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Men Who Walked Out Will Not
Be Given Rights of Seniority
Railroad Heads' Declare in
Reply to Harding's Offer
Strike Settlement Dims
l Away Again.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1. (By the As
sociated Press.) Railway executives
today rejected tlje proposal of Presi
dent Harding tiiat striking shopmen
be reinstated without forfeiting
seniority rights, but accepted condi
tional the other two suggestions
. made by the White House for settle
ment of the nation wide strike.
This announcement was made by
President Loree of the Delaware and
Hudson after the heads of 148 roads
had met here today considering Mr.
Harding's program, drafted a reply
and adjourned.
The reply to President -Harding
was put on the wire to the White
House as soon as it had been drawn
up by a sub-committee headed by
Robert S. Lovett of the Union Pacific
and approved unanimously by the
general conference.
The proposals conditionally ac
cepted were that wage decisions ren
dered by the railroad labor . board
should bs accepted by all and that
law suits resulting from the strike
should , be withdrawn by both sides
for settlement by the board.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1. (By the As
sociated Press.) The heads of 148
American railways conferring here
today appointed a committee to draft
a reply to the proposal submitted by
President Harding for settlement of
the nation wide railroad strike.
The nature of the reply end the
personnel of the committee were not
made public, but It was learned that
Prosideht Smith of the New York
Central headed the committee and
that Hale Holden, president of the
Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy, was
another member. Both are reputed
to be strongly opposed to settling
the strike by reinstating former em
ployes with seniority privileges.
. Judge Lovltt of the Union Pacific,
generally1 regsrdeu ai. the dean of
railway executives, was the principal
speaker when the meeting reconvened
after the noon recess with the text
of the Harding proposals before
. them, embodying the provisions for
reinstatement of strikers with the
seniority ranking held before the
walkout.
Judge Lovltt was reported to have
told the executives that there was no
moral reaBon why the roads should
budge from their position, nor was
there any practical reason, Inasmuch
as the country's railroad service wa
generally satisfactory.
President's Proposals
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. The text of
President Harding s proposal for end
ing the railroad strike was made pub
lic at the White. House today after the
cabinet session and after the execu
tives In conference In New York and
the striking shopmen leaders In Chica
go had begun consideration of It.
President Harding's proposal pro
vides with reference to the big contro
versial point of seniority that "all em
ployes now on strike be returned to
work and to their former positions
with seniority and other rights unim
paired.',' : , 1
This was revealed in an announce-
(Continued on page eight)
ON RULING
JOHN BLACK, FAMOUS GOLFER, NEAR
DEATH RESULT
SAN J08E. Cal.. Aug. 1- John
Black of Oakland, noted golf player
who was serluusly injured In an auto
mobile accident last night, "spent a
fair night, but his condition Is not as
satisfactory a we had hoped for,"
official of the Columbia hospital here
where Black was taken after the ac
cident, announced today. Herbert H.
Brown, San Francisco Insurance
man, who was with Black In the car.
Kill Fresno Banker
When He Refuses to
Obey Police Order
FRESNO, Cal., Aug. 1. Frank
J. Wiens, a bank teller of Reertley
was shot and killed last night
near Reedley when he failed to
halt at the command of three'
Fresno firemen, who were hunt-
lng for the slayers of Jamea
Hardenbook, Fresno police ser-
geant. who was slain early yester-
day.
The firemen, W. A. Seger and
C. V. Fridley, had been stationed
at a bridge near Reedley by coun-
ty officers and were investigating
all passing motorists.
Wiens, they said, started to
slow down when they hailed him
and then speeded up. Both men
fired at the tires, they said, but
one shot apparently glanced up
and struck Wiens in the heart,
killing him almost Instantly.
The firemen were taken Into
custody pending an Investigation.
Asst. Attorney ; General Lilje
qyist, Leaves ..Tonight and
Results of Investigation Ex
pected Soon Only Two
Important Witnesses Fail to
Appear Before Jury.
The specinl grand jury, which for
the last week has been hearing evi
dence on the "wbltecap" activities In
Jackson county last spring, moved
from the federal building to the
court house at Jacksonville this
morning, heard a dozen witnesses be
fore noon, nnd began its final delibe
rations nt the opening of the after
noon session.
Among the witnesses called this
morning were County Judge George
A. Gurdner, who was in the Jury
room but a few minutes, J. F. Hale,
Arthur Burr, and Hank Johnson, the
three victims of "necktie parties,"
Pat Dailey, deputy state game war
den, Charles Harrison, a local Insur
ance agent, Carl Beebe, a taxi driver.
Roy Wilson, a cement worker, and
Harry Loflnnd, all of this city.
Among the witnesses called Mon
day afternoon were Bill Jones, Carl
Bowman, Clay Wnlker, -former Med
ford policeman, J. A. Millard, Dr.
Jouett P. Bray, Dwlght L,. Vlmont,
former postal employe, and William
Barteau, engineer and in charge of
the furnace at the Medford Hotel.
All but two of the witnesses sub
poenaed for the grand jury appeared.
They are Joe J. McMahon, state traf
fic officer, said to be in the Salem
district and Paul Wright, reported
to be in the Umpqua Divide country
on mining business.
Assistant Attorney General Lllje
qvist, who has been handling the in
vestigation, will leave for Portland
tonight.
- Tom Word, department of Justice
chief, who had charge of the gather
ing of evidence in the case, left Mon
day night for Portland, leaving the
local situation in the hands of his
aides.
The grand Jury, under the law, will
Issue a report on its findings, Inso
far as it deems advisable.
An Inventor has patented an extra
handle to be placed on a file to per
mit it to be moved equally easily in
both directions.
OF AUTO ACCIDENT
was killed. Black suffered a concus
sion of the brain and several frac
tured ribs.
Brown and Black were motoring
from Del Monte to Oakland, where
Black lives and where he is the pro
fessional member of the Claremont
country club. The car skidded when
an effort was made to dodge an auto
mobile coming from the opposite di
rection and turned over, throwing Its
occupants out.
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Mrs. Florence E. Fontaine, mother of Miss Evan Burrows Fontaine (left( has made the announcement that her
daughter who Is the mother of an 18 months old baby (right) had taken legal steps nglanst CornelltiB Vanderbllt
Whitney (insert). Young Whitney is a Yale student and member of the rowing crew, son of Harry Payne Whitney
and Mrs.' Gertrude Vanderbllt Whitney.
PUTS IT !
UP-TO OWNERS
OF COAL MINES
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Head of United Mine Workers
Asks Conference to End
Walk Out Able to- Fight
Indefinitely, But Anxious to
Save Public.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 1. Indiana
will not attend tho conference called
by President John L. Lewis of the
miners' union for the purpose of ne
gotiating a wage agreement for the
central competitive field, Morton L.
Gould, president of the Indiana 'Bi
tuminous Coal Operators' association,
said today.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1. (By tho Asso
ciated Press.) Illinois coal opera
tors will pass on John L. Lewis' in
vitation for a central competitive
field conference when the stato op
erators' scale committee meets here
Friday, F. C. iHpnnold, secretary of
the Illinois Coal Operators' associa
tion said today.
Mr. Honnold added that his per
sonal opinion was that "the senti
ment in Illinois would be in line with
that expressed by Indiana."
PITTSBURG, Aug. 1. The Pitts
burg Coal Producers' association to
day declined the proposal of John L.
Lewis of the United Mine Workers
for a four states conference to settle
the coal strike, but declared In a
message to Mr. Lewis that it was will
ing to meet the mine workers' organ
ization in this district to "negotiate
a wage scale for the district."
UNIONTOWN, Pa., Aug. 1. Dep
uty sheriffs and guards at the mine
of the Locust Hill Coal and Coke
company, near Point Marlon, Pa., In
the Fayette strike - region fought
with a crowd of men who tried to de
stroy the tipple early today. ' The
shooting lasted more than an hour.
None of the guards or deputies was
Wounded but searching parties were
In the woods today looking for mem
bers of the assailing party.
State troopers'were hurried to the
scene.
The Locust Hill mine has been
working steadily since the strike be
gan although otbor mines In the re
gion are closed. Three men were
killed in a fight at the mine sev
eral weeks ago.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1. A
joint wage conference of operators
and miners of the central competitive
bituminous fields, to - be held In
) (Continued on page eight)
to Have Brought Legal
Againsi vorncnous
RED CROSS NURSE AND 'PHONE
OPERATOR WHO PROVED
HEROINES IN CRASH
ON READING
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(Upper photo) Miss Mary W. Cot
trell. (Lower photo) Miss Margare
Loughman.
Miss Loughman, at her switchboard
in Hammonton, N. J., summoned aid
from every direction never losing her
nerve. Miss Cottrell, who served over
seas, not only aided In rescue work
but accompanied the Injured on relief
train to hospitals. -
NEGRO PROTESTING
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Aug. 1.
flunk Harris, negro, was taken frm
officers here nt nine o'clock this
morning and hanged In a public
square following the death ear'.y to
day of Maurice Connelly, an Insur
ance solicitor who was shot UvJt night
by a negro burglar.
Harris, who was arrested early to
day, was said by the police to have
answered a description r.lven -' of n
man seen running from '.he scene of
the shooting.. Ho protenied his inno
cence. According to '.ho police he
served ft term In the Arkansas prison
for burglary.
Of English Invention In a slot ma
chine that prints t'.io fart that post
age hns been pah) nn letters Instead
of affixing stami'S. -
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FRANCE SERVES
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SHE WILL ACT
Penalties of Financial and
Economic Character to Be
Imposed for Germany's Re
fusal to' Continue Payments
On War Debts.
PARIS, Aug. 1. Franco will lin
posd penalties of an economic nnd
financial character upon Germany
because of her refusal to continue
payments on the debts contracted by
her nationals with allied nationals
before the war; 11 was said in official
circles here today. '
The time limit Bet by France wl'.l
expire next 'Monday. :
Tho exact nature of the pena'tles
Intended to be applied could njt be
learned In official quarters. It v as ex
plained, however, that no mllLary ac
tion was contemplated.i The view was
expressed that the- payme'its which
are being made to Gormiin nationals
by French citizens In connection with
business dealings arranged before the
war will be Btopped l.i view of Ger
many's action.
BERLIN, Aug. '.. (Dy the Asso
ciated Press.) T'.ie Gorman reply to
the French not regarding payments
by Germany to the allied' clearing
house on account of debts contracted
by German nationals with allied citi
zens prior tr the war was telegraphed
to Paris lr.st night for presentation
to. the V'rcnch government today.
The notf, reasserts that Germany
finds It Impossible to continue the
month'.y payment of 2,000,000
pounr'.s sterling. ,- , .! 'v
: T'ie argument Is made thati the
reparations.' transactions and "tho
clearing house process constitute one
Indivisible whole and that tho- Qer
,ii nn financial, situation makes It Im
possible for the government to con
tinue payments either on account of
reparations or to tho clearing house
and under present conditions. - '
The note furthermore is Under
stood to argue that German pay
ments to the clearing house should
not be made until the German pri
vate claims on German sequestrated
property had been Bettled. The Ger
man standpoint is that the whole
question must be settled jointly by
all the governments concerned.
Gerinany also protests . against
what It terms "tho preemptory and
dictatorial." policy of the French
government, the note saying that a
world catastrophe is Inevitable it,
under the present entente policy, con
ditions in Germany continue to de
velop as at present.
BERLIN
NO
Arsenic in Pies at
N. Y. Restaurant Kill
Three, Over 100 Sick
NEW YORK, Aug. 11. Arsenic
mysteriously placed In a batch of
pie dough was responsible tmluy
for the death of three persons and 4
tho Illness of mora than 100 who 4
partook of the poisoned pastry in
a llrondwuy restaurant yesterday,
4 tlto medical examiners office an-
nounced after nn Investigation.
Charles Abramson, a baker re-
4- coutly discharged by the restuu-
rant manager was held as a ma-
terial witness but District Attor-
ney Hnutoii announced ltnunson
4 "apparently" comes out clean of
tiny suspicion that ho was respon-
4 slble for the poisoning.
HALL LOSES
VOTE COUNT
Thus Far Recount Gives One
MoreWote to Governor
None' of the 142 Irregulari-
, ties Charged By Hall Forces
:;in Marion. County.. Material;
" ize Challenges Fall Flat.
SALEM, rOo., Aug. 1. C.overnor
Olcott gained one vote nnd Charles
Hnll lost one vote as the n.'t result of
recounting the Marion '.ounty pre
cincts In tho recount jf tho ballots
cast for governor In tho republican
primary of May 19.
In the KaHt Gerals precinct one
ballot thnt had bern marked fur both
Hall and White a'.id evidently counted
for Hull was thrown out and ono bal
lot which had boen doubly marked
for Olcott, rejected by the election
board, was cjllnted for Olcott.
None of tho. 142 Irregularities
charged by the Hall forces material
ized. SAL'JM, Ore., Aug. 1. IrreKiilnrl
tles, which, counsel for Senator
CharlPn (Hall, prlmnry election con
testant claimed would be brought to
Ur.ht In a re-check of vot'es In Marlon
county precincts failed to materialize
nere today when the recount board
si v!y continued its work.
At eleven o'clock but four precincts
h id been recounted, llcirob, Champ
oag, Englewood and Fairfield. In
Champoeg precinct the contestant
hid alleged that five ballots bad been
cast by non-republicans and that two
votes for Olcott were cast on demo
cratic ballots. In Knglewond, It was
alleged thnt two votes had boen er
roneously counted for Olcott and that
ono oter had registered In bad faith.
In Fairfield precinct eleven votes
were challenged. Each of tho chal
lenges proved to have been mado
without foundation.
l'hll Ne'r Defontod.
SEAliRKSHT, N. J., Aug. 1. Ger
nld H. Pnttersnn, Australia, defeated
Philip F. Neer of . Portland, Ore., 0-4,
0-0, in a third round match In tho
Invitation singles. William M. John
ston. San Francisco, defented Himh
O. M.Kelleher, New York, 0-1, 4-0,
0-0. .
New Cabinet In Italy.
ROME. Aug. 1. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) Lult DeFacta, for
mer Itnlinn premier, succeeded today
In forming n now cnbinet. It fynn an
nounced i this afternoon. Carlos
Shanzer remains minister of foreign
affairs.
F
OF
IS READY TO STAY OUT A YEAR
1 LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1. "We'll
stay out a week, a month, a year, If
necessary," declared M. E. Paddock,
of Long Reach, foreman of the jury
which again today wan to attempt to
reach a decision as to the guilt or
innocence of Mrs. Mndalynno Oben
chnln, Just tried for tho second time
for the murder of her sweetheart, J.
Helton Kennedy. At the same time
thnt Paddock expressed willingness
of the jurors to continue their de
liberation ns long ns the court de
sired, ho Buhl his own opinion was
CHICAGO
IS
I
E
20,000 Employees of Surface
and Elevated Lines Walk
Out Thousands Walk to
Work Jitneys Do Land
Office Business Fight to
Finish Expected.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1. (Dy tho As
sociated 1'resH) Twenty thousand
niotornien, conductors and gun'.ds on
surfaco elevated lines went o,i strike
at four o'clock this morning and tho
greater part of tho working portion
of Chicago's near 3,000,000 persons
was forced to sook improvised trans
portation. As usual all rolling stock
uvailublo including every sort .of
wheeled pulluble, pushablo or motor
ized vehicle, wa'j tnadequato and the
brunt of the traffic fell on "shank's
mare." Thousands started early
afoot and rrom well before dawn
streets anj avenueB leading to the
business and manufacturing districts
seethed with pedestrians. Streets in
the drwntown district automatically '
becarie ono-wny thoroughfares. But
over, that action, fostered by tho:po-,
licj' department, was not enough 'to
u.itanglu the Jams of traffic.
' llHiulreUs of jitney bu'sSes from
surrounding towns were on tho Job
with tho brouk' of dlly,-Having beeii
summoned days . ago 'by Chnrles F.
Fltzmorrls, chief of police, when a
strlko nppeured to be inevitable.
The walkout really began nt 11 p. .
m. last night when the surface ' car
men ending runs at that hour took
their cars to the barns. From there .
on as runs wero finished, motormen
nnd conductors ceased work and in
the early hours of tho morning, tho
number of curs on the streets gradu
ally dwindled to zoro.
Negotiations have been under way .
between tho surface lino workers nnd
the surface lino owners for several
days, after posting of an order for n
wage reduction of approximately 17
per cent. AH efforts to bring about
an iiKreement between tho company
and tho workmen were announced as
failures Into yesterday.
:kvatxl Men Strike.
Tho elevated employes who had
cnlled a meeting for tonight unani
mously voted to co-operuto In the
stl-iko last night.
Early today carpenters went over
the olevnted lines, boarding up tho
entrance to the stations. The surfaco
lines' tunnels beneath the- Chicago,
river also were boarded up and
guards placed nround the entrances. .
There was no statement from com
pany officials as to when nn effort to.
resume traffic would be mode, but
the Chicago Herald and ' Examiner,'"
In a copyrighted news story published-'
today, said the strike meant a wur'
to the finish between the line and the
employes. Tho newspaper said tho .
advance guard of an army of 60,000 ,
potential new employes had been In
Chicago three weeks and that plans
had been perfected for nn attempt to
break the strike quickly.
City authorities have prepared for
use at any moment the entire polico
forco of npproxlmntely 5000 men nnd
It Is understood certain units of tho
stato National Guard have been
ordered to be In readiness for duty.
The strike comes just when Chi
cago was tho gathering point for
unusual thousands of visitors, at
tracted by the second pngennt of pro
gress, sponsored by Mayor Thompson
at the municipal pier.
Liberty Bonds
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 Liberty bonds:
closed: 3V4's 101.22; second 4's 100.42;
first -IVi'B 101.34; second 4Vs 100.56;
third 4V4'8 100.54; fourth 4's 101.32;'
Victory 3's (uncalled) 100.88; Vic
tory 4's (called 100.411.
that a verdict was Impossible.
James M. Rhodes said to lead the'
jurors favoring acquittal. Interrupted
Foreman Paddock, saying: "1 think
a verdict will bo reached. -We are
taking up certain lines of testimony,
which bavo not been considered by
many before."
Foreman Paddock stated to the
court tho Jury stood 7 to 5; and the
Impression about the hall of Justice
was that tho majority favored acquit
tal when the Jurors retired for the
night nt 7:30 o'clock last night.
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