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rap W/A"- " t ?r : ; ( ......... ?, ^. * .? % ... . *?**.?> ?? ? ? ? ? ? j?, . ........ .t i ...... . .. .?.... i~*| The Union Daily Times |"S [.||UBw,Cl nu.u|j: | DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY EtuMuhed in 1850?Coovrt* d io Tha Unioa Daily Ttma? Oc lobar 1, ltl7 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY | | j; ^ Na 1,446 Union, S. C., Wednesday Aftarftoon, August 2, 1622 3c Per Copy ALEXANDER BELL, TELi PASSES AT HIS H Sydney, Nova Scotia, AUF- 2.?Dr. i AleXapdoyr Graham Bell, inventpr of,1 tjao telephone, cb.e.d at % o'clock this mottdpg at hi 3 estate at Baddeck. Although ifx failing health for soro,c-1 tin)* he wpj pot po.hftj^e.d ' to h.i.e bed and the <snd was unexpected. Alexander Graham'Bell lived to see , e*p?plffNtfti wfcfcjb ho began with a deptl man's ear less than tifty years ago result in a means of coiqmunica-J tion for millions of miles of long dis-1 tance telephone conversations daily in all parts of the world. The possibility of talking over a wire, ridiculed then as a dream by almost everybody except Bell, became during him lifetime a reality commonplace and marvellous. The Bell basic patent, known in the records at Washington as No. 174,dAK k?* hpA onllMl tliB mnct volnnhlp * single patent ever issued in the whole t history of invention. There are to day over thirteen million telephone t instruments through which billions j qf telephone conversations are car- j tied on each year. \ Means of communication had bean ^ a i\obby in thn Bell family long before - t* inventor of the telephone wasi 2 btifn, Two generations back, Alexander Bell became noted for inventing a system for overcoming stam- j rttering speech, while his son, Alex- j { ander Melville Bell, father of the in -1 ^ ventor of the telephone, perfected a t system of visible speech. , t With this heritage, the eon, born j in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847, undertook similar experiments while still a lad. He constructed an arti- ( ficial skull of gutta-percha and In- ( dian rubber that would pronounce , several words in weird ^one, when * blown Into by a hand bellows. At the < age of 16 he became, like his father, t a teacher of elocution, and an instruc- i tor of deaf mutes. < lieu reached a crisis in nis nie at i ( the age of 22, when he was threaten- j ed with tuberculosis. The- . white, j plague caused the death of ids two j brothers and the Bell family, migrat- ? u ed to Brantford, Canada. ' j^i, mm A meeting at that time with Sir 1 [SWfc^CSaries Wheats tone, the English, J" venttfr bf tWP1fe!??&ph, fll?a thht^ ytraftg elocutionist with ambition to j invent a musical, or. multiple tele- < graph, which eventually turned out to be a telephone. ttis father while giving a lecture in Boston, proudly mentioned the son's success in teaching London deaf mutes. This led the Boston Board 1 of Education to offer young Bell $500 { to introduce his system in the new- 1 ly opened school for deaf mutes. He was then 24 years old, and instantly 5 became the educational sensation of I the day. He was appointed a pro-1 fessor in Boston University, and 'opened his instantly successful "School of Vocal Physiology." But teaching interferred with his 1 inventing, and he soon gave up all 1 but two pupils. One of these was Mable Hubbard, of a wealthy family. She had lost hor hearing and speech in an attack of scarlet fever while a baby. It was she who later became i Bell's wife. < Bell Rpent the following three i years in night work in a cellar in i Salem, Mass. His money-needs were i met by Gardiner G. Hubbard, his fu- 1 ture father-in-law, and Thomas Sau- s dera, the owner of the cellar. As he ? L' worked he began to see the possi- < bility of conveying speech over an I *" electrically charged wire?the tele- ' ? 1 TT 1 - A 1 pnone. na useu a uuuu man s em iui . a transmitter. "If I can make a deaf,mvftc talk," c Ball had declared, "I cap make iron J talk.* < Hi* first success eom6 while test-'t Ing: his instruments in his new quar- j ten in Boston. Thomas A. Watson, n Bell's assistant, had struck a clock \ spring at one end of the wire, and | \ Bell was electrified to hear the sound t in another room. For forty weeks > the instrument struirurled. as it were, t for human speech. Then on March 10th, 1870, Watson became almost insane with joy when he heard over the wire Bell's voice saying: "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you." , On his 29th birthday, Bell receiv- j ed his patent. It was at the Centen- \ nial Exposition held at Philadelphia, two months late;*, where men of! science the world over had co.v.e to examine and study the numerous inventions exhibited, saw Prof. Bell give ap rsctical demonstration of the transmission of the human voice by electricity. j As for Bell himself, he had not! planned to attend the centennial at 11. He was poor and he had reor-, ganltad his classes in vocal speech Toward the end of June he went to thf? station to see. Miss Hubbard off for Philadelphia. *.? There- haJ been seme talk of his going, but he huo put it "u'etlv aside. She believed he was: going; when they retthed:'tha station 1 she pleaded with hip?_ and wan re- i fused. As. he put her aboard the train and it moved out, leaving him 1 t b " \ ' . % vIV. * EPHONE INVENTOR, IOME IN NOVA SCOTIA STATE CANDIDATES TO SPEAK HERE NEXT SATURDAY The (Lt^te campaign .wijl 3e fceld in the court hc^ttaA ou Satttriay, the 5th, commencing: at 10 j'clock a. tn., at which time tJb? corft Jidutes for all state offices will speak; ,t is hoped that we will have a large :rcwd of both men and women. There are two lady candidates for state superintendent of education* both of ,vhom will be present and speak. The ladies are urged to attend this neeting. * -Ihe campaign this year is devclopng considerable interest and large rowas arc attending the meetings.. Phe women of the city who belong to ha suffrage league* have arranged to entertain the women candidates when he campaigners arrive in Union, The :act that the meeting is to bo held n the court house gives assurance hat the weather will not interfere vith the meeting. iwanaon Named By Big Majority Richmond, Aug. 2.?Returns receiv. d by the News Leader early today i'rom yesterday's primarjA indicated hat Senator Swanson was renominate ;d over former Governor" Westmore-] and Davis by 40,000 majority. . " i f* Rl hmond, Va., Aug.. 1.?Practically ;omplete returns from three-fourths )f the 100 counties in Virginia and icattering returns from the dthers received by The Times Dispatch give Senator Claude A. Swanson of Pittsylvania county 07,803 votes and Westmoreland Davis of Loudoun county 22,841 in the contest for Unit ?d States senator. Swanson's majority is confidently expected- to* go. jeyond the 60.000 mark by those who< enow the political situatior^ in$tfiq state. V: Mr. Swanson has carriedHffi of tab sen congressional districts in t;be npf THA i THMii&i kAjjJ Mtch, ahd has regiktdral mfljorffcre:; n all of the cities-..and?f the 100 counties. Reed Leading in Misaoyri St. Louis, Aug. 2.?With Senator [{cod leading Breckinridge Long by ibout 16,000 for the Democratic sensorial nomination on face of returns Tom 2412 precincts out of 3848 in date, Reed's campaign manager, Ed jlenn, told the Associated Press that [teed would win by 25,000 votes. St. Louis, Aug. 2.?Reed's lead fell o 15,089 at 11 o'clock today as the idditional country precincts were reported. Mob Lynches Negro Hot Spring.^. Ark., Aug. 1.?Batterng its way into the city jail hero tolay, a mob estimated to number about >00 men, forced police guards to surrender Gilbert Harris, a negro, under irrest in connection with the fatal jvmimlim/- of Manrii i* f'onnollv no in surance solicitor. After hauling the legro oh a truck through the streets :hey hanged him to an electric light x>le near the center of the down town business d'strict. >n the platform, she burst out crying Sell dashed after her and sprang i board the train, without baggage, ;icket3 or any other trifles. The next Sunday afternoon Boll vas promised an inspection of his inr ,-ention by the judges of exhibits. It vas a hot day and the judges had >een a great deal. Some of them vere i'or going home; one jeered, and ,here was general boredom. Then here appeared the blonde-bearded Smperor of Brazil, with outstretched lands. He had heard some of Bell's ectures in Boston; the deaf-mute vork appealed to him. His greeting nade a stir. Bell made ready for lis demonstration. A wire had been itrung along the length of the room. Sell too the transmitter; Dom Pedro ilaced the receiver to his ear. He itaited up amazed. "Mv (Jod?it talks!" Afterward Lord Kelvin?plain Wiliam Thompson then?took up the receiver. He was the engineer of the irst Atlantic cable. He nodded his head solemnly as le got .up. ' "It does speak," he said emphatically. "It is the most wonderful hing I have seen in America." Throughout his life, Dr. Bell maintained his interest and labors for leaf-mutes. He founded, became ^resident and contributed $250,000 to the American Association to Promote Teaching of Speech to the Deaf. He was a member of many of the lending American learned societies. ONION LEADERS ABOUT TO DECIDE Chicago, Aug. 1.?Full acceptance! cl President Harding's plan by the striking shopmen was declared by union leaders to have been practicallyassured as a result of today's meeting of the shop crafts policy committee. | Final action was expected at another meeting to bp held tomorrow. Following the meCtii ;j none of the union leaders would comment on the situtaion left, as it was, in mid-air, with a very definite trend, however, toward acceptance. The rejection of the seniority proposal by the railroad executives in New York and their qualified acceptance of the President's other two points werc received without comment by the strikers. Discussion of the points of the presidential peace program followed the] reading of his communication to B. M. Jewell,- president of the federated, shop crr.fts, who came direct from a conference with his executive coun-: oil, Chairman Ben W. Hooper of the, labor board and A. O. Wharton of the board's labor members. Mr. Wharton,! who formerly held Mr. Jewell's -pres- j ept position, was understood to have! attended the conference and later the meeting of the policy committee at the suggestion of the president. Chairman Hooper, who was invited to attend the1 policy committee meeting, also sug- j gestcd the attendance of Mr. Wharton1 hut agreed he would be glad to attend later if he could be of any service. : Some opposition to President Hard.ing's peace program was raised by! vmembcrs eof the policy' committee. | their complaint being, on account of absence of any provision on wages. Answering these complaints, union i leaders said that a rehearing by the, labor board which was to be gained j under the pence program would doubtless result in wage advances. The discussion also brought out the belief of the union leaders that the creation of adjustment bourds to settle disputes betweeh roads and worked might be required of the roads by the labor board. The union chidfcidgn UQr Mil AMGld "no Boara reei Trwr-nr could not force the establishment of, 'the adjustment boards that they had! reason to believe that congress would J be asked to amend the transportation law in this respect. Washington, Aug. 1 (By the Associated Press). ? President Harding had the rail strike problem back on his hands tonight as a result of the refusal of the lailway executives, at their meeting in New York, to accept the administration settlement plan so far as the seniority issue Is concerned. There was no indication at the White House as to what move, if any, the government planned to make in thg situation. It was considered probable that Mr. Harding would study carefully the text of the executives' reply and that expected from the labor leaders' meeting in Chicago before reaching a decision. Union Chiefs Meet Again Chicago, Aug. 2 (By the Associated Press). - Union chiefs, headed by R. M. Jewell, head of the striking shopmen, met again today to act on the President's proposals for settlement of the rail strike. Following yesterday's session it was intimated that' a formal acceptance on the plan would be voted. Sutherland Leads In West Virginia Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 31.?Senator Howard Sutherland today kept the lead in tho Republican senatorial contest as returns came in slowly from yesterday's eprimary. Representative Campbell Is Defeated Pittsburg, Kansas, Aug. 2.?Representative Camnbell. chairman of the rules committee in national house of representatives was defeated in yesterday's primary, according to available returns today by W. P. Sproul, of Sedan. Notice All members of Circle No. 2 of the First Baptist church are requested to leave pillow cases at the home of Mrs. f. L. Bolton. Parliament and President Reach Complete Agreement Peking, Aug. 2 (By the Associated Press).?Parliament and President IJ Yun Hung in a complete agreement over the adoption of a permanent con. stitution for China similar to that of United States cabinet was announced today. Mrs. Harry Payne is visiting friends in Asheville for several weeks. MAREKT OPENS FOR TOBACCO The South CaroH$g t^bocco market opened today totaling nearly 1,000,000 po1l$d^'9pic?r ranging frtpn three c? nbi'toTffl) cents. | Sales were largely? Mullina, Lake City; CofttiBft XUnjlington, Marion, Dillon,; ^icboli gfrcf^mat, where so-called ihtJ^etM#^ warehouses are being ppe^te4^ \*yie largest sale of thq <lay. tWtt thq floods of the Lake. C^ty ^r#ahouse, where 550,690 pounds changed hands, a recI , , ., V. ? - oru xor uie L,aKe <Jitjr-^^*sret. frices at Lake City averaged i21.83 cents a pound, the genorai ..l$Mnitge for the state's markets being*, Approximately 17 cents a pound, nc&By double the opening day average 'of last year. Double sales in the four warehouses at Mull.ins saw the trfhtfer of over 200.000 pounds for an average of 17 cents a pound. -J;-'Tobacco oflfoffred oitj I** various floors ran the gaihW^, pf grades. Higher prices are expected when the better grades begin ti ^be sent in. The season marks the; h4^juration of the tobacco gra4to? 4*s?' * Mullijns, Aug. tobacco market opendd tjttg today With double sales for the'fumj&nn in history, . Th" market ?ja .Jour warehouses, the usual nyljpir Operating independently fdr Jeaftobacco at auction. ' Therfc AVer 200,000 pounds soid at af; nvtncffrftof 17 cehts. looacco has befcn mfWjjbg hi Mullms steadily for 'two* days^jfcllae of it being hauled Jjrc'm.oO to fciiles. Some of the weed brought ."Sigh as 49 centsr pei pound.. WitKjfour independent houses operatiu^ffcnd a double eet of buyers oh th? iMfret there is no doubt that the wB'ket will be much stronger- when the better grades are offered. .Wt?..the grading tobacco law marketingravlll be unlike any searon in the ( SO year*, as fanners will not be to rush the weed to market. ThfPdouble sales will continue until ClMRjQflAs. whereas heretofore 60 to Sfnaiyti has been the extent of the seasapS Mullins, the Wilson of South Carott^y; is the only ket in the state with doable salts j daily. Death Claims J. Edd Hughes Mr. J. Edd Hughes died at his home near Sardis this morning at 11:30 o'clock and will be buried at Sardis at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. Mr. Hughes had not been in good health for some time, and for the past few months had been confined to his bed. He was 71 years of age. He s i survived by the following children: 1 Alvin Hughes of Florida, Miss Littic Hughes, Edd Hughes and Miss Sallic Hughes, of Union. Mr. Hughes had been a member of Sardis church for many years. He Ivas an upright man, a sincere Christian; and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. Batting Averages of Union Mill Ball Team At Bat Hits Per cent Mahon, p. ... 13 6 375 .Ward, 2l> . . . 43 15 363 Epps, lb .... 40 16 348 Sullivan, H,, rf . 42 13 308 Sullivan, J., c .44 13 203 Arth-.ir <s?? f?0 13 260 bhwsit, 'if . . . . 30 11 255 McCall, 3b . . . 45 11 247 Thompson, of . . 43 10 208 Tow'ior ..... 13 2 111 i Tenm average .383 100 27 i 017. Played 12 games, won 11; per cent Union's scores. 87; opponents', 51. Stolen bases, 27; opponents', 8. Tariff Bill Will Pass This Month Washington, Aug. 2.?The passage of the tariff bill by the senate this month seemed to be almost certair today as the result of agreement? reached separately by the Republicar and Democratic leaders. Senator Crow Died Today Uniotitown, Pa,, Aug. 2.?Unltec States Senator William E. Crow diet at his country home near here this 1 j ? rr. morning i rum perinciuu? huciiuh. m was appointed by Governor Sprou to succeed the lat? Senator Knox, bu his only appearance in tho capital wai I the day he took oath of office. Today's Cotton Market Open Closi October 22.18 21.8: December 22.15 21/71 January 22.04 21.5! March 22.00 22 5May 21.90 21.41 X. Y. Spots 22.0' J.ucal market 22 2 POLICE PREVENT CLASH AT MACON I Macon, Ga., Aug. 1 .?Prompt clos- i j in;: of the negro business section of J ' Broadway this morning, immediately j after ngws was received of the capI tare of John ("Cockey") Glover, prpj vented a Serious race clash this afI ternoon, the police say, when Glovpr's body, riddled with trtxllets, was dumpI ed into tt* down town streets at 1 t j o'clock this afternoon by a mob that ^ had lynched him. Sccr.es resembling those of Satur- 1 day night, when Deputy Sheriff Walter C. Byrd was shot to death as he ^ was leaving a negro pool room in the same block were duplicated. ^ Men of all ages jammed their way into Broadway and those that reached the body of Glover fought for souve nirs. During the excitement the-body f was hurled against a billboard at th entrance to a negro theater, where it 1 remained half upright until the po S lice rushed in and carried it afray a to Forsyth, Ga., for an inquest. b Glover was shot to death by a mob t at Ilollon, Ga., ten miles away, at 1 I o'clock this afternoon. He was being returned here by officers, who had captured him on a railroad train at Griffin, Ga. Policeman T. F. Phelps, c who was shot by Gloyep this morn : Ing at the time of hi? capture, may lose one arm. J Officers say that Glover begged tht Griffin police: "KiH me now; don't take me back to Macor., I know what you want me for." 1: While threats have been made * against the live3 of several well p known negroes late today, the police pre trying to avert further trouble. ' The better negroes aided in the cap- v ture of Glover, it was stated. Thei*e were two negro spotters from the sheriff's office in the same car with l" Glover, trying to get the negro to At- ' lanta, where Macon officers were waiting for him. Plans miscarried * however, and the arrest was made at Griffin, Ga. \ Democratic Committee v Meets Next Monday The Democratic executive commitJtsfc Will meet next Monday, the 7th. house, for the purpose of examining the i*olls and purging the same: * designating the polling places for the respective clubs, and appointing the managers of the election; and transacting any other business that may properly come up for consideration, i At said meeting any person im: properly enrolled?such as not hav; ing written their full name, correct I age, etc., or whose name was written I on the club books by another, except lj by the persons in charge of the books ! and in the presence of such prospective voter, and witnessed by the person in charge of the book, may appear before the committee and ask permission to correct such errors. J. A. Sawyer, County Chairman. | August 1, 1922, It Curiously For. ed Figs Miss Marion Vinson brought some very curiously formed figs to the ofI fice today. They were double-barrel 11 in shape, and thoroughly well formed. ! We are constantly receiving strange ;; plants and animals and if we had the j money, would cpen up a museum. Our j friends are very kind to bring us i these interesting specimens. ; The Church of the Nativity Contrary t* their usual custom, the . congregation voted tn keep the church open ail th? summer for service as \vell r.z Cuttdny school. and all of the i church" organizations have kept up . their monthly meetings. Or. Monday afternoon there was , I held at the nev.* Parish ITouso, a joint ! meeting of the Guild and the Auxili. ary. After the devotiorrd exorcises and prayers, reports of officers and committees were heard. A letter from Mrs. Cornell, Dio . ceson president of the Woman's AuxilJ iary wBs read, outlining the plan to . he followed until the division of the j Uiocese ib ctenniteiy accomplished, at j the triennial convention which meets j at Portland, Oregon, in September. I The report of the treasurer of the ; CfUild showed that the women of the i church have already contributed ?2,' 250.01 for the Parish House. | The visiting committee reported visits paid to the sick and help rendered to the needy. I After the regular business was ! completed, a pler.sant half hour was spent in social chat, during whicn | time most delicious and rofreshing i iceg were served by Mesdames C. R. I Robertson fend Julia Thomas. First Presbyterian Church i, Prayer meeting this afternoon, 6 31 o'clock, by Mr. B. B. James, tonight, 11 8:15, by Mr. L. E. McAlpine. 5! Come, and get your share of the 71 fcood messages. J. F. Matheson, 5 . Pastor. t RAILWAY EXECUTIVE! TO SLTTLI FUEL COMMITTEE GETTING READY TO DISTRIBUTE COAL Greenville, Aug. 1.?Bon E. Goer, hairman of the South Carolina fuel ommittee recently appointed by Gov- t ltior llarvey, tonight made the folowing statement: "The Ltato fuelj ommittee composed of It. E. Ger, I Y. P. Conyers and A. G. Furnian, has: lot yet received full instructions from , Washington as to procedure and ad-; , litional information will he given to I he press as received from day to day. | , "All applications for coal will lv. j landle^j according to pri< rity ertab ; ( ished by the fuel administration at i Vash ngton and in Order of the enter-1 rency indicated. All applications ifj. ent by telegram should be confirmed ( >y letters, and with each application J j he following special information j hould be given: "Mature of consumer, if publ'c util- 1 ty or otherwise. , "2. Character of coal required, in- . luding Source from which supply has,, >een previously obtained* "3. Amount of coal on hand and reakly consumption. "The fuel administration at Wash- j ngton has ruled that no requisitions j ( rill be honored tinless accompanied, j >y evidence gu iranteeing payment of; j ight draft with weight certified and' ar number attached. "The state fuel committee recom- , nend.3 that each consumer arrange ] ritli bankers to guarantee financing ?f shipments. | i ' Lacli application to the state com \ i i -sion should be accompanied by a j . tter from the bank carrying such a > ruarantoe. Pending the organ i::a- , ion of the state commission and final , nnounccmcnt of definite procedure, will be made to handle indi- ( idual orders as promptly as possible \ vhere emergency arises." Winthrop Daughters You are invited to come to the >'elock. A short and snappy meeting- and 1 pou are needed, because a matter of cital importance is to be arranged. Aire -T W Mi*i?nn President, j Miss Etha Palmer, Secretary. Ice Cream Festival There will be an ice cream festival piven at the Community House at Monarch Friday night, commencing at 7:30 o'clock, similar to the others! given at the City park and at Ottaray. | The candidates are r.gain invited to come anr make a speech as crie of tlw ! largest gatherings of this kind is expected at this plice. These festivals are given for the benefit | of the Salvation Army work in Union as the public remembers that! insufficient funds were raised last spring to carry us through until our fall campaign for fur.ds in October. The 1st S. C. Regimental Rand will j furnish the music if sickness does not prevent them. If you want to hear goid speaking and enjoy the evening! come out to this festival. Adjutant .T. Davis. PERSONAL MENTION Mrs. Ti. k. Zeigler r.r.d dr.v ghtrtr Mary Kays, hr.vn returned to thcit homo ir. Denmark after visiting Kr and Yrt. Eelix G^v.doieok Yr. and Yr". L. K. Vrro.y r.r.d Yirs Vorr. Moao'ioy are v! siting relative- ir. "tot. Yts. Cims YeDanioi i- visitvn;* relatives in Spartanburg county sr. > week. Mrs. McDaniol has boon quite sick but is now recuperating. Miss Elizabeth Sanders of Columbia returned to ber home today after u two weeks' visit to Miss Grace llsotis on Church street. Mr. L. .1. Browning is attending the Cotton Marketing association in Co lumbia this week. Miss Thelma Giles of West Springs is visiting at the home of Mrs. Otis Lancaster on South Church street. Miss Grace Montgomery is visitin. friends in W'innsboro this week. Mrs. W. F. Whitaker and little sons V* r? t?/-* S9S\T%*\ fn UnTi/lnreAntMilA tA vtoit relatives. Miss Leonora Arthur is the guest of her sister, Mrs. H. G. Wannamaker, in Orangeburg. Mrs. Wnnnamnker entertained at n beautiful party Monday morning. Revival at West Side A revival meeting will begin at West Springs Baptist church at 11 aVWIt n m Qtitulntr W I** ! Sinclair of Walhalla will do the preaching. Arrangements are also being made for a singer. Everybody is cordially invited. I 5 REJECT PLAN ! RAILROAD STRIKE Chicago, Aug. 2.?Chiefs of the striking v.iil employes today voted to accept the President's proposals for ending the rail strike. They appointed a committee to draft the text of the acceptance and forward It to President Harding immediately. Washington, Aug. 2 ?A careful Study uo the railway executives' reply refusing to accept the President's plan for the settlement of the shopmen's strike so far as it dealt with seniority issue was expected today to precede any further movement by the executives in the strike situatu n. The government, it is known, views the milroad strike as serious in effect oniy because of the present stoppage or. coal* production. Now York, Aug. 1 (By the Associated Press).?Railway executives of die nation today firmly but courteous* ly rejected the program advanced by the Harding administration for the settlement of the rail strike. Willing to accept conditionally two suggestions put forward by the White House ?that both sides abide by wage dedsions of the railroad labor board and that law suits fpringing out of thu strike be withdrawn?the heads of 148 roads declared emphatically that it was impossible to reinstate strikers with unimpaired seniority rights, the third provision n the prcsdenCplan. After being told by Robert S. Lovett of the Union Pacific that there ivas no moral or practical reason for budging from their position, the executive- disbanded, caught the first irains for their respective headquarters and indicated that they were going ahead and would operate their roads with forces they had assembled since the shopmen walked out on luly 1. The decision not to yield on the question cf seniority was made known to the White House by telegraph after the rail heads had listened to a 20 minute address by Secretary of Commerce Hoover who, as direct representative of the president, told them in eiTect mat tne administration neia tb#, . ou#>??on-of^minot importatice in ^oryiiparison v lth that . V ''? upholding the railroad taiaor iWrd. v This action w s taken in the face, of a letter from President Harding addressed to T. DeWitt Cuyler, chairman of the American Association of Railway Executives, embodying "the terms of agreement, as I understand them, upon which the railway mar. ngers and united shop crafts vforker; are to agree preliminary to calling of the existing strike." President Harding had closed tv letter with these two sentences: "I need hardly add that 1 huv reason to believe these terms will be accepted by the workers. If there is good reason why the managers can not accept, they will he obligated to open direct negotiations or assume full responsibility for the situation." In adektion Secretary TToover had urged upon tho executives nt their meeting when thr text, of the Harding letter was read, that settle, rnent of the r-,1 stiilu- wig inmor.tivo in view of the complicating cor. oitions introduced by the cool It become apparent from the . er-. opening of today's conference that t'ru seniority question would be the wedg< which would divide administration and railway executives. After setting forth the reasons why they held t.his on insurmountable obstacle, the rail* r ad chiefs T.dod their r^ply to rt I'.'.tding r.~ fo"ev' 7t it 'ubrr;*t-,d *h.*\t the .former 'tttt. At e*.*\ *" glvcTi rraforar; *j> rr.r*.* v :r * ~.t ^r-.y *"*. it the 'irdt"* ".vithoy.t ViniCtrc ?/> ovory pTlfdrne ?v* right o.T.d j\t t t'.eo involved mr.tfer -,r.ri without the ^ror"^o* orofh of faith or. the ? _ pair 01 vac rM.vv^u i/i mo nu:u iii, prc.rnt ih their rrv e Under those circumstances it. h -ones apparent that the railroads tan ii?>t consider any settlement <?f the present itrike which docs not provide protection mi their present employment, both to the loyal employees who remained m the service and to the new employees entering it " Firr.t Class Barbecue We will give a iirst clas.* barbecue at my place on Main street Saturday, August 5th, state campaign day. Pre. IwiCHfiilaosg mfwyp cmfw m m rr. pared bv Dan Gillman, the famous cook. 1446-2tp d Hodge A Smith. Rail Strike May be Called Olf Washington, Aug. 1. Proposals of the Southeastern railroads to alter rates on apples growing from the Pa. cific coast to Virginia, Georgia and Carolinas was held unjustified today by interstate commission whiq{i ordered set aside proposed increases in ratos. | -