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.
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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)