The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 89, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 2, 1922 Page: 1 of 39
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i Both Sides Confident
90 Per Cent Respond to Nationwide Call; Officials
Declare 'All striking Maintenance tef Way Men
r ' VWill Return to Work.
Fully 90 per cent of the 2500 members of the "federated
shnn rafts in Houston stopped work Saturday in response
to the national strike order it
quarters Saturday night At the same time it was announced
at the offices of the Southern Pacific railway' that enough men
' ' hadtse 9 answer tbe strike-call to ofrate the shops and
' . lf.ttii.Mssarv eauioment'of the' road in-ffinnine condition.
While all the railroads running into Houston are affected by the
"'strike the Southern Pacific employs a big majority ot shopman here.
" It la estimated that this line lost nearly 2000 men before ths- strike had
; been on tor 24 hours. .; . " ' . "
OfflcUli otrthe Maintenance ot Way employes are confident that
. all men who walked out Saturday will return to work. It waa stated
by leaders that the walk out came through a -mUunderstaadlng the men
not knowing thai national omcersu
f tK nrmnlzatlon had agreed to
$ " Toostpone striate action until
-Monday. - .
Shortly after the men ceased work
" Saturday tbsy started reporting to
" . union headqusrters at the Clerk's hall.
il t-I Preston avene where they
r' were regUrtsred. They were stllTta
Ing regltered at a late hour and it
. r was' announced that a complete cheek
'Of the number men out would not
- oe available until Sunday morning.
Tha walkout waa peaceful and wa
not marked by a demonatratloa. Rela-
tive to the peaceful taauewktloa-of the
... - strike v Mayor Holeombs tamed a
Utement to Pollca Superintendent
- ' i Gordo Murphy Instructing him that
" tha police department wa to remain
- absolutely- aeatrat In the difficulty. .
Yilvw the railroads the necessary
'protection and enforce the law' .waa
. 1 . the subeunc oi tne mijwi on.
Tha striken wUi hold sn open wiset
Ing at 1 a. m.' Sunday at which time
a public announcement of ths Hous'
ton proarani win. nirnuw . .
Carpenter were first to qalt at tha
Beuthrn raelOc wshopa Carrying
t ' "i their toot as ctothrog. they tu4 C"!
tha Fulton street ate tea by score.
- - Many kwded their toola la their own
' automobiles watting near tha lata
- Vore then -160 ; automobiles war
A mi went tote nearby. t j -
- Boon machinists bollermekere atieel
. car. repair meapainter. and- eleo-
. trtclana wrt coming to-the. sate and
rbecklna onL Both union men and
official of the company aald the atrlke
waa e percent cffactlf in the Botrth
ern-Paolfle ahop. Fully 00 of the
J MOS MDDlorM ault work.
T . Tha walkoat waa orderly. The men
( '-in awer la rood apirlta
There waa no avldenea that.Hh
company had made plana to replace
the atrlklns- amP) vranamen.. -rrr.
nape. A half doaen 'new apeolal asenU
. were on duty moat of theaa being
uroand the ntea. The property waa
patrolled by ttw regular and apeclal
officers. " '
Fifty men walked-aut ot the ahop
of the Houitoa Belt Terminal rail
way at 1 a m. making the atrlke
10 per cent effective for the day force.
Including the night shift 18 men
will be affected.
No disturbance of any nature wai
evident At II o'clock the men filed
by and reported to the timekeeper
that they had quit for the day.
Tho atrlk order Include every on
below the-rating of general foreman
including the night Yoreman and those
occupying subordinate position. The
night ahlft I not expected toa report
lor auvy.
.' Eight locomotlvea In the rouadhoua
Inauro awltchlng for an indefinite
time. . No attempt had been made at
noon Saturday to employ nou-union
men in the shopsu - -
Workers of the Houston Belt
Terminal railway striking are: 57 car
worker I boiler waahers tl machin-
ist. 4 oopperamltha I bollermakera
.' and I blacksmith.
About U shop craftsmen at the In'
tarnation at Oroat Northern railway
roundhouse Preston arenua and
Dowllng street quit work promptly at
1 a. m. They iart the roundhouae
' 'Immodlately.
The walkout was orderly and well
conducted. Non -of tha "strikers
. loitered aseund tha yard. A black
' smith about thro machinist. It car
. repairmen six car. Inspectors and
. few otbr shop employe .laid down
their tool.
Maintenance of way men mostly
negro end Mexicans- remained on
their Job. No on went out at the I.
and Q. N. roundhouse In (ympathy
with the striker oniclals aald.
About aliht anginea were In the
yards when the atrlke came.. Two of
them were under steam. All of them.
offlclala declared were In good Condi
tlon and ready for yee. Repel on
' some had lust been odtnpleted.
NO non-union wo. (era were placed
' In the ahop Roundhouse foreman
declared they" were not pressed for
employes as tfte englnea on band were
' In rood condition. '
Of the KM men employed In. the
Shops -of the Houwtm Texaa Can
1 tral ahops fully SU ar on strike.
:' ' Practically all thoa -workers the day
ahlft left shortly the whistle blow
announdni II. o clock thla morning.
. Many niro employ war away
from the shop attending the annual
" plonlo for aegroaa on the . Southern
Faoine Inea
' The men toft orderly and without
demonatratloa. No effort was mad
- to replete them.
; There i waa no trouble evident
start Ing train from the yard r
eardl of the closed shop.
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. . A meesas waa received from Ken
nedy by i. B. Melear stating that
sbopraea thera In tb San Antonio and
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Fashion;
was estimated at strike head-
SHOP CRAFT IJ1 i
OYER STATE HEED
ORDER TO STRIKE
Walkout . Effective
All Lines
.' Indicate'
Shopmen all over' tha Stats obeyed
the atrlke. call In. force reports Indi-
cate. Shops Of 'road entering Hous
ton at other . point werer deserted
promptly on the hur c
Valullri f K t .'ana. It M .an
Kingavilt on . the Oulf
Oaaat i Hues
each report the welkout thorouihly et-
fscttva- -At 'Paiesun . promptly at 14
o'clock Saturday morning between 460
and tie member of the six federated
Craft laid down their tools and quietly
quit their Job J.-g Quinn general
chalrmaa of the shop federation. s
erta that tha men ar out in force
and Official -fa ahop-atat that oolrl
fore men and' day laborer remain.
For an -hour a continuous Stream of
men came from the shops canting
their work clothe and' toola. A large
crowd assembled at the yard entrance.
but there waa no kind of demonatra-
'Jon.
The men reported at tha' union labor
heaalauartera - to receive Instructions
and will report daily between 10 and
II o'clock for reports and conference
GeYrything ia quiet and no trooble Is
aatlclMted. . .
At Klngavllle fully MO men left their
post in accordance with atrlke order
The men affected were sheet metal
Workers machnlUU blacksmiths boll
ermakera carmen and painter Gen
oral foremen remained on the Job but
with orders not to do an jK work.
'The walkout wa quiet and orderly.
The. men formed in parade and
marched to Miller park where they
were addressed by Sheriff J. & Scar
borough who tailed upon tham tp be
autet.
Officer of the different oaganlntlona
also addressed the men. As far as
can be -learned the offlclala of the
railroad company have madeSio effort
to Import men to take the place of the
striker It belng generally believed
that tha heavy ahon work wlU be aent
to Other town and that enough men
will be Induced to work here -to keep
up the light repair-work." The strife
rs are eertou and determined.
Two hundred shopmen' ot the M K.
a T. laid down their toola at Smith
vine in obedience to ' atrlke : order
The walkout waa quiet
while few are effect qp at Corpus
Chrisu a feature ot me situation
there Is the employment of ' other
woraer to nu m vacancie
. Shopmen employed by the four rail
road mUrlng Corpua ChrlU laid
(Cont'd on Pg. J.)
TRIES TO STOP
FIGHT; JS CUT
' Tennessee Butler 1ft negra suf
fered several deep knife wounds in the
cheat at I p. m. Saturday when she
attempted to keep two of her friends
from dentins ah declared to Ofn
cera D. Reed and i. Henderson who
were called to her noma. No I Mo-
1 Lieary street. . . ....
jioe woman wa not raaen . te
hospital. Bhe told the officer two
ber. friend were beginning to talk
"kinder roush" and ah thought she
would atop tha argument before it got
too not. . ;.
Polio ar looking for her "friends
New Motor Car Service
cBegm$ oh Brazos Valley
' Passenger from Houston ' and 01
reston will he sble to make better
connectlona with ' the inauauratloi
Sunday by th Houston and Braao
Valley railroad of a motor ear ae trice
from Freeport to Anchor and Angle'
ton. Th motor line will eonneot with
the t a N. and th Brownsville
line. Three round trip a day .will
made tha first at I a. m. and the
hurt Just before midnight Th aew
service will give Freeport both In-going
and out-going mail twice a day.
REBELS' ';
MORALE
: BROKEN
Surrender of Many Re
publicans Hailed As
Godd Sign "
FOUR COURTS
STILl BLAZING
Associated Press Report
DUBLIN July X. The situation be-l
twees the national army 'and .the re
publican irregular in Dublin remains
unchanged at this hour (4 p. m.) with
the insurgent momentarily expecting
an attack. They aro grouped In an
area three-quarter of a mile aquare
with a light barricade or motor cars
and Iqrrie thrown out -
DUBLIN July .1. The provisional
Free-State government turned Satur-
day to the task of -clearing out the re
mainlrtg nest Of. Insurgent following
tha all of tha Four Courts their chief
tronghoM
The surrender this morning of more
than 60 rebel in the Capel street area
hailed aa evidence that the morale
of the republican had been weakened
by the yielding of Bory O'Connor and
Uanv Mellowea.
The' menace atltl confronting not
wrnly Dublin but the nation waa reo
oamlsed. end the Da 11 minister of de
fense in a proclamation to the troops
of the national army declared: "We
put our hand to thl fight In defense
of the people's will.' and with your M
we will ee It to a successful issue.
Mora ncouraging news waa received
from the province early Saturday In
eluding account of victoriea for th
natlonagftroopa m Buncraruv and Iet-
terkenny. s The government force are
declared to be in control of the entire
Tlpperary area. ...
Aa far as Dublin la concerned the
plan 'of action against the irregular
who hav established themselves in
hotel ind other premise win prob
ably assume tha ferrh of an" encircling
movement with . iqtess fields of ac
Uon in certain areas. ' '" -
The'' total- casualties - ta- -th' three
days fighting hav Sot yet been a seer
talned but it 1 estimated they will
not greatly exceed 100 . the fatalities
being placed at about 40.
The next -area' to. receive attention
will-probably be the Sackvlllo street
district where the republicans Friday
night-took over alilock of building
including ths poet office and th
Ore ham Granville' ' and ' Hamman'i
hotel To guest of the hotel were
summarily ordered to leave and were
turned out Into th deserted atreet.
carrying their belongings.
- It la reported on good authority that
Bam on De Vetera la in personal charge
of tha Eackvluo area for the republi
cane. This morning th windows
bristled with rifle
The ruins of the Four Court were
still biasing furiously thl morning.
Nothing remain of th magnificent
dome which waa a distinguished build
ing. .
Tha government movement sgalnit
the Backvllle street are appar
en tly. under full headway during the
forenoon. An Important move was
made by the national army troop
when they took over the buildings In
Backvllle street opposite the block
seixed by the republican
There waa a sharp outburst of firing
Saturdiy morning 1n tha vicinity ot St
Stephen's green m the south side.
where the Irregulars Were reported to
nave .seisea tee united Sentee club.
Th fighting -aenerau. hojfcver. has
w uivi icu v ino norm mmm oi me
uuey.'in the district Immed atelv ad.
Joining th- ruins of the.Fpur. qourts
ana in tnasaaavlll atreet area.
About IP o'clock ahare flrlna- brake
out in xaioot atreet. where an armer
ed car carrying national army troop
aiiaccea.
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BAIL REFUSED
WHITE YOUTHS
Frank Bonno and Preston Cart-
wright whits youth charged on five
counts with robbery by firearm on
three count for assault to murder and
an two counts with criminal assault
in connection with th holdun of ev
oral parties of negro list Saturday
night on th Weetheimer road were
hold without bajl on- seven charge
lot lowing bearing In Judge Luak
court Saturday.
. Judg Luak allowed them 1300 bond
on each count In tha assault to mur
der charge act denied them ball on
ine otner charge .
Big negro men' nt two nea-ro wo
men testified to 'being held up and
robbed but were unable to Identify
tha men. Bonno sad Csrtwright wer
aentmes by on negro man. Henry
Bishop who testified that he wa held
up and robbed Friday night oothe
Wathelmer road. He said th boy
unmasked and hla lantern waa focused
o it their face . i
Statementa hav been made by the
boy according to the district attor.
ney'a office confessing to to other
onvnrn qui aenying to Bishop hold'
up cnasy mgni. .
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Harding Requests Probe
Of Alien Property Case
. Associated Press Report;
WASHINGTON July LInvestlga
lion of tna transfer from th alien
property custodian to the . Chemical
rouaaation inc.. of certain enemy
property seised during the war wa
recommended Saturday by President
Harding In a letter to Allen Property
iuiouuLQ sauier.
Coal Leaders Buckle
Down to
PRESIDENTIAL
PARTY GUESTS
OF MARINES
Associated Press Report
GETTYSBURG Pa. July 1. Presi
dent Harding and hla party arrived
here from Washington at 1:55 p. m.
to remain overnight in the camp of the
fourth brigade ot marines
"WASHINGTON July L President
Harding' left Washington shortly af-
ter noon Saturday by automobile for
Gettysburg Pa. where he will be an
overnight guest at the marine corps
there. Sunday he will leave the Gettys
burg battlefield for Marion Ohio to
attend a - home-coming - celebration
which will be held next wek. The en-
tire trip will be made by automobile.
The president expects to reach his
destination late Monday.
DUTIES OM WHEAT
FLOUR AND FRUITS
RAISED BY SENATE
Jellies Jams and Marma
lades Are -Also '.
Raised '
Associated Press Report. '
WASHINGTON July L Duties of
30. cents a bushel on wheat and 71
cent per 101 pounds on flour wer
approved Saturday by the senate.
With little Clscusslon the lenate
approved a committee rate of cents
bushel on apples an Increase of five
ocnta over the bouse rata Also It ap
proved new amendment .propoalpg
rata of ene-hall cent a pound. an
apricot green rip ar la brlna and
a duty of 40 per cant ad valorem on
apricot otherwise prepared. " '
Increase InJIuties an fruit were vot
ed by the stoat m rspld succession.
Rates spproved included: Berries
edible in natural condition one-fourth
cent a pound th hous rate one
cent; prepared or preserved it per
cent ad valorem houses-rate 10 per
oent. -
Cherrle In natural atate or In brine
two cent per pound house rate 1 1-2
cent: maraschino cherries and cher
ties prepared preserved 45 per -cent
ad valorem an Increase of five per
cent over th original rate and 25 per
cent over th hous duty.
Pineapple. ZI 1-1 cent per cat
in bulk three-fourth ot one cent each
candled or otherwise prepared two
cent per pound house rate I 1-4
eent Plums prunes snd prunelle
green ripe or k brine one-half cent
per pound house rate same; other
wise prepared or preserved 40 per cent
original rate 15 per cent house rate
10 per cent. .
All Jelllea Jama marmeladea and
fruit butter 40 per cent; original 19
house 28; fruits in any form not spe
dally provided for. 40 per centrarig-
lnal rate. 35 hous rata 10.
LOWERED FREIGHT
RATES IN EFFECT;
SINGLE EXCEPTION
Denver and1 Salt Lake
Line Excused From
Making Cut ;
Associated Press Beport
WASHINGTON July t The Den
ver At Salt Lake railroad waa excuaed
by the interstate commerce commis
sion Saturday from tn necessity of
putting Into effect on Its line the
10 per cent general cut In freight
rates which sll other rallrosds in the
united Statca tnaa effective Satur
day. . Th decrease however -was In
effect on practically an ot the other
railroad of th nation.
Receivers of the Una th commis
sion ruling Indicated found It tmpos
slble to reduce the revenues to th
extent which the 10 per cent cut de
mended and In addition It line
now temporarily out of -operation by
reason of a tunnel lira and may not
be put Into use before August 1.
To secure evidence for a final de
termination on the rosd's petition to
maintain the higher rate Commla
loner Hall win hold In Denver July
11 a hearing at which the management
and public aerved by th railroad will
present their argument .
So far aa could be ascertained tha
Denver Salt Take waa th only
common carrier which didtot have ths
l per cent reouction into enact Satur-
day a ordered by tha commission !
th general rata case last month.
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Richard Elkms Son '
Of Late Senator Dead
Associated Preas Report.
ATLANTIC CITT July l.r-Rlchard
Elkin son of the late Senator and
Mts. 8tephen Elkln snd brother of
Senator David Elkln la dead. His
death waa the Indirect result of an
automobile accident more than a yeaf
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End Strike
Harding Urges Prompt
Action in Address ;
To .Conference
Associated Press Report.
WASHINGTON July 1. Coal oper-
atora and miners' union officials meet-
ing here Saturday at the behest of
President Hsrdlng buckled down to
the task of reaching a basis for nego-
tiating a settlement of the nation
wide coal atrlke and In doing so r-
solved themselves Into two conferen
ces one composed of those engaged
in the bituminous Industry and the
other of those Interested in the pro
ductlon of anthracite.
The bituminous conferees by far the
more numerous agreed to meet again
S o clock eunday. The anthracite
representatives sfter discussing with
secretary ot me interior Fall tne is
sues held responsible for the situation
for work In their districts adjourned
to meet again next Thursday.
Neither of the conferences arrived
at definite conclusions Saturday and
adjourned for further meeting mind.
ful of the warning given by President
Harding In opening the full conference
that unless they were able to reach a
settlement of th strike "the servants
vt th American people will be called
to the task in the name of American
ifety."
President Harding tn convening the
conference advised both pasties to
arrive with measurable promptness at
an understanding "for your mutual
good and the country common good.
The president In addressing the
gathering which included! about 10
operator the same number approxi
mately oi union mine workers officials
and district presidents snd Secretaries
Hoover Davis and Fall declared the
present waa no time for the "militant
note of the radical" and reminded the
conference that' "toleration falrnes
the spirit of give and take and finally
a sense of the larger obligation to the
public ar essential to successful con
ference. .. .
Coupled with his sppeal and admo
nition th president utjyerea what was
regarded ss a warning whan h ssM
.that If tha operators and miners could
not "settle this matter In a frank rec
ognition or ths mutuality of your in
teresta theni the larger publle
Interest must be asserted tn th nsme
of the people where ths common good
I th first and highest concern.
.' You are admonished to arrive at
such understanding with measurable
promptness among yourselves" the
president declared. "If the adjust
merit can not be reached by you alone
government aid will be available at
your Joint call. We wish you who best
know the wsy to solution to reach It
among yourselves In s manner to com
mand the sanction of American pub
Uc opinion. Falling in that the serv
ant of the American people wll be
called to task In th name of Amer
ican aafety and for th greatest good
of all ths people.
This wsrning note from the presl
dent after he had described the critical
plight facing the nation through
continuation of the present suspension
of work which today enured th
fourth month was accentuated by th
statement of Attorney General Daugh
erty who after conferring with the
president Just prior to the convening
of the conference said he would not ait
In the meeting as the department
Justice would not Interest Itself in ths
matter for the present."
Another pointed statement In th
president's address waa:
"Labor haa tha right capital has tn
right snd above all else the-American
publio haa the right to be freed from
these recurring anxietlea (strikes) no
matter what ttie cause ar That tree
dom must be established.
Quadruple Funeral Is
Held for Wedding Party
. Houaton Post Special.
DALLAS Tex July L A quad
ruple funeral the first ever held in
Dallas was held late Saturday after'
noon when the bodies of four motor'
lsts who were killed in a collision near
Chlckasha Okie. Friday wer laid to
rest In a local cemetery. Victims ot
the crash were Vlvlsn Porter and wife
Ml- Lila Speer and Thomaa Spec
Mr. and Mr Porter were married re
cently and wer en their honeymoon
when their car wa (truck by Rock
Island tralra seven miles north
Chlckasha. The bride formerly was
Mis Pearl Speer. t
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Lack of Funds Closes
Dickinson "Y" Camj
. . .. Houston Post Special.
OALVESTON Texa July t tack
of funds hss bean ths cause of the
(closing of the Young Men's Christian
Association camp at Dickinson accord
Ihg to "T" officials In Galveston Sat'
urday.
Thirty boys attended th first 10
dsy session ot the camp but promised
camp equipment was not forthcoming.
nd fund to hav been used for camp
maintenance wer expended on cot
tent and other necessary article
Galveston "X".men state that with
ths material now on hand a camp may
be opened next year on a larger scale
Snd r a longer period. '
Bryan Sends Letters
vur l nanics to vetmn
Mla Katie Daffan. secretary
Hood' brigade haa been aent a letter
by the Bryan chamber of commerce
thanking member of the brigade for
electing Bryan as th meeting city
for their fifty-second annual reunion
to b held In 112$. A almllar letter ha
been aent Captain TV. C. Walsh of
Austin prealdent ef the brigade.
EDERAL
.AID FOR
1 WlrlUJ
Threats by Bandit Leader
Bring U. S.Into
Action
TROOPS RUSHED
TO OIL FIELDS
By FREDERICK Q. NEUMIER
United Pra Staff Correspondent
Coorrlaht. 1922. by the United Pre.
TAMP1CO Mexico.July L Federal
troops were rushed Into th Tamploo
oil fields todsy to head oft "General
Goroxave who ha threatened to re
turn tomorrow to levy tribute upon
American oil companie
Three hundred and fifty cavalrymen
arrived from the south. A detach'
ment ot 150 infantrymen waa sent from
Tamplco. It la reported 1000 add!
tional soldiers landed after being
transported by boat from Vera Cru
Leadera of federal troops believe
they hav the altuatlon well In hand .
Gorozave who held 50 American
prisoners at th Cortes oil camp at
Aguada and later held so prlsonera
Including eight Americans at the Pe
cero camp of the Dutch .Shell com
pany la commander of the rebels
In this district.
He has announced he will return
Sunday to collect 15000 peso ransom
(Cont'd on Pg 2.)
HOUSTON B. P. 01
COMPLETE PLAE
FOR PLAY WEEK
Special- Interurbans Will
Cny Party to
slandCily
.. w' 'kj. W
Houston Elks ire lined up for their
excursion to be held at QaJveaton next
Thursday evening. Arrangements were
completed Friday night when members
of th entertainment committee went
to Galveston and worked out- details
with members of the Galveston lodge
Two-special Interurbans will leave
ths city auditorium at 5:16 p. m. They
will go directly to Twenty-fifth street
nd the Beach. Galveston where they
will be met by the Dallas Elks band
and a delegation 'from the utlvcston
lodge.
An hour of bathing both In the aurf
and- la tha plunge occupies the top
-position oa the program.
Th dinner party to be In th main
dining room of HoteftJalves has been
set for 1:10 p. m. Entertainment lor
th oecaeloh will be furnished by the
Si-plc Dallas band a male quartette.
His Eva MUnater soprano sole 1st and
the Houston Elks down band.
Dancing will start at crystal paiaee
at t:S0 p. in. and continue the re
malnder of th evening. A fin or
chestra for th occasion has been as
sured by the Galveston committee.
ton will leave Gslveston .hortly afterl
midnight. The time of departure of
th. firi train will be decided on the
wsy down.
Entertainment both going snd com
ing will be provided by the Clown band
oi ins Houston rouge.
JAPAN APPROVES
ARMS TREATIES
Associated Press Report.
TOKI0 July "1. Approval by the
orlvy council of . all the treaties
adopted by the powers at the Wash-
ington arms conference Saturday had
left the prince regent's signature the
only formality remaining to place
Japan'a final aeal upon the decision
aimed at world peace.
While there has been som talk of
the sovereign authorltiea of all the
subscribing natlona signing the .trea-
ties simultaneously Japan 1 unlikely
to await thl. Th regent I expected
to sign th treaties before July (. He
presided at the privy council meet-
ing where the treatiea were approved
and naturally will follow th recom
mendation of hi ad.-lsera
Secretary Taketoml of the foreign
office will take the treatiea to Wash
ington aa soon as they are 'signed.
THere ratification will be exchanged.
Woman Released After
S !-
IX YearS in r riSOll
Associated Ptes Report
M' A LESTER Okla. July 1. Ida
Hadley ..who with her husband Paul
played a part in one of the most sen
satlonal murder . trial ever held In
Oklahoma wa released Saturday
from th State penitentiary her after
cervine six year of a ten-year sen
tence. Good behavior gained trtr.early
release.
Kissing th matron goodbye with
tesr In her eye Mra Hadley depart
ed with a newspaper reporter for a
railroad station where aha took a train
for Oklahoma City laying that she In
tended to confer with attorney there
snd then proceed to Phoenix. Arisona
where her husband Is awaiting Men-
tion in th Arisona penitentiary on a
charge of murder
w .
As Walkout Spreads
Over United State;
Work Halts as Clock Reaches Zero Hour lOo'Clock:
Labor Board Dismisses
tion ; Government Assures Board Solid Backin?
Associated Prels Report ' '
CHICAGO. Tuly 1. Notwithstanding the efforts of tht
federal government acting- through the' United States railroad :
labor board to throttle a strike of 'the nation's railway ' shop
workers thousands of shopmen answered the call of their union '
leaders and laid down their tools
Beginning in the New Englarld States at 10 o clock eastern
time the shopmen walked out generally on the Boston and
Maine New Haven Bangor and Arostoock and other roads.
Gradually the walk out spread westward as the round house
clocks approached the zero hour 10 o'clock' local time.
By noon detections were reported from every bit; road in the east
south and central west including the New York Central lines-the Erie
Pennsylvania Northwestern Burlington Chicago and Alton Southern '
Baltimore and Ohio and other big trunk lines.' r .
There was no interruption ot traffic on any line. Engineers and
trainmen stuck to their.posts although under instructions from brother
hood chiefs they performed only
FOURTEEN LARGE '
AUTO PLANTS ARE
MERGED INTO QUE
An 80 Million Dollar
Consolidation I .
Effected
Associated Pre ttepotfc
DAYTON Ohio July L An S0.000
000 consolidation of manufacturers of
automobiles trucks and auto parts.
with factories la Seven States has
been completed hare under tha sum
of Associated Motor Industrie "WW
I. Ohmer ot Dayton is chairman of
ths board. Ths merger includes aeven
automobile) snd truck factories In ad
dltlon to motor body gear Ignition
and other part makera Offices will
be here. v .-
Full speed production will be start'
ed within a few day In all plants
It waa announced. A number of
other manufacturers . of car aro be
ing considered id the consolidation
and some additions may be announced
soon it waa said. Besides ths manu
factoring plants involved five aa'
serrjbling plant wlU be operated -
cated at Indianapolis Boston Louis
vtlle Oakland Calif. and St. Louis
Uo.
All tha plants In ths merger ar
owned outright by the consolidation
tn title being turned over la fee
slmpl to th corporation. Includ
Ing th assembly units fourteen
plant are Included. The maaufactur-
ing plants are:'
National Motor Car and Tehlcle
Corporation Indianapolis. Covert Gear
comwnyIkpott-.NrJ!X transmis-
sion and clutch makers; Recording and
computing- Maahinea company Day
ton unio. ignition. . magneto starter.
battery and generator manufacturers;
Jackson Motors Corporation Jackson
Mich.; Kentucky Wagon Ilanufactur-
Ing company Louisville Ky.; Saatnaw
oneet-Metai works. Saginaw Mich.;
TJ MptorTruck Corporation St
Loul Mo.; Murray-TreVurtha .Cor-
JX)r"on' Boawn. Mass. manufactur
ers of gasoline engines; ant H. F. Hoi
brook -company. New York N. Y.
inMuit-iur?is ot automobile bodies.
'in omcers of the corporation be
sides Mr. Ohmer chairman of the
ooara include: Louis Ruthenburr.
Dayton president: A. A. Gloetsner
Locknort Itobert V. Boam. Louisville.
Ky. T. C Brndle St Louis Md..
and George M. Dickson Indianapolis
litc.iueut
The directors Include tn addition to
tne aoov: .
Jamea R Duffln Louisville; H. O
sioaaard Worcester Mass.; H. V.
Hale. Saginaw Mich.: H. J. Llnkert
Dayton; C. L. Halladay Jackson
Michigan; W. w. Sterling. Jackson; C.
i v. cxseisen cnicsgo; Guy Wilson
St Louis; Buell Hollister New fork;
ana M. Douglas Flattery Boston.
The official announcement said
IH.OOO.OOv dealer' financing fund
woura do available during the next
year and that more than 20.000 skilled
mechanics would be employed aa fast
a tney couia be round.
w e shall start production at full
speed" Mr. Ohmer aald. "Prosperity
is ner now. Associated Motor Indus
tries oeneve that the country was nev
er in better condition - than at the
present time to open up factories and
begin production and putting men
and women to work. There Is no ques-
tion about th sal of goods after they
are manufactured at reasonable prices
"Tne policy of the corporation." Mr
onmer said "I against wag rHnc
tlon and at th same time favors pric
reduction.'
According to th announcement ot
poiiciea Associated Motors Industrie
continue to manufacture all th
car ana truck now made by member
companies. The present capacity of all
plants will be Increased. Th manu
lecturing plant and assembling unit
ar so situated it ia stated as to be
able to deliver car practically freight
fro anywhere eaat of th Rocky
mountain. . H
MESSENGER INJURED
Virgil Brlggs 1 IO0S Chartress
street a : messenger lor th Western
Union Telegraph company aastalned
slight bruises when an automobile
driven by Milton Beneau struck him
and broke hi bicycle at North Main
and Woods avenue at J p. m. Saturday.
The boy waa' taken in a Weathelmw
ambulance to th offic of Dr. Jam
A. Hill in th Bcanlan building:
'Thought of Further Ac-
at 10 o clock Saturday." v
their regular duties. All trains toe
Orailroads reported were running on-
schedule.
RtntAinants from rail evaeuttve all.
over the country- although admitting
large desertion from ths shop ranks.
relteratefd their stand that tamsporta-
tlon was unaffected and would con-
tinue bo perhaps for month. '
No further effort would be mad to
settle the atrlke by th railroad labor
board. It was said at the board's office
Saturday. From Washington came
word that the administration was Mi
ldly back of th board In ita stand on
the strike question. - Ths failure of B
m. j e wen ano otner snop union neaa
before an official investigation by the
board Friday spelled ths snd of the
tribunal" a intervention according to
Chairman Ben W. Hooper. '
Th only action to complete the
board's Interest In the strike will be
an official announcement ot th board'
views an announcement axpctd to
condemn the strike. '
The administration took the stsnd
that. the atrlke waa against decision
ef the labor board. . The shop strike
waa called on three questions: .(1)
the 960.004000 wage cut whlc went
Into effect today: along wita a
MO.tOO out for other class recency
ordered by tha board; (1) modification
ot seven rules reducing vrtMM pay
also . recently promulgated by the
board and (1) the alleged Illegal eon-.
tractlng of work by some roads to
aunrae nnn. ... ..
Mucn ot in cans ror grievance.
railroad head declare' wal removed
Friday when a doaea road announced
before the beard that they would dis-
continue all contract work.
Diapatches from th four corner
of the country reported th walkout
a general although no SScarat esti-
mate of tha percent r f the 400.00S
union ahop worker . Who - quit Work
could be compiled. .
U'GOWENilURDER
TRIALP0STP01IED
' T7 ' - ;
J. R.- VoOowea win re to trial Sep-
umim M i ui u iuui u.i vt wim noun-
bor George Bmrey- instead of July SS
aa previously set. Judg Swing Boyd
who has been appointed by Governor
Neff to try tha case In piece ot Judge
C W. Robinson who Is disqualified
becaaae of rtlatlonahip rent the cast
due to the fact that a regular Jury has
h.an jatld fnr ertmnll district court
for the week of July tl.
A special venire of 100 men was be
ing drawn Saturday for th McQowen
trial. -.' .
Suit of O. V. Sander editor of the
Houston Press against Colonel Rillle
Mavfield and others for tU.OO dam-
eiee will go on trial tn the Flfty-fUuV
district court July IS. Judg Boyd set
the case Saturday. Th law gueetlon
aa to whether or not a military com
mander has th right to go outride
of the cone to carry out orders as in
volved in the suit which grew out' of
an attempt on the part of three lieu
tenants or tne national guara sorcef.
stationed at Galveston In August 1910
to kidnap Bander from th Country
club.
tm J
Free Employment Burealv
Finds Tobsfor 1754
The municipal free employment bu-
reau furnlsfid Jobs for 1754 person
in June according to reports issued
Saturday by Mrs. Nell Williams Mer-
cer head-of the' bureau.
Of the total number lttl obtained
Industrial position whfl SS took do-
mestic job and 9 took clerical posi-
tions. - Mors tbtn half tnos registered
for work wer placed a the report
shows a total ef I41S registration tor
work. Firms . applied for 106 em-
ploye during th month the report
shows. a
For the week ending at noon Satur-
day 38 person were placed in posi-
tion. Of these S7 obtained industri-
al positions while 101 and 10 obtained
domestic and clerical position respec-
tively. Five hundred and fifty-three
persons re filtered (or employment
during th week and 411 firm aakett
th bureau for employ.
President's Decree Ends
Big Lottery Collections
HAVANA July I. Alleged Illegal
collection of nearly 110000000 a year
front th Cuban people through viola
tion of th national lottery law war
-..tut S.IiihI.. k. mhabUsmIbI
Pointing to the wide variance between
present method of conduct rag the lot-
tery and those set forth in th laws ot
July T.sUOt and July s which
established and regulate the tost It u-
tyon. President Kay a ordered reform
intended to remove the lottery torn
th category of political spoils ;
i.
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