Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Showers and somewhat Temperature for twe 94: Full report on page 3. thunderstorms and cooler today; fair, with moderate temperature. tomorrow nty-two hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, No. FAIL TO END COAL STRIKE AT FOUR MEETINGS HERE Operators and Mining Men See President and Other Officials. 901.—No. 28,553. BITUMINOUS SESSION TO CONTINUE TODAY Hoover Acts to Avert Disruption in Clash Over Rep- Tesentation. Ry th iated Press. The conterence called by President Harding to devise methods of set- thing the coal strike, assembled ¥y terday. listened to the President's admonition that if the settlement effort failed the servants of the \merican people will be called to the 1ask in the name of American safety. Grouped into one gathering for the anthracite and a second for the bi- tuminous, and adjourned in a double deadlock. the bituminous representa- tives, by far the larger group, after & controversial session adjourned un- i1l tomorrow at 2 o'clock while the anthracite contingent set its next meeting for Thursday. Only the intervention of Secretaries Tioover and Davis, the government representatives in the bituminous meeting, prevented a vote being cast on which these negotiations might have ended. Question of Representation. ilardly had the bituminous dele- cates assembled in executive session, after hearing the President's address «f welcome, before John L. Lewls, president of the United Mine Work- ers of America, raised a question as 10 the representative character of the operators’ spokesmen present. He demanded to know why the New River and Kanawha fields of West Virginia, the Upper Potomac fields of Maryland, Kentucky and Ten- see had no representatives pres- ent M. Ogle, president of the Na- tional Coal Association, and also chairman of the committes; responded that operators’ representatives had been named only from those districts seeking a conference with the miners’ union. Secretary Hoover the matter for the time being was passed over. Immediately the original issue: be- tween the bituminous operators of unionized mines and the miners’ union, of which attempts failed to| bring about negotiations before the strike took place, was raised, dead- locking the meeting for the rest of the day. Plan to Resume Work. H. Taylor, president of the Southwestern Interstate Operators’ Association, formally asked that the conference recommend that resump- tion of work be brought about by district wage nregotiations by opera- tors and the union. The proposal wae attacked by Mr. Lewis, by William Green, secretary of the union, and by Jobn Broppy. a Pennsylvania district president. One ,by one practically all the operators present rose to support Mr. Taylor's motion, Rice Miller, president of the llinois operators; T. H. Watkins, head of the Central Coal Association of Pennsylvania; Don Rose of the Pittsburgh assoclation, Tracy W. Guthrfe of the Hillman Coal and Coke Company and Chairman Ogle be- ing included among the number. It was said that support was evidenced for district settlements by the entire \elegation of employers. Mr. Lewis later countered with pre- liminary motions to substitute for the district settlement recommendation a propoeal that the conference urge otiations through a joint central etitive field wage committee of com miners and operators, declaring this the usual practice. The discussion ran on, until a vote was called. Here Secretaries Hoover and Davis inter- vened. asking for further opportunity for consideration and instead of vot- ing on the counter proposition the meeting adjourned. Possible Federal Offer. Participants on both aldes were uninformed last night as to whether the government had a plan to offer between the contending sides. Some indfcations existed that this was the case, although there was doubt on the point. During the discussion the unfon representatives mentioned a possi- bility of national wage conference as a substitute for both propositions. President Harding’s address was taken to mean that by arbitration or otherwise the government might seek intervention. STUDY PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. #Veiled Implication” Subject for Comment Among Conferees. The velled implication in Presi- dent Harding’s address to the men in the morning that the govern- ment might take sterner measures in event the present negotiations failed was the cause of widespread con- sideration in conference hall and ho- tel lobbies. 2 Whether the President meant & gov- ernment management of the mines or more stringent regulation of the min- ing industry was a question that found wider discussion, when it wa discovered last evening that Secre- tary Fall had told the anthracite operators and miners_at the Interfor Department that he considered the mining industry a “public utility.” “In my personal opinion,” said See- (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) - intervened~ and- Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D.. C. UNDER-WATER SOPRANO NEW GENIUS TO ARISE AT MUNICIPAL POOLS A young womian who can 3ing while completely under water! Miss Bernice Hackney of 1223 New Jersey avenue is the aquatic song- bird and since she became aware of her remarkable powers the greater portion of her waking hours has been devoted to exhibitions for her friends. Miss Hackney savs she cannot possibly explain how she accom- plishes the feat, but declared yester- day that all she does, once under the water, is to open her mouth wide. “I found this out while at the mu- nicipal pool. No water gets In, and T seem to be able to sing,” she said. By placing their ears to the sur- face of the water her friends can "hcar Miss Hackney's voice distinctly. HARDINGS CAVP " ON BATILEFELD Sees Marines Re-Enact Pick- ett’s Famous Charge at Historic Gettysburg. {SHAM BATTLE REALISTIC! Auto Carrying Dawes and Sawyer Crashes Into Fence, But Oc- cupants Escape Injury. By the Associated Press. GETTYSBURG, July 1—President Harding is emcamped tonight with| | 5,000 marines on the historic Gettys- | burg battlefield. Accompanied by | Mrs. Harding and a few friends, he [came by automobile today from | Washington, arriving at the camp | established by the Marine Corps in| time to witness a late afternoon reproduction of Pickett's famous charge. | The President and Mrs. Harding will remain here overnight and plan 10 leave tomorrow by automobile for Marion, Ohio, where a homecoming celebration will be held during the coming week. Two days, it is ex- pected, will be required to complete the trip to Marion. Go to Obmervation Tower. Shortly after arriving at Camp Harding the presidential party went 0 an observation tower on Cemeteny ’Yldg! to watch the maneuvers staged By the 5th and 6th regiments of i raarines; whieh-jelyed bring fame to| ! the 24 Division overseas. Carefully | renearsed, the re-éenactment of the Contederate charge was carried out with realistic effect. No effort was made by the marines o represent the defense of the Union forces during the three-day battle | which was fought on the spot fifty- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) AL NEWMAN DIES FROM POLOINURY | :Skull Crushed as Mount | | Colides With Capt. | | Thayer’s Horse. Maj. A. D. Newman, assigned to the office of the chief of cavalry, War De- | | partment, died Jlate last night at the Naval Hospital from concus- sion of the brain and other in- juries which he sustained yesterday | |afternocn when thrown from his | horse in a polo game in Potomac | Park. Hundreds of spectators of the| | game witnessed the accident. i | The game was in the final period.! !with the War Department team, of | ‘whlch Maj. Newman was the captain,, | well ahead of the Fort Myer team,| { when, according to persons who saw {the incident, a collision occurred | between the major's mount and that { ridden by Capt. Thayer of the Fort Myer team. . The two officers, intent on reaching | the ball, are said to have come to-' gether at right angles, Maj. Newman | falling heavily ‘to the ground, head first. X The injured player was rushed in a passing automoblle to the nearby Naval Hospital, where it was found that he had suffered serious injurles to his brain and spine. Col. Keller,] chief surgeon at Walter Reed Hos- pital, and Maj. Canning of the Army! dispensary attended the unconscious man. Maj. Newman was considered one lof the most expert polo players around Washington. He was known in local social circles. His wife, who was with him last night at the hos- pitad, is the daughter of Brig. Gen. BE. M. Lewis, who commanded the 3d Division overseas during the re- cent war. He graduated from Wesat Point in the class of 1914. The Newmans Nave two children. The family resides at 1807 Califcrnis. street northwest. ARREST 800 WATCHING FOUR WOMEN IN DANCE: CHICAGO, July 1.—Eight hundred men, guests of the Em#l Zola Club, where the antertainment included a dance by four young Women clad only in gause veils, were arrested in a police raid early today. The guests were charged with dis- orderly conduct, and Harry Cohen, in charge of the entertainment, and the women were charged with violating a state law prohibiting indecent pub- lic performances. | shortly WASHINGTON, D. PRESIDENT ASSAILS DYE PATENT SALES OF WILSON REGIME Chemical Foundation Or-| dered to Surrender Alien Property. DAUGHERTY SAYS STEP JUSTIFIED BY RECORDS Executive Action Follows Weeks of Investigation on Part of Attorney General. President Harding )'esle;?ny direct- ed that the Chemical Foundation, Inc., be demanded in writing by the alien property custodian to return immediately all ‘“patents, trade- marks, copyrights, contracts, appli- cations or other properties or rights” transfered to it during the Wilson administration by the alien property custodian at that time. This was made public at the White HouSe yesterday in a letter from President Harding to Col. Thomas W. Miller, the-alien property custodian. thereafter Attorney General | Daugherty issued a statement declar- ing the action taken by the President | “is justified by department.” the records of this| | Letter of President. f The President’s letter said: ] “My attention has been called by ! the Department of Justice to the fact | that a corporation known as the Chemical Foundation has brought suit against the reasurer of the United States and certain licensees | of the Federal Trade Commission for an accounting alleged to be due the said Chemical Foundation on roy-! alties due it for the use of certain| patents originally seized under the| authority of the alien property cus- todian and sold to the Chemical Foundation by the custodian during the previous administration. On the face of such an action it became so | apparent to me that an inquiry | should be made that I asked for a | report by the Department of Justice | on the salé of this enemy’'s property to the Chemical Foundation. It ap-i pears ‘that the sale was'mude at &0 nearly a nominal sum that there.is reason to believe g Taeht AR 4SS Fafthfully: Cuiorsh IRE | time trust which was implied seizure of this property. The cir- cumstances rélating to the entire transaction are of such a character that full investigation becomes 2 public duty. Moreover, I feel that Your office is obligated to maintain the sacred character of the trust to which the alien property custodian is committed by the la: “You are, therefore, directed to forthwith proceed as follows: “l. Make written demand upon the Chemical Foundation, Inc, in form to be approved by the Attorney Gen- eral, immediately return, transfer and assign to the alien property cus- todian all patents, trademarks, copy- rights, contracts. applications or other properties or rights transferred to it by the alien property custodian as aforesaid, and to account to you for any’ and all rents, profits, license fees, or other proceeds thereof re- alized by said Chemical Foundation, Inc., from said properties, or rights or any of them, from the date of transfer thereof to the Chemical Foundation, Inc., to the date of resti- tution. “2. Take any other action which may be advised by the Attorney Gen- eral, by suit or otherwise, to fully and fn every respect protect the rights or -interests of the United States and any other person or cor- in the poration interested therein, in and to | the properties and rights aforesaid, and any proceeds, income or profits | therefrom in the hands of the Chemi- cal Foundation, Inc., or its officers, | agents or employes. “In carrying out these instructions’ you will act upon the advice of the Attorney General.” Daugherty Pledges Haste. Mr. Daugherty, in his statement, said the President's instructions “with respect to the return to the government of the property taken over by the Chemical Foundation will be carried out with all possible dispatch. “After many months of investi- gation, he added, “by the officials of the Department of Justice and in the face of much interference, the| point was finally reached when,it| was possible to make a report to. the | President. “The action taken by the Presi- dent s justified by the records of this department.” ¥ Attacks in Conmgress. Notable among the attacks on the Chemical Foundation In Congress, it was recalled yesterday, was made by Representative Frear, republican, Wis- consin, who a little less than a year ago stirred up a row with charges of a dye monopoly - headed by the Chemical Foundation Company, and “that Francis P. Garvan and Joseph! Choate, jr., while employed by the government in the allen property custodian’s office in positions of control, concetved the idea of seizing alien patents then on file in the patent office and taking them over to themselves and their associates in a private capacity under the name of the Chemical Foun- dation Company” at “private sale” for $250,000, or about two per cent of their actual value.” The Frear charges were denied by Mr. ‘Garvdn and his associates at the time, but their company several times since has come under congressional fire. C, Department of Agriculture Reports SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1922. —SEVENTY-SIX PAGES. M ”; ' OVERRIPE = & inormous FIVE CENTS. _||RAIL TRAFFIC GOES ON UNCHECKED BY STRIKE; —_ Crop of Melons This Season. CITIZENS T0 URGE 0. AUDIT VIEWS Steps Begun for Prosecution of Case Before Con- gress Body. WANT EXPERT AT AUDIT Filing of Taxpayers’ Brief Part of Plan Now Being Acted Upon. Active steps are being taken for the presentation of the viewpoint of the taxpayers in the District of Columbia ifi the investigation of the fiscal rela- [“B#tween the federal and Dis- trict governments, which started next Thursday by a select committee of Congress. The audit of District accounts is to joint be a feature of this inquiry and will| be started at once, according to Sena- tor Phipps of Colorado, chairman ot the joint congressional commi:tee. While this audit is being made care- ful studies will also be made by a force of auditors representing the District citizens, who will be under the personal supervision of Alonzo Tweedale, who was for twenty-four years connected with the District au- ditor's office and for more than fifteen years auditor. Mr. Tweedale also served the federal government ‘as treasurer of the United States Ship- ping Board for eight months and gen- eral controller of the Shipping Board for two years. Senator Phipps said last night that he has invited the District Commis- sioners and the District auditor, as the official representatives of the Dis- trict government, and officials of the Department of Justice, representing the United States, to confer with the joint congressional committee Thurs- day. At that time Edward F. Colladay. the republican national committee- man for the District, as chairman of the citiZens’ joint committee on fiscal relations, will appear before the joint (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) is to be| | JUSTICE HOLMES GAINS. Shows Exceptional Improvement Since Recent Operation. BROOKLINE, Mass., July 1.—Jus- tice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States Supreme Court, who is a patient at a hospital here, was re- ported today as “doing exceptionally well.” It was said, however. that the justice would not be able to go to his summer home at Beverly Farms i{derwent a minor operation. STATE OF SEGE INSLESIAN TOWN ( 15 Killed, 25 Wounded as German Civilians Attack French Troops. By the Associated Press. ¢ BERLIN., July 1-—Advices from Gleiwitz, Silesia, report fifteen kilied and twenty-five wounded in a collision between German civilians and a de- tachment of French troops this morning. A state of siege has been proclaimed : French armored cars are patrolling the streets, and rifle firing is in progress in some of the streets tonight. e to Assembly for Ratification. THE HAGUE, Holland. July 1.—The ieague of nations, feeling a certain deli- cacy on the subject because of its strained relations with the United | States, hitherto has asked the State De partment whether it would object if the league armament reduction commis sion, which meets in Paris July 3, should submit the Washington gas and sub- marine treaties to the assembly of all the league members in September for ratification. Washington has replied verbally that it has no objection. REPORT LENIN DYING. LONDON, July 1.—Central News dispatches from Berlin report that Premier Lenin of soviet Russia dying. President Intercedes for Dog He Thought Court Ordered Shot | By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa, July 1—Th President of the United States and Mrs. Harding and Gov. Sproul of Pennsylvania, it became known to- day, Interceded for the life of a dog that was supposed to have been con- demned to death at Lansdale, Pa., be- cause it was owned by an alien, con- trary to Pennsylvania law. The dog’s life had been saved and the alien, Jacob Silverman, a farmer, fined $25, before the presidential ap- peal reached Justice of the Peace. Howard Boorse. The alien has taken an appeal from the fine and “Dick” Silverman, part St. Bernard and part mastiff, is in the:care of the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals. y The President in his appeal to the governor said: “I think you Wwill Hive to count this letter & personal oné, rather than an official communication. I write it at the suggestion of Mrs. Harding, though I am happy to’do so, because the appeal which has greatly stirred her touches me no less forcibly. Put Himself in Owner's Place. 1! inclose you the anonymous let- ter and the newspaper -clipping which came to Mrs. Harding. If the story is correct, a Russian immi- grant has a faithful dog ‘which he loves and because his possession of the dog in some way conflicts with the state law the devoted animal has been sentenced to be shot. “T have tried to put myself, loving a good dog as I do, in the position of this poor immigrant, and I know the perturbation that fills his soul. 1 once had to ha¥e a dog killed/ that 1 greatly loved, and I recall-it to this ay as the sorest trial of my life. “I am not familiar with the law invoked. According to the news- papers, an alien is not permitted to own a dog. Surely there must be some way to comply with the spirit of the law and allow this poor for- elgner to retain his treasured animal frieng. Would Pardon the Dog. ‘ “If it came within my executive authority I would gladly grant a pardon to the convicted animal. I! suppose there Teason .for a statute which makes this dog an unlawful possession, but 1 have an abiding faith that the man ‘Wwho loves his dog-to the extent that he will grieve for him has in him the qualities whish will make him a loyal citizen. £ ‘Mrs. Harding' and I are _both pleased to appeal for some form of clemency in this epse, and hope this note is not too late to enable us to add our appeal in behalf of both Sil- verman and his dog." Dick Wins Reprieve. Gov. Sproul immediately wired the justice of the -peace and also. tele- graphed the President, assuring him that Dick would be, reprieved. The dog had been given to Silver- man and its illegal ownership was discovered by a game warden. Sil-’ verman's love for his dog and the respect in which his neighbors held him brought many persons to. the hearing in. Lansdale last night on the report that the dog had Been condemned to death. Today Justice Boorz said he had never ordered the dog killed, although the law provid- ed ‘such a penalty. ‘hvr another month. He recently un-! LEAGUE GETS U.S. ASSENT | Gas and Submarine Treaties to Go | is good and ample| ONLY 700 REBELS REMAN I DUBLI Free Staters Plan Capture of Post Office, Hotels and Snipers’ Houses. MORE INSURGENTS TAKEN 142 Killed, 172 Wounded in Four | Courts Battle—Famed Build- | .ing Total Wreck. | Bs the Associated Prey ¢ DUBLIN, July 1.—Dublin was rela- | tively quiet at 11 o'clock tonight. | although there were sounds of sniping | surgents. there was no fndication.of |an offensive by the national troops. i Some fighting was in progress in the north of the city and Amiens I street ana movements of national i troops passing through the city were accompanied by the usual fusillades from barricaded strongholds. The main thoroughfares of Dublin were almost completely deserted through- iout the evening. | 1t is estimated that not more than 600 or 700 irregulars remain in the city. Another body of them surren- dered in Stanley street tonight, but their number could not be ascertained. | New Attacks on Rebe! r | With the Four Courts a mass of | smoking ruins and its surrendered garrison of irregulars behind the bars of Mount Joy prison, the Irieh na- tional army in DRiblin moved today against the bands of republicans who ! are making desperate stands in com- { mandeered buildings in various ‘parts of the city. The most formidable contingent of the insurgents fortified itself in the post office and. a string of adjoining hotels and other houses on Sackville street, with Eamonn. De Valera reported to be in command. He is said to have his headquarters in the Gresham Hotel which was the | scene of the murder of two of the | British auxiliaries killed in Dublin's bloody Sunday in November, 1920. The national army troops quickly countered this move of the republicans by occupying houses on the opposite side ! of Sackville street, which is one of Dub- jlin's principal streets, and perhaps its widest. Flerce Street Fighting. The brief lull in the firing this morn- ling was broken at 11 o'clock by an at- tack on a Free State armored car in Tal- bot street, which intersects Sackville street at Nelson's Pillar, the hub of the (Continued on Page £, Column 2.) OVATIN BY CHIDIEN T0 ELEF WORKGRS By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, July 1.—Thirty thou- sand Hungarian children today as- sembled at the pier to say a last fare- well to Capt. James A. Pedlow, Amer- ican Red Cross commissioner, fa- miliarly known to them as “Uncle Pedlow,” and the remainder of the Red Cross staft who left Hungary to- night after two and one-half years of relief work. Cgpt. Pedlow took lunch today with Admiral Horthy, the regent, in his country castle at Godollo. Admiral Horthy expressed the thanks of the entire nation for feeding Hungary's children, and conferred & decoration upon his guest. Capt. Pedlow also was made honorary consul from Hungary to the United States, and was Te- quested to promote the friendship of the two nations. b5 During the few hours before the de- parture of the Americans, the Hotel Ritz, Red Cross headquarters, was be- sieged by children dbringing toys and flowers and weeping bitterly because “Uncle Pedlow” was -leaving them. Crowds of ~chlidren escorted him to | the ship, where a bareheaded multi- tude sang the American and Hun- garlan national anthem: | +m the districts oceupled by the in-| { ‘| building last night, A NUMBER OUT IN DOUBT Local Rail Officials Launch Effort to Break Strike. SEEKING NEW MEN; MAY SHIFT OTHERS' Picketing Starts Despite Warning—Claim Only 1,100 Quit Here. Confident of success, railroad offi- cials launched a determined effort last night to break the backbone of the strike of the shop craftsmen em- ployed in the Washington Terminal and railroad yards in and near the District. Advertisements for men to fill the places of the strikers were inserted in the varfous newspapers, while at the same time experienced employes in other branches of the service were requested to apply for a temporary or permanent transfer | to the vacant positions. No interference whatever with op- eration of the trains out of Wash- ington and no disorders of any char- acter have marked the start of the strike in the National Capital. Con- flicting figures as to the number of shopmen who actually have walked out, however, have been given out; by the railroad and union officials. According to union officials 98 per | cent. or approximately 2,200, of the men employed in the Washington and Potomac yards, were on strike last night. Railroad officials. on the other hand, place the number of strikers at about 1,100. Differ Over Local Total. Bernard R. Tolson. chief clerk to Supt. J. F. Tonge of the Washington Terminal, said that figures of the rail- road officials show that not more than 500 of the 1,200 shop craftsmen in the terminal and the Eckington and Ivy City yards had walked out. Union- officials claim that virtually 98 per cent of the men at these polnlll had joined the ranks of the strikers. Picketing of the Union station ex- press office and the Ivy City, Ecking- ton and Benning vards was started late in the afternoon by the strikers in defiance of the orders of the rail- road officials. Special officers, armed with two-foot nightsticks, have been stationed at all the yards and in the Union station by the railroad offi- cials with orders to protect the rail- roads” property and not to tolerate the picketing. Thus far. howerver, | no clashes between the strikers and the special officers have been re- ported. The Potomac vards and the yards of the Southern railroad in Alexandria also are being carefully picketed by the strikers. No disorder has occurred at either of these points. | Biame Late Trains on Holiday. i Trains on the Baltimore and Ohio | and Pennsylvania railroads coming into | ‘Washington from northern points last night were running seven minutes to an | hour late. Railroad officials attributed the late arrivals to the heavy pre-holi- day and vacation travel and not to the | strike. | Enthusiasm was apparent at the head- quarters of the International Associa- tion of Machinists in the Machinists' upon the receipt of telegraphic reports from all sections of the country stating that practically 100 per cent of the- membership had walked out in the rail strike. Enthused by Telegrams. “Whlie we have not received any official figupes as to the number of men who answered the strike call,” said Willlam H. Johnson, president of the association, “practically e\'ery' one of the several hundred telegrams 1 have received declare the full mem- bership o’ the local lodges left work. The messages show the men to be en- couraged on the first day of the strike and no reports of disorder have | been received.” Charles H. Frazier, business agent of the local machinists’ union, who is directing the activities of the Washington strikers, reported last night that “a few additional shop- men” on the 4 to 12 oclock shift augmented the ranks of the strikers yesterday 'afternoon. *“I am confi- dont;” he said, “that a number of others will quit tomorrow and make the Jocal strike 100 per cent effective.” " A number of superannuated unmion shopmen who are slated for retire- ment in several months are among those who have failed to leave their posts, Mr. Frazier declared, empha- sizing that they were not encouraged to do so. “I don’t think it would be fair to these men,” he sald, “to request them to join the strikers. These Who Quit Barred. More than 100 men were employed by the oficlals of the Washington terminal yesterday afternoon to re- place the employes who walked out. The officials are confident that a suf- ficlent number Wwill be employed to- morrow to fill the posts left by the strikers. Chief Clerk Tolson of the terminal, pointed out last night that none of the shop craftsmen who walked out will be reinstited when the strike terminates. “The men who we take on to fill their places,” he said, “will Dbe given permanent positions. Those who walked out forfeited their jobs and we intend to fill them.” Mr. Tolson sald that this warning was given the shopmen before the strike became effective, but they failed to heed it. / Jewell Says Walkout on 128 of 201 Roads Nearly Complete. WORKERS WHO STAY WILL BE PROTECTED Pullman Shops and Car - Building Plants May Handle Repairs. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, IlL. July 1.—With the country-wide strike of shopmen de- clared by union leaders to be very nearly 100 per cent effective, the ma- tion's great transportation machine continued its work without interrup- tion. Railway exerutives were unani- mous in expressing their belief that the strike would have little effect on their roads, and at the same time as- serted any move toward a settlement would have to come from the “United States Labor Board or the employes.” B. M. Jewell, president of the rail- way department of the American Federation of Labor, who vesterday refuséd to appear at a federal inquiry in the strike call, reiterated that the only basis for a settlement was_ for the roads to agree not to put into leffect wage decreases recently or- dered for the shopmen by the labor board. Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the labor &oard, declared in a formal statement that the power of the gov- ernment, coupled with public senti- ment, will give every protection to every railwhy employe who remains on the job and to all new men who take the places of the strikers in the present walk out. Public Serviee to Weork. Mr. Hooper asserted that the strike was called against the decisions of a federal tribunal over rulings laid down after careful consideration of the evidence on both sides. The men who take the places of the striking shopmen will render a public service, he declared, and should be immune from the characterization of “scab” or “strikebreaker.” The walk out began in all sections of the country promptly at 10 a.m. and in many plsces took on the aspect of 2 holiday, the men singing and cheering as they threw down their tools. As reports came into union headquarters here during the day leaders asserted that the ranks of the strikers would number more than three-quarters of the 400,000 membership before night. Later Mr. Jewell said that reports .from 128 of the 201 class 1 roads showed prac- tically a 100 per cent walk out. He added that he hoped to be able to give more accurate figures by tomor- row- night. In Chicago. the hub of the walk- out, where. it is estimated, 100,000 men are affected, no disturbances of any kind were reported and all of the roads claimed that both passenger {and freight trains were being han- dled without kind. interruptions of any Carry Hollday Crowds. “Train operations are just as usual and we are carrying crowds, even on the extra sections that have been at- tached for the holiday pilgrims,” was the word from the general offices of the northwestern lines. “I do not expect the strike to in- terfere with train movements,” @aid S. M. Felton, president of the Chicago Great Western railroad, and chair- man of the Western Rail Executives “The esperience of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific and other roa: that have had extensive shop strikes shows no interruption of traffic is to De expected.” Among the presidents of railways entering Chicago the determination was expressed to have no dealings with the representatives of the strik- ing unions. They were unanimous in declaring that the issue was not be- tween the unions and the railways, but between the unions and the United States Labor Board. Will Seek Outside Ald. The executives also asserted that the strike was far from being 100 per cent perfect in the Chicago district. several thousand men remaining at work. The Illinois Central and the Cloverleaf were reported to have been the least affected, although no exact figures were obtainable. The execu- tives declared that only one of the Pullman shops had been unionized by Mr. Jewell's department and that this shop alone, of all the Pullman shops, will .be shut down. The construction department, it was said, will be avail- able for the use of railroads when re- pairs are to be made. Many other carbuilding plants, including the Has- kell and Baker shops at Michigan City, Ind., will be asked to take care of the repair work. Meanwhile, the labor board received assurances from the Washington ad- ministration of complete backing in its policies at Topeka, Kan.; Gov. Al- len summoned the industrial court judges and the attorney general into conference to consider means for dealing with the strike, and in many sections the roads were assured po- lice protection, and in the larger cities guards' were thrown about the shops. “Beyond Rail Board.” In an interview tonight Mr. Jewell was quoted as saying that the shop- men, having left the employ of the ‘ontinued on [} A