The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1922, Page 1

Hees T Te UT TUE LETH TELE ed « Eee STE THEE TEaE TEED ATUL ~ TWO KILLED IN “,~ Giant ‘Steamer Proceeding to a wireless message received today .. STILL FOUND WEATHER FORECAST. Fair to- night and Saturday. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BIS CK TRIBUNE === BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1922 (Leased Wire of Associated Press) RAIL PRESIDENTS DIVIDED ON PEACE When Coal Mines Opened in Indiana EXPLOSION ON ADRIATIC Under Own Power into Port Not Much Damaged CARRIES 650 PERSONS Tug Boat Capsizes in New ‘York Harbor and Six Are Lost (By the Associated Press) New York, Aug. 11.—Two members of the Adriatic’s crew were killed, five more were seriously injured and one is missing as the result of an ex- plosion of undetermined origin in her Number Three hold, ‘according ‘at the White Star’Line. (The mesgage , reported that the ‘Adriatic was proceeding to New York at half*speed. Coal was stored ‘jn the number 3 hold and officials of the line, in absence of details thoughtithat spontaneous combustion may have caused the explosion, The | men killed‘ Were, fireman and a trimmer. |, Those injured included an electrician and other employes of the enigne room. NO ASSISTANCE NEEDED (By the Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 11.—The navy department which has been in cog- stant communication with the Adri- atic on which an explosion occurred during the night said’ today their in- formation indicated that no one was hurt aboard the liner and that no assistancé was needed. “EVERYTHING O. K.” (By the Associated Press) Boston, Aug. 11—An S. 0. S. call from the White Star Liner Adriatic carly today telling of an explosion in | her number 3 ,hold, was followed by a series of radio messages cumlinat- ing in the word that no assistance was needed “Everything is 0. latest message said. ~ K. now” the pool for New York with 650: passen- ; gers gave her position at latitude 41.23 north, longitude 51.41 west, or about 300 miles east..of Portland, Maine. The early messages charac- ! terized the explosion as bad and said Captain‘ Davis was trying to locate the cause, but gave no further de- tails. They said the liner was pro- ceeding on ‘her course. SIX LOSE LIVES (By the Associated Press) New York, Aug. 11—The tug boat! Clarence P. Howl was overturned | arid sunk in an odd accident off| Staten Island today when a tangled | two line caused her to capsize and/| two members of her crew of six lost| their lives. | The tug*was towing a steam and when she slowed down the steamer floated by, causing the slack hawser to become looped under the tug’s| stern, The tug was whipped over on her side and disappeared within two minutes. OF BLUFF SIDE Unique ‘Moonshiners’ Cave Is Discovered (By the Associated Press), Minot,.N.-D., Aug. 11.-Parts of, a still and the earth covering a unique. moonshiners ‘cave, dug. into the side! of a small bluff on a farm about three miles south of Minot were blown skywards this forenoon when | federal agents assisting Sheriff A. P. Scofield of Ward county placed a charge o'f dynamite in the cave and} set it off completely destroying the | contents of the cave. Guy Emar, farmer, is under ar- rest charged with manufacturing and | possession of liquor. The raid which was conducted early this morning also netted the | officers the arrest of William And; | erson, another farmer who is charg- ed with transportation and possess- sion of intoxicating liquors. The still, and other equipment was National guardsmen of Indiana Staunton, sent there by Governor M mine coal for statg institutions. EXPLODE BOMBS AT RAIL SHOPS TO SCARE MEN Deputy U. S. Marshal Is In- jured When He Picks Up One (By the Associated Press) San Bernardino, Cal., Aug. 11.— Twenty-three. time’ bombs Have “ex- ploded at intervals from 1:30 to 3:00 o'clock this morning in the stockade of the ‘Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe within two hundred feet of the company’s roundhouse, according to the sheriff's office. “ The bombs were buried in the ground and in exploding blew much earth into the air, it was said. The belief that the explosions were caused from high powered caps and not bombs, was expressed by United States Marshal Greenwood. He was | London this’ afternoon, will be grant-| South Dakota; of the opinion, he said, the explos- ions were intende only to frighten men at work in nearby shops. Deputy United States Marshal Al- bertson was seriously burned when a bomb exploded in his hands ‘short- ly after the explosion of the twenty- three bombs: Explosion of the bombs created terror in the vicinity of the shops, hurling fragments several hundred fet. The bombs, according to investi- gators were apparently thrown into the stockade. PREDICT END -OF IRISH WAR Fall of Cork Is Expected Hourly (By the Associated ress) London, Aug. 11.—“The end of the war in Ireland is in sight, and the fall of Cork is hourly expected,” says a general headquarters bulletin from | the Irish national army troops re- cently landed near Cork, says a dis- patch bearing a Cork date to the Evening News, this afternoon. These troops, numbering about 1,000, which were landed in the west passage at Youghal and Union Hall are now within ten miles of Cork city, adds the message. They are en- countering stiff opposition and the ‘battle is ‘the biggest of the war on in a cave in.the middle of a plowed field which had been thoroughly | harrowed. A system of ventilation | had been devised by .the proprietor | of the outfit whereby air entered into | the cave through a small wooden ; ventilator. A light covering of ma- | nure kept this from sight. On the; other side the cave were two venti-| lating outlets and it was from the | odors issuing from these that the; officers found the location of the} still. GRAIN GROWERS WILL FUNCTION Fargo, N. D., Aug. 11.— With the cooperation of some of the big fig- ures of the business world the Unit- ed States Grain Growers, Inc., na- tional cooperative grain marketing agency is on the way to the point where it will function, H. B. Fuller state farm bureau secretary said, fol- Jowing his return from the re-organ- jzation meeting of the grain growers jn Chicago. He said that having en- dorsed the move, the farm bureau is going to see that it is a success. the irregulars, and in the opinion of observers may last several days. ‘The irregulars have a full squad- ron of cavalry to oppose the nation- al’s advance. 4 CHILDREN DIB IN FIRE Campbell, Minn., Aug, 11.—Investi- gation today showed that the four children, John, Ralph and Albert Stevens.and Edgar Wray, whose bgd- ies were taken from a barn here fol- lowing a fire late yesterday, died of suffocation, according to physicians. After the local fire department, as- sisted by all the available citizens had extinguished the flames, the bodies were found huddled together on the unburned hay, showing no marks of the flames. John Stevens was 9 years old, Ralph, his brother, 7, and Albert, 3 years old. Edgar Wray was 9 years old. i are shown here guarding a mine at cCrey who declared the state would i Cons i. | E, O'BRIEN, MOVIE ACTOR, HIT BY TRUCK; |; RECOVERY EXPECTED il > as ‘i | Los Angeles, Aug. 11.—Eugene o-) | Brien, motion picture actor, who suf- | | fered a possible fracture of the skull jand internal injuries, when he was jrun down by a motor. truck last’ i night, was reported resting easily at a Hollywood hospital today. | Surgeons treating O’Brien’s sealp found it necessary to shave off his curls, i i ‘BE-GRANTED, 1S - PARIS REPORT Germany to Be Allowed Time, | Until First of Year by i Allied Powers, | Paris, Aug. 11.—Germany, says a! dispatch to the Havas Agency from jed a moratorium until the end of this year. AGREEMENT. NEAR. (By the Associated Press) Brussels, Aug. 11.—According to} | information received from Londox ‘this noon an agreement has virtually | | been reached on the four main points} lof the reparations controversy and | a general. accord was now anticipated jsays the French :semi-official Havas | Agency. The impressioh in London is decidedly optimistic and talk of a | split had ceased, it adds, UNDESIRABLES NOTIFIED. (By the Associated Press) Strasbourg, Aug. 11—The commis- sary general ‘of Alsace-Lorraine has |announced that in pursuance of the ' French “restoration” measures against | Germany, 500, undestrables in Alsace-! Lorraine have been served with ex- | pulsion notices and must cross the; frontier before Saturday évening. HAIL DAMAGE IS $100,006 Four Townships in Minnesota) County Suffer Loss | | i { \ | _(By the Associated Press) Fairmont, Minn, Aug. 11.—Farm- ers in four Martin county townships today were attempting to estimate | losses in the worst hail storm in the histoy of the county. It was be- lieved that last night’s estimate of $100,000 would be raised, when re- ports today revealed that the area! covered by the delunge of ice was larger than at first thought. ! Reports said that the storm reach- cd as far south as Fenton, Iowa, which would indicate that a strip varying from one-half to eight miles wide and 40 miles long had been de- vastated, Many windows were smashed by the heavy hail and automobiles had dents in fenders and hoods. It was estimated that about 50 per cent of the corn crop in the hail- swept section was ruined. BRUSH FIRES THREATEN HOMES (By the Associated Press) Duluth, Minn, Aug. 11.—Brush fires are: reported threatening sev- eral homes’ along the St. Louis river north of Fond Du Lac, Detachments of firemen from the West Duluth and New Duluth stations have been ISEIZURE jence came word from Washington ted by) the federal coal committee. ‘a week to come via Lake Superior! | ports. ; stocks available at the Head ofthe! jsaid the resolution sent to the presi- ! union mines and sent to the Head of | clearly the seriousness of the situa. rushed to the scene. WILL SPRED UP COAL SUPPLY IN DAKOTAS Representatives to Visit This State in Interest of Fuel, Distribution APPROVED| Drastic Steps by Federal Gov: ernment Urged by North- west Executives St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 11—Prepar- ations for sending representatives from Towa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, | North Dakota and South Dakota, to; be known as the northwest coal com- | mittee to Washingtun to aid in speed-j ing up coal shipments to this sec- tion, were under way today following the conference of governors of these | states here yesterday, Close on the heels of the confer- that an increase of 60,000 tons each week in the movement of bituminous coal to the northwest had been allow- This will make a tutat of 250,000 tons According to figures given out by Governor Preus of Minnesota at the conference the LYcuminous coal de- livered at the decks at Superior and Duluth for April, May, June and July this year are more than 5,000,000 tons behind the figures for the same pu riod last) year. | In 1921 for the four months, 5,-/ 445,000 tons arrived at the Head of| the Lakes. This year to date the movement has only been 380,000 tons. Last year anthracite shipments to- talled 788,000 tons as compared with only 16,521 tons this summer. Approve Seizure. Declaring that the northwest draws largely for its fuel supply from the Lakes, all the guvernors—Preus of; Minnesota; McMaster, South Dakota; ; Nestos, North Dakota; Blaine, Wis-| consin, and Kenda)t, lowa—urge dras- | tic steps by the federal government! to assure-this supply. The governors adopted a resolu | tion which was forwarded to Presi- dent Harding, stating that the execu tives-and* the people. of the north-} west would approve federal seizure of coal mines/and coal carriers if thought necessary ey the national ad- ministration to carry out the steps) necessary to obtain coal. The threatened shortage “impcrils tHe prosperity of our business,” and endangers “the health of our people,” dent. The proclamation, telegram and resolution: were signed by Governor Preus, Governor R. A. Nestos, North Dakota; Governor W, H. McMaster, Governor John J. Blaine, Wisconsin, and Governor N. E. Kendall, Iowa, all of whom were present at yesterday’s conference. Governor Preus announced also that C. P, White, federal fuel distri- butor for the northwest, will arrive here Monday for a conference with him relative to the movement of coal to Lake Erie ports from the non- the Lakes, All of the governors in the confer- ence, Governor Preus said, left the! Twin Cities today confident that the! federal administration will see more! | | tion in the northwest. as a result of| yesterday's conference. | The governors were agreed that! anything that now ean be done will not prevent a coal shortage in the! homes this winter and will not pre- vent a shortage among the inudstries in the next few weeks. Many indus- tries are certain to close down and hundreds of men will. be thrown out | of work as the result it was said. Several of ‘the railroad and ware- house commissions and the fuel ad- ministrators met with Ivan Bowen, state fuel adminiaerator today, for 4] conference on coal distribution. Aj program for shipments on a equal basis from the Head of the Lakes was drawn up and agreed to by the sev-/ eral state representatives. The! source of this supply being in Minne- | sota, Mr. Bowen was entrusted to look ; after the interests of the other states at the port, STRIKE-BREAKER IS ARRESTED BY | STRIKER-COP (By the Associated Press) Kenmare, N. D., Aug. 11.—John Beltz, employed by the railroad company here as a strike-breaker is under arrest today charged with carrying concealed weapons. Oscar W. Carlson, a striker and now engaged as policeman made the arrest. Beltz is employed in Carlson's job. Carlson is said to have stopped Beltz and a search revealed that the latter was carrying a small pisto}. Authorities assert that Beltz, had no permit to carry the gun and telephoned States Attor- ney 0. B. Herigstad at Minot, asking his 0. K. to a warrant charging Baltz with carrying concealed weapons. Mr. Heriz- stad gave his consent and the warrant is to be issued out of justice Evan Griffith’s court to- day. ! Both men are quite well known in Kenmare and the case is arousing considerable interest. [to return until the armed guards lin the Southern railway yards at Ash-/ ‘BIG FOUR’ T0 WALK OUT IF STRIKE LASTS Authorized to Cease Work If Conditions Become Unbear- able at Terminals TROOPS MAIN ISSUE) Two Non-Union Workers Shot and Killed in Cleveland Railroad Yards \ «(By the Associated Press) Chicago, Aug. 11.—Serious threats; tg traffic by refusal of trainmen to. move trains at points where troops’ are on guard, renewed outbreaks of , violerice resulting in several deaths and the possibility of walkouts by! maintenance of: way men on various: roads marked- the progress of the; rail strike as railroad heads and: union leaders gathered for confer- ences today to separately consider. President Harding’s proposal for: ending the strike. Presence Unbearable Membets of the “Big Four” trans-; portation’ brotherhoods upon whose train movements depend, were auth- orized by their chiefs to suspend work if they consider strike condi- | tions and the presence of soldiers at" terminals and junction points “un-j bearable.” Western divisions of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe were threat-' ened with a tie-up of transcontinent- al trains by refusal of engineers, firemen, conductors and trainmen to/ operate trains while troops were’ stationed along the line where out- breaks occurred earlier in the strike. At other centers throughout the country similar situations threat- ened. Join Trainmen Switchmen joined the trainmen in their protests against working under: guard and the situation on the San- ta Fe at Needles, Barstow and other California points was further aggra- vated when the entire yard force at! Fresno left its post; the men notify-{ ing the company they would refuse; were removed. { \ Conferences between Santa Fe of- ficials and union leaders were held following joint meetings of Big Four brotherhood ‘men and although no trains had been annulled early to- day several east bound passenger trains were held up at Barstow. Re- ports from Bakersfield, California, indicated the walkout would spread from California to Arizona and New Mexico points on.the Santa Fe. Switchmen at Moberly, Missouri, returned to work after a short walk- out, but firemen voted not to aid in} the movement of freight trains until the demand of the striking shopmen was met. Two Trainmen Shot Two non-union employes of the) New York Central lines in the Col- linsville ,yards at Cleveland, one a: dispatcher and the other a call boy! —were shot and killed on a street) corner. Their slayer escaped. At Birmingham, Alabama, an at- tempt was made to blow up a din- ing, car used for feeding shopmen and laborers in the Frisco yards. The shot missed its mark and blew a hole in a nearby box car. The ex-: plosion occurred just before 100 men | were due to arrive at the car. Police| found a bundle of dynamite sticks) in the yards near the cars. | Dynamite was used in an attempt to blow up shanty cars and a diner i I t ville, North Carolina. Windows were, shattered in a car containing 11 workmen. : | Posting éf circulars designating) shop workers as “scabs” and “strike- | breakers” was restraifed in an in- junction granted at St. Paul by fed-; eral Judge Booth. HOLD CONFERENCE. Jolict, Il1,, Aug. 11.—Officials of the Elgin, Jolict and Eastern and broth-| erhood representatives of their em-j ployes today entered another serics conferences, the last of which is scheduled for late this afternoon, when it is hoped some arrangement will be made whereby traffic may be resumed in the yards of that ruil- road here after two days of enforcer. idleness caused py the walkout of workers who dislike the presence ot | troops in the immediately vicinity of their place of occupation. Today, the third day of idleness, found engines and all other traffic “dead” on theit tracks. Quiet cou tinues within the yards and shop| area. | SEIZE LIQUOR NEAR DRY POST Fargo, N. Aug. 11.—Federal prohibition officers at midnight last night raided the home of Ole Holm, within four blocks of the state fed- eral prohibition headquarters here and seized 28 gallons of white whis- key, they said. Holm’s bond was set at $2,000 when he was arraigned on three charges of selling and holding liquor. BANDITS INVADE MAIDEN LANE (By the Associated Press) New York Aug. 11—Two bandits invaded Maiden Lane in the heart of the jewelry district shortly’ after noon today and held up and robbed the Modern Jewelry Company of $18,- 000 in jewelry. HAROLD F. MCCORMICK WEDS MADAME WALSKE, STAR OF | CHICAGO GRAND OPERA COMPANY Paris, Aug. 11.--Harold F. McCor- mick of Chicago, and Mrs. Alexander Smith Cochran (Madame Walska), were married today in the city hall of the sixteenth ward here. The marriage of Harold F. McCor- mick, millionaire Chicagoan and long head of the International Harvester company, to Madame Ganna Walska in Paris today, furnishes a dramatic climax to a series of remarkable epi- sodes which martial infelicities and romantic attachments are almost in- explicably mingled. Madame Walska. Polish opera queen, was the wife of Alexander Smith Cochran, wealthy manufacturer. Incompatability. di- vided them and decree divorcing them was issued in a French court on May 31 last, to become finally effective in sixty days. Mr. McCormick's first wife was Miss Edith Rockefeller, daughter of John D. Rockefeler. She obtained a divorce last December after a mar- ried life of twenty-six years. The decree was obtained on the ground of desertion. Keports were frequent during the spring and early summer that Mr. McCormick intended wedding Madame Walska when she obtained her finat decree and these persisted denials, which were generally regarded as Ape ee ee 5 WEDS 15 AND ROMANCE FAILS ee Marinette Wis. Aug. 11.—The sensational romance of Della Johnson, 15, and Andrew McAllis-. ter, 65, culminated today when an annulment of their marriage was granted by Judge Quinlan in cir- cuit court here. Action for the annulment was started by the girl's foster-parents, McAllister has been married before and is ao grandfather. 4 WORK CT ARTS Dr. and Mrs, L. C. Sharkey of Pol- ! lock, South Dakota, died in a local | gathered around a great confergncé. ON SCALE T0 # END: STRIKE’ man injured his back while playing | school and later in a track meet; Demands of Miners and Ope-' treated him rators to’ Be Placed Before Committee Cleveland, Ohio, Aug, 11.—Work 0! framing a wage BOY HURT IN TRACK CONTEST * what international parlance terms “diplomatic.” NO COMMENT. Chicago, Aug. 11.—‘Mrs, Edith Rockefeller McCormick will have no comment to make on Mr, McCormick's marriage.” That telephone message, delivered by Mrs. McCormick’s secretary was the only statement forthcoming thir morning when the Associated Press informed the former wife of the In- ternational Harvester head of his marriage in Paris to Mme. Ganna Walska, the opera singer. Mrs. McCormick, daughter of John D, Rockefeller, has declined to com- ment, since her divorce last winter, on either her former husband's activ- ities or the announced engagément of her 17-year-old daugater, Mathilde, to Max Oser, elderly Swiss riding aead- emy proprietor. Mme. Walska creuted a furore when she came to Chicago two years age to appear as one of the stars of the Chicago Opera company. Mr. Me- Cormick, who with Mrs. Edith Me- Cormick, were the principal guar- anteers of the company had employ- ed her while visiting Paris. On the day before he announced debut with the Chicago company, Mme, Walska packed her bags and left for New York. Bossip buzzed over the incident and it was general- ly reported that Conductor Marinuz- zo had publicly criticized her ability as a singer before the entire cast at a dress rehcarsal. PASSES AWAY Ralph Sharkey, Son of Pollock, S. D., Physician, Is Victim Ralph Sharkey, 18 year old son of! hospital early today after a long ill- ness dating fr@invinjiries received 1% | high school |athleties. The young} football as a student of Fargo high; bruised an elbow. Infection set. in,| and although many specialists have in the last several months their efforts were unavail ing. ; ! The cause of his death is given as; osteomyelitis of the vertebra, an in-; flammation of the bone. The boy would have gragyated! scale agreement: from high school a few weeks after) which union: officials said they ex-| he became ill and was forced to leave, pect using as a basis of settlement in the nation-wide soft coal strike wes! sent to Pollock tomorrow. begun today by a committee of 21 miners and operators. President) John L, Lewis of the miners, and Michael Gallagher of this city, pres- ident of the Pittsburgh Vein Coal Operators association of Ohio, head- ed the committee, the entire person- nel of which was sélected from the scale committee of the general con- ference called here to consider peace plans. Demands of both the miners and the operators were to be placed be- fore the committee of 21 and its re-) port was not expected to be ready; for presentation to the general con- ference until next week. The miners stood pat on their demand for re- establishment of the contracts in force just before the start of the/ strike more than four months ago, but the operators demands had not been made known. The operators participating in the conference were shown by its creden- school. He was the only son of Dr. and Mrs. Sharkey. The body will be! 14 CHARGED WITH SPEEDING Police Campaign Switched to| Western Part of City Fourteen more speeders were add- ed to the rapidly mounting list of the police last night, it was stated to- day. Most of them were doing bet- ter than 20 miles ‘an hour between the river bridge and the western part of the city, the police claim. Many hearings will be’held tonight by Police Magistrate Cashman. The police suddenly switched their campaign from the prison road to the 1 tials committee to control about 20 per cent of the coal production of the central competitive field, which com- prises western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. THROWS IN TONNAGE. Chicago, Aug. 11—The United Elec- tric Coal company, owning mining property in Ohio and Illinois, has thrown Illinois tonnage into the four state wage conference at Cleveland, it was authentically reported here this morning. The Illinois capacity of the company’s mines was given as between 800,000 and 1,000,000 tons. This is the first reported breakin the stand taken by the Illinois Opera- tors’ association. ADJOURNS SESSIONS. Chicago, Aug. 11.—The Illinois coat operators adjourned their conference here at noon today subject to the call of the presidents of the three operators associations of the state. KIDDER WHEAT GRADES NO. 1 Earl Christensen, of near Steele, in Bismarck today, said that a neigh- bor threshed stubbed-in wheat which yielded 23 bushels to the acre and graded No. 1. Many rye yields in the neighborhood are threshing around 20 bushels, he said. CONDITION UNCHANGED. London, Aug. 11.—The condition of Lord Northcliffe continues most grave, but there was no turn for the worse. today it was announced by his medical advisers. west end of the city, and it will be continued day and night, it is stated. Another automobile accident was reported early today. A car turned completely over in the soft gravel south of the prison about 4 o'clock this morning. The car, driven by a traveling man, bore a Max dealer’s li- cense number, The four wheels of the car were sticking up in the air after it fell over off the slight em- bankment. The driver was not in- jured. AGED COUPLE FOUND CLUBBED Gruesome Murder Uncovered in Wisconsin Town Milwaukee Aug. 11—A special dis- patch to the Milwaukee Journal from ‘Sauk City, Wis.,.says neighbors un- covered a grewsome murder mystery late yesterday when they found the mutilated bodies o’ Julius Balzer an¢ his aged sister, Mary, who had been clubbed to/death, and a brother, Wil- liam, near death from wounds, in the farm home about ten miles from here. The slayers left no traces and it js not believed robbery was the mo- tive for the attack. William Balzer, severely cut about the head and body was brought to a local hospital. Physicians say he has a chance to live. l PRICE FIVE CENTS PLAN HEADS OF BIG RAILROADS T0 DECIDE POLICY Difference of Opinion Arises When 200 Executives Meet in New York EAST FOR A FIGHT Would Battle Strikers to “a Finish”; Western Heads Want It Settled TAKE NEW VOTE (By the Assoclated Press) Joliet, Ill, Aug. 11.—Members of the Big Four brotherhoods employed in the Elgin. Joliet and Eastern yards here this after- Noon started polling a vote to de- cide whether they would resume operations after two and a half days of enforced idleness, caused by their walkout as a protest re- gardingL the presence of troops at that place. This action is re- garded as the initial step in the final phases of a settlement of the local controversy. NAME COMMITTEE «(By the Assgclated Press) New York, Aug. 11.—Heads of 148 American roads today ap- pointed a committee to recom- mend a reply to President Hard- ing’s latest proposal for settle- ment of the nation-wide rail strike. It was not indicated by those having the conference chamber what would be the na- ture of the reply to the admini tration’s suggestion. T. DeWitt Cuyler, head of the Association of Railway Execu- tives was named ex-officio head of the committee, with Judge Robert 8. Lovett, of the Union Pacific as chairman. The mem- bership was reported to be proximately the same as tl which rejected Mr. Harding’s first proposal (By the Associated Press) New York, Aug. 11—Two hundred transportation magnates, represent- ing the nation’s biggest railroads table at Grand Central terminal to- day ‘to decide whether to reject President Hardin proposal for peace in the shopmen’s strike. ‘ From the start a sharp division in the voting strength was appercat, which was so clearly defined as to be almost sectional. ’ The eastern division appeared un- alterably opposed to acceptance of the president’s plan because it pro- | vided that the question of return of | strikers with seniority rights unim- paired should be shunted back to the United States railroad labor board for final decision. As a ground for refusing the pres- ident’s offer to let the labor board act as mediator, the belligerents de- clared they already were in sight of an open victory over the strikers and urged that they be permitted to con- tinue without interference as “A finish fight.” President Felton and Great Western, acknowledged spokesman for the Western and Southwestern lines, was looked upon as a leader in the movement to ratify the’ Peate proposal. His group stand for: ratification, not becasse they have any more faith in the decision of the labor board but because they want the strike settled and their shops restored to normal. These Western and Southern roads have been hard hit by the strike and their managers express none of the desire for a “finish fight” apparent in the camp of the biggest eastern systems, Their reserves of locomo- tives are small, they have few sur- plus cars and their schedules have been badly disrupted. Numeroud passenger and freight trains have been discontinued, they point out—a condition not yet true of the east at an alarming rate. Im- minence of another bumper harvest, which with a strike on, would find them almost paralyzed, was another of their strongest arguments. of the Chicago REACH NO DECISION (By the Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 11—Heads of seventeen railroad labor organiza- tons including those on strike and the larger operating brotherhoods considered President Harding's latest strike setlement proposal for more than two hours today without reach- ing any decision as to what response should be made by the men on strike. Every union official participating in the mecting was reticent regard- ing the discussion, an agreement having been reached to let Mr. Stone make public any information the con- ferees decided to release. It was clear, however, that the heads of the shop crafts organization were unchanged in their determination to require that all of their men be re- placed in the seniority status they held.when they went on strike. Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Engineers who presided at the session which ad- jeurned shortly after aoon, said an- other meeting would be held later in the day but that probably no answer would be drawn up before tomorrow. TO HEAR CASES (Ry the Associated Press) Cincinnati, Aug. 11.—The railroad Jabor board will hear the case of the 1,100 union telegraphers on the Big (Continued on Page 3)