle B. Mayfield a
State railroad commissioner, and James
E. Ferguson, former governor. Each
expressed confidence in statements last
night. "
Issues in the' Senatorial race have
been sharply drawn. Mr. Ferguson con
centrated on charges that Mr. Mayfield
was the candidate of the Ku Klux Klan
and charged Mayfield with being a mem
ber. Mr. Mayfield ignored the Klan
charges. .' - , '
Mr. Mayfield repeatedly attacked Mr.
Ferguson as an advocate of light wines
and beer, which charges were not de
nied. Mayfield referred numerous times to
the impeachment of Mr.VFerguson when
the latter was Governor, and Mr. xergu
son has often made pleas for vindica
tion. He declared his ousting from tho
governorship was by his political ene
mies and he had done no wrong.
Mr. Ferguson , was impeached on
charges of having received profits per
sonally from state funds and interference
with the board of regents of the State
Uunversity. .'"''.
Both professed friendship for organi
sed labor.
SWEDISH EXPORTS EOUAL
AND EXCEL PRE-WAR FIGURES
fBv The Associated Press.;
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 8. That Sweden
has definitely survived ' the post-war
crisis, and is cne of the first nations
in Eurooe to show a natural and con
sistent recovery, appears from the
monthly report onhe foreign trade of
this country during June, which has just
been issued. ,
The export of timber and sawn wood
a stanle commodity, has grown so rap
idly that the volume is now 97 percent
of the peace-time figures. At tne enu
of June the timber sales were close to
000,000 standards, which is considerably
more than half of the normal yearly
output. The export of matches is 95
percent of the pre-war normal, ana it is
encouraging that the export of iron ore
has even surpassed pre-war figures by
three percent. As regards wood pulp
and paper, which, America boys from
Sweden in large quantities, the figures
ror the month exceed the 1913 figures
for the corresponding month by 18 to
72 percent. Incidentally it is reported
that one reason why . the, quotations on
sulphite pulp are high is the increased
demand from the- United States for the
manufacture of artificial' silk. . News
print, whieh is shipped in great volume
to America, shows an export figure 72
percent above that of 1913.
In the line of manufactured industrial
products the quantity of electrical ma
chines and apparatus, ball bearings,
and telephones U nearly three times that
of June, 1913. Cream separators and
motors have risen to 59 per cent qf the
pre-war figure.
NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER.
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Weather
outlook for the week beginning Monday:
South Atlantic and East Gulf States
Generally fair and moderate tempera
ture, b ut wilh a probability of rains
by the middle of the week. There are
indications this morning of a disturb
a nee over the Caribbean Sea, south,
southwest of Jamaica; it probably will
move northwest.
GASTONIA, N.
P LEADERS LII
Half-Million Dollar
BLAGKWELL GETS) SIX!
MONTHS. TAKES APPEAL;
ROADS FOR BOOTLEGGERS
Judge Webb Sends Number
Of Liquor Traffickers
V To The Roads.
MANY ARE CONVICTED.
Solicitor Woltas Ha Prose
, cuted For The State In
Diligent Manner.
The August term of -Gaston county
Superior court adjourned at noon Satur
day. During the morning session a
number of cases was. disposed of, includ
ing s number of liquor cases in 'which
the defendants were sent to the roads,
despite the pleadings of their attorneys
before" Judge Webb.
The afternoon session of Superior
Court Friday was devoted entirely to
the hearing of witnesses for the defense
In the Blackwell case and the argument
of counsel, which came to a close at
6:43. . Judge Webb then announced' a
recess till Saturday morning at nine
o'clock when the jury ' was charged.
After being out forty minutes the jury
returned a verdict of guilty. Judgment
of the court was that the defendant
should "be confined to the common jail
of 'Gaston county for a period of six
months and assigned to work on the
public roads. Motion for new trial
Was overruled. Exception taken. At
torneys for defendant gave notice of
appeal to the Supreme' Court. Appeal
bond was fixed at $50 and appearance
bond St $500, to be justified and ap
proved by the clerk of the court . Bond
was signed for the defendant by Wiley
8. Hanna. The former bond for ap
pearance at the current term had been
$600, of which $200 was a cash bond.
The next most important curb was
that of Scott Woods, charged with
transporting liquor. His attorney, E.
K. Warren, put up a strong plea for
his client, but the judge had heard that
Scott had declared "he could stand any
d sentence," so he gave him six
months on the roads.
Carl Beam, of Cherrwille.' and Jim
Morris, of Gastonia, each drew four
months on the roads, for selling liquor.
Messrs. Carpenter and Warren pleaded
with the judge to let there men off ou
the strength that this was their first
offense and that he ought to be-light
for the sake of their families. ''Let
them go back to their mothers and to
their wives and children," said the law
yers in substance, "and they will never
be caught again. "
"I know all that, too, gentlemen,"
said Judge Webb, "but they ought to
have thought about all these things be
fore they got into this trouble. They
knew it was against the laws of state
Snd nation to sell whiskey, make whis
key and haul whiskey."
: Neither of the attorneys had any
other argument than that they were
sorry, they knew that "his honor want
ed to save rather than to destroy, they
knew that hi 8 policy had been rather
lenient, that he would keep a man from
the ehaingang if he could, that if he
would let these men off, they would bo
saved to society rather than destroyed.
They knew his honor was too big heart
ed a man to carelessly destroy a human
character and reputation like that.
To all of which the judge answered
Ss above.
"Mr. Sheriff, what's the reputation
Of this nianf" inquired the judge in
another liquor case, L. D. Cost nor.
"He , has the reputation of selling
liquor. That's what they say about
him up above Dallas, " returned Mr..
Carroll.
"That don't make him bad,M inter
rupted Mr. Carpenter. "They talk
that diJt say they are all bad."
about the lawyers, some folks do, but
Mr. Carpenter then got into an argu
ment with the judge about the right
or wrong of turning off prisoners or
sending them to the gang.
-"That's the religion I practice"
Started Mr. Carpenter, " I say, that's
the brand of religion I " the judge
kept on talking, ' ' I may be wrong,
I don't 'know, but I say, that's the
brand I profess." continued the ubiqui
tous lawyer; 4tit may not get me across
the pearly gates, but- that's the
brand"
"Mr. Clerk, make this entry," in
terrupted the judge and down went a
toad sentence.
"The people of the United States
have spoken on the prohibition ques
tion," continued Judge Webb. "It is
not for you and me to argue that law.
It is a law, and it is my duty to en
force the law as I see it. They went
into this liquor business with their eyes
wids open. They knew they were vior
lating the law. They should have
shown some of that prudence and fore
sight with which they are now so fully
endowed."
8. EY 8troup, Cherryville farmer,.
eonvicted of having liquor for sale, got
Off through the statement of Dr. Self
that he was ruptured and had a double
hernia and that a ehaingang sentence
DA
C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
Collins' Fiancee
Mint Kitty Kiernan, whJ was to
iisve been married to Michael Col.
H slaia Irish leader. . - '
MILL OWNERS DO NOT
FEAR STRIKE DANGER
FROM T. F. M'MAIION
President Of Textile Union
Threatens To Call Strike Of
..Textile Workers Next
Spring, i But Mill Owners
Do Not Fear It.
CHARLOTTE, Aug. 25,-rThe strike
bludgeon held over the heads of South
ern textile mill owner by President Mc
Mahon, of the United Textile Workers
of America is dread - no more than a
baby's rattle.
At leant that is the - sentiment ex
pressed by many owners of mills here
and elsewhere' in this section with head
quarters in Charlotte. They were
frank to admit in interviews Thursday
afternoon that they do not fear the
threatened action of the president of
the textile union.
According to word from the North,
Mr. MeMahon is threatening to call a
strike in Southern cotton mills next
Spring in sriler to force the hand of
mill owners for the establishment of
the 48 hour week. Ho is now laying
hia plan and lias already made public
announcement of his intentions.
Textile unionism, say mill owners
here, is the next thing to a word in a
dead lungungc. Textile operatives here
and in near-by textile centers have be
come "disgusted'' with,, the union as
the result of the three months' idleness
last Summer when the strike availed
them nothing, mill owners assert.
Many of the . operatives, it was ex
plained have not gotten straightened out
from that strike and are still paying off
merchants' debts incurred during that
period of itlleiie s when all was going
out and nothing coming in.
Tho textile organization is a mere
skeleton of its former self and plays no
part in many of the larger mills of this
section, declare the owners.
Hence it' is the belief of the owners
that's strike call issued by Mr. MeMa
hon will not bo heeded unless present
conditions materially change. Unless
the ojKjratives can be offered something
more attractive than the strike of 1921,
another call for a walkout will be passed
up, assert owners.
The present working ; schedule is 55
hours a week in the majority of North
and South Carolina mills and, according
to owners' statements, this i a satis
factory arrangement. Workers are ap
parently satisfied with the schedule ac
cording to mill officials.
The railway strike, with its resultant
non-shipment of coal, is causing more
trouble and worry to mill heads than the
threatened strike call of the union offi
cial. If the shipments of fuel are not
forthcoming, milJi will be forced to
close down and that is an added factor
against the ehai$s of a Summer strike,
it being tho contention of mill owners
that operatives will not care to quit
work .
. The question now confronting owners
is the care of operatives and getting
enough coal to keep them warm during
the Winter months. Owners are deter
mined to see that sufficient coal is got
ten and workers will be given every
possible attention and coal furnished in
every instance, it was said.
URGE THAT GERMANY
BE GIVEN HEARING
(By The Associated Press.)
PARIS, Aug. 26. (By The Associat
ed Press) British reparations officials
will urge that Germany be given another
hearing by the full membership of the
reparations commission before final de
termination of the reparation question
U made, it was learned in an authorita
tive quarter here today.
THE WEATHER
' .
Fair tonight and Sunday, somewhat
cooler tonight.
7"?' J
it it 1 1 it
AUGUST 26, 1922
UP FOR A
Fire; Nissen Block
UNION CHIEFS CLAIM THEY ARE
PREPARED FOR LONG HARD FIGHT;
HAVE FUNDS AND DETERMINATION
BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS BREAK
CAMP AFTER THREE-DAY STAYi
New Hope Led In Total Registration Total Of 118 Boys and
Girls EnteredShannon and Wright Prove To Be Good
Swimmers Successful Encampment Closes.
With a total enrollment of 118 regis
tered during the three days' encamp
ment, the Gaston county boys and girls
club camp came to a close Friday after
noon after a most successful three-days
outing at Garrison's Park, a short dis
tance west of tho city.
The exercises of the closing day were
featured by the presence of a large
number of the parents of tho boys and
girls, who came to picnic, a swimming
contest among the boys and girls, for
prizes offered by Secretary Allen, in
structor in swimming, . aud speeches
from representatives of three Gastonia
civic organizations. A group picture
of tho club encampment' was taken be
fore camp was broken.
New Hope club led with 15 members
in attendance, Fairview was second with
14, Landers Chapel and Kettle Shoals
tied for third place with 13 each.
Bessemer City club had 12 members.
Mt. Olivet had 11. There were ,14
clubs represented. Every township in
the county was represented.
The success of the camp was due to
the untiring efforts of Mr. and Mrs,
Altman, Miss Nell Pickens, Misses
COTTON GOODS MARKET
FIRMER THIS WEEK
Follows Stiffening Of Raw
Cotton Prices -Some Lines
Sold Two and Three Months
Ahead.
NEW YOSK. AUK. 26. Cotton Good
markets have been much firmer this week
following a firmer tone in raw cotton.
There has been ome epaxilsion of trade
in the heavy goods division, some fair
sized contracts having been placed on
wide heavy sateens, and other wide fab
rics for leatuerizing for automobile pur
poses. Some lines of cotton duck haze
sold for delivery two or three months
ahead. On print cloths and sheetings
there has been some price advance but
trading has been in small lots and for
nearby delivery. Mills have boen unwill
ing to go very far ahead at current prices
claiming that the profit margin is too
narrow. Bleached cottons have , been
slow and wide sheetings irregular and
quiet. Novelty wash goods are being
bought for spring. Percales and other
printed stuples are rather quiet. Napped
colored cottons and white napped goods
are high in consequence of a season de
mand and a light supply following the
prolonged curtai Iment of production, ia ,crews at Roodhouse and Slater, Mo., re
New England Mills. Ginnhams are r uinur !..:. . .i i '
quiet and other hard yarn colored goods
are steady but not active. Owing to
the rise i ncotton and the slow response
in advancing cloth prices some manu
facturers are talking of curtailing their
output. Generally speaking the trade
has been manifesting more confidence
this week than an any time past, the
adjustment of tariff uncertainties and
the rise in steel wages doing much to
supplement the normal uplift resulting
from good ere reports.
Prices current in primary markets aro
as follows: Print cloths 28 inch 64x64s,
7 cents; 64x60s, 6 cents; 38 inch
64x64s, c9ents ; brown sheetings. " south
ern standards, 13 cents and l'i'i cents;
denims 2.20, inidgo, 18 cents, prints
10 Vi cents; staple tickings 22 cents;
staple ginghams 14 1,4 cents; hress ging
hams 18 cents and 20 cents.
DESIGNED TO PREVENT
- PROFITEERING IN COAL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Action on
the Administration bill designed to pre
vent profiteering in coal through exten
sion of the powers of the Interstate Com
merce Commission and creation of a Fede
ral fuel distribution agency was blocked
today in the Scnatej Interstate Com
merce Committee, and the whole subject
went over to Monday.
Chairman Cummings, of the Committee
who introduced the measure, declined to
discuss the situation in the committee,
but Senator Pomerene, Democrat, Ohio, j
declared several members were insistent 1
on having hearings and that he was con-1
fident both mine owners and workers
would be given an opportunity to ex
press their views on the approval be
fore the final action.
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 26. Homer
French, said by local authorities to have
served a sentence in the Federal peniten
tiary at Atlanta. Gn.. and to be known
inNew York and Atlantic City, was ar
rested last night at Estes Park. Colo.,
in connection with the arrest here yes
terday of 34 alleged members of a mil
lion dollar "confidence ring.'!
E
FIGHT TO
Esther Davenport, Lela Durham, Tearl
Stowe and. Elizabeth Stroup, who helped
in tho camp instruction .V County Agent
J. W. Hendricks, of Catawba, was also
of invaluable assistance. Secretary
Fred M. Allen, of the Gaston Fair,
taught the boys and girls swimming.
Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Shetley, of the
community, rendered valuable aid in
taking care of tho boys and girls. A
victrola loaned by the Wingot Jewelry
Co. added much to the pleasure of the
camp. Camp was broken about 3:30
after a scries of stunts and games by
the boys and girls. Picnic dinner at
noon was followed by short speeches
from Dr. D.. A. Garrison, J. H. Ken
nedy and E. B. Denny, representing,
respectively, tho Kiwania Eotary and
Civitan clubs.
The swimming feature of the camp,
one of the . real pleasures for a large
number, came to a close with the swimm
ing hour just before the big picnic din
ner. The water stunts were wound up
with some races, under the direction of
Executive Secretary Fred M. Allen, of
(Continued on page 3.)
MOBILE AND OHIO TRAIN
WRECKED; DISORDERS
ALSO IN OTHER PLACES
Ninth Week Of Rail Strike
Begins With Numerous
Violent Acts.
A. C. L. BRIDGE BOMBED
Several Walkouts Reported
Where Guards Were
On Duty.
CHICAGO, Aug. 26. (By The Asso
ciated Press) The ninth week of the
railroad strike began today with peace
negotiation collapsed. President Hard
ing considering steps toplace certain
roads and unthracite coal mines under
Federal control; train wrecks and fur
ther trouble with train crews, notably on
tne Chicago and Alton.
Walkouts on the C. & A. followed ex
swl n Dnn.M.nn.n TIL n A 4 ! n .
fusing to turn a wheel.
The new walkout at Slater was ma-le
in protest against tho pressure of guards
who had been on duty since disorders
earlier in the strike. Passenger trains
on the Kansas City division were de
toured at Bloomington through Spring
field and St. Louiis.
Mobile & Ohio Railroad officials were
investigating last night's 'wreck of a
passenger train at Whistler Ala., in
which several persons were injured. The
engine and seven coaches left the rails
when the train hit a half open switch.
Officials following an investigation, de
clared the switch was thrown half way
and locked in a deliberate attempt to
wreck the train.
The Whistler wreck was the second of
the day on the Mobile & Ohio, the first
occurring near Meridan. Four members
of the train crew were injured. The
cause of the wreck remained undeter
mined.
The fifth dynamiting of two days on
the Atlantic Coast Line Railway occurr
ed at Fiswier Creek, near Jacksonville,
Fla., where an attempt was made to blow
ud a bridee. The explosion occurred
just after a passenger train bound for
Tampa crossed the trestle. The damage
wa said to have been slight. Two other
trains passed over the bridge shortly af
ter the explosion.
STORM BREWING NEAR
ISLAND OF JAMACIA
WASHINGTON, Ang. 26. Re
ports received today by the weather
bureau indicated that s storm was
gathering over the Caribbean sea
some distance southwest sf Jamacia.
The bureau said its intensity and fu
ture course had not been determined
and added later that advices would be
issued.
You can get credit for your good
looks, but it takes more than that to
get the cash. .
Local Cottcn
22 Cents ,
SINGLE COPY 5 CENT3
JL
Is Burned
RAIL HEADS EXPRESS
VARIED VIEWS BUT SAY
ITS A FIGHT TO THE END
Utter Say They Will Break
the Strike Within a
Week.
BOTH SAY NO QUARTER
American Public Will Be the
Real Sufferers
t Conceded.
Is
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.(By ths
Associated Press.) With the peace ef
fort launched by the big five brother
hoods definitely abandoned, rail execu
tives and shop crafts loaders today
realigned theirt forces for a finish fight
in which both sides predicted an early
victory. , 1 v
"We are going home to start the real
fight, whether it lasts for three weeks
or three months," declared W. F.
Ryan, president of the carmen's na
tional brotherhood, as he prepared to
leave for Kansas City to direct activi
ties of his branch of the shop crafts.
"Our organizations have plenty of
funds to conduct a long fight. And our
men are willing to make the sacrifices
peedod for a decisive victory," he con
cluded. B. M. Jewell, head of the strike or
ganisations of crafts, was equally posi
tive of the outcome of the battle, which
he asserted the railroads left as the
only course for the unions to pursue.
Before starting for Chicago to pick up
the roins of strike leadership where he
dropped them when reeent parleys be
gan, he issued a statement to his nten in
which he said: ,'t '
"We have gone the full limit in the
interest of peace. If we must fight jwo
will show we know how. Now that the
issuo'is again clearly defined and false
hopes of an early peace dissipated, the
fight must be renewed with increased
vigor and every man must .do his full
part to bring it to an early and suc
cessful conclusion."
"Gentlemeu," he concluded, "what
will be your answer to the challengef"
The attitude of the brotherhood chiefs
whose tireless efforts to promote a
peaceful settlement proved so futile
when negotiations collapsed yesterday
afternoon, was expressed by T. C.
freshen, president of the Switchmen's
Union of North America.
''We are not so sorry for the strik
ers," said ho, "as we are for the
American public . They are going to
be the sufferers more and more as tha
striko is prolonged.''
Others of the ' big five leader ex
pressed great disappointment over their
failure to end hostilities, but renewed
assurances that the running trades
would refrain from any sympathetic
strike, illegal walkout or conspiracy,
"as long as the rights of the brother
hoods are not threatened." "
In rail cmplpyea' circle news of the
disruption of peace parleys was given
a varied reception. Officials of roads
which were not a party to the negotia
tions, having joined the majority which
declined to resume discussions with the
brotherhoods after last Wednesday's
meeting of the Association of Railway
Executives today were frankly savin 2
' T nl.l an t
The minority representing 77 roads
with 85,000 miles of track and includiue
such iowerful systems as the Chicago
and Northwestern; Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul; Erie, New York Central,
and Seaboard Air Line today expressed
regret at the sudden termination of ef-,
forts to compromise but expressed no ,
doubt as to the outcome.
"We will break the strike within a
week," was their general prediction.
35 KU KLTJCKERS
HAVE BEEN ACQUITTED
(Continued Irom page I.)
L,
.Thirty-
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26.
five alleged members of the Ku Klux
Klan were free today, a jury which
tried them on felony charges growing
out of the Inglewood raid of April 22.
last, having acquitted them last night
after a little more than three hourt
of actual deliberation.
They were accused of having raMd
the home and bonded winery of Fidel
and Matias Elduayen, at Inglewood, a
suburb, seized the .men as alleged boot
leggers and turned them looe an-r
officials had refuscj to lock them up.
In the raid, M. B. Miwhi-r, Ir.i.
wood constable, was killed, and LU n.
Walter E. Mosher, a deputy eoiiNfal.V,
and Leonard Ruegg, a deputy ihcriJ,
were wounded .
According to evidence brot-!,t vnt at
the Mos'Ijer inquest and at th-itr; .! t
raid was planned t a meeting ' ;
Ku Klux Kiaa iu In!cwuud.
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