WEATHER Partly cioody Tuesday and Wednesday , M change la tekaperalare VOLUME ONE; NUMBER IU. IHUnKI QUITS (FTER ! FIRING NOT SHOTS , nim Board NamtH Claud* M. Grant ham an Acting City Manax*r BAIN WANTED FIRE THREE POI4CEMEN | • -—n - - - -r Fuse* running to fyugo *tick* of dynamite—which for a week haf* been inviting the match— were lighted at the Bpecial hob aion of the aldermen lant night' when the Mavor, in one gigantic ! explosion, blew up the whole works and handed in his resig nation a a acting city manager. C. M. Grantham wtf* temporar- j ily named to succeed Hixxoner. The special meeting wa« ask ed for Saturday by returning members of the l >oard who quietly complained of the dras tic enforcement program the Mayor was putting into opera tion. The fuses were therefore timed to fire last night and fire j they did. There was a briefj sputtering but the combustion proper was without any special warning, Failure of the board to ap prove the Mayor's recommenda f tion for pensioning Patrolman Hy Ward and for dismissing Patrolmen Taylor, the motorcy cle officer, and Burke, the geni al Irishman on the force, preci pitated the blast which carried with it a dynamic assault on the whole administration. HU Her* " The Mayor even attacked the city fathera And, give him credit for It. be told 'em ao tetra tete. There waa no waiting until tomorrow but it hap peaed laat night. "I've had a special detective here In vaatigating the whole bunch," he aald Ha explained, la throwing out hla invitation for a apark to fall on the fuae. that he had deemed it unwiae to taka members of the city council Into hla confidence In executing kla plan for finding oat what the police wore do lag "I don't truat anybody," ha aald. add ing that aoma of the member of the hoard might be engaged in the hualnraa as telling molaaaea or augar to block ade ra. 'Thal'a exactly ao," ahouted Alderman Cola from hla corner and before he could alt dowp Alderman Ranoy waa on hla feet relenting the Mayor'a thruat. It waan't a time for bickering It Waa a time, it looked, for fighting or for cooler heads to taka the aituation in hand and ateer it off a dangerous ihoal. Some one did and quiet prevailed Showing ’Em the Late. All thla happened after the Mayor had made the recommendation! with reaper! to the three offirere It waa announced by Hiaioner laat week that thraa membara of the forre were head ed for the gate marked 'thin way out!” And he got 'am to the gate laat night when the city fathera intervanad. whole business ia rotten frnm the aaaiatant chief on down." tha Mayor told memhera of the hoard "And If my—recommendations are not going to be adopted white I’m acting city man ■ ger you better Snd another acting city manager and find him now Digressing a bit to return to the Mayor'a clean up program Hla Ciean t p Program Following hla appointment aa acting I manager he announced to the heads of the different department# that he want- - rd action First off came the warning to blorkadere, hootleggrra and prmtl tutea Thinga didn't happen feat enough : and ha announced that the police de 1 pertment waa going to he ahaken up and military discipline instituted around j at tke fire houaai The old head! smiled while all this 1 wax going on hut the Mayor waa going • head He had hailed the powerful Southern railway, oner the political ' boaa of North Carolina, Into hia court Officers war# told td step lively and thing! were hamming Then the Mayor went off flaking for a few days •’•an to Head Him Off. In the AieanMme. the old guard work ed quietly Aldermen who had hern on vaiallnna ruahed hark to find that! Che Mayor had itirred the town up. There was much talk of making him j hold on tha }ob and thla didn’t jibe a hit with a cut and dried program of the fathera -a majority of them So the plan was evolved to head the Mayor off with th# firat hm pr<t «n 4 l*«t Ytiffct was the tunc pick#*! for (Hr decapitation ' Tha M#yor didn't go into drtaila U»t night about the ”rnU#n#s* ’ of the po lica fore# or the administration If# only hit tha high spoil With all twrlv# cylinders in action hr tort it# From Wilmington It «ai dtftCloand aftrrwarda that !h# »p#flal drtaftlvr who has K##n activ# j in (ioldaburo for acvrral days ram# h#r«* from Wilmington H# la a former offi* j car and at praaant ia on sink# with th# railroad shopman What hr r#portrd to Ihr Mayor is unknown ao far but th# Mayor mad# no bon#a about racornmmd * ing th# ahak# up in Ih# il#partm#nt ll# aant#d Officer* Ward p#naion#d or gi##n a new assignment and wanted Os fleers Taylor and Hurkr dismissed from the acme# September firat Complaint* against l*uth officers hav# recently been j (Continued og Peg# Th rat) THE GOLDSBORO NEWS “If It Means War, Let Us Have It Now *' Says Head Os Southern in Statement I'rtttldtnl Harrison AnnouncSß Thai He Will Employ Any Help NecessMry To Run Ihc Road; AppvNls To Employees, To I'Mtrons and To Citlxenship Along Line for HuftMirt W AHHINGTON, Aug It, The Southern railway, which to-date, has made no efforts to combat the shopmen's strike, aawoaaeed today through Its president. Falrfas Har rison that U would employ any holp necessary to keep trains in opera tion. Mr. Harrlnon. In a formal alata ment, said that the Southern had made every effort la settle with Its men even “ta the eateat of offer ing the terms that they had pre viously agreed to accept" and with out reault, and that “It If meana war la run the Southern railway, then let ua have It now—not later" The action of the Southern waa generally regarded as etgnlftraal In that It had heretofore made no ef fort to fill the places of the shop men who went on strike and, la that It not being a member of the Aim elation of Hallway Kiecullvea had nut participated In th# two meet Inga held hy that organlaatloa la New York to consider strike aoltlemenl proposals pat forward by I'reatdent Harding WOMEN EXPECTED 10 SWAY PRIMARY VOTE IN MISSISSIPPI Harking of Miss Kearney May Settle Vardanian Con test Tomorrow PICK SUCCESSOR TO SENATOR WILLIAMS WASHINGTON. Aug It The post war feeling! of the women folks, voting for the first time In a Mississippi pri mary tomorrow very largely will de termlne who Is to succeed Senator John Sharp Williams, In the upper branch of Congress. Mississippi's women voters, expect ed to number around tO.Oflfl, hava three choices in the Senatorial prims t lev former Senator James K Varda man. of Jark»on, former Rcpresanta llvr Hubert Stephens, of New Albany, and Mias Hell# Kearnay of Klara, a prominent suffraglaj worker of the State VardaMaan, defeated for re elec tlon by Harrison, has bean active in the campaign personally, although WII •on wrote at least one letter to llrme crats m Miaalsalpp! declaring Varda nian to be "untrustworthy " Vardaman opposed much of the Democratic war program and fought Wilson on numer ous issues Slephrns, who resigned from Con gress some months sir,,, was * Wilson supporter Miss Kesrney Is.one of the moat brll 1 liant political figures in the Slate She hat carried on an active Ntate-wtde j campaign While she probably will he unable to win the nomination, the vole •he polla will have an important hearing Interest in the Mississippi outcome hat been sharpened hy Woodrow Wtl son's putting In hia pen agninat Var daman Htephena, although the Wilson' letter was printed widely throughout the Stale, never used It for campaign ma terial. SCHOOL BUDGET CUT: NO OUNCE IN RUE C(iu nI y CommisMinnerN Lop s'll.ooo of SrhoWlrs and $7,- 000 Off General Fund Tb# rmj'nty *'omiHi*Bibner» >•#• t#r«Ujr- d#rt«s*H I o rut SII,OOO from tb# school budget for th# n#xt sis month* s7,fw»o .from th# g#n#ri«i county fund, end Ift.fMHl from th# pinking fund Still, taken are tn remain rent* »n tb# dollar just a* they were la«t >#ar h#rau«# mis»if>n#rs Htat#<l that tax valuation t» $4,000,000 short this yaar du# to «o many failing l«» lift th#ir taira The *rhno| budget was r#dut#d from $270, 000 to s2ay.m>o. Th# delinquent tut hat wilt not b# published a*. pr#«#nt It waa completer! laat w##k. and th# t ummiaaionrra hav# derided lh%f in*tf of I'uhliahing it they will turn it over to th# grand jury when th#f meet thit month While the at hooi budget, tb# ainiiiiig fund, and the general county fund w#r# «*Ut heavily the budget for road* and bridge* waa raiaed A* it now atatida the arhnol taxea will hr tit rent* Oh thg SIOO this year inatead of f>4 at it waa last >#ar Th# taxes for roads and bridges this year la 20 rent* per stoo Th# sinking fund Is 12, an dthe g#n#ra! county fund It mf;ki in f HM M.O. WASHINGTON, Aug 14 Th.- fifth annual m##ltg of th# South#rn t out* me'rrtal < ongreap will b# held at f hit ago Nov#mb#r 20 22. It was ancounted tu da \ Mr Harrison said in his statement: 'Every effort hea Keen made to ao operate our property that our mrn could honorably return to work Every effort has been made to settle with our men We have gone to the extent of offering the terms that they had previously agreed to accept We have thus held out every reasonable inducement with out result. We must now turn to em ploying others for the road must he tun We must give thoae wr'‘"employ protection tor it may be that those who have up to this time been protected hy keeping their Jobs open may #>w turn against ua. even to an attempt to pre vent others from working Call is now madr upon every employee, upon every patron of thto company and upon avrry eltiaen along ita linos to rally to tha support of the road that has aorved you and protart your own Interest In tha of transportation With your help we can run the read and we pledge all tha resources of the company to that and If It meana war to run the Southern Hallway then let ua hava It now, not latar." LORD NORTHCLIFEE. NOTED PUBLISHER OF BRITAIN. DEAD With Llovd George, Stirred England To More V igorous Action in War WILL HIS PAPERS ( EASE FIGHTING? LONDON, Aug 14 Viscount North cliffs, noted puhliriat. died this morn ing Newt of Lord Northrliffe't death waa given out by the doctors who have keen attending him in this hullrtin: "Viscount Northrllffe died at 10 12 o'rlock, Tha end w«a perfectly peace ful " The death of no other unofficial per •an could have made a deeper jmprea eion in F.nglagit then that nf 1 ..(Jd Nnr|htl(ffr. The »,eve» *«t net a mit prise, •• the bulletins issued hy the dorters for the lasi week plainly in dicated their patient wa. dying The na lure nf the fatal disease has not yet been revealed. Lord NorthC'llffe was hy far the most noted figure In Hnlish Journalism, and tha firat question on everyone's lip Was as to what effect his death will have on tha polietra of The Timea and his other newspapers, which since the end of the w,r have strongiy opposed the Lloyd George administration and Ua principles, with the notable exception of Ita dealings with Ireland, which the Northrllffe press supported throughout Lord Northrllffe, the son of an Irish barrister, became an editor at sevrn tren yaars, owner and publisher nf the London Times and Daily Mail, the moulder of public opinion, a man of powerful influence in the making and unmaking of llritiah rahinrls and, who with Lloyd tieorgo, contributed In a great measure to arousing Kngland to more vigorous action in the war He waa created Karon of the late of Thanet In IPflfi and made a Viscount in DHT aftar he had served with diatlnr lion as head of the llritiah Interests hii. during the war To Viscount Northrllffe ia asrrihed th. arousing nf the Hritish public to a knowledge of (he fait thatvthe Itn tlsh army In France was Insufficiently equipped With high explosive shells, that • int.sh guns on (he French front w. re short of ammunition and that Lord Kitchener, then Secretary of State for War, was tending the Itrltlsh gunners shrapnel while Sir John French, as • mnmander. was appealing for the same kind of high explosives ihst Germany was hurling over the lines in vast quantities Outstanding Feat . This exposure has hern characterjxnd as one nf thr outstanding Journalistic f. als of the war It resulted in the appointment of David Lloyd George «• the first llritish Minister „f Munitions and put him on the road to bee nine Prime Minister Owing It Is said. t» |tie rigid rrna.ir ship which ih. then listen Northrllffe hitterly assailed th. llritiah people knew little about Ihe conduct of the war at that time They were told of the victuriaa and advances, hut It is rlaim ed that the disasters and defeats w. re Kot fully revealed Official Kngland Is said to hav. known for months that tha wrong kind of shall, w.ie being fur ntehed Lard Nnrthrliff, knew th..e conditions herausf he hsd visited Fhe front on several .mansions He sent the military correspondent of the Loudon Timas Colonel Kep ngtan. to Franca, and Heplngtnn sent and Ihe Times pub li.hed s dispatch rspasing Ihe situation and attributing the failure of military operations and heavy casually lists to • deficiency la sheila t rill, lard hit. herier This was followed by an editorial rltlrlsm of Lord Kitchener who up to that time had bean i.gard.il Js, lands greatest war gealus The re vela lions and criticism shocked Kngland ia to quiik action Mi l.layd Georg, ap |>enled tn the Hnlish workmen to hark f oittinued on Dope Fteet —_ -a GOLD* BORO. NORTH CAROLINA; TV##*AT MOSMdNC AUGUST U. IttS START DRAFT WAGE SCALE WITH STRIKE HIIIG IN SICHT Minert* und Operator!* Agree on E>M»entialM for N«w Contract ANY OPERATORS MAY JOIN IN AGREEMENT (T.KVF.I.AND. Ohio. Aug 14 Draft ing of * wage scale wars begun tonight at a closed conference of soft coal op eretora and miners hers Riming of a contract bringing to an end in part the strike that began la«t Anril Ist was predicted hv those romißtr from the con ference All essentials lor the contract i were understood to have been approved 1 and the actual signing of thr agree ment waa left to a sub committee . Mi at of tha other confrreee, however I remained boßJnd tha dosed doors of j tho ronfaraner room .(‘omplrtbon of the rontrart during the (night waa pre ) dieted hy those coming from the ron-j foresee. The agreement, It xfas said would provide for re establishment of the wage scales that were effective laat April lat and the next contract would run unMl naxt March :i|tt It was also drcidefifdo establish a fait finding com misalorrof advisory powers for dealing with future negotiation* in the soft coal industry. The commission would hr chosen by minors and operators with th" personnel to be approved by the President. Operators controlling approximately sixty million- tons annual production were represented tn the r inference They were understood to be In Cen tral Pennyalvania, Western Pennayl vania, Indiana. Illinois, Northern West Virgiia and Michigan, I’ndcr the decision of the conference it wa* understood that any soft coal operators anywhere ia the country might become parlies to thr agree ment, the re opening of their mines to follow immediately. These operators. It was aald, might sign the agreement as Individuals, or by Slates or districts. Anthracite Panes Hoon. PMILAOKLPHiA, Aug 14 Prospects of peace in the anthrarite coal mines of Pennsylvania appeared brighter tonight than at any time lines thr suspension became effective na April I, rendering Idle approximately Ibri.OOO men Negotiations between tke operators '(Continued on Page Three) Last Credit Count In the Campaign Given Today Count Hb Published Today Last To Be Made By Campaign Department Judges To Take It as Basis for Final Count Campaign Ends Next xSaturday Night at 10:00 O’clock. — —— - - ■ >» STANDINGS The following an* thr camliflate* in the Goldnhorn Npwh Subseription Campaign together with the total num • l>er of eredita t aat hv each. Thia in the laat count of credits to he made hy the Campaign Department and will Ih' taken hy the Judge* aa the haaia on which they will make the final count in awarding the prize*. Dintrirt Number One Cha*. O. Baird & 1,809,800 Mi** Helene Cohn 1,095,100 Eleanor Daniel* 88:1,500 Mi** Fannie Edward* ... 1,888,300 Mr* Hugh Fenton 1,854,500 Mi** Killye G. Graham 936,500 Glady* Harri* 270,600 Mi** ('arrie C. l*ler 1,888,700 Cary Maxwell 616,300 Mi** Mattel R Smith 1,892,400 Mr*. Luther Snipe* 702,300 lira. Ailiaon Saaaer 787,900 DiNtrirt Number Two Mr*. B F. Bartlett, Rt. 6, City 23,800 Mi** rSrginia Bird, Mt. Olive_ 1,831,600 Mr*. Cha*. Bennett - 472,300 Mr*. It. N. (io**ett, Clayton 354,900 Agnes Gurley, Princeton 68,.500 Esther Hatch. Mt. Olivo 17,500 Mi** L. P. Henderson, Pollocksvillo w ... 1,861,000 Mi** Mayme Jolmaon, Rt. I 1.885,500 Mi** CUua l A.‘i‘ Stith, Pikeville 216.300 t Vk ith only fivn •laya aftar today in whirh tha huathng randidalaa In Tha Sr*i S»ii<«niafiahip ( luh I ampiifn may ml ramk thamaalaa* brhmd • rnougk • mtita In win, • .A a giganllr. tirrlray, thorough ranvaaa lor auhacriptlana aa thaaa i-nityalii workara ara making thaaa laat few daya hat naanr barn arrn n tha Stair of North < arollna It la truly a wondarful far# batwaan tha moat popular and tha mint rapahla rapr» irnlativaa of tin folk of thi* ray lira rnmmunil) that haa aarr liaad In augurat'd in Ihia naitlen AH \k ay nr t ounty, and aurroundlng tarntary, la watrhinj and waiting and , wAndatmg and HUMTLNti for tkair fa aortlra In Ihia ampaign And whn«t tka grant aalua as tba prtaaa at ataka aaa tahan into rnaaldar allon la It any wandar* I HONOR. OLORY. and a SMALL TOR NEVADA GOVERNOR IS OBJECT OF GUN IN STRIKER’S HAND Seventeen Men are Arrested at I «rh ( ega*. Train* Moving SEND ADDITIONAL DEPUTY MARSHALS KAN FRANCISCO. Aug 14 Htrikerx were arrested tn Nevada and California today aa a reault of the rati strike and trains were moved on the Hants Fa aya trm which had bacn tied up since last Thursday. Governor Emmett Boyle, of Nevada, waa at Las Coegaa when IT men ware takjrU into custody No charges have beeA Bled against the men Governor Hoyle obtained a pxftol taken from one of thr men and wal tha object of one of the striker's pistole when the Govern or got the drop on the man No ahota were fired but the man waa arrested Embargoes on movements of pariah •bias during the day were unrhang ed and California fruit growers and shippers fared a loss that grew in to thousands of dollars hourly. It was aald thera waa no way of saving thr ripening fruit that should he shipped immediately. Twelve additional .deputies Fedaral marshals were ordered to Roseville, Cal Ifornia, where thr Pacific Fruit Ex, j pros maintains ita Icing plant. Twen ty deputies hava been on duty and a report to the marshal In Han Kranciaco •aid alrikrra were Violating the court injunction prohibition picketing. TO BK TRIED FOR ABMAULT KINSTON, Aug. 14. Ed and James Gibbs, negroes, have been brought hare from Washington, N C , to stand trial for assaulting a whit# man tn Lonoir County. Tha (attar waa painfully but not aerioualy htvt The Lonoir author ities were on the trail of Ibe Gibbs several weeks, for a tiro# aUa parting Hie of them to be Tony Cibbe, who murder ed a white man at Washington soma wrekk ago and has since been at large. The Washington police hsd • perfect description of the latter, however, and acquitted him of the suspicion The negroes held here hre believed to be related to the slayer. Thr anrient Greeks and Somalia used betrothal rings aa pledgaa, but not wed ding rlnga. • » Tl’N'K Ivtlii th* WINNKRR neat RAT t'KIIAY NlfillT, August l#th ■ ••I < ffdll I oant l*uhi lehrd Today. An analysis of the credit standings I* published fur th* last tint* today, by the Campaign Department thr laat muiit of i rrdits until thr committee of Judge* make thr Anal fount and award thr prtir ahnwa an interesting situa tion, ■ < the headliner* round th* laat turn and go into thr home *tr*lch" un der whip and *pur The h«*t entries of Goldsboro and all the surrounding territory are on th* score rard, th* first prise Is a Ktude baker tjpucial d" touring tar worth ll.Titi TH# candidnt#s are rounding the turn for ill# Inal tin# —thousands of enthusiastic friends are cheering and "pul I eng*' for th#lr favorites and the •ire Is al»##t m reach MAY TMI BBT CANDIDATE WIN. Lorraine's beauty t#H -ks M A 4.. -. -O S —^ MIM ■ I 1 OfiMl. JUSt 4UM of quMi" at Mats. Thai moans shea tk* prhttttnt girt la Lorraine AUCTION MARKET TO - OPFN HERE TWIT ( oraplaint of Much Tobacco Go intc Throuvh Here to Wibton (ioliliboro'i tobarro market, for oat* of the wood at auction, open* this morn in* at tan o'clock la the old Plantar* warahouaa on Mulberry atraat. Rxpartatlona of n. r. Currln, man •l'f of the local houaa, arc for only modaat oalaa hero today Between 10,- °®° and 12,000 pound* had reached hi* floor yraterday while buyer* war* pre dicting that a* much a* Mi.ooo pound* would be *old on the opening break. Much romplalnt wn heard her* yes terday of tobarro going through Golds boro on to Wilton but it wa* thought that the amount had been over estimat ed Quite a bit did pan through Golds boro. Buyer* for all the large companle* have arrived her* and it la generally believed that the auction price* on the Goldsboro market wi|J be equal If not better than the open prices paid on say market in Eastern Carolina On* reason for tbi* la the fast that the strong aras as the Grower* Coopera tive organisation 1* in Goldsboro. Co operative houses will open here, it wa* understood yesterday, neat week. SCOTLAND NECK BANKER OFFERS LOAN TO FARMERS A banker of Scotland Nerk baa of. fared to lend farmers who wiah to raise hogs the money to buy the hog* and additional feed asceading that grown on the farm. If they will fellow the ihatrurtiona of the home demon stration departments, K W Gaither, head of the organisation for eighteen rojntie* in Eastern Carolina said yes terday. Report* from Malffax and Aasea county yesterday showed that in a teat raqe of forty eight hogs in Anaon over a feeding period of thirty days, weigh ing at the beginning of the teat i.ttl pounds, weighed at the end 7,442 pounds. The 2JH4 pound* gain in waight was produced With 7A4J pounds of feed, resting 9110.39 and shewing a gross profit of 9104.01. The average daily gains during the feeding period wo* 1 .67 pound* per pig. Tho. report from Halifax wa* not so favorable, showing a loss of eight rent* per pound while hog* bad worm* After being given a dose of 1 1 gr aantonium, I dram of arem-ntst, attfi % ft. calomel, a da, they showed- 'gain* of five rent* per pound Mr HMtftsr always i recommends giving hogs medicine in . capsules when treating them f*r worm*.! and he calls attention to the fart that they cannot be drenched like rattle,; and may he strangled to in the— attempt / BIG MEETING OF WAYNE FARMERS ON SEPTEMBER 1 t-*0 K U Gaither, home demonstration agent of Eastern Carolina, leave* the rity today for the Willard Testing farm today where he is planning to have a big get together meeting of the farmers of Wpy ne and the eastern part of the state 'Beptrmber I. This mretlng is for feasting and see ing what the hnrtirultoriats are doing with their vineyards of 240 varieties of gtapea Mr Gaithers said hr wanted thjt meeting there berause this farm ia eon- ' siderrd thr greatest vineyard work in the world of Its kind There are varie- I ties of grapes ripe there from the mid dle of August until after frost Then, there are pecan groves there for the farmers to tee that ar* worth seeing. f'KH’AKK KOK 1*23 EMU. KINSTON. Aug It Preparations ar* ! being rushed for lha annual fair hara, ta be held lets than two months hence Ten counties will provide elhibita and at- ! tendance No announcement haa haen mad* of running rare*, nor anything said to indicate that that* may be had. The racing card generally will be very fult however The rshiblta will be ran tolerably larger than last year. Includ ing several community displays Will D Hood, the secretary, haa promised spec tacular feature* for free attractions The (air will open October 10. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS pßicß fi vb corn LABOR LEADERS GET BSeSi i , v*mNh After WWU House Conference * Announce Nffw Approach of Rood Chiefs '■ , V, SHOPMEN'S CASE IN HANDS OF SHEEPARD * »' Washington, a ur 1 (By tb# As sociated Prate) -Heads of railroad la bor organisations not on strike got their attempts to medial* the strike of shopmen and other crafta in tranapor tatlon eervic# back befar* President Hardtng today an 4 after a two'and on# half hour Whlto House conference de clared they intended to re-approach railroad sxaratlves L. A. Sheppard, president as tho order of railway conductor., and spokesman for th* entire group, d* dared on leaving th* Whit* Hoop* that striking untaaa would leave "their rase in th a hands" of himself sad hla **•» elates, while a* to tbs sporadic walk ! out of brotherhood member* In tha various pert* of the country, ha »ald I "the President doesn't intend to aiak* any issue agpinat men who tone* •■- ; safe engine* '• Mr. Eheppard, Ilka the other uaiaa I official*, refrained from iperifiaally In dicating what baa la was being consid ered for further compromise attempts. Th* meeting with tho Prostdgat was arranged by Secretary of Labor Dovia after all tb* ualon chief* leeiodtag these on slrib# had boon in ono of their general executive aosslona t* con sider policy. The president’s latest effort* to tat tle the railroad strike kave failed. Tho pledge to secrecy Imposed an eaek gU* of ihe controversy ka* boon hrofcM* hp the White House, and tke details «| Mm lest forty eight hoars' caafaraagp gps now revealed. I. A committee of tho railroad rntttt, utlves, headed hy T DeWtte A prcaident of the Association *#*#s way Ksecutires, submiltod a F ; al acceptance of Mr. Harding** proposal to the Praaldant said 9 asked to remain in Washington decision of th* striking *|#pg|M. J 2 Th» striking skopmga hMH| their rejer ihon of the PtflAdcStk lorlly proposal, and loft thalr easegp the "Big K>u railroad brotharhdfl 1 leader* for further igrifiafifi W' ~ h*i*« AHkMrnttou flu ’ i|Rss, >. The "Big Four'' leaders than ifr i vited the rxecutlees to a Joint isnfnfl enre and submitud a plan as ftfttk settlement said to have had Whitt House inspiration through an impart* tial tribunal, composed of thvoo mam*" he,*, on* appointed by th* strihffk,'* \ on* by th* esacutiv** and «M hy fill W 'dent Harding. Th* plan Wna tamed IP i down unqualifiedly hy tha ataclrtions. t. Tha esecetlvas vlaltad Pruaidant Harding yrsUrday and informed Mm that they had turned dawn tha Im partial tribunal plan. Upon roeeipt as \ this Information, th* President rovefcod the pledge of secrecy Hence, th* score of th* White Hoe## Intervention In tho railroad strike I* even: on* acceptance and ana rejection of the two proposals by each aide. Three fan rasa Remain Now three alternative* ate loft the President la the pre seat emergency i First—Ta ask <'eagres* far aathorlty ' to taka over tk* railroad*. Merond To let tk* otrlklng shopman and tk* executives fight It oat between ibemsetoo*. Third—Ts ronaalt with Ms Cabinet and leaders In Congress a* l* a pos sible third pears offer. Present indications point to a cbotto >f th* second alternative Th* spohoa 'MS frt th* railroad sxecativos, lata yesterday, made Jt clear the*. *Rsy thought further Presidential mtenreh i non in the strike weald sot hdtp mot- * ters. and would b* distasteful to thorn. The, era convinced th* Strike will be settled ..ailifkr by surroador as th* stfriTera, by qmpieyasont as sufficient -Strikebreakers to keep troiu servtca np to normal, ar by govaranlbnt saiaur* Os th* roads. R»p*ct Big Poor Backing Tb* strikers, . srrordlag te their spokesman, nr* willing to fight It *Wt with the executives on tk* assumption that sulheisnt strikebreaker* cannot b* employed and that they will b* backed in tkslr fight by th* "Big Fonr" broth rrhoods. whose members will eontlnao their refusal to operate defective loco motives. * With the prospect of further pvooi dential ortion rrgardod aa rsmot*. tha rommitte* of railroad saocwttvn*. hand ••d by fuylsr, left Washington yoo ferday. Tk* "Big Four" H rot herb ood loader* ■re remainiag f*r a further confers ac« todsy with Bsrt It Jswsll, Under *f the striking shopman, and Ms eklof fiiccutlvse Tk* oatcoms of thU aoo ferencs may b* a declaration by th* brotherhoods refusing I* run at least fifty per cant of th* country's 7* AM locomotive* -whlr*i they contend nro now unfit f*r ssrvisa, do* to Inch of rvpair* during th* ***** woaha *d th* shoperuft* Us up Although tbi* de claration would not b* ua avowed aym imthstic sink*. IU implication and aa forevment would amount l* practically lha same thing. Kail Heads ( oaftdeat Tb* vlaeutlv** have aasured Mr ‘ Harding that normal transporottlan could b* maintained for a year la cans* without turning a band ta repair a Single car *r locomotive. Based on this latter rsiUnliM, tha rrus of. th* railroad vsscuttvea' a*a dltM*«*l arceptaac* as tb* President'• seniority pioposal supported. It was I (Continued on Peg* Throe)

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