The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 14, 1922, Page 1

SI MOL THE WEATHER FAIR ESTABLISHED 1873 STRIKE OF MAI SMARCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION | THE BI BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1922 ( Leased SAY PERSHING DORSN'T GIVE GUARD CREDIT Rainbow Division Men De- clare General’s Reports on «War Favor “Regulars” PROTEST HIS WRITINGS Veterans of Division Drawn from Half States of Union Meet in Mill, City, Minneapolis, July 14.—Charges that General John J. Pershing had favor- ed regular army, troqps.in his re- ports to the. war. department ‘on oper- ations in the World War were made at the third annual reunion of: the Rainbow division which*opened here today. The criticism was made by J. F. Littel, president of the California chapter of the division, who charge that in the final report of General Pershing on activities of the Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces, the 42nd division did not receive the eredit due it for ground taken and positions captured. 4 He suggested that steps be taken to correct alleged inaccuracies that appear in the records of the war de- partment at Washington and his plan was unanimously adopted by the con- vention. : “General Pershing in his last re- port, said that the heights of Sedan were occupied by Americans,” Mr. Littel said. “He failed to say that) icans were members of the 42nd sion. In other parts of his reports he made the same omis- sion, where the 42nd and the 26th di- vision were involved, but he made no omission when he spoke of ground gained by regular army divisions. “This is unfair to all men who served with the national guard units | and it is our duty to correct them.” Plans were begun immediately for the ndcessary steps to. make tho corrections considered justified. (By the Associated Press) Minneapolis, July 14.—Two minutes of silent tribute to comrades who lie beneath the sod overseas marked thé, ¢ opening here. today. of the: two-di annual reunion. of the Rainbow d sion Veterans’ association. Several hundred delegates from the 27 states represented in the division | were welcomed to the city by Mayor Gorge E. Leach, president of the as- sociation. Mayor Leach served as a) colonel in command of the 15st) field artillery. Subjects to be dis gathering include definiti term “Americanization” and practi- cal means of. enforeing it; aid in| securing the passage of the alien re- istration bill now before Congress, | and obtaining erection of monu- ments to mark graves of Rainbow men in France. GIRL INMATES “SEEK LIBERTY 14 Gain Temporary Freedom from Detention Home at the Detroit, Mich., July 14.—Police re- mained on duty at the House of Good Shepherd, a girl's. detention home today, to prevent a recurrence of the break for liberty which re- sulted in 14 of the inmates gaining temporary freedom yesterday. Other officers and officials of the juvenile court started an investigation to de- termine the cause of the uprising which threatened, before police -re- inforcements arrived to result in scores of escapes. The girl inmates, ranging in age from 16 to 19 years sealed the wall and fled through streets and alleys before police arrived and forced them into the building. A fight ensued in which some of the blue coats sus- tained scratches, lacerated shins and bites. The Sister Superior announced she believed the trouble was incited as ‘a protest against the recent trans- fer of a sister who had been di- rectly in charge of the inmates and to whom they had been attached. BROWN FUNERAL TO BE SATURDAY) Duluth, Minn., July 14.—Funeral | services for James E. Brown, mana- ger of the Minnesota News Company, | St. Paul, whose mysterious death} here Monday has puzzied police and) physicians, will be held here tomor- row at 2 p. m. The local Masonic | temple will be in charge. Burial will; be made at Forest Hill cemetery. Local authorities failed to locaté rel-| atives. i Coroner C. F. McComb conducted | a ‘post-mortem examination of the pody yesterday and ordered the stom- ach sent to the University of Minne- sota for analysis. The post-mortem failed to produce any evidence which caused death, Coroner McComb said, but as the first indications were that Brown was a victim of poison, an analysis of the stomach will be nec- essary. | valid merely because - Berlin Throngs toe LONDON AWAITS BIG NEWS FROM IRISH CAPITAL Formation of Army Council. Reorganization of Staff’ Held Important Step CENSORSHIP IS PUT ON (By the Associated Press) London, July 14.—Formation of an army council in Dublin and the reor- ganization of the gencral staff of the} national army are believed to pre- sage important movements against the Republicans in southwest Ireland} at an early date. The military ccn- sorship. has been clamped down tightly in the Irish capital and noth- ing authoritative has reached Lon- don regarding plans for the cam- paign. { CLAIM BARRACKS CAPTURE. (By the Associated Press) Cork, July 14.—Capture of the barracks at Kilmallock, county Lim-| erick, together with the Free State garrison, arms and equipment ‘is Jaimed. in';a Republican dispatch is- ucd”at” midnight) “~~ i The regular Republican military bulletin given out from the head- quarters at Clonmel last night says the agreement covering Limerick city | and the Limerick brigade area has been broken by the Free State offi- cers who signed it, and that fighting; is now in progress there, ’ The bulletin gives the casualties thus far as six Free Staters killec and five wounded; Republicans, one} killed. Six of.the government sol- diers are declared. to have deserted ; to the Republicans. DENIES REPUBLIC REPORT. | London, July 14.—A press associa-/ tion dispatch from’ Cork denies a re-| port that a republic has been pro-| claimed in that city. : | AUTO CRASH FATAL TO THO ‘ | Young Brainerd Girl and Boy! Die and Four Are Injured aS i Crosby, Minn., Jefly 14.—Wayland| Smith, 21 years old of Minneapoli and Christine McIntosh, 21, of Brain-| erd, were killed and four others Fhe & Ee <8 4 Five hundred thousand gather in Berlin to demonstrate against the assassination of Dr. Walter Rathenaw, ‘foreign minister and.“‘brains” of the German government. ion of Rathenau’™ TT Protest Assassinat: WILL DISCUSS | DISCUS gs| EDITORS GET MEDORA WEST nite coal rates, within the -state. V. E. Smart, rate expert of the com- mission, has returned from the Twin{ Easterners on ‘Tour Given | Touch of Life with Cowboys and Indians About Cities, where he spent two weeks making an exhaustive study of lig- nite coal tariffs DEMENTED MAN . ATTEMPTS TO |X sstionat eens |. Miles City, Mont., July 14.—Edi-| L PREF | tors from 27 states thrilled through jan afternoon of wild western life jfrom Medora, N. D., to Miles City,/ | Mont. | Meadows, 204ycar-old ; widow, were Incident Occurred After Re-| view by, Pres. Millerand of | French Fighting Forces | IS BEATEN BY CROWDS, i, i} (Rv the. Associated Press) | Paris, July 14—Three shots were fired today at Prefecto | of Police Naudin, by :Gustave | Bouvet, an anarchist well known | to the police, in the belief that it was President Millerand at whom | he. was‘aimingeNone-of-the shots took effect. *"™ Bouvet said to the’ police: | “It was at the: carriage of the president. of the. republic, I in- «| tended firing. However, I did not wish to kill anyone: I wished only to make a demonsttation ., that would attract attentfon ta the conditions of ‘the proletariat.” ~ | 3 of France, Paris, July 14.—Sol from the land, sea” and .air' forces passed in review today before Pre- sident Millerand and a crowd of hundreds of thousands: of persons at Long Champs race ‘course in\ the} annual 14th of July military pa-/ geant, the chief feature of Bastile; Day. The celebration at Long Champs passed without incident ‘and the only! disorder was outside the reviewing The excitement rose tovhigh pitch on the outskirts of Miles City when masked bandits held up the North+ ern Pacific special train and at the poipt of guns forced poor newspa- permen, without regard to age or beauty, to stand and deliver the meager savings of lives of toil. These savings were redeemed, how- ever, by presenting as hostages W.-H. Wheeler, of Vergennes, Vt.; Dora, Wheeler, of Vergennes, |Vermont; Dora, Adriance, of Seneca, Kansas, and G. L. Caswell, of Ames, Iowa. After a special adventure with kid- i nappers these unhappy journalists. at, Tength escaped: after a thrilling ride across’ the plains. , .And then came the Cheyenne In- dians with their fantastic costumes, war paint and peaceful dances. The Miles City boys staged, a miniature roundup for the visitors which was jerowded with thrills and excitement, some of the west’s most accomplish- ed riders taking part in the bucking \ contests» Glendive broke the tension of west- ern excitement by passing out ot pea bountenaires to the gentlemen and moss agates to the ladies The Glendive boys’ band of 40 pieces serenaded the journalists. Nearly a full day’ of entertainment was arranged at Billings. Everybody was looking forward ONE IS HELD IN PROBE OF AXE SLAYING ‘Relative of John Wagner, Killed; and Wife, Attacked, Ts in Jail WOMAN. UNCONSCIOUS Wife of Slain Man Who Was Attacked in Bed Has Five Gashes in Her Head Austin, Minn., July 14.—One man jSaid to be a relative of Mr. and | Mrs. John Wagner. who were attack- ed with an ax by an unidentified person in their home in Grand Meadow some time Wednesday night and Mr, Wagner killed, is held with- out charge in the county jail here. Mr. Wagner was killed while in bed and Mrs. Wagner is still uncon- scious from five gashes in her head. The murder was not discovered un- til late Thursday afternoon, when a daughter, Mrs Alvin Sorom near her parents, became suspicious after she had failed to receive an answer over the tetephone. She has- tened to the home and found the body of her father.stretched across the i bed and her mother crumpled in a heap of tite boor. The ax used in the attack was found lying beside the mother. The man in the county jail today, is being held awaiting the outcome of an inquest. Bloodhounds were brought from Waterloo, Iowa, early this morning. and. after following a trail for more than a mile, gave up the chase. Officials, however,, will try to pick up the lost trail later today, Investigation of conditions in the room in which the crime was com- mitted, indicated that Mr. Wagner was killed without being awakened, | but his wife, it appears, fought her assailant.” Familiar with Home | That the assailant .was familiar | | with the Wagner home is the opinion | expressed: by. authorities here today. They were unable, however, plain where the ax came from. The ax, belonging to Mr. Wagner, was found in-its usual. place in a wood- shed. ne N tae a ares That the motive for'the crime was robbery, was discounted by the fact that $80 was found in the room where the killing was done. MINNESOTA FEDERATION OF LABOR MEETS | Crookston, Minn., July 14.—Various problems of the present day laboring man will be presented to the annual convention of the Minne- sota Federation of Labor in session \here July 17, 18 and 19. G. W. Lawson, secretary of the state federation, arrived here today the convention, which will be preced- ground after thé reviéw when an un.) with keen anticipation to the YellOW”| ca by state mectings of various crafts identified man in the crowd: fired} two revolver schots at Armand Nau-| din, the prefecto of police, neither | of which hit any one, The man was} immediately arrested. 4 WOMAN BEATEN |, WITH: HAMMER Los Angeles, July 14,—Details of the beating to death of Mrs. Alberta revealed to: the police today by Mrs. Peggy Caffe, axyoung: woman who de- clared ‘she \was the eye witness to life froni) the .vietim’ on a hillside, were injured when an automobile in! which they were riding overturned} about 13 miles southwest ‘of here| shortly after midnight last night. ; The young men were escorting | Brainerd girls home froma dance! here when the machine skidded in! the sand at a sharp curve, went off; the grade and overturned The twoj dead suffered fracured skulls, the; others sustaining slight injuries. | Smith was a University of Minne-| sota student, but had heen working) in the mines here during the sum- mer. < GOPHER AUTO _| | TAX LAW 0. K St. Paul, July 14.—The Minnesota} automobile tax law under the Bab-! cock amendment was declared con-! stitutional in a decision handed! down by the state supreme court to-| day. : | The court declared that while; “there are glaring irregularities in} the taxes paid by automobile own-| ers, the responsibility for the fair-| ness and «justice of a tax measure| rests upon the legislature and the! courts may pot declare a measure in-| it does not come up to their conception of a proper method of taxation.” SECOND CALF CLUB PLANNED Minot, N. D., July 14—The W County Breeders’ association plans organizing a second Guernsey Calf club in Ward county, to be financed by the Ward County Guernsey Breed- ers’ association. Boys or girls be- tween the ages of 12 and 19 are eli- gible for membership, and may ob- tain a Guernsey calf and enroll in the club, the hammer blows which crashed | road in thé'city here Wednesday. Plans the, night before, purchase” of the instrument of death, the ham- mer, meeting of the victim, the at- tack, the victim’s pitiful cries for help, her flight, recapture and re- peated blgws until she sank in death were recited by Mrs. Caffee, who named. Mrs. Clara Philips gs the slayer. i VERDICT AFFIRMED (Ry the Associated Presa’ St. Paul, July 14—The verdict of} $13,750 awarded Hans P. Larson, of time the steamer went aground had} Minneapolis, against the Great Nor-/ thern Railway Company for the crushing of her hand was affirmed by the supreme court today. See eae BOYS DROWNS - (Ry the \ssociated’ Pres) Washburn, Wis. July 14.—Harold Homan, 14 years old, was drowned Thursday afternoon in Memorial Park while swimming. Homan went out beyond ‘his depth andesank. A companion rescued the body ten minutes afterward but efforts to re- vive life failed. stone Park trip, which began today. GROUNDED SHIP 1S RELEASED 300 Passengers on Steamer Noronic Safe (By_ the Associated Press) Sault Ste Marie, Mich., July 14-— The steamer Noronic, fiagship of the orthern ; Navigation Company’s lect, ‘which went aground on Beech Point, upper St. Mary’s river early yesterday with 400 passengers aboard, was released shortly before daylight. today. _ Tugs dispatched from here when word of the acci- dent arrived, worked sll night to pull. the vessel from the clay and mud. The Noronic apparently was unin- jured. o'clock. The fog which prevailed at the lifted somewhat today. LEAGUERS ARE ARRIVING 3 Advance guard of Nonparti coming for the state-wide -mecting began to arrive here today Amon those reaching the city was F. W.! Cathro of Bottinexu. Most of the delegates from the eastern part of the state are expected here on the night trains, HALF OF ASPHALT NECESSARY FOR BRIDGE PAVING HERE; WORK BEGUN \ Work was started this morning by the Haggart Construction company on the surfacing with asphalt of the new Missouri river bridge. George Haggart of Fargo is here superin- tending the work. Half of the asphalt needed for the job has arrived. It is hoped by con- »tractors that the remainder of the material will be received in time to complete the work without interrup- tion, and that it ean be completed by August 1. Contractors on thé road on the west side of the river are grading the first 1,000°feet “of roadway from the bridge. The 14-foot fill at the end of the bridge is half complete. On this side the Northern Pacific is continuing with its work on the underpass, : She reached the Soo at 8 Sunday. Mr. Lawson expects a total regis- tration of 300 delegates and in addi- tion there will be many other guests, including the wives of delegates, for whom special entertainment features have been arranged. at the convention, and resolutions adopted will include labor's program ‘to be presented to the 1923 session of the Minnesota legislature. MANDAN FRUIT COMPANY SOLD, Sale of the Mandan-Washington | Fruit Company of Mandan to the 'Gamble-Robinson company was an- nounced in Mandan today. The ,ehange of_ownership will take place jabout August 1. C. J. Kaster,; mana- ger of the company, will continue; as manager under the new owner- |ship. Charles Wietman of New Sa- ; lem was president of the Mandan- Washington company which was own- ed chiefly by residents of Mandan. MRS. KENNEDY IS QUESTIONED) (By the Assorinted Prene) | Los Angeles, July 14,—Further: cross-examination of Mrs. J. D. Ken-} nedy, mother of the slain man, was; a possibility with the reopening of! the trial today of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain, for the murder of J. Bel-| ton Kennedy. SMOKESTACK OF LOCOMOTIVE IS HIS LIFESAVER, ———— (By the Associated Press) Braintree, Mass., July 14.—Al- bert Cowatt was rejoicing today ‘over his escape from death when a train struck two auto- mobiles at.a grade crossing. Thrown from the car he was driving to the top of the locomo- tive, he clung to the smokestack and when the train stopped he climbed down. Except for minor bruises he was uninjured. A woman was killed and two other persons injured seriously. living | to ex- ! to complete final preparations for! i This is known as “legislative year” | GUARANTY FUND DEPOSIT RULE TO BE TESTED The Guaranty Fund Commission’s decision that deposits bearing more than 6 per cent interest are not guar- anteed under the bank guaranty law is to be tested in a suit filed in dis- jtrict court by E. McQuerry, who jclaimed to have had $5,000 on de- posit’ in the closed Security State Bank of New England. The commis- sion, according to McQuerry’s attor- ney, disallowed his claim for reim- bursement because there was an agreement that more than ‘the legai ‘rate of interest would be paid. Mc- Querry’s complaint avers 6 per cent wag the interest promised. RUSSIANS MAKE CONCESSIONS, HAGUE REPORT: New Note Forwarded by So- viet Government May Halt Conference Collapse DEADLOCK UNBROKEN (By the Associated Press) London, July 14.-—New instruc-/ tions have been forwarded by the’ i sin of the Russian delegation at The; Hague conference which may pre- vent a definite break im the nego ations there says an Exchange Tele-| graph dispatch from Copenhagen quoting advices received via Ber- lin, Far reaching concessions, especial- ly respecting the state railways are | hinted at in the dispatch. | i \ ! BEADLOCK UNBROKEN (By the Associated Press) The Hague, July 14.—No further; joint meetings with the Russians will be held by the conference on) Russian affairs here until the Soviet representatives make known a dis-; position to submit new proposals, it) was decided this afternoon. The non-Russian , representatives — will! continuestheir meeting and they plan: ‘to hold a plenary session to adjourn’ the conference’ probably next Wed- | nesday. i The sub-commission on credits of the conference on Russian affairs in! which a last chance for breaking the deaglock in the conference was be- | lieved to remain failed’.to reach an | agreement after an three hour ses- sion today ‘and Russian and non- ‘Russians alike agreed that there was apparently ,no ‘chance of continuing the conference. | SALES PLANS ON PROGRAM Commercial Secretaries to Meet at Duluth (By the Associated Press) Duluth, Minn., July 14—The com- munity sales problem and organiza-| tion of state chamber of commerce, will be the principal topics discussed at the annual midsummer conference of the Minnesota Association of Community Secretaries, which con- vened here today for; a 3 day ses) i sjon, | | - Upwards of 35 secretaries from all parts of Minnesota were expected to! register at the opening session to- day. : i Speakers on the opening days pro- gram are Ivan A, Coppe, St. Paul, executive secretary of the Ten Thou- sand Lake Association, M. J. Thomp- son, Duluth, director University of Minnesota land clearing service and Mrs. ‘Charles _8.,\ Mitchell, Duluth, Mrs. Mitchell will talk on “The Busi- ness Women’s Club and the Chamber of Commerce.” A launch trip around the local harbor this afternoon will be fol- lowed by the conference banquet to- night. SHUTT SHOWS VALUE OF LIFE INSURANCE Minneapolis, Minn., July 14.—In- surance policies comprise seveh eighths of the estate probated in the United States, John L. Shutt, president of the National Associa- tion of Life Underwriters, told a group of Northwest life insurance men here, To further emphasize the value of life insurance, Mr. Schutt said fed- eral statistics show that 84 per cen of the children that leave grammar school without graduating do so be- cause parents have failed to leave estates of any kind. JURY ENDS ITS COURT LABORS Following disagreement of the jury in the case of Annie Bennett, charged with maintaining a common nuisance, Judge Pugh, presiding, con- tinued the case against John Ben- nett over the term. This ended the jury cases now ready for trial. Judge Nuessle 1s holding court at Washburn. It is probable that he will hear one court case involving the Home Building association here, July 18th ¥ Soviet government to Leonid Kras-| | Wire of Associated Press) PRICE FIVE CENTS NTENANCE MEN CHECKED UNION LEADERS DECLARE TRACK WORKERS WILL STAY AT JOBS; 8,000 STATIONARY FIREMEN OUT AIRCRAFT IS | OFFERED U.S. | (By the Assoclated Press) . New York, July 14.—One thousand commercial aircraft, in aviation cen- ters throughout the United States today were ordered held in readiness after Postmaster General Work had accepted by telegraph an offer of aid in maintaining mail service made by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America. “Grand, fine! More evidence if any were needed, that the one big union we hear about is the United States and its emblem is the Stars and Stripes,” was the postmaster gener- al’s reply accepting the offer, NG UP Chicago, July 14.—Postmaster Lue der conferred today with Randolph Brauer, superintendent of air mail service for this district, and heads of airplane companies to line up all available machines for mail use in case the strike curtailed the train service. WEEKS HOLDS ARMY ORDER | Washington, July 14.—Pending re- ceipt of a reply to his telegram of yesterday C. E. Schaff of St. Louis, receiver for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, advising he again called ‘on the governor of Texas for protection for the road’s property in the strike, Secretary Weeks was with- holding further orders today regard- ing preparations for the use of fed-! eral troops. Press reports from Dallas, how-j ever, quoting Governor Neff as stat- ing state troops would not be order-| ed out “at this time,” appeared to increase the chances President Har- ding would direct the use of federal troops. WILL ARREST UNION LEADERS Topeka, Kan., July 14.—Warning| that union officials who transmit or} ‘. pee af Deputy U.S. Marshal Is Beat- en in Oklahoma While At- tacks on Strikebreakers Continue in Many Railroad Centers Throughout the Country NO PEACE PROGRESS (By the Associated Press) Chicago, July 14—A_ strike call to the 8,000 stationary fire- men, engineers and oilers em- ployed on railroads throughout the United States has been is- sued, Timothy Healy, internation- al president of the organization announced today. The strike is effective next Monday, July 17 at 8 a. m. ‘The call was made in compli- ance with the recent referendum which favored a walkout, Mr. Healy said. Stationary firemen and oilers on various ‘roads had already joined in a sympatietic walkout with the railway shop cratts. “We are into the fight and we intend to win,” Mr, Healy said. Chicago, July 14.—Raiiway union leaders today said they expected to hold the maintenance of way labor- ers in check and prevent a general walkout in, which 400,000 shop and track workers threaten to join the striking shop crafts employes. Both E, F. Grable, president of, the United Brotherhood of Mainten- ance of Way Employes and Railroad Shop Laborers and B. M. Jewell, head of the railway department of the American Federation of Labor, of ‘which the maintenance of way union is a member, expressed the convic- tion that the organization would be able to carry out the peace program recently outlined as a result of con- ferences with the United States rail- road labor board. President Grable blame laid the post strike notices for the proposed; for the newest strike talk which strike of railway stationary. engi-; neers, firemen and oilers, will be} prosecuted under the industrial court} act, was announced today by Gover-: nor H. J. Allen upon':being advised! that the strike call for next.Monday; morning had been issued by the union president in Chicago. STRIKE IN SYMPATHY Toldo, O., July 14—In sympathy with striking shopmen, 180 baggage handlers, mail truckers, common la- borers and other workmen constitu- ting the first shift at the Union station here quit work at noon to- day. Other shifts the strikers de- clared, will not report for work. They say that, between 450 and 500 men will be involved in the walkout. ASK RESTRAINING ORDER Indianapolis, Ind., July 14.—Charg- ing interference with interstate com-; | merce and the transportation of the’: United States mails, the Baltimore ‘and Ohio Railroad Company filed a petition for temporary restraining order in the United. States district) court here today. Fifty six defend-! ants, including the organization’s of- ficers and individual members of the railroad unions on strike are named in the petition. St. Louis, July 14.—Officials of the Wabash railroad here announced they had obtained a temporary in- junction in federal court at Little Rock, Arkansas, today restraining striking shopmen against illegal picketing and unlawful acts, The petition ‘also asked $1,500,000 from the shopmen’s union for alleged dam- ages suffered by the road as the re- sult of the strike. LEWIS URGES REJECTION National Officers of Union Against Harding Plan (By the Associated Presse) Washington, July 14.—It became definitely known today that John L, Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers and other national officers of the union who have been negotiat- ing with the government since Pres- ident Harding offered arbitration to settle the coal strike, are preparing to recommend to their associates in the union control that the govern- ment’s plan be rejected. REPLY NOT READY Indianapolis, Ind., July 14.—Bitumi- nous coal operators have not yet formed their reply to President Har- ding’s proposal but according to A. M. Ogle, president of the National Coal association and chairman of the bituminous coal operators commit- tee, it should be accepted if it leads to a “reduction in wages in the coal industry and a corresponding lower price for coal.” RYE HARVEST HAS BEGUN Rye harvesting has begun in this section of the state. Bind- ers were to be seen in many fields today. Farmers report that the tye is exceptionally well filled out and many fields will yield 20 to 30 bushels an acre. ‘| shops at Muskogee cropped out again at Cincinnati last night when T. C. Carroll, chairman of the general chairman’s associa- tion said the chairmen -might demand a strike sangtion, at the door of “a few deserters.” Some Wave Red Flag “There are always some men in every organization who are waving the red flag,” said Mr. Grable today. “There are always a few dissenters. If the general chairmen should ad- vise their men to strike and they should do s0,.it would. be an, unlaw- ful strike and would not be recog- nized by the national officers.” The general chairmen’s association of which Mr. Carroll is the head, is a separate organization within the maintenance of way union and has no authority to call a strike, accord- ing to union officials. It could make recommendations to the union but has no power to function otherwise. Many Fresh Outbreaks Fresh outbreaks’ notably in Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri; President Harding’s determined steps-to keep the mails moving, and informal ne- gotiations for a settlement of the shopmen’s strike on seventeen roads in the northwest were among other important developments of the last 24 hours. \ Pressure by many of his general chairmen upon E, F, Grable, presi- dent of the United Bortherhood of Maintenance Way Employes . and Railway Shop Laborers, pushed the common labor problem to the front again. Mr, Grable’s action in with- holding strike orders after mainten- ance of way workers voted to join the walkout, did not set well with many of the organizations. general chairmen, who passed on to their chief, the persistent demands of the rank and file for concerted action, Mr. Grable arrived in Chicago while threats to disregard his re- fusal to join the walkout came from within his ‘organization. The gen- eral chairmen, he asserted, had no authority to call a strike and he in- dicated an intention to remain firm in his refusal to sanction.a strike. The new crisis caused by threats from the maintenance men arrived as peace moves to end the shopmen’s strike had apparently slowed up ma- terially. U. S. Officer Beaten Meanwhile disturbances in connec- tion with the strike continued. A deputy United States marshal at Muskogee, Oklahoma, was beaten and kidnaped by a band of 20 men in au- tomobiles. a A 17 year old worker in the Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas railroad was assaulted and the round house crew joined the strike. Two men were beaten at East St. Louis and a mob atacked the North- ern Pacific roundhouse at Oroville, California. at Gary, Indiana, a crowd of strikers stormed a street car in search of strike-breakers. John H. Wood, United States mar- shal for the Northern district of Mississippi, ordered a force of dep- uties to Amory, Mississippi, to take charge .of the situation in the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad shops. Deputy marshals were also sent to Roodhouse, division point of the Chicago and Alton, Maj. Gen. Hines Ready Major General John L. Hines, commanding the Eighth Army Corps area at San Antonio, Texas, was un- der orders from President Harding (Continued on Page 2)