The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 13, 1922, Page 1

—» WEATHER FORECAST—For Bismarck and vicinity: Unsettléd tonight and Thursday. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRI / + BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1922 “(Leased Wire of Associated Press) LODGE WINS. BY 40,000 INBAY STATE Pointlexter Leading Nearest Opponent By More Than 3.000 TOWNSEND IS WINNER All. Republican | Incumbents Involved | in Primaries Apparent Winners (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Sept. 13,—The three re-| publican incumbent senators involv-! ed in Tuesday’s eight state primar- ies, overcame strong opposition by apparently safe margins, according to’ incomplete returns available to- day, . ‘i Senator Townsend of Michigan led the nearest of his three oppo- nents, Herbert F, Baker, by 22,2051 with the vote approximately two- thirds complete. | Senator Lodge of Massachusetts yelled a majority“of more than 126,-! 600 over Joseph Walker with returns} from 1,834 election precincts out of | 1407, { Senator Poindexter of Washing-| ton led the nearest of his five oppo-| nents, George Lamping of Seattle, by 3,154 on returns fifteen percent complete, Mrs. Frances C, Axtell was fourth in this race. i Wm. E. Sweet of Denver had a big lead over Fred A. Gabin in the De-| mocratie gubernatorial race in Colo- redo while Benjamin Griffith of Den-} ver led, Lieutenant Governor Earl Cooley for the Republican nomina- tion. Congressman C, C. Timberlake apparently had won renomination in the second district. Redfield Proctor of Proctor was apparently certain of victory over Lieutenant Governor A. W. Foote in the Vermont Republican guberna- torial contest. Senatorial candidates were unopposed. Former Governor Cole L. Blease’ Where Marines City and harbor of Smyrna, rich Asia Minar seaport center, wheré United States marines have landea where American warships are “being, sent to’protect our nationals. Turkigh forces are within 20 iniles of the city following the disastrous rout of the Greek army and thousands of refugees are entering the city dally, bringing famine and pestilence. Insert, Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, United :States high commissioner at i Landed to Guard ‘ Constantinople, in charge of American interests in the Near East. TABOR UNIONS SREK POOL 70 SWING VOTES American’ Federation’s Non- partisan Political Commit- tee in Session (By the Associated Press) Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 13.— With the arrival of: James O’Connel, was defeated for the Democratic nomination for governor. of South | chairman of the American .Federa-; {tion of Labor's nonpartisan political '. Carolina by Thomas C. McLeod in.a bitter contests Sv ajo sl Supporters of Charles B.. Ward’ and former Governor G. W. P. Hunt: of Arizona both were claiming vic- tory in the race for Democratic nomination for Governot of Arizona, | with meager returns indicating close race. Governor Campbell is unopposed ‘for renomination and Senator Ashurst Democratic also had no opposition for renomination, In the Massachusetts gubernator- ial contest, Governor Cox had an easy victory. for the republican nomination. William A. Gaston, Bos- ton banker, was well in the lead for the Democratic senatorial nomina- tion in late returns. Governor Groesbeck of Michigan easily defeated two opponents for renomination while James Balch had a smal] lead over Alva M. Cummins in early returns for the democratic nomination. Congressman H. G. Dupre of the Second Louisiana district had a sub- stantial majority in early returns. Senator Chas, E. Townsend’s lead over Herbert F. Baker for the repub- lican senatorial nomination was in- creased to more than 24,000 today on’the face of additional returns from ‘yesterday’s statewide primary. With reports from 2,010 out of the 2,856 precincts in the state the vote stood: Townsend 110,854; Baker 86,- 750; Kelley 50,354; Emery 41,828. $25,000 LOOT IN ROBBERY (By the Associated Press) Minneapolis, | Sept. 13.—Two. young “men, posing as customers, held up A. E. Pragel’s jewelry store here today and vanished with| diamonds and jewelry valued at $25,000. ‘ The description of the jewelry bandits, police said, * correspond with that of two of the four band- its who yesterday held up the St. Anthony Park Bank in St. Paul, escaping with $4,000. _ Detectives’ who reached the : scene of today’s holdup shortly af- ter it occurred were unable to find any trace o£ the robbers in the downtown traffic. Minneapolis, Sept. 13—The hold- up’ was. coolly executed and appar- ently had been carefully planned, The two men entered the store and asked to be shown watches and diamonds. Suddenly they flashed pistols on the proprietor and a young woman as- sistant, scooped up about 150 watch- es and the contents of three diamond trays and fled. ‘ATE DENTIST IS HONORED The North Dakota dental profes- sion has ‘been honored by the ap- pointment of Dr. W. F. Hocking of Devils‘Lake, on the Dental Education Ceuncil of America. Dr. Hocking is well known among dentists in the state, having served several years as secretary of the North Dakota State Board of Dental Examiners, and re- cently was elected vice-president of the national board of dental exami- ners, diet that labor. will committee, the: executive council of the federation in\ annual ‘session prepared to devise: a, program of po-, ; litical activity with which, it pur- poses to enter local, state and na- tional polls at forthcoming - elec- | tions. Members of the council ‘pre- designate at least fifty nonparty candidates for ,seats now occupied by National sena- ters and representatives who, they declare, are opposed to the aims and ideals of the American Federation of Labor. ” 8 | That the federation will attempt an affiliation with the farmer vote,! to become an important factor in, the presidential campaign of 1924 is’ a forgone concjuding among the la- bor chiefs here. They declare that} their selection of a candidate for! the presidency will be a startling! surprise to followers of the old | ties. Ee The shop crafts strike and the) injunction obtained by Attorney! General Daugherty continue to be; all absorbing topics of discussion! between sessions of the executive| council. Although it has agreed to; take no official action while the; extension obtained from Judge Wil-| kerson at Chicago yesterday remains effective, plans are circulating here: for combatting’ the injunction with; money for the shop crafts war chest to be obtained by assessment upon'\ the funds of the Federation’s ‘six, hundred and sixty-six organizations” and with the legal and moral aid of the council. VAST FIELDS OF OIL DISCOVERED) Calexico, Cal., Sept. 13—B. En- riquez of Calexico, has announced, he and. Roberto Norton and Remon Ovsven, also of: this city, have dis- covered in~ Lower California two “vast oil fields where oil lies on the surface.” x One,, he said, is about 200 ‘miles southeast of Mexicali and 12 miles from thé coast of the Gulf of} Cali- fornia, and the other about 500 miles southeast of Mexicali and be- tween eight and ten“miles from the gulf. * IRISH REBELS __.. MAKE ATTACK (By the Associated Press) London, Sept. 13—The National army guard at Mt.ant Joy prison in Dublin was attacked last night by}. Irregulars, and a half hour's conflict ensued,| according to reports reach- ing Belfast from Dublin printed by the Evening Star this afternoon. Several Irregulars were wounded. FORD CHARGES PROFITEERING Detroit, Mich., Sept, 13—Charges that the Interstate Commerce: Com- mission through its control of empty coal cars “if playing into the hands of coal profiteers under guise of reg- ulations for the public good,” were made here in a statement issued by Henry Ford from his office in = born, a suburb, \ WOMAN GIVEN 100 LASHES BY “LADIES INVISIBLE EYE,” COMMITTEE OF FOUR REPORTED IN SERIOUS CONDITION (By the Associated Press) Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 13.—Mrs. cI. C, Tatum. of Stop Six, Dallas in- terurban, who- was: given one hun- {dred lashes by four women last ‘night, was in a‘serious condition. | The whipping was given by a “com- | mittee of four”..of the “Ladies in- j visible eye.” A communication ad- '! dressed to the newspapers stated ‘the whipping was for the alleged '“ruining’ of’ her. daughter,” Naomi Tatum, age’ 14, Mrs. Tatum, it was said, was de- coyed into an automobile occupied by: four women, andéa: man, ‘who act- ed as driver, under the pretext of. being taken’ to -see her daughter, who has béen missing. No thréats of any kind had been received by Mrs, Tatum prior to the occurrence -last night. One of the women. who .whipped her told Mrs. Tatum they were from Dallas and accused her of “ruining her daugh- ter.” SLAYS DAUGHTERS - THEN CUTS THROAT; USES A HAMMER (By the Associated Press) Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 13.—. Tony Dinello, confessed slayer of his two daughters, was in a Jocal hospital).today recovering from a cut in,his throat .after his attempt to take his own life last’ night. i No charges have yet been filed against him. Doctors in attend- ance say he will;probably live. Dinello told police of Kansas City, Kansas, how his two daughters had displeased him by staying out late at night. Some money he had in the house was missing, he said, and when the rest of the family was gone he took the two girls to ‘the chieken shed to question them about it. He hecome angry, he said, at their replies to his questions and finally hit the younger daughter on the head with a hammer, The other daughter attempted to run away, but he caught her and killed her with the same. weapon. After dark he returned to the chicken shed’and tled the girls’ bodies in gunny sacks after which he carried them to the bridge and dropped them into the Kaw river. Many People Visit “Church On Wheels” Here A large number of Bismarck peo- ple visited the Cathedral car which came into Bismarck about 3 o'clock this afternoon and was taken west this afternoon. The car, fitted up as a Catholic church, with a ‘seating. capacity of 70 people, is beautifully decorated throughout.- It i8 sent out by the Catholic church extension society for use in reaching into (sparsely settled communities. It goes to Spo- kane, to be sent from there into many valleys. The stop was made at Bismarck to let local people view the car. | | | | | hae: | so LEAD ALL MAY VOTE .... .... «+ PROPOSE SETTLEMENT Chicago, Sept. 13.—Peace proposals for settlement or partia] settlement of the railway shop men’s strike were technically accepted today by the unions general policy commit- tee providing the railroad meet certain conditions, it was learned to- day from the head of one of the striking unions, Lives BALKAN WARIS FEARED AFTER ‘GREEK FAILURE |London Hears Reports that Roumania and Jugo-Slavia Will Join in Confilct Americany’ MANY RUMORS AFLOAT | Reported That Turks Are Planning a New Anti- MRS. HARDING SHOWS CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTH THE CRISIS IN ILLNESS HAVING PASSED (By the Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 13.—Indications at the White House early today were that Mrs. Harding was continuing to| show the same favorable progress| toward recovery which brought ex-| pressions of confidence from attend- ing physicians yesterday and last! night, that the crisis of her illness had been passed. In view of this im- provement, the question of an opera-| of the crop which is dug will be oe | FARMERS WON’T DIG POTATOES AT PRESENT PRICES (By the Associated Press) Fargo;N. D., Sept. 13—Many farm- j ers in this section will not dig their potatoes this fall and practically all tion at this time was no longer un-! j his tim er un-| graded and sorted bef der consideration _today, definitely jn the opinion of William arene! announcement having been for the ing Cass county agent. The actual Christian Movement London,’ Sept. 13.—The Central News in a dispatch from Athens {says it is reliably in‘ormed the 'Jugo-Slavian and Rumanian. gov- ernments:.have evidenced without equivocation their intenton of aid- ing Greece in the event of a Balkan conflict, Albanian troops, it adds, are being mobilized and moved in the directon of Uskub (Skople). DISQUIETING RUMORS. Athens, Sept, 13.—Disquieting ru- -| mors are affoat on all sides, causing uneasiness which the Sangfroid dis- played in. official circles is unable to calm. It is reported that the Turks ‘in 4 Thrace, encouraged by the successes of Mustapha Kemal Pasha’s army in Anatolia are engineering an anti- | Christian movement. Encounters between Bulgarian Ir- regulars and Greeh detachments have occurred along the border near Nev- rokop, and it is stated the Irregulars were driven back into Bulgarian ter- ritory. j Citizens of Athens apparently do not yet fully rearize the extent of the ‘disaster to the Greek army in Asia Minor, a FATHER OF LOCAL MAN DIES Frank Andrist, 111 Washington Ave. was called to Minneapolis, ‘cupation of Bruse by the. Minn. last night by a telegram tell-, Nationalists which occurred last ing of the death of his father, Jacob) evoning, marks the end of tho Greek Andrist, Mrs. Andrist will join’her ‘resistance in Asia Minor. Before} husband at Crookston, Minn., where evacuating the city the Greeks set the funcral will be held’ Thuraday.: jt ablaze in several places but the Mr. Andrist was 75 years of age.’ fire was brought under control and (By the Associated Press) Constantinople, Sept. 13.—The oc- Turkish | His death was due to old age. DYE BMBARGO PLEA LOSES Red Cross Executive Board Lays Plans For Coming Year Washington, Sept. 13.—Oppo- nents of a dye “embargo lost to- day in the house in the first phase of their fight to have that pro- vision stricken out of the tariff bill. Speaker Gillett overruled a point o: order by Representative Fish, republican, New York, that the conferees exceeded their authority in writing the embargo back into the bill after both House and Sen- ate ‘had voted it out. An appeal was taken from that but by a vote of 150 to 147, the appeal was laid on ‘the ‘table. MILLION DOLLAR LOSS BY FIRE Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 13.—Dam- age estim:§2d_at $1,000,000 is believ- ed to have been caused'by fire which early, today practiculy destroyed the plant of American Hominy Company here. Eleven men, employes of the concern, Were jnjured by falling walls, none’-seriously, however. The dust explosion occurred short- ly before midnight and flames spread quickly to all parts of the building. ———_—__ | The Weather | OO For twenty-four hours ending at noon today: t Temperature at 7 a, m. .. Temperature at noon Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday Lowest, last night Precipitation ... Highest wind velocity Weather Foreeasts For Bismarck and vicinity: Un- settled tonight and Thursday with showers tonight. Somewhat warmer Thursday. For North Dakota: — Unsettled showers tonight and east portion Thursday; somewhat warmer Thurs- day and east portion tonight. General Weather Conditions Showers have occurred in Minne- sota. North Dakota, and in parts of Montana and Southwestern Canada. Elsewhere over the Region the wea- ther is generally fair. Cool weather prevails in all sections, ene oO el Ae ee Amdnia .. 39° 0 el't Bismarck 4681 _—srain| Bottineau. 51 38 800 cl'r Bowbells.... Devils Lake 56 36 0 cldy Dickinson. 53 46 45 — cldy Dunn Center 50 46 «99 —cldy Ellendale . 63 49 .60 —cldy Fessenden . 61 39 0 cldy Grand Forks 64 34 0 clr Jamestown 62 44 10 cldy Langdon ..°69 34 90 clk Larimore .. 60 34 0 pc. Lisbon .... 63 44 29 —eldy Pembina... 73 29 «0 l'r Minot ... 330COsl'r Napoleon 43° «96 rain | Williston .. 52 487 24 eldy | Moorhead . 62 42 0 eldy ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. only \9..single quarter of the town was destroyed. 8 Po At danis, the’ port of: Brusa, which the. Tutks how have: occupied, French‘ troops were landed to .pro- tect, the French establishments. GREEKS MAKING STAND Constantinople, Sept. 13.—Sev- leral thousand disarmed Greek sol- diers still remain on the Peninsula. west of Smyrna between the Gulf of Smyrna and the Gulf of Scala Nova, according to the Greek mili- tary. mission here but with what is described as an adequate armed force protectng the seven mile wide isthmus separating the pen- insula from the mainland. The Greeks say they expect to remove these troops to home ports direct from the peninsula. The Turkish Nationalists have, really taken few prisoners, the Greeks here claim, but they admit that. many units are not accounted for and that these: probably are) wandering in the region between; Smyrna and Aivalits, some sixty; miles to the north of Smyrna, and, Smyrna and Scala’ Nova, to the Scuth. All the Greek troops bound for Piraeus were disarmed before be- ing embarked. Those sent to Thrace were permitted to carry arms. The Greek islands in the Aegean are swarming with troops. 9. ARB ROBBED WHILE BEATING WAY ON TRAIN Transient Laborers Are Held Up at Burleigh, One Losing Check For $5.00 ‘Three transient laborers were held and robbed at Burleigh, east of the city, last night by two men, accord- ing to reports reaching authorities here today. One of them, Fred Felde, was robbed of a check on a Casselton bank for $85, his citizenship papers and all three were robbed of a few dollars on them, The men were riding on a freight train, coming west to work after having been at work in harvest fields in Cass coun- ty, when two other men on the train held them up at the point of guns. Felde and the others who were robbed went on east today from Burleigh. Warning was given out in Mandan and Bismarck in an ef- fort to prevent the check, or draft, from being cashed. FARM ECONOMIST IS EMPLOYED Fargo, Sept. 13—Dr. A. H. Ben- ton, recently farm economist at the Manitoba Agricultural College, has accepted an appointrhent at the North Dakota Agricultural College as professor of agricultural econo- mics and in charge of research in marketing and rural finance for the Extension Division and Experiment Station of the college, according to Dr. John L. Coulter, president. He {iliar with grain marketing and first time late yesterday that surgi- cal relief would not be necessary at present. ¢ The last official bulletin on Mrs. Harding’s condition issued at 7:30 o’clock last night said that “unless unforseen exacerbations arise all consultants feel that the immediate crisis of the case has been passed.” | The bulletin also stated that in view of the decrease in complications which might have required surgical | procedure, Dr. Charles Mayo, who was called in consultation on the surgical aspects of the case, had de- parted for home yesterday, as had also Dr. Carl W. Sawyer, who will return Friday., This left in attend- ance on the patient today with Bri- gadier General C, E. Sawyer, White’ House physician, Dr. Geo, T. Har- ding of Columbus, the president’s brother, and Dr. Joel T. Boone, me- dical officer on the Mayflower; the presidential yacht. .Although Dr. Sawyer reported Mrs. Harding had spent the “best day” yesterday since her illness became critical, and that she was regaining strength and was exceedingly cheer- ful, he declined to predict how long} she might be confined to her room should not setbacks occur. In dis- cussing with newspaper men the sig- nificance of the announcement that no operation would be performed at} present, Dr. Sawyer said the physi-' cians in attendance had reached no; conclusion as to whether, it would be! advisable that one be performed in the future, as a measure of perma- nent relief, in view of the recurrence of the present malady. In any event, she said, the decision as to that course would be left entirely to Mrs. Harding. | WHEAT PRICES CONSIDERED AT MEETING Business Men and Farmers _ Gathering in Fargo for Governor’s Conference Fargo, N. D., Sept. 13.—Business men and farmers, managers of ele- vators and mills, representatives of farm organizations and others fam- transportation from all parts of North Dakota were assembling here early this mornnig to participate in the conference called by Governor R. A: Nestos to investigate into the | state's grain marketing problems. | The conference is écheduled to com- mence at 10 o'clock. The conference was called by the governor last week when he sent out) between 50 and 100 invitations to meet with him at Fargo “for the pur- pose of considering the grain market- ing problem in all its phases and to arrive at some solution thereof if any can, be found.” CHIEF PROBES KU KLUX KLAN East St. Louis, Illl., Sept. 13.—Chief of Police Mulconnery announced an investigation of the Ku Klux Klan} to ascertain whether the Klan is for law enforcement, Many Chinese mothers dress their boy babies sas girls in the hope of fooling the evil spirits. ¢ | number of bushels of potatoes mar- keted will be greatly under the gov- ernment estimate of the crop in this state, Mr. Guy declared. “Many farmers have told me they will not dig their potatoes at present prices,” said Mr. Guy. “They de- clare they would lose money by pay- ing five cents for sacks, 5 to 8 cents for picking beside all the labor of diggifg and hauling, and then have to sel] them at 30 to 40 cents a bu* skel.” PAGEANT NEARS PRODUCTION Up to Actors to Decide If It Is a Success Rehearsals Becatise of weather conditions last-minute change in rehearsal notices is necessary. Rehear follow: 6:30 p. m. today—Rotarians in Bismarck scene, at Legion hall. a 8:30 p. m—Indians, traders, trappers, vogageurs, at Legion hall. It is up to the several hundred actors ‘in the historical pageant to decide whether or not Bismarck is big enough to stage a “successful show, Mrs, B. L. Thurston, manag- ing director of the pageant, said to- day. ‘ ‘e have been pleased with the spirit ‘of cooperation, but the test is coming,” she said. “The final re- hearsals are the most important. Every actor must be at the rehears- als and must do his best if this is to ‘be a success. They will decide whe- ther ‘the community will present a geod ‘pageant or will confess fail- ure.” People having. automobiles are | asked to aid in transporting the huge east from the Commercial club and Legion hall to the grounds, It was announced that a booth will be up Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday in the Northern Pacific Park, where tickets will be given free to out-tof-town people by the Bismarck merchants. There will be 1,200 to 1,500 tickets given away free, and the rule is first come, first served, but the non-resident must ‘apply in person. Children’s tickets, which are 85 cents, will be sold there. The relics which are to be a fea- ture of window displays are now be- ing put in downtown windows. TENNIS STARS ARE COMING A larger number of Slope tennis stars than usual swe expected to en- ter Che tournaments to be held at the Country club here Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Geo. H. Russ, Jr, n charge of the tournament, an- nounce that all entres must be in by Friday night, There will be match play for both the Missouri Slope and Western oNrth Dakota championships. Flint Daily Journal: The man who said “Dreams go by contraries” was ‘married to one. “BIG TIM” MURPHY, PICTURESQUE “LABOR LEADER, IS SENTENCED Chicago, Sept. 13.—“Big Tim Murphy\ Chicago's picturesque 11- bor leader whose six-year sentence to Fort Leavenworth for the $386,000 Dearborn station mail robbery in April, 1921, was affirmed yesterday by the United States circuit court of; appeals, prepared today to carry his fight to the Unite States supreme court. At the same time the police admit- ted that Vincenzo! Cosmano, under sentence with Murphy, has fled to Italy. Cosmano faced four years in Leav- enworth for his part of the mail robbery. Murphy, a former member of the Illinois legislature and for years a notorious figure in labor wars and sensational murder cases, faced the first prison sentence imposed upon him in all his trials, In addition to their sentences, fines of $30,000 against Murphy and $20,000 against Cosmano were im- posed by former Federal Judge Lan- will arrive at the college today. joe. i BREEDERS WILL’ BETTER QUALIFY OF SHORTHORNS Fargo, N. D., Sept. 13.—Shorthorn breeders of North Dakota are plan- ing to improve the quality of short- horn breeding animals used in the state it was announced today by Wm, Guy, secretary of the North Dakota Shorthorn Breeders association. Mr. uy, co-operating with Alex Currie, president of the association and the animal husbandry department of the North Dakota Agricultural College, is making arrangements to have an inspection made of all animals des- tined for the sales ring this fall. Wherever these saies are to be held the association will send a short- horn breeder and a representative of the primal husb: ry department of the collegt to maite inspection and ‘eut back” all animals not suitable for breeding. BUNE | NS eS at el ee ee Ces LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS HOPMEN STRIKE SETTLED ~MAYTAKBYOTE ON SEPARATE AGREEMENTS While Hearing on Injunction Continues, Shop Craft Heads Confer COURT HEARS EVIDENCE Mass of Testimony to Sub- stantiate Carges of Sabo- tage Is Heard Washington, Sept. 13.—Secre- tary of Labor Davis this after- noon gave out a formal state- ment in which he said that “with the settlement of the strike of 40,000 shopcrafts men assur- ed the whole industrial machin- ery of the country is ready for a forward movement unpreced- ented in our economic history.” “American industry,” said the Labor Secretary, “has overcome the last obstacle in the way of Breatest economic revival the nation has ever known.” Virtual settlement of the rail strike is ‘effecting from 35 to 40 of the roads of the country was announcéd late today by Se- cretary of Labor Davis on the _ basis of reports from the morn- ing in Chicago of the general Policy committee of the striking shop crafts unions. The Secretary said he was in- formed that the settlement cov- ered the Seaboard Air Line, the Southern, the Baltimore and Ohio, the Chicago and North-, western, and the Chicago, Mil-™ waukee and St. Paul. | Other roads, including the Rock Island he ‘said, were expected to sign the agreement. Mr. Davis added that he was informed that the settlement would affect between 65,000 and 85,000 miles of track. Other labor department offi- cials said they understood that a) sot of 52 roads would be affect- ed by the settlement. .. % ey PREDICT SETTLEMENT, Chicago, Sept: 13.—A di on .settlement of i shop: men’s strike wai as a possibility late this after- noon as the general policy com- mittee of the Federated shop crafts went into session at 0 o'clock. It was virtually the 6 prediction made yesterday morn- ing. “We hope to reach a decision today,” B. M. Jewell, head of railway employes department ot the American Federation of La- bor said. “I can predict nothing further than that.” Union leaders said last night that the committee was near a vote on its new policy proposal when the committee was routed from its hall by an unyielding janitor and the building man- agement could not extend the time for holding the hall which had been rented for the evening to another organization. STATEMENT TONIGHT (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Sept. 13.—A decision. on part of the questions discussed in secret sessions of the general pol- icy committee of the striking rail- road shop crafts was reached to- day, B. M. Jewell, head of the railroad employes department of the American Federation of La- boy, announced when the commit- tee adiourned a. long session at 1:45 o’clock this afternoon 4 lunch. He promised a full state- ment by six o’clock this evening. Chicago, Sept. 13.—Hearing on the government's application for a pers manent injunction against striking railway shopmen continued before Judge James H. Wilkerson while the shop crafts policy committee of nine- ty assembled again with prospects apparently favoring a vote today on proposals for ending the strike on some roads on the basis of separate agreements. (Continued on Page 8) RESCUE OF GOLD MINERS IS DOUBTFUL Expect to Save. Few of 47 Men Entombed For Two Weeks (By the Associated Press) Jackson, Cal., Sept. 13.—As rescue parties resumed today their frantic efforts to reach the 47 men entomb- ed for 14 days in the Argonaut gold mine here, it was with the predic- tion of officials that the barriers would be broken through within 36 hours. Some of those in touch with the situation, including Clarence E. Jar- vis, a member of the State Board of Control, and Governor Stephens representative at the mine, express- ed the belief that at least a few of the miners would be found alive. The general opinion is that if any of the victims survived, they were only a handful of the stronger and more experienced miners.