New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 10, 1922, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 COAL SHORTAGE IN CITY 1S INEVITABLE, DEALERS STATE, EVEN IF WALKOUT IS ENDED Batimate is that at Pres-|SCHWARM HAD POSED ent There Are Hardly|S' DEWEY'S NEPHEW 1,000 Tons on Hand—| Waterbury Has Lm' “Pine Staters” Accepted Story 4 ol and Extended Many Loans REGARDED AS R DRUNKARD Yet With All His Faults, and Greenville Residents Took Lik- Early Settlement of Hard and Soft Coal Strike Is Predicted by Union Offi- cials at Cleveland. Oldtown ing to Former Local Factory Hand That a coal shortage of more or Aud Counteefeit;, Nobleman, less acuteness during the winter months is inevitable, is the opinion expressed this morning by Frank H. Johnston, president of the City Coal & Wood company, who presented fig- ures to substantiate his statements that the resumption of mining activi- tles on the broadest scale possible, could not at this time bring the sit- uation back to normalcy before the winter months. ™" Less Than 1,000 Tons. Mr. Johnston ventured to state that o thorough combing of coal bins throughout the city would show less than 1,000 tons of anthracite. A canvass of the city's coal dealers in- dicates that while there is a small quantity of pea coal, a majority of those handling the commodity had not a pound on hand, none on the road and no immediate prospects of getting any. Shortage Inevitable. It mining was to be resumed today and every possible effort exerted to produce sufficient amounts to meet the winter demands, the market would show, on January 1, 1923, a ten mil- lon ton shortage, the local dealer estimated. For the past flve years, the aver- age coal production during the first seven months of the year, has been 45,000,000, In the first seven months this year, it was 22,000,000, leaving 23,000,000 tons short. Under the most favorable of conditions, : the monthly average rarely exceeds 5. 000,000 tons, hence the improbability that conditions can be brought back to normal before the winter sets in, Mr. Johnston reasons. Cut Down, Or Suffer. Someone must cut down or suffer, was the conclusion the dealer reached. He felt that national, state and local administrators should keep their hands off and the situation would be worked out by the dealers and consumers with greater benefits to all. Bfg Demand for Coal James P. Sullivan, owner of the Sullivan Coal Yards, reported callers to the number of nearly 100 at his office during the last few days, all with the same errand—to procure coal. He has some pea coal, but is holding it for urgent cases and for hotels, restaurants, the hospitals, lodge buildings, etc. He has no more of the commodity on the road. The strike situation cannot be guessed at with any degree of certainty, he as- serted, and he hesitated to be too optimistic about the outlook. Not a Ton on Hand. At the Berson Brothers yards, It was reported that not a ton of coal {s on hand and little on the way. Mr. Berson felt that a steady flow would come directly after the strike 1is gettled, and while a gradual process would be required, the bins would be filled in time to guard against a dan- gerous shortage. Optimism Is Voiced. Optimism was the keynote of a statement emanating from the office of the Sovereigns Caal company. Early settlement of the strike and of the rail situation would make possible de- liveries here in time to supply all, it was anticipated. Orders now on hand will be graduated down, however, until the ordinary flow of stock is again started, it was explained. Damon Predicts Shortage, Statements of W. L. Damon, head of the coal and lumber company that bears his name, were along the same line as those of Mr. Johnston. He could not see how a shortage could be avoided when the country is going on its fifth month of a virtual cessa- tion of production. Positive action by the ‘heads” at Washington, he telt, would do much to clear up the situation Mr. Damon has had the assurance of one of the (oumr\_c largest shippers that New Britain would receive early attention, follow ing the reopening of mines. Shurberg Has Nonb. “None on hand and none on the road,” was the answer given at the “hurberg yards to a question regard- ing conditions there. At the Stanley Svea bing, there Is a quantity of pea coal, but not a great deal The board of education has been unable to secure bids on hard coal and will shortly reopen the schools leventh Page). (8pecial to The Herald). Oldtown, Me, Aug. 10.—That the mysterious “nephew of late Admiral Dewey,” Dr. Orville Dewey as he called himself, was none other than Harold Schwarm, New Britain, Conn,, factory worker and dishwasher, was belleved proved beyond question of doubt today when the actions of “Dewey"” in and about the town of Oldtown and Greenville during the months of June and July were re- called by residents of this hamlet. Not Known As Prince. To the “Pine State” residents, Schwarm was no more than a phy- siclan and a nephew of the nated ad- miral, a young man addicted to strong drink, a flash among the fair sex, and one who found it necessary to secure monetary favors on all sides. His claims of money {nvested in the United States Steel and Stand- ard oil stocks were never questioned when the Dewey family connections were mentloned. His explanation of being “temporarily tied up” was readily accepted. Schwarm's depar- ture from Oldtown and Greenville was equally -as mysterious as his arrival, As a result, the Penohscot and Pg- cataquis authorities are now seeking the *'doctor,” in the hopes that they may secure an ‘xplanation for sev- eral details that he overlooked in his departure from that locality. Talked of High Finance, The life of “Dewey" in Greenville proved not as amorous as the many escapades of the self styled price whe is said to have wed three New Eng- land girls yet, in another way, it was Just as hectle for he always needed money. Posing to several residents soon after his arrival as the nephew of the late Admiral Dewey, he se- cured ‘monetary favors that he un- doubtedly would not have, recelved otherwise. He frequently hoasted, residents say, of large investments in Standard Ofl and United States Steel. His naive explanation for his inability to secure money was that “it is tied up temporarily.” In one instance, it was learned, he secured $20 from the wife of an employe at the Piscataquis Exchange. To date, she has not been remunerated. Addicted to Drink, Late one evening, about June 15, an automobile drove hurriedly up te the Exchange hotel in Greenville. Two men got out and half dragged, half carried “Dr. Dewey"” into the hotel. H. N. Bartley and a deputy sheriff who were present say that the young man was considerably under the in- fluence of liquor. The men with the “doctor’* gave the names of G. B. Bacon, vice-president of the Mer- chants Natlonal bank of Boston, and B. R. Bird, proprietor of the Wash- ington Garage Taxi company, Brook- line. Bird left a printed card with his name. They requested that the proprietor keep the young man where he couldn't get any booze so that he might sober up and hecome himself again, That “Dewey" had been drunk for eight or nine days, was their statement to the desk clerk. “Dewey” was given quarters in an annex to the hotel where chauffeurs and employes are accommodated The sum of $100 was left and it was requested that he be kept out of sight. The duo then departed. Always Borrowing Money. After he had sobered up he mediately began wiring friends in New York, Boston and Hartford for money, those who knew him say, and on occasion he received a few dol- lars, at other times nothing. Continuing his disggssion of man he thinks was hwarm, Bartley sald: “I never heard him mention any- thing of nobility. One thing I thought very strange was his accent in speech, while he professed to be a nephew (of Dewey. He cut a dash with girlles in town, all right, and many a young woman got into trouble with her parents because of the 'young drunkard' as the girls about town generally called him., reyhound a Companion. “We had no trouble with him at all. His pet greyhound was his con- stant companion. He saw to it that the animal wanted for nothing. Where he got his money I don't know—I just figured that it was none of my business as long as I got mine, “Dr. Dewey was Ilving on the top of the world and it is then, accord- |ing to report, that he began to look around for more female hearts to conquer, Every day he would take ‘Spring’ the greyhound, through the town for a walk. The townsfolk he- with the salutation of, ‘Hello, Doe,'" with the saluation of, 'Hello, Doc.'" Borrowed From Quarter Up. “But $100 will not last forever. When the money was gone he was |requested by the hotel management to square his accounts. He at once im- the (Continued on Fighter Is Un consclous 60 Hours After Contest Trenton, N. J., Aug 10,—More than 60 hours after he collapsed at the end of a six round bout with Louis Barale at the Trenton arena last Monday night,fYoung Labadle, soldier-boxer, still was unconscious at £t. Francis’ hospital today. Physicians who believe the boxer suffered a ser- jous injury to the brain regard his condition as increasingly grave. (Continued on Page Eleven) Mr. | the | SCOTCH EDUCATOR PRAISES DRY LAW Its School System IMPRESSED BY BUILDINGS Feels Money Invested on Construc- tion of Auditoriums is Well Spent— Looks for National Prohibition in Scotland Within 20 Years, Remarking that he has been in the country three weeks, has mingled with upwards of a million people and has yet to see a drunken man in the United States, Charles W, Thomson, M. A, B.A, F. E. I. B, noted Scotch educator and prohibition worker, who has bteen visiting at the home of Mrs. Robert Middlemass of Arch street, this morning ' paid tribute to the success of the 18th amerdment, and f&recasted adoption of a similar law in Scotland within a score of years. Sees Flaw In Law. He regretted the presence of what he termed one flaw {n America's pro- hibition law, that being the fact that it was put over by legislatures rather than by popular vote, Under pres- ent laws, this condition will never ex- ist in Scotland, he assured. Mr. Thomson {s principal of the Buckle Secondary school at Buckle, Scotland, the institution being sim- ilar to the senior Hith schools of this country. He {s the author of “Scot- land: Its Work and Worth,” a book that was widely circulated both in that country and here. He is the president of the Scottish Patriotic as- sociation, with headquarters at Glas- gow, and {s vice-president of the Na- tional Citizens’ Council, an organiza- tion working for prohibition. Expects Hard Fight. If Scotland is ever to' go dry, it will be only after the hardest kind of a fight, he admitted. ‘I'he federation of labor {s behind the motement, but the forces are loosely organized with the churches sympathetic, but not ac- tive. The first local option vote in 1920, showed 50 out of 500 cities and towns voting against license. Under the present system, it is nec- essary to secure 55 per cent of the total vote' cast to eliminate license, and this number must represent 35 per cent of the voters enrolled. Since it is very rarely that more than half those enrolled cast a vote, the ma- Jority in favor of a dry law must be overwhelming befors {t can go Into effect. Even then hoteis are privil- eged to dispense alcoholic drinks to those who are registered at - their placs of business, and workingmen's clubs, so-called, are given licenses to sell and drink on the premises. In this way the intent of a majority of voters is defeated where towns have gone dry. Warns Against Modification. Questioned relative to his stand on the movement now going on in the United States for a modification of the dry law, Mr. Thomson said such action would open the flood gates of intemperance. He felt it was too great a risk and while he sympath- ized with ¢hose who think the law too drastic, in view of its having been made by legislature, yet he felt the end would justify the means In his voting against such modification. Mr. Thomson also spoke in glowing terms of the American school sys- tems, particularly as applied to New Britain's trade education department which he inspected yesterday. Tech- nical schools, such as the state trade school of this city, are practically un- known in his home land, but he senses a gradual change from the present classical education to the more practical American system in Scot- land. This, he says s especially marked at Glasgow. Pleased With Auditorfums, One of the most pleasing features in the school construction as typified in this city, is the presence of many and spaclous auditoriums, he felt. He |regretted the absence of auditoriums in his school, and assured that money expended in this direction is money well spent. Mr. Thomson will leave New York |tomorrow and plans to return some time later. He will probably econ- duct a serles of lectures on prohi- bition and educational work. With {him {s his daughter, Miss Mary Thomson, aged 9. [ROTARY CLUB GIVES $141 FOR FRESH AIR | Total Sum in Treasury is Swelled to $4,42 by Contribution of Local Organization, A contribution by members of the New Britain Rotary club to the fund for the maintenance of the Fresh Air Farm in Burlington, totalling $141.00 was today added to the amount now in the hands of the treasurer of the organization. The total sum avail- able for this year's expenses i{s now $4,428.33, a handsome amount, every dollar of which will be placed to a worthy use. Besides entertaining some 300 youngsters at the camp for two weeks apiece this money will also pay for a certain amount of permanent equip- ment at the camp, which will make it possible to take care of the va- cationists next year at a lower cost per child. A greater number will be taken to camp or a less amount asked for when contribution time rolls around ax’v\n cor \TI Rl‘ I‘,I'I 8|0 BILLS, Bridgeport, Aug. 10.—A number o counterfeit $10 bills have appeared here and a general warning has been sent out to merchants. The 'same counterfeit has been detected in other of the state. NEW BRITAIN CONNE("]‘ICUT THURSDAY AUGUST 10 1Q22 Eight Year 0ld Assaulted By Unidentified Man Also Commends New Brifain on|child’s Story to Police Results in Drag-Net Being Spread to Catch Alleged Assailan An arrest {8 momentarily expected in one of the most viclous assault cases reported to the local police in some time—that of a little elght yeas« ol rl being the victim - c:n"nuckn:y a cut s of whom the polid Co anectict The alleged assi w‘-w terday afternoon i the Fielding block “&‘2 street and attention of the police was directed by members of the fire department who had reasgn to suspect that all was not as it should be. It was shortly after 5 p. m,, when Fireman Btanley Rozanski, attached WOMAN, HELD FOR PACK OF 18 DOGS SAVED HER FROM ATTACK, AND CHEWED MAN TO DEATH Henry, in One of His Own Tin Lizzies, Is Marooned in Mud o= Clayton, N. Y., Aug. 10— Henry Ford knows what it means to be stuck in the mud in one of his own cars. Mr. Ford arrived here aboard his yacht, Bfata, cruising down the St. Lawrence river en route to Seal Harbor, Me. He made himself known to the great Ford car dealer and the two started to visit the country home of May Irwin. Rains had made the road difficult of passage and the Ford car sank in the mud. They were marooned until a tractor arrived and pulled the car out. UNIDENTIFIED BOY IS BADLY HURT BY AUTO Youngster, Run Down on Main Street, Has Prob- able Fractured Skull Charles J. Heinzman, of 169 Green- wood street, while driving his auto- mobile on the west side of Central Park this afternoon, struck a boy about 5 years of age, knocking him down and the wheels of the car pass- ing over his body. The injured boy was rushed to the New Britain Gen- eral hospital. Tt was found at the institution that the boy is suffering from a probable fracture of the skull, besides a num- ber of bruises on the body. According to Heinzman's story to Sergeant Matthias Rival, the machine he was operating was traveling at a moderate rate of speed, estimated at between 10 and 15 miles an hour. The boy, he claimed, ran from the right side of the street directly in front of the machine. The hospital autorities and the police are working in an effort to ascertaln the identity of the injured boy, but at press time had been unable to learn who his parents are, POLICE NOT ON DUTY Town of Berlin Will Not DIrovide Regular Protection at the Gypsy Prosecutor C. F. Lewis of Beriin stated this afternoon that there are no new developments in the case of the unidentified man whose body was found on the turnpike Sunday night, and the prosecutor took exception to a statement published in a morning paper that the town of Berlin would provide police protection at the gypsy camp until further notice. He stated that following the of Detective lieut. Matthew of the Springfield police department to the scene of the camp a few nights ago the gypsies asked for police pro- tection, and Constable Ventres was sent to the place to stay Conatable Ventres, however, was del- egated to stay there but for one day and regular police protection will not be pro\HFfi by the town. visit DEATH LIST (GROWING Latest Reports From Typhoon Swept Section of China Shows That Prob- ably 50,000 Were Killed. 10 (By Associated Press).—Deaths in the typhoon of August 2 at Swatow, a seaport 250 miles northeast of Hong Kong, now are estimated at 70,000, the American consul at Swatow has reported the American legation The added that 100,000 were homeless anc relief was needed urgently. Peking, Aug 1 @ % * THE WEATHER o Hartford, Aug. 10.—Forecast | for New Britain and vieinity: Fair tonight and Friday; little change in temperature. = 1o LW ord, %) Camp on the Turnpike, Lewis Says. | Meade | for. the day. | to | consnl | Girl Vlclously t—Arrest Expected Soon. to Engine company No. 1, noticed & man, described as obviously a forelgn: er, @', rge from the cellar of the h He entered the hallway next ore, formerly occupied by h's saloon, then disappeared, : few minutes, an elght year Se~merged from the cellar. Her ®..vions excited suspicion and on a tip [furnished by the firemen, Detective Sergeant McCue brought the child to headquarters. After a lengthy questioning, it is said that the girl told a story, dis- gusting and revolting, the result of which {s that the police drag-net has been spread for the suspect. MURDER, SAYS HER Declares Her Dogs Were “More to Her Than Her Husband and Brothers” Entire Pack Is Killed. Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 10.—Mrs, Mabel Belarde, in jail here today in connection with the death of A. Biez, an rancher, maintained that her pack of 18 dogs had killed the man after she had quarreled with him Tuesday The nude and mutilated body of Biez was found on a cot in his ranch-house and Mrs. Belarde and her husband were arrested. Claims Man Hit Her. Mrs. Belarde at first denfed any knowledge of the affair but later under severe questioning, declared that Bfez had struck her with a club and her dogs, which she de- clared were ‘“more to her than her husband and brothers," had attacked the rancher. She said she dressed his wounds, took him to his house and then pre- pared to take him to Sacramento but failed because her husband's car was out of order. When she and Belarde returned to the house later, she said, Biez was dead ——FOURTEFN PAGES. JUDGE THOMAS OVER-RULES OBJECTIONS, HEARING WILL BE GIVEN FOR INJUNCTION NEW BRITAIN FEELS CONPETITION EFFECT Local Factories Find German (oods Undersell Them in Markets CLAIM TARIFF IS NEEDED Corbin Cabinet Lock May be Forced to Make Radical Change—Landers' Vacuum Bottle Finds Cheaper Coun- terpart on Sale, 8o seriously is the effect of foreign and especially German competition being felt in this country that Ameri- | can manufacturers are afrald of a ser ious slump in business, representatives say. In fact, with conditions as they are today a certain amount of injury to business is being felt and a great deal more {s inevitable, according to the general feeling Manufacturers who have studied market condjitions, claim to be alarm- ed at the vast influx of German goods coming into this country every day, which are not being put on the mar- ket at the present time. Both A. G Kimball, president of Landers, Frary and Clark, and George T. Kimball, first vice-president of the American Hardware corporation, who have in- vestigated the situation thoroughly say they are satisfied that German koods manufactured at one-third or less than the cost of making them in this country are being held in Am- erica until the German mark either rises in value or a protective tariff permits a higher price, when the mar- kets, they feel, will be flooded with German goods. May Close Part of Corbin Lock Co. So serious is the situation that, ac- cording to George T. Kimbally there is danger of the Corbin Cabinet Lock company being seriously injured, or even temporarily closing out a branch of its business, unless some relief is obtained soon. Krupp Locks. The local lock company is feeling the severe competition of a cheaper grade of German locks, according to Discrepancies in Story. Deputy District Attorney Russell declared there were many discrepan- cles In her story. He said she could not explain how some of Biez's cloth- ing was found hanging on a fence between the two ranches. ‘“Men don’t understand a love for dumhb animals,” Mrs. larde told Matron Hallanan. Would Die for Dogs. “T would give my life for these dogs and they would die fighting for | me. Other people don't understand They are more to me than my hus- band and brothers. Mrs. Belarde said her refusal to tell of Biez's death was due to fear the dogs would be punished. After the woman had heen taken to the county jail County Humane Of- ficer Winters went to the ranch-house with a deputy and shot the entire pack of 18 dogs IRISH CROWD PRAYS AS ASSASSINS DIE woman's Be- Slayers of Field Marshal r Henry Wilson Put to Death This | Morning. | Associated Regi- London, Aug. 10 (By | Press)—Joseph O'Sullivan |nald Dunn were hanged today in | Wadsworth prison for the assassin Marshal Sir Henry Wil- and [tion of Field |son on June | A crowd of ahout 30 Trishmen and women assembled outside the jail at 7 o'clock, an hour hefore the execu- | tion They sang hymns and prayed | for the souls of the condemned men Roth men submitted quietly to being pinioned, They were escorted simul- taneously from their cells to the scaf- fold, where, as they met, they smiled encouragingly at each other. Both met death unflinchingly. Ths mourners outside includec brothers of Dunn 1 the ‘ sisters and 'n”l O'Sullivan, O'Sullivan and Dunn were captured | red-handed by the police after shoot- ing down Fleld Marshal Wilson as het was alighting from an automobile at| Ithe door of his home in Eaton Place, The field marshal was In having just returned |’ memorial unveiling at| address. assassins gave | London | tull uniform, from a war shich he delivered an When arrested ‘he fictitious names bt identities | were established Scotland Yard, | which showed them to be former sol- | |aters, and Dunn a member of the; {Irish republican army. The crime| |was ascribed to feeling against the | field marshal following the announce- ment that had become military |advisor to the Ulster government ut their by he UNCHANGED Ang The condition Northeliffe continues grave but there was no turn for the| |worst today it his medical advisors. | NORTHCLIFFE | London, 1 |of Lord ey was announced by COMMITTEE A committee duty shall | | SAFETY Aug. 10 whose PUBLIC ‘ Hartford, public safety \prnnyfl'fi the persons on the | {street has been brganized by the Au- | tomobile Club of Hartford, In seven| week there were 219 automobil dents reported on the city streets, of be to safety of e acci- | [ tion Iman locks, {with a | pointing the ears | maximum Mr. Kimball, who adds that no less a firm than the Krupp company, the famous cannon makers, at Kssen, who built the “Rig Bertha,” have turned their attention to making locks. The towns of Essen and Velbert in the Rhine district are making locks so extensively that a special investigator for the American Hardware writes to the local office and estimates that one concern, the Dammand Lading company, is turning out about 24,000 locks every day, 90 per cent. of which are coming to America and are not being offered for sale now, except on cash orders, Sell at 40 Per Cent. of Cost, a recent manufacturers’ exhibi- in Leipzig, 49 German lock manufacturers were represented, A number of plants in the Velbert region, would compare favorably with any American concern in e, as to the manufacturer of cheaper grade locks Qne concern turns out a line almost equal to the American product, which sells at wholesale for about one-third what its American counter- | part must bring In fact, according| to Mr. Kimball. prices ave quoted in Germany at about the American cost of raw material. In view of the! t that the raw material is about 35 per cent of the cost of producing| an article this seems a rather startling statement. Mr, Kirmball corroborates these figures by saying that the Ger-| man export duty d freight charge enables them to offer e in New York the cheaper locks at about cent. At for grades a price of 40 per American factory cost Locks 25 Cents a Dozen | German locks, samples of which are | to be found on Mr, Kimball's desk, sell for low as 2 S0 cents a | n, wholesale, T locks are copied after American locks, and while apparently of cheaper con struction are so much lower in price that dealers write in and their istomers can afford to buy two Ger them out, and| and still save| purchase one | of the| as to a aring away than throwing them money, rather American lock Stole the Trade The Corbin Cabinet makes a medium sized black padlock dog’s head stamped on the surface. It s called “The Bruno| lock,” and has established for itself a world-wide reputation. The factory | cost of producing these locks is about | $1.0p per dozen, officlals say This | has nothing to do with the quent handling, overhead salesmen's commissions, ete reaches the final purch Ferman manufacturers have the lock, taking the same dog's head, | which is not a very good likeness, and | making but one slight change, that of | it a different angle, | call it “The Bull Dog Lock” and gelling them at 18 cents a catalogue price Government Various things enter difference in prices. A received from Velbert states that Ger- s are paying their skilled | workmen from 32 to 40 cents a day : and steel are provided by the nment, which establishes a fixed price and differ- | in paper marks fixed | ire much less than prices paid ame commodities in America ‘ Suffer. n workman | Kimball. | Mark LLock company charges, | unti The copied Aser are | less than dozen, | Helps into_the recen vast latter | man industrie Coa gove pays the ot These prices for the Corbin Lock May Fventnally the Ame uffer,” predicts will Mr (Continued on Twelfth Page). | proposal by |the {company subse- |4 t |hirec i 15,000 clerks, Y e ——— | Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business New Haven Road’s Re- quest for Restraining Order Will Be Argued in Court on Next Tues< day Morning. Harding Hopes Railroads Will Accept His Terms, Though Strikers Are Re« ported as Absolutely Ope posed. | i New Haven, Aug. 10.—Objectiond made to the application of the N. ¥, N. H. & H. rallroad for an injunc« tion restraining strikers from allegad illegal picketing, made by counsel for the striking shopmen were over-ruled by Judge 1. 8. Thomas in the United States District court today. In deny« ing the motion to dismiss the applis cation Judge Thomas set August 1§ at 10 a. m. in this city as the time and place for hearing the case on its merits. The objections were based upon the contention that the application for the restraining order had not beem properly sworn to as required by the Clayton act. Judge Thomas ruled that the verification on the bill of complaint submitted by the railroad company is a sufficient compliance with the provisions of the Clayton act. Judge's Decision. In his decision Judge Thomas said: “The verification on the original bill of complaint is a sufficilent compli- ance with the provisions of section 20 of the Clayton act. The applica- tion for a temporary restraining order is properly verified. ““The first prayer for relief in the bill is, in law, a sufficlent application for a temporary restraining order. “This ruling disposes of the point raised and argued August 8. The other points raised in the motion have been carefully considered and oral argument on the same is un- necessary and I find no substantial qusstion of law raised therein. “The motion to dismiss is therefore denied and the case may proceed on the merits."” Big Meeting Tomorrow. Washington, Aug. 10 (By Associat- ed Press).—Union leaders continued their discussions of the railroad strike situation today preparatory to tomor- row's meeting of chief officers of all the transportation labor organiza- tions. The government itself awaited developments. Ren W. Hooper, chairman of tha Railroad Labor Board, arrived {n Washington and got into touch with the White House where it was satd that President Harding might have occasion to call him as events de« veloped. B. M. Jewell, general strike leader and the seven officers of the unions actually on strike, called in system representatives of the striking crafts from a number of lines during the GE It was said that the leaders were collecting reports on the exact situation and were amassing material to substantiate their frequently made contentions that railroad manage- ments had been unable to prevent equipment from falling into dis-repair result of the strike. The striker leaders continued to intimate their determination to reject President Harding's new settlement making public telegrams from unions and system federa« tions urging rejection. The White House had communica« tions and reports on the attitude of considerable number of rail exec- and the president was as being hopeful that the management group would accept his final offer. The decision on this side of the controversy is to be taken at a meeting tomorrow of the association railwey itives at New York, as a loc a utives today represented of exect Cancel Fxcursions, Springfield, Mass, Aug nouncement was made today from passenger offices of the Boston Albany railres here that the has cancelled all excursions on its lines for the remainder of the summer season. This is done it {8 said as a means of conserving fuel, 10.—An- More Men Working. Haven, Aug. 10.—The shop- men's strike statement of the N, Y, N. H. and H. railroad today claimed 236 additional skilled men were during the three shifts yester. and “consequently this morning the first shift forces reflect a propor- tionate part of this gratifying in- crease.” New that 5000 May Strike. Hornell, Y. Aug. 10.—More than freight handlers and sta- rstem will an tion employes on the Erie at move on a question of |immediate strike, according to Gen- eral Chairman Charles P. Smith of the clerks' organization. This decls- ion was reached after failure to reach an agreement at a conference in New betwen the Erie officials and rpresentatives. once York union STEEL CORPORATION REPORT New York, Aug. 10.—The monthly tonnage report of the 8. Steel Corp., made public today, showed §,~ 766,161 tons of unfilled orders on hand July This is an increase of 141,650 tons over June's unfllled op- ders.