The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 21, 1922, Page 1

_school for a number of years. THE WEATHER UNSESTTLED ESTABLISHED 1873 GOVER THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE.| ‘LAST EDITION BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1922 PRESIDENT KANE OR 8 FACULTY MEMBERS, OR OPEN HEARING State Board of Administra- tion Hands Letters on Uni- ‘versity Row to Principals Involved in the Controversy Started by President’s De- mands for Resignations WILLIS, LADD TO. GO Hints Made by State Board that They Should Sever Re- lations, While Prof. Libby Is Expected to be Retained. Kane’s Charges Are Not Sustained, Board Says Grand Forks, N. D. July 21. Letters from the board of admin- istration setting forth the action of the board on the recommendation of President Thomas F. Kane of the State University, that Dean H. F. Willis, professor 0. G. Libby and Professor A. J. Ladd be retired from the University faculty were received today by the parties interested at the same time that the board con- yened for a meeing at-the Univers- ity. ? The board, while finding that the charges made by President Kane are not sufficient to warrant the remov- al of the three men in question, con- curs in the conclusion of the faculty investigating committee that one or both parties to the controversy sever official connection with the University. ° / The letter to President Kane merely acquaints him with the find- ings of the board and at the same time informs him that approval pre- viously given by the board to his recommendations for the creation of a graduate school, appointment of dean.of men, and an assistant to the president is rescinded. Hints For Two to Quit In the letter to Dean Willis the board states that’ it. approves the conclusions of the faculty commit- tee and “believes that you will-im- inediately arrange your future plans; to follow, the suggestion which the conscientious judgment of, the com- mittce deems for the ‘best #nterest of the University.” Professor Libby is informed that thesé conclusions “should serve to guide your action in relation to the University.” Professor Ladd is told that “in view of the fact that the two years normal course in the school of edu- cation will be discontinued in 1923, we recommend that you be given a year's leave of absence on half pay at that time, and during the said year you sever your relations with the University.” Two years ago a group of the professors, among whom were ‘some of the men asked to resign by the Board attempted to,secure the res- ignation of President Kane from the University.. They were unsuccessful and a peace was patched up by which the parties of the controversy agreed to forget the past and attempt to, work together for the good of the University and of North Dakota. Fight Reopened The fight was openly staged again when President Kane notified Dean Willis, and Drs. Ladd and Libby that he would recommend’ to the board that they be not re-elected to serve the University for another year. This recommendation was presented to the state Board of Administra- tion. The men when notified of the ac- tion of the preSident appealed to the committee of the faculty which under the University rules had a right to hear such an appeal and present a finding to the board. This Faculty committee made its investigation and reported to the Board. It went farther and report- ed that a condition of unrest had existed in the University for some time past and that it seemed to be to the best interests of the Univers- ity that one of the parties to the controversy be eliminated from Uni- versity life. The committee did not place the blame for the conditions of unrest upon either the president or the three professors listed as op- posed to him. i The men concerned are among the most prominent in the University life. Dr. Kane has been president of the University since*1918 coming to the position from the presidency of Olivet College in Michigan. History of Leaders Dr. Kane is a graduate of DePauw University in Indiana, received his doctors degree from ‘Johns Hopkins and has been engaged in educational work most of his life. He was a teacher in Lewis College and had his first experience in executive work at that school. He returned to Johns Hop- kins as afellow in Latin and then be- came principal of the acadamy of Olivet College of which college he was later president. He became president of the University of Washington in 1903 and remained there until 1914, a short term as president of , Olivet preceding his election to the presidency of North Dakota University. Dr. A. J. ‘Ladd has been at the He is professor of Education and chairman of the graduate committee. He is a graduate of the University of Mich- igan, having received his doctorate there. Before coming to North Da; fi (Continued on Page 3) 4 BOTH, MUST 60, SUIT STARTED AGAINST ROAD Plaintiffs Ask Injunction to Halt Work Being Carried Out Under Contracts AN ORDER IS_ ISSUED Judge Nuessle to Hear Suit July 29.—Hinted Counter- Suits May Be Filed Suit has been started in district court to prevent the building of the has been let and to prevent the let- ting of a contract for building a con- crete road from the penitentiary to the bridge at the expense of the county, state and federal government. | |The plaintiffs in the suit are E. C.| Ruble, A. O. Krogan, Elmer J. An- derson, Victor Meyer and.H. P. Han- son. Judge Nuessle, who is holding court in Washburn, has granted an order requiring the defendants to show cause on July 29 in court at ' Bismarck why they should not be | restrained and enjoined, “during the | pendency of this action, from per- forming the contracts awarded as in the complaint alleged, and from mak- i ing or constructing the improvements for which such contracts have been awarded, and from exercising of at- tempting to exercise any jurisdiction or control over the streets, alleys or highways within the said city of Bis- marck, and from expending any por- jcounty of Burleigh, upon such pro- {jects and contracts, and from award- |ing contracts for the construction of conerete highways,.or the grading, of highways, or”the making of other ‘improvements thereon, within the limits of the said city of Bismarck” ‘Defendants in the action are the | members of the board of county com- j missioners, Governor Nestos and | other members of the highway com- imission, R. S. Burnstad, contractor | for the road to be built from the end {of Main street to the bridge, the | highway commission and the N. P. ‘Railway. W. A. Hard is named as a way commission in the complaint. This is believed to refer to Herman | Hardt of Napoleon, member of the | state_board. Grows Out of Controversy. The suit is the outgrowth of a con- troversy over the route to be taken jin the road to the bridge. No statement was forthcoming from defendants, until they had studied ‘the complaint, but it was indicated by some interested that if this suit goes through there may be counter- \injunctions sought to prevent use of the Missouri river bridge until the road is completed, on the ground tha. the government engineers have des- lignated the roads on both sides of ithe river as part of the general pro- j ject. If this were done use of the lbridge might be prevented for months, it was asserted. The Northern Pacific railway is now engaged in building the under- pass as a part of the road and-R. S. (Continued on Page 3) | ANTI-TOWNLEY ORGANIZATION LAYING PLANS (By the Associated Press) Fargo, N. D., July 21—Plans for united action against the Nonparti- sans in the general election in No- vember were being worked out in a meeting of Republicans, Democrats ‘and Independents of the state here today. fe (By the Associated Press) Emporia, Kan., July 21.—William Allen White, Kansas editor, awaited today the service of a warrant for his arrest for alleged violation of the industrial court anti-picketing law. which he was informed last night by friends of Governor H. J. Allen was in preparation by Attorney Genera: R. J. Hopkins. It was understood that the attorney general prepared the in- formation lodging charges against Editor White last night. Editor White and Governor Allen are life-long friends both publicly and personally. Mr. White has sup- ported the governor throughout his administration, and even in the face of the impending action against him he said yesterday: “There is no personal feeling be- tween Governor Allen and me. He is making! a splendid governor.” Hearing of his impending arrest, Mr. White restated his defiance of ‘the ruling of the court that to dis- play signs in sympathy with TO NEW BRIDGE road to the bridge on which contract | tion of the public funds of the said} | state engineer and members of the’ defendant: member of the state high-, the} STATE BOARD DECIDES WILL NOT CALL MADALYNNE TO TESTIFY (Ry the Associated Press) Los Angeles, July 21—The defense in the trial of Mrs. Madalynne Oben- chain for the murder of her sweet- heart J. Belton!Kennedy, planned to rest its case . today without calling the defendang to the stand. HEAYY DAMAGE All Small Grain in Area Two Miles Wide and Six Long Battered Into Ground (Rv the Associated Press) St. Cloud, Minn., July 21.—Forty farmers living . northwest of Hold- ingford, Stearns county, sustained | damage estimated at $260,00 in a wind and hail storm late yesterday afternoon. All small grain in a strip two miles wide and six miles long, was battered into the ground, Some} small salvage is expected from corn.! Hail stones larger than Rens eggs and long and slender covered the! ground after the storm. The hail was accompanied by a heavy wind which blew over barns and silos and machine sheds. Only one farmer in the acra is reported as protected by hail insurance. WOULD PAY U.S DEBT IN DYES Plan Worked Out for Payment of Rhine Troops Cost i (By_the Associated Press) jernment would receive its quota of | German dyes amounting to more than $3,000,000. annually..as part. pryment \for maintaing “its army on the Rhine, under the terms of a_ plan which now is being worked out by the | American government with the aid of ithe reparations commission. All that. {remains to put the plan into effect is the final approval of some ‘of the al- lied powers, This approval is expect- ed within several weeks. The reparations commission re- |gards the plan, as a successful solu- jtion of how the United States is to be |paid for keeping its forces on the :Rhine and it is indicated that the American government -has endorsed ‘the plan. It was said today this method of payment which would in- terfere with more extensive arrange- ments which the allies might see fit to make for the payment of the total costs of the Rhine forces, HAYNES BANK Adams county was the twentieth bank of the number closed during the last year to open its doors for business. It had been closed since November 16, 1921 and ‘opened on July 20th. Its capital stock is $10,000. SIOUX COUNTY CROPS GOOD Solen, N. D.,—Crop conditions in Sioux county and the south part of Morton county this year are excel- lent. There is no rust in the wheat and the harvest will begin about August 1. There’ are some sections, though, that need rain for late wheat. Wheat should average at least ten bushels as compared to three bushels last year. The rye is about one-third eut, with an-estimated yield of 15 bushels an acre on the average. There is a fairly good corn crop promised, clean but somewhat late. The condi- tion of oats, barley and _ potatoes ;is about normal. Flax acreage shows a decrease of 50 percent over last year. ' no he WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE AWAITING ARREST FOR FLAUNTING COURT LAW placed in the window of the office of his paper, the Emporia Gazette. Both Governor Allen and Mr. White | have stated their personal friendship for each other has not been affected by the controversy. John G. Egan, assistant attorney general will go to Emporia today for the announced purpose of serving a warrant on William Allen White, Emporia author and editor, charging violation of the Kansas industrial court act, in displaying a strike sym- pathy poster in the window of his newspaper office. This announcement was made at the office of Governor H. J. Allen today. To Carry White Flag The proposed advance on the Em- poria sector, all because William Al- len White displayed a strike-sympa- thy poster in the wind of his news- paper office, has been temporarily called off. Although state officials involved were. reluctant to discuss the situation this afternoon, it ap- peared that, instead of sending state emissaries to Emporia, armed with a striking shopmen was against the not take down the signs which he had law. Mr. White said that he would, will carry a white flag. BY HAIL STORM Paris, July 21.—The American gov-| sure immediate cash, would not in-. IS REOPENED) The First State Bank of Haynes,| IN SCHNEIDER |Preliminary Hearing Before Justice Probably to Con- j tinue Tomorrow MANY WITNESSES State to Call Score of -Wit- nesses in Effort to Prove Contentions’ in Case Preliminary hearing of Kasemir Schneider of Bismarck, charged with the murder of his wife, Amelia Sch- neider, who died at their home on the | south side on June 15, opened today jin the city hall with Justice Cassel- man presiding. The hearing probably will not be ended until tomorrow. The state will call a score of wit- nesses in an effort to justify the justice in binding Schneider to dis- trict court for trial on the murder} charge which was brought by States} Attorney McCurdy and Coroner Strol- ke. z The state relies in great measure! on the examination of the stomach of the dead woman, made in the Uni- versity of North Dakota laboratories. G. W. Abbott, of the Department jof Chemistry, is here to testify. In a.re- port of the examination of the stom- ach of the woman he said: “In reply to your question regarding the proba- ble form in which the poison was re- ceived I may state that in my opinion it was probably in the form of eal- as potato bug poison. It was not in the form of Paris Green since no cop- per poison could be detected nor in the form of lead arsenate, since I 1 found no lead,” A separate report of Dr. A. Mas- saglia of the university said he con- ducted a separate pathological ex- amination and arrived at the same conclusions. Attorneys Retained When the hearing opened at 11. a. | der. P. D. Norton and C. F. Kelsch’ of | Mandan appeared at attorneys’ for Schneider. It is understood relatives of Mrs. ' Schneider have retained John F, Sul- jlivan of Mandan to assist the prose- Veution if the case reaches district court. The relatives of the dead wo- man ‘live near St. Vincent, Morton county. H. J. Strolke, ‘county coroner, was the first witness called. He told of go- ing to the Schneider home on the south side-in Bismarck when Mrs. Schneider died. He said he found Schneider holding a baby in his arms. The baby, 11 months old, he said, was the child of his first wife. He had been married to his second wife six months, he told Strolke, | The coroner related a conversation j with Schneider concerning the death Schneider told him that Mrs. Schnei- der had suffered “spells” off and on ‘for sometime. She had been sick con- | tinuously for seven or eight days be- fore she died. A doctor had been there once, he said. Strolke said he ordered an autopsy performed. ; Dr. G. R. Lipp was the second wit- ness called. He said he was first call- led to treat Mrs. Schneider about nell 28, being called by Mr. Schnei- ler. Got No Response | Dr. Lipp said he found Mrs. Schnei- der was in bed. He questioned her, |he said, but could get no response. ;Schneider informed him that Mrs. Schneider had had “spells” but was lover them at that time. Dr. Lipp said : be left medicine and asked to be no- \tified when she was in a spell, so that .a full examination could be made. | The medicine, he gave, was anti-spa! modic medicine, containing no poi ‘that his wife suffered pains in the | abdomen. ° Called Again ;__ Dr. Lipp said he was called another time, June 15, to the home, being called by Emil Bobb. He made an ex- ; amination of the body to find out if; , She were dead or alive, and found her {to be dead. She had been dead two to two and one-half hours, he said. Dr. Lipp related his conversation with Schneider when he arrived. Schneider informed him he thought {his wife had been dead a short time. Dr. Lipp suggested the coroner be called before the undertaker. Asked why he had not called a , doctor, Schneider told him that he did not know his wife was dying. Dr. Lipp read the report of the autopsy as made by him and Dr. Lar- sen. The stomach and some other laboratory at Grand Forks for ex- amination, he said, He said he found nothing in his examination that would cause death, although some ab- normalties were found. On cross examination Dr. Lipp said it was his opinion that there was no condition in the internal organs that would cause great pain. Dr. Lipp said that the attitude of Schneider was not different from that of any other husband after the death of his wife, so far as his ob- servation had gone. “PUSSYFOOT” JOHNSON IN NEW ZEALAND ° (Ry the Assoclated Press) “MURDER CASE cium arsenite, a white compound sold! m, the complaint was read to Schnei-! of Mrs. Schneider. Strolke said that, on at all. Schneider had informed him! portions were sent to the university | NMENT FORMS NEW STRIKE DETROIT NEWS | HAS PURCHASED THE JOURNAL (By the Associated Press) | Detroit, July 21—Purchase of the | Detroit Journal by the Detroit News ‘was announced today. The newspa- pers, both in the afternoon field, are |to be merged immediately, the Jour- nal. ceasing publication with its first edition today. The total purchase price for the title and good will was in exerrs of $2,600,000 it was announ- ced. The News is owned by the Scripps Syndicate while the Journal was the property of C. C. Vernam, Paul Block and H. S. Talmadge of New York, and NC. Wright of Detroit. FREE STATERS MOVE FORWARD _ BOMBARD CITY Take Possession of Asylum and Infirmary in Drive on Irregulars (By the Associated Press) * Dublin, July 21—The town of Wa- terford on the southeast coast) of| Ireland, which was stoutly defended| by Republican insurgents, has been! | entered by national army forces who| ihave already taken fifty prisoners, | says a nationalist official report. Cork, July 21.—An official bulletin issued early today by the Republi-| can insurgents headquarters here; says that according to latest reports from Waterford the national army! jforees are shelling the city from! Mount Misery. The shelling was re-| opened yesterday evening after a! comphrativly quiet afternoon, the fire} being directed - mainly against the cavalry barracks, Free State troops yesterday after- {noon took possesion of the asylum and infirmary in Waterford, says the! statement. Republican snipers frus- trated repeated attempts of the ene- my to cross the river in boats. Owing to the fact that the cavalry barracks formed a conspicuous target for the| \Free State artillery, cergain parts of | the building were evacuated and des- troyed by the Republicans, The na-| tionalists fire from across the river killed two civilians and wounded four others, Many inhabitants have left the city; because of the bombardment and the streets have been cleared of pedestri- ans. There was considerable activity on the part of both forces in county Claire and South Galway. The Free Staters were considerably harassed; says the official statement, between| Ballinaslo and Woodford, between which two places communications| were cut. A Republican attack outside! +a nearby fort resulted in the fleeing of the Free State troops with the loss; of one killed and three wounded. The official bulletin reports two; attacks by a Free State armored car! | upon Republican posts in Limerick,, | which were repulsed and also incon- clusive fighting in the Limerick area} jon July 19, Several civilians were: wounded by the nationalists fire, the} statement says. In East Limerick, it continued the Republicans are oper- ting mobile columns which are ha- j rassing the movements of Free State| ' troops whose positions at. Bruff and Wie Barton are-continuously attack- ed. The city of Cork is comparatively | quiet and a few telegraph wires are ' still open. 2 London, July 21—The city of Lim- :erick has been captured by the Irish , National army, says a Central News ! dispatch from Dublin this afternoon.! The nationals took many prisoners to- | | gether with arms and ammunition. TWENTY KILLED Dublin, July 21.—A message from Nenagh passed by the military censor today says so far as is known there have been more than twenty killed (Leased HOOVER PLANS: RATIONING OF be Taken Care ,of First, It Is Declared in Nation Indicated if Strike Continues TRUCKS READY IN STATE. Fargo, N. D., July 21.—One hundred*and twenty army trucks, available for emergency trans- portation of United States mails have been located in North Da- kota, Roy Dolphin, chief clerk of , the Fargo district, railway mail service announced today. They are scattered through the state at various county seats where road work has been in progress, and may be used should possible discontinuance: of branch line trains make it necessary, Mr. Dolphin said. (By the Associated Press) Washington, July 21.—Distri- bution of coal during the strike emergency through a_ special commission was understood to- day to be the administration's plan to make certain the fuel necessary to continue railroad operation. The matter was discussed at today’s cabinet meeting and later it was understood that Secretary Hoover, acting for the president, had undertaken the formation of ) the commission. Formal an- } nouncement of the plan was ex- pected before night. Tentative plans fot the emer- gency coal distribution organiza- tion were understood to provide for a central committee of five consisting of one representative from the commerce department, one from the interstate commerce committee,.one from the Ameri-.- can Railways ‘association and two coal operators. The message indicated that in the absence of any word from Washington, regarding the gover- nor’s suggestion that the mines of this‘state be placed under public control, the state will take over the mines unless the opera- tors and miners get together prior to Monday. The wage scale in effect prior to April 1, will control and a working condi- tions will be made satisfactory, the governor’s message said. (By the Associated Press) Washington, July 21—As a first step toward conserving for more e8- sential use the country’s coal sup- now declining more sharply un- we the effect of a car shortage at mines operating during the strike, the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion and the commerce department today were drawing up & scheme for diverting coal to transportation lines new verging on a shortage. By the use of priority orders, to be put into effect probably within Af day or two, coal from non-union mines and those that may be opened up in union territory will be diverted to meet the needs of these roads and others as they appear. The priority plan next contem- plates, it was indicated, a supply for i the northern great lakes ports, and in event of an absolute shortage de-! | veloping later on the plan may be expanded into a rationing system for other industries and territories as the need arises. In the view of Attorney General Daugherty as ex- pressed in connection with the plan | the strike already has proceeded toi .,.4¢ a point to make certain a coal short- and forty wounded in the fighting at Limerick. ELEVEN CAPTURED | Belfast, July 21—A party of irre- gular troops preparing for an ambush near Roscrea, Tipperary was surpris- ed early today by national army troops, who captured eleven of the irregulars, with rifles and bombs, says a dispatch. One Free State sol- dier was wounded, FAR‘GO MAN DROWNED (By the Associated Press) Fargo, N. D., July 21.—Guy L. | Martin, 32, Fargo, was drowned in , Lake Pelican near Detroit, Minne- | Sota, late yesterday afternoon. NOPE, IT’S NOT THE “It’s not the heat—it's the humid- ity,” is an old song. It was repeated at the weather bu- reau today here, in reply to a query as to the cause of the blanket of heat which kept Bismarck folks toss- ing throughout the night. And the records bear out the statement. The highest point reached by the thermometer was 92 above at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, which is not anyways near the July record. The mercury stood still there until 6 Southampton, July 21.—William E. “Pussyfoot” Johnson has sailed for a three months visit to New Zcaland, warrant for Mr. White’s arrest, they | where he will carry on his activities against liquor. p. m. when the weather gods began to slowly relent. The mercury drop- ped gradually until 6 p. m. today when it stood at 61 above. It was all caused by a low pres- age next winter. Replying to a message yesterday from Governor Sproul of Pennsyl- vania in which he pledged coopera- tion in the administration’s program | to invite a resumption of coal pro- duction but expressed the hope that if this failed a federal commission would be appointed to intercede. President Harding declared the ap- pointment of a coal commission would be made ‘in duc time” not- withstanding the refusal of the mine workers and a minority of the oper- ators to accept such arbitration’ as originally proposed. Stating that the “broader purpose” of his pro- posal was “a searching inquiry into | (Continued on Page 3) HEAT, JUST THE HUMIDITY, WEATHER MAN SAYS sure area over the Northern Plains states, which sent the thermometer to around 90 in a score of cities. Minot reported the highest tempera- ture in North Dakota, which was 96 above. There was relief in sight today, however. The prediction is that it will be cloudy and cooler tonight and fair Saturday. There is no promise of showers. “Minot had a trace of a shower yes- terday, Williston a good rain ana showers were reported from Dickin- son and Dunn Center. No other weather stations in the state re- ported rain, NATION'S COAL Railroad Supplies of Fuel to SEE GREAT SHORTAGE Serious Lack of Coal Supplies i fields. Wire of Associated Press) Held in Hammer Killin pcgiiebices a en esa DEN, Mrs. Clara McGuire, whom police declare to be Mrs. Clara Phillips, aft- er her arrest in Tucson, Ariz., on charges of having beaten to death j wtih a hammer Mrs, Alberta Mea-| dows, 20-year-old widow, near Los} Angeles, Cal. Information givén by| Mrs. Phillips’ husband, an oil opera-; |tor of Houston, Tex., led to the ar-| rest. The picture below is declared by the suspect to be that of her hus- band. | ESTABLISHED Duties Include Locating and Arresting Auto Bandits; | Preventing Smuggling (By the Associated Press) Venice, Cal., July 21.—An aerial | police service for 24 hours a day! has been established here. | It is composed of three aviator-! policemen, each on duty for 8 hours. Each has his own airplane. Du-; ties of the aerial squad include aid to victims of accidents, locating and; arresting automobile bandits, pre- venting smuggling, rushing life pre-| | Servers.to victims of, ship wrecks| | and fighting forest fires. SPECIAL JURY TO BE ASKED | Would Probe Alleged $2,000,-; 000 Fake Fire Claims i Duluth, Minn., July 21.—Formal re- quest for the calling of a special ;Srand jury by the federal court to |Probe alleged fictitious forest fire j claims, reported to aggregate close to $2,000,000, will be made carly next week, according to an-announcement here today by LaFayette French, Jr. of St. Paul, United States district attorney for Minne- sota. +Special department of justice in- vestigators are still tracing some of the claims filed against the govern- ment. Ay District Attorney French will’ ask Federal Judge Page Morris to call the special grand jury for some time ‘early in August so that there will be no conflict with the various Unit- ed States court terms scheduled for the Twin Cities early in the fall. It is expected that the jury will be or- dered to convene immediately after Judge Morris has completed the spe- cial hearing on the six cent street car fare injunction at St. Paul, set for St. Paul on July 29. WRITE FRIENDS OF HARVEST JOBS ‘As a method of bringing the best possible class of harvest workers into the state Governor R. A. Nestos and the Farmers organization of the state are collaborating in a request to the people of North Dakota that they write to their friends in Iowa, Illi- nois, Missouri and Wisconsin telling them of the needs in the state, of the wages to be paid and the time + would be best to arrive in the harvest This method of. procedure, it is be- lieved will gain & far better class of harvest and threshing labor than would be possible through any other method of reaching distant places. It will also be possible to afford a wid: POLICY 9 (SENATORS FAIL PRICE FIVE CENTS IN BFFORT FOR A CONFERENCE Unable to Bring Eastern Rail- road Executives into Con- ference with Union Men TRAINS CANCELLED Additional Curtailment of Service Reports from Va- rious Sections of U.S. (By the Associated Press) Washington, July 21. — Pres- ident Harding, undeterred by the failure of members of the senate interstate commerce committee to obtain from eastern railroad executives at last night’s con- ference a basis for settlement of the rail strike, today invited Chairman Hooper of the rail- road labor board, to Washing- ton far discussion of the strike situation. The president, it was indicated at the white house after today’s meeting at which the rail strike was discussed at length, desired to obtain from Chairman Hoop- er through direct conference in- formation on several points raised by the railroad executives in their discussion of the situa- tion with Senator Cummins, Towa; Watson, Indiana, and Kel- logg, Minnesota, of the Inter- state Commerce Committee. Indications were given after the cabinet meeting that the President and his advisers re- garded the industrial situ as serious although not wit! hope. It was stated, however; that the situation in neither the coal fields nor in the railroad centers was deemed sufficiently serious at the present moment to require the use of federal troops. (By the Associated Press) The strike of railway shopmen to- day bore increasing external appear- ances of a finish fight between the ington last night between several railroad presidents and members of the senate interstate commerce com- mittee only revealed strengthened determination on the part of the railroads not to weaken in their de- clination to grant demands of the union men for reconsideration of the instructions which abolish seniority rights of the strikers, de- stroy their pension standings and refuse creation of boards of adjust- ment. The conference also revealed that it was regarded as unpracticable to pass legislation to deal with the present strike. \ Await U. S. Move Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the railroad labor board and B. M, Jew- ell, head of the railway employes department of the American Federa- tion of Labor and leader of the striking shopmen, would not com- ment early today when informed by The Associated Press of failure of the Washington conference to pro- duce any hopeful sign. So far as known here no further | plan toward solution of the strike situation was under way and specu- lation turned to what might be the next step by the federal govern- ment, As the strike of 300,000 shopmen rounded out its third week, its ef- fect on transportation was becoming increasingly evident, as reports from throughout the country told of an- nulment of nearly 300 trains and combining of numerous others. On the one hand, however, were reports of additional replacements of strik- ers with increasing efforts to safe- guard them, while the ranks of the strikers were said by union chiefs to have remained at full strength. The number of strikers has been increased by walkouts in other de- partments of some railroads, the latest of consequence being that by 3,000 clerks on the Chicago and Ohio railroad. Violence Spreads Numerous reports of violence con- tinued, spread from Fresno, Cali- fornia, to Worcester, Massachusetts, and troops were ordered out in two additional states, making seven in which national guardsmen are now on duty. They are Ohio, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Geor- gia, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Kan- sas. Strike ballots were ordered dis- tributed to clerks and freight hand- lers on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway and clerks on the Chicago and Northwestern today were awaiting the outcome of a con- ference between their chiefs, George A. Werrelly and Frank Walters, gen- eral manager of the road. E. F. Grable, president of the maintenance of way men’s union was in Detroit today for a confer- ence of the grand lodge of the or- ganization. The conference was ¢x- pected to determine whether the maintenance of way men would follow Presdent’s Grable’s peace program. Trains Cut Off In the additions yesterday to the list of trains annulled were twenty local and suburban of the Northern Pacific at Saint Paul; two Great Northern trains between St. Paul and Devils Lake, North Dakota, and two between Grand Forks and Far- go, North Dakota. Fifty per cent ofthe Northern Pacific service out of cr distribution over the state by this| method, instead of having congestionsj at one or two points, | Duluth also was added to ‘Ne list. (Continued on Pag@\