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Wt' . * * r' v--- . * * [i 3. * if ' B&": **' - '" . \ ;. . ? :#.>j ,jv -r . * * J . -J'.i 1 tyi>j? 111111 n 1 > Miiitini 11?? I = ! The Union Daily Times s =s= i Vpfc" *j -H PRESS ,, ? t - - .. derstorms. . > t Z DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 1850?Convwrt* d to The Union Daily Tima. Oc lobar 1, 1 f 17 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY ? H't-W 1 ??811't"!1" - - Vol. LXXII No. 1433 LABOR BOARD SEEKS , RAILWAY CHIEFS Chicago, July 17 (By the Associated Press).;?Peace negotiations, halted over the week-end, were resumed by members of the United States railroad labor board today in an effort to bring about an early settlement of the railway shopmen's strike. W. H. Finley, president of the Chicago & Northwestern, and W. G. Bierd, president of the Chicago & Alton, were among the railway chiefs who visited the labor board during the day for conferences with Ben Hooper, chairman, while Walter L. McMemimen, a labor board member, met several high operating executives. While none of those present would make any statement regarding the subjects discussed, it was intimated some basis for agreement on the five demands presented by B. M. Jewell, leader of the shopmen, to Mr. Hooper at a conference between the two last week, was sought as preliminary to the calling of a new formal hearing of all parties before the labor board. The five demands of the shopmen were announced as the restoration of all seniority Tights to strikers, immediate establishment of a national adjustment board 30 that the men may obtain quicker action on local grievances than is possible through the labor board, the abolition of out m side contracting by the roads, the restoration of certain rules and working auu a return uj ine scoie . of wages in effect before the cut ordered by the labor board for July 1, became effective, simultaneously with the strike. An indication of the result of the negotiations on these issues was seen! in the statement of R. A. Henning, general chairman of the federated ahopcrafts of the Northwest, that enly the refusal of the Eastern roads to reinstate striking workers with their full seniority rights was preventing a settlement as far as the roads of the Northwest" were concerned. Hopes for an early peace also were based on the attitude of E. F. Grable, president of the maintenance of way employees, who arrived in Chicago toprevent carriers from requiring maintenance of way men to do strikers' work. v While maintenance men were reported in various sections of the counv try, mostly New York, as having joined the strike, Mr. Grable asserted thi?t such walkouts were entirely ivnanlVAvi'rnJ oti/1 ma Itrilrn Ar/1 ofc would be issued, at least until after a meeting of the grand lodee of his organization in Detroit Friday. He will report there the result of the negotiations with members of the labor board. Some additions to the ranks of the strikers in various sections were alsc reported among the clerks, freight handlers, firemen and oilers, but railway executives declared that the de fections had been more than made uj by members of shopmen who returnee to work on the last day allowed then on many roads to protect their sen iority rights. Meanwhile, strike disturbance! continued to spread, the forces of fed eral marshals protectinfi the move *' ment of the mails and interstati traffic was increased and more federa iniunctions against picketing wer< granted. At Bloomington, 111., a number o shots were hred, partly damaging tn home of a non-union railroad workei In Iowa, passengers, train and wreck ing crews were driven away from i wrecked train by strike sympathizer in an effort to prevent the clearing o the tracks. Chicago, July 18.?After a confei ence with Mr, Jewell, the strike lead er, Mr. Grable said he didn't expet his men would join the strike. PERSONAL MENTION * Robert Whitaker, the small son c Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Whitaker, he been very ill for several days, bi seems much improved today. Mrs. Will Worley and family t Johnson City, Tenn., are visiting M and Mrs. Herbert Smoak. They wi leave tomorrow to visit other relative at Bamberg and Branchville. Mrs. Lucy Barron is at Winthro College for the short course given clu women. . Mrs. N. H. Penland and children < Spartanburg are the guests of the .. parents, Mr.* and Mrs. T. A. Murrah. U. Miss Dorothy Murrah has return* * from a visit to relatives in Spartai " ^ burg. Mrs. Charles B. Counts is visitir t Mrs. Jamas L. Carbery in Spartai burg this week. Mrs. W. H. Hodges and Miss Sai Watson have returned to their hon in Greenville after a fortnight's vis to Mrs. P. B. Bobo. ~ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cuttino ai " family of Sumter passed through U ion today on their way to Glei Springs for a month's stay. : % SETTLEMENT; "1 JOIN IN CONFERENCI i I j LAST WARNING TO VOTERSj Enroll by next Tuesday, the 25th, or you cannot vote. A telegram from the state chairman says a "very light enrollment throughout the state. Urge necessity for publicity and effort on part of enrollmertt committees." This applies to our county. This is my last warning; the books must positively close next Tuesday. You have but six more days now. We have now done all we know to get you to qualify to vote in the primary. You can not do so unless you enroll by the 25th. If you still neglect to do so then you can blame r.o one but yourself when you will not be allowed to vote. ?jiii uuiiiK is vtriy aimpic. rvu uiav is required, if you are entitled to voteotherwise, is to go in person and personally write your full name, correct age, occupation and address on th^ book. You do not need a registrator certificate to enroll and vote in the primary. But, you do have to properly enroll. Prior enrollments ?for the city primary for instance?do not count in the approaching primary. Every one must enroll for this primary?that is, since the books were open last month. I am informed that In some few cases a man enrolls his wife's name.? That will not do. Each person must personally enroll. Theq I am told that0n some few have omitted to write their age, or address or occupation. That is not a compliance with the require-. ~ ments, and such omission will not per- 8 mit the party to vote. Any one who1;'' | has thus failed to properly enroll go 1 back to your book and correct the er- e ror at once, and thus qualify yourself. or Enrollmen committees, please doors your best to get all to enroll properly. The books must close next Tuesday,ge and within three days thereafter theon sacretaries must return the books to es me. See Rule 12 of the Party.. J. A. Sawyer, *? County Chairman. . i8. im.,t Fire Follows Terrific Explosion In New York M New York, July 17.?A series of ex- n, plosions in a six-story warehouse at pj [ No. 10 Jane street shattered windows Gf for blocks around. Women and chil- th | dren, fleeing from the tenements, were g( a J i- tlwv ?ir\/I Kit tVio f Al*nn Af I XIUIICU LU UIC f^iuunu K/y wilt the blasts. Fire Lieutenant Schrop- C( pemeyer was killed and three other i tiremen were injured. Five fire . ( alarms brought to the scene the great- n , est array of fire apparatus since the Equitable Building fire. ^ } New York, July 18 (By the AssoI ciated Press).?Working feverishly to j check the flames which are sweeping . the warehouse in the heart of Greenwich Village. Firemen today are un- j able to pierce the cloak of mysterious black smoke enshrouding the building ^ and were forced to rig up powerful ' g searchlights. The fire started at 8 j o'clock with explosions. By noon the casualty list stood at two dead, three j missing and 30 injured. f Infamous Work of I d f The Boll Weevil * e a Various low and mean things have v s' been attributed to the work of the j f boll weevil, besides eating up our cot- j ton. The early spring brought a t scare about the boll weevils eating ^ .. blackberries and figs and many peo- j. |_ pie were afraid to eat the fruit?that >t passed over, though, and now comes a tale that boll weevil is attacking the c frying size chickens by boring into c the brain. c A gentleman living in Union county j. ,f said bis chickens began to droop and t lS die and upon investigating found that c jt the boll weevils were boring into the t brain. Perhaps he was joking; per,f haps he was not. Who knows what j Vt the pesky things will do. U From another section of the county f fE cornea the statement that a boll weevil was found in baby's curls. This is y p the limit and nobody could stand havib ing baby submitted to such indignities , as this, and right now some one must } find a remedy to exterminate the vil- , ,r Hans. j ?{j Mr. and Mrs. Graham Poole of Mul- ' lins spent a few days this week with 1 1 their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Poole. Before returning home they , will visit Mr. and Mrs. James Poole n in Greenville and friends in Saluda, N. C. 1 ra 1 1,1 Mrs. L. A. Beaty, of Savannah, Ga., ' ''l is the guest of her niece, Mrs. VirA ginia Eates, on S. Church street. idj ? n-| Mrs. Johns and Mrs. Jane Meador xii, ant of Me*dors are among the visitors I in Union today. Union, S. C., The coevenaion, which will be hi a few days before the fourth anniT1 national convention of the Aineric f Legion here, will be attended by accredited delegates from the folk* ing ex-service organizations: Ame ?an Legion, United States; Federati Rationale des Combattants, Belgiui British Legion; Union National d or Muailes et Mutiles Italiens, ItaJ to Uniunea Nationala a Fostiler Lup rj( tori, .. Rouniania; Udruzenja Reze pt vitch Oficira i Obvennika, Serv Druzina, Czecho-Slovakia. In at tion France will send representati nj from the Union Nationale des Co se bottants, Union Nationale des Muti tr et Reformes, Le Poilue do Frni wj Ligue des Chefs de Section. Cama fr des de Combat and trom a society former French interpreters, who w .j assigned to the American and Brit w armies duripg the war, known as ' p Sphinx. Five delegates will rep sent each country. One of the chief aims of the inl tjj national fighters' organization is, |U, promote world peace and the New I leans gathering will be known as sl Convention of Peace. To further t ideal the convention will decide ui CO means of obtaining representation ( ^ veterans at Interallied and Inter! tional Congresses. International 1 change rates also will be a topic : ^ discussion. Headquarters of the Federation ^ now at work on the preparation data on comparative legislation affe ing ex-service men. The summq , uJed win v-vnuuu uicttauics wiutli iia been taken in favor of veterans a sa to improve the lot of widows and cli dren of disabled men. The delegates, who will consb ^ themselves guests of the Americ Legion, will meet in Paris and s from Le Havre on the same sh ^ Landing at New Yo*k, the disti^' guished visitoi's will proced to WaS ington, where appropriate ceremon e( will be held at the tomb of the i S( known soldier in Arlington cemete ni Respects will be paid to the Unit ** States government and to the varic s< diplomatic representatives of 1 countries participating in the c< ference, although there Is a defin w understanding that the convention * veterans in its deliberations will r be influenced by. any consideration w present-day politics. d Among the questions to be consgsi ered at the conference are: ^ 1. Laws allowing a disabled veter <? 'lining In an Allied country to obts n in " V Notice to the Public ^ s r. Editor: S Please allow me space in your coi- * nns to publish the following inforation for the public and interested 0 irties, as quite a number of citizens v the county have asked me about I re duties of the County Advisory IJ onrd for this county, relative to road 11 nrk. sunprvision nf the same and k >ntrol of the county engineer. | The act providing for these things ^ too long to be published, but I will a me some of its provisions, touching ( n these points, and refer those who j ant fuller informat;on to the Act of ie General Assembly of this State . >r 1921, at page 225, which consti- , ites the law under which the county ' i now being governed and controlled. The substance of this act is as fol- j >ws: The Advisory Board is comosed of the following well known citsens, to wit: J. E. Minter, of Sedalia, [enry Smith of Bogansville township, nd G. B. Sanders, of Union. The two rst named are farmers, the latter a lerchant. The members of the board re named by the county legislative elegation, and appointed by the govrnor, and, in the event of a vacancy, he remaining members are empowerd to select a successor, or fill such acancy. The county engineer is seected and chosen by the Advisory 3oard, and may be discharged by hem when his services are no longer lesired; his salary is fixed by the >oard, which may not exceed $3,000 >er year, nor less than $2,000. The ounty engineer has charge of the hain gang, all the roads and bridges if the county, hires all foremen and ither laborers. The Advisory Board, lowever, fixes all wages of these coun y employees, however, and the rate >f pay for all work done for the couny, and no new road may be layed out, >r opened, without the approval of the ward, which is also charged with the luty and responsibility of purchasing ill supplies and equipment for the jounty. All policies relating to road vork is determined by the board. The Advisory Board meets once a month, but may be called in special meeting by the county supervisor, and the members of the board get $5.00 per day for the days they meet, together with their actual expenses, but they Thay not receive more than One Hundred Dollars in any one year. The supervisor is under a Three Thousand Dollar Bond, for the proper performance of his duties. The county engineer is under a $25,000 bond for the faithful and proper performance of the duties of his office. With thanks for your courtesy in allowing me to use your paper for this purpose, I am Yours very truly, J. V. Askew, County Supervisor. .1 4- * J ? - S Tuesday Afternoon, July Id, ROOFS ON WAY TO WAYCROSS i Waycross, Ga., July ifi.?Fresh disders broke in the rfil strike here day. Several fights <K<?urred in vaous part of the city. rTroops are exited to arrive this afternoon. Brunswick, July 17<-?-Thr*e compaes of the One Hundred and Twentycond Infantry boarded a special ain here this morning for Waycross, here they were sent under orders om Governor Hardwiek to take eonol of the strike situation, following sorders late yesterday. The men ere in command om 'kfajor Pope of ublin. - f; Waycross, Ga., July 17.?Serious sorders occurred here "this afternoon ar the Atlantic Coatt Line shops tween strike sympathizers and rikc breakers and railroad officials _ 1 A . _ J At i ** ~ * V 1 . .. J i.5 understood tnai me rauroao ana unty officers have called on Govnor liardwick foe fca^ops. The trouble Is said have started an early hour this Afternoon when ro shop foremen attempted to bring to the railroad shops two strikeeakers. The four men were set >on and badly beaten. Free for all *hting followed. The police reportI no one slain, but several men are iid to have been Injured seriously. There are more than 100 men at oik for the Atlantic Coast Line at tis point and serious' trouble is ex?cted by officials. Sheriff H. J. Sweat officially wired; ovemor Hardwick tonight that he jlieved the strike situation beyond is control and that troops were need1 at once. The sheriff stated that > far as he could ascertain nearly 50 len said to be present employees of le railroad1 had been' either beaten ;verely or driven frori the city. I Atlanta, July 17.?Governor Hardit lc tonight authorize# Adjt. Gen. J. an Holt Nash to senp Georgia Naonal Guardsmen to Waycross, Ga., 'here disorders were reported late ay in connection wi^t a strike of oine 1,000 union eji^loyees of the .tlantic Coast Linejfcailway. Genral Nash lafrr jpitiijjfr Bgwspapsrlen over the telephone mJifti Brunswick, Ga., that he had telephoned to Vaycross and did not believe the ending of troops was yet necessary f it become necjessarj^ lie added, hey would be sent. The governor acted on the request f Sheriff H. J. Sweat, at Waycross vho advised him that clashes betweer iresent employees and strike symlathizers were beyond his control dispatches from Waycross said thai sheriff Sweat announced that mori han 50 of the approximately 10( lien at work in the shops had beei jeaten or driven from town. Thi ffiief trouble was said to have oc :urred this afternoon. No one wa i i m 111- % - 1 tinea as iar as couiu ue icanieu. The Georgia National Guard is 01 its annual summer encampment a 5t. Simon's island near Brunswicl Ga., and Governor Hardwick tele phoned Adjt. Gen. J. Van Holt Nasi in command, to send as many men a he thought would be necessary t handle the situation. He was sai to have left the personnel and othc details to General Nash. General Nash said tonight over th telephone that he would take to She! iff Sweat tomorrow morning and the situation warranted would sen troops. The railroad shops at Waycros were under guaid today and the a tacks alleged to have been made wei carried out by small parties of men i auotmobiles who seized their victin in the streets nad beat them up, a /^/vM/Knr* * ? ? rn u / j o rvn i rrl luiulll^ tv a nvihclin >?v iiimuv by Sheriff Sweat. He reported six or seven men pail fully hurt but no fatalities. Of Interest Here Many people here will be interest* to hear that Mrs. Van Dusen is Rock Hill this summer, in charge the Country Club Tea Room. Mrs. Van Dusen has many frien here who will be pleased to hear her again. Stills Captured \ ThoB. McDaniel, V. E. Lawson a J. G. Faucett destroyed one barrel beer, a still and whole outfit and email amount of com whiskey and t rested Henry Thomus on the place E. A. Mabry Sunday, the 16th. Thos. McDaniel, V. E. Lawson a J. C. Greer destroyed one barrel, c and doubler near Bonham, July 17th Miss Ethel Williams of Gaffney u arrive today to visit friends for a f days. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jacobs of N York will arrive this afternoon spend several days with friends mi during the world war, while Lieut* f.nt Jacobs was encamped at Ca Wadsworth, in Spartanburg. 1922 TROOPS TO MOVE IN NORTH STATE' Raleigh, N. C., July 17.?While feu J companies of the National Guard at 1 Camp Glenn were preparingtonight to entrain for designated points in North! Carolina to be used, under orders of Governor Morrison, for emergency duty in the iailroud strike zone.;, Judge H. G. Connor, United States district court at Wilson, was signing I an injunction prohibiting striking shop craftsmen of the Seaboard Air Line from any interference with the property or employees of the Seaboard. The order is returnable at Raleigh July 27. While reports from Rocky Mount indicated a slight disorder there yesterday morning after the service o4 injunction papers issued by Judge Connor Sunday, reports from llamlei showed only peaceful picketing at that branch of the Seaboard. Seaboard strikers in Raleigh picketed the Seaboard office building and the shops but there were no disorders. The four companies of militia left Camp Glenn, according to the adjutant general's office, on a special train tonight at 7 o'clock, for their respective destinations, Company C to Raleigh; Company D, a machine gun company, to Durham; Company A, to Wilson; and Company E, to Rockingham. The companies stationed at Rockingham and Wilson will be used if necessary, it is contemplated, at Hamlet and Rocky Mount, respectively. The ma chine gun cqjnpany anc the conipan.. , assigned to Raleigh will be used, a. cording to the governor, at any poin* their presence may be required. Rocky Mount, N. C., July 17.?Developments in the shopmen's strike at the Emerson shops of the Atlantic Coast Line tonight was a mass meeting of shopmen addressed by J. F. McMahon, chairman of the legislative committee of the state federation of labor, who is counseling forbearance and peace on the part of the shopmen, and a conference between Judge H. G. Connor and an aldermanic committee at Rooky Mount, at Wilson. The committee sought to show Judge Connor that an injunction order, issued by him Sunday, had been violated by Atlantic Coast Line workers. Complete paralysis of the shops came today when the stationary firemen and oileds went out. All special agents have abandoned the shops, the last one going today at noon when he was forced into an automobile by strikers, taken to his home and warn. ' ed to stay there. i m ' You Have Only Five More Days ) To enroll to vote in the coming ^ county and state election, August 29th. Stop everything and go to youi voting precinct and register. Yoi will be sorry when the time comes tc cast your ballot, if you have neglectet to do so. South Carolina needs youi ^ vote to help steer clear of the rocks Your vote may turn the tide towan L* a better and more prosperous harbor Can you afford to miss this opportun ' ity of doing your bit for the old Pal 3 metto state? Don't wait to be coaxe< ^ another time to give your help at thi: crucial time. r Come up to the meeting for the wo men of Union at the court house Wed ie nesday afternoon, July 19th, and let' keep the pace of our sister counties ii doing our share toward shoulderini the burden of making our communit one we are proud of. We are goin s to ask the committee in charge of th books to have them at the court hous at this time and you can kill two bird in with one stone, by attending a meel 18 ing that will be full of interest to th c" women of Union and register, too, fo the coming election for county an state officers. w ?Vm , n*'h angebury, who asked the chief exe< -h tive to removo from office Sheriff -h Fulton Dukes of Orangeburg. O (n charges of general negligence in w performance of his duties and un ed.d coming conduct in office were ma in?- Other charge, too, were put before governor, but as none of them w s written, all being made orally,. governor would not consider them. . Governor Hurvey told the dele r tion that he could take no cogni/.a i of any charges made in the mannei I which the delegation preferred V.i He also informed the delegation t nd his powers were limited In the ma! of if removing sheriffs and that bef a < ny action could be taken thi gr: ir- jury of the county would have to . of probably bringing an Iridtctm against the sheriff. The men indies nd that they would seek action in ap angeburg.?The State. Today's Cotton Market nil ew Open Clr July 21.75 21 October 21.95 22 ew December 21.83 22 . to January 21.57 21 ide March 21.56 21 en. ml> N. Y. Spots 22 lx>cal market 22 3c Per Copy OPENING OF MINES: 0 ACCEPT PROPOSAL Washington, .luly 17.?Bituminous coal mine operators were "invited" bv President Harding at the White House today "to return to your mine properties and resume operations" after they hail replied to the president's tender of arbitration for settling the national eoal strike with a collective offer to put their properties and their ? -- . .- ... PRESIDENT INVITES RI MINERS REFUSE T FOUR KILLED IN MINE BATTLE Wellsburg, W. Va., July 17.? -Four' Known dead, whoso bodies lay in the morgue here tonight, were silent witnesses of the gun fight which raged for more than an hour at daybreak around tho Clifton mine of the Richmond Coal company at Cliftonville, 10, miles away. Sheriff H. H. Duval, who i led his little band of deputies against! a large crowd of men, said to have crossed from the Union Coal field of: Pennsylvania, was among those dead.' The others are: Francis Milich, Monnessen, Pa. Crook. An unidentified man. With Sheriff Duval, when his men < pressed battle against the attacking' force and drove them back from the) mine, after the tipple had been fired and at least two of the participants' had fallen, was his son, Thomas. The latter saw his father shot down, the body later being found to contain marks of seven bullets, but continued on with the defenders. Not long afterward, when the fight was over, he was made sheriff of Brooke county in his father's place by a court order. Georgia's First Bale Moultrie, Ga., July 18.?The first bale of Georgia's 1922 cotton was ginned here today. It weighed 490 pounds and will be auctioned off at Savannah. Allied Premiers To Meet Soon Paris, July 17 (By the Associated Press).?A mteting of the Allied premiers to discuss reparations problems is expected within the next 10 or 1 > days, probably in some Italian city. This was indicated today in offici il cir cles where reparations issues ave occupying attention to the exclusion ol all else. Non-Union Men Filling Positions Denison, Texas, July 17.? Fiftv non-union workers under heavy guan were detrained here early today am taken to railroad shop district. Then was no demonstration. The local of ficials of the Missouri, Kan as ( Texas announced the suspension of 1 passenger trains in Texas effectiv ' last midnight. Program of Woman's 1 Missionary Unioi > ' Anni. ' Meeting, July 27th, 1922? 1 .Moii-Aetna, Union, S. C. j Morning Session. 1 10:00 A. M.?Devotional. VV. M. I ' Watchword 1922. Mrs. W. L. Vauglu - l'hil. 4:13. Welcome?Mrs. E. R. CJodshal. j Response?Mrs. Ben Adams. Introduction of visitors and mis 3 sionaries. Roll cull. Recognition of A 1 societies an mission study certificates. Reports?President of Diviaions Superintendet of W. M. U. n Items of interest from Jacksonvil g Convention by Mrs. Davis Jeffries. v Message to W. M. U.?Miss ixo Clement. K Miscellaneous ? Appointment i c committees. Time and place. Resi ie lutions. |s 1 M.?Sunbeam hour. Devotion?Mrs. 11. W. Stone. Welcome by a Sunbeam, e Response by Sunbeam. >r Roll call. Recognize A 1 band ai ,| ceiuticale holders. Report of Sunbeam super intruder " Demonstration?local band t Mo ct Aetna) ^ 1:00 P. M.?Adjourn. 2:00 P. M.?Devotional ? Mi * Adam J. Foster. Seventy-five million acrostic 1 b( eight women. Report Mission Study chairman .. Mrs. R. M. Hendley. Message?Mission Study?Mrs. B. Clarkson. th 3 P. M. Y. W. A., Ci. A., R. A. session Roll call?Recognize A 1 societU I message to It. A.- Aliss Azile Wo ntj* j . . ford. j i f ' ,l( Report R. A. Supt.?Mrs. E. Pin Spears. l:ai Demonstration by R. A. chapt First Baptist church. ' Debate?"Resolved, That Miothe " 'are largely Responsible for Offer Hn* in, Dress Speech and Deportnu ct Among our Young Women." iciil Election of officers, iter. Reports?Obituary?Mrs. W. Qj Wood. Miscellaneous. Adjourn. Night session 8:30 o'clock I Prayer and praise service?Rev. Haydock. I ? aireant?Y W. A., G. A.'s, R. A ;' Sunbeam, Message?Miss Clement, i" Adjourn. .04 Mrs. P. B. Bobo, .82 Supt. Union County .74 Eighty-eight per cent of all the 20 tomobiles in the world are in .50 United States and Canada. dci vivca ui uu* ui ua* eminent "in this crisis." Speaking as chairman of the group of operators after the White House conference, Alfred M. Ogle said the employers would make the attempt to resume operations. Meanwhile, the miners' union, through an adjournment sine die of its controlling policy committee, made certain its refusal to accept the arbitration proposal and many of its officials immediately left Washington. The bituminous operators were likewise not a unit in accepting the gov eminent arbitration proposals, but the president said that "a large majority of them," by unqualified acceptance, had given him occasion to "express my own and the public's gratitude." There were intimations in official circles that all the implications of the decision to ask that the mines be opened had been fully considered by the government, and that there was a possibility that the protection of troops and the American flag would be furnished in districts where men were willing to work, failing sufficient local safeguarding. Employers generally held the view that some j eoal production would result in union fields in Pennsylvania and Ohio, if nowhere else, even th .ugh executives ; of the non-union mines south of the Ohio river reported today that output was being cut oflf rapidly through lack of transportation due to the railroad stiike. Washington, July 18.?President Harding will issue a communication today to the governors of the states l outlining the federal policy in the coal and rail strike i tuation. In the i meantime no statement of the governI ment's attitude will be made public ! it is said at'the WMt> House. N- Foreign Trade On Decline i ' Washington, July 18.?America's foreign trade for the fiscal year ended June .10th, and resulted in a favorable : trade balance of $1,162,000,000, which 1 decline is nearly two billions from L> favorable balance of previous year, according to reports of commerce de partments. i Assassins of Wilson Sentenced to Die Ix>ndon, July 18 (By the Associated Press).? Reginald Dunn and Joseph O'Sullivan were sentenced to death to ' .. .. t ti, ..r \i i UU) mi nit- nm.viv i ... . . Sir Henry Wilson whu was shot ii front of his home last month. The 1 men were convicted after a trial in Old Ha i ley. (I 1 * 1 Baseba 11 at Monarch There will he a frame of ha!! a' i, Monarch park Jul\ 10th at > I." | . n . Monarch vs. l*ni?<n. 'a \lsn a game at Monarch park Sat. urday, .Ini\ OJ, at 1 :.'U? p in Monjt , .[ arch vs. ?. hester L<* . ... "N on ar< tin tied to come out and e both frames. Won't You Help? i 1 The appeal for the family in dis. it. tress was answered generously by the "* kiiul hearted people of Union and knowing th*? big heart of the city so s. well the ladies in charge ask for still urther help to carry on the good J.v work begun, ami money is badly needi ed for this. The mother has been ill /or weeks T. and will be confined to her bed for many more. It will take careful nursing and nourishing food to bring her ,3 back to health and we ask you please ,f. to contribute to this fund. The laOri dies in the community where this L. family resides have done more than their part and this appeal today is ,c most urgent. rs The little boys are partially proiso vided with clothing, but the mother int needs clothing, so does the baby (15 months old). w The help already given has done wonders, but we ask that you make mother contribution to help the moth! er regain her strength. Any contrij hution, however small, Is gratefully H. received and will be wisely used. , Won't you please help today? The "8' case is very urgent and every hour counts. Contributions may be left at The Times office or with Mrs. George T. Keller, Phone 100. au- Mrs. Louise Ijone McEaehern hasthe returned from a visit to Mrs. C. M. McWhirter in Wontrcat, N. C. 1