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HE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SIX-TELEGRAM VOL. XCII., No. 190 Palladium, Est. 1S31. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram, 1907. RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, AUG. 11, 1922.. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS TRAINS LEFT BY TRAINMEN; GUARDS CAUSI assengers Ai'e btranded:at When Workers Keruse to Move Cars Renewed Out breaks of Violence. TIE-UP THREATENED ; f&y Associated "Press) CHICAGO, Aug. 11 Serious threats I to traffic by refusal of trainmen to move trams at points where troops are on guard; renewed outbreaks of violence resulting in several deaths, and the possibility of walkouts by i , , . maintenance or way men on various ; roads, marked the progress of the j strfee of s"hop' crafts employes as rail-! road heads" and leaders gathered fori . . . , . . conferences today to consider sepa-1 rately President Harding's proposal for ending the strike. I ntK- .T,. t Members of the "Big Four' trans-j poHation brotherhoods, upon whom ! train movements depend, were author-; zed by their chief. to suspend work ; if they consider strike conditions and j the- presence of soldiers at terminals and junction points "unbearable." J Tie-up Threatened . I Western, divisions of the Atchison, j Topeka. & . Sante Fe were threatened! with a tie-up cf trans-continental trains by refusal of enginemen. fire-, men, conductors and trainmen to op- erate trains while troops were sta - uouea aiong me line nere ouiorenj occurrea earner m tne striKe, At other centers throughout the country similar siruations threatened. Switchmen at Moberly, Mo., return ed to work after a short walkout, but firemen there voted not to aid in the movment of freight trains until the de mands of the striking shopmen were met. Two non-union employes of the New Yoik Central lims in the Colling wood yards at Cleveland, one a dis patcher, and the other a call boy, were shot and killed on a street corner. Their slayer escaped. At Harlburt, Wyo., two nesro shop employes of the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific were shot and probably fa tally wounded. Bcmb Misses Mark. dynamite sticks in tne yards near tne cars. Dynamite was used in an attempt to ! in a car containing 11 workmen. State rangers were sent to Texar kanana, Tex., in connection with strike activities. Water pipes supplying the Texas and Pacific yards and the Union station were cut twice by unknown persons. Marvin Oxiner, a car repairer, era ployed by the St. Louis and San Fran cisco railroad at Memphis, Tenn.. died from gunshot wounds received when he was attacked and robbed by two negroes while on his. way to work. Conferences Arranged Conferences were arranged between railroad and union officials in Chicago tcday in an effort to avert a walkout of 2,600 maintenance of way men on th Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. Maintenance of way men at Kansas .. . " i--: .1 City sent resolutions to tut-u uu"'r ofricers demanding protection of their j interests, even to the extent of calling a AU?trike vote to poll sentiment of -TVif Four" brotherhood men at New Orleans on 'the question of a sympa thetic strike to aid the striking shop men was in prospect. Federal Judge James H. Wilkerron, ; , recently appointed to the ft dera' bench to succeed former Judge K. M. Landis. commissioner of baseball, granted an injunction restraining strikers from picketing in the yards of the Elgin and Eastern railroad at Joliet, 111., where troops remained on m 1 . T.I T ,1 . , . , l.rtW r,- f ml ,amnt!to pass over the oiled portion of the At Birmingham n. VlePdt track was going upgrade instead of was made to blow jip a f."8 downgrade. Passage could not be for feeding shopmen and laborers in thomneh'" the Friscb yards. The bomb missed t untu tbe track was tbor"uSn'-' its mark and blew a hole in a nearby 5anQea- . ( . box car. The explosion occurred just ' -n . before 100 men were due to arrive at CIRC M PfiMP RQANT IQ the car. Police found a bundle of if fit 111 UA fJi UJlA? Id guara. ine ii. ... .m . uu I pected using as a basic of settlement line for Chicago shipping fitnl wasff M , . v Hed ud bv a walkout of "Big Four"!111 the nation-wide coal strike was be- brotherhoods in protest against the gun today by a committee of 21 miners presence of soldiers. and operators. President John L. Lewis injunction Granted J f he mintra and Michael Gallagher Posting of circulars designating, shop workers as "scabs" and, "strike- of this city, president of the Pitts breakers" was restrained in an injunc-1 burgh Vein Coal Operators' association tion granted at St. Paul by Federal 0 Ohio headed the committee, the en Judge Booth. tlr personnel of which was selected Strike ballots were ordered for ... . .lerks emnloved by the Lackawanna, from the scale committee of the gen- tn conference at St. Paul, governors of Minnesota, North Dakota. South Da- kota, Wisconsin ana iowa sent to, President i-iaramg ineir approval m IJiTon tnward irovrnmenfs Deration of railroads serving ccal regions and I committee of 21 and its report was all mines also if necessary to relieve 'not expected to be ready for presenta the situation brought by the dual j tion t the general conference until StrrJal rtortlla.' M.fXb7 Voad week" ThC miDer3 St0d Pat n .Sv!e.ItLaSlgr,,L their demand for re-establishment of OlllClaia na luc t caoun vi t.ww. cancellation of four branch line trains on the Missouri Pacific, out of Wichi ii Kas. The Missouri Pacific an- noiKicement followed withdrawal oi six passenger trains of the Frisco line operating in Kansas. hagerstownTeeks lease cancellation (Bv fnitcd Press) INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 11. Termin ation qf a lease contract to Robert M. Casa, of Indianapolis, for the opera tion of the municipal light and power ! Plant at Hagerstown was asked Fri- day of the public service commission. The Hagerstown city council filed the petition, which alleges that Cass dur ing his three-year lease has not ful- tilled obligations. E ACTS OF VIOLENCE MARK PROGRESS OF RAIL STRIKE HERE 'Six acts of violence that have mark ed the progress of the rail strike here, were made public by railway officials Thursday. On the night of Aug. 1, one freight Neeis gravel pit, east of the ran- i uau A. 11C V. Will ratAJ w at the scene of this burning, but the fire was discovered before they were destroyed. The packing had been re moved from the journals of the re maining cars in preparation for their destruction, company officials said. I The same night a switch was thrown I i into the open position at onve mil ana I the signal light removed and thrown j away. Had not this act been discov- UroH ennn after a aorinna na!;pn?Pr train wreck might have occurred, of- ficials said. Report Wires Cut. All of the telegraph wires which I communicate with the local office on ! the Columbus division were cut about two miles east or me cuy on me nigm OI Aug. i ana me next, murume iuc game fhIng had beeQ dQne QQ theeRich. mond division about three miles west of the city. One and one-half hours afteru the discovery of the cut wires ion the Richmond division, a fire oc- curred at Olive Hill which resulted in the destruction of four freight cars an( the small station at that place. Two nights later communication neg cut OR the ,ine between Eaton and Camden, Ohio. This is the thjrd case of wire-cutting which ha3 0CCurred to date, officials said, Gn Sunday night, Aug. 6, the crew of the wrecking . train was trying to plac three freight cars back on the trarb In tho lnral varHa A larp,- crowd of people congregated on a lot just over the property line and a Inumber.0f stones were nurled &t tn workmen. The crowd was dispersed bv- the city police and two arrests m - ad These cases are pending await- ta the action of tte federal author b ities. Home Painted, Report On Thursday night, Aug. C. the home of one of the foremen, at ths local shops was visited and sidewalks, garage, and the back and front porches i were painted with a quick-uryins black paint. This is the sixth occur rence of the kind since the ftrike started, officials said. The track rails of the G. R. and I railway where it joins the Pennsyl vania trunk line just west of the city were oiled for a distance of about half a mile on the night of Aug. 8. The track at this point is upgrade and this act not only rendered the line impassable but placed trains in dire peril. The first train to attempt UNDER CONTROL AFTER H:EIGHT UNITS DESTROYED (Bv Associated Press) ROCKFORD, 111., Aug. 11. Fire in the Camp Grant barracks was brought under control early today after eight j units in the hospital area had been de- stroyed and 20 isolated buildings dam - aged. Several soldiers were Injured j slightly, while aiding firemen in fight ing the flames. Four soldiers who fell ; through a burning roof escaped witi minor injuries. Camp authorities declared the fires undoubtedly wereof incendiary origin. The barracks erected during the war were built and equipped at a cost! leaders here have freely predicted that of more than $1,000,000, but their sal-jit would be rejected although declar vage value was said to have been ling themselves without power to corn much less. jmit the unions on such a proposition. Immediate investigation of the origin j of tne fire was begun by military and civjl authorities. D V flC CP AMINR J I Ullll VI I unattlllVI COAL WAGE SCALE IS STARTED TODAY (Ey Associated Press) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 11. Work of framing a wage scale agreement which union officials said 'iiey ex- i eral conference callde here to consider peace plans demands of both the miners and the . ,j v, operators were to be placed before the the contracts that were in force just before the start of the strike more than four months ago, but the opera- tors' demands had not been made known by the producers committee U1CUJUC1 a, Control Large Territory The operators participating in the conference were shown by its creden tials committee to control about 20 percent of the coal production of the central competitive field, which com prises Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Approximately two-thirds of this tonnage was that controlled by Ohio operators. W. A. Glasgow, of Philadelphia, counsel for the miners, had returned today from Toledo, where he met yes terday with some Illinois operators, who are not participating in the con ference. He declined to discuss his mission, but conferred with President Lewis and other union officials on hU return to this city. . ION REPLY TO HARDING'S PLAN DELAYED Chiefs of 17 Unions Meeting in Washington Do Not Ex pect to Formulate Answer Before Saturday. REJECTION IS LIKELY (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. Heads of 17 railroad labor organizations includ ing those on strike and the larger op erating brotherhoods considered Presi dent Harding's latest strike settlement proposal for more than two hours to day without reaching any decision as to what responses should be made by the men on strike. Warren F. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Engineers, who pre sided at the session which adjourned shortly after noon, said another meet ing would be held later in the day, but that probably no answer would be drawn up before tomorrow. Officials of the seven striking rail unions, through B. M. Jewell, the rail chairman, said the session would be a long one. They had nothing to add to their previously given indications that the shop unions intended to reject the president's proposal which provides i idr leaving tne seniority status iin . aujustuiem uy me muor ooaru aite: they return to work. President Hard ing and his cabinet went into session exactly the same time the union lead ers assembled and the rail strike was foremost in both discussions. Attorney General Daugherty before leaving the department of justice for the White House sent telegrams to the representatives of the department in Arizona, New Mexico and California, asking for reports of the walkout of the Big Four brotherhood members of the Santa Fe in the western territory. rie also carried press dispatches of the walkout into the cabinet meeting, and other members of the president's official family went into the session prepared to report on various features of the strike. Extension Not Expected. It has been repeated emphasized by B. M. Jewell, spokesman tor the allied , shop unions that the general confer- ence was desirod in an advisory way and that extention of the strike among j other railroad unions was not expected to result from today's meeting. Since the conference was called, however, members of some other rail unions at various points have refused, with the sanction of the union heads, to work under conditions prevailing due to the shopmen's strike. Protest walkouts against the use of troops and armed 'guards and also against alleged de terioration of rolling stock resulted and it appeared certain that this phass I of the railroad problem would be given I much attpnfinn hv th rAnpral rnnfpr. ence When it went into session. Delay Is Expected Early action by the shopmen toward framing their answer to Mr. Harding's proposal that the seniority dispute be referred to railroad labor board for settlement was not expected. Mr. Jew- ue anticipated that it would take a day or more for the general conference to go ever the ground with the shop men. It seemed likely that the men's answer would not reach the president ! before next week. Predict Rejection Since the president's new and final suggestion was made known shopcraft The executive heads of the organiza tion in the shop crafts federation who have power to act have been engaged In conferences here preparatory to the general gathering today and nothing has been said to alter the impression that rejection is a foregone conclusion, only the form of the answer to the president being in doubt. Meanwhile, administration leaders i have given no inkling as to the course the government will follow if it again faces rejection of its efforts to bring about voluntary termination of thel strike. Congress will be in full session next week, ready as the president de - Biles iu i a i c uy liic ihuuiclu duuuiu the administration find it expedient to seek emergency legislation, but there is nothing to indicate that a definite program has been or will be prepared until the answers of both sides teach the WTiite House. STEAM SHOVEL MEN NEEDED TO OPERATE INDIANA COAL MINES KT4TTNTON Ind . Aujt. 11. With: movement of coal which has been ly- ing: on ton of the shafts taken over by the state well under way. officials today were endeavoring to secure steam shovel operators in order to be gin the digging of coal at the strip mince A email cnnnl v nileil near the I art nf h.-h was moved ves- terday wa3 dug by union workers the dav before the strike and will soon 1 be" exbausted. six cars were loaded , yesterday and shipped to state insti- tutions The force of workmen at the mines still is insufficient to obtain quantity production, and with the failure of any large number of workmen to arrive rumors that convict labor will be used are current. There has been no offi cial announcement concerning this, however. Although quiet reigned in the mar tial law area, disorders were reported early this morning at the W. F. Wag ner mine near Terre Haute, wrt:re at tempts to dynamite the shaft were frustrated by county officials Several sticks of dynamite had been exploded near the mouth of the mine, before the arrival of the authorities. A large unexploded charge was found at j the bottom of the shaft. UN Coal Peace Looms - - , u I t sro ' ' 1 v - ;-s , ' Above, left to right: W. A. Glasgow, operator; John L. Lewis, mine work ers' president, and T. K. Maher, operator. Below: William G. Green and Phillip Murray, officers of the mine workers' union. Prospects of an early settlement of the coal strike were brightened by the air of friendliness which prevallpd at the opening session of the meeting between the operators of the central competitive field and the officials of the United Aline Workers in flovflnnrl 0j the strike and that miners would HARDING NOT EXPECTED TO PASS DRASTIC Br m a n k sri,i.ivAV WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 11. There are two kinds of action which could be taken by congress on the pending strike situation, either at the request of President Harding or through its own initiative. The first is an emergency measure not very serious in character. The other would be to review the whole subject of the relation of labor and capital and pass legislation going to the heart of it. The probability is against congress being asked in the immediate future to do much more than pass compara- tively unimportant emergency legisla tion. Something of this kind may b: necessary any day, regardless of whether the strike situation should grow better or grow worse. , Even in the matter of rationing coal, for example, some things are neces sarily being done, which may call for - 'legal authorization. The rationing of coal or at least some kind of super vision of the distribution of coal, is likely to go on for a considerable GERMAN MORATORIUM WILL BE GRANTED; ACCORD ANTICIPATED (By Associated Press) PARIS, Aug. 11. Germany, says a dispatch to the Havas agency from London this afternoon, will be granted a moratorium until the end of this year. ERUSSELS. Aug. 11 According to information received from London this noon an agreement has virtually been reached on four main points of the reparations controversy and a gen eral accord is now anticipated, says the French semi-official Havas agency. The impression in London is decidedly optimistic and talk of a split has ceased, it adds. LONDON, Aug. 11. Premiers Poin care, Lloyd George and Theunis of Belgium had a long conference today previous to the official opening of the reparations conference. Premier Theunis was said to be . is . t tn f.t a rannrnr,e. ' . , . fc j A v. Weather Forecast FC ( RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore Mostly fair tonight, followed by In creasing cloudiness tonight or Satur day. Warmer. Saturday and continued warm Sunday. Hot wave in from 24 to 48 hours. - - The gradual eastward movement of an area of high "barometric pressure in connection with an area of low barometric pressure over the north west indicated a decided warm "wave ana temperatures Detween i aegrees and 90 degrees and possibly higher for Saturday or Sunday, Temperatures, Yesterday Maximum 75 Minimum 47 Today Noon 75 Weather Condition Cool, pleasant weather prevails over the eastern and central states, excepting for showers over the southern Atlantic coast. There is a hot wave over : the west, which is slowly spreading eastward. Thunder storms are occurring over portions of the northwest and a storm center of decided energy is moving southeast from British Columbia. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and probably Saturday. Warmer tonight in the south and east portion and south portion Saturday. Pa id Circulation Yesterday, was 11,626 as Operators Meet With Roth Elites worn prai fiilont tha frnf return to work within a few days. TQ ASK CONGRESS LAWS ON STRIKE CRISIS period, even though both strikes should oe settled. This control of coal involves some things done in obedience to nothing more than a request things in the na ture of voluntary co-operation on the pan oi an concernea. At any moment ; any person concerned might decide to stand upon his present legal rights, and such a position in the community (Continued on Page Fourteen) ARRACKS ON FIRE IN CORK, SAYS FLYER; COMMUNICATIONS CUT BULLETIN .. IBy Associated Pressy" LONDON, Aug. 11. All the military and police barracks in Cork are burning, according to the report of a government aviator who flew over the irregular stronghold late yesterday, says a dispatch from Dublin. DUBLIN. Aug. 11. Communication with Cork, except by sea, is still im possible and the exact results of the fighting between the irregulars and the provisional government torces are unknown here. ' It is variously stated that the Iationals have entered ana j parlv toaav, telling of an explosion in that they have no entered the city.jher No 3 holdj v.aa foIiowed by a se. Some of the woiV ded brought here ries of radi0 messages culminating in on boats say th irregulars were j the word that no assistance was strongly posted at . 'assage, west and , needed. that the nationals had to fight their way through under intense fire, a number being wounded and one killed. They reported that the government troops who landed at Unionhall also are fighting their way through the hostile districes. The crew of another vessel arriving from Cork said the admiralty house and the British naval hospital at Queenstown, both of which became fa miliar to American naval men over seas during the war, were blazing when they left, as well as two other large buildings in which frequent ex plosions were heard. It is reported that the irregulars have evacuated Clonme 1. 1 LONDON, Apg. 11. The correspon dent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing his paper Thursday from the head quarters of the national troops, says: 'An expedition is landing tonight on the Kerry coast, which will close all the gaps and hem the rebels on the Malow-Fernoy-Mitchelstown line, where they must make their last stand. There are many desertions from their ranks." FIRE INSURANCTrATE INVESTIGATION BEGINS With the organization of the tto? insurance -te investigating commit- Tof toe tee appointed by he mayftr. work to- s m grQUnd that their wara securing u formation . necessary . for a nrpcpnfi- National tion of the city's case to the Board of Fire Underwriters is now under way. Robert E. Heun wis named presi dent of the committee .and .W. TJ Scoble secretary at the meeting held at the city building Thursday night. Members of the body ar. eRobert E. Heun, Thomas Nicholson, Fred Bar tel, J. H. Harwood, - Howard Dill. . E. H. Cureton, Atwood Jenkins, Will Scoble,' Jesse Bailey, Walker Land, F. R. McFail and R. M. Henley. A committee composed of Atwood Jenkins, Will Scoble and Jesse Bailey ;tc,i t oct all nfnnn,Hn w buiuu v possible about Richciond insuranc and classify the items in the report. The board of works was chosen as the agency to secure all possible in formation aoout tne past and present, lost tneir lives. fire-fighting equipment. Mayor Hand-! The tug was towing the Texas ley also agreed to gather information j Steamship company's steamer Roan f rom a similar committee on insurance I oke and when she slowed down the now working in Indianapolis. steamer floated by, causing the slack When the city committee has hand the necessary data regarding the city's status, it will assemble for the compilation of reports setting forth the city's case, which will be presented to the proper authorities. Miners in Cleveland " " ;''J 9 cronfo wmilH result in an earlv pnd 2 REPORTED KILLED BY BLAST IN HOLD OF LINER ADRIATIC fBy Associated Press.) NEW YORK. Aug. 11. Two mem bers of the Adriatic's crew were kill ed five were seriously wounded and one js missing as the result of an ex plosion of undetermined origin In her No. 3 hold, according to a wireless message received today at the White Star Line. The message reported that the Ad riatic was proceeding to New York ai. half speed. Coal was stored in the number 3 hold and officials of the line, :"n the absence of details, thought that spon taneous combustion may have caused the explosion. The men killed were a fireman and a trimmer. Those injured included an electrician and other employes, of tbe-etrgine room. WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. The navy department, which has been m con stant communication with the Adri atic, on which an explosion occurred during the night, said today their in formation indicated that no one was hurt aboard the liner and that no assistance was needed. No indication was given to the navy department as to the cause of the ex plosion or the extent of the damage. BOSTON. Aug. 11 An S. O. S. call . the vVhite star liner Adriatic "Everything is O. K. now," this lat est message said. The Adriatic, bound from Liverpool for New York with 650 passengers, (Continued on Page Thirteen) FIREMEN OF WABASH RAILROAD REFUSE TO MOVE FREIGHT CARS (By Associated Press) MOBERLY, Mo., Aug. 11 Station ary firemen employed by the Wabash railroad have voted not to move any freight trains through the local yards until the demands of the striking shop - men are granted. Unsafe equipment, j the president's first proposal, which, as a result of the shopmen's strike, Is they asaertei. would have been re t .ijected in the first 10 minutes, had it given by the men as the cause of.not bppn for th. ,ntprrnntlon ' , their action. . The grievances of the firemen have been laid before national brotherhood officials, and word sanctioning or dis approving of a walkout was awaited, j I Both passenger ana freight service ! out of Moberly was tied up for several I hours yesterday when the switchmen went on strike when National guards- .e in Arr delarin thev -M " x.o- o ...vj i !be exposed to fire ia the event of any snooung. Train service was resumed after the switchmen returned to work pend ing an appeal to their grand lodge of ficers. TWO SAILORS DROWN WHEN TUG CAPSIZES (Bv Associated Pressl NEW YORK. Aug. 11. The tug'60 2 Per cen! ' in n.linlnS-, and 29 per tt ri-rencp P HnuhnH nv,,.. . off Staten Island today when a tan-1 gled tow line caused her to capsize! - j and two members of her crew of sixj atjhauser to become looped under the tug's stern. The tug was . whipped over on her side and disappeared within two minutes. Four of the crew were picked up by passing steamers. REPLY OF RAIL CHIEFS IS LEFT TO COMMITTEE Heads of 148 Railroads Con vene in New York No In dication Made of Nature of Answer to Harding. EAST URGESREFUSAL (By Associated r-rcas) NEW YORK, Aug. 11. Heads of US American railroads today appointed a committee to recommend a reply to President Harding's latest proposal for settlement of the nation-wide rail strike. It was not indicated by those leav ing the conference chamber what would be the nature of the reply to the administration's suggestion that the matter of seniority at which the executives had balked at their last meeting here, should be left out the railroad labor board. T. DeWitt Cuyler, head of the as sociation of railway executives was named ex-officio head of the commit tee of which Judge Robert Lovett, of the Union Pacific was chairman. The members were reported to be practically the same as those who re jected Mr. Harding's first proposal. East Is Opposed The eastern division appeared unal terably opposed to acceptance of th? president's plan because it provided that the question of returning strik ers with seniority rights unimpaired should be shunted back to the United States Railroad labor board for final decision. The attack was led by L. F. Loree of the Delaware and Hudson, W. W. Atterbury of the Pennsylvania, A. H Smith, of the New York Central, and Frederick Underwood of the Erie. To accept the plan they maintained would be to jeopardize at the hands of the labor board, their promises to non strikers and new employes thit sen iority rights would be based op loy alty. It also would spell victory ior the unions, by again giving them rec ognition before the labor board whien last July 8 outlawed all strikers ar i shut the door on the shop craft3 unions. ' Third Ground. As a third ground for refusing the president's offer to let the labor board act as mediator the belligerents de clared they already were in sight of an open victory over the strikers and urged that they be permitted to con tinue without interference-a-"fiB8h- fight." President Felton of the Chicago and Great Western acknowledged spokes man for western and southwestern lines was looked upon as a leader in the movement to ratify the peace pro posal. His group stands for ratification not because they have any more faith in the decision of the labor board but be cause they want the strike settled anJ their shops restored to normal. In ad dition they want the good will of the public which they believe would swin? to the strikers if the association of railway executives should again turn a deaf ear to President Harding. Roads Hard Hit. These western and southern roads have been hard hit by the strike, and their managers express none of th desire for a "finish fight" apparent in' the camp of the bigger eastern sys tems. Their reserves of locomotives are small, they have few surplus cars and their schedules have been badlv disrupted. Numerous, passenger and freight trains have been discontinued, thev point out a condition not yet tree of the east to an alarming extent. The imminence of another bumper harvest, which, with a strike on, would find them almost paralyzed, was an other of their strongest arguments. With so many issues to be threshei out and with at least three factions to be brought together before there could be a majority action, officials of the association forecast that it would be hours before the drafting of a reply to President Harding would begin. ...... They looked for no such spontan- l eous and unanimous action as greeted bert Hoover, secretary of commerce, who appeared with , a plea from th White House for a favorable considr eration of the plan . MILLION CHILDREN ENGAGED IN GAINFUL OCCUPATION IN U. S. By Associated Fres) . WASHINGTON. Ang. 11. More than a million American children be tween 10 and 15 years of age are en gaged in gainful occupation, 1.060.S5S being the. exact .figure, according to a census bureau report today. Out of every thousand boys between those ages 113 were recorded as employes either on their own account or for wages, while 5.6 per cent of the girls were so employed. , The report showed a decrease since 1910 of 54.8 per cent from the number jof children . employed in agriculture. ceni in uiauuiaciui mg anu mecnanical inJ,,:!.;., Those engaged in -other occupations increased in the same . "ilT.a .v. . cided decreases in certain vocations were partially explained by the change in the census date from April 1910 to January 1920. MEXICAN OFFICIAL RETIRES MEXICO CITY, Aug.. 11. Manuel Padres, under-secretary of the treas ury, has resigned following disagree ments over policy since Financial Sec retary DeLaHuerta's return from tl:t bankers' conference in New York.